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The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Series is a musical parody series created by Kate Pazakis, and Musical Director Gregory Nabours, in Los Angeles, CA.

The series takes popular movies and television, adapts it to stage, and adds popular songs, hilarious and relatable comedy, to produce theatrical hits. Pazakis’s intelligent comedic writing, Nabour’s brilliant musical scores, and the amazing talent casted in UMPO shows, combine to create one of the kind evenings for LA theatre admirers. The UMPO Series began in 2015 with The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Scream, written by Richard Register and Michael Gans. Pazakis has since then written and produced other comedic hits such as: UMPO Bridesmaids, UMPO Jurassic Park, UMPO Mean Gurlz, UMPO A League of Their Own, and UMPO 10 Things I Hate About You. She also co-wrote: UMPOs Hocus Pocus, UMPO Troop Beverly Hills, UMPO The Big Lebowski, UMPO Cruel Intentions, UMPO The Devil Wears Prada, UMPO Home Alone, UMPO Rocky, UMPO Clueless, and UMPO Stranger Things. The series continues to grow and has new productions every year.

The UMPO Series has had the wonderful opportunities to be involved in Los Angeles culture. The UMPO team has had various appearances on Los Angeles local morning news channels. At the beginning of Summer 2018, UMPO walked with Project Angel Food at the Los Angeles 2018 Pride Parade. At the end of Summer of 2018, The UMPO Hocus Pocus witches were the surprise special guests at the MidSummer Scream Convention in Long Beach, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hocus Pocus film with a special performance. At the same convention, UMPO creator Kate Pazakis, was on a panel about creating and producing haunted theatre! In the Fall 2018, UMPO was invited to put on a special performance at The Los Angeles Diversity in Comedy Festival by Queer Window.

Kate Pazakis is the Co-Creator, Executive Producer, and Writer of The UMPO (Unauthorized Musical Parody Of...) Series, and wrote The Unauthorized Musical Parodies of BRIDESMAIDS, JURASSIC PARK, MEAN GURLZ, and 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, and co-wrote UMPO’s HOCUS POCUS, TROOP BEVERLY HILLS, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, HOME ALONE, ROCKY, CLUELESS, and STRANGER THINGS.  She also produced UMPO: SCREAM, written by Richard Register and Michael Gans, and produced UMPO: CRUEL INTENTIONS, written by Jordan Ross. As an actor, she has been seen on TV in many national commercials, and as a guest star on SOUTH PARK. Broadway/National Tour: South Pacific; Jerry Springer: The Opera (starring Harvey Keitel); and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (starring Jennifer Hudson). Kate voices the lead character ARIA in the animated short Aria For a Cow by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman. She has previously produced AMERICAN IDIOT on the West End in London with producing partner Bradley Bredeweg. Much love and thanks to her leading men, Joseph and Michael, as well as her leading lady, Lulu.

ABOUT CO-CREATOR and MUSICAL DIRECTOR

GREGORY NABOURS

Gregory Nabours is an award-winning songwriter/music director, and is the resident composer and a founding member of Coeurage Theatre Company. Gregory's work has been performed across the country, including an evening at the Kennedy Center for ASCAP's "Part of Broadway: Today and Tomorrow" series. He is the composer of the new musical, "Marilyn!" whichdebuted at the Paris Casino and Resort on the Las Vegas strip, and he is the creator of “The Trouble With Words,” which debuted in Los Angeles and was awarded the Ovation Award for best original music and lyrics.

Nathan Moore’s directorial debut short film "Killing Time" caught the attention of Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment, and was selected to be a part of the YouTubeSpaceLA's Halloween Writing Workshop to develop it further. 'Killing Time' and other short films Nathan has directed or produced have gained national attention and been featured on CNBC, Fox Sports, Funny or Die, Esquire as well as many others.

On stage, Nathan has been busy directing the Unauthorized Musical Parodies (UMPO) of "Jurassic Park","Stranger Things", and "10 Things I Hate About You" at Rockwell Table and Stage. Commercially, he's directed projects for brands such as Cannon, Pair of Thieves, and WayEasyGifts.com.

As a writer/producer his short film “The Passing” was a finalist in the Legendary Pictures "House of Horrors" contest, through which he worked directly with Guillermo del Toro. Nathan also produced and edited the short “Call to Heroes” for Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, working on set with the legend himself. Currently, Nathan is co-producing the historical drama feature film "The Rising Hawk" starring Robert Patrick and Tommy Flanagan.