Mana Allen has been on the faculty of CAP21 since 1995. As an actor Mana appeared on Broadway in Merrily We Roll Along and in Smile. Off Broadway credits include The "No Frills� Revue, Dames at Sea, Trixie True: Teen Detective and Kiss Me Quick Before the Lava Reaches the Village. National Tour: Evita. Regionally:  featured in Off Key (world premiere) and Opal at the George Street Playhouse, Black Coffee by Agatha Christie and Young Rube (world premiere) at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and On Shiloh Hill at the Ford's Theatre (Presidential Gala) among many others. Her career has given her the opportunity to create featured roles in 17 world premiere productions.  She also served as a U.S. Cultural Ambassador touring India and Sri Lanka in Once Upon a Mattress. Her voice has been heard on numerous recordings, television and radio.  Since 1988, Mana has devoted herself to the development of new works and new talent for the stage. She was a member of the artistic company of The Gathering at Big Fork for three years, The New Harmony Project 2000 and has proudly served as an associate producer of the CAP21 Blackjacks Festival of new works (�94-�97). Mana is co-librettist of REBELS 1775 (a new musical about the American Revolution) which successfully premiered at Rock Valley College Starlight Theatre in 2001, had three sold-out concert readings at CAP21 Theatre, NYC - 2002 and broke box office records for a new musical at the Spirit of Broadway Theatre in Norwich, CT-2004. Mana has provided dramaturgy for John Allen�s librettos including Lady Liberty, Jefferson and Jupiter, Young Abe Lincoln created for Theaterworks USA, for Scott Hayes� librettos Naughty Girl and Paree, and most recently on Goddess Wheel music by Galt MacDermot, book & lyrics by Matty Selman and Environmental Alternatives-a new play by John Probst. She has also directed numerous staged readings and cabaret presentations in and around NYC.

 

TODD ALSUP- is a performing singer/songwriter in New York City.  Most recently he received an honorable mention for his song �Unoriginal� from the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Competition.  Originally from Detroit, Todd is a graduate of New York University's Steinhardt School (summa cum laude) with a Bachelor�s degree in Vocal Performance. As an actor, he has worked at North Shore Music Theatre, McCarter Theatre, and on the Columbia

Artists� national tour of George and Ira Gershwins� �Strike Up The Band.�  

Focused most recently on writing and recording original material, Todd has performed at various New York venues (from as shabby as The Bitter End to as ritzy as The Rainbow Room and Carnegie Hall).  He can also be heard on several jingles and demos.  He teaches piano, voice, music theory, and songwriting privately.  He is very excited to be a part of CAP 21!

 

LAWRENCE ARANCIO  is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared in over two dozen plays in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh including Drawer Boy, Awake and Sing!, Otherwise Engaged, Ivanov, Divor�ons, The Nerd, The Normal Heart, The House of Blue Leaves, Good and Table Manners. His most recent directing credits include Pages here at CAP21,  Yellowman and A Different Moon, both at Penguin Rep. TV work includes guest starring on �The Practice�, �Law and Order� (twice) and �Party of Five� as well as recurring roles on �Total Security� and �As the World Turns.�  His plays, Sing for Your Supper, Mystery in Space and Alcimero have been produced in New York and Chicago.  He is currently the Chair of the Acting Department at CAP21.

 

Kathryn Armour (B.A. University of Wisconsin, M.A. University of Chicago) studied voice for 5 years in Florence, Italy and subsequently in New York.  She was a finalist in both the Luciano Pavarotti Comepetition and the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.  Kathryn was trained as a actress by Ivan Kronenfeld (school of Stella Adler) and has also studied with Austin Pendleton.  She has extensive performing credits in regional opera and summer stock theater; she has sung concerts in Europe and the U.S. and has been a soloist at the Kennedy Center.  She created and performed a series of 7 shows of American music for the Smithsonian, and is known for her crossover "cabaret-concerts."  Kathryn is an ATI certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.  In early summer she holds Masterclasses in Voice and Alexander work at Lake Como in Italy.  www.kathrynarmour.com.     

