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JASON ROBERT BROWN (Composer/lyricist) has been hailed as “one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and his “extraordinary, jubilant theater music” (Chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world, whether in one of the hundreds of productions of his musicals every year, or in his own incendiary live performances. Jason recently composed 13, the new Broadway musical. He is the composer and lyricist of the musical, The Last Five Years, which was cited as one of Time Magazine’s 10 Best of 2001 and won Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics. The original cast recording is available on Sh-K-Boom Records. Jason won a 1999 Tony® Award for his score to Parade, a musical written with Alfred Uhry and directed by Harold Prince, which premiered at Lincoln Center Theatre in December 1998, and subsequently won both the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Best New Musical. Parade was also presented on a national tour in 2000, which Jason conducted. Jason’s first musical, Songs for a New World, a theatrical song cycle directed by Daisy Prince, played off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in the fall of 1995, and has since been seen in more than two hundred productions around the world. Both shows were recorded for RCA Victor. Jason’s scores are published by Hal Leonard Music. Jason is the winner of the 2002 Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyrics and the 1996 Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Foundation Award for Musical Theatre. Jason’s songs, including the cabaret standard “Stars and the Moon,” have been performed and recorded by Audra McDonald, Betty Buckley, Karen Akers, Renée Fleming, Philip Quast, Jon Hendricks and many others. Jason is also the composer of the incidental music for David Lindsay-Abaire’s Kimberly Akimbo and Fuddy Meers, Marsha Norman’s Last Dance, David Marshall Grant’s Current Events, Kenneth Lonergan’s The Waverly Gallery, and the Irish Repertory Theater’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and he was a Tony® Award nominee for his contributions to the score of Urban Cowboy the Musical. Jason’s collaboration with singer Lauren Kennedy, Songs of Jason Robert Brown, is available on PS Classics. He also has a solo album, featuring his band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings. As a conductor and arranger, Jason’s recent New York credits include Urban Cowboy the Musical on Broadway, Oliver Goldstick’s play, Dinah Was, directed by David Petrarca, at the Gramercy Theatre and on national tour; and William Finn’s A New Brain, directed by Graciela Daniele, at Lincoln Center Theater. Jason was the musical director of the pop vocal group, The Tonics, with whom he performed at the 1992 tribute to Stephen Sondheim at Carnegie Hall (recorded by RCA Victor); he was the conductor and orchestrator of Yoko Ono’s musical, New York Rock, at the WPA Theatre (on Capitol Records); and he orchestrated Andrew Lippa’s john and jen, off-Broadway at Lamb’s Theatre (Varese Sarabande). In 1994, Jason was the conductor and arranger of Michael John LaChiusa’s The Petrified Prince, directed by Harold Prince, at the Public Theatre. Additionally, Jason served as the orchestrator and arranger of Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’s score for a proposed musical of Star Wars. Jason also took over as musical director for the off-Broadway hit When Pigs Fly. Jason has conducted and created arrangements and orchestrations for Liza Minnelli, Tovah Feldshuh, and Laurie Beechman, among many others.

SUTTON FOSTER (Actress) most recently starred as Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical! on Broadway (2009 Outer Critics Circle Award, 2009 Tony® Award, Drama League, Drama Desk nominations) and as Nurse Fay Apple in the City Center Encores! production of Anyone Can Whistle. Theatre credits include: Broadway: Inga in Young Frankenstein, Janet Van De Graaf in The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony® Award, Drama Desk Award nominations, L.A. Ovation Award), Jo in Little Women (2005 Tony® Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony® Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Astaire Awards), Eponine in Les Misérables, the 20th anniversary of Annie, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Grease. New York: Carnegie Hall (NY Pops), Lincoln Center (American Songbook), Town Hall, Joe’s Pub; Actors’ Fund benefit performances of Funny Girl and Chess. Television credits: Disney’s Johnny and the Sprites, and HBO’s The Flight of the Conchords. www.suttonfoster.com
Read about Sutton's work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com!

JONATHAN GROFF (Actor) is best known for originating the role of Melchior Gabor in the Broadway production of Spring Awakening, earning him both Drama Desk and Tony® Award nominations. Other Broadway credits include the 2005 musical, In My Life. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in The Public Theater in Craig Lucas’s The Singing Forest, and Prayer for My Enemy at Playwrights Horizons, and as Claude in Hair at the Delacorte in Central Park. Jonathan played Rolf in the National Tour of The Sound of Music, performed in Fame at the North Shore Music Theater, and played the recurring role of Henry Mackler on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. At The Ephrata Playhouse he portrayed such characters as Edgar in Bat Boy: The Musical and Ugly in Honk! After the success of Spring Awakening, Jonathan made a visit to The Ephrata Playhouse to reunite with some of his old cast members during a special event entitled An Evening With Jonathan Groff. Jonathan also played Woodstock organizer Michael Lang in acclaimed director Ang Lee's movie, Taking Woodstock. He is currently appearing as a regular on Glee with former Spring Awakening co-star, Lea Michele.

BILL IRWIN (Actor) was most recently seen as Mr. Harry MacAfee in Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie. Theatre credits include: Waiting for Godot, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2005 Tony® Award), The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Largely New York, Scapin, The Tempest, Garden of Earthly Delights, Texts for Nothing, The Seagull, A Man’s a Man, The Three Cuckolds, and the 2003 Signature Theatre season. Television credits: “Bill Irwin Clown Prince,” “3rd Rock From the Sun,” “Northern Exposure,” “Sesame Street,” “The Regard of Flight,” “The Cosby Show,” “The Laramie Project,” “Bette Midler: Mondo Beyondo,” “CSI.” Film credits: Rachel Getting Married, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Igby Goes Down, Lady in the Water, Dark Matter, Across the Universe, Popeye, Eight Men Out, Silent Tongue, Illuminata, My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall, Stepping Out. Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; Guggenheim, Fulbright and MacArthur fellowships.


BETH LEAVEL (Actress) received 2006 Tony® Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in The Drowsy Chaperone. Beth is currently starring in Broadway's Mamma Mia. Broadway credits: Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street (revival), Tess in the original company of Crazy for You, Mrs. Bixby in the original company of The Civil War, Ellie in Hal Prince’s Show Boat, Anytime Annie in 42nd Street. Other New York/Off-Broadway credits: Mrs. Ford in Lone Star Love, Mary in The Jazz Singer, Beth in An Unfinished Song, and No, No, Nanette (City Center Encores!). Regional credits: Miss Hannigan in Annie, Countess in A Little Night Music, Vera in Mame, and the Witch in Into the Woods. Television credits: “Ryan’s Hope”, Nickelodeon, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “The Unusuals”, the final episode of “ER”, and numerous commercials. Miss Leavel will take part in the reading of a new musical, Republic, presented by the Artists Theatre Group with music and lyrics by Dylan Glatthorn. She holds an MFA from UNC Greensboro and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

KYLE DEAN MASSEY (Actor) is currently starring on Broadway in the Tony® Award winning musical Next to Normal. He has also appeared on Broadway in Wicked and Xanadu. Off-Broadway he played Matthew in Altar Boyz and starred as Billy Lawlor in the International Tour of 42nd Street. www.kyledeanmassey.com

ANDREA MARTIN (Actress/Writer) recently played the role of Frau Blucher in Broadway's Young Frankenstein (2008 Tony® Award nomination). Broadway credits: My Favorite Year (1992 Tony® Award winner), Candide (1997 Tony® Award nomination), Oklahoma (2002 Tony® Award nomination), and Fiddler on the Roof. Ms. Martin is well known as a member of the infamous Toronto Production of Godspell alongside Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy and Victor Garber. Film credits include: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2003 Screen Actor’s Guild Award Nomination), Black Christmas, Rude Awakening, Anastasia, Wag the Dog, New York Minute, Believe, Loser, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Producers, How to Eat Fried Worms, and Breaking Upwards. Television credits include: “Second City TV”, “Roxie”, “The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley”, “Gypsy”, “The Martin Short Show”, “Earthworm Jim”, “Star Trek Deep Space Nine”, “The Simpsons”, “Damon”, “George and Martha”, “The New Woody Woodpecker Show”, “My Big Fat Greek Life”, “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”, “Kim Possible” and “Nurse Jackie”. Ms. Martin has won two primetime Emmy Awards for her writing work on “Second City TV” (1982, 1983), and she wrote and performed in the critically acclaimed one-woman show entitled Nude, Nude, Totally Nude (LA, NY).

LEA MICHELE (Actress) is currently starring in Fox's hit series, Glee, as Rachel Berry for which she has been nominated for a Golden Globe, SAG Award and Teen Choice Award. She also originated the role of Wendla in Broadway's Spring Awakening (2008 Grammy Award winner, 2007 Drama Desk Award nomination. Broadway credits: Fiddler On The Roof (Shprintze, Chava), Ragtime (Little Girl), Les Miserables (Young Cosette). Regional credits: Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank at Round House Theater, Ragtime (Little Girl) at Toronto’s Ford Center. Television credits: “Third Watch”, “Guiding Light”. Lea has appeared as Wendla in three previous Spring Awakening workshops, most recently at Lincoln Center. Read about Lea's work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com and Playbill.com!

