ICFB Productions

Since April, 2017, Cornell Christianson has been co-founder, writer, and Managing Member of ICFB Productions LLC. Cornell has also been a writer-producer at Marilyn Exposed Productions since 2012, where he wrote a new musical, "Marilyn Exposed", a murder-mystery that reveals the truth about Marilyn Monroe's death. He has signed a contract with a witness to Monroe's death who will serve as Technical Adviser to the show, which is set to open Off-Broadway next year. Also in the past five years, he wrote the sequel "Jayne Exposed" about the events surrounding the death of Jayne Mansfield. Christianson was a producer-writer at Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox where he produced the award-winning television series “The Paper Chase” starring John Houseman. He has written three produced musicals including “It Came From Beyond” which earned him two Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award nominations including Best Musical and Best Writing of a Musical. He has written its screenplay and two sequels. He is a Writer of the 1940s musical-comedy “Wicked City Blues” which played in Salt Lake City and was named one of the Ten Best Plays of the Year in Utah. He won a Mania Award presented by Wes Craven for writing the short film, Repossessed, starring JoBeth Williams, which took First Prize at six international film festivals. He wrote the short film Out There starring Harry Shearer which won First Prize at the Houston Film Festival. These two short films were accepted into 18 film festivals in the US and Europe and can be seen on the Internet at Atom Films. He wrote or produced over 100 television commercials and industrial films whose awards include Information Film Producers of America Gold Award, Int. Communication First Place Award, and Int. Industrial Films Creative Excellence Award. Mr. Christianson has a BA from William & Mary College and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a deacon of his church and an Eagle Scout.

Since April, 2017, John Lant has been co-founder, producer, and Managing Member of ICFB Productions LLC.. John has also been running the three theatres at Carnegie Hall since 2007 as its Production Manager with over 850 events being produced each year. He recently produced the musical "Fabulous!" which had 150 Off-Broadway performances and is being licensed to theatres around the world. He produced and directed three staged readings of the upcoming musical "Marilyn Exposed" starring Kelsey Youmans as Marilyn Monroe. He is currently producing Off-Broadway the musical "Lili Marlene" at St. Luke's Theatre. Lant is an award-winning producer, director, writer, lighting and set designer, in New York and Los Angeles, with over 300 productions to his credit. He worked on several national tours of musicals including “Phantom of the Opera”, “Evita”, “Singin' in the Rain”, “One Mo' Time”, “Gypsy” and “The Three Musketeers” as well as tours of Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, and The Beach Boys. He has won DramaLogue Awards, Diamond Awards, NAACP Awards, LA Weekly Awards and a television Emmy Award. He professionally apprenticed at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, and in New York with the Lincoln Center, Julliard, Circle Rep, and Circle in the Square. Film and TV work includes crew on Army of Darkness, The Hard Way, Year of the Dragon and King of New York. puppeteer for the Power Rangers and graduate of the CBS Directing Workshop Program. Lant received the California Service Award from the State Legislature for his Community Outreach and Service to the Arts in 2000 and 2001, and received Award of Excellence in Direction in Long Beach. He received 2 Letters of Recognition from the State of California for his theatre company’s work on Domestic Violence in 2008 and 2009. He lives with author Joan M. Kessler and his beloved dog Sierra.

Edmund Gaynes was recently named the "Legend of Off-Broadway" by the Alliance of Off-Broadway Producers and Theatres. He is currently the theatre operator for two Off Broadway theatres, the 175-seat St. Luke’s Theatre and the 250-seat Actors Temple Theatre. He has produced over 100 musicals and his Off Broadway productions of “Black Angels of Tuskegee",“My Big Gay Italian Wedding,” and “Cougar the Musical", have been produced all over the world.

Jeff Vilinsky is going to produce, arrange and record the song tracks that the actors will sing to in the musical “It Came From Beyond”. Most of the recordings are going to be by musicians, not synthesized, and since he has worked with some of the best musicians in the world, he plans on utilizing their services. Jeff is considered one of the advertising industries’ Top Composer/Producers according to Ad Age Magazine, winning him a Clio Award for best music in a television commercial. He did the music for Coca-Cola’s television ads for the Olympics. Other national clients included American Express, IBM, Saturn, Chevrolet, UPS International, Exxon, Nescafe, and Meridian Hotels.

Norman E. Thalheimer is a Broadway composer-lyricist, having written "Marilyn: An American Fable", which opened at the Minskoff Theater in Times Square. He has written scores for movies, television and commercials and was a principal pianist for the Comedy Store in LA, where he accompanied such luminaries as Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, and Sam Kinison. He has also played in jazz venues as a pianist in London, New York and Los Angeles.

Stephen Michael Schwartz is an award-winning composer-lyricist and worldwide performer. He has spent the past three years performing concerts for sell-out crowds in major cities across Asia and selling over half a million CDs. He composed music for 14 highly acclaimed children’s recordings including for Walt Disney Records and for children’s television including “Jay Jay the Jet Plane” for PBS.

Jim Blanchette is a veteran performer with over 200 television, film, and theatre credits. He has directed numerous musicals and stage shows including "Peter Pan", "The Magic Flute" and "Misadventures in Matchmaking". His TV credits include "Bad Teacher". "Parenthood". "The Middle", "The Loop", "The Drew Carey Show", "The Closer", "Angel", "Passions" and "Scrubs".