 

Dr. Margaret Joyce Ball earned a doctorate from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and a Masters of Music degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.  Her singing career has taken her to the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Study in England, Des Moines Metro Opera in Iowa, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado and to the Banff Center for the Performing Arts in Alberta.  She made her Lincoln Center debut in Alice Tully Hall as a soloist in the Mostly Mozart series.  She performed the role of Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro for Summer Opera in Washington, D.C. as well as appearing as a soloist in the Donzetti Festival for Opera Camerata.  Dr. Ball also had an active career in the professional theatre.  She served on over 40 stage management teams including tours to London�s West End, UNESCO in Paris and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  She has co-directed Shakespeare�s A Midsummer Night�s Dream and As You Like It for Carousel Theatre�s Youth Training Program in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Janet Brenner trained as an opera singer (B.M. Cleveland Institute of Music), and received an M.A. in Arts Administration from New York University. She worked on the administrative staff at Playwright�s Horizons, the Metropolitan Opera and for three years the Assistant / Acting Director of the Opera-Musical Theater Program at the National Endowment for the Arts. She produced the off-Broadway hit CLOSER THAN EVER (Outer Critics' Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical 1990), co-founded �Theatre On The Green� in Washington, CT, produced LOVE LETTERS with James Earl Jones, SIBLING REVELRY with Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway, An Evening with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, moderated by Gerald Schoenfeld, readings by Frank McCourt, An Evening with Alfred Uhry, a variety show hosted by Conan O�Brien.  With Fred Vogel, she wrote a feasibility study for New York's City Center that resulted in the Encore Series.  She has taught a Master Class at the Cleveland Institute of Music on musical theater for opera singers. She is currently President of the Board of Directors for Young Playwrights Inc, and a Board member at CAP21. THE 60'S PROJECT, her first musical, received a workshop at Trinity Repertory Co. in Providence, RI in 2004, an Equity Showcase production at CAP21 in New York, 2005 and a full production at Goodspeed in East Haddam, CT, 2006.

 

James Bulleri- Created and developed the Voice and Speech curriculum and was a member of the Voice faculty of The Young Performers Institute as well as the Ballet faculty of Pittsburgh Musical Theater and the Richard E. Rauh Conservatory. He has served as Speech and Dialect coach for productions of My Fair Lady, Measure for Measure, A Mid Summer Night�s Dream, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Many of his students now perform on Broadway as well as in Modern and Ballet Companies all across the country.  He has choreographed productions of: Anything Goes, Can-Can, 1776, Annie, Kiss me Kate, Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama Game, Oklahoma!, and Oliver!. His Ballet, prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, based on the famed Nijinsky Ballet, debuted in 2002 and received critical acclaim. He has served as Assistant Director/Choreographer for productions of Hello, Dolly! (recreating the original Gower Champion choreography), Evita, West Side Story, and Times Square, the musical(assisting director Marcia Milgrom Dodge). He has also had a long association with Frank Ventura assisting him on various projects including:  Working, the musical (NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Acting Department); the Bulova Birthday Celebration (at Macy�s 34^th Street), the CAP21 Conservatory Productions of Evita and City of Angels; The Golden Books National Tour,  The Golden Books Read In, The Save the Children Benefit (hosted by comic Sinbad), The Tisch Gala of  2000 (at Lincoln Center), The Tisch Gala of 2006 (at the St. James Theater), and The Tisch Salute 2007(at Madison Square Gardens).  James began his professional performing career at the age of 12. He has appeared in: the International Tour of Hello, Dolly!; the National Tours of Crazy for You and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; Paper Mill Playhouse�s critically acclaimed production of Cinderella(directed by Gabriel Barre); as well as over 50 regional productions including, Cats, West Side Story(dance captain), A Chorus Line(as both Bobby and Greg), My Fair Lady(starring Chuck Aber), Chicago, Footloose(Choreographed by  Tony Award nominee Casey Nickolaw), A Mid Summer Night�s Dream(Puck), The Mousetrap (Christopher Wren), Joseph..., Peter Pan, The Most Happy Fella�(starring Spiro Malas), Mame (starring Lenora Nemetz), The Music Man, Beauty and the Beast(dance captain), The Secret Garden, Gypsy, The Sound of Music, Seussical (the Cat in the Hat), and The Fantastics( The Mute). He also appeared in the Learning Channel�s series The Quest for one season and has done various voice-overs.  James began his training at the University of Michigan�s All State Program, he has studied at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and the Joffery Ballet as well as extensive training under the tutelage of Kira Guzikova from the Bolshoi Ballet. James is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy (where he majored in both Acting and Voice) and he also holds a B.F.A. in Acting from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, CAP21. James is a proud member of AEA.