KELLI O'HARA (Actress) recently starred as Nellie Forbush in the revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center (2008 Tony® Award and Drama Desk Award nominations). Broadway credits: The Pajama Game (2006 Tony® Award nomination), The Light in the Piazza (2005 Tony® Award and Drama Desk Award nominations), Jekyll & Hyde, Follies, The Sweet Smell of Success, and Dracula. NY/Off-Broadway credits: Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (NY Philiharmonic), Carnegie Hall debut, My Life with Albertine. Regional: Beauty (La Jolla). Film Credits: The Dying Gaul, The Key to Reserva, and Clear Blue Tuesday. Television credits include: “All My Children”, “Num3ers”, “The American Experience”, and “Click and Clack’s As the Wrench Turns”. In addition to her regional and Broadway performances, Ms. O’Hara performed at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors as a part of a tribute to Barbara Streisand. She recently recorded her first album entitled, Wonder in the World.
http://www.kelliohara.com/

J. ROBERT SPENCER (Actor) most recently starred as Dan in the Broadway musical, Next to Normal. Spencer was also the original Nick Massi in Broadway's Jersey Boys. Other credits include: Broadway: Side Show; Regional: (Arena Stage) Next to Normal (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor); Tours: Heartland, Cats, Finian’s Rainbow, Tommy; Animated films: Grave of the Fireflies, Nightmare Campus; TV: Law & Order, All My Children, Girls Behaving Badly; Film: Night of the Dog (Audience Award winner at Palm Beach, Santa Barbara, and nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the SMMASH Film Festival), Farm Girl in New York (official selection for Atlanta, Big Apple, Seattle and nominated for Best Comedy in Sacramento); Concerts: He recently performed with the Boston Pops for Handel’s Messiah Rocks. Awards: Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Shenandoah University. www.bobbyspencer.com

SETH RUDETSKY (Pianist/Conductor/Actor/Writer) has played piano for more than a dozen Broadway shows including: My Favorite Year, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, An Inspector Calls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Patti Lupone Live, Saturday Night Fever, Grease (also asst. conductor), Victor/Victoria (also asst. conductor), Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime, and The Producers. Off-Broadway musician credits: The Fantasticks, Forever Plaid and Plaid. Broadway performance: The Ritz. Off-Broadway performance: Rhapsody in Seth (directed by Peter Flynn). Off-off Broadway credits: Torch Song Trilogy.Television musician credits: “The Grammy Awards” (1999, 2000), “The Tony Awards” (1998, 2000)“The Boys Next Door”, “Breathing Lessons” (John Kander, comp.).Television performance credits: “Law and Order C.I.”, “All My Children” “Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods”, Television writing credits: “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” (2 Emmy Award nominations). For The Actors Fund, he produced, music directed and conducted the 10th Anniversary Benefit Concert of Dreamgirls, which is available on CD, He's also written the opening number for six Broadway Easter Bonnet Competitions. Mr. Rudetsky is author of the books “The Q Guide to Broadway”, and “Broadway Nights”, which was just released as an audio book on audible.com featuring Andrea Martin, Jonathan Groff and Kristin Chenoweth. He currently writes a weekly column on Playbill.com, is the Broadway host on Sirius Satellite Radio, and hosts Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, a Broadway interview show at Don't Tell Mama to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.sethsbroadwaychatterbox.com

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Composer/Lyricist/Arranger/Writer/Director) Theatre credits: Wicked (2004 Grammy Award winner, Drama Desk Award winner), Pippin (1973 Tony® Award nomination), Godspell (1977 Grammy Award winner, Drama Desk Award winner, Tony® Award nomination), Working (1978 Drama Desk Award winner, Tony® Award nomination), Rags (1987 Tony Award nomination), The Baker's Wife (1989 Laurence Olivier Award nomination), The Magic Show, The Perfect Peach, Personals, and Children of Eden. Film credits: Pochantas (1995 Academy Award Winner, Grammy Award winner, Golden Globe Award winner), The Prince of Egypt (1998 Academy Award winner),The Hunchback of Notre Dame, My Son Pinocchio and Enchanted. In 2008, Mr. Schwartz became the only songwriter in Broadway history to have three shows run more than 1900 performances. In 2009, he received the Richard Rodgers Award, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Broadway Hall of Fame. His first opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, will premiere this fall at Opera Santa Barbara. He is currently president of the Dramatists' Guild and also serves on the ASCAP board. www.stephenschwartz.com

Read about Stephen's work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com!

CHRISTOPHER SIEBER (Actor) most recently starred in the off-Broadway musical, The Kid. He also starred as Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical on Broadway (2009 Tony® Award nomination). Broadway credits: Spamalot (2005 Tony® Award nomination), Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love, A Christmas Carol. NYC Opera: Cinderella, Eric Idle's Not the Messiah, a comic oratorio (Toronto Symphony). Off-Broadway: Avow, The Boys in the Band, Pal Joey. Regional: Randy Newman's Faust, Paper Moon (Paper Mill), Company, The Boys From Syracuse (Reprise!). Television: Pushing Daisies, Johnny and the Sprites, It's All Relative, Two of a Kind, Sex and the City, Ed, Guiding Light, All My Children, and Another World.

MARC SHAIMAN (Composer/Lyricist/Arranger/Conductor) Broadway credits include: Hairspray (2002 Grammy Award winner, 2003 Tony® Award winner), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, The Odd Couple, Patti LuPone on Broadway, An Evening with Harry Connick Jr., and His Orchestra, Leader of the Pack, Andre DeDield's Harlem Nocturne, Bette! Divine Madness, and Up in One. Film credits include: Sleepless In Seattle (1993 Academy Award nomination), The American President (1995 Academy Award nomination), The First Wives Club (1996 Academy Award nomination), Patch Adams (1998 Academy Award nomination), and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999 Academy Award nomination), and over 40 other films, including When Harry Met Sally, Beaches, Sister Act, City Slickers, The Addams Family, A Few Good Men, In & Out, George of The Jungle, Down With Love, and The Bucket List. Television credits include: “64th Annual Academy Awards” (1992 Emmy Award Winner), “63rd Annual Academy Awards” (1991 Emmy Award nomination), “Saturday Night Live” (1987 Emmy Award nomination), HBO'S “From The Earth To The Moon”, “61*” and guest appearances on “The Rosie O'Donnell Show”, “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”, “Late Night With Conan O'Brian”, and “The Martin Short Show”. Mr. Shaiman has been nominated for two other Grammy® Awards for his work with Harry Connick, Jr., and collaborated with Bette Midler as Musical Director and Co-Producer for her performance on the final episode of “the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.” He was honored with the "Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Music-In-Film" award at the 69th annual Hollywood Film Festival.

LISA STEVENS (Choreographer) Choreography credits include world premier productions of Disney's High School Musical 1 and 2, including the US, UK, Australia, Japan and the West End, London. Associate Choreographer for the West End and Broadway productions of Bombay Dreams; Choreographer of Bombay Dreams. First National Tour: First Wives Club, and currently the First National tour of 9 to 5. Other choreography includes the 2010 Olympics, Bingo! The Musical - Off Broadway; New York Theater Music Festival’s Common Grounds (Excellence in Direction and Choreography Award);The Royal Variety Performance for Her Majesty The Queen, BBC’sTop of the Pops, and The Smash Hit Awards in London, the films "Rumble in the Bronx" with Jackie Chan, "Stay Tuned" with John Ritter and "Johnny's Girl" with Treat Williams. Regionally - Fiddler on the Roof (Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement), Hello Dolly!! (Jessie Richardson Nomination), Cabaret, The Music Man, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys & Dolls and Urinetown (Canadian Productions). Lisa is also a writer of the ‘mini musical’ commonly used for Industrials. Past events include - Fashion Cares/Macy's Passport in San Francisco, Bollywood Cowboy/Fashion Cares in Toronto, Shakalaka Bombay and Tauba Tauba A for America’s Pharmaceutical Association, and Le Belle Epoche for Norwegian Cruises. As a worldwide performer, Lisa’s credits included the original West End casts of Chicago and Bombay Dreams. Broadway - Bombay Dreams. Films– "Phantom of the Opera", "Joseph & His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Rumble in the Bronx"(Actress), "Blood Ring II" (actress). Television series – BBC’S Star for a Night, My Kind of Music, Pop Idol. Other: NBA Dancer, Coolio, Salt N Peppa, Madonna, and Bryan Adams. * Up and coming: Choreographer for So You Think You can Dance, UK.www.lisastevens.biz/

ALLIE TRIMM (Actress) is currently playing the role of Kim in Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie. Other credits include: Broadway: 13 (Patrice); Regional: 13 (Goodspeed), The Secret Garden, Festival of Christmas ’05, ’07 (Lamb’s Players), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Old Globe), The Will Rogers Follies, Annie Get Your Gun (Moonlight Stage); TV: 30 Rock. www.allietrimm.com

DANCE STAFF
CAMERON ADAMS (Actress) is currently performing in Broadway's Promises, Promises! Cameron was also recently seen in Shrek the Musical! Broadway credits: Cry-Baby (u/s Allison), Hairspray (u/s Amber), Oklahoma!, and The Music Man. Off-Broadway credits: Follies (City Center Encores!). National tour credits: Hairspray. Regional credits: Cry-Baby, The 60's Project, and The Most Happy Fella. Television credits: ABC/Disney's “The Music Man” (Zaneeta).

MICHAEL BALDERRAMA (Actor/Choreographer) is currently performing in the Broadway musical In the Heights. Broadway Credits: Hot Feet (Anthony); Movin' Out (u/s Tony); Saturday Night Fever (Cesar); Urban Cowboy (Trouble). Regional theater: West Side Story (Bernardo); King & I (Simon); Ballet Hispanico (Principal). Film credits: Across the Universe. Television credits: “All My Children”.

JUSTIN BOCCITTO (Dancer/Choreographer) currently directs and choreographs for Circle in the Square Theatre School with credits including Lippa’s Wild Party, Urinetown and The World Goes 'Round, hailed by theatre critic Peter Filichia as "Stylish and confident.” He also directed the national tour of Dance/Speak: The Life of Agnes De Mille starring Patricia Conolly. Other credits include: The Metropolitan Opera, The New York Fringe Festival, Papermill Playhouse, the off-Broadway production of George M. Cohan: In His Own Words and his tap company, Generation Tap, which has performed in Tap City, Tap Extravaganza and appeared in Dancer & Dance Spirit Magazines. He is fortunate to have worked with such artists as Nicole Fosse, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Blevins, John Kander, Rachel York, David Rimmer, Nick Adams and Spencer Liff. As an educator Justin serves on the faculty at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center and is guest faculty at The Juilliard School and Broadway Dance Center. He is Executive Producer of The Group Theatre Too, which produced the musical Count to Ten at the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and the annual Choreographer's Canvas. Visit www.justinboccitto.com for more information.

