Who’s Who in Darren’s H2$ Bio
He’d like to thank Larry, Ricky, Pat, Mark, Melissa, Pedro, Tim, Jill, Adam, David, Michael & Keleigh, give an endless thank you to Baroness Murphy, a very special thank you to his beloved friends & mentors, and of course to Money, the Amazing Mumfred, and Charles, who have always made his life a beautiful Broadway show of its own.
I recognize some of the names off hand, Nonnie, and my mad Google skills have helped me find a few more, but I don’t recognize them all.
I’m making this a text post since Asks can be limiting and I’m hopeful that anyone who has been following Darren longer or has more information might be willing to share with the curious.
These are all just (somewhat educated) guesses.
Under a cut because it got kind of long:
ETA on 1/8/12 to include information from an Anonymous source.
1) Larry could be Larry Wiedemann, who works at the agency that reps Darren, CESD. However, Larry is a very common name and Mr. Wiedemann doesn’t seem to do much work in Darren’s divisions, so I’m not sure.
Apparently Larry Wiedemann is the Larry in question. He was Darren’s original agent, though is not listed as often anymore.
2) Ricky is almost certainly his manager, Ricky Rollins from Schumacher Management. Ricky also started managing Evanna Lynch last October when she made the move Stateside, undoubtedly at Darren’s suggestion.
3) Pat is almost certainly Pat Brady, who is also a talent agent at CESD. You can actually read a great interview with her here where she talks about Darren and the other Starkids, whom she also represents. (She was with them all at LeakyCon this year.)
4) Mark- ???
Mark is still unknown, but a good guess might be someone who Darren works with at the Creative Arts Agency, which is the agency that handles his music booking.
If anyone knows who Mark is, feel free to let me know. :-)
5) Melissa is probably Melissa Berger, one of the theatrical agents at CESD who helped him land his role on Glee.
6) Pedro is probably Pedro Tapia, who is also one of Darren’s theatrical agents over at CESD.
7) Tim is probably Tim Weissman, yet another theatrical agent at CESD.
8) Jill is probably Jill Reiling, who is the VP “Celebrity on Camera” Agent at CESD. (Thanks, Anon!)
9) Adam is probably Adam Kaller from HJTH, his legal representative for Film/TV related questions.
10) David is probably David Ferreria, from Mark, Music and Media Law, his legal representative for music-related questions.
11) Michael is Michael Samonte, one of Darren’s publicists over at Sunshine, Sachs and Associates. You probably recognize him:
(I don’t have a tag for Michael and I can’t be bothered to find a better photo of him right now, but he’s in the background at every public event Darren does.)
12) Keleigh is Keleigh Thomas who also does PR with Sunshine, Sachs and Associates.
(And here’s an interesting fact. Apparently Michael and Keleigh also handle the PR for the HFPA and the Golden Globes. Darren definitely has an all-star team in place.)
13) “an endless thank you to Baroness Murphy” - He’s thanking Ryan who, as show-runner, had to give him the okay to take off time from Glee to do H2$.
I’ve no idea why he called him “Baroness,” but I’m sure Ryan does, and that’s all that matters.
14) “His beloved friends & mentors” - self-explanatory I think
15) “Money, the Amazing Mumfred, and Charles, who have always made his life a beautiful Broadway show of its own.”
If that’s not the most adorable names that I’ve ever heard, for his dad, mom, and brother (respectively), I will eat my hat.
His dad works in banking, thus “Money.” Who else would he call “Mumfred” but his mother? And Chuck is just a nickname—his full name is Charles.
Plus there’s not really anyone else who could have “always made his life a beautiful Broadway show” or always made his life anything.
Other good points made in these messages:
And that’s all I’ve got.
If anyone has any corrections or can fill in some of the blanks, I’d love to know because I’m nosy like that.
ETA: Here are the messages I got from my helpful Anon, in full:
