BIOS:

 THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Waiting On The Sun is being produced by an experienced, professional team.

WAYNE J. KEELEY (Author/Director)
Wayne is a media attorney and producer with over twenty (20) years experience in writing, directing and producing. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winning producer for public service campaigns. He is responsible for more than forty productions including commercials, documentaries, educational films, music videos and feature films. He has had Billboard best-selling videos. His videos and DVDs can be found on amazon.com, eBay, iTunes and in retail stores and libraries around the country. Some of his titles include Nosferatu - The First Vampire, The Titanic Chronicles, Icy Death, Say No To Strangers and Point of No Return. Wayne also is the author of the legal thriller, Mahogany Row.

Wayne currently works as a Vice President of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. and as Director of their Children's Advertising Review Unit.

Wayne has taught undergraduate and graduate business and communication classes including film and video production, editing and cinema studies at Fordham College, Bronx Community College, Baruch College and Audrey Cohen College. He presently teaches communication classes at Danbury's Western Connecticut State University.

Wayne is a phi beta kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Fordham college and a St. Thomas More Legal Scholar at St. John's University School of Law. He has a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from St. John's University School of Law and a Master's degree in Law (LL.M.) from New York University School of Law.

He has worked with many professional actors including Olympia Dukakis, Harry Belafonte, David Carradine, Carole King, Bob Weir, John Oates, the late River Phoenix, John Amos, Billy Baldwin, Jasmine Guy, Julie Brown, Larry Luckinbill, Colin Quinn, Carlo Imperato, Mario Van Peebles, among others. In another life, Wayne also did a bit of acting. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity. If you don't blink, you may catch him in some movies like Bright Lights, Big City or Rodney Dangerfield's Nothin' Goes Right..

STEPHANIE C. LYONS (Producer, Assistant Director)
Stephanie is a writer/journalist who has been extensively published in newspapers, magazines and on-line publications. She has written in the areas of entertainment, health and wellness, business, food, and people and events. She came to know Wayne and his family when on assignment to publicize a national public service announcement he produced and directed with Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis; it also features Wayne's son Wyatt, who is afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the namesake of The Wyatt Foundation.

Stephanie has interviewed and written about such notables as performer Peter Cetera, formerly of the group Chicago; American Idol Season 4 runner-up, Bo Bice; writer and creator of the beloved television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal; nationally-touring political-satire group Capitol Steps; director of the Connecticut Film Festival, Tom Carruthers; and many others.

Stephanie graduated magna cum laude with a Master's degree in counseling psychology and formerly worked as a therapist with both adults and children. She also was the director of a women's community correctional facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Stephanie is Co-founder and Vice President of The Wyatt Foundation. Her boundless energy, limitless resources and impressive contacts in both the local community and beyond have served to enhance the organization and to bring forth much needed exposure both to The Foundation and also to the production of Waiting On The Sun.

This is Stephanie's inaugural foray into producing live theater.

THE CAST

SCOTT S. KEGLER (Justin)
Scott, a graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University's Performing Arts program, has been in productions throughout New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. While he was attending ECSU Scott was awarded the John Del Monte Award (a scholarship) for his achievements in theatre. He has had the opportunity to study under James Simmons, of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Augusta Cabrera, commedia director of Stockholm, Sweden.

Scott possesses special skills in the areas of period acting as well as stage combat including work with rapier, sword, qxe, heavy weaponry as well as unarmed.

Scott's favorite performances include The Visit, directed by Chris Ettridge (British film & theatre director) in the role of "Inspector Strutter," starring along with Daniel Whelton; and the film Dirge of the Sea, where he worked with Cuyle Carvin in the role of "Bill."

Scott's strong background in commedia del'arte has given him a strong focus towards the physical movement of a character. When Scott learned that he would be playing the role of a young man afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, in an electric wheelchair with limited use of most of his body he said, "I'm excited to confront this challenge."

DINA MONTEFUSCOLI (Tiffany)
Bio to come.

TOM FARRELL (Zack, the R.A.)
Tom, an alumnus of Western Connecticut State University's Theatre program, is ecstatic to be back on the stage after a nearly three-year hiatus. He has worked on a multitude of projects from musicals to original short films, though his passion remains with the straight play. He has performed abroad and in a number of off-off-broadway shows.

Among others, Tom has taken on such roles as "Phil" in The  Shape of Things; "Tim" in The Distance From Here; "Chairman Cartwright" in The Mystery of Edwin Drood; "Freddy" in Picasso at the Lapin Agile; "Tom" in Blue Window; and "Sir Andrew" in Twelfth Night, a role which was reprised at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2005, and again in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 2006.

Aside from acting, Tom enjoys writing plays and short films for which he has a few directing credits under his belt, and he is constantly trying to find an equilibrium between these hobbies and his ever-evolving pursuits as a musician. Tom would like to thank friends Pete and Kat for bringing this opportunity to his attention. Thanks are due to Wayne and Steph for making this show happen, along with the rest of the cast and crew. Tom also is eternally grateful to his family for their undying support in all of his endeavors. Finally, Tom would like to give a little shout out to Wyatt!