 

Susan Cameron is a speech, voice and dialects instructor, and has taught more than a thousand students over the last twelve years. She has taught at Circle In The Square Theatre School and The Lee Strasberg Theater Inst., and currently teaches both at New York University�s CAP21 Studio and in the MFA program at The Actor�s Studio.  Her practice has targeted Americans, with a Linklater/Skinner and Shakespeare text approach, as well as foreign students with heavy accent-reduction needs.  She coached Prime Minister Hosokawa�s United Nations Address before the General Assembly � the first ever given in English by a Japanese Prime Minister.  Susan served as a speech consultant to foreign executives at American Express, and currently coaches Japanese residents at Beth Israel Hospital.  She has also taught Acting/Monologue Auditions privately, and Improvisation For The Camera at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.  Susan is also an actress, a playwright/screenwriter, and a director.  As an actress, she has performed extensively Off-Broadway and in film and television. As a writer, Susan is the author of nine plays, all produced in NYC and in Los Angeles.  Her play "Flights" was a winner of the 2002 Samuel French Playwriting Competition, and was published last year.  She has written five screenplays, two of which have been optioned by production companies.  She wrote, directed, and starred in the short film "Reasonable Doubt" which was picked for the Philadelphia Film Festival.  Susan has also directed extensively in NY theatre.  She holds an MFA in Acting from The Yale School of Drama.

 

Corrie Cooper has a diverse background on both the performing and production sides of theatre and is a proud graduate of NYU/CAP21.  She has appeared regionally in over 25 musicals from Annie to A Chorus Line, has worked on theatrical events such as The Drama Desk Awards, Tony Awards and �Broadway on Broadway.�  Corrie has traveled as far as Macau, China, producing corporate theatre, business meetings and special events with an award-winning NYC-based production company, and she continues to coordinate and stage manage various business meetings, corporate events and special events across the country such as the World War II Memorial Dedication in D.C. and the US Open.  As a tap dancer, she has studied locally with a variety of dancers including Savion Glover, Derick K. Grant, Dormeisha Sumbry-Edwards, Ayodele Casel and Barbara Duffy and has taught at STEPS on Broadway.  Corrie also appeared in an instructional tap video with former CAP21 instructor, Charles Goddertz, while still a student at NYU.  Recently, she performed as a singer and dancer in the 2005 Tap City Festival at the Joyce Theater in Derick K. Grant�s piece entitled �Beautiful Love� as well as in a local production of Anything Goes!, choreographed by Derick K.Grant (Noise/Funk and Imagine Tap!).  Corrie also worked on a workshop production of a new tap show with Derick K. Grant and Aaron Tolson (Riverdance and Imagine Tap!) as a Director, co-Producer and performer.

 

Marilyn D'Honau was a soloist with the following ballet companies: Eliot Feld American Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, Buck�s County Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, and guest artist with Rabousky & Kovach Concert Tour.  On Broadway, she was a member of the original casts of Jerome Robbins' West Side Story and Gypsy starring Ethel Merman, Ron Fields, King of Hearts, Applause starring Lauren Bacall,   Half a Sixpence, Baker Street and Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity in Las Vegas.  Ms. D'Honau also performed in  Pal Joey starring Bob Fosse, Can Can, Merry Widow, and Guys and Dolls at City Center.  She has worked with such dance legends as George Balanchine, Michael Bennett, Tod Bolender, Danny Daniels, Peter Gennaro, Michael Kidd, Lee Theodore and Onna White.  On television, she appeared weekly on "The Ed Sullivan Show", as well as "The Bob Hope Special", �Perry Como�, "Richard Rogers Special", �The Tony Awards� and the closing ceremony of the Statue of Liberty.  With her sisters, she appeared as "The D'Honau Sisters," an act which toured throughout the United States and Europe at major hotels and casinos and on national television.  She was a principal dancer in the film The Night They Raided Minsky's.  Ms. D'Honau has been on the faculty at New Jersey School of Ballet under Artistic Director Edward Villella, and in New York City, has taught at Broadway Dance Center, Dance Concepts, Inc., Theatre Dance, the New York Conservatory of Dance, Steps, Musical Theatre Works and Eliot Feld's New Ballet School.  She has taught company classes for Feld Ballet/NY and Metropolitan Opera Ballet, master classes for Dance Alliance, and has been a guest teacher at Skidmore College, Bennet College, and Gulfport College.  Currently, Ms. D'Honau is on faculty at Collaborative Arts Project 21 (affiliated with NYU) and New Dance Group Arts Center.

