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Brooks Almy Musical Theatre. Los Angeles. Performed on Broadway in Grand Hotel, Beauty And The Beast, The Little Prince, A Change in the Heir, and Play Me A Country Song. Off Broadway and National Tour credits include Nunsense, Annie Warbucks, Shylock and Torch Song Trilogy. New York City Opera performances include Candide, Pajama Game, Music Man, Sweeny Todd and South Pacific. Performed regionally in Shirley Valentine, The Sisters Rosensweig, Dancing at Lughnasa, Blithe Spirit, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, The Merry Window, Jane Eyre, Gigi, George Abbott's Broadway, Sweeney Todd and Carousel. Additionally has performed with Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pittsburg Public Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Houston Grand Opera, LA Opera, Alley Theatre, California Music Theatre, Encore LA, Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities. TV credits include: CSI, West Wing, Without a Trace, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Alley McBeal, Dharma and Greg, The Practice, Judging Amy, The Guardian, Any Day Now and Party of Five. Film Credits include Erin Brockovich, Life, Annie, Song of the Lark, Anastasia, The Thirteenth Floor, Never Get Outta the Boat. Training: University of Hawaii. Additional training: David Craig and Charles Conrad.
Lacy Altwine Stage Combat.
Mary Amorosia Individual Voice. Los Angeles. Listed on file with the Metropolitan Opera Studio. Performed in various productions including Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Ralph Vaughn Williams' Riders to the Sea, as well as musicals including Gilbert and Sullivan. Since retiring from performing, she has coached students who have been chosen for such prestigious music programs as the San Francisco Women?s Summer Opera Program, and Voice of America Summer European Tour. Trained with Jack Prenner, coach for Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Training: Bachelor of Music, Manhattanville College; Julliard School of Music.
Garineh Avakian Voice. Los Angeles. Teacher, mezzo soprano, director at Krouzian Zekarian Vaspouragan Armenian school and choir conductor at St. Vartan Armenian Apostolic Church. Assistant conductor for the Opera Workshop program. Professional credits: Appeared as Madame de la Hartiere in Massenet' Cendrillon, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, the role of Arsamene in Handel's Xerxe, Arnalta in Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea, the role of Sandman in Hansel and Gretel, Athamus in Handel's Semele, and as Rosina in Scarlatti's The Triumph of Honor. Administers and conducts the children's choirs at Lark Musical Society in Southern California. Equally at home on the operatic as well as the concert stage. Performed as a soloist in Handel's Messiah at the San Francisco Symphony, alto soloist in Mozart's Requiem with Maestro Carl St. Clair conducting the USC Chamber Orchestra and Choral Artists. Has performed with the San Jose Symphonic Choir as a soloist in Bach's St. Mathew Passion, and Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein with the Monterey Symphony. Regularly performs for non profit organizations such as the Lark Musical Society, Hamazkayn Armenian National Committee, and at various fundraising functions throughout the United States. Training: Masters in Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, minor in piano and conducting. Doctorate in Vocal Arts, University of Southern California, studying with Mr. Peter Lightfoot.
Brian Baker Musical Theatre. Los Angeles. Musical director, conductor, pianist, composer, arranger. Professional credits: 2004 Ovation Award Nominee for Always...Patsy Cline with Sally Struthers. Conductor for NPR recording of Falsettos starring Chip Zien, Steve Bogardus and Michael Rupert. Conductor for Raisin, with the late Nell Carter and Carol Donovan. Vocal Arranger and Orchestrations for The Marvellous Wonderettes and Winter Wonderettes at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Vocal arrangements and orchestrations for Route 66. Production music director at Utah Shakespearean Festival for 10 years. Training: BA, Theatre Arts (directing), Southern Utah University. BA, Piano Performance, Southern Utah University.
Nancy Bell Voice Production and Speech.
Marina Benedict Jazz Dance. Los Angeles. Professional dancer as series regular and guest star for television series on "the WB," CBS, Fox, and TNN. Dance coach and choreographer for music videos, live performances, concerts, and commercials for entertainment companies such as MTV, BMG, and A&M Records, as well as for musicians including NSYNC, Moby, and RunDMC. Training: Cornish College of the Arts, Joffrey School of Ballet and The Royal Academy of Dance in London.
Susan Benkin Individual Voice. Los Angeles. Mezzo-Soprano. Opera, operetta and musical singer. Performing experience: Over 50 roles performed in theaters across Europe and America including the Bavarian State Theater in Munich, Germany, Cincinnati Opera, Duesseldorf Opera, and the Tallin Theater in Estonia. Contract engagements: Theater Dortmund, Theater Bielefeld, Theater Flensburg. Opera roles range from Amneris in Aida and Azucena in Il Trovatore to the Witch in Hansel and Gretel and Marcellina in the Marriage of Figaro. Musical theater credits: Jenny-Any-Dots in the Hamburg production of CATS; Gilmer in Godspell, Studio Arena Theater, Buffalo, NY at age 16; Golde in Fiddler on the Roof. German premieres of modern operas: The Silver Tassie and Dr. Ox's Experiment by Gavin Bryars, co-productions with the English National Opera, London; Sphinx in The Second Mrs. Kong, Heidelberg Opera. Voice teacher and vocal coach for various productions in German theaters. Training: Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, SUNY at Fredonia; Masters of Music, Opera Diploma, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
Richard Berent Musical Theater. Los Angeles. Piano accompanist, musical director and composer. Musical director of numerous musicals and cabaret shows. Musical director of Wayne State University Dance Department. Composer of numerous musicals having regional productions throughout U.S. Training: BA, Piano, State University of New York at Binghamton; MM, Choral Conducting, University of Michigan.
Serena Berné Acting.
David Bishop Accompanist. New York. Musical Director, Composer. Conductor, Musical Theatre Pops concerts: Minnesota Orchestra and Houston, Pittsburgh, New Jersey and St. Louis Symphonies. Musical Direction and Composition: Guthrie Theatre, McCarter Theatre, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Folger Shakespeare. Broadway piano: Whoopie, Woman of the Year. Off Broadway: Miami, Apollo.
Tracey Bonner Dance. New York. Actress, Dancer, Singer, Choreographer, Director. Regional credits include: Sweet Charity, Crazy for You, Hello Dolly, Little Shop of Horrors, South Pacific, A Funny Thing happened on the way to the Forum, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, West Side Story, On the Town, Nunsense and many more. National tours include: A Chorus Line and Show Boat. Off-Broadway and New York credits include Talk of the Town (Assistant Choreographer), Dancing On Air at City Center, various pre-Broadway workshops, and George M! Reel to Real at Lincoln Center. Extensive work as a choreographer for Caraffa Productions, The Young Presidents Organization with the Radio City Rockettes, the Miss Kentucky Organization, the University of Kentucky and Shenandoah Conservatory, and was the Founding Artistic Director of Paragon Music Theatre. International credits include director/choreographer for an original work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Training: B.F.A., Shenandoah Conservatory.
James Bontempo Acting. Los Angeles. Writer, director, coach. Winner of the New Noises Playwrighting Award and finalist in the Palm Springs International Playwrighting Festival for the drama A Place at Forest Lawn. Writer, producer and director of the short film, Third Strike. Directed extensively for the New York and Los Angeles stages and continues to coach professional actors, directors and writers in all disciplines. Acting Consultant on Exposure, directed by Academy Award© nominated Walter Salles, Jr., Disney's The Jungle Book, and the recently released Lucky 13 as well as numerous other film and television projects. Performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in national tours. Teaching credits include: the Nina Foch Studio, Ltd., Hollywood Way Studios, and USC School of Cinema-Television in the directing and writing programs. Training: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York, Upsala College, New Jersey.
Djola Branner Acting. New York. Actor, playwright, director, choreographer. Regional acting credits: Blues for an Alabama Sky, con flama, Black Nativity (Penumbra), Mighty Real: A Tribute to Sylvester (Nat?l Black Theatre Festival, Boston Center for the Arts, Intermedia Arts), blood pudding (Frontera@Hyde Park), Angels in Americas: Perestroika (Pillsbury House), The Darker Face of the Earth (Guthrie). Off Broadway: Dark Fruit (Public), Fierce Love (Lincoln Center). Off-off Broadway: Forever Hold Your Piece (Dance Theater Workshop), Sweet Sadie (Dixon Place), Fierce Love (Dance Theater Workshop), Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance. Training: MFA New School for Drama/Actors Studio Drama School, MA San Francisco State University.
Todd Patrick Breaugh Acting for Film & Television. Los Angeles. Actor and director. Film credits include YMI, Contact, Gang Related, Firestarter: Rekindled, Innocent Victims, and The Deadline. Television credits include Guest Starring roles on Haunted, Baywatch, Hunter, General Hospital, Port Charles, Men Behaving Badly, and The Chronicle. Performed major roles at regional theatres around the country, including The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., The Orlando Shakespeare Festival, PCPA Theaterfest and Sierra Repertory theatre among others. Roles include Truscott in Loot, Brian in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and Anton in The Inspector General. Regional stage directing credits include The Tempest, Les Belles Soeurs, and the world premiere of Fool?s Gold by award winning playwright Norman Allen. Film and television directing credits include The Lie, and the television pilot Spirit Connections. Has appeared in over 100 commercials, voiceovers, and industrials. Emmy Blue Ribbon Panel Judge for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Training: MFA, Acting, University of South Carolina. Member: SAG/AFTRA/AEA
Carrie Brewer Stage Combat.
Michael Brill Musical Theatre. Los Angeles. Teacher, composer/lyricist, conductor, and pianist. Professional credits: Conducting/keyboard credits: National tours of Annie Get Your Gun, The Will Rogers Follies, Grease!, Fiddler on the Roof, and A Chorus Line; night club acts of cabaret artists Eileen Barnett, Connie Pachl, Nancy Timpanaro, and Varla Jean Merman; 50-plus civic light opera, summer stock, regional and educational productions. Composing credits: 30-plus songs in the repertoires of various NY cabaret artists; songs recorded by Connie Pachl, Michael McAssey and Christine Hudman. Training: BS, Missouri State University
Anne Burk VPS. Los Angeles. Teacher, actor, director. Voice coach in the United Kingdom and the United States. Training: Fitzmaurice Voicework Credential; MFA, UCLA; BA with honors SJSU; Graduate of East 15 Acting School, London; BTEC in Performing Arts, Oldham College and Polytechnique.
Payson Burt Stage Combat.
Jeff Caldwell Voice/Musical Theatre. New York. Musical Director, vocal coach, operatic stage director. Broadway: The Producers, keyboard. NYC Opera, World Premiere chorus, Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Performances: Mikado (Koko), Yeomen of the Guard (Jack Point), Patience (Bunthorne). Faculty: Cornish College of the Arts, University of Washington, Professional Actor Training Program. Training: BMus Piano Performance, Oberlin Conservatory. MSci Operatic Stage Direction, Indiana University. DMA Studies: Improvisation & Choreography, Opera Production, Alexander Technique, University of Washington.
