Other Productions Robert W. Cabell (Music & Lyrics) A 21-year resident of Manhattan's upper West Side, Robert still makes multiple, annual pilgrimages to his native Oregon family home. Mr. Cabell's better half, his twin brother Richard, is the proud papa of his three lovely nieces, Krysten, Kelsey, and Kelli to whom this show is dedicated. "Z", celebrates the cultural richness of their lovely mother Janet's Mendez family heritage. Making his first appearance at the tender age of 12 as a guest soloist with "Up With People", Mr. Cabell began performing with regional, summer stock, and dinner theaters at the age of 14, and received his Equity card by the age of 19. He has traveled the country performing such roles as Motel in "Fiddler", The Minstrel in "Once Upon a Mattress", Charlie Davenport in "Annie Get Your Gun", as well as directing and choreographing in Equity Star houses. After years of the Gypsy life he retired from performing at the tender age of 23 to concentrate on his writing career. In 1984, he was chosen as one of the first author/composers to work with the prestigious Musical Theatre Works. His writing credits include the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical "Pretty Faces, The Large & Lovely Musical", and "Two Hearts Over Easy", in addition to several concert presentations of two other musicals, "Dragon Myth", and "Saccharine" at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. In 1996, he designed, created, and produced NY Post Gossip Columnist Cindy Adams' AOL site, as well as supervising the filming of her three weekly segments for the "E" Entertainment Network Gossip Show. Mr. Cabell compiled and edited The Joey Adams Encyclopedia of Laughter for Dove Books, after which he was contracted for a non-fiction book of his own entitled Final Exit of the Damned. An avid reader of Sci-Fi and fantasy he is currently 300 pages into his first science fiction novel Atlantis 2038, which was partially inspired by his attendance of Hong Kong's 1997 handover. "Z", is Mr. Cabell's sixth musical and he is hard at work on two more as well as an animated feature. Additional credits include writing and producing two children's theatre TV pilots, "Hideaway Players", a live fractured fairy tale hour of entertainment, and creating and producing "The Dr. B.D. Storylove Show" around the amazing talents of children's theatre extraordinare Barry Duckett for the Portland, Oregon television audiences. In addition to his librettist and composing duties Mr. Cabell has worked as a freelance journalist, had his own column in the Upper West Side Current, written featured articles for Que Pasa Magazine, and was one of the founding editor/writers for Shout Magazine, serving as it's Theatre Editor and a member of it's board of directors for 1997 and 1998. Mr. Cabell is forever grateful to his Starbucks coffee mate and writing pal, TOR Books editor Robert Gleason, who quotes Shakespeare over cappuccino and serves as a constant source of inspiration. © and all rights reserved by RW Cabell 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999