Deborah Haber (Book & Lyrics) is Executive Artistic Director of DEEP Arts, a non-profit arts organization focused on developing new work. DEEP Arts was originally a professional theatre company for young audiences (Rochester Children’s Theatre), which was founded by Ms. Haber and for which she served as Producing Artistic Director for 23 years. During this time, she directed over 75 productions, including: Cinderella, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, A Year with Frog and Toad, Seussical, Quilters, Narnia, Honk!, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Joseph and the …Dreamcoat, The Miracle Worker, The Odyssey, Charlotte’s Web, and The Diary of Anne Frank. Ms. Haber wrote and directed an adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and produced an original musical Treasure Island during RCT’s 2006-2007 season.
Ms. Haber recently wrote the book and lyrics to Sweet House, an original musical highlighting healthy choices. The production’s significant funding (over $250,000) made it possible to reach over 100,000 elementary students in upstate New York. Ms. Haber and her writing partner Casey Filiaci are currently developing Sweet House for animation.
This successful partnership continued for Ms. Haber’s second project, Moses Man. After extensive research with Holocaust scholars, Ms. Haber began work on the development of her parents’ story for the stage, a project she has wanted to begin for a long time. Moses Man was presented as an Invited Show at NYMF 2015.
Currently Moses Man is in rewrites with the intent for inclusion of contemporary stories of displacement happening today. In April 2016 Ms. Haber and Mr. Filiaci formed a partnership with The School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University to present a Symposium entitled “Art and Refugees.” The full project entitled “Finding Home: Shine the Light” consists of the musical, a fine art exhibition partnering with world renown artists’ view of displacement, and an education component is currently being filmed for a full length documentary film. “Finding Home,” co-produced by DEEP Arts and Blue Sky Project Films with Emmy-award winning Dave Marshall directing, chronicles the development and impact of this important world issue.
Ms. Haber served as a theatre panelist for New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Regional Economic Development Council and along with her writing partner, Casey, received an appointment to Indiana University in March 2014 to further the development of Moses Man. She is a member of Dramatist Guild of America.
CASEY L. FILIACI (Music) Casey Filiaci is a widely respected professional with over three decades of experience in the business of music production. Upon earning a degree in composition from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, he pursued a career as a jazz pianist and composer. He quickly changed course after being exposed to the world of music production and recording.
Casey is signed to an Atlantic Records recording contract. He is a two-time Emmy "Best Sports Music" nominee for his work with HBO and has earned multiple Silver Mic and Telly awards. His credits include premier productions across the media spectrum including theme music for the NBC U.S. Olympics, HBO's Main Movie theme, "When It was a Game", "Inside the NFL'' and World Championship Boxing” as well as the soundtrack for the Baseball Hall of Fame Theater in Cooperstown, film score for The Next Big Thing and more. Casey has worked with world-class musicians in studios from NYC to LA and provided music for premiere clients such as Disney and HBO. He has access to a wide array of music talent for use in his productions and has worked with and produced music in every genre including rock, hip-hop, jazz, country and classical.
Most recently, Casey has taken on the genre of musical theatre. His first foray into musical theatre resulted in Plagued--A Love Story, NYMF 2009. Along with Deborah Haber, Casey composed music for Sweet House, and Moses Man, NYMF 2015. LIKAH! is their third collaboration.