Gene Castle, Director/Choreographer. Highlights of professional credits: Gene Castle began his theatrical career as a newsboy in the original Broadway production of GYPSY starring Ethel Merman. He was also featured as an actor and lead dancer in the original Broadway productions of FLOWER DRUM SONG, HIGH SPIRITS & GEORGE M! as well as BEST FOOT FORWARD Off Broadway, WOMAN OF THE YEAR and GONE WITH THE WIND at the L.A. Music Center. He directed & choreographed ON THE TOWN for San Jose CLO, for which he won best director & choreographer and has written, directed & choreographed 10 shows for Princess Cruises & 9 for Dr Pepper Industrial Shows. He also choreographed STRIKE UP THE BAND for Reprise Broadway's Best in L.A, THE DYBUK at the Mark Taper Forum, OH COWARD! at the Coronet Theater, CINDERELLA at Long Beach CLO, THE AMERICAN CINEMA AWARDS and GINGER ROGERS TRIBUTE, both at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and an original Steven Sondheim Musical at the Laguna Playhouse. His T.V. credits include choreography for the EMMY AWARDS with Jason Alexander, THE BONNIE FRANKLIN SPECIAL, THE DOC SEVERINSEN SPECIAL, the film KISS ME GOODBYE as well as episodes for many T.V. series, commercials and music videos. Training: He started dancing at the age of 5 and studied jazz with Luig., ballet at the School of American Ballet, acting with Uta Hagen & Bill Hickey at the Herbert Berghoff School and singing with various teachers. He also was an adjunct professor at UCLA, teaching concepts of choreography and has taught on his own for years.
Jason Chaet Acting. New York. Creative Consultant, award-winning feature film, Kissing Jessica Stein. Director, NY & LA workshops, Kissing Jessica Stein. Co-Creator/ Director, Off the Page (HBO), US Comedy Arts Festival. NY Directing Credits: Talk Radio, Acapulco, In Fireworks Lie Secret Codes, Worker Bee, Black Wannabe, All Men are Whores. Regional: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Black Wannabe, The Multi-Media Capitalist Pig Hour. Asst Directing Credits: world premiere David Mamet's No One Will Be Immune: Five Pieces for Theatre, NY premiere Arthur Miller's Elegy for a Lady. Artistic Director, Stage One. Training: BFA Acting/Directing, Syracuse University.
Lindsay Chambers Dance. New York. Dancer, actor, choreographer. Performed with the Meadows Repertory Dance Ensemble, Denzel Adams Dance, the Richardson Ballet, and in the Vienna World Premiere of Freudiana. Prounical in the original Zurich company of Cats, Mr. Mistoffelees in Zurich and on Broadway for a three-year run. LA credits include: What the World Needs Now... a Musical Fable, collaborated with choreographer Christopher Aponte, and authored Inside Chance. Training: B.A., Anthropology; B.F.A., Dance Performance, Southern Methodist University. Additional training: San Francisco Dance Academy, Meadows School of the Arts, American Dance Festival, Dallas Ballet Academy.
Amy Cheifetz Individual Voice. New York. Singer. Regional finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards and guest artist with Pacific Northwest Chambers Chorus. Opera roles include: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Alice Ford in Falstaff, and Despina in Cosi fan Tutte. Training: doctoral candidate, University of Washington; M.M., University of Washington; B.M., University of California, Irvine. Voice studies with Julian Patrick, Cornelius Reid.
Catherine Christensen Individual Voice. New York. Debuted with Igor Stravinsky and Santa Fe Opera in Die Nachtigal; performed Micaela in Bizet's Carmen. More than 60 operatic roles in US & abroad: Metropolitan Opera, Met Studio, NYC Opera, US companies including San Francisco, Boston, New Orleans, Charlotte. Opera & concert performances in Europe, Asia, Middle East. Premiered works by Finnish composer, Heikki Sarmanto in NYC & Europe. Appeared with Lincoln Center Mozart Festival and New York, Israeli and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras. Featured in Evenings of Viennese Music with National Symphony at Kennedy Center, Washington DC. Training: American Conservatory of Music (Chicago).
Robin Clarke Musical Theatre. New York. Pianist, musical director, coach. Broadway credits include James Joyce and The Dead. Regional credits include Ingersoll Theatre. Musical director credits include Tintypes, Something's Afoot, The Sound of Music, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Oklahoma, I Do, I Do, Damn Yankees. Pianist for National Ballet of Canada, Canadian Opera Company, Toronto Opera Repertoire. Training: B.A., Northwest Missouri State University; M.M., Drake University.
Casey Colgan Dance. New York. Dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, director. Performed in The Wizard of Oz as the Scarecrow at Madison Square Garden and in the national tour. European tours include A Chorus Line and My Fair Lady. Regional credits: Papermill Playhouse, St. Louis MUNY, Fox Theatres, and the Northshore Music Theatre. Tony in Shear Madness, Bobby Child in Crazy for You, Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, and Will Parker in Oklahoma! Regional choreography credits include The Wiz, Fame, Guys & Dolls, Ain't Misbehavin', and Kiss me Kate. Director and Choreographer for the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Directing credits include: Damn Yankees, Cats, Mame, Evita and 42nd Street. Can be seen periodically on The Guiding Light (CBS). Training: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Member: AEA, AFTRA.
Catherine Cox Musical Theatre. New York. Drama Desk Award for portrayal of Pam in Baby, Tony nomination for Oh, Coward! Broadway: leads in Footloose, Rumors, Music Is, Whoopee!, Barnum, One Night Stand. Off-Broadway: William Finn's In Trousers, Rap Master Ronnie, By Strouse, It's Better with a Band, The Waves, LA production City of Angels (Oolie), extensive regional theatre. Film: Tenderness (Russell Crowe). Television: The Cosby Show, Law and Order, The Guiding Light, Edge of Night, Loving.
William A. Cox Musical Theater. New York. Pianist, conductor. Arranger for over 50 productions, seven on Broadway. Worked with Angela Lansbury, Betty Buckley, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera. Conducted two Presidential Inaugurals; Guest conducted Boston Pops, Baltimore, Dallas, and London Symphonies. Conducted in Israel, Greece, Jordan, India. Winner: Fulbright Foundation, Ayrian Awards. Training: MFA, BFA, University of Buffalo. Member: AF of M. (NY and LA)
Norma Jeanne Curley Musical Theatre/Accompanist. Vocal Arranger, Musical Director, Actress, Audition Accompanist. Off Broadway Credits: understudy, multiple roles, The Club, Obie award-winning show written by Eve Merriam and directed by Tommy Tune. National Tour, understudy and off-stage pianist, The Last of Mrs. Cheney, starring Deborah Kerr. Musical Director/Actress, Depot Theatre, Westport NY. Conductor and arranger for Broadway at the Y Chorus at 92nd Street YMCA, NYC. Training: BS, Speech & Theatre, University of Tulsa.
Dan Daily Acting. New York. Actor. NY credits: Lincoln Center Theatre Company, Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwright's Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Pearl Theatre Company, Alice's Fourth Floor. Regional credits: Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Empty Space, Florida Studio Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild. Film: Daylight and Blood and Wine with Jack Nicholson. Television: Law and Order, The Prosecutors, The Dana Carvey Show, and all N.Y. soaps. Training: M.F.A., Professional Actor Training Program, University of Washington. Additional training: Gene Feist and Marcia Jean Kurtz.
Richard Danley Musical Theatre. New York. Accompanist, conductor, arranger. Musical Director/arranger for Peter Duchin's Broadway revues. Music Director for cabarets in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. Featured pianist with Broadway and Barbershop at Carnegie Hall. Other credits include: arranger/conductor for Broadway-style reviews in N.Y.C., Montreal, Switzerland, and Texas. Conductor for industrials in South Carolina and Hawaii. Television credits include daytime dramas. Training: B.S., David Lipscomb University. Member: AFTRA, AF of M.
Desireé Davar Dance. New York. Performance: Those Fabulous Fifties with acclaimed choreographer, Tony Stevens, Fireside Theatre, WI. Assistant Choreographer, Beauty and the Beast, Fireside Theatre. Training: American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Broadway Theatre Project with Gwen Verdon.
Timothy Davis-Reed Acting. Los Angeles. Professional credits: Veteran of network television, including two seasons on Sports Night, 6 seasons as Reporter Mark O'Donnell on West Wing. TV Credits: Monk, Desperate Housewives, 24, Scrubs, Arrested Development, 7th Heaven, The Drew Carey Show, Still Standing, Will & Grace, Star Trek: Voyager and pilot, Chestnut Hill). Film Credits: Deep End of the Ocean, Material Girls, numerous TV movies and Independent Features. Shakespeare productions including major roles for Riverside Shakespeare, Manhattan Stage, Theatre at Monmouth in Maine and The New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park. Regional Credits: Princeton Repertory Company, Playwright's Theatre of NJ, Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Syracuse Stage and National Tour of Cyrano de Bergerac with John Cullum. LA Theatre Credits: Colony Studio Theatre, Tiffany Theatres, Fountain Theatre, Secret Rose Theatre, Theatre Neo (founding member). Training: BFA, Syracuse University, private studies with Arthur Storch, Melvin Bernhardt, Zena Jasper, Charles Nelson Reilly.
John R. DeLuise Individual Voice. Los Angeles.Head of the Vocal Studio of John DeLuise since 1986; Singer, Actor, Musical and Choral Director since 1978, Took a one-year sabbatical (June ‘04 - June – ‘05) to Naples, Italy to study, teach and soak up Italian culture, music and food. John comes from a large close-knit Italian family with several showbiz personalities: Uncle Dom, Aunt Carol, and cousins Peter, Michael and David. Native of Long Island, New York. Highlights of professional credits: Vocal Instructor and Choral Director for a biannual summer arts workshop in Shelter Island, NY from 1988 to the present; training other coaches and conductors. Vocal coach for the Dick Clark television talent show "Your Big Break" for its two seasons, 1999- 2001. Musical director and lead tenor for the male a cappella group: The Upscales. Performer in the Second National Company of Les Misérables in San Francisco, CA from 1989-1991, in the role of Courfeyrac and understudy for Jean Valjean. Vocal coach and Choral Director at Life College in L.A., CA from 1987-1989. Director of Music at The Stony Brook School, Stony Brook, NY from 1982-1986. Featured Soloist with the Yale Whiffenpoofs from 1978-79; World Tour, 1979. Training: Yale University: Bachelor of Arts, 1980 in Music, Theater and Education, Yale College: State Certification in Music Teaching, 1981, Graduate work at Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT and Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, Vocal Study with Dr. Charles Lindsley, Kristen Linklater and Robert Edwards.
Simeon Den Dance. Los Angeles. Writer/photographer. Professional credits: Broadway: Pacific Overtures (original cast), directed by Hal Prince; King and I starring Yul Brynner (assisted Jerome Robbins); Neferttiti, directed by Jack O'Brien; Pal Joey, starring Lena Horne, directed by Gower Champion Television. Concert Dance: Joyce Trisler Danscompany, artistic director, Den/Takazawa Dance. Training: University of Masssachusetts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.
Gail Dennison Acting, Musical Theatre. New York. Mezzo Soprano. Writer/member, The Heartless Floozies, all female NY comedy group. Television credits: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, numerous commercials. Starred at NADA, The Public Theatre, The Knitting Factory in one woman show, That Gail. Training: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, AOS Degree: Occupational Studies, Member of the 3rd Year Production Company, The School for Film and Television.
Jay Dias JAY DIAS Musical Theatre.