KATHY CALAHAN (Actress) is currently performing in Mary Poppins on Broadway, covering such roles as Mrs. Corry and Miss Lark. She toured nationally in the original production of Ragtime, shared the stage with Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, and danced in Randy Skinner’s White Christmas. Kathy has performed all around the US in regional theatres. Favorite roles include Polly in Crazy For You, Sara in Keep on the Sunny Side, Dolly Tate in Annie Get Your Gun, and Josie Cohan in George M. www.kathycalahan.com

MIKE CANNON (Actor) is currently playing Snowboy in Broadway's West Side Story. Broadway credits: Al in A Chorus Line, All Shook Up. Off-Broadway credits: Zack in Bare. National Tour credits: Mamma Mia, Doody in Grease. Regional credits: Joseph in Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat, and Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Mr. Cannon is represented by Frontier Booking International and is a member of Actor's Equity Association. www.MichaeljCannon.com

LOU CASTRO (Choreographer/Actor) was the Dance Captain/Assistant Choreographer/Assistant Stage Manager for Broadway's hit 13. Other Credits include: Sunday in the Park With George and Altar Boyz. Performing credits: Cirque du Soleil's Myst're (Las Vegas), The King and I (U.S. tour), Chess in Concert (NYC). Television credits: “One Life to Live”, the Foo Fighter's music video "The One."

AC CIULLA (Choreographer/Dancer) Broadway choreography credits: Footloose (1999 Tony Award nomination). Off-Broadway choreography credits: The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (2001 Lucille Lortel Award nomination), Ghetto Superstar. Regional choreography credits: Being Alive (Public Theatre number for revue  w/ Stephen Sondheim), Barrio Babies (w/ Sara Ramirez), The Plexiglass Slipper (featured tap number). Las Vegas choreography credits: Toni Braxton~Revealed, Signed, Sealed, Delivered- A Musical Celebration of Stevie Wonder (w/ Chaka Khan and Peabo Bryson), Nights on Broadway II & III. Recording artist choreography credits: Toni Braxton’s 2006 Libra tour and live NBA performance, Eden’s Crush, Freedom Williams, Billy Porter, Christina Vidal, and Ne-Yo. Television choreography credits: “Grey Matters”, “The Electric Company” (2009). Commerciak choreography credits: 1-800-OK-CABLE, Intel, E*Trade, and Dr. Pepper. Mr. Ciulla has choreographed for Olympic figure skating champions in Stars on Ice (Emmy Award winner) and has also received rave reviews for his innovative choreography for an all-star Broadway cast benefit of the musical Chess. He will soon be collaborating with Tony® winning director John Rando on Kirsten Child's New musical Funked Up Fairy Tales.



KRISTI COOMBS (Broadway Artists Alliance's Dance Director) began her professional theatrical career at the age of 7 playing the role of Molly in the 1st National Touring Co. of Annie. She was later elevated to the title role of Annie in the 2nd National Touring Co. After touring the country for four years, Kristi made her Broadway debut at the age of 11 playing Young Norma Jean in Marilyn, An American Fable. Upon receiving her BFA in Dance from Montclair State University, Kristi continued a career in the business. She is honored to have worked for The Department of Defense performing for troops overseas and continues to choreograph for The USO of Metropolitan New York. Kristi is also a familiar NYC entertainer whom you may have seen performing at popular venues such as The Rainbow Room, The Supper Club, HA Comedy Club and BB Kings. Other credits include Kicks, Ready Or Not, The Little Prince, Legends In Concert, A Christmas Carol, Party With The Rat Pack, Sex And The City, Lois on Guiding Light, and the documentary film Life After Tomorrow. Having grown up in musical theatre, Kristi is thrilled to be working with the young, talented students of Broadway Artists Alliance.


DONNA DRAKE (Director/Choreographer/Actress) was an original cast member of Broadway’s A Chorus Line. Broadway credits include: original casts of Woman Of The Year, The Wind In The Willows, The 1940’s Radio Hour, and 5, 6, 7, 8….Dance! She also performed in Sophisticated Ladies on Broadway. Broadway Directing Credits include:  Nothing Like A Dame, and Romance In The Dark. Off-Broadway directing credits include: NEWSical, Judy Garland & Uninvited Company, BOOBS! The Musical!, Splendora, Christmas With The Crawfords, Downhearted Blues: The Life & Music Of Bessie Smith, Strictly Personal, Africa Plumbridge, and Are You There God?, It’s Me, Ann-Margaret. National Tour and Regional directing credits include: A Chorus Line, Aida, Annie, Beauty & The Beast, Chess, Children Of Eden, Damn Yankees, Honk!, Lucky Guy, Smokey Joe’s Café, Sweet Charity, and The Who’s Tommy.

LISA GAJDA (Actress) was most recently in Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow. Broadway credits include: Pal Joey, Cry Baby, Monty Python's Spamalot, Times They are a Changin', Movin' Out, Taboo, Urban Cowboy, Sweet Smell of Success (u/s Rita), Kiss Me, Kate, Fosse, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Tommy. Off-Broadway credits: Finian’s Rainbow (Encores! City Center). National tour credits: Tommy and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Workshops include: The Chita Project, Marty, Can-Can (Encores!), Sweet Charity, and Fosse. Television credits include: “The Kennedy Center Honors”, “Steve Martin Tribute”, “Fashion Rocks” with Duran Duran, “The Relly's”, “Viva Variety”, “The 63rd & 64th Academy Awards”, “The Tony Awards”, and “the MTV Music Awards” with Paula Abdul. Ms. Gajda is an expert teacher who loves working with young performers!

JOHN ARTHUR GREENE (Actor) is currently starring in Broadway’s West Side Story (Riff). He joined the cast after performing with the European touring company of West Side Story (Action, Riff). Off-Broadway: The Johnny (Johnny), The Mim (Luke). Regional credits include tick, tick…BOOM! (Jonathon), Chess (Freddie), The Sound of Music (Rolf), and many others. Film: Dirt Nap (Blonde Kid) and many others.

DIANE HAMILTON has been a performer, choreographer and director for over he 30 years. Currently, Diane is the Artistic Director of MTC and is Director and Choreographer of MTC’s performing ensemble. She holds a degree in Dance from the University of Maryland and is a certified member of Dance Masters of America. Diane taught at the Catholic University. She has choreographed for major theaters and universities on the east coast and across the country. In NYC, Diane has studied extensively with Paul Draper, Bob Audy, Judy Bassing, Luigi and Frank Hatchett. She teaches jazz and tap, and has also directed and/or choreographed productions of A Chorus Line, Oklahoma!, Thoroughly Modern Millie and many others. Former students include Goldie Hawn and many other Broadway performers.

TYRICK WILTEZ JONES (Broadway Artists Alliance's Assistant Director) was recently featured as Howard in Broadway's Finian's Rainbow. Tyrick appeared in Broadway's Hairspray (for almost 4 years). Other Broadway National Touring credits include: Seussical, Fosse, and Show Boat. Regional: Dreamgirls, Chicago, and Soup Soap & Salvation. New York City Center 'ENCORES!': Finian's Rainbow (Henry). Also, he has sung Background off-Broadway in John Tartaglia's Imaginocean at New World Stages. Tyrick has been featured in many readings/workshops in New York City. He toured singing back-up for Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Mary Wilson of the Supremes in her Motown/Rock and Roll Show. Tyrick also did the US Premiere of Sacred Ellington starring Jessye Norman with the Carnegie Hall 'HONOR' Series. Tyrick has made numerous film and television appearances throughout the U.S. and Europe. "Back to Me," an Independent Short he starred in, traveled the Film Festival Circuits successfully. He enjoys conducting auditions for Broadway Artists Alliance's 15-city National Audition Tour and teaches Master Classes all across the US. He is a popular NYC Acting/Dance Educator and particularly enjoys working with young, up and coming performers.

MICHELLE KITTRELL (Actress) recently performed in Broadway's Legally Blonde as the dance captain, Delta Nu Sorority Sister, and DA Joyce Riley. Broadway credits include: Hairspray, All Shook Up, Urban Cowboy, Sweet Smell of Success, Seussical, Footloose, and Grease. Off-Broadway credits: Wonderful Town (Encores! City Center). First National Tour credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease, and Footloose. European Tour credits: 42nd Street. Ms. Kittrell is also a Gregory Hines National Tap Challenge Winner. Currently, she is working as an associate agent at DDO Agency.
Read about some of Michelle's work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com!

CARA KJELLMAN (Actress) is currently dance captain and performing in Broadway's Billy Elliot! She also appeared on Broadway in 42nd Street. Off-Broadway credits: Face the Music (Encores! City Center), Of Thee I Sing (Encores!), and No, No, Nanette (Encores!). Regional credits include White Christmas in Boston, St. Paul, San Francisco (Judy Haynes u/s), MUNY (Rita).

LORIN LATARRO (Actress/Choreographer) Associate choreographer for Broadway's new musical, American Idiot. Broadway performance credits: Guys and Dolls, Curtains, The Apple Tree, A Chorus Line, Movin’ Out, Man of La Mancha, Kiss Me Kate, Swing, Spamalot, Wonderful Town, Fosse, Hansel and Gretel (Lincoln Center), and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Regional performance credits: Hugh Jackman (Las Vegas), West Side Story, Where’s Charley, Damn Yankees, Sweet Charity. Workshop performance credits: The Addams Family. Choreography credits: Dance Break, The Cosmopolitan, Gypsy of the Year, Easter Bonnet, Jerusalem Syndrome, Kickin’ It, Smokin’ Lotus, Broadway Bares, Evening of Sondheim Broadway by the Year ‘76/’65, How to Succeed…, The Magic Flute, Love of Three Oranges, Lysistrata, Pajama Game, and Damn Yankees. Assistant choreography credits: Momix, Party Come Here, Where’s Charley, All Singin’ All Dancin’, John Kander Tribute, and Ballet Hispanico. Television performance credits: Grease, You're the One That I Want (performer and assistant choreographer), The David Letterman Show (performer and assistant choreographer), Clash of the Choirs, Ed, Hansel and Gretel, Good Morning America, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and The Today Show. Lorin is a graduate of the Juilliard School, has danced with Martha Graham Co., and has choreographed numerous commercials.