 

Bill Daugherty is originally from St. Louis where he attended the Conservatory at Webster University as well as SMSU.  He has appeared in theaters, clubs and concert halls around the world including Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Paper Mill Playhouse, Die Kleine Komedie (Amsterdam), The Green Room (London), The Gardenia Room (LA), The Briar Street and The Halstead theaters (Chicago) and The St. Louis Rep.  Bill was Nicely Nicely Johnson in the first European tour of "Guys and Dolls".  He has worked under the direction of both George Abbott and Josh Logan and headlined in some of New York's premier clubs including The Oak Room at the Algonquin, The Russian Tea Room, Sardi's and The Pierre Hotel.  Formerly of the critically acclaimed musical comedy team "Daugherty & Field," their Obie nominated two-man show ran Off-Broadway for 8 months.  Bill is the recipient of 4 MAC awards and 2 of Backstage Magazine's Bistro Awards (including best male vocalist).  As well as being a 12 year veteran of the 92nd St Y's "Lyrics and Lyricists" series, Bill is also a regular at Town Hall in the "Broadway By The Year" productions.  He was a pioneer member of "Camp Broadway" and "Stages For Learning" as well as the "Curtain Up!" program acting in the capacity of director for workshops and productions for young actors.  A faculty member at CAP21 since 1997, Bill is also a director, writer, record producer and a respected musical archivist.  His show, "When The Lights Go On Again" played Off-Broadway to sold out houses for over 7 months and the cast album and his solo album - "Look To The Rainbow" - are available on Thoroughbred Records.

 

Sue Delano most recently played the role of Lucille in No No Nanette at the Tri-Arts Theatre.  Other performing credits include Pearlie in the Broadway and National Tour of My Fair Lady; A Kit Kat Girl in the National Tour of  Caberet with Joel Grey; a Diva with Liza Minelli in concert; performances of  Jesus Christ Superstar; Oklahoma; Little Me; Dama Yankees; and the World Premiere of Don�t Stop the Carnival by Jimmy Buffet and Herman Wouk just to name a few.  Teaching credits include USDAN Center for the Performing Arts in Wheatley Heights, NY; the Professional Dance Arts Center, Waldwick, NJ; Herricks School, New Hyde Park, NY; Performance Theatre Workshop, Livingston, NJ; and the Summer Institute, Stephens College, Columbia, MO.

 

Cristine Dhimos has been the Chair of the CAP21 Conservatory since it's inception in 1992.  She oversees the dance cirriculum and supervises the dance faculty, as well as teaches ballet to our 1st and 2nd year students.  Cristine trained at the Dancer's Studio, (Boston), the Martha Graham School, the ABT school, with Finis Jhung, and received a full scholarship to The Ailey School.  She began her professional career with what was the Ailey Third Company and performed featured roles in such ballets as Revelations and Blues Suite.  She also performed with such acclaimed companies as the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, the Pearl Primus Dance Company (guest artist), the Pearl Lang Dance Company, and the Afro-Brazilian dance company, SamBrazil.  Cristine has taught ballet, ethnic fundamentals, and special exercise at The Ailey School, The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, Lehman College, and Westchester Dance Center.  She spent 10 years as a teacher and Director of the Children's Aid Society/AileyCamp and AileyCamp Too! , and served as a consultant for PASE (Partnership for After School Education).  Currently, she also holds the position of Regional Manager for D.A.R.E. Dance in New York, New Jersey and Boston. 

 

SUSAN EICHHORN holds ARCT Associate Diplomas from the Royal Conservatory (Toronto) in voice performance, vocal pedagogy and piano performance; BMus with Great Distinction in Vocal Performance (U of Sask); MMus with Honors in Voice Performance and Literature (UWO); Active as a teacher, performer, adjudicator and clinician both here and in Canada. Has also directed theatre, music theatre and opera; Stage credits include works of Shakespeare (Midsummer Night�s Dream/Macbeth), Moliere (Tartuffe/The Imaginery Invalid), Ludwig(Lend Me a Tenor), MacDonald (Good Morning Desdemona/Good Evening Juliet), Garrick (The Lyinig Valet), Simon (Last of the Red Hot Lovers); Music Theatre credits include works of Sondheim (Into the Woods/A Little Night Music), Weill (Threepenny Opera), Kander/Ebb (Cabaret); Opera credits include works of Purcell (Dido & Aeneas), Mozart (The Magic Flute/Le Nozze di Figaro/Cosi fan tutte), Puccini (Turandot/Suor Angelica/La Boheme), Menotti (The Medium) among others. A fierce lover of contemporary work, Susan has premiered several roles and song cycles, including Mrs. Godwin in Allan Jaffe�s �Mary Shelley Opera� and �Modern Love Songs� of Chester Biscardi.  She has recorded Schoenberg�s �Brettl-Lieder� with pianist/music director Alan Johnson. Susan has had critical acclaim for her concert work including French and german Cabaret.  Her soon to be released album �Taking My Turn� will feature just that as well as American Music Theatre.  Susan has held positions at University of Western Ontario and Sarah Lawrence College. She is voice coach/consultant for recording and performing artists �Cook Dixon & Young� including work on their album �Volume 1� with RCA and �In Concert� for PBS Great Performances.

