GARY FLAXMAN  (playwright)
Born and raised in Syracuse, New York, Gary is a graduate of Syracuse University. He spent a brief time immersed in corporate America until it became very clear that he was a "poet", not a "prince of industry".  His stage work has been performed from coast to coast, and includes  YELLOW, winner of the Attic Theatre One-Act Festival, SCHMALTZ, recipient of the Kaufman-Hart Prize for New American Comedy; WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, JOE DIMAGGIO?, winner of the Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition, and the award-winning, A MOTHER’S WORK. PAPER PLANES was performed at the 2006 Dayton Playhouse FutureFest and he’s been invited back in 2007 for a production of his award-winning comedy, PLAYING GOD, originally produced at The Boarshead Theatre in Michigan. Two screenplays, A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, and THE STATE OF THE ART were finalists for the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowship. SWIMMING TO THE MOON is his latest play but critics agree that his best work has been his two daughters, Caitlin and Renee, both still running to rave reviews. Perhaps testing the wrath of the creative gods, Gary is currently putting the finishing touches on his first novel.

JUDY ROSE (director)
Ms. Rose is a Producer/Director/Choreographer, who has staged and directed over a dozen plays and special events in Los Angeles.  In 2005, she produced JAMES MAITLAND STEWART a one-man show about Jimmy Stewart.  She produced/directed & developed STILL STRUTIN a one-woman show starring Maybin Hewes in LA and Boston.  At the Odyssey Theatre, she directed A WORD WITH ORLANDO.  In January 2006, she choreographed AMERICAN KLEZMER at the Egyptian Arena Theatre, and directed A SMALL PLACE IN HISTORY by James McGinn for Theatre Forty.  In 2007, she directed THE TUSKEGEE MAN  by Nalsey Tinberg also for Theatre Forty.  Other directorial pieces include WHEN ONE IS GONE with Edward Asner and Estelle Harris, WENDY AND ME with Betty Garrett and Tess Harper and WORDS OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER AND THE MUSIC OF BACH with Hal Linden, Lee Meriwether and Hugh O’Brian.  She directed POSTCARDS and SNOWANGEL with Helen Siff and MY KIND OF GIRL and LEARNING TO FLY.  Ms. Rose previously directed WHERE HAVE YOU GONE JOE DIMAGGIO? A MOTHER’S WORK and SCHMALTZ, all written by Gary Flaxman. SWIMMING TO THE MOON will be Ms. Rose’s fourth collaboration with the playwright.

Peter Lovello (Costumes)
Peter designed costumes for the JERRY HERMAN SHOW the Actors Fund Benefit with Carol Cook, Rita Moreno, Angel Lansbury, Valerie Pettiford, Ken Page, Carol Channing, Wilson Cruz, Davis Gaines, Sam Harris, Rod McKuen, Leroy Reams and Leslie Uggams.  A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC starring John Rubenstein, A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS, ERNEST IN LOVE, Fremont Centre Theatre. For Television VIP with Pamela Anderson, Molly Culver and Natalie Raitano, and on LADIES MAN, Alfred Molina, Sharon Lawrence, Betty White and Rue McClanahan.  In film, costumes for Chazz Palmenteri, Danny Nucci, Martin Mull, Leah Thompson, Ed Asner, Paul Dooley, Meredith Baxter, Kylie Bax, and Thomas Gibson.

Theresa Shook  (Set Designer)
Originally hailing from that great midwestern state of Iowa, Theresa has been living in the Los Angeles area for the past ten years mainly working in the theming industry.  She received her M.F.A. in set design from the University of Nebraska and has designed sets for such productions as CRIMES OF THE HEART, RICHARD III, and THE MAN OF LA MANCHA.  She is very excited to be returning to theatre, her first love, and for being introduced the LA theatre community with this production of Swimming to the Moon.



Mike Mahlum (Lighting Designer)
Mike has a BFA in technical Theatre University of Wyoming and MFA in Lighting design Carnegie Mellon University.  He has extensive lighting experience in musicals AIDA and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Chicago. DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Odyssey Theater, DRACULA at Theatricum Botanicum, Los Angeles, POWER, Banshee Theater, Burbank.  Mike also is a lighting designer with Visual Terrain, LA.


Tamara Joy Lewis (Makeup)
Tamara has extensive professional makeup experience.  Recent productions include DO IT WELL Jennifer Lopez Music Video, TRAILER PARK LOVE Film, P2P, HD Web-sode, PASSION PLAY Film, LIGHTS OUT, Film, SMOKEY BARERRO, TV series pilot and the newest Elton John Music Video.


Katt Masterson  (Production Stage Manager)
Katt brings years of professional stage experience to our show.  THREEPENNY OPERA Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, LES MISERABLES, Imperial Theater NYC, HEIDI, National Tour, STILL WATERS, Expanded Arts, New York, JAR THE FLOOR, Cincinnati Playhouse, and Winterfest Theatre, Los Angeles as Technical Director.