Music Director/Conductor: Lloyd Webber’s premiere German version of Sunset Boulevard (directed by Trevor Nunn, cast album on Polydor); Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera (The Kennedy Center, et al); Hamburg Das Phantom Der Oper (directed by Hal Prince, starring Peter Hoffmann); Paris premiere Evita (Broadway World Tour); over fifty musicals in the United States, including Sweeney Todd (in concert) at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, and the 2007 fully staged Lyric Stage production of Carousel (featuring the newly restored original Broadway forty piece instrumentation). Guest Conductor: including
Marcia Milgrom Dodge Musical Theatre and Acting. New York. Director, choreographer. N.Y.: High Society (Broadway-Associate Choreographer), Radio Gals (Houseman), Closer than Ever (Cherry Lane), The Loman Family Picnic (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Music Man (New York City Opera), Romance in Hard Times (New York Shakespeare Festival). Regional: One Foot on the Floor (Denver Center), Angel Street (Olgonquit Playhouse), Accomplice (American Stage Festival, StageWest), The Crucifer of Blood, High Spirits, Sullivan & Gilbert with George Grizzard (Phoenix Theatre), On the Town (Goodspeed House, Arena Stage), Off-Key (George Street), Anything Goes (Birmingham Theatre), and Ain't Misbehavin' (six LORT theatres, two Barrymore Award nominations). Collaborations with Rupert Holmes, Stephen Sondheim, Des McAnuff, Robert Falls, Joanne Woodward. Television: Sesame Street and Remember Wenn. Training: baccalaureate, University of Michigan.
Andrew Dolan Acting. New York. Actor. Instructor: Amer Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYU (Atlantic), Stella Adler, National Theatre (UK). Broadway: American Daughter. Performance: Encore Theatre (Artistic Director), Lincoln Center, CT (5 seasons), San Jose Repertory, Vineyard, NY Stage & Film, Target Margin, NYSPF, Spoleto Festival. UK Performance: National Theatre, English Touring Theatre. TV & Film: 28 Days, Ash Tuesday, Partners in Crime, Deal Breakers, Late Show with David Letterman, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Being Human, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Guiding Light. Training: MFA, ACT. BA, Bowdoin College.
Greg Dolph Stage Combat.
Leslie Dorst Voice. New York. Soprano soloist, singer, actor, certified Pilates instructor. Private voice instruction: University of Miami, Barry University, New World School of the Arts, Miami. Member: Florida Grand Opera Chorus. Regional professional theatre, cabaret, opera, cruise ship revue shows. Training: MM Vocal Performance, University of Miami; BM Vocal Performance, Belmont University, Nashville.
Terésa Dowell-Vest Acting. Los Angeles. Teacher, director, writer, production designer. Professional credits: Worked on stages in NYC, Virginia, and Los Angeles with the California Repertory Company, Danny Glover's Robey Theatre Company, and her own Prymari Colors Theatre Company. Acting credits: Off-Broadway: Woman to Woman (NYC's Harlem Theatre). Regional: Macbeth, Educating Rita, Marisol, For Colored Girls, The Vagina Monologues, Countin' Stars & Smellin' Roses, Wit, Venus. Films: Nothin' 2 Lose (1999), Angels (2002). Directing credits: The Colored Museum, Everyman, Seven Guitars, Scratchy Glass, Educating Rita, The Darker Face of the Earth, Angelique. She recently served as the Production Designer on three feature films: 7eventy5ive (Brian Hooks, Rutger Hauer), Flip the Script (Miguel Nunez, Jr., Robin Givens), and Wifey (Brian Hooks, Jazsmin Lewis). In 1999 wrote Vinegar Hill, a play commissioned by Live Arts Theatre in her hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. Vinegar Hill was reviewed by the Pulitzer Prize board in 2001. In 2003, Dowell-Vest's first book of poetry, Hot Sauce & Honey, was published and sold complete of its first print. Training: BA, Theatre, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia; MFA, Theatre Management, California State University, Long Beach.
Jeffrey Dunn Musical Theatre. New York. Director. Directed European tours of Oklahoma!, Cabaret (in German), Chicago (in German and English), Annie Get Your Gun, Guys & Dolls, On the Town, and West Side Story. Directed the first NYC revivals of the musicals Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Streets of New York in addition to the premiere productions of musicals by Alan Menken, Micki Grant, and Gary Schocker. Directed Cabaret (nominated for four Connecticut Critics Awards including Best Director), Follies, How to Succeed..., The King & I, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Show Boat, and The Sound of Music. Teaching experience: Marymount Manhattan College, Syracuse University, SUNY-New Paltz, NYU, Weist Barron, and American Theatre Dance. Training: Brooklyn College. Has been a theatrical agent (Fifi Oscard, Bret Adams) and a casting director (Guber/Gross Productions), Search For Tomorrow (Jay Binder Casting).
Colette Duvall Acting. Los Angeles. Teacher, actress. Has taught more than 2,000 students. Creative director and founding member of the John Montgomery Theatre Company in New York. Performed, directed and developed original pieces. Won acclaim for directing Rat in the Skull, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, the premier of Talk Show and Don't Let Destiny Push You Around, for which she won an OOBR award. Professional credits in Film and Television include Multi-Facial, directed by Vin Diesel, Who's the Boss, All My Children, Ed and many award-winning independent features. Currently the associate artistic director of the NoHo Arts Center "Open at the Top Productions. She performed in the World Premier of the new musical The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and will open this fall in a west coast premier of Seth Greenland's Jerusalem. Training: Graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West, studied extensively with Darryl Hickman and evolved her personal acting technique with continued study in Los Angeles, New York and England. Created the workbook, The Acting Choice, which explains exactly what "acting choices" are and how easily they can be made.
Angela Eckard Voice Production and Speech. New York. Actress, coach. Featured speaker at the ATHE national conference on Becoming a Voice Teacher. Performed in Richard II with Richard Thomas, Romeo and Juliet with Jean Stapleton, and Julius Caesar at The Shakespeare Theatre. Regional credits include New York stage and film, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Warehouse Theatre, Longstreet Theatre, Fleetwood Stage. Training: B.F.A., Point Park College, Pittsburgh; M.F.A., University of South Carolina. Member: AEA, VASTA.
Jim Elliott Acting. New York. Director, Actor. Has directed off-off Broadway in New York, at regional theaters and colleges around the country as well as produced several plays in New York. Founding member of Cricket Pictures based in New York and co-producer of two films; one feature length comedy and one dramatic short. Training: M.F.A.,Acting, University of Texas at Austin; B.A., English, Williams College.
Amanda Ellis Dance. New York. Dancer, actor, singer, choreographer. Professional credits include the roles of Peggy in 42nd Street, Morales in A Chorus Line, Mistress in Evita, Lola in Damn Yankees and Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd. Choreographed numerous musicals including Once on This Island, Oklahoma, Crazy for You and Fame. Training: B.A., Theatre & Music, The University of the South (Sewanee); AMDA NY.
Jon Engstrom Dance. Los Angeles. Director/choreographer. Professional credits: Has worked as a director/choreographer throughout the United States, Europe & Asia. Has directed & choreographed the following shows for major venues: 42nd Street, Singin' In The Rain, My One And Only, Oliver, Annie Get Your Gun, Fiddler On The Roof, My Fair Lady, Guys And Dolls, Can-Can, Evita, The Will Rogers Follies, Saturday Night, Into The Woods, Brigadoon, The Desert Song, Hello Dolly, Mame, West Side Story, They're Playing Our Song, Meet Me In St. Louis, No, No, Nanette, Bye, Bye Birdie, Anything Goes, Oklahoma, Damn Yankees, & Sweet Charity. Jon was a dancer with the San Francisco Ballet for five years, eventually becoming a soloist. He was an original member of the Eliot Feld Company & was also a guest artist with Lar Lubovich. Jon was a featured dancer in five Broadway shows, No, No, Nanette, Very Good Eddie, The Pajama Game, Whoopie, and 42nd Street, and two First National tours Seesaw and Chicago. Jon was also Dance Captain of the original Broadway production of 42nd Street. Jon has had the good fortune to work with such notable director/choreographers as Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Donald Saddler, Donald McKayle, Alan Johnson, Danny Siretta & Danny Daniels. Training: San Francisco Ballet School (ballet), American School of Ballet (ballet), Luigi (jazz), Charles Kelley (tap), Bob Audy (tap). Jon has been dancing since he was four.
Mary Feeney Individual Voice. New York. Singer, actress. Received critical acclaim for performances in South Pacific, Angelique, Masquerade, Twelfth Night, and Love's Labours Lost with such companies as the St. Paul Opera Company and Michael Moriarity's Potters Field Theatre Company. Other credits include regional, stock, dinner theatre, opera, concerts, sacred music, and cabaret. Previous teaching includes the Metropolitan Music School. Training: B.M., Boston Conservatory of Music; graduate study, Boston University. Member AEA, AGMA.
Kris Feldman Individual Voice. Los Angeles. Teacher, singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, flautist. Professional credits: Vocal and music director for theatrical productions of And The World Goes 'Round, Once Upon A Mattress, Zombie Prom, and Footloose. Vocal and music director for fundraisers including Project AIDS LA and The Leukemia Foundation. CDs released include It's Not About The Coffee (The Treblemakers), Land of the Diamond Sun (Melonball Records), The Wedding Collection (Arista Records), and background vocal work on several CDs for other artists. Commercial jingles include Barbie, Clorox, American Airlines, Keebler E.L. Fudge Cookies. Original compositions used by television and radio shows internationally. Private vocal instructor for over 20 years. Training: Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Vocal studies with Eileen Farrell, Indiana University. Ongoing vocal studies with Douglas Susu-Mago, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Barry Finkel Dance Department Chair, Associate Director of Education, Los Angeles. Barry has been with AMDA for over 25 years. In addition to that work, he is still an active member of the entertainment industry. Film and TV appearances include: Crimes and Misdemeanors, How I Met Your Mother, ER, Help Me Help You, Law and Order, L&O Criminal Intent, All My Children, and the TV mini Final Approach with Dean Cain and Anthony Michael Hall. Broadway credits include the original companies of “Side Show”, “High Society”, “Late Night Comic”, and featured performer in Jackie Mason’s “Laughing Room Only”. Off Broadway he performed in the hit show, “Pageant”, “Lust”, and “Have I Got a Girl for You”. Barry has directed and/or choreographed for such companies as: Naked Angels Theater Company, AMAS Rep., The John Houseman Theater, Maine State Theater, and the Walnut Street Theater in
Christian Fletcher Individual Voice. New York. Tenor. Performed with the opera companies of Santa Fe, Vancouver, Longwood, Banff, and Manhattan School. Performances include: Tom in Rake's Progress at Opera San Jose, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte with Opera in the Heights (Houston), Tybalt in Romeo and Juliette with Opera Northeast, Macheath in Rockland Opera's The Threepenny Opera, and a leading role in the debut of The Winter of the Fall at the John Houseman Theatre. Training: B.A.,Voice, Peabody Conservatory of Music; Artist Certificate in Musical Theatre, Banff School of Fine Arts; Graduate Diploma, New England Conservatory of Music.
Charles Gale Acting. New York. Director, actor. Artistic Director of Theatre Dispatch, Artistic Associate of Stage One and The Empire Theatre Company. New York directing credits include Reservoir Dogs (NY premiere), The Collection, The Unveiling, Stars for Stage One, Sure of This One for the C-3 Productions at the Tribeca Playhouse. Regional credits include the Southwest premiere of Reckless, Speed the Plow, Sex Drugs Rock & Roll, Search and Destroy. Acting credits include The First Wives Club, Law and Order, Spin City, South by Southwest Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, USA Film Festival. Training: M.F.A., Southern Methodist University.
