CHRIS BURKE: Chris has been teaching and playing music professionally in the tri-state area for 10 years. A graduate of Pleasantville High School, he then attended the University of Rochester and the Ontario Institute for Audio Recording Technology in Canada. He plays Hammond organ, piano, bass, guitar and accordion in a number of area bands, including his own project, The Track. He has also worked as musical director on a number of shows for the Lighthouse Youth Arts Center in Thornwood, and is currently musical directing Grease! for Greenwich Central Middle School. In addition, he teaches private lessons in piano, guitar, and bass.

GEORGE H. CROOM: George somehow is managing to rock out once more, despite the knees not working, the hands not working, the brain not working…you get the idea. Being the old man that he is (although blessedly he doesn't look it) he's done a lot - and won't mention it all here. He is an actor, having done national tours of Evita, Purlie and Godspell; off-Broadway productions of The Elephant Piece, Celebration, The Wind In The Willows and Sweethears; regional productions of Ain't Misbehavin, As You Like It, Company, and local productions of Swing!, Split Second, Purlie, A Little Night Music, Midsummer Night's Dream, among many. He's one of the busiest music directors around, as many can attest being that his friends never see him and his family has forgotten what he looks like; and is also an accomplished director/choreographer, having done Into The Woods, Me And My Girl, Dreamgirls and upcoming The Odd Couple. In his leisure time (?) he has written the book to a musical based on Solomon Northup and Stephen Foster, written the score to Shakedown Street (The Grateful Dead Musical)¸ and who knows what else. Meanwhile, he's especially happy that this band of merriment has once more agreed to include him, and he promises to add some much needed soul to the proceedings.

ERIC DAMMANN: Eric started playing drums and piano at age 9. After achieving world-wide fame with the Chappaqua band "Presence," he was persuaded to give up the money and groupies for a more serious musical direction by the Saw Mill Summer Theater, for whom he was the drummer from 1981-1986. Alas, he realized he needed to get a real job, and went off to Bucknell University, where he was a founding member of another world famous (at least in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) band know as "Pandemonium." When again the realization that he would have to actually earn a living at some point in his life beckoned, he got his doctorate in clinical psychology from Michigan State University. Currently, Eric is a psychoanalyst in New York City, and lives in Chappaqua with his wife, three kids, two cats, two dogs, two pianos, two guitars, and lots of drums.

DORINA DILULLO: Dorina is thrilled to be part of Saw Mill Summer Theatre Rock Concert! She has been singing with a rock band since she was seventeen usually alongside her brother, Tony D. on lead guitar. This concert allows her to continue to rock with some of her favorite rockstars. She has performed in Saw Mill's productions of
Parusia, West Side Story and Chess. Dorina has performed on and off stage at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Smokey Joe's Cafe, Oliver and The Full Monty. Other favorite theatre credits include the Central American Tour of Blues in the Night, the premiere of Star Spangled Rhythm, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, and the Vagina Monologues with Meredith Vieira. Television, concert and Off-Broadway credits include KMEL Summer Jam with Mariah Carey, Broadway on Bravo and Gail Conrad's Walk around the Block at Theatre for the New City. Dorina's favorite role of all time is being wife and mom to her two sweethearts, Charlie and Charlie...Rock on!!

LAURA DONALDSON: Laura is more excited than ever to be playing for our wonderful charities! She has been a part of the Saw Mill crew for the last ten years, performing in Chess (Florence), Tommy (Mrs. Walker), Godspell (By My Side), and the annual Rock Shows. She has performed professionally, regionally and locally for over 15 years and graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Acting and Musical Theatre. A few other favorite roles include Maria in West Side Story, Julie in Carousel, The Narrator in Joseph..., Nancy in Oliver, Cathy in The Last Five Years, The Witch in Into the Woods, and the title role in Violet. When not performing, Laura can be found managing the office and coordinating events at Community Synagogue in Rye. Along with music, she is most passionate about spending time with friends and family, enjoying good food and being outdoors. Laura feels truly blessed to get to spend her summer rockin' with such talented musicians who also happen to be the best friends in the world! Many thanks to Richmond Community Services and the SPCA for supporting our band, to Mo for making it all possible, to my friends for making this show the highlight of my year, and to Kenny for making every day a good one!

JOHN FANELLI: John holds a degree in Theatre Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Fanelli has had more than twelve successful years directing, teaching and creating programs for young people in theatre arts. Under the tutelage and mentorship of internationally acclaimed Director Alex H. Urban, John helped to establish a network of theater programs for young people that spanned the coast of California and reached to Auckland, New Zealand. Mr. Fanelli returned to the east coast and developed Westchester Broadway Theater's Young Artists of the WBT. He expanded his reach and scope of programming by taking over as Artistic Director for the Times Square Group based in NYC, where he developed and implemented educational theatre programs for the public schools of NYC. In 2006 John founded his own non-profit educational theatre company called The Lighthouse Youth Theatre. LYT is an amalgamation of John's professional and educational talents that blend into one organization dedicated to training young people in the arts and giving them the tools necessary to succeed not only in the arts, but in life. Under John's leadership LYT has grown by leaps and bounds setting the benchmark for educational theatre in the area.