J. AUSTIN EYER Broadway: currently in Curtains (swing), The Secret Garden (Colin). National Tour: Evita, the Boston & St. Paul companies of White Christmas.  Other theatre credits: The Wild Party (Burrs), Carousel (Enoch Snow), Children of Eden (God) and Hamlet in Hamlet.  Austin has performed and choreographed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, �96 Olympic opening ceremonies, NYMF, Disney world, and Universal studios.   Some of his other choreographic credits include the Off Broadway production of Boys Just Wanna Have Fun, and productions of Annie Get Your Gun, Pippin, Footloose, Carousel, and Company. He received his BFA from NYU here at CAP21.

 

Stephen Fox is an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College and Fordham University.  At Marymount, Stephen teaches private vocal instruction, musicianship for musical theatre performers and accompanies and helps coach musical theatre technique classes. He is also musical director for the college�s mainstage musical productions.  At Fordham, Mr. Fox is the conductor for the women�s choir.  Previously, during his fourteen years as a public school music teacher, Mr. Fox�s choirs routinely received superior ratings and 1st place rankings in various festivals.  He has also been a guest conductor for many All-County and Area All-State festivals in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  In 1995, Mr. Fox received the Governor�s Teacher Recognition Award for the State of New Jersey as the outstanding teacher from the New Providence School District.  He received a Bachelor of Music degree in music education as well as a Master of Arts degree in choral conducting at Mansfield University, Pennsylvania.  In addition to his career in music education, Mr. Fox also has experience as a musical director and keyboard player for numerous musical theatre productions.  Most recently he was the assistant musical director, rehearsal pianist and choreographer for Chester Theatre Group�s acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim�s Tony Award-winning musical, Follies, in Chester, New Jersey.

Other notable music credits include freelance composing, arranging and musical directing for Macy�s Annual Events.  His accomplishments include writing songs for Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade Emmy award-winning NBC telecasts, Macy�s Puppet Theatre and Macy�s Santaland, in addition to many other Macy�s events.  His songs have been performed and recorded by television�s Liz Torres (Emmy nominee for The John Larroquette Show), Liz Callaway (the voice of Anastasia, The Swan Princess and Disney�s Princess Jasmine), pop recording star Debbie Gibson, and film and stage star Roger Bart (The Stepford Wives, The Producers and You�re A Good Man, Charlie Brown as well as the singing voice of Disney�s Hercules).  In 1997, Mr. Fox�s first CD was released, Macy�s Santa Claus Adventure: The Musical Journey.  Currently, Mr. Fox is writing the music for a world premiere performance of �The Little Match Girl,� to be performed by members of the American Ballet Theatre.

 

Aim�e Francis is an alum of Western Michigan University where she received her BFA in Directing and Theatre Administration.  Aim�e has worn a variety of hats including director, teacher, performer, tour manager and administrator with such companies as The Augusta Barn Theatre (MI), Top Hat Productions (MI), Kidstuff Touring Musical Theatre (MI), Pennsylvania Stage Company (PA) and Jean Cocteau Repertory (NYC).  She has been the Associate Conservatory Directory at CAP 21 since March 1998.  As a teacher for CAP21, courses have included Musical Scene Study, Acting Scene Study and Vocal Performance in 2nd, 3rd year and in the Professional Summer Training Program.  Some favorite past directing experiences include Andrew Lippa�s, The Wild Party, CABARET, Into the Woods, A Quiet End, Big Mother, The Frog Prince and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.  Aim�e also directed and co-authored an original musical piece with CAP21 dance faculty memeber and alum Austin Eyer entitled Hardback Fantasies and Paperback Secrets.  At CAP 21, Aim�e has also had opportunities to direct several special event cabarets as well as assist with CAP 21�s Annual Benefits.

 

BRENT FREDERICK holds a music degree from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia and works as a freelance music director, accompanist, vocal coach, and sound/recording engineer.  Music Direction credits include THE  NEWS IN REVUE, LITLE SHOP OF HORRORS, FOREVER PLAID, THE MUSIC MAN, and GODSPELL.  Brent has played either keyboard or trumpet in many pit orchestras, stage managed professionally, and even has a few on-stage credits buried on his resume.  Brent was the Music & Audio Supervisor at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia for several years, where his musical arrangements and sound designs are heard on a regular basis.  Brent lives in New York City with his wife, Jackie, who he would like to thank for her endless love and support!  You can read more about his storied background at his website: http://www.BrentFrederickMusic.com.

