Writer Lou Pallotta is a local artist who created this production for the Northwest. He started writing what turned out to be Who Stole My Dead Husband? after doing a number of specialized private parties for local businesses. The original production titled, Business as Usual, premiered at Portland Meadows race track in 2004 before moving to Madison's Grill in 2005. Lou is a gifted actor and writer who puts his heart and soul into every word he writes and speaks. Having grown up in Brooklyn NY he knows a thing or two about the Italian culture and this production is a tribute to growing up there and something he eagerly wants share with his neighbors here on the left coast.
	Director Stan Foote is Artistic/Education Director of Oregon Children's Theatre. Stan has taught and directed in Portland for over 25 years for OCT, Lakewood Theatre Company, Triangle! Productions and ART. He is the recipient of numerous Drammy awards. Stan has directed several productions for OCT including Holes, Cyrano and Sacagawea and most recently directed Ferdinand the Bull, The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion, The Velveteen Rabbit, Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Miracle Theatre) and The Gondoliers (Mock's Crest), The Diviners (PCC), A Little Night Music (Lakewood Theatre) among others.
	Executive Producer Loren Castillo is an entrepreneur who's back ground started in real estate at 21, both investing and running his own real estate team. Born in Seattle Washington he has only know the Northwest as his home and loves it here. Now 29 and living in Portland for the last 3 years he claims the strange city of Portland as his home and hopes to stay here for a while. Having started and managed his own real estate team here in Portland, Loren is constantly looking for areas to invest in and learn more about business and life. "I enjoy working hard and learning all I can from other people" says Loren. His passions have driven him to both start and fund multiple companies but this being his first time producing theater. "The Italian culture is so different from American, its more open, honest and full of emotion. I think we can all take something away from that and this show will help spread that culture!"
	Assistant Producer, Darlene Anderson is a multi-tasking wizard that works on various pieces of the show including on-line ticketing, the show's newsletter, set-up and photography to name few.   She is extremely enthusiastic about her first role as a producer and brings not only her energy to the show but also a strong attention to detail.  When not at or working on the show, Darlene enjoys running her two companies Savvy Getaway and Savvy Affair Productions.
	Box Office/Set Design/Costumes: Candi Pallotta does it all. A master of transformation and set design, she has created an environment that embraces the strong Italian theme of the show. Candi is responsible for ticketing, costuming and so much more. She is the heart of this production and the welcoming voice and smile to all who attend. She is also a gifted artist and has appeared on stage in Sylvia and The Problem, at Sylvia’s Class Act Theatre.
	Sound & Video: Bob Pallotta is the owner of RGP Concepts, specializing in video engineering. He has more than 20 years experience in audio & video production, Formally a NY resident. Bob has worked and traveled with famous Gospel, POP and Rock Artists. Bob also works with Good Morning America, BET, MTV, VH1, The Wedding Story, This Old House, Extreme Sports, KNMT, TBN, Fuel TV and a wide variety of production houses around the country. He has a special appreciation for local musicians and theater. When he is not up in the crows nest engineering for his brothers interactive dinner theater, Who Stole My Dead Husband, he is directing and producing television style videos.  Specializing in event videography, we have what you need for an affordable, quality production.
	Stage Manager: Autumn Lawrence has been involved behind the scenes as a stage manager in Portland area theater for nearly twenty years now.  Some of the shows she has helmed include American Buffalo and Miracle at Graceland (Columbia Theater Company); Killers (Storefront Theater); A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline and Beau Jest (Sylvia's Class Act Dinner Theater); Of Thee I Sing (Musical Theater Company) and The Diary of Anne Frank and Birdsend (Artists' Repertory Theater).  She currently serves as Festival Stage Manager for Mt. Hood Repertory Theater.  Since she is of Italian descent, and some of her favorite cast members from past shows are also in the cast of this show, it has been a homecoming. When not working at Spumoni Gardens, Autumn can be found working at Powell's Books, or at home with her husband James and her two cats, indulging in her love of cooking.