Pat Byrnes — book, lyrics & music — Pat was never an accountant, but he was an aerospace engineer. He gave up that job to write commercials. He later gave up that job to act in them. He finally gave up that job to be a cartoonist. He has been a regular in The New Yorker for more than a decade. And while he will never give up that job, he has taken to writing musicals. He wrote "Saints Alive!" and "Pitchmen" (book and lyrics) with two-time Richard Rodgers Award-winning composer Paul Libman (music). Those shows launched them both into this business. This is now his second musical with Rich Prezioso. The first was "Despairadise", which played in the 2007 STAGES Festival. For more about Pat's conquests in cartooning, visit his web site.

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Rich Prezioso — music — The O is on the wrong end of his name, but you'd never know it from his music. Rich is half of the award-winning duo, Small Potatoes, “one of the most polished, inventive and entertaining shows” on the national folk music circuit (— Dirty Linen Magazine). He has played blues, country, folk, and rock in no particular order as a solo and in both acoustic and electric bands.  He studied classical guitar and composition, and worked for five years as a jingle writer in Chicago, writing music for Cap'n Crunch Cereal, Gatorade, and Domino's Pizza,  among others. He has gained a reputation as a songwriter and as a "guitar whiz" for his multi-styled approach to the instrument (a label he says he'll only accept when the endorsements start rolling in).

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