MARINA LAZZARETTO (Actress) is currently making her Broadway debut as Hotsie and the Dance Captain in the revival of West Side Story. Other credits include West Side Story (West End/European tour), and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Ms. Lazzaretto is also a company member with New York Theatre Ballet.

TONY MANSKER (Actor/Choreographer) is currently making his Broadway debut in Mary Poppins. Tour credits: West Side Story (US and International Tours). New York credits: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regional credits: 42nd Street, Singin' in the Rain, Footloose, Cabaret, Oklahoma, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow). Most recently, Mr. Mansker directed and choreographed over 200 young actors in Bye Bye Birdie, for the Metropolitan Educational Theatre Network, aka MET II, in Southern California. Choreography credits: Footloose (Trump Taj Mahal), and The Who's Tommy (Surflight Theatre). He served as resident Ballet Teacher at Stagelite Center for Dance in NJ, as well as guest choreographer for Gotta Dance Studios in NJ. He is a proud graduate of New York University's Tisch School for the Arts and holds a BFA in Theatre.

JOEL NEWSOME (Actor) was last seen on Broadway’s The Producers (Leo Bloom and Carmen Ghia). Broadway credits: 42nd Street. Off-Broadway credits: Kuni-Lemi (cast recording), and the first incarnation of Rent. National tour credits: The Producers, and Steel Pier. European tour credits: Candide. Regional credits: Dames at Sea, George M! (Goodspeed Opera House), Strike up the Band (Goodspeed Opera House), Show Boat, Singin' in the Rain,1940's Radio Hour, A Grand Night for Singing, and Side By Side By Sondheim. Other credits include: Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre Under the Stars, Music Theatre of Wichita, Southern Arizona Light Opera Co., Pennsylvania Centre Stage, and Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota. Joel is a graduate of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.


HEATHER PARCELLS (Actress) most recently played Judy in Broadway's A Chorus Line (Original Revival Cast). Broadway credits: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. National tours credits: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy), Some Like it Hot (Sweet Sue u/s), and Chicago (Velma). Off-Broadway and Other NYC credits include: Meet Me in St. Louis (Esther), Mademoiselle Modiste (Fifi), Jungle Queen Debutante, Blood and Fire, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Television: “Guiding Light” and ABC Primetime's “The Human Chain”. Heather has also recently appeared on “Dancing with the Stars” with Mario Lopez, and opened the “2007 Tony Awards” with A Chorus Line! Ms. Parcells is a graduate of Florida State University.
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JESSICA LEA PATTY (Actress) is currently in the new hit Broadway musical, The Addams Family! Jessica was also recently featured in Broadway's 9 to 5 the Musical! Broadway credits: A Chorus Line (Cassie, u/s Sheila, Diana and Maggie) and Curtains, and The Boy From Oz. National tour credits: Cats, and Fosse. Regional credits: Waiting for the Moon (Frank Wildhorn world premiere).Television credits: The Tony Awards (2004, 2007), and Dancing with the Stars. Ms. Patty holds a BFA from Florida State University.

ANGEL REED (Actress) is making her Broadway debut in Rock of Ages. She also appeared in the off-Broadway and Las Vegas companies of the show. Tours: Saturday Night Fever (Maria), Passport to Vegas (USO Euro tour). Regional: West Side Story (5th Avenue), Chicago (Hudson Theatre), Debbie Does Dallas (L.A./Lake Tahoe). TV: Eve, commercials for Target. www.AngelReed.net

JERMAINE REMBERT (Actor) is currently in Broadway's Memphis (Gator u/s), He has also appeared in Broadway's On the Twentieth Century, La Cage Aux Folles (Lo Singh), Funny Girl, Oklahoma! (Tom), Swing! National Tour: All Shook Up.

JEFF SHADE (Choreographer/Director/Actor) Broadway performance credits: Sweet Charity (directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse), Chicago (dance captain), and Teddy & Alice.New York performance credits: Gotta Getaway (Radio City Music Hall), the Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall). Director/Choreography credits include: Crazy For You, Chicago, Random Acts of TAPness, and Roses Are Dance. Choreography credits include: Dancebreak 2005, The Devil is an Ass, New York Moves and Watching My Hair Grow. Television credits: “Night of 100 Stars”, the “Tony Awards”, “Miss America”, “HBO Christmas”, NBC'S “60th Anniversary Special”, “The Today Show”, “Live with Regis & Kathie Lee”, and “One Life to Live”. Television choreography credits: “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood”, “The Rosie O’Donnell Show”, and the “Hitomi Kiroki Japanese Television Special”. Teaching credits: Harvard University, the Boston Conservatory, Point Park University, and Steps on Broadway. Mr. Shade holds an M.A. in Dance Therapy (psychotherapy through movement), an M.B.A. from Columbia University (marketing/management), and a B.S. from Duquesne University. His music and choreography have been commissioned by the Heinz Foundation, Harvard University, and produced by the River Side Stage Company.



JASON SNOW (Actor) was recently seen in Broadway's The Little Mermaid. Broadway Credits include Hairspray (Dance Captain) and The Music Man. National Tour credits: Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, and Footloose (Assistant Dance Captain). Other credits include dancing with the Chase Brock Experience (2007) and Broadway Under the Stars (2006).



KATHERINE TOKARZ (Actress) is currently performing in Broadway’s Rock of Ages. Broadway credits: A Chorus Line (Kristine), White Christmas, and Wicked.  National Tour credits: Wicked. Regional credits: Wicked. Other credits include: the Moulin Rouge in Paris, NC Theater, and Disney in Tokyo. Ms. Tokarz recently completed Alan Menkin’s Leap of Faith workshop.

LORI WERNER (Choreographer) is currently the associate choreographer for the Broadway revival of West Side Story. Associate choreography credits: West Side Story (productions at La Scala Opera, Le Chatelet Opera and Sadler’s Wells) and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Broadway performance credits: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Vocalist choreography credits: Ricky Martin, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson and Prince.



TOMMAR WILSON (Actor) Broadway credits: Hair, Hairspray, The Vampire Lestat, 110 In the Shade, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Music Man, Never Gonna Dance. National Tours include Mamma Mia!, and the first national tour of Ragtime. Regional credits: West Side Story, Hair, Anything Goes (Papermill Playhouse w/ Chita Rivera), Godspell, The Killing Game, Six Degrees of Separation, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Measure for Measure. Reading/Workshop credits: Legally Blonde, The Flamingo Kid, Sunfish, The Boy in the Bubble, The Vampire Lestat, Miracle Brothers, and No Boundaries for Manhattan Theater Club. Mr. Wilson is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama B.F.A. Acting program.




MUSIC STAFF
SKYLAR ASTIN (Actor) is best known for his portrayal of Georg in the 2007 Tony Award winning musical Spring Awakening. Film credits: Hamlet 2, and Taking Woodstock. Television credits: Ace in the Hole.

STEPHANIE J.BLOCK (Actress) recently starred as Judy in Broadway's 9 to 5: The Musical. Broadway credits: Wicked (Elphaba), The Pirate Queen (Grace O’Malley) and The Boy From Oz (Liza Minnelli). National Tour credits: Wicked (2006 Helen Hayes Award winner). Regional credits: Crazy for You (2002 Ovation Award nomination), Oliver! (2001 Austin Critics Table Award winner), Funny Girl (2000 Robby Award winner), Let Me Sing, Broadway Musicals of 1925, Wicked, I Love a Piano, Fiddler on the Roof, The Grass Harp, The Dead, Bye-Bye Birdie, Grease, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Guys and Dolls, and South Pacific. Television credits: Three’s Company- Behind the Scenes, General Hospital, Port Charles, Life Goes On, American Teacher Awards (1990-1992), and  The Man Who Knew Too Much, Too Late.

KATE BOKA (Casting Director) is currently working at Jim Carnahan Casting. She has worked on such projects as Broadway’s Spring Awakening, Bye, Bye Birdie, and countless other Roundabout Theater productions.

ANDREA BURNS (Actress) is currently starring as Daniela in Broadway's In the Heights. Broadway credits: The Ritz, Beauty and the Beast. Off-Broadway credits: Saturday Night, In The Heights, Songs for a New World. NY credits: Sail Away! (Carnegie Hall w/ Elaine Stritch). National tour credits: The Full Monty, and Parade. Regional credits: Sunday in the Park With George (Dot), 1776, Oklahoma! (Laurey), Evita (Eva), and West Side Story (Maria). Television credits: The Electric Company (2009), and Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit.

MATT CAVENAUGH (Actor) was most recently seen as Tony in the Broadway Revival of West Side Story. Broadway credits: Grey Gardens (Joe Kennedy Jr. and Jerry), A Catered Affair, and Urban Cowboy. National tour credits: Thoroughly Modern Millie. Selected regional credits: Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, George Street Playhouse, Denver Center, Goodspeed, CLO, TUTS. Film credits: Sexual Dependency, and New Brooklyn. Television credits: “As the World Turns”, and “One Life to Live.” Mr. Cavenaugh can be heard on the original cast recordings of Grey Gardens, and A Catered Affair. He is a graduate of Ithaca College.



BOB CLINE (Casting Director / Director) is the founder of Bob Cline Casting in New York City. Mr. Cline has cast film, TV, commercials, over 50 national tours, and hundreds of regional theatre productions across the country. Bob's casting credits include: The National Tours of Bye, Bye Birdie, Hairspray, Rent, Oklahoma, and Annie. Bob is also an innovative director who has become well known locally for his many successful productions at The Chatham Players, Montclair Opera Club, and many others. His credits include Kiss and Tell for the Vital Theatre Company, Titanic for Montclaire Operetta Club, Side Show and Showboat. Other recent credits include: Pippin, Into The Woods, Company, The Full Monty, To Kill A Mockingbird, A New Brain (PERRY award best director and production), Falsettos (PERRY nomination best production), Violet (PERRY nomination best director and production), Songs for a New World (PERRY nomination best director), Little Shop of Horrors, Is There Life After High School, and Godspell.

