Trent Armand Kendall (creator/ book writer) is the star of Picture Incomplete and the stories are based upon his colorful experiences in New York City and his journey. Trent is a natural born storyteller and has intentionally merged the styles of Whoopi Goldbergh, Dennis Leary, Dennis Miller, Bill Cosby, Spalding Gray with a little Flip Wilson and Bette Midler. All of these are tied together with a musical throughline composed by Michael Polese and arranged by Adam Klipple. The music ranges from pop musical theatre, to rock, to jazz house, r&b and down home gospel. He is also the writer of Louis & Ella, a musical revue about the great jazz legends Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, A Joyful Noel (produced at The North York Performing Arts Center, Toronto) and a one act play entitled Just Take It All Off! He has enjoyed a thriving career in New York for over 17 years and has worked for some of the most powerful forces in the business including Oprah Winfrey, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh and Stephen Sondheim. He has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, 1st National Tours and the finest regional theatres across the U.S. He has also starred in London and has toured Europe. He is a versatile performer, known for his comedic ability and dynamic vocals. As a recording artist he is featured on several Original Cast albums, has sung background for Cher, lead male vocals for Craig Harris & The Nation of Imagination, several compilations and in ’96 released his debut solo CD, Indtroducing Trent Kendall- So Much To Say, on the Dress Circle Recording Label- London. His recording of Blues In The Night received regular air play on BBC2 Radio- London and the CD was dubbed “Absolutely tremendous!” by the station’s head of Jazz programming. The CD of Picture Incomplete will appear on the Dress Circle label in summer 2008. Theatrical Credits include: The Preacher in the 1st National Tour of the Broadway hit- The Color Purple Broadway Into The Woods (revival) 2002 NAACP Nomination for Best Supporting Actor / Musical 2002 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival Purlie! (Encores) The Wizard of Oz (Madison Square Garden) Hair, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Chess - all star benefit revival performances London’s West End Five Guys Named Moe Hey Mr. Producer! Handful of Keys (WEC) Off Broadway Bat Boy the musical 2001 Outer Critic’s Circle Award for Best Musical Nunsense A-Men! Decades Of Men Juba 1 National Tours Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ Fininan’s Rainbow (revival) The Wizard of Oz Canadian Premiere Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (revival) starring Donny Osmond American Premiere Children of Eden European Tour Porgy & Bess UK Tour Five Guys Named Moe For television/ film credits, commercials, discography audio clips, speed reel, photos and more visit: www.trentkendall.com Along with songwriter and collaborator Michael Polese, Trent is the owner of Onemoe Music Publishing. Dsicography Picture Incomplete, o one man musical Onemoe Music (producer) Dress Circle Records, UK- summer ‘08 Hair- Actor’s Fund Benefit Sh-K-Boom/ Ghostlight 2004 Mississippi the musical Greg Tornquist (producer) 2009 Broadway’s Carols For A Cure Rock-It Science 2002 Into The Woods (Broadway revival) Nonesuch Records 2002 Craig Harris & The Nation of Imagination 2002 Purpose of Love , Volume 1 TDP 2002 Bat Boy the musical Sony Music 2001 Hey, Mr. Producer! First Night, UK 1999 Synchronicity the musical TDP 1998 Introducing Trent Kendall, So Much To Say Dress Circle Records, UK 1996 Cher- It’s A Man’s World Warner Bros. 1995 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Useful Theatre LTD. 1993 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond Polydor / Really Useful Theatre LTD. 1992 http://www.trentkendall.comshapeimage_2_link_0
Michael Polese (music / lyrics) a longtime collaborator with Trent Armand Kendall and composer. more.... Adam Klipple (music direction/ arranger/ keyboards) more... Tony Lewis (drums/ percussion) more... Chris Tarry (electric bass) more... Karen Poindexter (producer) Judy Jacksina (Press Representative/ Marketing) The owner of the The Jacksina Company and an award winning presence in the Broadway community for many years. Present endeavors include the Broadway bound A Tale of Two Cities. Past Broadway productions have included: The Rocky Horrow Show, The Life, The Will Rogers Follies, Grand Hotel, Stepping Out, The Tap Dance Kid, My One and Only, Nine, Baby, Guys and Dolls (revival) and many others.the_cast_album.htmlthe_cast_album.htmlthe_cast_album.htmlthe_cast_album.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3

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