BOARD OF ADVISORS
JAMES BURROWS
    James Burrows is one of television’s most respected and honored creative talents. Over his distinguished career, Jim has been the recipient of ten Emmys, four Directors Guild of America Awards, and the 1996 American Comedy Awards’ Creative Achievement Award. He has been the recipient of 20 nominations for the Director’s Guild of America Award, thus bestowing him the honor of being the most nominated director in the history of television at the Guild.
    Jim’s success as the director of television pilots is legendary. He has just launched his eighth season with the NBC hit series, “Will and Grace.”  Jim is probably best known as co-creator, executive producer and director of the critically acclaimed series, “Cheers.” The hit show, which aired for 11 seasons, is the most nominated series in the Television Academy’s history and is in third place for most Emmys received.  He has also received numerous awards for his work on “Frasier,” “Friends,” “Wings,” “Night Court,” “Taxi,” and “Dear John.”
    For the first time in 25 years, he returned to the stage in the spring of 1998 to direct the highly acclaimed “Man Who Came To Dinner” at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, starring John Mahoney.
    Jim learned his trade from the very best, the legendary writer/director Abe Burrows, whose noted career included such Broadway/film classics as “Guys and Dolls,” “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and “Cactus Flower.”
    Born in Los Angeles and raised in New York, Jim graduated from Oberlin College and continued his education at Yale Drama School, where he earned a Master’s degree in fine arts.  Jim and his wife, Debbie, reside in Los Angeles and between them have a quartet of daughters.

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JOSHUA REBELL
    Joshua Rebell writes for stage and screen.  Plays include “Embraceable You”  (The Tamarind Theatre), “Paint”(Synchronicity Space: NYC), “The Movie Line” (Raw Space NYC, The Samuel Beckett Theatre), “Gatsby in Hollywood” (The Met Theatre), “Black Tie Affairs” (The Met Theatre) and “Preying On Puritans” (Sacred Fools). For Sacred Fools, he has also written plays for Grimm!, Slow and Tight,
Naked Holidays (a project he co-created), and Crime Scene,
     Sacred Fools’ long running late night serial, for which he wrote one of the three inaugural story lines. 
    Screenplays include “Confession,” “Misty in Maine,” and a screen adaptation of his play, “Preying On Puritans.”
Josh is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and a member of both The Writers' Guild and The Dramatists Guild, Inc.

PETER J. SOLOMON
    Peter J. Solomon is Chairman of Peter J. Solomon Company, an independent investment banking firm, which he founded in 1989.  Previously he was Vice Chairman of Shearson Lehman Brothers, Co-Chairman of the Investment Banking Division and Chairman of the Merchant Banking Division. In 1978, he became Deputy Mayor of New York City for Economic Policy and Development under Mayor Koch and was also Chairman of New York City’s Health and Hospital Corporation.  In 1980, Peter joined the Carter Administration as Counselor to the United States Treasury.
    Peter is the Chairman of The Manhattan Theatre Club, which was the recipient of the 2001 and 2004 Tony awards for Best Play.  He is also a Trustee of The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York City, and a Director-at-Large of the Montana Land Reliance.  He is a Lifetime Honorary Trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
    Peter is currently Chairman of Monro Muffler/Brake Inc., and a director of BKF Capital Group, Inc., and Zagat Survey LLC.  He has served as a director of a number of public companies, including Esquire, Inc., LIN Broadcasting Corporation, Office Depot, Inc., and Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation.
    In 1992, Peter was a recipient of the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor. As a Contributing Editor, he appeared frequently on CNN.
    He is a member of the Dean’s Council of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University, where he has also served as an Overseer. Peter received a B.A. degree cum laude from Harvard College and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.

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DAISY WALKER
     Daisy Walker is an Artistic Associate at Classic Stage Company.   She is the 2005 Recipient of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers’ Sir John Gielgud Fellowship. 
Directing credits include: Antonio’s Revenge, First Look Festival, CSC.  24 hour plays, Atlantic Theatre.  Consumption by Courtney Baron, The Guthrie Lab.  Guitar by Julia Jordan, music by Duncan Sheik, La Jolla Playhouse.  US Premiere of Brian Friel’s After Play, Hubbard Hall, Cambridge, NY.  As Thousands Cheer,Adirondack Theatre Festival.  Private Eyes, Stonewall Jackson’s House, Day in the Life of Denise Ivanovich and Hazard County, Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre.  Ride by Eric Lane, Vital Theatre. 
     Assistant Directing credits include: Dracula, The Musical and Jackie, An American Life on Broadway; Sinatra, His Music, His World, His Way at Radio City Music Hall; and Twelfth Night in Central Park, The Public Theatre/NYSF. 
     Daisy received an MFA in directing from UCSD, is an Affiliated Artist at New Georges and a Usual Suspect in directing at New York Theatre Workshop. In Spring ’06, she will be directing Melanie Marnich’s Calling All at The Guthrie Lab.