JULIE DANIELSON (Casting Director / Music Coach) is currently on staff at Broadway Artists Alliance. Additionally, she is an assistant Casting Director for Telsey and Company (currently casting Broadway’s The Addams Family, In the Heights, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, and many more). As a musician, she has played in the national tour of Spring Awakening and in the hit MTV show Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods.

VINCE DI MURA (Director/Performer) has appeared on concert stages and theatres throughout North America, Canada, and Latin America. He has conducted shows and seasons at the Barn Theatre in Augusta Michigan, Bucks County Playhouse, Artpark and Company in Lewiston N.Y., Tennessee Repertory Company in Nashville, The Asolo Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre and American Stage in Florida, Passage Theatre, Act II Playhouse, The Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia, The Muhlenburg Summer Theatre Festival and The Little Theatre in the Rockies. Vince holds fellowships from the William Goldman Foundation, Temple University, Meet the Composer, CEPAC, the Union County Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. Vince has fulfilled compositional commissions for Rutgers and Princeton Universities, Rider University, the Pingry Foundation, the University of Colorado, The Scioto Society, Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a host of scores for People's Light and Theatre Company. Most recently, Vince rewrote the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance." This new version was commissioned by American Stage Company in St Petersburg Florida and its musical styles run from Iron Maiden to the Almond Brothers. The production will have a second incarnation in 2009 at Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre.Best known for his arrangements of "My Way: A Sinatra Cabaret," "I Left My Heart;" A Tribute to Tony Bennett," and "Simply Simone." (With over 300 productions nationally.) Vince has musical directed runs at the Blowing Rock Stage Company and Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, Western Michigan’s Cherry County Playhouse, The Barter Theatre in Virginia, and Arkansas Repertory Company in Little Rock.From 2004 to 2008, concert versions of his spoken word/jazz operas, "A Poet In Harlem:" (with text by Nuyorican poet, Willie Perdomo,) and "For Lost Words"; (based on the Vietnam poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa,) played in a host venues, including the Puffin Cultural Forum, The Arts Guild of Rahway, 12 Miles West Theatre The Bowery Poetry Club, Passage Theatre and Behr Hall. No stranger to the recording studio, Vince di Mura and the George Street Project currently has two CDs out: the 2000 release, "Imperfect Balance" can be purchased from any amount of Internet outlets. The 2007 release, "A Darker Shade of Romance" is available at CDBaby.com.

CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD (Actor) Broadway credits: Og in Finian's Rainbow (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), Igor in Young Frankenstein (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations) Wicked (Original Boq), and Amour (Drama Desk nomination). Off-Broadway credits: Gutenberg! The Musical! (Actors Playhouse), Stairway to Paradise, Babes in Arms and Broadway Bash (Encores!), Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lincoln Center), Fully Committed (Cherry Lane), Saturday Night (Second Stage, Drama Desk nomination), Wise Guys (NYTW), Corpus Christi (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Cripple of Inishmaan (Public). Regional: The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Steppenwolf, Joseph Jefferson nomination), Springtime for Henry (Huntington Theatre, IRNE Award), Ahmanson Theater, A.C.T., ten seasons with the Williamstown Theatre Festival. TV: “Twins,” “The Electric Company.” Film: Dedication, Revolutionary Road, untitled James L. Brooks project.

ALEXANDER GEMIGNANI (Actor) Broadway credits: Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd,(Beadle) Assassins (John Hinkley), and Les Misérables (Jean Valjean). Off-Broadway credits: Sondheim’s Road Show, Avenue Q. New York credits: South Pacific (Carnegie Hall concert), Passions (Rose Theatre with Patti Lupone), Merrily We Roll Along (Symphony Space). National Tour credits:Sweeny Todd (Sweeny Todd) Film credits: the Producers. Television credits: Great Performances, Live from Lincoln Center, and The Tony Awards (2004-2006). BFA in Musical Theater from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He is also the son of noted Broadway musical director Paul Gemignani.

JONATHAN GROFF (Actor) is best known for originating the role of Melchior Gabor in the Broadway production of Spring Awakening, earning him both Drama Desk and Tony Award nominations. Other Broadway credits include the 2005 musical, In My Life. Off-Broadway, he has appeared in The Public Theater in Craig Lucas’s The Singing Forest, and Prayer for My Enemy at Playwrights Horizons, and as Claude in Hair at the Delacorte in Central Park. Jonathan played Rolf in the National Tour of The Sound of Music, performed in Fame at the North Shore Music Theater, and played the recurring role of Henry Mackler on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. At The Ephrata Playhouse he portrayed such characters as Edgar in Bat Boy: The Musical and Ugly in Honk! After the success of Spring Awakening, Jonathan made a visit to The Ephrata Playhouse to reunite with some of his old cast members during a special event entitled An Evening With Jonathan Groff. Jonathan also played Woodstock organizer Michael Lang in acclaimed director Ang Lee's movie, Taking Woodstock. He is currently appearing as a regular on Glee with former Spring Awakening co-star, Lea Michele.

PHIL HALL (Conductor / Musical Director / Vocal Coach) Broadway conducting credits: Play Me a Country Song, and Mame (associate conductor). National tour conducting credits:  Cats. Regional musical direction credits: Side By Side by Sondheim at the Michigan Opera Theatre; Some Enchanted Evening at the Kennedy Center; Sleeping Beauty (St. Louis's MUNY); The Desert Song (Papermill Playhouse), 42nd Street (Papermill), the premiere of Rhythm Ranch (w/ Susan Stroman at Papermill), and the premiere of Great Expectations (Pennsylvania Stage Company). Phil composed the score for the new musical, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which has been presented at Paper Mill Playhouse, Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera, Kansas City Starlight Theatre, and North Shore Music Theatre. He wrote and arranged music for the premiere of To Kill a Mockingbird at Paper Mill Playhouse, and vocally arranged Sophisticated Ellington (Carnegie Hall) and Some Enchanted Evening. As a voice teacher and vocal coach, Mr. Hall has taught master classes and musical theatre auditioning techniques at Tanz Gesang Studio in Vienna, Austria. He maintains a considerable teaching/vocal coaching studio on the upper west side of Manhattan and is also the principal vocal arranger for Bravo Broadway symphonic concerts.

MEGAN HILTY (Actress) was recently featured in the Broadway cast of 9 to 5 the Musical as Doralee. Broadway credits: Wicked (Glinda). National tour credits: Wicked. Los Angeles credits: Wicked. Film credits: Bitter Feast, Shrek the Third, and The Secret of the Magic Gourd. Television credits include: The Closer, Desperate Housewives, CSI, Ugly Betty, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, Eli Stone and Shark. Megan's voice can be heard in Phineas and Ferb, Glenn Martin DDS, and American Dad. www.meganhiltyonline.com

CHRIS JACKSON (Actor / Music Director / Lyricist) can currently be seen in Broadway's In the Heights (2007 Drama Desk Award winner), and has been involved with the show since 2002. Broadway credits: The Lion King (Simba). Regional credits: Comfortable Shoes (2003 Jefferson Award nomination, Black Theater Alliance Award nomination), Beggar's Holiday (2005 BATC nomination). Television credits: Guiding Light. Mr. Jackson was also the co-music director/head lyricist for the 2009 PBS production of The Electric Company.

MITCH JARVIS (Actor) is currently performing as Lonny in Broadway’s Rock of Ages. Broadway credits:  Fiddler on the Roof. Off-Broadway credits: Infertility (the New York Fringe Festival), Rock of Ages (Lonny). National Tour: West Side Story (Tony) and Casper starring Chita Rivera (Donald). A graduate of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, he has appeared in countless regional and New York productions.

GREGORY JBARA (Actor) is currently performing as Jackie Elliot in Broadway's Billy Elliot (2009 Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk Award winner). Broadway credits: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005 Drama Desk Award nomination), Victor/Victoria (w/ Julie Andrews), Damn Yankees! (w/ Bebe Neuwirth, Victor Garber and Jerry Lewis), Chicago, Born Yesterday, Serious Money, Privates on Parade, Forever Plaid, Das Barbecu, and Have I Got a Girl for You. Off-Broadway credits include: Wonderful Town (City Center Encores!), Film credits include: Out of Step, Exit Speed, Enchanted, Ira and Abby, Project: 96B, The First 20 Million is Always the Hardest, The Sure Hand of God, Cement, The Out of Towners, A Midsummer Night's Dream, In and Out, and Jeffrey. Television credits include: Monk, The Unit, Friends, West Wing, Without a Trace, Crossing Jordan, Ally McBeal, Malcom in the Middle, Frasier, and Family Guy. Mr. Jbara is a graduate of Julliard. www.gregoryjbara.com
Read about Gregory's work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com!

JENNIFER JOHNS (Program Director/Founder of Broadway Artists Alliance) began as a child performer (so she specifically loves working with young performers!) and has toured with 6 Broadway and National Tours in a variety of capacities including performer, dance captain, company manager, and children’s choir music director (lots of Andrew Llyod Webber!) as well as here in NYC. Favorite roles include Esther in Meet Me in St. Louis, Sandy in Grease, The Narrator in Joseph, Sally in Cabaret, The Mistress in Evita, June in Gypsy, Maxene in Sisters of Swing, and Olivia in Twelfth Night. She also thoroughly enjoys being a part of the creative process with New Works and originating roles in New York and Regional Theater. With 29 years of professional experience, Jennifer has appeared in numerous national commercials, TV shows such as Strangers with Candy, All My Children, One Life to Live, Oz, Saturday Night Live, 3,2,1 Contact, Law and Order, etc., and movies like Garden State, Moulin Rouge, Kate and Leopold, and Hairspray (1988). In between BAA gigs, she has been a contract vocalist with the USO and American Belles for the past 7 years, and continues to tour nationally and overseas performing for our troops alongside performers that run the gamut from Nancy Sinatra to Nick Lache. Jennifer maintains a private vocal, acting, and career coaching studio throughout the year and is proud to see so many of her students currently with credits on Broadway, National Tours, Feature Films, Soap Opera, Commercials, TV, and Regional Theatre, as well as signed with Top NYC Agents and Managers! Jennifer has been a proud member of SAG, AFTRA, and AEA since 1981. Thank you to all my students and teachers for continuing to inspire me every day!