Ramon Galindo Dance. New York. Dancer, performer, choreographer. Broadway credits include The Most Happy Fella (also assistant choreographer), Song and Dance with Bernadette Peters, Cats, and Merlin with Chita Rivera. Off-Broadway credits include Funny Feet, and national tour of Bob Fosse's Dancin'. Training: Joffrey Ballet School, Alvin Ailey Dance Center, David Howard, Michael Owens.
Phillip George Musical Theatre. New York. Actor, director. Credits include 12 editions of Forbidden Broadway in New York, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, and the national tour. Directed Forbidden Hollywood in New York and Los Angeles. Collaborator on Whoop-Dee-Doo, directing the New York and London productions. Associate Director on When Pigs Fly (Douglas Fairbanks). Directing credits: La Mama, PS 122, Here and Nada, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Philemon, The Roar of the Greasepaint, and A Doctor in Spite of Himself. Resident director, King's Head Theatre, London. Acting roles include: Forbidden Broadway, The Remarkable Ruth Fields and regionally in The Importance of Being Earnest, As You Like It, Side by Side by Sondheim, Forum, and 1776.
Igor Goldin Musical Theatre. New York. Director, actor. Professional directing credits: Off-Broadway: A Ritual of Faith (Lion Theatre), The Snow Queen (The Triad). Common Grounds (37 Arts/NY Musical Theatre Festival 2006), Yank! (Beckett/NY Musical Theatre Festival - Outstanding New Musical 2005, Talkin' Broadway; Audience Award, 1st runner up), Hard To Get (OOBR Award). Regional: The Spitfire Grill, The Full Monty (Theater Barn, New Lebanon, NY), World premiere of Yank! (Arcadia Stage, Arden Theatre, Philadelphia). Acting: NY: Furious (John Houseman Theatre), Pillow Talk (OOBR Award), Penny Penniworth (FringeNYC), Southern Gentlemen and Other Myths (OOBR Award), Macbeth. Regional: A Christmas Carol, The Star Spangled Girl, Jekyll and Hyde, How To Succeed..., The Mystery of Edwin Drood, On The Town, Berlin To Broadway, Buried Child. Training: North Carolina School of the Arts. Member: Actor's Equity Association, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Gillien Goll Acting for Film and Television. New York. Actor, Director, Writer. TV credits: Sex & the City, The Sopranos, Chappelle's Show, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O' Brien, 100 Centre Street, All My Children, various commercials. Film credits: Seize the Day, Looking Up, The Sun & the Moon. Performance credits: The Circle Repertory, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center, La Mama, and Theatre for the New City, as well as many Off-Off Broadway theatres. Artistic Director: The Centaur Stage, a non-profit NYC theatre company (director, writer, actor, producer). Writer of a show optioned for Off-Broadway, writer/story editor for Linda Yellen Productions (film/TV). Training: BA, Barnard College; MA Directing, Hunter College; Kenneth Janes of Bristol Old Vic; MA in Directing, Hunter College; Harold Clurman, Lloyd Richards. Acting studies with Darryl Hickman, Rae Allen.
Kyle Gonyea Individual Voice. New York. Accomplished musical theater performer and educator of the voice. Has performed regionally as well as around the world. Portrayed the role of Raoul as well as the title role in the German Company of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Most recently, performed the role of Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Sacramento Music Circus, CA. Other roles include Ravenal in Showboat; Jim Kenyon in Rose Marie (recording available); and Robert Mission in The New Moon (recording available), at the Society for performing Arts, PA. Additional roles include Lancelot in Camelot; Erik (The Phantom) in Phantom Kopit/Yetson; Curly in Oklahoma; and Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mattress at the historic Bucks County Playhouse, PA. Voice instructor for many years in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Germany, and New York. Training: B.M., in Music Education with an emphasis in Vocal Studies and Choral Conducting; The Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, CT.
Mark Goodman Musical Theatre. New York. Musical director, accompanist. Conducted the European tour and Cleveland Opera production (starring Bebe Neuwirth) of West Side Story. As Conductor, national tours include: Mame starring Juliet Prowse and Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley. As Assistant Conductor, national tours include: Woman of the Year starring Lauren Bacall, Evita, and the 1981 revival of Oklahoma! Assistant Conductor for the Broadway and national tour productions of Zorba starring Anthony Quinn. As Conductor, regional credits include: Papermill Playhouse, Manhattan Theatre Club, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Walnut Street Theatre, and North Shore Music Theatre, St. Louis Municipal Opera. Training: B.S., M.M., University of Maryland.
Robert G. Goodwin Stage Combat.
Jill Gorrie Dance. New York. Dancer, Choreographer. Film: The Stepford Wives (starring Nicole Kidman), Fantacy in Dutch (NYMF), Comden and Green's New York Choreographer, Chashama Theatre. National Tour, State Fair starring John Davidson, European tour, Grease. Restaged Grease productions in Zurich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Istanbul. Regional Theatre: Funny Girl (Vera), Oklahoma!, and Hello Dolly (Associate Choreographer) at Westchester Broadway Theatre; 42nd Street, Crazy for You, Barnum, The Will Rogers Follies, Guys and Dolls, Showboat. NYC Theatre credits: Nothing Like A Dame Benefit for BC/EFA at St. James Theatre. Dancer for New York City Gay Men's Chorus at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Training: BFA Dance, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Joe Goscinski Voice Production and Speech. New York. Actor, director, vocal coach. Regional credits include Hamlet, The Elephant Man, Henry IV Part 1. Previously served as Artistic Director of Cold Comfort Productions in Castine, Maine. Television credits include Late Night With Conan O'Brien, One Life To Live, Law and Order. Training: National Shakespeare Conservatory, Royal National Theatre of London, Raphael Kelly Shakespeare Studio. Additional training: Robert Perillo, Patsy Rodenberg.
Carol Greski Voice Production and Speech. New York. Actress. New York credits include Ensemble Studio Theatre, HERE, Producer's Club, Present Company, Century Center, Trilogy Theatre. Regional credits include Walnut Street Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theatre. Television credits include Falcone and various daytime dramas. Training: M.F.A., Brooklyn College. Additional training: Professional internship at Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Hector Guerrero Dance. Los Angeles. Choreographer, dancer, singer and actor. Highlights of professional credits: Choreography credits include Off-Broadway's Gimme a Break! and Concert of Excellence at the Lincoln Center. Regional: A Chorus Line, Aida, The Lion King, West Side Story. Performing credits include West Side Story, Evita, 42nd Street and The Goodbye Girl with Debbie Gravitte. Paul, Mark and Larry in A Chorus Line, Carl in Bells are Ringing, Ito (U/S) in Mame with JoAnne Worley and No, No Nanette with Susan Egan. Concerts/Reviews: Gypsy Awards with Donna MacKechnie, Broadway Bares with Jane Krakowski, Ruby Keller Tribute with Lee Roy Reams, Swellegant Elegance with Joanna Gleason and Michael Jeter, Love is All that Matters with Christina Applegate and Revelations with Jasmine Guy. Film: Cool as Ice. TV: 24/Seven on NBC. Videos: Bjork, Black Uhuru and Ice-T. Teaching Credits Include Broadway Dance Center, American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NY), 92nd Street Y and Houston's High School for the Performing Arts.
Danny Gurwin Musical Theatre.
Mary Gutzi Musical Theatre. Los Angeles. Actor, singer, director, producer. Known most recently for her role as Emma Goldman in Ragtime; performances included the national tour, the American premiere production in LA as well as for companies in Chicago and Vancouver. Performed on Broadway in the role of Fantine in Les Miserables and performed regionally as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard and Grizabella in Cats. Established the Honolulu Theatre League, the first professional theatre company in Oahu, with her business partner Burton White. Training: BFA, Theater, University of Detroit. Member: AEA, SAG, AFTRA.
Blake Hackler Acting. New York. Writer, Voice Teacher. Film credits include Roslyn, winner of the Chrysler Film Competition at Cannes. Broadway: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Lyle Bellamy/Tom Sawyer). Performances off-Broadway include work with the Roundabout Theatre Company, Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, and York Theatre Company. Off-Off Broadway: Gorilla Repertory, PS73 Productions and Prospect Theatre. Additional Teaching Assignments: Yale University, National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped, Kennedy Center Partners in Education, Metropolitan Opera. Training: MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama, recipient Lotte Lenya Scholarship. BFA Musical Theatre with honors, Roosevelt University.
Robert J. Hamilton Stage Combat Department Chair.
Michele Hart-Haviland Dance. New York. Dancer, performer, choreographer. Toured nationally in A Chorus Line, My One & Only, Anything Goes, and Ziegfeld, A Night at the Follies. Regional credits include The King & I and My Fair Lady at the N.C. State Theatre (Artistic Director, Terrance Mann). Additionally, performed in Hello Dolly! under the direction of Lee Roy Reams in Paris as well as Harrah's in Atlantic City. Choreographed for the South Carolina Operetta Co., as well as for the Miss S.C. Pageant. B.A., Dance Education, Furman University. Further training in N.Y.C. in dance and voice.
Sheila Head Acting. New York. Teaching credits: Williamstown Theater Festival, ACTeen, Arts Genesis, Theater for a New Audience, various corporate workshops, several years as artist in residence in NY & NJ public schools. NY and LA Appearances: PS NBC, Arts Nova, Ensemble Studio Theater, HBO Workspace IO West, Catch A Rising Star. Voice credits: several characters for Comedy Central's Odd Todd. Writing credits: ABC/Disney, Garrison Keillor, PBS's Cyberchase. Creator/writer of Oxygen's The Ruth Truth, based on personal experiences as private investigator. Playwrighting credits: The Egg Game, Hollywood Nurses, Head Games.
Philip Hernandez Musical Theatre. New York. Broadway credits: Les Miserables (Valjean & Javert); original cast member of Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by Harold Prince; original cast member of Paul Simon's The Capeman (Rev. Gonzalez). Starred as Rico in National Tour of Manilow?s Copacabana, as Juan Peron in Harold Prince's 25th Anniversary tour of Evita, and as Don Quixote in the Paper Mill Playhouse revival of Man of La Mancha. Television credits include All My Children (Enrico Alvarez), One Life to Live, Another World. Concert performances with NY Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, Robert Shaw and Zubin Mehta. Co-Founder and Executive Producer, Judith Shakespeare Company. Faculty member: John Robert Powers School, Norwalk CT; teaching partner with Capes Coaching, NYC. Training: Theatre and Educational Psychology, State University of New York. Acting studies, Stella Adler and Larry Moss.
Suzanne Hevner Acting for Film and Television. New York. New York theatre credits include: Broadway revival of The Music Man, Balancing Act, Kiss me Quick before the Lava Reaches the Village, The Trio (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and Chicago City Limits (comedy/improvisation.) Founding member of the comedy group The Heartless Floozies. Regional credits include The Denver Center, Syracuse Stage, Seven Angels, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, and the Depot Theatre. Film credits include Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, Meet Joe Black and Changing Lanes. Television credits include: Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Stella (Comedy Central), Feds, Talk to Me, Conan O'Brian and many commercials. Training: B.F.A., Musical Theatre, Syracuse University.
