b'Rob Schiffmann (Co-Artistic Director, Co-Producer) has worked and toured as a professional improviser and musician for over seventeen years. As a two-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Award winner and the recipient of the 2011 INNY (Improvisation News) Award for Best Improv Coach, Robs musical and improv talents are known across the country. He has taught and directed improv at The School for Film and Television, Weist-Barron, and the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. A graduate of Oberlin College, Rob performed regularly with Chicago City Limits before joining Broadways Next Hit Musical in 2001. Called sharper than a pound of cheddar cheese by reviewfix.com, Rob has showcased his skills on The Daily Download and The CBS Early Show. Robs musical talent is also evident with the New York based acoustic-pop band, The Hillary Step; he is the main writer, lead singer, guitarist, and music director.robschiffmann.comPat Swearingen is an actor living in New York City. His hometown of Danville, Illinois has also produced Dick Van Dyke, Bobby Short, and Gene Hackman so heres hoping some of that rubbed off on him! He is currently a featured performer and instructor at the Peoples Improv Theater in NYC. Favorite musical performances in the field of parodies have been as Doc Brown in That 80s Time Travel Movie, Freddie Krueger in A Bad Dream on Elm Avenue, Caesar in The Hungry, Hungry Games, and more traditionally as Frump in How To Succeed., and Crazy Old Maurice in Beauty and the Beast.YouTube: Pat Swearingen Acting Reel 2023 The Princeton Festival Needs You!Join us in celebrating the joy and beauty of live music with a gift in support of the Princeton Festival!Your donation will help to ensure that the Festival will continue to be an exciting musical destinationbringing people together to share great musical performances and lectures. From Opera and Dance to Baroque and Broadway, your gift will help us to inspire and entertain this community for years to come.Scan the code to make a gift in support of the Princeton Festival today!Thank you!24 The Princeton Festival princetonsymphony.org/festival'