"Bad Day" from DELAYED
Elaine Pechacek
Elaine Pechacek, a Long Island, New York native, attended Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL where she obtained her B.A. in Music Education with additional post studies in Vocal Pedagogy. During her years in college she had the honor of playing Bassoon for two years with the popular South Florida Palm Beach Pops Orchestra and two years with the South Florida Youth Symphony. Also during her time in college she had the privilege of touring nationwide two summers with New Covenant Ministries singing lead vocals and playing keyboard. In her years during and following college Elaine has held the position of Music Director with several different religious organizations. She was often called upon and recognized for her contemporary orchestrations of traditional church and hymn music. Before leaving the Central/South Florida area for two years to work with DWStudios in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Elaine performed as a Lyric Soprano with the Lakeland Choral Society and has had the honor of playing significant operatic roles in Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Pirates of Penzance, and with ensemble Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Elaine is currently the owner and operator of Music From The Heart Studio located in Orlando, FL. She coaches a full range of students from professional artists to those just starting their musical journey in not just proper vocal techniques but also in piano, orchestration/song writing, clarinet and saxophone. In addition to her combined 9 year teaching career, Elaine also works currently as a studio vocalist, musician, and arranger for private recording labels nationwide. Being a current member of MTNA, and a past member of MENC Elaine has been an advocate for keeping music alive in the lives of young people (and adults) in the Central Florida Community. In 2008, Elaine began work on a new musical called,
WHEN. It is an original musical based on the feelings and emotions of a vocal coach. WHEN is currently in pre-production phases and is slated for a 2012 debut in New York. Upon completing WHEN, Elaine began work on DELAYED with co-collaborator Katie Hammond. Elaine and Katie have worked together since August of 2007, and together they have performed several cabarets in the Orlando area over their three year working relationship. Since work began on DELAYED in late 2009, Katie and Elaine have continued working on additional projects including GIRLIE PARTS, a female cabaret song cycle series, and SEASONS, a new full length musical which will be completed the end the 2010. In keeping with Katie and Elaine's passion for writing, don't think they don't have a third musical brewing with the working title of TEMPS!
Katie Hammond
Katie Hammond, a Michigan native, earned a BA in theatre from The College of Wooster, in Ohio. Shortly after graduating Katie moved to Chicago to pursue improvisation. She attended the improv conservatory programs at The Second City and The iO Theatre (formerly Improv Olympic). After finishing her studies there, she played on the Harold House Team, Night Fight, at iO for two years. Her independent improv team, Radar-7, performed all over the city for four years, and their final show headlined at the Minneapolis Improv Festival. She was also in the ensemble of pH Productions, No Shoe Zone and Improv Unlimited, and improvised with them all over the Chicago area. During her time in Chicago, Katie worked in advertising and radio broadcasting, and performed in various regional and city theatres doing musical and straight theatre. Some favorite roles include playing; Leading Player in Pippin, Viola in Twelfth Night, Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Stret, Boo in Bark! The Musical, Lisa in Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical and Myrtle Mae Simmons in Harvey. Katie was relocated to Orlando in 2007 to work for Walt Disney World, and she was a proud cast member of the Citizens of Hollywood. As a fulltime improviser at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, she also hosted a game show at EPCOT. In downtown Orlando, she wa a member of the professional ensemble for SAK Comedy Lab. Katie created and continues to teach a very popular improv comedy workshop for women. It is because of her LadyProv classes that Katie was asked to be a part of a new documentary, “Women Aren’t Funny”. Katie reenergized her writing career with the sketch group, The Executives. After writing and performing in her second hugely successful run for the Orlando Fringe Festival, The Executives were honored to win the Patron’s Choice Awards for “Best Sketch Comedy Show” and “Favorite Show in the Venue”. Recently, she was seen in FOURplay, the Improvised Musical, at the Winter Park Playhouse, and spent a month making up a new full length musical every night. Katie recently relocated to New York City and is unemployed - which leaves her time to write and audition! Katie began working with Elaine Pechacek in August of 2007 as a vocalist, and together they performed several cabarets in the Orlando area. They began writing and work-shopping DELAYED in late 2009, and presented a staged reading in March of 2010. They held a music preview for their second original musical, SEASONS in August of 2010 and are hoping to finish the show by the end of the year. Elaine and Katie are currently working on two additional projects; Girlie Parts, an all female cabaret cycle and TEMPS, a new musical comedy about the ins and outs of working for a temp agency. For more information on Katie, please visit www.katiehammond.com.