DONNIE KEHR (Actor/Singer/Songwriter) is currently performing in Broadway’s Billy Elliot. Broadway credits: Aida, Tommy, The Human Comedy, and Legend. Regional credits: Jersey Boys, The Rocky Horror Show, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Film credits: Geppetto, Small Kill, Chaplin, Wall Street, Saturday Night Fever, and Baby, It’s You. Mr. Kehr is the Founder and Executive Producer/Director of Rockers On Broadway the flagship production of The PATH Fund, Inc., a foundation he created to give artists an avenue to share their unique talents while helping raise money for charities that benefit the arts and entertainment communities that inspires their livelihood. As a musician, along with his brothers, Michael and Steven, Donnie co-founded the band Urgent on EMI-Manhattan Records in the late 1980s. As a collaborative songwriter and lead singer of the band, they reached the top 100 on Billboard’s pop charts. Donnie also released a 2005 solo CD entitled Shift. www.donniekehr.com



LAUREN KENNEDY (Actress) Broadway credits include: The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot, Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close, Side Show as Daisy Hilton, and Les Misérables as Fantine. Also, Cinderella at The New York City Opera. London: Trevor Nunn's revival of South Pacific as Nellie Forbush at The Royal National Theatre. Lauren starred opposite Val Kilmer in The Ten Commandments at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Recently she starred in pre-Broadway productions of Vanitites at The Pasadena Playhouse and Lone Star Love with The Red Clay Ramblers. Other new works and premieres:, Zelda Fitzgerald in Frank Wildhorn's Waiting For The Moon (Lenape, Barrymore Award Nom. for Best Actress), The Rhythm Club (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award Nom. for Best Actress), White Christmas, Breakfast At Tiffany's (St. Louis MUNY), Hot Shoe Shuffle (TUTS), The Trumpet of the Swan (The Kennedy Center), and The Last Five Years (Northlight). National Tours: Sunset Boulevard as Betty Schaefer. Both her new album Here And Now and her debut album Lauren Kennedy: Songs Of Jason Robert Brown have received rave reviews and are available on PS Classics. Lauren is most proud of her collaboration with husband Alan Campbell; their daughter, Riley. Current/Upcoming credits include: Second Stage’s Production of Vanities, Papermill Playhouse’s 1776 (Martha Jefferson).



BETH LEAVEL (Actress) received 2006 Tony® Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in The Drowsy Chaperone. Broadway: Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street (revival), Tess in the original company of Crazy for You, Mrs. Bixby in the original company of The Civil War, Ellie in Hal Prince’s Show Boat, Anytime Annie in 42nd Street. Other New York/off-Broadway: Mrs. Ford in Lone Star Love, Mary in The Jazz Singer, Beth in An Unfinished Song. Regional: Miss Hannigan in Annie, Countess in A Little Night Music, Vera in Mame. TV: Ryan’s Hope, Nickelodeon, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, numerous commercials. She will be seen in the 2009 summer season at Pittsburg CLO as the Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, and will take part in the reading of a new musical, Republic, presented by the Artists Theatre Group with music and lyrics by Dylan Glatthorn.

STEVEN LUTVAK (Composer/Lyricist/Musical Director). Steven is the only person to have won two awards from the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation. For his work on the new musical, Kind Hearts and Coronets, he and his principal collaborator, Robert L. Freedman, won both the prestigious Kleban Award for Lyric Writing, and the Fred Ebb Award for Songwriting. Other awards include the Johnny Mercer Foundation Emerging American Songwriter Award, a new American Grant award from the NEA, two Bistro Awards, and three MAC Awards. His musical Almost September was honored with eight Bay Area Critics' Circle Awards and seven Drama-Logue Awards for its run at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. His musicals have been produced at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Philadelphia Theatre Company, and many others. Mr. Lutvak also scored off-Broadway's Hannah Senesh, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He served as the original musical director and orchestrator for Noel and Gertie at the Bay Street Theatre, and also as both vocal coach and vocal arranger for Laurie Anderson's Moby Dick. Film credits: Anything But Love (composer), Mad Hot Ballroom (title track), and The Cradle will Rock (musical consultant). Performance credits include: Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Russian Tea Room, Rainbow and Stars. Steven is also one of New York City's top vocal coaches whose clients include Jane Krakowski, Ron Rifkin, Donna Murphy, and Marisa Tomei.

MEGAN MCGINNIS (Actress) recently played Eponine in Broadway's revival of Les Miserables. Broadway credits: Little Women (Beth March), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank. National tour credits: James Joyce’s The Dead (Lily), The Sound of Music (Liesl). Film credits: Anywhere but Here, and A Goofy Movie. Television credits: “Sister Sister”, “Wings”, “Dear John”, and “Blossom”.
Read about Megan's work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com!

KELLI O'HARA (Actress) has unequivocally established herself as one of Broadway’s great leading ladies. She recently starred in the Tony-award winning revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center, enrapturing audiences and critics alike with her soulful and complex interpretation of Nellie Forbush, garnering a third Tony-nomination in the process. The year leading up to South Pacific was a busy one. With her critically acclaimed performance of Eliza Doolittle in the NY Philharmonic production of My Fair Lady, a Carnegie Hall debut, and the completion of her first album, Wonder in the World, Kelli was ready to dig into creating a new Nellie for the new century. A native of Oklahoma, Kelli received a degree in Opera, and after winning the State Metropolitan Opera competition, moved to New York and enrolled in the Lee Strasburg Institute. She made her Broadway debut in Jekyll & Hyde and followed it with Sondheim’s Follies, and Sweet Smell of Success opposite John Lithgow; and Dracula. In 2005, Kelli earned her first Tony and Drama Desk nominations for her work in The Light in the Piazza. From there, she moved on to another critical success, the 2006 Tony award winning musical The Pajama Game with Harry Connick, Jr. She received further Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critic award nominations. In addition to her regional and Broadway performances, Kelli performed at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors as a part of a tribute to Barbara Streisand. She has appeared in numerous television and film projects. She and her husband Greg reside in New York with their son, Owen James.

MICHAEL ORLAND (Musical Director / Pianist) is currently the Pianist, Arranger and Associate Musical Director for the hit Fox TV series American Idol. He has appeared on Oprah, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Entertainment Tonight, and The Wayne Brady Show, and has collaborated with music industry giants such as Burt Bacharach. He also Associate Produced two hit singles ("God Bless the U.S.A." and "What the World Needs Now Is Love") for American Idol. Additionally, Michael has played and conducted for celebrities such as Lucie Arnaz, Jennifer Holliday, Gladys Knight, Barry Manilow, and Chita River. He played in the orchestra for Los Angeles productions of Forbidden Broadway, Ruthless, and When Pigs Fly. Michael is also a highly accomplished songwriter whose music has been featured on countless television shows.

BRAD ROSS (Musical Director / Composer) was recently represented on Broadway by After the Night and the Music, a new Elaine May play at the Manhattan Theater Club for which he arranged & recorded the featured dance music. He was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to write The Tales of the Custard Dragon, and his symphonic story, A Family for the Baby Grand, was performed by the National Symphony. His musical The Times (book & lyrics by multi-Emmy winner Joe Keenan, Frasier) won a Richard Rodgers Development Grant and was produced at The Long Wharf Theater. Other produced works include Little by Little at The York Theater off-Broadway and Beau Jest at The Hollywood Playhouse in Florida. Mr. Ross’ music was featured by Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Recital Hall. His music has been broadcast on CNN, PAX-TV, The Learning Channel, and WOR radio, and his R&B songs have been recorded by Gene "The Duke of Earl" Chandler and Jean Carne. He has coached performers of all ages and levels of experience including master classes at Brandeis and at the University of Michigan Musical Theater Program. He received his MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theater Program and a BA from Cornell.

CELESTE SIMONE (Voice Teacher / Performer / Director) As a vocal teacher and coach Celeste has worked with Sally Kellerman, Loni Ackermann, Elaine Joyce Simon, composer David Shire, American Idols’ Kimberly Locke and Chita Rivera.  She has worked alongside Andrew Lloyd Weber and director Joel Schumacher as the NY vocal coach for Gerard Butler on the movie “Phantom of the Opera”.  Celeste’s voice students have appeared on Broadway in The Lion King, Chicago, Gypsy, Nine, Wicked, Spamalot, Tarzan, The Color Purple, Hollywood Arms with Carol Burnet, The Grinch ,  The Carnegie Hall concert version of South Pacific (starring Reba MacIntyre, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Alec Baldwin), West Side Story, Next to Normal and Billy Elliot. Celeste teaches from her studio on Manhattan's West side.  She holds a position on the Board of Directors of the Bel Canto Institute in residence in Florence, Italy (www.belcantoinst.org). She is a former faculty member of the Coupe Theatre Studio (2000-2005) and Turtle Bay Music School (1988-2001).  Celeste received her BM in Voice from the Manhattan School of Music. Celeste has directed over 400 cabaret shows and has been nominated numerous times for Best Director by MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabaret). She directed the nationally seen “An NBC Christmas,” starring Alan Rachins. Celeste has been HIGH5 Vocalworks artistic director for ten years (www.high5vocalworks.com).  Her Onstage Cabaret Workshop is one of the most popular performing workshops in NYC.   The NEW YORK TIMES article Life is a Cabaret says “Celeste is the one to go to when you want the best in Cabaret direction.” Celeste has performed around the world as a singer/comedienne.  She has shared the stage with Rita Moreno, Wayland Flowers and Madame, Linda Hopkins, Marty Allen, Kaye Ballard,  The Pointer Sisters, Bill Irwin, Alan Ruck, Barry Boswick, and American Idol Arranger and pianist Michael Orland. Her Television credits include the NBC series Fantasy with Leslie Uggams and Tom Wopat. She hosted MCTV’s Cabaret Beat,  and has appeared in numerous Television commercials.  Among her theatre credits are The Good Speed Opera House, The Birmingham Theatre, The Paper Mill Playhouse, and the off-Broadway production of Rappicicini's Daughter.

