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BUMBLEFOOT is a 50 minute, family friendly musical, that takes place on a farm upstate, an Operetta-style dramedy about the love lives of chickens.

 
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WENDY ANN GARDNER (Book/Music/Lyrics) - Yes, A Cat Named Marty Cohen, Windywoo and her Naughty Naughty Pets, is a composer, lyricist, and author who lives in New York City. Her first musical, Windywoo and Her Naughty Naughty Pets, (Amas, NYMF, Legacy Theatre), debuted in the 2015 New York Musical Theater Festival as a Developmental Reading, directed by award-winning Jonathan Cerullo, produced by Tony Award-winning producer Greg Nobile (Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, Sweeney Todd, Gypsy) and Seaview Productions. Her new musical, Yes, A Cat Named Marty Cohen, follows the tale of her beloved Scottish Fold, Marty as he emigrates to America from Scotland.

Wendy was nominated for two Gemini Awards in 2006 and 2007 for her Animated TV show, The Naughty Naughty Pets, produced by CBC Canada and Decode Entertainment, which aired on Cartoon Network, CBC, BBC, NHK, translated into seven languages and syndicated worldwide.

She also wrote a series of children's books about the Naughty Naughty Pets characters, published by Hyperion Books for Children in 2006. She is the founder and creator of Scary Stories Inc., which licensed her unique graphics, commissioned by many companies, notably, Target, Nylabone, Paul Frank Industries, Mudpuppy, and Fiesta, to create toys and accessories since 1998.

She is a member of ASCAP, ACTRA, and the Dramatist Guild and is the Board President of All Out Arts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting prejudice through the arts. 

Wendy Ann Gardner is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) Toronto, Canada, and the MA Visual Arts Education program at Hunter College.

She is currently working on her new musical, Bumblefoot, about the complex love lives of chickens.