Tim Aumiller & Scott Schneider began writing and producing in the fall of 2003, the year they founded their company NO HOPE Productions and presented their first full length musical, DOSE!.  Since, they have written three full-length musicals and presented eleven evenings of new music including two sold out shows at the legendary Joe’s Pub – Siren/Kings In Concert and their anniversary celebration Pulling The Plug: a decade of NO HOPE . Their musical Hello, My Name Is Billy was a FringeNYC award winner and a Backstage “Critic’s Pick.” Hailed as a “rocking new musical,” BILLY ran for six weeks at the Duplex Cabaret and The Slipper Room in the spring of 2010 before its 2011 FringeNYC run at Le Poisson Rouge. Their song “Fools Like You” was featured in the 2014 award-winning documentary Actress. That same year New York Theatre Barn presented selections from their upcoming musicalTeach Me To Sing. In 2015, they released The NO HOPE Songbook Volume I: 2003-2013. Their first music video for their song “Evolution” performed by Siren was recorded and filmed in the fall of 2016 and will be released in early 2017. www.nohopeproductions.com

 

Sarah Bonsignore was born in Durban, South Africa to a large and musical family. Her parents are both accomplished musicians, and when she accompanied her elementary school's music concert by ear at the age of seven, they decided it was time for some formal piano lessons. Sarah began writing songs in high school, and was a finalist for the SABC "Road to Fame" competition. She performed frequently in local competitions and festivals, and appeared on South African radio and television. She also performed as both a classical pianist and operatic soprano with city orchestras in Durban and Pietermaritzburg throughout college. One of the highlights of her career and was performing for President Mandela at an inauguration ball in her hometown of Durban before coming to America.  Sarah is on the faculty of the Trinity School in Manhattan where she directs three choirs, two a cappella groups, the upper school chapel music program and teaches music theory. She performs regularly as a singer-songwriter throughout New York and Nashville, and has enjoyed performing for many charities including the American Cancer Society and Boys and Girls Club of America. Sarah is a member of NSAI, the Nashville Songwriter's Association International, where she has been listed as "One To Watch" and recommended to their monthly publisher luncheons. She has two albums of original songs on iTunes,  "New Sky New Day" and "Catch The Light". Sarah lives in Tappan, 

Robert May is a New York-based singer-songwriter active as a performer and music educator. As a recent graduate of The Juilliard School's vocal program, he has kept busy performing and composing in both classical and pop styles. His most recent compositional projects have included orchestral circus tunes for a production of Georg Buchner's play, Woyzeck, as well as songs about topics ranging from his new marriage to his pet fish. 

Joel Waggoner is a composer, performer, vocal coach, music director/arranger, violinist, and goof. He can currently be seen in the cast of School of Rock on Broadway. Off-Bway: Southern Comfort (Public Theater, BSC, CAP21). Composer of Presto Change-O (World Premiere Barrington Stage Co. May 2016) Joel holds an MFA from NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. 2012 Dramatist Guild Fellow. Works performed at Joe's Pub, Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Merkin Recital Hall and in Seattle's New Voices Concerts at the 5th Ave. Theater. 2009 ASCAP Max Dreyfus Award winner. www.joelwaggoner.com