Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen

Bob Banov - Writer, Script Consultant, Activist

During the last twenty years, Bob has had a dual career. He served as script consultant and public relations representative for several successful writers, including Edgar Allan Poe Award winner and writer-producer of “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” Eric Blau, and John Scoullar, whose musical adaptation of “The Little Prince” won awards at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany and was published successfully on CD in Japan. His credits include Off-Broadway directing and writing, freelance writing and editing for Theater Craft Magazine and Common Cents and contributing an episode to “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery.”

Bob has also produced and edited financial forecasts for Business International (now owned by the Economist) and has served as writer and investigative reporter for such global marketing advisories as GlobalReach SBI.

Bob received a bachelor’s degree in Stage Directing from Boston University, attended Film School and studied government at The New School for Social Research in New York City, and is an active member of Citizen Action of New York.

Roger Ohlsen - Opera Singer and Writer

Roger is an operatic tenor with forty years of experience as soloist and cast member; an entertainer who performed for over fifteen years in restaurants and popular cabarets in New York’s Greenwich Village, and in New York City Opera at the State Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City for thirty years.

Roger’s experience in the field of advertising includes serving for several years as copywriter and editor for Ad Hoch Marketing in New York City. He has extensive customer relations, management and research expertise, having managed client information flow between major banking institutions, brokerage companies and their
New York based firms for Trademark Research Corporation; he was instrumental in creating the corporation’s New York State Database.

Roger studied voice at The New York School of Music, holds a Masters Degree from the Juilliard School of Music.

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