GFour Productions

Kathi & Alan Glist, Sandra & Kenneth Greenblatt, Producers / Founders The Glists & The Greenblatts

The Glists and Greenblatts, along with their phenomenal staff, comprise one of the fastest growing production companies in the theatrical community. They began producing in 1981 with NINE THE MUSICAL which won them the 1982 Tony award for Best Musical. Among their favorite productions are MY ONE AND ONLY, ZORBA THE GREEK starring Anthony Quinn, BABY, THE RINK, GRAND HOTEL, GRIND, BIG, TRUE WEST, CATSKILLS ON BROADWAY, I LOVE YOU YOU'RE PERFECT NOW CHANGE, MEN, PERFECT HARMONY - THE BARRY SISTERS' STORY and both the original and revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, which won them the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1983 and the Tony Award for Best Revival in 2004. Their combined shows have been nominated for seventy-two Tony Awards winning thirty, thirty-eight Drama Desk Awards winning twenty-two, and ten Outer Critic Awards winning nine. They produced MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL® in Boston, Cleveland, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and New Haven, currently have the show running in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Portland, Toronto, Jacksonville, Australia and New Zealand and will soon be opening Birmingham, Minneapolis, Cincinatti, Columbus, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Norfolk, Austin/San Antonio, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Virginia Beach, and Atlantic City. They are the producers of RING OF FIRE, The Johnny Cash Musical Show (Broadway and ’07-’08 National Tour) and the Romantic Comedy Musical I LOVE YOU BECAUSE (Off Broadway and soon to open in Korea and regionally). They currently have RESPECT: A MUSICAL JOURNEY OF WOMEN in Boston and opening soon in Atlanta. Additional upcoming productions include RFK and DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN. They look forward to launching A GIRL CALLED DUSTY, The Dusty Springfield Story in the near future.

Taryn G. Rioseco, Producer
She spent most of her life as a musical theater actress until discovering her true love of working with children. Combining her two greatest passions, Taryn set off to pursue a career as a Drama Teacher. She graduated from Boston's Emerson College with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre and Theatre Education and spent the next five years commuting from New York City as a Middle School Drama Teacher and Director in Westfield, NJ. She made her directorial and producing debut with FALSETTOS at Miami's New World School of the Arts, followed by I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (Emerson College), BIG, THE MUSICAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT and more (Roosevelt School). Taryn oversees GFour’s west coast productions from L.A., where she lives with her husband and high school sweetheart, Eddy. She is honored to be part of the GFour team and looks forward to future endeavors with her incredibly talented colleagues.

Seth Greenleaf, Vice President of Theatrical Development
A graduate of UCLA's school of Theatre Film and Television, Seth Greenleaf would be the first to tell you he's lived a theatrical life. Growing up at the heart of New York City's musical theatre scene, he was bitten early by the bug while watching his father Kenneth produce the original "Nine the Musical" starring Raul Julia and Anita Morris. He has worked in every aspect of theatre since, from usher to actor to director. Among his favorite highlights are acting with George C. Scott in the off-Broadway hit "Wrong Turn at Lungfish", and producing his first feature film at only 22. He heads GFour's New York office and is the company's Vice President of Theatrical Development. He is a proud member of the GFour family and likes to joke that "Here at GFour, you can never tell where the family ends and the business begins". And that's exactly why he loves it.

Neal Gardner, Vice President of Production / General Manager
After careers in numerous business ventures, Neal came to GFour in its infancy and has proudly watched it grow into the vibrant, committed, professional production company it has become. So many people to acknowledge from the G’s who have allowed me to be truly thrilled to do what I do, to my wife, Patti, and daughters, Stephanie and Dana, who roll their eyes but understand that this job has hours beyond long and that it is not a growth on my ear, but rather my Blackberry.

John Poland, Vice President of Operations
John has played many different administrative roles in the theater business for the past 20 years. Before joining GFour, he spent 10 years working with Clear Channel Entertainment, overseeing their touring theater business in the Southeastern United States. He is originally from Rhode Island where he earned a degree in Theater / Performing Arts Management from Rhode Island College. John is married to the love of his life, Yarni, and has 3 young children (all of whom love Broadway, like their dad.). Besides his family, John lists the following as some of his favorite things: Marie’s Crisis in NYC; Texas-hold-em; show tunes from the 80s and 90s; traveling abroad (he’s been to more that 20 countries); and visiting Las Vegas. He thinks he could win a Reality TV show…He’s auditioned for Survivor and The Amazing Race.

Joseph Ruffner, National Company Manager
Joe worked for Cleveland's Playhouse Square both as an actor and stage manager, as well as with the Second City, before joining GFour Productions to "get closer to the Menopausal ladies." Since joining the team, he has been blessed with a few ladies of his own: Jen and he married when the Cleveland production turned one year old, and they welcomed Isabella when Atlanta celebrated its first year. In his free time, Joe likes to proofread programs, organize payroll spreadsheets, and book hotels for traveling actors. He has also been known to work with Atlanta's Synchronicity Performance Group, and is a several-year member of AEA. He sends a shout out to the CMs around the world and Canada.

