DREW WARD is an award-winning writer, theater director and performer. Producing, directing, and/or acting in over 300 regional, community, and school productions over the last 40 years, he currently teaches and directs theater at Ramona High School, the Riverside Arts Magnet, in Riverside CA, receiving a record 10 nominations in the 9 categories of the most recent Lucie Arnaz Awards (2019), which recognizes outstanding work in High School Musical Theater regionally throughout the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) for the Jimmies National Award System. Mr. Ward won Outstanding Director of a Musical for Big Fish, including nominations for Outstanding Musical Performance, Outstanding Ensemble Performance, and Outstanding Set Design.