Danny Bergold

President & Managing Partner

Danny Bergold has over 20 years experience in the entertainment and event production industries. He began his performance career as a young boy, playing the role of Tom of Warrick in Camelot starring Robert Goulet. He went on to appear in over 50 musicals in New York City and around the world including Crazy For You, Saturday Night Fever, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, The Music Man, Cats, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music and 42nd Street. Along the way he earned his BA from the University of California, Irvine where he studied the performing arts.

In 2003 he left the performance industry where he would begin his career as an entertainment producer. He worked briefly for Broadway producers Ted Tulchin and Richard Frankel Productions, two of the world's most distinguished Broadway producers and general management companies.

In 2005 he left the Broadway industry to run the entertainment division at the award winning, New York based, event production company, Empire Force Events. While there, Bergold, along with the Empire Force Events' entertainment division, produced hundreds of entertainment experiences including dance bands, custom shows, solo musicians, variety acts, and world-class performances by Diana Ross, Tony Bennett and the Gipsy Kings to name a few.

Bergold is active in multiple industry associations such as the International Special Events Society (ISES) where he recently served for three years on the board of directors for the New York Metro Chapter and is currently serving on the International Membership Development Committee. He was happy to produce the 8th Annual ISES New York Metro Big Apple Awards Gala, which marked the chapter's 20th anniversary with special presentations honoring 20 industry notables such as David Tutera, Preston Bailey, Elyse Kroll and Jean McFaddin. He is also an active member of the International Association of Corporate Entertainment Producers (IACEP). Bergold was proud to be the recipient of the 2008 ISES New York Metro Spirit award as well as an Event Solutions Magazine 2008 Spotlight Award finalist in the category of Rising Star. He was also published in the August 2008 edition of Special Event Magazine — The "Act" of the Entertainment Producer.

Mark Parsinen

Partner

Mark Parsinen, 61 years old, is one of the rare breed of developer/designer/owner entrepreneurs in the world of golf. His creative accomplishments over the past 20 years in the industry include Granite Bay Golf Club in California plus Kingsbarns and Castle Stuart in Scotland. Kingsbarns, located 6 miles from St Andrews, has been ranked among Golf Magazine's World Top 100 Courses since its inception. Castle Stuart, located in the Scottish Highlands capital of Inverness, was voted as the world's Best New Course for 2009 by Golf Magazine while Ron Whitten, writing in the December 2010 issue of Golf Digest, stated that "Castle Stuart might be the most perfectly conceived and executed design ever built." In January 2011, Castle Stuart was announced as the new home of the Scottish Open, one of the premiere events on the European Tour. "Today's golf courses" says Parsinen, "all too often emphasize difficulty over the interest and challenge of decision making. My courses are all about width of play, choice, errors, and the thrill of recovering from the brink of seeming disaster. Golf is about entertainment, not the torture of 'perfection or failure' inherent in most course designs of recent vintage"

Parsinen's career "ports of call" started with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 1975. He headed the Los Angeles office and was a Vice President and Partner during his BCG tenure. He also worked for a former client, the Adolph Coors Company. As Director of Marketing, he was responsible for launching Killians' Irish Red Ale and was instrumental in the launch of Coors Light. From 1983 to 1990, Parsinen began his entrepreneurial career in Silicon Valley with professors from Stanford's Electrical Engineering Department. Their company designed, manufactured and sold special-purpose computers for the computer-aided engineering marketplace. In 1986 they merged with Zycad, a publically-owned and traded competitor, where Parsinen served as President, CEO and Director.

A young hockey player from Minnesota, Parsinen attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his BA in Strategic Studies Cum Laude in 1971. He did special course work in Strategic Studies at the London School of Economics and went on to earn his MBA in 1975 from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar having graduated in the top 10% of his class.

Parsinen and his wife Deirdre of 38 years reside in Palm Springs, California and have three daughters and two grandsons. "I've always loved new and innovative things," Parsinen confesses, "especially those that seem radical and yet are based on a lot of common sense. My wife Dede has been my anchor in never letting my dreams overwhelm me. We sense a dream about to become a compelling reality with Danny Bergold's new company About Entertainment – we're thrilled by its prospects."

Jennifer Bergold

Director of Creative Development

Jenny Bergold attended UC Irvine where she earned a BA in both Dance and Drama and met her future husband Danny. During that time she had the privilege of dancing as a member of the Etude Ensemble led by legendary director and choreographer, Donald McKayle. In her five years with Etude, she performed some of his most renowned works such as Rainbow Etude, Games, Shaker Life and was part of the world premier of his new works JAMnation and Mardi Gras. Upon graduation she moved to New York where she worked professionally as a dancer, singer, actor and choreographer for over tens years.

Some of Jenny's favorite performance credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Sweet Charity, All is Love at the New York Fringe Festival and the Original Cast of Fame on 42nd Street in New York. She's appeared in multiple music videos, New York charity benefits and the New York Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She was Associate Choreographer and Principle Dancer for dre.dance led by Artistic Directors/Choreographers Taye Diggs and Andrew Palermo. She then served as Assistant Choreographer to Mark Eckstein and Mark Stuart Dance Theater.