Brian Holman Sight Singing. New York. Pianist, conductor, coach. Musical preparation/conducting credits: Regina Opera (Die Fledermaus, L'elisir d'amore, Un ballo in maschera, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Tosca), New Rochelle Opera (Tosca, Rigoletto), Modus Opera (Le nozze di Figaro), Opera Company of Astoria (Don Giovanni). Solo and vocal recital appearances in US and Europe, Norwalk Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall, Arizona State University Symphony on KBAQ radio. Staff accompanist, Mannes College of Music. Training: MM Piano Performance, Manhattan School of Music; BA/BM English/Piano Performance, Arizona State University.
Mary Hurlbut Individual Voice. New York. Singer. Performance credits include opera, oratorio, recitals, and chamber music. Worked with Aaron Copland, John Cage, Lucas Foss, Chen Yi, and Elodie Lauten. Performed with the New Music Consort, Downtown Music Players, Soho Baroque Opera Company, Cygnus Ensemble, and the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. Performances have included U.S. and world premieres, Weill Recital Hall, Symphony Space, and radio broadcasts. Her voice-overs have been used in performance at Alice Tully Hall. Training: Mannes College of Music; student of Antonia Lavanne.
Martin C. Hurt Voice. New York. Actor, Singer, Musical Director. National Tours: Cats (Old Deuteronomy), Strike up the Band (Horace J. Fletcher), Phantom of the Opera (Leading Tenor). Regional Credits: Titanic (Henry Etches), Carousel (Mr. Snow), The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion), Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely Johnson). Operatic Credits: Animal Tales (Horse), Family Opera Initiative; Les Contes D'Hoffman (Spalanzani), Utah Festival Opera Company. Finalist: 1998 Rehfuss Singing Actor Award, Orlando Opera. Musical Direction: Parade and Oklahoma, Coastal Carolina Univ; A' My Name is Still Alice and Red Noses, VA Commonwealth Univ. Training: MM Manhattan School of Music, BM VA Commonwealth University, Institute of Voice Performance, Richard Miller (Oberlin Conservatory), McClosky Institute of Voice.
Jennifer Ierardi Dance. New York. Choreographer, Singer, Actress. Extensive work in theater, film, television in US and beyond. Broadway National Tour of 42nd Street. National Tours and Las Vegas Company of Footloose, Anything Goes (with Sandy Duncan), Guys and Dolls, Evita, Carousel. Member, La Jaz Dance Company member. Work on Royal Caribbean's Cruise Line and with artists such as L.L. Cool J, Mary J. Blige, 98 Degrees. Instructional/Choreographic credits: current Dance director, Springdale Ballet & Dance Academy, Stamford CT. Master Class Workshops throughout US at studios, competitions and conventions. Choreographer: Miss Asian World Pageant. Training: Point Park University, CT & NY. Member: AEA
Lisa Jacobson Acting. New York. Actress, director, choreographer. An accomplished actress, director, choreographer, and acting coach for the past 25 years. Appeared in and directed numerous companies, national tours, and stock. Acting credits include: Jackie in the original New York production of Hot L Baltimore and Joanne in Fredrich Zollo's production of Vanities. NY credits: directed and choreographed for the Circle Repertory Co, the Cubiculo, the Open Space, the Conservatory Theatre, and AMAS Theatre. Appeared in several national television commercials. Training: Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, and Ohio University.
Jamison Jones Acting. Los Angeles. Actor, Director, Producer, Fight Director. Television credits include ALIAS, That 70's Show, General Hospital, 24, Strong Medicine, Will & Grace, The Division, CONAN, Silk Stalkings, Beverly Hills 90210 and JAG. Film credits include Destiny, Save it for Later, Hollywood Homicide, Dark Blue, Gettin' Lucky, West of Brooklyn and Radio Land Murders. Regional credits include performances at The Pasadena Playhouse, The American Conservatory Theater, A Noise Within, The La Mirada Theater for the Arts, as well as two European premiers at the Edinburgh Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition has produced two feature films, one short film and several stage plays as well as choreographed numerous stage fights in theatrical productions across the country. Training: M.F.A., The American Conservatory Theatre. B.A., Theatre Arts, California State University, Fullerton.
Marla Jones Individual Voice. Los Angeles. Singer (Soprano)/musician/composer-arranger, music director and recording artist. Has appeared in concert at numerous venues throughout Southern California, the Southwest, and the Chicago area singing and specializing in the great American songbook, show tunes, standards, international music (five languages), inspirational and jazz. Venues have included a concert at the Crystal Cathedral, numerous concerts with Bob Ralston of the Lawrence Welk show, the Paris Casino in Las Vegas, City of West Covina and City of Palm Springs concert series. Hotel and club appearances include: Ritz-Carlton, Century Plaza Hotel, Catalina Bar and Grill, Lunaria Restaurant & Jazz Club, and the Gardenia. Local show credits: Company, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Beggars Opera, and Earl Carroll Revisited. Music director, composer and arranger for numerous events (LA Dodgers 65 Roses Club, Cystic Fibrosis Annual Celebrity Fashion Show and more), vocal groups, Agoura Hills Community Church, and the award winning musical fairy tale series for Santa Monica City TV Productions. In 2001, Quarterfinalist for the 8th annual McAllaster American Traditions Competition at the Savannah Onstage International Arts Festival. Currently has two CDs in release, Over the Rainbow & Beyond and I'll Be Seeing You, Home for the Holidays, with a new CD in production for release in 2006. Training: BM, Applied Voice, Northwestern University School of Music. Film Composing, UCLA Extension (Certificate Program). Several years of private voice training in Los Angeles with Ron Anderson. Arranging and theory lessons with Don James and Hummie Mann. Member: AFTRA/AFM/ASCAP/ASMAC.
Kristine Kalina Individual Voice. New York. Operatic Performances: Verdi?s Falstaff (Nannetta), Mozart?s La Clemenza di Tito (Servilia), Mozart?s Die Zauberflöte (Papagena), Strauss? Ariadne auf Naxos (Najade), Monteverdi?s L?incoronazione di Poppea (Poppea). Opera and recitals across US, regular concerts in NYC area. Member, Natchez Opera Festival. Featured recitalist, Brock University of Ontario. Training: BMus University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, MM Washington University.
David Kelso Voice. New York. Heldentenor, actor, vocal coach. Operatic credits: Siegfried (Siegfried) & Die Walküre (Siegmund), Mexico City Ring Cycle; Washington DC Wagner Society, Emerging Singers Program concert; Oberon (Hüon) with Opera Nova; Mannes Wagner Festival (NYC). Theatrical credits: Of Mice and Men (Lenny), Greater Tuna, Cats, Evita, Sweeney Todd. Finalist, Lauritz Melchior Heldentenor Foundation Awards; grants from Mechior Foundation, NY Wagner Society, American Center for Musical Arts. Training: Music Education & Music Therapy, Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Florida Statue University.
Siobhan Kolker Voice. New York. Soloist for Opera and Musical Theatre. Regional credits: Kennedy Center Sondheim Festival (Night Music, Merrily We Roll Along), Washington Opera, Baltimore Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Opera Vivente (Baltimore), Toby?s Dinner Theatre. New York Performances: New York City Fringe Festival, Verge Theatre, Innovative Stages, One World Symphony. Training: MM Voice Performance, Peabody Conservatory; BMA/High Honors Voice and History, University of Michigan.
Jerome Kurtenbach Accompanist. Los Angeles. Composer, conductor, accompanist, arranger, director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. As a film composer and conductor he most recently wrote, produced, directed and scored the films Proxy, Red-Herring, Misconception, and Anything But Normal under his production company Greenlake Entertainment. Served as musical director and arranger for the world premiere of the new musical I Want My 80?s Musical for Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and as accompanist for several of their productions, including Aida, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde, and Chess. He has also served as music director and accompanist at local churches in both Oklahoma City and Los Angeles. Performed as vocalist in several shows for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Oklahoma Opera & Musical Theater Company. He is currently writing Symphony No. 1 and songs for a pop album, both to be completed in late 2006. Completed a new score for horn and clarinet duet with strings and harp and will premiere his latest work for solo violin in spring 2006. He has premiered two orchestral works, including seven film scores, two song cycles, a mass, a music video, a work for choir and percussion, several works for small ensemble, solo work for voice, violin, piano, and saxophone. Kurtenbach?s most recent achievement has been the acceptance into the University of Southern California Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Graduate Certificate Program where he will continue his education in film scoring. Training: Bachelor & Master of Music degrees in Composition at Oklahoma City University studying under national award-winning composer Dr. Edward Knight.
Jane Lanier Choreographer. Los Angeles. Teacher, choreographer. Professional credits: choreographed The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Co. (LA Weekly and Garland Awards); Smokey Joe's Café, 5th Avenue Theatre Seattle; Associate Choreographer for Pippin, 5th Avenue Theatre; Johnny Guitar, Century Theatre NYC; Nightingale, Vineyard Theatre NYC; Kiss Me Kate, Musical Theatre West Long Beach; Guys And Dolls, Little Night Music, and The Music Man, Interact Theatre Co. LA; On The Town, Pajama Game, Kiss Me Kate, and Some Like It Hot, Hamilton Academy LA; Ernest In Love, Fremont Theatre LA; HBO's Dream On, The ABC mini-series Summer Stories, Night Fever for Silver Seas Cruise Line, several S.T.A.G.E. & Actors Fund Benefits, and many national commercials. She has directed Smell of the Kill, Interact Theatre Co.; Interact's Funny Valentine; a staged reading of The Swan; and a reading of the new play Yesterday Quicksand. On Broadway in Fosse (Drama Desk Award Nomination); Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Tony Award Nomination); Guys And Dolls and Anything Goes, directed by Jerry Zaks; Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse; and On Your Toes, directed by George Abbott. On film she danced with John Travolta in Michael and co-starred in the independent film Mercy. On television she has been seen on The Shield, the recurring role of Susan Dominick in Murder One, Diagnosis Murder, One Life To Live and Passions. Regional credits include Fastrada in Pippin; Adelaide in Guys And Dolls; Gladys in Pajama Game; Elegies For Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens; Bessie in Counsellor-At-Law (LA Drama Critics Circle, Drama-Logue, and Ovation Awards); World Goes Round; Cassie in A Chorus Line; Claudine in Can-Can; Ivy in On The Town; Charity in Sweet Charity; Petra in A Little Night Music; Second Story Man; Hills Like White Elephants; The Swan; Tangents; and Splitsville.
Victoria Lavan Individual Voice. Los Angeles. Teacher, soprano. Professional credits: concerts, oratorio and opera include the Sundance Institute for the Arts, Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, New West Symphony, Salt Lake Opera Theatre, American Opera WorkCenter, Minnesota Opera Institute, and the Ventura Music Festival. Operatic roles include Rosina in Barber of Seville, Gilda in Rigoletto and Musetta in La Boheme. Oratorio roles range from Bach to Durufle. Musical Theatre, theater and cabaret highlights: Jesus Christ Superstar, with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, Rubicon Theatre Company; Fiona in Brigadoon, Promised Valley Playhouse; Glitter and Be Gay: A Tribute to Barbara Cook, El Portal Theatre, North Hollywood and tour of US Western States; Melissa in Love Letters, Rubicon Theatre Co.; Myra in Deathtrap, Egyptian Theatre, Park City, UT; Concert for Johnny Mercer Foundation, Royce Hall, UCLA. Directing credits include: Ernest Worthing and Hobson?s Choice, new opera theatre works by John Biggs. CD recordings: Isabella's Music Box Lullabies, Holiday Romance. Vocal Training: Ray Arbizu, Bonn Opera, Natalie Limonick. Singing actor training: Wesley Balk, Sabin Epstein, Carol Weiss. Education: BA and MA in Music, University of Utah, University of Phoenix and Almeda University. Member of NATS, National Opera Association, Actors Co-Op, Los Angeles and the Academy for New Musical Theatre. Served on the faculty of Ventura College, voice and opera workshop. In addition to AMDA, currently an adjunct faculty member of Pepperdine University, private voice.
