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FEATURING:
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles — Dr. Joseph Nadeau, Artistic Director
The West Los Angeles Children’s Choir — Barbara Klaskin Silburg, Artistic Director
The Argus Quartet
CREDITS:
Directed by Scott Uhlfelder
Produced by Erica Harrell
Arranged by Greg Nicolett
Mixed by Gregtronic
Choreographer: Stacey Tookey
Asst Choreographer: Bruce Weber
Director of Photography: Scott Uhlfelder
Editor: Randall Maxwell
First Asst Director: Tyler Reynolds
Second Asst Director: Chandra Anna Marie
Second Second Assistant Director: Daniel Erikson
Camera Operators: Marco Cordero, Jonpaul Douglas & Andy Melo
Asst Camera: Seth Smigelski
Data Management: Ben Piety
Gaffer: Brian Sorbo
Electric: Lucas Pitassi
Production Designer: Sara Kugelmass
Rigger: Bobby C. King
Art Assts: Tamara Gurevich & Shannon Malone
Costume Designer: Alison Uhlfelder
Asst Costumers: Nicole Gemma & Mary Russell
Makeup Artist: Jenn Rose
Asst Makeup: Samantha Ward, Sheila Curtis
Technical Effects Supervisor: Jeff Barber
Asst Effects: Amanda Barber
Button: Andrew Laurich
Production Assts: Michael Dris, Katie Kaniewski, Cyndi Lynott, Nina Mahdavi, Steven Peltzer, Max Philips, Desiree Proctor, Justin Ridge, Jud Scott & CK Spitler
Audio Engineer: Kip Smedley
Sound Mixer: Lindsey Alvarez
Craft Services: Allison Kurtzer & Natalie Santana
BTS Video: Matt Fuller
BTS Photo: Zach Callahan
Maker Rep: James Koo
Visual Effects: Demis Lyall-Wilson
Colorist: Marco Cordero
CAST:
NARRATOR: Rob Cantor
BASSIST: Zubin Sedghi
DRUMMER: Bora Karaca
VIOLIN I: Jason Issokson
VIOLIN II: Clara Kim
CELLO: Joann Whang
VIOLA: Diana Wade
PIANIST: Greg Nicolett
SMALL MEN’S CHORUS: Eric Aufdengarten, Marcus Connaghan, Liam Gillen, Jason Frazier, Shawn Ingram, Jack Inman, Zachary Kasman, Rich Meyers, Tommy Monks, Adam Parker, Melvin Robert, Dale Sheldon, Brandon Steele, Lee Stickler & J.T. Williams
FEMALE DANCER 1: Amanda Cleghorn
MALE DANCER 1: Chris Jarosz
CHILDREN’S CHOIR: Ky’lee Abrams, Arielle Martinez Cohen, Matthew Goodman, Sophia De’Shea Lavender, Julia Lim, Valerie Mata, Coco Meritt, Jair Miles, Jack Thompson, Alexis Turner, Amadi Weser, & Catherine Zelensky
HARPIST: Courtney Flynn
FEMALE DANCER 2: Zola Williams
FEMALE DANCER 3: Savannah Latimer
FEMALE DANCER 4: Haley Erbert
LARGE MEN’S CHORUS: William Aguila, Eduardo Amador, Edwin Cabatit, Jerry Cordora, Thomas Patrick Cullen, John Dennehy Jr., E. Rene Fette, Thomas Franklin, Steve Goodwillie, Fred Gooltz, Michael A. Graham, Charles Holmes, Steven R. Holzer, William Kolschreiber, Nicholas Kuefler, Raul Martinez, John Mews, Joseph P. Nadeau, Brian Nichoalds, William Steve Pieters, Samuel Saison, Scott Williams, Gavin N. Thrasher & Manuel Zermeño
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Jean-Paul Barjon, Tulsi Carpenter, Grant Cornish, Kristen Fields, Mary Catherine Finney, Jeff Grant, Charlene Huang, Jaclyn Kim, Constance Millecan, Eileen O’Neall, Ellen Ushijima & Joy Yi
MALE DANCER 2: Kevin Mylrea
MALE DANCER 3: Patrick Cook
MALE DANCER 4: Eric Schloesser
KUNG FU MEN: Rayne & Bradley Holzer
AERIALISTS: Alison Lockfeld & Maggie Moon
and SHIA LABEOUF as himself
Filmed at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
Cultural Arts Manager: John La Rock
Technical Director: Jack Meyer
Stage Manager: Jerrold Root
Master Electrician: James Blickensderfer
Follow Spot Operator: Robert Ory
Follow Spot Operator: Dewain Robinson
Flyrail Operator: John Swaffield
Stage Technician: Jonathan Reyes-Flores
Audio Engineer: Sylvia Krawczyk
3D Papercraft Shia Heads designed by Eric Testroete
Assembled by Lindsey Alvarez, Bora Karaca, Allison Kurtzer, Tamara Gurevich, Scott Uhlfelder, Alison Uhlfelder & Rob Cantor
Additional Recording by:
Charles Scott at The National Typewriter Company in Santa Monica, CA.
Grant Cornish at Endless Noise in Santa Monica, CA
Kip Smedley at ABI in Los Angeles, CA
Ethan Carlson at Stagg Street Studio in Van Nuys, CA
Aerial silks provided courtesy of Kinetic Theory Theater in Culver City, CA.
Very special thanks to John Crosby & John McCauley.
Special thanks to Becky Ackley, Glenna Avila, Sam Becker, Roni Black, John Boyd, Todd Burke, Alice Dutton, Jeff Elmassian, Elise Henry, Andrew Horowitz, Charlene Huang, Eric Jacobs, Brian Kaufman, Katie Kaniewski, Dan Karas, Morgan Karr, Ben Ketai, Dan Konopka, Zach Krasman, Anna Krendel, Andrew Laurich, Ricky Lax, Allegra Lily, Cyndi Lynott, Luis Medina, Alex Novakovich, Steven Peltzer, Aniela Marie Perry, Jim Raycroft, Ray Reinebach, Corey Richardson, Mark Robertson, Matt Saver, Isaac Schankler, Jeff Sneider, Cris Sposito, Anne Tomlinson, Justin Trauben, Chris Verdugo, Darren Yan & Nate Zeisler.
Executive Producers: Maker Studios, David Britz, Cyndi Lynott, & Rob Cantor