TV and film credits include Law & Order: Criminal Intent, recurring roles on Guiding Light and As The World Turns, Window Shopping I & II for PBS, and the feature film Meskada starring Kellan Lutz and Rachel Nichols.

Jenny is a seasoned event professional having helped produce several marquee events such as the opening and closing ceremonies for the US Open, Glamour Magazine's Woman of the Year Awards, Veuve Cliquot's Annual Polo Match, The Toys'R'Us Children's Fund Gala, New Yorker Festival, and the National Television Tour of I Wanna Be a Soapstar.

Jenny is a certified yoga instructor, dance instructor and wife.

Brian Purcell

Director of Business Development, Booking Agent

Brian Purcell has over 10 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has produced and directed such stage projects as “The Question” an Indie Rock Ballet as well as the critically acclaimed production of “The Who’s Tommy” which played the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood, CA from June 2008 - July 2008. For the first time ever in live theatre, audience members were able to experience a show in High Definition 3D audio presented by EXP3D while wearing BOSE around-ear headphones. Other stage producing and directing credits: “Chess” the musical and “An Evening with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber”. Film and Television producing credits range from small low budget films and Commercial spots for PIONEER Electronics to his Award Winning Short Film "FLY” which screened at film festivals around the country 2008. Performance credits include Broadway National Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, Footloose, Ragtime and Evita. Brian has been blessed to work with such seasoned actors as Tony Award Winner Alice Ripley(“Next to Normal” “The Who’s Tommy“ Original Broadway cast member, “Side Show”, “Sunset Blvd.” and Les Miserables), Tony Nominee Susan Egan (Broadway’s: Beauty and the Best- original Belle, Cabaret), Tony an Emmy Nominee Matthew Morrison (FOX’S GLEE, Broadway’s: South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, Hairspray - original Link Larkin), Grammy Nominee Nona Hendryx (of La Belle and Patti LaBelle and the Blue Bells ) and Jenna Leigh Green (Broadway’s, LA’s and 1st National “Wicked”, “BARE” Off Broadway and ABC’s “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”).

Mark Stuart Eckstein

Forever Ballroom: Choreographer

Lauded by the Chicago Sun Times as "brilliant... steel-cut perfection," Mark Stuart is a rising star of the dance and theater scene in New York City. Stuart's powerfully elegant choreography has revolutionized story-telling with intense gravity-defying partnering. His intelligent and highly evocative style has garnered the attention of Broadway producers and film and music video directors, while his expertise has been sought by Tony Award Winners Hinton Battle, Jerry Mitchell, and Andy Blankenbeuhler, as well as Tony Nominee Chris Gatelli. Mark currently serves as Assistant Choreographer for the world-premiere Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Stuart is Founder and Artistic Director of Mark Stuart Dance Theatre, an electrifying new presence in the dance community. Stuart and company have appeared on Broadway stages, at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, at New York City Center, as well as a performance at the Minskoff Theatre alongside Paul McCartney and Chita Rivera.

A two-time Joseph Jefferson Award winner for Choreography (Swing!, The All Night Strut), Mark is also an LA Ovation Award nominee for Featured Actor in a Musical (Swing!). Choreography credits include Broadway: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Chance and Chemistry. Regional: Lincoln Center Spring Gala, Babalu, Erotic Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Life Could Be A Dream, among others. Performance credits include Cats, West Side Story, Les Miserables, Swing!, and Miss Saigon. While film credits are as diverse as Idlewild, Bolden, and The Great Observer, Mark Stuart has also appeared in and choreographed several music videos. A two- time American Lindy Hop Champion, Stuart has enjoyed international celebrity for his role in Swing!, appearing in numerous TV specials and concerts worldwide. He was also named a Frontrunner by National Dance Week and the Celebrity Spokesperson for Arts to Grow, a NY/NJ metro area non-profit that works with "at-risk" urban youths.

David Kreppel

Closet Rockers: Co-Writer, Musical Supervisor and Musical Director

David Kreppel is a New York based musician and composer. His conducting credits included the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, as well as the national tours of The Lion King, Mamma Mia and Saturday Night Fever. Additionally, he has played for the productions of The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Showboat, and Gutenberg (off-Broadway). He has music directed productions all over the country including work at San Diego's The Old Globe, The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The St. Louis Repertory, The Signature Theatre in DC and Chicago's Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre.

For several years David served as music supervisor and composer for The Kids Project, directing concerts nationally and producing their album A Generation for Change, which raised money for Duchene and Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Additionally, he has orchestrated the musicals The Gospel According to Fishman, Dracula, and Don't Make Me Pull This Show Over, and contributed arrangements to Paul Gordon's Emma.

As composer, he is developing the musicals 1st and Ten and The Velveteen Rabbit and A Host of Sparrows, a new play. He holds a degree from Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.