Blake Lawrence Acting. New York. Founding artistic director, Themantics Group. Associate artistic director, Drama Desk winning, Keen Company. Direction: Children of a Lesser God (Keen), Hazard County and NY premiere of Brad Fraser's Snake in Fridge, Pirandello's Naked (Themantics). Freelance Direction: over two dozen new plays as well as published works, including Patrick Hamilton's Angel Street, The Misanthrope. Named one of Eight Hottest Directors of Off & Off-Off Broadway by Show Business Weekly. Profiled by NYTheatre.com and Backstage. Member: Lincoln Center Director's Lab. Training: Northwestern University.
Stacy Lee Tilton Musical Theatre. New York. Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director. Co-wrote and starred in critically acclaimed one-woman show Midway Point in New York City and Los Angeles. Appeared on Broadway as Jane Ashton in Brigadoon. International credits include Not What It Seems To Be in Kiev, Ukraine and With Fairest Flowers in Shanghai, China. Regional stage credits include the role of the Witch in Into The Woods, Woman 2 in Closer Than Ever, Mazeppa in Gypsy, Nancy in Oliver, Maria in The Sound of Music, Miss Hannigan in Annie, Anita in West Side Story and the Narrator in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. Two-time winner in the New York singing teacher's association musical theatre competition. Lead and harmony vocals in NYC based Folk/Rock band Intimate Strangers. Training: B.A. in acting and directing, California State University, Long Beach, California; AMDA NY.
Stu Levin Scene Study and Acting for Film & Television. Los Angeles. Emmy Award-winning Actor, Writer and Director. Performed major roles in over 300 plays including Oscar in The Odd Couple and Julius in the world premiere of The United States vs. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Television credits include co-starring roles on ABC's The Practice and Once and Again and USA Network's The Huntress, as well as guest starring roles on Murphy Brown, Coach, and General Hospital. Feature film credits include Disney's Distinguished Gentleman with Eddie Murphy and Universal Pictures' The Fortune Cookie.
Joan Lindstrom Individual Voice. New York. Singer, writer. Five seasons, New York City Opera. Other New York credits: soloist, opera, oratorio, symphony, concert, recital, cabaret, film. Musical Theatre: 35 Broadway shows, stock, tour. English diction coach, Metropolitan Opera National Company (inaugural season). SAG conservatory, Brain Gym workshops. Sings in 11 languages. Over 40 arts-related articles published in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times and The Westsider. Training: M.A., Manhattan School of Music; B.A., Augustana College. Additional study: educational kinesiology, Brain Gym. Member: AEA, AGMA.
Diana MacNeil Dance. Los Angeles. Teacher, dancer, choreographer. Professional credits: Lewitzky Dance Company, dancer, choreographer, teacher, costumier 1977-1986, 1990-1996; Idyllwild Arts Academy, Chair of Dance 1986-1990; PostHouse Dance Group, Artistic Director 1997- present. Training: Modern/composition: Bella Lewitzky, Sean Greene, Loretta Livingston Ballet-Tatiana Riaboushinska, Stanley Holden, Mia Slavenska, Gloria Bowen.
Mike Mahaffey Stage Combat.
Karen Malpede Theatre History. New York. Playwright, writer, director. Author of twelve plays produced in New York, around the country, and in Europe, including I Will Bear Witness (adaptor/ director) at Classic Stage Company; Us (playwright), published in Women on the Verge and produced at Theatre for the New City in 1987, revived in 2000 and 2001 at HERE in New York. Writer of film script (under option) I Emily; The Beekeeper's Daughter (playwright/director) produced in Italy and New York. Author of Found Footage, a novel in progress and the books A Monster Has Stolen and Other Plays; Women in Theater: Compassion and Hope. Training: M.F.A., Columbia University.
David Dent Martin Artistic Director. Producer, director, teacher, actor. Staged productions of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, Wilde, and Shaw, as well as contemporary American and British playwrights. New York, regional, and London stage productions as director and producer. Television production credits include various television series and work with actors John Houseman, James Earl Jones, Edward Herrman, Sam Waterson, and Nancy Marchand in addition to such gala televised presentations as Broadway Plays Washington at the Kennedy Center with Beatrice Arthur, Pearl Bailey, Barry Bostwick, Ellen Burstyn, Ann Reinking, Debbie Reynolds, and Melba Moore. Lincoln Center credits include the following all-star AMDA benefits: Sing Happy, a tribute to John Kander and Fred Ebb with Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Gwen Verdon, and Chita Rivera; You're the Top, a tribute to Cole Porter with Barry Bostwick, Kevin Kline, Dick Cavett, and Lucie Arnaz; and Hey, Look Me Over, a tribute to Cy Coleman with Neil Simon, Imogene Coca, Mel Torme, and Juliet Prowse. Training: B.A., Baylor University; graduate study at Trinity University. Additional study with Charles Laughton, Alice Gachet, Etienne Decroux, Martha Graham, and Agna Enters. Member; SSD&C.
Andrea Masters Acting. New York. Actor, writer. Played the Mother in Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author directed by Tim Childs on Theatre Row and Joanna in the Broadway revival of The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel with Al Pacino. Regional credits: Bella in Lost in Yonkers (Pennsylvania Stage), Mrs. Linde in A Doll's House (Syracuse Stage), Rita in Little Eyolf (Echo Stage), Magdelena in The House of Bernada Alba (A.C.T. San Francisco), Sister Swanee in How it Hangs (Looking Glass Theatre), Barbara Walters in Justice (Playwrights Horizon). Film and Television credits: Somewhere in Between and Selena on The Guiding Light. Writing credits: The Dancer, won the Clackamas Literary Review's fiction prize and was published in the 1998 spring issue. Teaching experience: The Lincoln Center Institute. Training: B.A., M.A., Columbia University. Additional training: A.C.T., San Francisco, one-year training program; Etienne Decroux, Paris, France; Michael Howard, Wynn Handman.
William Mesnik Acting. Los Angeles. Teacher, actor, musician, playwright. Professional credits: Three Songs, Bill's drama about folk singers during the blacklist was the inaugural production of The Fremont Centre in 1997, garnering Critic's Choice in the LA Times, an LA Weekly nomination for best ensemble, several regional productions, and a film option. FCT has also produced Bill's Jackson Pollock, Painting on the Edge, and Muckrakers - An Evening of Presidential Campaign Songs and Family Dysfunction, which opened on the eve of the 2000 presidential election. His comedy Lundquist in the Sky with Diamonds was produced by Los Angeles Clown in 2004. Theatrical resume encompasses Broadway (La Bete, Oh! Calcutta!, Smoke of the Mountain), Off-Broadway (Modigliani, A Weekend Near Madison, The Good Times Are Killing Me, The Rimers of Eldritch, and Mac Wellman's A Murder of Crows, among others), such major regional venues as Yale Rep, The Old Globe, McCarter Theatre, The Kennedy Center, and Actors Theater of Louisville, a European tour of Shakespeare's King Lear, and the Moscow Art Theatre's American production of Chekhov's Ivanov. Television commercial, episodic and sitcom appearances. Feature credits include Minority Report, Titanic, Eye For An Eye, Stonebrook and John Schlessinger's The Next Best Thing with Madonna and Rupert Everett. Other LA stage appearances: several at A Noise Within, most notably as Holofernes in Love's Labours Lost for which he received an Ovation nomination and The School for Scandal (DramaLogue Award). Training: MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Thomas Mills Musical Theatre. New York. Director, choreographer. Resident director-choreographer for the American Song Series at the Smithsonian for three years. Worked extensively directing in cabaret in New York City, winning the Bistro Award for outstanding direction in 1994. New York credits: Let it Ride at the Lamb's Theatre, Rasputin, Witch's Tale, and Are We There Yet? Regional credits: directed productions of Pippin, Baby, and directed/ choreographed a stage version of Comfortably Numb. Assisting Michael Leeds on the musical Miracles and is assistant directing and providing choreography for A Little Night Music at Houston Grand Opera.
Carine Montbertrand Voice Production and Speech. New York. New York credits include Soho Rep, The Flying Machine, Young Playwrights Festival at Cherry Lane, La MaMa E.T.C. Regional credits include The Pioneer Theatre Co, Capital Rep, Clarence Brown, TheatreVirginia, Riverside Theatre (Florida), Hangar Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Milwaukee Rep, and The Independent Shakespeare Company. (Los Angeles). Has toured nationally and performed Off-Broadway with The Acting Company. Also, has narrated dozens of audio books, mostly for Recorded Books Productions (Earphones Award and two American Library Association Notable Recordings). Training: B.A., Tufts University; M.F.A., Professional Theater Training Program, University of Delaware.
Kathy Morath Musical Theatre. New York. Broadway credits include Joseph Papp's Pirates of Penzance and Nick & Nora. Off-Broadway has appeared in the role of The Girl in The Fantasticks, Personals, The Wonder Years and David Ives' All in The Timing among others. Regionally has played leading roles at The Guthrie Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Dallas Theatre Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Barter Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera, Chatauqua Opera, Wolf Trap and The Kennedy Center. TV & Film credits include Law & Order, Walker, Texas Ranger, Alice in Concert, Hostage, All My Children, General Hospital. In addition, has written (with Bruce Coyle and Dennis Bailey) Channeling Doris Day, which she has performed extensively across the country. Has also served as an adjudicator for the National Endowment for the Arts. Training: Brown University.
Elizabeth M. Moulton Individual Voice. New York. Opera Singer, Voice Teacher. Artist apprentice at Utah Festival Opera in summer of 2002 as well as Sarasota Opera in Winter/Spring of 2003. Performed La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica and Zita in Gianni Schicchi at the American Singers Opera Project in the summer of 2003. Most recently performed the role of Miss Todd in Old Maid and the Thief with the New Jersey Concert Opera as well as the role of Third Lady in the Magic Flute with Stoneybrook Players. Training: B.A., Art History, University of New Hampshire; M.A., Theatre, University of Maine; M.M., Vocal Performance, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Studied with Ariel Bybee and is currently studying with Ellen Shade.
Cynthia Murray Dance. New York. Actress, singer, dancer, choreographer. Regional credits include: West Side Story, 42nd Street, Me and my Girl, ...Forum, and Cinderella (national tour). Performed throughout the Los Angeles and Las Vegas areas with various dance companies. Training: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Further studies with Joe Tremaine, Dean Barlow, and the Joffrey Ballet.
Sharla Nafziger Individual Voice. New York. Opera/Concert Singer. Joins roster of New York City Opera this fall (cover, Corinna in Il Viaggio a Reims as well as several roles in The Little Prince). Made her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2002. Has performed with the Oratorio Society of New York (with which she toured Costa Rica), the El Paso Opera, and the Opera Company of Brooklyn. Avery Fisher Hall debut, May 2005 with National Chorale. Additional appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony, major Canadian Orchestras as well as festivals throughout Canada and the U.S. Winner: Joy in Singing, as well as prizewinner in several other competitions. Recordings include premiers of several new works; Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra and ERM Media Label as well as Naxos, Telarc and Hänslerr Classics which will have a new release next spring. Teachers include Carol Forte, Cornelius Reid and Patricia Musslin. Training: B.A., Music, University of Toronto; M.A., Music, Manhattan School of Music.
