Jamie McGonnigal
Jamie McGonnigal is best known for his work as a producer and director with his World AIDS Day concert productions of Pippin (starring Rosie O’Donnell and Ben Vereen), Children of Eden and The Secret Garden (named in top ten theatre events for 2005 by Playbill.com and TheatreMania.com). He has also produced and/or directed benefit concerts for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Standing Ovations I, II & III), The Matthew Shepard Foundation (Embrace! 2004, 2005, 2006), God’s Love We Deliver (Miracle Concerts), the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation (for which, he is currently a board member) (FLOPZ, FLOPZ 2, CUTZ), The York Theatre (NEO, Oscar Hammerstein Award), The Pied Piper Children’s Theatre (SNOOPY! With Sutton Foster), Parkinsons Resource Organization (Broadway PROs) and victims of Hurricane Katrina (With Love, From Broadway to the Bayou). In his concert work, he has had the honor of working with such luminaries as Betty Buckley, Chita Rivera, Alan King, Robert Altman, Jennifer Holliday, Mike Nichols, Helen Gurley Brown and Tammy Grimes. Jamie is also a founding producer of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. As an actor, he has appeared on stages regionally and in NYC in a number of roles, but is most known for his voice-acting roles on on WB’s Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh! and 4Kids/The Cartoon Network’s One Piece, F-Zero and Kirby. Other voice over roles include anime titles Weiss Kreuz (Omi), Magic User’s Club (Takeo), World of Narue (Kazuto) and The Weathering Continent (Tieh). Most recently, Jamie recorded his first video game, XSEED’s Shadow Hearts: From The New World for PS2, playing the lead role of Johnny Garland. He also has begun recording for the upcoming Viva Pinata! For 4Kids! You can visit his IMDB for his full list of works: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1031237/ and find more information on Jamie on his website: www.JamieMcG.com