WILL SWENSON (Actor) recently starring as Berger in Broadway's revival of Hair (2009 Tony® Award nomination). Broadway credits: 110 in the Shade, Lestat, and Brooklyn. Off-Broadway credits: Hair, Rock of Ages, Adrift in Macao, and Two Gentleman of Verona. Regional credits: We Will Rock You. Film credits include: The Singles Ward, Sons of Provo, The R.M., and Treasure Chest. Television credits include: The 2009 Tony® Awards, The Late Show with David Letterman, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Live from Lincoln Center, Six Degrees, As the World Turns and All My Children.

NIKOLE VALLINS (Casting Director) currently works with Jay Binder Casting. Recent projects include Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow, Disney’s The Lion King, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, as well as the City Center Encores! productions. She has also casted the national tours of Grease, Dreamgirls, and The 39 Steps, to name a few. Trained as a dancer from a young age, Nikole primarily works on dance related shows and projects, working with choreographers such as; Warren Carlyle, Randy Skinner, Kathleen Marshall, Bob Avian, Baayork Lee, Joey McKneely and Joshua Bergasse. Nikole previously worked at Dave Clemmons Casting where she helped to cast national tours of Contact, Cats, West Side Story, Evita, and many others.

TOMMAR WILSON (Actor) has been on Broadway in: Hair, Hairspray, Lestat, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Ben Rogers), The Music Man, Never Gonna Dance. National Tours include Mamma Mia! (Eddie), and the first national tour of Ragtime. Regional: West Side Story (Riff-Trinity Repertory Company), Hair (Hud-Actors Theater of Louisville), Anything Goes with Chita Rivera (Papermill Playhouse), Godspell (St. Louis MUNY). Other favorites include Eugene Ionesco's The Killing Game (Old Man, Master), Six Degrees of Separation (Paul), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), Measure for Measure (Claudio) and recent readings and workshops including Legally Blonde, The Flamingo Kid, Sunfish, The Boy in the Bubble, Elton John's The Vampire Lestat, 110 In the Shade starring Audra McDonald, Miracle Brothers at the Vineyard Theater, and No Boundaries for Manhattan Theater Club. Tommar is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama B.F.A. Acting program.


ACTING STAFF
GLENN ALTERMAN (Playwright/Monologue Coach/Actor) is the author of Two Minutes and Under, (Volumes 1, 2, and 3), 101 One Minute Monologues, Creating Your Own Monologue, Promoting Your Acting Career, and many others. His book, The Perfect Audition Monologue, was honored by the National Arts Club in New York City. His plays have been honored at the Bloomington National Playwriting Competition, the Key West Playwriting Competition, and numerous others. His work has been performed at Primary Stages, Circle in the Square Downtown, the Turnip Festival, HERE, La MaMa, the Duplex, Playwrights Horizons, and at several theaters on Theatre Row in New York, as well as at many other theaters around the country. Mr. Alterman has lectured at colleges, universities, and acting schools around the country and is one of the nation’s foremost monologue and audition coaches. He has also worked extensively in film, TV, and on the stage. Mr. Alterman studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, received a B.S. in Theatre from Emerson College, and has been trained by many of the top acting teachers in New York. www.glennalterman.com

BRIDGET BERGER (Actress) is currently performing in Broadway’s Jersey Boys in the role of Mary Delgado. Broadway credits: Curtains, The Pajama Game. National Tour credits: Sweet Charity (w/ Molly Ringwald). Off-Broadway credits: The Voyage of the Carcass (SoHo Playhouse), Two Gentlemen of Verona (New York's Shakespeare in the Park). New York Credits: The Merry Widow (Metropolitan Opera), Construction (Mint Theater), The Maid's Tragedy (HERE), Cindy Sings (Women's Project). Other credits: Toronto Fringe Festival, Hollywood Bowl. Film credits: Farm Girl in New York. Television credits: “Life on Mars”, and “Late Night with Conan O'Brien” (recurring). Ms. Berger holds a B.F.A. in acting from Carnegie Mellon University.


MARILYN CASKEY (Actress) Broadway credits: Gypsy (Electra), Phantom of the Opera (Madame Giry and Carlotta), The American Clock, and The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall. New York credits: The Bernstein Revue (Bistro Award). International credits: Sunset Boulevard (Norma, Canadian production). National tour credits: Man of La Mancha (Aldonza). Regional credits include: Candide (Cunegonde), Happy End (Lillian), Rags (Rebecca), Three Sisters, Imaginary Invalid, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Tempest, Kiss Me, Kate, Camelot, and Berlin to Broadway (Carbonell Award). Film credits: Revenge of the Nerds II. Television credits: “Law & Order”, and “America’s Musical Theatre” (Arena Stage production of Happy End for PBS).  

NANCY CARSON (Casting Director) has been an expert in her field for nearly 30 years, and her agency is internationally respected for its high-quality representation of young performers. As an advisor to the Actor’s Equity Association’s Children’s Committee, Nancy actively works for the rights of professional children. In the early 1980s, she negotiated for her young clients and set the standard for requiring tutoring for children on tour, and was instrumental in getting mandatory tutoring written into the Equity Production Contract for Touring Companies. More recently, she has been on the forefront of the movement requiring Broadway producers to provide tutoring starting with the rehearsal period and continuing until one week after opening night. Ms. Carson was also a leader in the movement toward non-traditional casting of children, representing the first African-American and Latino orphans in Annie, the first Asian and African-American girls to play 'Cosette' and the first girl to understudy Gavroche in Les Miserables. She is on the speakers panel of the Screen Actor’s Guild Young Performers Committee and is a member of the National Association of Talent Representatives. Ms. Carson is also the author of Raising a Star: the parents’ guide to helping kids break into theater, film, television or music.



ADAM DANNHEISSER (Actor) is currently playing Dennis is Broadway's Rock of Ages. Previous Broadway credits include Cymbeline, The Coast of Utopia, Proof, Twelfth Night, The Tempest. National tour of Contact (Ovation Award nomination). Off- Broadway: Henry V, Henry VIII, The Tempest, Macbeth (all with NYSF, Public Theater); The Arabian Nights (BAM); i(MTC). Regional: Awake and Sing! (Arena Stage), Safe in Hell (Yale Rep.), The Provok’d Wife (ART), Beast on the Moon (Portland Stage). Film: Down to Earth, A Price Above Rubies. TV: Law & Order, Brotherhood, Third Watch, Law & Order: CI, Sex and the City, Mad About You.

BONNIE DEROSKI (Casting Agent/Actress) appeared on stage, film, television and radio commercials as a teenager along side such famous stars as Alan Alda, Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter and F. Murray Abraham. As casting agent, Bonnie has represented Carson-Adler as a panelist for Broadway Artists Alliance, the TVI Actor’s Studio Young Professionals Workshop, Weist-Barron’s ACTeen and Kids Love Acting programs, and the SAG Young Performers workshop. Other related experience includes marketing, live television production, and coaching acting.

MICHELLE FEDERER (Actress) originated the role of Nessarose in Broadway’s Wicked. Broadway credits: Three Days of Rain (u/s for Julia Roberts). Off-Broadway credits: Boys’ Life (Second Stage), Anon (the Atlantic), A Man of No Importance (Lincoln Center), and In the Absence of Spring (Second Stage). Regional credits include: The Glass Menagerie (Old Globe), the 50th anniversary production of The Trip to Bountiful (Hartford Stage), Compleat Female Stage Beauty (Nell Gwynn), Closer, and Hay Fever. Film credits: Rachel Getting Married, Flannel Pajamas, Kinsey, Overnight Sensation, When Stars Fell, and Aisle Six. Television credits: Wainy Days, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Tony Awards (2005).  Ms. Federer holds a BFA in musical theatre from Ithaca College.

PAUL GRIFFIN(Artistic Director/Actor) is a founding member of City at Peace, a program that uses performing arts in youth-led development programs of artistic excellence to teach and promote cross-cultural understanding, conflict resolution, and leadership. Under Paul's direction, City at Peace now has programs in six U.S. cities and in ten communities in Israel and in Cape Town, South Africa. City at Peace has been featured on Nightline with Ted Koppel, and on HBO in a documentary entitled City at Peace. Prior to his work with City at Peace, Mr. Griffin was Co-director of the Theater of Youth, and he was a company member of the No-Neck Monster Theater Co. in Washington, DC. He has directed the creation and performance of 10 original musicals written from improvisation by diverse groups of teens and his  work has appeared at the Public Theater, Lucille Lortel Theater, John Jay College Theater, and the Arena Stage. Mr. Griffin studied at the British American Drama Academy in London, was a member of Impro-Etc., an improvisational troupe performing improvised Shakespeare classics and also studied and performed with Jerzy Grotowsky’s Polish Lab Theater. He attended Denver University and Indiana University, from which he received his B.A. in Acting/Theater and Drama.

STEPHEN GUARINO (Comedian/Actor) has been performing and touring as a professional comedian since he was 17. Off-Broadway credits: The Nuclear Family. Film credits: Bear City, I Hate Valentine’s Day, An Englishman in New York, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shoots and Ladders, The Clique, Last Men on Earth, The Year that Trembled, A Full Cup, and L.A. Takeout. Television credits: “The Big Gay Sketch Show”, “The Wedding Bells”, and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, Mr. Guarino began his career at the renowned SAK Comedy LAB, and co-founded Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta. He also holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Florida State University.

ANDI HOPKINS (Broadway Artists Alliance Acting Department Head) performance credits include the national and international tours of Singing in the Rain, Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dreamgirls (Effie u/s), West Side Story, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and the The USO. Regional credits include Smokey Joe’s Café, Finian’s Rainbow, Blackbirds of Broadway, Dream, Radio City Christmas/Easter Spectaculars……just to name a few! Andi has also directed and choreographed numerous theatrical productions and cabarets throughout the U.S. Andi holds a B.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Maryland, a M.F.A. in Teaching and Choreography from Southern Methodist University and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. As an educator, she has trained hundreds of young artists in acting, dance, and voice and is continuously amazed and inspired by them all!

