To contact Mr. Whitefield, please email him at: wwhitefield@optonline.net

Bill Whitefield is a respected director, composer, lyricist and performer from Asbury Park, NJ via NYC and Nashville.  Recently, he composed music and lyrics along with Bill Castellino and Christopher McGovern for Crash Club, a new musical and NEA award recipient that played to sold-out houses at Cherry County Playhouse in Muskegon, Michigan.  He was the composer and co-lyricist for Queen Esther, which he co-wrote with playwright Lenora Conway.  This adaptation was performed in March 2000 at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, New Jersey.  In the past, he collaborated with science fiction writer Ray Bradbury on the musical adaptation of The Day It Rained Forever, based on Mr. Bradbury’s short story of the same name.  This musical was presented in a reading series at The Berkshire Theatre Festival in July of 1998 and was later produced at Clayton State University in Morrow, GA.  He also composed music for The 13 Hallucinations of Julio Rivera, a new play by Stephen Culp, which was originally performed at The Lark Theatre in New York City and subsequently played at David Mamet and Sam Shepherd’s Magic Theatre in San Francisco.  As an actor, he has recently completed a run of H.M.S. Pinafore playing the role of Bill Bobstay, as Florian in Princess Ida, and as a pirate in The Pirates of Penzance starring Hal Linden all at City Center in New York City.  In early June of 2008, he will take on the role of Giuseppe in The Gondoliers also at City Center.  He was featured in The Presidents starring Rich Little, first at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center then at TheatreFest in Monclaire.  The show was later taped for TV at The Paris Theatre in Las Vegas and subsequently aired on PBS.  He has been seen as Detleff in Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Student Prince starring Christiane Noll and directed by Robert Johanson, as well as the American in Paper Mill’s production of Rags.  He has performed at other regional theatres such as Goodspeed Opera House, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, American Stage Company, Northshore Music Theatre and Monomoy Theatre.  He was for three years the Associate Director and the Cherry Cabaret Host at Western Michigan’s Cherry County Playhouse, as well as the first Director of Musical Development and a member of the Founding Board of Directors for The Genesius Guild in New York.  He wrote two songs for Centaur Records: Every Time You’re Near performed by Alice Ripley on the CD, Utopia and Never Letting Go sung by Elsa Raven on the CD, Dance With Angels.  His work as a singer and a songwriter can be heard on the acclaimed CD, Our Heart Sings, produced by the Genesius Guild. Currently he is the standby for three of the World Famous Village People as they continue their ongoing World tour.  Recently, he was elected to the Board of Directors of ArtsCAP (Arts Coalition of Asbury Park) in New Jersey.  He is the founding Director of The Acting Studio at Asbury Park High School and Stage Time at Asbury Park Middle School, both programs that ArtsCAP originally launched.  Most recently, he was appointed as Director of Education at Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ.  He is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association, The Dramatists Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, ASCAP and holds a B.F.A. from Pepperdine University.