Creative Team

Timothy K. Battle is a Writer/ Arranger/ Producer/ Performer whose work with The Boys Choir of Harlem has been seen on Broadway, Television, Soundtracks and in Concert. Tim recently performed a song he was commissioned to compose for the christening of Princess Cruise Line's new Grand Princess, one of the largest ships afloat. He has worked with Pavorotti, Peobo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Michael Crawford, Patti Austin, and Lou Rawls to mention a few.

His work with Boys Choir of Harlem has taken him on a World Tour , to New England to perform on Great Performances with the Boston Pops, to the Rosie O'Donnell Show, the Today Show, and to OZ for the special Wizard Of Oz In Concert on TNT and PBS featuring Jewel.

Tim's music provided the background for First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's holiday rendition of The Night Before Christmas. Tim's soundtrack recordings include Sondheim , Jungle Fever, Malcom X and Panther. With the group Images Tim performed Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel and Motown material for the USO, at the Apollo Theatre, at Gracie Mansion. The group also performed with Melba Moore in Concert and with Stevie Wonder. Tim was writer, arranger and Associate Producer for Christmas With The Boys Choir Of Harlem, and two singles Up In Harlem and Back To You. Tim has written and arranged tracks for Jewel and for the album Psalms Of Tomorrow, Tim wrote and arranged the track Picturesque. Tim arranged and produced A Change Is Gonna Come, a new track for Mase’s new label All Out Records.

Recently Tim produced the CD Magic for Johnathan Lee Iverson, the youngest Ringmaster in the world-renowned Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus' 129-year history and the first African-American to wear the famed top hat. Magic features the Boys Choir of Harlem and is a “Celebration of Children’s Music” including the title track Magic from Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter! Tim also recently recorded and composed tracks for a fund raising album to provide relief support and research fund for Aids in Africa, also with Boys Choir of Harlem, Patti LaBelle, and Judy Collins.

Writing the music for Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter is a new and exciting form of creation for Tim. He brings to this project tremendous experience, enthusiasm, and a deep talent for sounds that touch the heart and energize the soul.

Robert Neal Marshall first stepped onto a Broadway stage at the age of five while his mother was appearing in a show. Since his debut was in the middle of a rehearsal, he was quickly escorted to the Green Room (behind a heavy steel door) where he was asked to remain! He later studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, then obtained a B.F.A. in Film from New York University.

For several years in London, England, Robert was Assistant to the late Producer Richard Armitage and to the General Manager David Cole for Me And My Girl in the West End and on Broadway, High Society, The Entertainer, and Rowan Atkinson, The New Revue.

Robert re-worked, produced and directed the West End limited engagement debut of the Craig Carnelia musical Is There Life After High Scool? at the Donmar Warehouse, resulting in excellent reviews and a 20% Profit to investors.

Back in the U.S. Robert produced and directed several workshop productions as well as the critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe Festival production of Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter, co-produced and directed Rupert Holmes' Accomplice at the Westchester County Center, remounted Is There Life After High School? to critical acclaim at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, directed for the SDCF Playtime Series at Cap 21 in New York & for several years was a guest lecturer at Peabody Prep of the Johns Hopkins University.

A native Marylander, Robert's projects as Director include Howard Goodall's World War II musical Girlfriends in Washington, DC , Ransom Of Red Chief, Plaza Suite, Babes In Arms, The Boyfriend, Cinderella, Crazy For You, Forty Carats, Charlie's Aunt, & Me And My Girl, among others. Robert also wrote freelance theatre reviews for both the Baltimore Sun and Patuxent Publishing.

Robert, a member of Actors' Equity, Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA and The Dramatists Guild of America, was also previously a member of the prestigious Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab in New York, where he met composer Tim Battle with whom he authored Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. Robert's musical, Passionate Heart was recently be presented as part of the GRACE Heritage Film Festival Gala in Washington, DC in the Grand Ballroom at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

An extraordinary musician, Jason Brown recently made his Kennedy Center debut in grand style with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops conducted by Marvin Hamlisch as part of The 13th Annual Kennedy Center Gala A Salute to the 1940's Broadway Musical.

Originally from Texas, Jason earned his Bachelor of Arts in Academic Music at Baylor University where he also studied with Roger Keyes. While attending Baylor he received numerous awards including the Van Cliburne Endowed Music Award and the Baylor University Endowed Presidential Award. Jason has been fortunate enough to take master class lessons from renowned professionals such as Andre Watts, Phillipe Bianconi, and Joseph Martin.

In addition Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter Jason's growing list of Musical Director, Orchestral and Vocal Arrangements credits includes such shows as Hello, Dolly!, Copacabana, Oklahoma, Ransom Of Red Chief. A talented composer as well Jason has written, recorded and released two solo CD of original music, has written the music for both Passionate Heart a new musical commissioned by the GRACE Heritage for their annual gala at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC and Watergate—The Musical, a satire musical under development.

When not composing Jason's performs his solo work in recitals and concerts. Jason also performs in regional clubs, for private & corporate party events as well as large church functions and places such as the Grand Hyatts in both DC and Baltimore. Wherever he performs, Jason's music and talent is received with great enthusiasm and critical acclaim.

Ms. Stanley is a highly respected award winning author and illustrator with a twenty-year history of success after success.

She was born in Abilene, Texas, into a remarkably creative and adventuresome family, notable for its strong women. Perhaps that's why the story of Rumpelstiltskin troubled her as a child. Why would that miller's daughter marry the king who had been tormenting her all along?

Before she could set things right, though, Ms. Stanley worked as a medical illustrator and as an art director for a major publishing house. She became interested in children's books and began illustrating them when her daughters were young.

Diane's first book, Farmer In The Dell, was published by Little, Brown in 1978. Since then she has published more than forty books for children, including a series of picture-book biographies that have been showered with awards and honors. These include Peter the Great; Shaka, King Of The Zulus; Bard Of Avon: The Story Of William Shakespeare; The Last Princess; Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations; Good Queen Bess: The Story Of Elizabeth I Of England; Cleopatra; Joan Of Arc; Michelangelo; and Leonardo Da Vinci. She expresses her funnyside in books like Saving Sweetness, Raising Sweetness, and Goldie.

Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter was published by Morrow Jr. Books in May of 1997. Diane Stanley lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and frequent collaborator, Peter Vennema, and she has three grown children, Catherine, Tamara, and John.

For more information visit Diane Stanley's Official Website.