Broadway & Hollywood Professionals
Meet the Faculty
Learn from accomplished performers, directors, choreographers, vocal coaches, and industry professionals who bring real-world experience into every room.
Guest Artists
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Alex Brightman
Beetlejuice; School of Rock; The Shark Is Broken; Spamalot; Matilda; Wicked; two-time Tony Award nominee
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JoAnn Hunter
School of Rock; Bad Cinderella; Disaster!; On a Clear Day; Broadway Bound; over 30 Broadway, West End, and Australian productions
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Caitlin Kinnunen
The Prom (Tony Award nominee); Spring Awakening; The Bridges of Madison County; Next to Normal; The Intern; Law & Order: SVU
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Jenn Gambatese
Mrs. Doubtfire; School of Rock; Tarzan; All Shook Up; Hairspray; Footloose; Wicked national tour
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Merri Sugarman
The Who’s Tommy; Ain’t Too Proud; Miss Saigon; A Bronx Tale; School of Rock; Jersey Boys; Les Misérables; The Phantom of the Opera
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Nancy Carson
Founder, Carson-Adler Agency; advisor to Actors’ Equity’s Children’s Committee; longtime advocate for tutoring and inclusive casting for professional children
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Kimberly Marable
Chicago (Velma Kelly); Hadestown; The Lion King; Sister Act; The Book of Mormon; Dreamgirls; Cannon Busters
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Syndee Winters
Hamilton; The Lion King (Nala); Pippin; Motown The Musical; Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert; ROAR School founder
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Carlos Encinias
How to Dance in Ohio; Les Misérables; Mamma Mia!; Good Vibrations; Scandalous; Altar Boyz
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Anne L Nathan
Ragtime; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Assassins; Chicago; Sunday in the Park with George; Once; It Shoulda Been You; Funny Girl
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Justin Prescott
Fela!; After Midnight; Motown; Gigi; Head Over Heels; Moulin Rouge!; Funny Girl; In the Heights; Pose
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Sophia Gennusa
Matilda (original Broadway cast and Tony Honor); Doctor Zhivago; The Enemy Within; Sesame Street
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Jaygee Macapugay
School of Rock (original Broadway cast); Here Lies Love; Soft Power; On This Side of the World
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Elysia Jordan
Billy Elliot; Broadway Against Bullying; Lincoln Center Songbook Series; Feinstein’s/54 Below; BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College
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Courtnee Carter
Parade; And Just Like That…; Harlem; Anything’s Possible; Charmed; Pose; Law & Order: SVU
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Travis Waldschmidt
Wicked; Matilda; Groundhog Day; Hello, Dolly!; Kiss Me, Kate; Mrs. Doubtfire; Chess; Beaches
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Asjai Lou
American Idol; Big Brother; Making the Cut; Ready to Love; The Real Housewives of Atlanta; two-time Artios Award nominee
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Kevin Raponey
Rock of Ages; Radio City Christmas Spectacular; A Chorus Line; Marymount Manhattan College
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Victoria Kress
Youth talent representation; television; film; Broadway; national tours; commercial and voiceover work
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Sam Yabrow
Buchwald; A3 Artists Agency; Stewart/Whitley Casting; Joy Dewing Casting; Abrams Artists Agency; Telsey + Company
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Shirley Faison
Founder, Adunni Rose Talent Agency; author of 7 Rules To Thrive As A Performer; career development for theatre, film, and television artists
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Christine Browning
Bloomingdale School of Music; Manhattan School of Music; opera, song cycles, choirs, and musical-theatre vocal direction
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Jody Prusan
Bull; Saturday Night Live; Guiding Light; Days of Our Lives; A Christmas Carol; She Loves Me
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Sara Glassman
The Broadway Star Experience; original music; vocal coaching; piano and ensemble performance
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Brian Walters
BATSU!; Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival; Japan Society events; bilingual Japanese-American performance and hosting
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Canaan J. Harris
54 Below; The Green Room 42; Cortland Repertory Theatre; Theater Aspen; Musical Creators Institute; SUNY PACC Prize
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Mason Griffin
Naked Boys Singing!; 54 Below; The Triad; LaGuardia High School; Amas Musical Theatre; New York Film Academy
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Julia Mendelsohn
Savannah Voice Festival; SongFest; Cincinnati Opera; La bohème; Don Giovanni; Manhattan School of Music
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Sofie Zamchick
Wonder Pets! (Linny); Enchanted; Clifford; Kidz Bop; The Metropolitan Opera; music education and vocal arranging
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Allie Silber
DDO Artists Agency; Head of LA Voiceover; New York Voiceover Agent; Abrams Artists Agency; Disney; DreamWorks; Nickelodeon; 20th Century Animation
Faculty
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Carly Gendell
School of Rock – Original Broadway Cast; A Walk on the Moon; Annie; Valid Glitter; The Unsaid; Wordtastic
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Diego Lucano
School of Rock; Trevor: The Musical; Sing Street; Marry Me; Pedro Pan; Peace, Love and Cupcakes
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Alex Ngo
Oberlin Conservatory; BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop; National Asian Artists Project; Alvin Ailey; NYFA; Interlochen; National Dance Institute; 54 Below; The Green Room 42
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Coty Manriquez
The Broadway Star Project co-founder; Callback Challenge; Holiday Star Experience; Children of Ukraine benefit concert; youth artist development
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Eduardo Jimenez Pons
The Broadway Star Project co-founder; Televisa; Univision; NBCUniversal Telemundo; Disney; Nickelodeon; Vikki RPM; Diseñador ambos sexos