 

Molly Goforth received her MFA in Acting from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts and her B.A. in Theatre from Fordham University.  She was accepted into the Stage Movement Faculty of the School of The Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, Russia, as an aspirant, where she studied movement under Master Teacher Andrey Droznin.  Molly has also studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre School.  She has taught stage movement in Russia, the United States, and Israel. Molly is the Co-Artistic Director of Gansfeld Theatre Company and a founding member of the Infiltrage Playwrights Collective. She coaches voice, speech, and dialects privately and for regional and New York theatre.

 

Tom Gualtieri is a playwright, lyricist, actor and director. He is currently writing book and lyrics for Falling to Earth, a re-telling of the Pygmalion & Galatea myth, with composer David Sisco. He has written two short musicals, The Supper at Elsinore (with Joy Son) and Last Call, My Darling (with William Wade) as well as the plays Me and Medea, Casa Blanche or the Cruel Kind, The Garden of the Earth (about The Donner Party tragedy) and That Play, his solo Macbeth which played to great acclaim at the Midtown Theatre Festival, The Belt Theatre and Ithaca�s The Kitchen Theatre. Tom was Head Writer for 2005�s 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards, penning material for Harvey Fierstein and a variety of other stars. He was the assistant director on Right You Are for the National Actors Theatre starring Tony Randall, Penny Fuller and Maria Tucci. As an actor, Tom has played opposite Joanne Woodward in Hay Fever!, Marin Mazzie in South Pacific (choreography by Rob Marshall) and has appeared in Privates on Parade, Dragapella!, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Rivals, Cloud 9. He is a proud original cast member of Off-Broadway�s Naked Boys Singing, having written and directed 7 of their popular skits for various BC/EFA benefits (appearing twice as Mrs. Anna).  He has also provided additional material for two Broadway Bares events.

 

This fall, Kate Guyton will be working on Broadway in CYRANO DE BERGERAC with Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner, and she will also begin shooting a new TV pilot (and hopefully a series) for ABC called �Cashmere Mafia� with Lucy Liu.  Kate Guyton is an MFA graduate of the NYU/TISCH graduate acting program, where she studied acting under Ron Van Lieu, Zelda Fischandler, Chris Bayes and Janet Zarish.  Kate has a BFA from the University of Michigan�s musical theatre department where she was taught and directed by Brent Wagner, Debbie Draper and Philip Kerr.  She studied acting at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia; voice at AIMS in Graz, Austria; theatre at IAC in Interlochen, MI and Oxford University in Oxford, England.  Her performing credits include the recent ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE (opposite Alec Baldwin), SOPHISTICATED LADIES (directed by Ann Reinking), HEAD OF STATE (directed by Chris Rock), CELEBRITY (directed by Woody Allen), THE MISER (directed by David Schweitzer), �Law & Order�, �Law & Order Criminal Intent�, �Kidnapped�.  She has participated in the development phase (readings and workshops) of several projects including BIRD IN THE HAND (Eugene O�Neill National Playwrights Conference) SUMMER OF �42 (with Alice Ripley), PIG FARM (with Shuler Hensley), CUSTODY OF THE EYES (with Philip Bosco and Brian Murray), THREE PENNY OPERA (with Alan Cumming and Edie Falco) and YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS (with Kristin Chenoweth).  Her directing credits include YOU�RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at the Century Center and HOTEL SARAJEVO at CAP21.  Kate also recently joined Marion Seldes, Estelle Parsons and Ann Jackson at the New York Public Library in a tribute to Margaret Webster. In addition to teaching acting scene study and musical scene study, Kate is the Industry Liaison at Collaborative Arts Project 21.

 

 

Douglas S. Hall is an actor director and teacher. He has taught musical theater workshops with Jack Lee and Charlie Kakatsakis, and teaches an ongoing scene study class in New York. As a director, he has worked at many theaters across the country including Williamstown Theatre Festival, Seven Angels Theater, and the Mountain Playhouse on show including FOREVER PLAID, BABY, ASSASSINS, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, GUYS AND DOLLS, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, SYLVIA, OF MICE AND MEN, THE LONESOME WEST, and many others.  His professional acting credits include Robert in THE DYING GAUL, Chet in COWBOYS #2, Carl in LONELY PLANET, and Galileo in Brecht�s GALILEO. Doug holds a BA in English from UC Berkeley and an MFA in directing from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.