Chris Neher Voice Production and Speech. New York. Actor, vocal coach. Performed in premiere of Feral Music in the role of Arturo and as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Training: M.F.A., The Ohio State University. Additional training: Saratoga International Theatre Institute and Catherine Fitzmaurice.
Judi Lewis Ockler Stage Combat.
Regina O'Malley Musical Theatre. New York. Actress, Singer, Director. Broadway credits include the roles of Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Lyons in Blood Brothers and Mme. Thenardier in Les Miserables. Regional credits include Goodspeed, Seattle Rep., Huntington among others. Additional performances include the roles of Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls, Adrianne in Boys from Syracuse and The Girl in Seven Year Itch. Additionally has performed in several operas and has appeared in many national TV commercials. Training: B.F.A., Musical Theatre, Boston Conservatory. Private voice study with Dr. David Fairchild.
Kevin Owers Individual Voice. Los Angeles. Stage productions include European and British tours as Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Nanki Poo in The Mikado, and Sidney Cohn in On Your Toes with Natalia Makarova. Other productions include the European premiere of Sondheim's Pacific Overtures and Sir Peter Hall's production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Glyndebourne. Upon arriving in Los Angeles in 1996 Kevin landed a memorable role in Titanic, with other film credits including Ballad of a Nightingale, and the yet to be released Rat Thing. TV credits include West Wing, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Goggle Eyes. B.A., Guildford School of Acting.
Evan Pappas Musical Theatre. New York. Broadway credits include: Putting it Together (opposite Carol Burnett), Britt Craig in Parade, Benjy in My Favorite Year, Paul in A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway credits include The Immigrant (Cap 21), I Can Get it For You Wholesale (Outer Critics Best Actor nomination), Pera Palas, and The Wound of Love. Additionally, performed in Follies, Merrily We Roll Along, and Sunday with Sondheim in London's West End. Regional credits include Lucky Stiff (Helen Hayes Award for Best Actor), The Canterbury Tales, Falsettos, The Heidi Chronicles, False Admissions, Cheap Sentiment, Lend Me A Tenor, Boy Meets Girl, Pajama Game (Joseph Jefferson Best Supporting Actor Award Nomination). Toured with Durante (LA Dramalogue Award), Dreamgirls, Superstar, and Promises Promises. Television credits include Ghost of a Chance, Another World, One Life to Live, All My Children and numerous commercials.
Randolf Pearson Acting. New York. Director, acting coach. Directed at the Dallas Theatre Center, Callier Theatre of the Deaf, Theatre Onstage, Actors Outlet, Manhattan College, and Fordham University. Productions include Goethe's Faust, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Joe Egg, Buried Child, The Apple Tree, and The Snow Queen. Artistic Director of On Stage Productions in N.Y.C. Directed Boys' Life with AMDA alumni company, The Lofty Theatre Company. Teaching experience: Hockaday School, University of Texas, Kean College, and Seton Hall University. Training: M.F.A., Trinity University; B.F.A., Southern Methodist University.
Michael Perilstein Acting and Improvisation. New York. Actor. Broadway credits include Frankenstein and Really Rosie. Regional credits include Radium Girls, Escape from Happiness, Hay Fever, Good Person of Sichuan, Into the Woods, Suddenly Last Summer, Picnic, Same Time Next Year, An Evening with Bill Irwin. Appeared in television on New York Undercover and The Guiding Light. Training: M.F.A., University of Virginia. Additional training: BADA, Juliet Stevenson, Fiona Shaw, Mark Wing Davey.
Elaine Petricoff Chair, Musical Theatre Department. New York. Director. Performed on Broadway in Grease, The Me Nobody Knows, and The End of the World, directed by Harold Prince. Off-Broadway credits: Roundabout Theatre, West Side Arts Theatre, and Manhattan Theatre Club. Toured in West Side Story with Leslie Uggams and Fiddler on the Roof with Leonard Nimoy; numerous appearances in stock, industrials, and commercials. Directed Off-Broadway and stock; assisted Tommy Tune and Arthur Kopit. Directed A Little Night Music and Falsettos for the Skylight Opera Company and Uncle Vanya for New York University. Teaching experience: Berkshire Theatre Festival; directed and choreographed for the Unicorn Stage. Developing the musical Runaway Beauty Queen with Rhonda Coullet. Training: B.S., Syracuse University; private studies with Sanford Meisner.
Heather Petruzelli Individual Voice. New York. Professional credits include Opera Northeast, The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, The Liederkranz Opera, The Astoria Symphony, The Opera Company of Astoria, Henry Street Opera, Pax Amicus Theater, New Jersey Verismo Association and Digi-Orchestra Productions. Co-Founder and Director of The Opera Company of Astoria. Winner of the Florence Boughton Competition for Young Artists, 1998 Recipient of the Theodore Presser Award and Scholarship in 1993. Training: M.M., Voice Performance, Boston University, B.M., Voice Performance, Wilkes University. Additional training by Virginia Grasso, Phyllis Curtin, Doris Jung, Erik Thorendahl, Penelope Bitzas and Richard Chapline.
Laura Pierce Acting. New York. Director and Actor. Has directed over 15 Off and Off-Off Broadway productions at theatres such as the Judith Anderson Theatre, The Westbank Theatre, and the Phil Bosakowski Theatre. Founding member of the Theatre Project Ensemble. Recent acting credits include performing with the improvisational troupe, The Resident Company; This Thing in Darkness at the Just Add Water/West Festival; and Dr. Larroque in the independent film, Dead Dog. Training: B.A., Stony Brook University; M.F.A., New School University.
Robert H. Plotkin Sight Singing. New York. Pianist. Named Artist of Tomorrow by International Liszt Society. Winner of numerous national and international competitions and delegate at Int'l Liszt Society's Annual Festival. Laureate of first Canadian Chopin competition. Live performances include WQXR radio, frequent European engagements. Training: MA studies, Hartt School of Music/University of Hartford; BA Piano Performance, Manhattan School of Music, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.
Debra Poulter Individual Voice. New York. Singer, Conductor. Founder/artistic director, The Phoenix Quartet. Performed with Roger Wagner Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl with Robert Shaw. Operatic performances include Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Mother in Hansel and Gretel, and roles in Die Zauberflöte, L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, Il Campanella, Faust, Romeo et Juliette, The Crucible, and Le Nozze di Figaro. Ms. Poulter has given recitals in Los Angeles, New York City, and St. Martin in the Fields in London. Her solo concert repertoire includes Bach's Magnificat in D and Mass in B Minor, works by Handel, Mozart, Haydn and Vivaldi. She performs regularly with the New York Choral Artists, New York Philharmonic and American Symphony Orchestra. Training: B.M.E., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.M. Choral Conducting, University of Cincinnati; M.M. Voice, University of Cincinnati.
David Rada Musical Theatre. Los Angeles. Accompanist, classical pianist, musical director, playwright, performer. Debuted as solo pianist at age 13 with San Gabriel Valley Symphony. Musical director of numerous Off-Broadway and LA musicals. Co-wrote, performed and toured with singer/comic/spouse Hal Pederson for 10 years as award-winning gay cabaret duo Hal & David. Accompanist for musical theatre workshops taught by Charles Nelson Reilly and Karen Morrow, among others. Co-book writer with Mr. Pederson of new 1930's musical College Rhythm, based on the songs of Gordon & Revel. Training: BA, Piano Performance, Stanford University.
Robert Ramirez Voice Production and Speech. New York. Award-winning narrator of over forty audio book titles for Recorded Books. Performed in Henry V and Timon of Athens with the Joseph Papp Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park. Founding member of the International Classical Theatre Company. Regional credits include: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Soho Rep and New York Mask and Clown Workshop. Training: M.F.A., Professional Theatre Training Program, University of Delaware.
Stephen Randoy Musical Theatre. New York. Music Director, Composer, Lyricist. Worked on Sheldon Harnick's original musical, Dragons, Luna Stage, Montclair, NJ. Music Direction: Roundhouse Theater, Signature Theater, Washington Jewish Theater, University of Maryland, Montgomery College. Original scores: First Nights, In Orbit, The Only Year That Every Was, produced throughout NY, VT, CA, DC. Member: Dramatists Guild. Training: BMus University of Washington. Musical Theater studies: BMI Musical Theatre Workshop with Lehman Engel, Ed Kleban, Maury Yeston.
Donna S. Reid Individual Voice. New York. Singer, Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique, AMDA Faculty since 1995. Sang the role of Eva in the world premiere of the opera Montag aus Licht by Karlheinz Stockhausen, at La Scala in Milan, Italy. Sang the role of La Vecchia Signora in the world premiere of Soltanto il Rogo by Franco Mannino at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy. Sang concerts and operas throughout Europe, appeared on Italian and German television, and recorded various contemporary songs and operas. Associate to Cornelius L. Reid (noted singing teacher and author of five books on vocal pedagogy) since 1994. Assists Mr. Reid in the numerous master classes he presents in the United States, Canada and Europe and has acted as translator during those classes given in various cities in Germany and Austria. www.donnasreid.com.
Mark Reis Dance. Los Angeles. Dancer, actor, singer, performer, choreographer. Performed on Broadway in Fosse with Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth and Ben Vereen. National Tours include Chicago with Charlotte D'Amboise and Jasmine Guy, Funny Girl with Deborah Gibson and Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson as well as regional work with Paper Mill Playhouse and The Goodspeed Opera House. Training: BFA in Ballet and Musical Theatre, University of Utah.
Mark Riherd Head of First Year Acting, New York. Actor, singer. Resident actor with the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta; performed regionally in Nashville and Atlanta. Played the title role in Smith, a musical at New York Performance Alliance where last season he performed in a revival of Detective Story. Performed in a one-man show in England, Robert Raikes: A Man and his Time. Played Detective Weber, a recurring role on As the World Turns (CBS). Teaching experience: New York Performance Works, New York University, California State University, and Bretton Hall College, U.K. Publications include chapters for Learning Through Theatre, a British text on Theatre-in-education, and Campus and Classroom: Making Schooling Multicultural, a university textbook.
Jeff Rizzo Musical Theater. Los Angeles. Teacher, conductor, music director, pianist, orchestrator, arranger, composer. Professional credits: Conductor of national tour, 42nd Street revival. Madison Square Garden's The Wizard of Oz starring Roseanne Barr, the subsequent national tour, and the Grammy nominated cast recording starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt. Associate conductor of the US premiere of Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, starring Glenn Close. Conductor, Annie, fourth national tour. Audition accompanist for the upcoming films of Dreamgirls and Hairspray. Countless shows for most of the major regional musical theater companies throughout the country. Composer of Jailbirds On Broadway, Wanna Play?! With partner Eric Andrist, co-founded the Musical Theatre Guild. Training: Bachelor of Music in Music Composition, graduated cum laude from The University of Southern California.
Stephen Rockwell Studio. Los Angeles. Actor & Director. Professional Highlights: THEATRE: Resident Artist at A Noise Within, (California's Classical Repertory Theatre Company) for 10 years, including appearing as Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream with The LA Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl; Seven Seasons with The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in upstate NY; Other theatres include, ACT, LATC, Fremont Center Theatre. FILM & TV: The Mikes (Pilot), Rodney, In Justice, The Comeback, Hawaii, Miss Match, Good AM Miami, Malcolm In The Middle, E.R., Roswell, M.Y.O.B., The Drew Carey Show, 3rd Rock From The Sun and several TV Commercials. Training: BA in Drama from Vassar College, MFA from The American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in S.F.
