Meet Ariel's Way Directors

Eric Love is directing this new production of Ariel’s Way (having played the leading role in the original version, when he was a senior in high school). Raised in Durham, NC, Eric is a graduate of Carolina Friends School (2005) and a very high-achieving graduate (I said that, not Eric!) of the Hartt College of Music’s B.F.A. in Music Theatre program (2009). Eric has cut his professional teeth in New England theatres and this summer worked for New York director Gordon Greenberg at the prestigious Broadway Teachers Workshop (which I enjoyed attending a few years ago). Eric has just finished a very successful run as an actor in a small-cast Shakespeare production in Vermont and is now pursuing his theatre dreams in New York City.
Tony Bowman (Music Director) grew up in Chapel Hill and graduated from Chapel Hill High School (I won’t say when) before going on to study music at UNC-Greenville and the University of Miami. An accomplished singer, keyboard player, writer, arranger and music producer, Tony plied his craft for a decade on the West Coast (after reaching the finals of the Star Search national talent show). His many credits include singing for years with an outstanding doo-wop group at Universal Studios and touring the nation and the world as a singer and keyboardist with the Edgar Winter Band. Back in Durham Tony formed the popular Cat Baby! Band and from the comfort of his home studio writes and records for film, television, and his own pleasure. Tony produced and arranged all of the music on the Ariel’s Way CD and co-wrote a number of the songs.
Jessica Harris (Choreographer) grew up in Durham and was a “lifer” at Carolina Friends School, graduating in 2000. That year she also began dancing with Shen Wei Dance Arts, one of the premier modern dance companies in the world. Jessica has studied with a number of other world-renowned master instructors and companies and has appeared annually, as both a dancer and a choreographer, at the American Dance Festival and other major dance venues, Jessica initiated the CFS alumni dance concert (a winter break tradition for the last five years), which this year is taking the form of Ariel’s Way! Jessica lives in Brooklyn, where she dreams of renovating real estate in her spare time.