 

David�s Mark On �The Great White Way� Would Have To Be  2,197 Performances In Broadway�s Cats, In The Coveted Role Of The Rum Tum Tugger. Other Broadway Credits Include The Jester In The Revival Of Once Upon A Mattress Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, And Creating The Role Of Bobby/Michael Bennett In A Class Act, Recreating The Role The Following Summer In Tokyo. David was thrilled to be a part of this journey which started around a table at Musical Theatre Works.  He fufilled a life long dream; to create an original role in a Broadway musical.  A Class Act was a critical success earning five Tony Nominations.  He Can Be Heard On Both Original Recordings.  David Performed In Encores! Production Of Can Can Starring Patti Lupone, And In The World Premiere Of Maurey Yeston�s Adaptation Of Frank Loesser�s Hans Christian Anderson. Off-Broadway He Has Been Seen In Chess, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back! And Lincoln Center�s Benefit Of Anything Goes, Also Starring Patti Lupone. Some Of The Regional Theatres Around The Country David Has Performed In Include; Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, St. Louis Muny, Nothshore Music Theatre, Kansas City Starlight, Artpark, Theatre By The Sea, And The Guthrie Theatre. Concert work includes  Waterbury Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony Pops tribute to Gene Kelly, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch.   David�s Voice Can Be Heard On Numerous Television And Radio Commercials, From Investments To Chewing Gum, And Was The Narrator For The Bravo Series Page To Screen.  He Holds A Music Education Degree From Ohio State University.

 

JAN HORVATH was a member of the original Broadway company of "The Phantom of the Opera" where she performed the roles of Christine and Carlotta.  Other Broadway credits include "The Threepenny Opera" starring Sting, "Sweet Charity" starring Debbie Allen, "Stardust" and "Oliver!". Ms. Horvath also sang the leading role of Grizabella in the National Touring Company of "Cats".  Off Broadway credits include the Mother in Yoko Ono's "New York Rock" (Original cast recording on Capital Records), Svetlana in the revised version of "Chess", and "Jacques Brel is...".   Internationally, she starred as Queen Isabella in the world premiere of "Encounter 500" at La Sistina in Rome, Italy, and was featured in "The Bernstein Mass" at the Vatican as a part of the Jubilee Celebration.  She also made her Carnegie Hall debut singing in Bernstein�s Mass in 2002. Most recently she again appeared at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops.  Regionally, Ms. Horvath has performed a variety of roles including Eva Peron in "Evita", Aldonza in "Man of La Mancha", Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific" and Chairy Barnum in "Barnum�.  She  also sang on the sound track for the animated film "Anastasia".

For the past ten years Ms. Horvath has been the soprano soloist with "Bravo Broadway" .  She has worked with such legendary talents as Marvin Hamlisch, Doc Severinsen, Erich Kunzel, Skitch Henderson and has appeared as a guest soloist with over one hundred orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic (Tel Aviv), National Symphony, New York Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony,  Syracuse Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, Brazilian Symphony and the Shanghai Radio Orchestra among many others. Ms. Horvath is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She is currently featured on the new CD entitled The Three Broadway Divas with fellow Divas Christiane Noll and Debbie Gravitte. For scheduling information, visit her Web Site: www.JanHorvath.com

 

Jerry Jean�s music direction / piano conductor credits for the theatre are diverse, from NYC productions of Cabaret, A Little Night Music, Once on This Island, to new musicals including works for the annual New York Music Theater Festival, BMI Workshop, and Ars Nova among others.   Jerry serves as a music director, accompanist, and theory instructor at CAP 21, where he recently conducted the combined-year production of Evita. Familiar with the other side of the table, his actor / singer credits have included featured roles spanning Miss Saigon, Aida, Rigoletto, Carmen, and concert / oratorio.  Jerry holds an MA and BM from NYU, with additional study at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Paul Gemignani. His specialties include collaborative piano, vocal pedagogy, and theory.  A proponent of pop music and contemporary vocal styles, he maintains creative partnerships with artists in the R&B, rock, and pop worlds in addition to the Broadway community. His eclectic range of NYC performances in the singer-songwriting circuit have landed in favorite downtown staples such as the The Bitter End, The Rockwood Music Hall, The Living Room, among others. www.jerryjean.com

 

Aaron Jodoin (pianist) - Aaron holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Theatre Accompanying and a Master of Music in Conducting degree from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.  Music Direction credits include: Floyd Collins, Assassins, Once on this Island, Parade, Titanic, john & jen, The World Goes 'Round, and Romeo and Juliet: A Rock Opera.  Direction credits include: Floyd Collins, john & jen, and Assassins.  Conducting Credits include: Titanic, Pippin, The Lost Colony, and Urinetown.  Orchestration credits include: Porches: An American Musical, The Bagel Factory, and The Lost Colony.  Original works include: Porches, Robin Hood and Marian, and The Snow Queen.  Aaron has been living in NYC for a year now and is excited about his future.

