Creative Team
Diana Belkowski & Dan Tramon (Composer - Lyricists)
With their musicals Flyer and Rocket Boys, Diana and Dan became two-time (consecutive-year, unprecedented) winners of the ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Award in New York, participating in a workshop process under the direction of honored composer/lyricists Stephen Schwartz and Craig Carnelia. Diana and Dan are also alumni of the BMI Lehman–Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in New York, and are recipients of two Billboard Music Awards for work in musical theatre and Contemporary Christian music.
Flyer, based on the lives of the Wright Brothers, most recently enjoyed its premiere Equity Regional Production on the Freeman Stage in Delaware, followed by a return presentation for invited industry at the esteemed Florence Gould Hall in NYC. Flyer was first presented in full at the Lamb’s Theatre (Mainstage) in NYC, and subsequently presented (in abridged concert form) at Oklahoma City University, selected for the Bass School of Music’s inaugural year promoting new works in musical theatre. In addition to its ASCAP workshop, Flyer was also a Finalist in Chicago STAGES, and was previously presented in part at the North Carolina Festival of Flight, sponsored by NASA and the US Air Force in conjunction with Cape Fear Regional Theatre in Fayetteville.
Rocket Boys (based on the New York Times #1 Bestseller book by NASA engineer Homer Hickam Jr.) had its full staged reading premiere in 2008 in Huntsville, AL (“Rocket City”), home to the Marshall Space & Flight Center and Mr. Hickam himself. That year Rocket Boys also won ANMT’s Search for New Musical Voices and was awarded a full reading and panel critique in Los Angeles. It had previously been presented in part at ASCAP with an esteemed cast of Broadway veterans (headed by Mark McVey & Terri Klausner), as well as Broadway Musical Director Joe Baker (Blood Brothers, The Life, Bells Are Ringing, Footloose). Last October, an excerpt from the show was presented by the Sommerville H.S. Choir in New Jersey as part of their “One Book, One Community” series. Later this season, Theatre West Virginia will be launching Rocket Boys for a full-production run mid-August through Labor Day weekend.
Diana has traveled nationwide as a member of the Presidential Arts Committee, and has written material for both presidential and gubernatorial campaigns. A long-time Director of Sacred Music, she has extensively written for both children and adult choirs, and won numerous awards as a classical pianist during childhood. Other solo compositions include Clarissa (Circle Rep Theatre) and Tom Sawyer (Hudson Guild Theatre); a 50-song educational Book-Cassette series for Random House; jingles, and theme and credit music for two weekly TV newsmagazines. Her song, “Celebrate Life”, was commissioned by Equity Fights AIDS as an opening theme song for their annual NYC Benefit. Currently, Diana is working on a sung-through version of the classic “Vanity Fair”; and a new collaborative effort with author Harold Schmidt, “Coconut Road”, about the life of hobos in the 1930’s.
Dan is currently Broadway Production Sound Engineer for Catch Me If You Can, and has also served as such for Billy Joel on his Tony-winning Movin’ Out, Dolly Parton’s 9 To 5, Phil Collins with Disney’s Tarzan, as well as Broadway’s Swing, The Life, and Annie, and Backstage Sound at In The Heights. He was Associate Sound Designer for numerous other Tony-winning Broadway shows, including City of Angels, The Will Rogers Follies, and Victor/Victoria. He served as Music Programmer for Paul Simon’s Capeman, as well as the Broadway productions of Cats, Beauty and the Beast, and The King & I. Dan orchestrated and performed digital music for Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Westbeth Theatre in New York and composed the pre-show music for The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway. He also composed the score for an adaptation of Moliere’s The Miser. As a youth, Dan performed regularly as a boy soprano with the Metropolitan Opera, in both chorus and featured roles.
Both Dan and Diana are alumni of The Juilliard School.
Carl Anthony Tramon (Co-Book)
By the age of three Carl had the stage under his feet, and a relentless smile on his face ever since! Broadway, National Tours, and Equity Regional productions include: Fame, the Musical; Amadeus (as Mozart); What Makes Sammy Run (title role); Peter Pan; Gypsy (w/Angela Lansbury); Rags (directed by Stephen Schwartz); etc. Principal TV roles include Saturday Night Live, One Life to Live (recurring), Saved by the Bell (series regular, full season); Growing Pains, and over 50 national commercials. Feature films include: Pizza Palace, The Lackluster Syndrome, Aladdin (w/Barry Bostwick, Disney Channel), and Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. Carl recently received the coveted Best Actor award nomination by the Broadway League.
Carl’s major directorial and/or *Co-Book credits include: *Flyer (2009, The Freeman Stage and The Lamb’s Theatre, NY); *Rocket Boys (2010, New York City; 2008, Huntsville AL and 2005 Disney Theatricals, Workshop, NY); Einstein’s Breakfast (2008, Delaware PAC); *Coconut Road (World Premiere, Delaware PAC); Fame, the Musical (Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie, NY); The Jeweler’s Shop (Carnegie Hall & The United Nations, NY); Szymborska (Consulate General, NY); Grease (Somerville, NJ), etc.
Original Cast albums currently available include: Fame, the Musical; What Makes Sammy Run; Coconut Road; Rocket Boys; and the albums of Bill Solly: Let Me Give You a Lift and I Could Fall in Love, the latter of which earned Carl critical acclaim.
Carl, or “CAT”, as his colorful potpourri of friends calls him, was fortunate to also be the lead member of the pop group UNETI, which recently returned from an international tour. Their music video, which airs on MTV around the globe, was chosen to be the soundtrack for The New York Yankees and Hideki Matsui in their TV & Radio promotions for NYC. UNETI can be heard on Chaka Khan’s Christmas album, and was propelled by Nelson O’Reilly Productions, who also produce Willa Ford, Donna Summer, Lucy Woodward, The Baha Men, and other chart-topping performers.
Carl is an alumnus of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.
Donald Feltham (Additional Book)
Donald began his love of theatre over 30 years ago when he first set foot onstage in a production of The Music Man. Since then, he has been involved in virtually every aspect of theatre from costuming to producing. For the past several years, Donald has been a very successful radio host. Starting with Showtune Spotlight on KGIL-AM in Los Angeles, he then moved on to The Broadway Radio Hour for theatre’s well-known Fynsworth Alley. Donald currently hosts The Broadway Radio Show at HainesHisWay.com and The Wicked Stage at BroadwayWorld.com. Donald has also worked as a librettist on musical versions of The Enchanted Cottage and Somewhere In Time, both with scores by Alan Wager. Donald is thrilled to be a part of Flyer working along side the very talented Diana Belkowski and Dan Tramon.
