"My (unauthorized) Hallmark Movie Musical"

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Multimedia Director

Crissy is a Mexican-born actor & singer. She produces and performs in the C & C Variety Hour with Claudia Dolph throughout the year and especially at the holidays, becoming an annual L.A. tradition for many. Crissy also produces, writes and voices the Latinx scripted podcast, Soldadera, as well as producing comedy podcast, Don’t Say…with Paul & Dave. She was recently seen in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s production of Fun Home and originated the role of “Soyla" in the World Premiere of American Mariachi for the Denver Center for Performing Arts and The Old Globe Theatre in early 2018. Crissy wrote, produced, and starred in The Tribute, which ran in Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto to sold-out audiences. She continues to tour as an "El Vette" with El Vez, The Mexican Elvis, with whom she has been performing around the world for over 20 years. She has appeared in various commercials and television shows, such as The Ellen Degeneres Show (Ellen, The Musical), The George Lopez Show and Mind of Mencia, and her voice can be heard on Big Mouth, Spongebob Squarepants, Handy Manny, and Parks and Recreation, as well as other TV shows and movie soundtracks. Next up, Crissy will be heading to Dallas Theater Center to reprise the role of “Camila” in In The Heights.

Composer

Cabaret-comic extraordinaire Roxanna Ward hails from Laguna Beach, California. Her engaging blend of piano bar and comedy caused one reviewer to observe, “It’s as if Bette Midler and Steve Allen had a love child.” A pianist, musical arranger, producer, conductor (Milwaukee Symphony), and teacher, Ward has worked with legends Dolly Parton, Laura Nyro, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Bea Arthur. As a songwriter, she penned the R&B single “Remember Who You Are," which reached number 16 on Billboard’s jazz chart recorded by Phyllis Hyman, and more recently was recorded by Suede. 

Arranger

As a composer and musician Guerrero can be heard frequently on both movie and television soundtracks. He has written, performed and/or recorded music for 59th Annual Grammys, Thelma & Louise, PBS, The Today Show, 48 Hours, The Disney Channel, Full House, E! News, TBS, The Hallmark Channel, and many more. Guerrero has been the producer on dozens of albums by other artists covering a wide variety of genres including jazz, pop, rock, worship, and country. He has also worked as an arranger in all of those genres, primarily in small group settings. In 2010 he began arranging for big band and has since worked on big band recordings for artists John Tesh, Jane Lynch, Dick Van Dyke, Charles Billingsley and Brynn Stanley. Since 1988, Guerrero has hosted the KSBR Birthday Bash, a yearly concert event he helped start to support a local jazz radio station. The event grew from an audience of fifty to thousands and has attracted some of the world’s best-known contemporary jazz artists including Joe Sample, Patti Austin, Dave Koz, Larry Carlton, Tom Scott, and numerous others. Over the years, Guerrero has also been involved in the planning and organization of several music festivals and conferences around the country.

Creative Consultant

Credits include the Tony-Award-nominated musical A Night with Janis Joplin at the Lyceum Theatre, and the West Coast Premiere of Larry Kramer’s controversial HIV-AIDS Drama The Normal Heart, starring Academy Award winners Richard Dreyfuss and Kathy Bates. He is the original producer of Always, Patsy Cline which he produced from inception to the now historic 2-year run in Nashville --  which re-opened the Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry. Other selected regional theatre directing credits include Jukebox Hero - The Foreigner Musical at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Calgary and The Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto (2017/2018) and Smokey Joe's Cafe (revival) at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Other productions include: Mike Tyson - Undisputed Truth (Broadway) and the world premiere productions of Shout Sister Shout – The Rosetta Tharpe Story at Pasadena Playhouse (2017) and Seattle Rep (October 2019). For his direction of Shout Sister Shout at Pasadena Playhouse, he was recognized by The NAACP Theatre Division for his contribution to excellence in theatre. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Theatre Arts Department.

Virtual Cast Member: Emma

Nina is a singer, song-writer, actress, voice-over artist, and non-profit leader. Favorite concert performances include singing with The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch, and her symphonic collaboration with Grammy Award-winning composer/arranger Patrick Williams (Martina McBride, Frank Sinatra). A seasoned and accomplished studio singer, Nina’s voice can be heard on tracks for Universal Music, Hal Leonard Publishing, MTI, Sony Music, and Disney. Nina is the new singing and speaking voice of Odette, The Swan Princess, in the Sony Animation movies, The Swan Princess. Theatre Highlights: Pump Boys & Dinettes (Prudie), South Pacific (Nellie), Peppa Pig (National Tour) Television Highlights: “American Horror Story” (Featured), “BuzzFeed Viral Video” (Lead/Writer/millions of views). Herzog was named “Young Star of the Future” by the Southcoast Symphony, performing a solo concert with the symphony. Nina recently released her debut album, “Together Away”, which charted #11 on AC radio charts, landed her a feature on American Songwriter Magazine, and premiered on Broadway World. She recorded a cover of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, which was placed on the Now That's What I Call Music! playlist,“NOW! That’s What I Call Love”.

Virtual Cast Member: Maestro

National Tours: IN THE HEIGHTS (with the HAMILTON creative team), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (with dir./chor. Kathleen Marshall and writer Joe DiPietro). L.A. born and raised theatrical and commercial actor/singer/director. Regional roles include Gomez in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Bill in MAMMA MIA, Tito in LEND ME A TENOR, Kevin in IN THE HEIGHTS, and Lindsay in CREEP L.A.'s THE WILLOWS. Many years as a Guest Entertainer for Princess Cruises. Attended Citrus College for vocal and theater performance. Thank you to Crissy, Eloise, and Claudia for their guidance and inspiration. Enjoy the show! Never, never, never ALWAYS!!!