ALLISON LANE (Actress) Film credits include: Dear J, The Video Guys, Changing the Odds, Victoriana, AB Negative, The Young Professionals, Wrech, A Four Letter Word, and American Standard. Television credits include: Viralcom, Amazing Johnathan Special, The Proposal, The Morning Bitch, Something Blue, Love U, It's All Geek to Me, Uncle Morty's Dub Shack, Fire+Escape, Gone West, The Lonely Audit, College Daze, The Launch, Soulmate and Don't Argue. Theatre credits include: Countdown, East Village Chronicles, Election Day, Tradeshow, Abbie's Irish Rose, Guys and Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance, Lyrics by Me, Laua Ingalls Wilder, The Gifts of the Magi, Quilters,and The Women. Allison holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan. www.allisonelane.com

JOE LANGWORTH (Casting Director/Actor) is currently employed with Bernard Telsey Casting, Inc, where he has cast such shows as South Pacific, In The Heights, Dirty Dancing, Rent, Company, High Fidelity andothers. Broadway performance credits: Follies, Ragtime, and A Chorus Line (closing cast of the original production). National tour performance credits: Thoroughly Modern Millie Dance Captain), Ragtime, The Who’s Tommy, On the Town, and West Side Story. Off-Broadway performance credits: Sheba, Beggar’s Holiday, Up Against It, and Hurry Hollywood. Regional performance credits include: South Pacific, Charlie Brown, Baby, Forever Plaid and Romeo and Juliet. Television performance credits: Associate/assistant choreography credits: South Pacific (2008 Tony Award nomination), Leading Ladies, South Pacific (NC Theatre).  Assistant choreography television credits: “The Friar’s Club Roast of Chevy Chase”. Mr. Langworth has taught at CAP 21, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, The Actor’s Connection, SUNY Geneseo, the University of Hawaii, and is also a nationally certified yoga instructor.

MEGAN LARCHE, CSA (Casting Director/Audition Coach) began her career with Binder Casting, and was the casting director for the Broadway revival of Grease, A Chorus Line, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Lion King, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (20th Century Fox), Hairspray (casting consultant, 2007 New Line Cinema), Untitled Nancy Meyers Project (Universal Pictures). Casting associate credits; Television: Grease You’re the One That I Want; Web Series: The Underlings. National Tours: The Lion King – children’s casting; Regional: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (2004-2008 Producing Office productions), Happy Days, the Musical (Los Angeles). As casting associate, she worked on such Broadway shows as Sweet Charity, 42nd Street, Wonderful Town, & 16 Wounded, as well as 4 seasons of Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert. Ms. Larche can be seen casting for A Chorus Line in the documentary Every Little Step (Sony Pictures Classics). In 2007, she joined Fox Theatricals as an assistant producer for Legally Blonde the musical on Broadway. She has also produced The Two Lives of Napoleon Beasley and Pvt. Wars while the Co-Artistic Director of the Incumbo Theater Company, a not-for-profit based in NYC. Megan has taught master classes and audition seminars at universities, colleges, high schools, and private studios across the country. www.meganlarchecasting.com

NORM LEWIS (Actor) was most recently seen in Broadway's Sondheim on Sondheim. He also starred as King Triton in Broadway's The Little Mermaid. Broadway credits: Javert in Les Misérables (Drama League Award nomination), Billy Flynn in Chicago, Amour; The Wild Party, Jake in Side Show, John in Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy. Off-Broadway credits: Nathan in Dessa Rose (2005 Drama Desk nomination, AUDELCO Award),  Valentine in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Drama League nomination), Doc in Captains Courageous, and Roger in A New Brain. Concert credits: Chess, Dreamgirls, and Golden Boy. Regional credits: Ragtime, Dreamgirls, The Fantasticks. Film credits: Holiday in Bryant Park, Mystery Woman, On the One, Confidences, and The Who’s Tommy: the amazing journey. Television credits: Strong Medicine, and All My Children. www.normlewis.com
Read about some of Norm's past work with Broadway Artists Alliance on BroadwayWorld.com!

JACK POGGI (Author/Acting Coach) is the author of The Monologue Workshop now in its 5th printing. A graduate of Harvard and an acting teacher for over 20 years, Jack is considered the ultimate expert when it comes to finding material and coaching actors for auditions.

HOLLY-ANNE RUGGIERO (Director/Teacher) Off-Broadway and NY directing credits include: For the Love of Christ, Gentleman’s Wish, Poserville, An Awfully Big Adventure, Pandora, Dames at Sea, City of Light, Wine Lovers, Dancing with Abandon, Inventing Avi Aviv, Platforms, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Journey to Jersey Boys, Autophobia, and The American Dream. Regional directing credits: All Shook Up, Bang the Law, The Full Monty, Bye Bye Birdie!. Assistant/resident directing credits include: Jersey Boys (B’way and 1st National tour), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Walking with Dinosaurs, Dracula the Musical, Metamorphoses, Frozen, Cover Girls, The Wiz, Zhivago the Musical, Palm Beach, Private Fittings, and Jersey Boys (La Jolla). Ms. Ruggiero has taught master classes for Columbia University, Yale University, Southern Repertory Theatre, Pace University, TVI Studios, and Actor’s Connection. She has written dozens of one person shows for Broadway artists and published musicians that have been performed at the Ars Nova Theatre, Triad Theatre, Europa Cruise Line and the Majestic Theatre in Boston. She has also written for HBO, NBC and FOX.  Ms. Ruggiero has received several awards, including: Top 30 under 30 (Variety East 2007 & 2008), Top Artists of 2007 (New England Theatre World 2007), and Best Director, MITF (New York Summer 2007). She is currently writing a novel with the working title, Little Black Book, to be published by Gotham Press in 2010. 


PAUL SCHAEFER (Actor) is currently performing in Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera (u/s Raoul). National tour credits: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy/Trevor u/s). Off-Broadway credits: My Life With Albertine. Regional credits: Beauty and the Beast. Mr. Schaefer is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

ROSS STONER (Broadway Artists Alliance's Associate Director) National tour performance credits: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Valentin). Regional performance credits: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Henry V (Henry V), True West (Austin), and Phantom (Phantom). Mr. Stoner’s directing work has been at the Zipper Theater, the Belt Theater, the Ontological Theater, the 78th Street Theater Lab, the Laurie Beechman Theater, and the American Globe Theater. He studied acting with Wynn Handman, speech with Catherine Fitzmaurice, and Shakespeare with Patrick Tucker and John Basil. He has directed or acted in sixteen of The Bard's thirty-eight plays. As a co-founder of TheDrillingCompany, he helped to create over fifty new works for the New York stage. Mr. Stoner holds a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from Westminster Choir College, a Masters of Teaching from Lehman College, and a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

JENNIFER SWIDERSKI (Actress) National tour credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Drowsy), NEWSical, and Smokey Joe’s Café. International tour credits: Smokey Joe’s Café (Korea). NY credits: The Rhythm Club. Regional credits: The Full Monty, Sisters of Swing (2006 Carbonell Award nomination), A Chorus Line (ACT Best nomination), and the World premiere of Kander & Ebb’s Over and Over (Signature Theatre). Ms. Swiderski holds a BFA in musical theatre from Florida State University. www.jenniferswiderski.com

NOAH WEISBERG (Actor) was most recently seen in Broadway's South Pacific. Broadway credits: Legally Blonde. NY credits: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare in the Park), Awesome 80s Prom (co-wrote and performed off-Broadway), Dirty Dancing, and Me and Juliet. National Tour credits: Big, and Grease. Regional credits: Paper Mill Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and St. Louis Muny. Film credits: Across the Universe, The Great Pretenders, The Last Laugh, Nightmare, DOONCE!, And Then Came Love, and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Television credits: Cashmere Mafia, Law & Order: CI, Love Monkey, JoJo's Circus, Kenny the Shark, and Legally Blonde: the Musical. Mr. Weisberg has also been seen in more than 60 commercials, and is the founder of www.ImAnActor.com. He is a graduate of CAP21 at New York University. www.CastNoah.com


RECENT TONY® AWARD WINNING GUESTS
Laura Benanti

Jason Robert Brown

Norbert Leo Butz

Michael Cerveris

Sutton Foster

John Gallagher, Jr.

Bill Irwin

Gregory Jbara

Beth Leavel

Lea Salonga

Marc Shaiman

John Lloyd Young

BAA STAFF
Program Director: Jennifer Johns

Assistant Director: Tyrick Jones

Associate Director: Ross Stoner

Admissions Director: Michelle Lehrman

Dance Director: Kristi Coombs

Acting Department Head: Andi Hopkins

Office Manager: Michael Reed

Director of Development: Heather Parcells

Merchandising Director: Laura McBride, Broadway Artists Enterprises

Audition Cooridinator: Jessa Rose

Billing Department: Michael Reed

Work Study Coordinator: Sophia Hinshelwood

Private Coachings, Studio Coordinator: Ross Stoner, BAA Coaching

Performance Advisors: Ross Stoner, Jennifer Johns, Andi Hopkins, Jennifer Swiderski, Martha Hart, Kevin Wallace, Darren Ledbetter, Will Larche, Sophia Hinshelwood, Allison Lane, Kristi Coombs, Julie Danielson, Alexander Rovang, Jim Walton, Heather Parcells, Tyrick Jones, Holly Anne Ruggiero, Lisa Gadja

Music Staff and Accompanists: Ross Stoner (Department Head), Alexander Rovang, Zachary Dietz, John Prestiani, Kevin Wallace, Julie Danielson, Eddie Rabin, Barry Hamilton, James Olmstead, Darren Ledbetter

Acting Staff: Andi Hopkins (Department Head), Holly Anne Ruggiero, Jennifer Johns, Jennifer Swiderski, Allison Lane

WebMaster & Photographer: Laura McBride