Tom Madden, National Production Manager
Tom is a veteran GFour Stage Manager and proud to earn his "G" as the newest member of the GFour Productions family. Prior to the promotion he was engaged as the Production Stage Manager of GFour's new Respect: A Musical Journey for 6 months at the Stuart Street Playhouse in Boston. Madden's other GFour credits include the two year run of Menopause the Musical at Boston's Stuart Street Playhouse and a four month stint in the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. CT. His previous works include the Boston Premier of Broad Comedy, Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; Wang Center Production's American Voices Series: True West, American Buffalo, Fences, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Opera Boston's critically acclaimed Powder Her Face; Boston's African American Theatre Festival including The Wiz; Colorado Shakespeare Company's Richard III and A Midsummer Night's Dream; and Lyric Stage Company's The Lisbon Traviata, Glengarry Glenn Ross , and Lend Me A Tenor. He holds a B.F.A. in Production/Stage Management from Emerson College and served as the Artistic and Production Associate at both the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and The Wang Center for the Performing Arts. Its good to be a G.

Leah Davis, Director of Marketing
Leah is definitely not a stranger to theater as she has been acting since she was wearing pigtails. She has not forgone her talents but rather brought them with her into her adult professional life. She began her career at Clear Channel Entertainment shortly after graduating from Florida State University with a BFA in Visual Arts. While at Clear Channel she focused on marketing live Broadway in South Florida. In October 2006, Leah had the distinct honor of opening the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, as the Show Marketing Manager. She spends most of her free time being a food critic for her peers and family members, as she is quite the “foodie.” Leah lives in Plantation with her gorgeous blue eyed cat, Beatty. She is delighted to join the G Four team and looks forward to growing with this fabulous company!

Michael Larsen, National Resident Director
Michael has worked as a Director and Musical Director steadily and happily for more than 25 years. BROADWAY: pianist for original productions of ANNIE, NINE: THE MUSICAL and 42ND STREET; associate director on THE SHEIK OF AVENUE B. OFF-BROADWAY: pianist/conductor: THE GOLDEN LAND, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, ON SECOND AVENUE. REGIONAL: director: ONLY A KINGDOM (world premiere with Sally Struthers), RUTHLESS! (Carbonell Nomination 2002), CLOSER THAN EVER, ME AND MY GIRL (Bruce Adler), ANNIE WARBUCKS, BABY, HOTEL PARADISO, many others; musical director: SHLEMIEL THE FIRST (A.C.T. San Francisco and Geffen L.A.), COME FLY WITH ME (National Tour), A NEW BRAIN (Carbonell Nomination 2003), SONGS OF PARADISE (Caldwell Theatre), countless others. VARIETY and NIGHTCLUB: conductor and/or arranger for Theodore Bikel, Bruce Adler, Elaine Stritch, Judy Kaye, Avi Hoffman, Larry Kert, Gloria De Haven, many more. EDUCATIONAL THEATRE: a noted teacher of acting and musical theatre for almost 30 years, Michael numbers among his former students Natalie Portman, Mandy Moore, Zach Braff, Mary Stuart Masterson, Josh Charles, Jon Cryer, and Julia Murney. Michael is proud to be the director and musical supervisor of MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL® in Atlanta, Seattle, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Portland, Toronto, Jacksonville and Birmingham. He began as the musical director of MTM in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and Denver, where he now makes his home.

Daria Lynne Melendez, National Resident Choreographer
Originally from Massachusetts, Daria owned and operated her own dance studio prior to beginning a career in NYC. She studied with Luigi, Phil Black, Frank Hatchette, JoJo Smith, Judy Ann Bassing, Robert Audy and The American Dance Machine with Lee Theodore, David Howard and Don Farnsworth. Daria has performed on and off Broadway with Mable King, Obba Babatunde and Vivian Reed and worked closely with Gregory and Maurice Hines. Daria was the dance consultant for “Gutta Go Disco” with Irene Cara. She made her way to South Florida where she choreographed for recording artists “Expose” in the 80’s. Daria has successfully choreographed industrial shows for Tupperware, Lipton, Met Life and Barbizon International. In 1995 Daria was awarded a Carbonell Award for her choreography in ANNIE WARBUCKS at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Currently Daria is the Associate Choreographer for MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL® in Atlanta, Seattle, St. Louis, Portland, Toronto, Jacksonville and Birmingham. She has taught for Dance Masters of America, at regional and National Conventions, Dance Caravan and The Boston Dance Teachers Club, The Newark School of Ballet, Fred Astaire Dance Studio in NYC and the Ft. Lauderdale Ballet Company. Daria and her husband, Nelson, teach ballroom dance workshops in Ft. Lauderdale and their daughter Bianca Starr follows in her parents’ footsteps with a love for dance and gymnastics.

Sue Hill, National Wardrobe Supervisor
Sue has been designing and creating clothes and costumes since she discovered her Grandmother’s treadle sewing machine at the age of 9. She began her career as a studio artist in textiles, graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design and has exhibited wearable art and maintained a business designing custom clothing and costumes for national touring musical groups including Cavanni String Quartet, Shalhevet International Folk Ensemble and Yiddishekup Klezmer Band. Her career in professional theatre includes work in costuming and props for the Cleveland Playhouse, Case Western Reserve University and Playhouse Square’s Broadway Series as well as Cirque du Soleil’s IMAX film “Journey of Man” and has toured as wardrobe supervisor with the national tour of CATS. She is thrilled to be part of the GFour team and sends love to awesome son, Ian.