Craig D'Amico

Closet Rockers: Director

Craig D'Amico has performed on Broadway with Reba McEntire and Brent Barret in the role of Tommy Keeler in the Tony Award winning revival of Annie Get York Gun. D'Amico was also apart of the Tony nominated revival of Fiddler on the Roof starring Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O'Donnell. In addition to his Broadway credits, Craig has been seen around the country performing leading roles at some of the country's most highly regarded regional theatres. In 2007 he hosted the Soap NetowrksTelevision tour of "I Wanna Be a Soap Star".

Craig's talents extend to directing where he has directed several readings of plays and new works including "Dying City" at the Neighborhood Playhouse in Los Angeles.

D'Amico has also been an acting coach for the past seven years and has been on faculty at TVI Actors Studio in NYC; Rosie's Broadway Kids Academy; The Amy Murphy Studio, Red Mountain Theatre Company in Birmingham Alabama; The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education (Rochester, NY); Learning on Location (NYC).

D'Amico is the owner of "The Craig D'Amico Experience" an events production company that provides a distinct variety of services for high-end corporate programs & engagements, private parties, social gatherings & benefits or any other type of live event with an emphasis on creating experiences.

D'Amico is proud to hold a BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Jeffrey Denman

Cheek To Cheek: Co-Choreographer

Jeffry Denman starred as Phil Davis, the Danny Kaye role, in the Broadway Premiere of Irving Berlin's White Christmas (2009 Astaire Award Nom), the role he created for the World Premiere in San Francisco (04), as well as Los Angeles (05), St Paul (06) and Boston (2007 IRNE Award for Best Actor in a Musical) as well as the Original Cast Recording (Ghostlight). Author of the critically acclaimed book, A Year with The Producers: One Actor's Exhausting (but worth it) Journey from Cats to Mel Brooks' Mega Hit. (Routledge, 2002). He starred in the World Premiere of The Gershwins' An American in Paris at the Alley Theatre in Houston. He was nominated for an LA Ovation Award for his portrayal of Junior Dolan in On Your Toes at LA Reprise and won a 2008 Backstage Bistro Award winner for his solo jazz concert, Jazz Turns at Birdland. Broadway and NYC: The original casts of The Producers, Dream and How To Succeed and the final cast of Cats, (Munkustrap); Jenkins in Of Thee I Sing and Pat Mason Jr. in Face the Music (Encores Cast Recording, DRG) both at City Center Encores!; He played the role of Artie Goldberg (Drama Desk nomination) as well as choreographed (Lucille Lortel nomination) YANK (York Theatre); James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God (Keen Company); Pvt Wars (Incumbo) Regional: Tom in Dinner with Friends at Portland Stage and Bobby Child in Crazy For You at NSMT (IRNE Award for Best Actor in a musical) & Ogunquit Playhouse, The Baker in Into the Woods (Sacramento Music Circus), Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain at the St Louis Muny; Zach in A Chorus Line (Pioneer Theatre Company), Constantin in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine at the historic Cape Playhouse. Concerts: Fred and His Partners (New Haven Symphony) starring Jeffry and his wife, Erin Denman, A Tribute to Irving Berlin (National Symphony, Kennedy Center)and A Tribute to George Gershwin (Philadelphia Symphony) both with Marvin Hamlisch and A Salute to Fred and Gene at Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein; Keep Your Sunny Side Up - 92nd Street Y Lyrics & Lyricists Series, Broadway by the Year – 1968, 1928, 1927 and Broadway Unplugged III all at Town Hall. Director/Choreographer: Town Hall performances of A Tribute to Lerner and Loewe and Broadway by the Year – 1924, 1931, 1944, 1947 and 1970. Choreographer: Naked Boys Singing! (Off B'way), My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (PBS Great Performances), Dancing in the Dark (Studio Arena Theatre.) TV/Film: Law & Order, My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (PBS, Great Performances), Astaire & Rogers Collection Volume 1 (Warner Bros. DVD)

He is also the playwright of Dancing in the Dark and Change Partners, two musicals based on the life of Fred Astaire. Dancing in the Dark won an Artie Award for Best Musical and Jeffry won an Artie for Best Choreography. Graduate of the University of Buffalo.

Erin Denman

Cheek To Cheek: Co-Choreographer

Broadway/NYC: 42nd Street (Revival), Stairway to Paradise (Encores!). National Tour: The Producers. Erin has appeared all around the country in roles such as: Sheila in A Chorus Line, Desiree in the world premiere of An American in Paris, Velma in Chicago, Dorothy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Marty in Grease, Judy in A Chorus Line, Ziegfeld's Favorite in The Will Rogers Follies, and Anytime Annie in 42nd Street. Erin and Jeffry Denman have starred together in Dance the Night Away: A Tribute to Fred and His Partners with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra; Standard Time with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall; Broadway by the Year and Broadway Unplugged at New York City's Town Hall; and The Fred and Adele Astaire Awards.