Charlie Zicari

CREDITS: "Ariel," "Playdate with Winnie-the-Pooh," "Kindergarten: The Musical," "Firebuds," and the live stage show, "Disney Junior Live On Tour: Costume Palooza." Charlie is also the Founder and President of "The Writer's Clubhouse," Disney Junior's initiative to engage, develop, and mentor writers with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to become the next generation of preschool storytellers under Disney Branded Television's "Storytellers" umbrella.

• Provides creative support to VPs on projects through all stages of development and production
• Provides daily notes on pitches, outlines, scripts, animatics, music, rough animation and lighting passes, as well as rehearsals and tech run-throughs
• Generates lists of filmmakers, writers, directors, actors, and artists, having an extensive knowledge of competitive landscape and strong industry relationships to gather information
• Consistently researches and identifies new talent, both emerging and veteran
• Develops new creative ideas, content, and concepts that align with the Disney Junior brand and strategy
• Effective liaison with writers, producers, directors, lawyers, agents, and managers, as well as regularly communicates with cross-lines-of-business at Disney Branded Television (Franchise, Programming, Synergy, Marketing, PR, etc.)

CREDITS: "Pashmina," a Netflix animated feature from Director, Gurinder Chadha, and "Fordlandia," an AMC television drama from Filmmaker, Werner Herzog, based on the novel by Greg Grandin.

• Provides and compiles notes on all written and visual development materials, such as pitch decks, bibles, scripts, character and background art, etc.
• Fields pitches and book submissions to source potential new projects for development
• Reads writing submissions to identify and recommend talent for assignments and/or staffing
• Maintains project status update document and tracks the progress of each project in development or production
• Forges relationships with talent representatives and all levels of talent (from script coordinator to executive producers, writers, and directors)
• Manages the intern program every quarter
• Creates internal presentations, as needed

• Manages busy, high-volume calendar, schedules meetings, screens and prioritizes all incoming phone calls and meeting requests, orders supplies, coordinates travel, manages and tracks expense reports and coordinates off-sites and events
• Responsible for meeting set-up, and follow-up: prepares creative materials, books rooms, tests and sets up all IT needs, arranges catering, writes and documents notes, and coordinates follow-up items to completion
• Prepares decks for internal and external creative presentations, including editing clips and mocking up creative materials
• Updates the department project report, talent lists, and pitch logs
• Reads scripts, books, and pitches and writes coverage
• Assists with any special projects, as needed

Charlie worked as the Assistant to Tony Award-Nominated Broadway Director, Jeff Calhoun throughout the development and production of numerous commercial projects, including "Disney's Newsies," "Between the Lines," "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," "Mata Hari at the Moulin Rouge," "Bolshoi," "Last Days of Summer," and the West End production of "9 to 5."

He was also brought on as the Assistant Director for "Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life" at New World Stages and Covenant House's "Night of Broadway Stars."

• Attends and assists with all in-person engagements, including creative meetings, rehearsals, premieres, etc.
• Manages the calendar and corresponds with talent, creative colleagues, management, and producers
• Coordinates travel, transportation, and housing
• Handles ticketing and house seat requests
• Organizes mailing, courier service, and filing
• Administers computer systems and provides basic technical support
• Orders and stocks office supplies
• Carries out personal errands, as needed

LIVE! Interns assist the team by acting as production assistants during taping of the show, as well as in the production office. Interns help producers with research for various segments. Interns support the staff by answering phones, sorting and distributing mail, running errands, answering the intern email account, and other production tasks that come up throughout the day.

• Reads new play submissions and attends external staged readings of new work
• Writes script coverage
• Assists with the preparation and execution of readings and workshops, including Scott Schwartz's 29-hour reading of Joe Kinosian & Kellen Blair's "The More Things Change," starring Beth Leavel and Peter Scolari
• Assists in the maintenance of the literary database
• Provides dramaturgical research for each project in development
• Completes administrative tasks that support the day-to-day operations of the office

Charlie was the co-founder of Life in Luggage Productions, a production company designed as a platform for recent and upcoming musical theatre graduates, and served as Producer & Director for the company's inaugural productions of "Grease" and "Legally Blonde: The Musical" at The Tank Theater in Times Square.