BRIAN GALLAGHER: Brian performed with Saw Mill Summer Theatre through many of his formative years, making him the man he is today (unfortunately, one without much form). Since his days in Chappaqua, he's had the opportunity to tour the US, Europe, and Tokyo as Cousin Kevin in The Who's Tommy. He played Tugger on the National Tour of Cats for a year and a half, as well as performing on the recent National Tours of The Scarlet Pimpernel, and South Pacific. NY credits include the Off Broadway productions of the Awesome 80s Prom, and Shakedown Street (a Grateful Dead musical). Last summer, he originated the role of Paul in the NYC debut of the new musical She Can't Believe She Said That. For the last several months, he's been very involved in the development of a new musical called Bratt Camp by up-and-coming composer Bobby Cronin. This concert represents his vacation every summer. He loves getting to sing and hang with his incredible old-school friends, and loves the opportunity to do something for wonderful charities! ... Oh, and his wife is awesome too.

NATHAN GRAF: Nathan is thrilled to be back with his friends and family for ROCK SHOW V! Nathan has performed regionally and locally for over 15 years. Nathan has performed in Saw Mill's productions of Chess, Tommy, Parusia, Joseph and Jesus Christ Superstar. When not performing, Nathan can be found daylighting as an attorney in the Greenwich based law firm Ivey, Barnum & O'mara. Nathan's other interests include most forms of sports, LOST, Family Guy and enjoying his wife and children!

PETER LENTINI: New York born and raised, Peter began playing the piano at the age of 5 years old. At age 13 he progressed to guitar and bass after attending his first rock concert, Paul McCartney at MSG. In 1995, after a grueling 14 hour interview with producer Chrissie Moses, Peter was signed to a lifetime contract with Saw Mill Summer Theatre. To date he has played in the orchestra pits for: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, Tommy, Godspell, Pippin, Evita, as well as all of the Rock Shows. Peter is a graduate of Concordia College in Bronxville where he obtained a BA in Music. Currently he lives in Long Beach California and attends Cal State Long Beach where he is working on his Masters degree in Special Education.

JON MOSES: Jon started playing guitar at age 11 on a $50 copy of the Jimmy Page Les Paul - a guitar he still owns. He studied guitar with Guitar World's Greg DiBenedetto and classical guitar with Joan Mullen. After playing in several rock cover bands, he has produced and played guitar in numerous theatrical shows throughout Westchester County, which is where he met all of the amazing performers and friends joining him for the Rock Show. Jon's musical influences are basically anyone who plays the guitar fast... real fast, including Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Howe, Steve Morse, Alex Lifeson, Ritchie Blackmore and of course Buckethead. Jon is a partner in the White Plains based law firm of Keogh Timko & Moses. Jon still writes, records and practices as much as a lawyer and father of 3 possibly can and you can check out his original songs live at his yearly springtime Rockcitals. Jon is truly grateful to everyone who has come out and supported the benefit Rock Shows.

MIKA NISHIDA: This will mark Mika's 5th year doing Saw Mill's Rock Show and she absolutely loves it and looks forward to it each and every year!! She has been in a few Saw Mill productions such as Joseph and Jesus Christ Superstar, and thanks to the experience at Saw Mill, it gave her the tools and confidence to journey in to the professional world of acting. Mika is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory of Music, and some of her credits include: "Concert of Excellence" at Lincoln Center; "Imagination" at Madison Square Garden; 2nd National Broadway Tour of "Miss Saigon" - Gigi (1997) and Kim (1999) - *Best Actress nominee for the National Broadway Theatre Award 2001; Connie in "A Chorus Line" (Merry Go Round Playhouse); "Rocky Horror Show" (P.O.E.T); "Joseph" (Westchester Broadway Theatre). Some of Mika's film credits include; HITCH (Waxer); Tomorrow is Today (Grace); The Glass Ceiling (Justine). Mika also had the honor of being the National Anthem singer at Fenway Park, Legends Field, and Kingdome. Although Mika enjoyed acting, she decided to take a break professionally for a while, and now is a proud Nationally Certified Medical Massage Therapist! Knead a massage? :-)

TRACY O'SULLIVAN: Tracy looks forward to the Rock Show every year. Having the opportunity to jam with these extremely talented folk each summer while still being able to aid local charities has made her so happy to give back. She spends her days teaching 8th grade English at Pleasantville Middle School where she also directs the Theatre Arts program. Most recently local audiences have seen Tracy perform the role of Genevieve in PMT's The Baker's Wife. Some of her favorite roles include Yonah in Children of Eden (PMT), Lizzie in Baby (NRTW & CASTLE), Little Red (CASTLE) and Cinderella (OLF) in Into the Woods, Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (WESTCO), Sally Simpson in Tommy (SMST), and Wendy Jo in Footloose (OTM). Many thanks to Jon Moses who continues to rally the group to rock for this worthy cause.

MATT SHOST: Matt has performed in over 2 dozen shows, including Doody in Grease,
Cornelius in Hello Dolly, Oscar in The Odd Couple & Joseph in Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In 1996, Matt auditioned for SMST's production of Jesus Christ Superstar and he hasn't been able to get rid of these people since. In addition to performing in shows, he enjoys good friends & good music. Matt has played in 4 bands and his early rock influences include: Rush, Van Halen, Queen & Eric Clapton. His other
interests include sports, movies & American history. Matt has worked for Heineken for over 10 years and he and his wife are expecting their first child in April. ROCK ON!