The production began previews on June 26, 1998, and opened on July 10, 1998. It was directed by Jay Michaels, with musical direction by Simon Deacon and choreography by Kyle Craig. The sets were designed by Jim McNicholas and the costumes Julia VanVliet. Unfortunately the musical's final performance was Aug. 16, 1998, two weeks before its anticipated run. Its cast featured Craig Dawson, Brian Cooper and Susan Agin. Plot After Jayson Callowhill graduates from college, he moves to the city with his two friends, Arena Stage and Robyn Ricketts. While living in the city, Jayson and Arena have a hard time finding a job and become desperate for money, and their solution was to get married. Jayson also deals with heart ache when his well-built lover Eduardo decides to leave Jayson and Medical school to hopefully become a star in Hollywood. Jayson's Christmas Party In 2014, Krell directed and produced Jayson's one and only animated short film. Jayson and Arena decide to throw a Christmas party for frenemies and family. The cast included Matt Crabtree as Jayson, Lisa Joffrey as Arena, Karen McCarth as Bertha and Dino Andrade as Robyn and Murray. Personal life Krell grew up in the fringes of Pennsylvania Dutch County in Leighton, Pennsylvania and occasionally ran into Amish people. He moved to Philadelphia to start his college career as a Liberal Arts student, at the University of Pennsylvania where he met Andrea Jartman, a close friend of Krell's which inspired Jayson's best friend Arena Stage. He came out to his friends first on campus and after graduating college he came out to his parents. His parents visited him in Philadelphia and felt ready to come out to his parents. Unfortunately they did not handle the news well, but after about 20 years he has grown close to his parents and they continue to love his partner. Krell's childhood consisted him of reading mostly Archie Comics, but unfortunately his parents could only afford to buy him one comic a week. So while his mother did her weekly food shopping, Krell would spend the time looking at the rack of comics to decide which Archie comic he would pick that day and would read and reread the issue over and over until the next week. 'Till this day Krell's favorite thing to do at comic conventions is to skim through used comic boxes and search for Archie issues