David Andrews Rogers Musical Theatre. New York. Music director, conductor, arranger. Broadway national tours include Les Miserables, Show Boat, Phantom of the Opera, Heart Strings. Television credits include In a New Light (ABC). Winner of Bistro and MAC Awards for his work in New York City cabarets. Additional New York credits include Lyrics and Lyricists, Celebrate Cy, Just for Tonight, Puttin' on the Ritz. Music Director and Arranger for many NYC readings including Portofino, The Vocal Lords, I Heard it in the Movies. Training: Southern Methodist University, Queen's College, Oxford University.
Lars Rosager Dance. New York. Choreographer, dancer. Choreographed for Dance Theatre Workshop, Bay Street Theatre, American Ballroom Theatre, The New York Drama League, regional theatre, industrials, and benefits. Directed and/or choreographed productions of Sweet Charity, Anything Goes, and 42nd Street, among others. Appeared on Broadway in the original cast of 42nd Street, directed by Gower Champion; the revival of Cabaret, directed by Harold Prince; and with the American Dance Machine. Television specials include In Performance at the White House, The Best of Broadway, and Showstoppers. Teaching experience: New York University, Circle in the Square, Steps on Broadway, and master classes throughout the tri-state area. Training: Los Angeles with Roland Dupree and Stanley Holden; San Francisco with Richard Gibson; New York with David Howard, Lee Theodore, and Michael Owens.
Sadie Rosales Individual Voice. New York. Appeared throughout the United States and Europe in opera and musical theater since making her professional debut with Lyric Opera Cleveland at the age of seventeen. Appeared in leading roles in many productions including A Little Night Music, Don Giovanni, The Rape of Lucretia, La Voix Humiane, La Finta Giardiniera, La Boheme, La Rondine, The Music Man and H.M.S. Pinafore. Additionally, appeared as a soloist in many sacred works including the Poulenc Gloria, Vivaldi Gloria, Haydn's Dixit Dominus and the Messiah. Received awards from the Metropolitan Opera Council and the National Association of Teachers of Singing as well as the Max Berman Prize in Opera and the Italo Tajo Prize in Opera. Training: Extensive theater, language and vocal technique training from The Cleveland Institute of Music, The Gallatin School at New York University, The Chautauque Voice Institute, Centro Studi Italiani and AMDA NY.
Deborah Ross-Sullivan Voice Production and Speech. Los Angeles. Professional speech coach for actors in productions including The Cider House Rules, Dancing at Lughnasa, St. Elsewhere, Fame, and the Jim Henson Christmas Special. Voice-over projects include film narration projects for SAIC, Kaiser Permanente and Exxon; commercials for Fox Television, Kroger Supermarkets, Jack-in-the-Box, Baskin Robbins, and Buick. Training: New York University, M.A., Emerson College, B.S., Julliard School of Music, High School for Performing Arts.
Karly Rothenberg Improvisation. Los Angeles. Actor, singer, voice actor, sketch/improv comedy performer. Professional credits: Recent film credits include: Kicking and Screaming, starring Will Ferrell, Pirates of the Caribbean II, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton and various independent films. Television credits: Recurring role on the NBC hit comedy series The Office, and Disney Channel's That's So Raven and 7th Heaven. Has also appeared in Big Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Close to Home, The Comeback and several Hallmark Channel Movies. Voice over credits include radio commercials for Sony Viao, Expedia.com and Karly's favorite, The Evil Rosa Klebb and Money Penny in the James Bond Video Game, From Russia with Love. Artistic director, improv instructor and voiceover coach of Avery Schreiber's Improvisational Workouts. She is also a guest instructor for the Cal State University, Northridge, Theater/Improv Department. Training: Graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York; Stella Adler Conservatory, Los Angeles Master Class w/ Stella Adler; The Second City Training Center, Los Angeles; Dolores Diehl's Voiceover Connection, Los Angeles; Associates Degree, Child Development, Los Angeles Valley College, CA; Cal State University, Northridge. Member SAG, AFTRA, AEA.
Tim Ryan Voice Production and Speech. New York. Actor, Voice and Speech Coach. Regional credits include Hippodrome State Theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, Mint Theatre, Maine State Theatre, Blackfriars Shakespeare, and Kings County Shakespeare. Toured with the Chamber Theatre in the North American premiere of Language Roulette. Has worked on various daytime dramas and commercials. Training: National Shakespeare Conservatory and Russell Sage College. Additionally has trained with Robert Perillo, Raphael Kelly Shakespeare Studio and Guy Donahaye.
Steve Saari Accompanist. New York. Musical Director, Pianist. Performances with personalities including Radio City Rockettes, Vince Gill, Three Dog Night, Jackie Mason, Sandi Patti, Cheap Trick, George Beverly Shea, Cindy Crawford. Broadway: Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me. National Tours: Dr. Doolittle with Tommy Tune, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Off-Broadway/Regional: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Ragtime, Jekyll and Hyde, Mister Fabulous and Martha: the Musical. Solo Piano Recording: Variations On A Theme (Waddell/Soapbox Records 2001). Solo and orchestral performances throughout US, Europe, Asia, Caribbean. Training: University of Wisconsin/Madison, Belmont University, Juilliard. Member of AFM.
Joshua Salzman Musical Theatre. New York. Musical director, accompanist, coach. Composer of Off-Broadway show, I Love You Because (original cast recording, PSClassics). Television credits: songs for Disney Network show, Johnny and the Sprites, starring John Tartaglia. Served in Broadway music Departments of Wicked and All Shook Up. Training: BA Muhlenberg College, MFA NYU, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Member: AF of M, Dramatist Guild, BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.
Virginia Sandifur Musical Theatre. New York. Actress, singer, dancer. Appeared in the original Broadway productions of Follies (as the young Alexis Smith), I Love My Wife (co-starring opposite James Naughton), Smith (co-starring opposite Don Murray), Rodgers and Hart, Oliver, Perfectly Frank, and Company. In the first national tour of Applause, co-starred as Eve Harrington opposite Lauren Bacall. Featured in the Broadway concert Sondheim, A Musical Tribute and the Cy Coleman Tribute at Lincoln Center. Guest appearances on TV include The Equalizer (and many solo singing performances for its soundtrack). Played Ellie in the feature film Deadly Hero, starring James Earl Jones and Don Murray. Regional credits include: Mrs. Early at the Papermill Playhouse revival of No No Nanette. Extensive voice-over work includes Mike Nichols' Working Girl, Ron Howard's The Paper, and Frank Oz's In and Out with Kevin Kline. Training: Royal Academy of Dance, U.K.
Mark Santoro Dance. New York. Dancer, singer, director, choreographer. Broadway credits include Gypsy, Carrie, Cats, Damn Yankees, and Showboat. National tours include Sophisticated Ladies, Tap Dance Kid, Busker Alley, and A Chorus Line. Training: Dance studies with Charles Kelley and voice studies with Bill Reed.
Michael Sartor Musical Theatre Department Chair, Director of Educational Resources, Los Angeles. Director, performance coach, composer/lyricist, actor. Previous Chair of the Musical Theatre Department of AMDA New York. Directed over 50 musicals in regional theatre and equity stock including recent productions of Seussical, Crazy For You, Little Mary Sunshine, Barnum, and Into The Woods. Professional coach for hundreds of musical theatre performers including Idina Menzel, John Stamos in Nine, Kathryn Helmond in Harold and Maude, Robbie Benson, Richard Thomas, and Tony nominated Jane Lanier. As a singing coach in the recording industry has helped to cast, record and coach vocals for artists/groups such as Dream, Nobody's Angel and No Secrets, all signed with major labels such as Jive, Hollywood Records and Capitol. As an actor Michael appeared in tours of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat with David Cassidy, Woman of the Year with Carol Lawrence, and Do Patent Leather Shoes Reflect Up with Robbie Benson. Training: MFA, Texas Christian University. BFA, Bowling Green State University. Member AEA, ASCAP, and AFM.
Paul Savas Acting. New York. Actor, Fight choreographer, Director. Acting credits: two year tour with National Theatre of the Deaf; David Proshkur (film starring F. Murray Abraham), Matamore in Kushner's The Illusion, A Little Night Music (Frederick), The Bacchae (Dionysus), La Histoire du Soldat (Soldier), Philadelphia Orchestra. Fight Choreography: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, Midsummer's Night Dream, Burn This- Huntington Theatre. Directing: Macbeth, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Importance of Being Earnest, Some Enchanted Evening, Craig Lucas' Miss Julie, One for the Road, Landscape by Harold Pinter. Judge, respondent: Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival. Training: MFA Acting, University of Texas; BA Philosophy, Trinity University.
Eileen Schauler Individual Voice. New York. Singer, coach. Made her New York City Opera debut in the title role of the American premiere of Shostakovich's Katerina Ismailova and sang 24 leading roles with the New York City Opera for 15 years. Made her Broadway debut in the title role of My Darlin' Aida. Other credits include Der Rosenkavalier with the Metropolitan Opera. Soloist with major symphony orchestras plus extensive regional and Canadian opera appearances. More than 1700 performances of operetta and musical theatre, recitals, radio, and television (PBS's Live From Lincoln Center, Anna Maurrant in Kurt Weill's Street Scene). Training: Juilliard School; undergraduate and graduate study with the Juilliard Opera Theatre. Listed in Who's Who in Opera. Member: AEA, AFTRA, AGMA (Vice President for 10 years).
William Schill Professional Seminars. New York. Heads a New York City talent agency. His clients have appeared on Broadway in Cats, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and Grease. Provides talent for motion pictures; daytime television dramas including Another World, All My Children, As the World Turns, The Guiding Light, and One Life to Live; and commercials for Budweiser, Sucrets, General Motors, Burger King, and McDonalds. In addition, his clients appear in national tours, Off-Broadway, and on regional stages nationwide. Broadway credits include Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Equus, Zorba, and Fiddler on the Roof. He has worked with Joseph Papp, Hal Prince, John Dexter, Tom O'Horgan, Tim Rice, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Toured with singers ranging from Frank Sinatra to Lena Horne. Training: American Theatre Wing.
Jacklyn Schneider Individual Voice. New York. Singer, coach. Sang the title role in several productions of Puccini's Tosca, including with the Opera Company of Boston under the direction of Sarah Caldwell, the Kentucky Opera Association, on tour with Boris Goldovsky's Opera Theatre, and Opera Northeast. Other credits: San Francisco Opera, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and the Aspen Music Festival. Appeared with Opera at Rutgers as Lady Billows in Albert Herring, Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, and as Antonina in Donizetti's rarely heard Belisario. Lecture- recitals include: Wagner: Women and Redemption and Richard Strauss's Krämerspiegel: Satire in Song. Recipient of grants from the Corbett, W.M. Sullivan, and M. Kaufmann-Ruud Foundations and the Metropolitan Opera. As a first-prize winner of the Joy in Singing competition, she made her New York recital debut at Town Hall. Member: NATS. Teaching experience: New York University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University; private studio. Training: D.M.A., Mason Gross School of the Arts; Performer's Certificate in Voice and Opera, B.M., post-graduate study, Eastman School of Music.