Rich Lovallo

Rich is a 1985 graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey with a BA in fine arts in acting and directing. Since 1976 he has worked as the musical director for numerous shows at the junior high school, high school, college, community theatre, and professional dinner theatre levels. As a teenager, he founded the Shining Light Theatre Company, where he produced and directed shows as benefits for local charitable organizations. In 1992 he co-founded the Triad Arts Ensemble, a non-profit performing arts company. With Triad, Rich directed the first production outside of New York of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. Triad continues to produce plays in New York, and sponsors the Canticles for Life AIDS benefit concert series each year, Rich sings with the Triad Chamber Vocal Ensemble which performs with groups such as the Newark Boys Chorus in the Canticles for Life series.

Rich was the private accompanist and vocal coach for Broadway actress Shelley Bruce, and in 1984 did a USO tour with Shelley, performing on ships and at bases for American service men and women. In 1995 Rich and his wife Jennifer founded the Epiphany Players, a theatre group focusing on original sacred and spiritual based plays. Rich and Jennifer has collaborated to write and produce several new works with the Epiphany Players. Rich has composed many songs and choral pieces. He has composed the score for several shows.

As an actor, Rich has performed in numerous shows, notably as Jesus in Godspell, Danny in Baby, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Snoopy in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Pippin in Pippin, Puck in A Midsummer's Nights Dream, Chico Marx in A Day in Hollywood a Night in the Ukraine, and Horatio in Hamlet. Rich has directed shows at many levels, but is particularly enthused about directing and working with young people.

Rich has been a musical director for Worth-Tyrrell Studios since 1999.