 

Paul L. Johnson is an accompanist for CAP21. He has worked as musical director for regional, Off-Off Broadway and community theatre in the tri-state area. He also works as a organist/choir director for Community Church of the Pelhams, where he has served for the last thirteen years. He is also a composer/arranger. He just recently completed writing his first musical, You Never Can Tell!! with Adriana Amendola and Richard Rogers. His credits include: arranger/conductor/musical director for The Redemption of Jamie Harris; arranger/musical director for Captain's Boy at Wings Theatre; and most recently musical director/conductor for My Fair Lady with Phoenix Productions in Red Bank, NJ.

 

Christa is an actress, teacher, and Associate Artistic Director for the Off-Broadway company, Alchemy Theatre Company (resident company producing at Theatre Row).  She holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin.  Christa has worked with all ages as an acting or voice/speech coach for over 10 years.  As an acting and voice/speech coach, Christa is nurturing in her approach and truthful in her feedback.  She tailors the work to the needs of the student, and strives to empower the student while providing them with applicable tools that they will be able to use at any given moment.  Christa currently works with kids and teens at John Robert Powers, NY.  There, she teaches TV/Commercial Acting, Scene Study, Film Acting, Cold Read, and Monologues.  In addition, Christa coaches private Voice/Speech and Acting.  She is also a Voice/Speech coach for theatrical productions. As an actress, most recently Christa played the lead in the Off-Broadway production, Lipstick on a Pig.   Currently, she has a lead role in the feature indie film, Themes and Intermissions.   Recent NYC theatre credits include: Phallacy (staged reading); Umbrella (staged reading); Don't Stop (workshop); Blah, Blah, Blah; Rearview Mirror; and The Information She Carried.   Some of Christa's favorite regional credits include: Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ; Hedda in Hedda Gabler; Abbie in Desire Under the Elms; Nina in The Seagull ; and Antigone in Antigone. Other notable credits include: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet ; Irina in The Three Sisters; Elise in The Miser; and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream .  Some of Christa's film credits include: Secondhand Lions, Bloodmask, Worse, and Tempting David. Christa is a Certified Voice Specialist, member of VASTA, member of NYU's "First Look" acting company, and a proud member of Actor's Equity Association.

 

Marshall Keating is a recent addition to the CAP21 family.  During the last semester he has music directed the staged reading of Oklahoma and the 4th year industry night.  Outside of CAP, Marshall has arranged and music directed numerous readings, workshops and productions of new works, both here in NY and back home in MN where he appeared on stage in productions of Carmen at the Tony award winning Theatre De La Jeune Lune, Music Man, Hair, Marriage of Figaro, Honk! and others.

 

FRANCIS KELLY is proud to serve as the Co-Artistic Director of AnyMinuteNow Productions, a theatre company he co-founded with colleagues in New York City.  He has served as a casting director on both of AnyMinuteNow�s sold out concerts at Lincoln Center (Triumph of Love and Andrew Lippa�s john & jen).  He has also assisted with casting on various other projects, including a summer repertory season for the Weathervane Theatre and the critically acclaimed Fringe musical Martha & Me.  He is currently producing the winner of AnyMinuteNow�s Next Big Musical Competition entitled Smoking Bloomberg by David Cornue, Sam Holtzapple, Warren Loy, and Chris Todd, to be presented as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival this fall. His New York performing credits include Triumph of Love: In Concert at Lincoln Center, Kiss Me, Kate at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Minnie�s Boys at Jewish Repertory Theatre, and the Drama Desk nominated New York premiere of George Orwell�s Animal Farm at the Connelly Theater.  Other credits include Smokey Joe�s Caf� at Westchester Broadway Theatre, Forever Plaid at Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and the world premiere of Wonderland at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Francis recently directed Room Service and Pippin at Regis High School, as well as If You Can�t Love Me, At Least Make The Bed and Sixteen Stories: The Songs of Robert Rokicki at The Triad NYC.  He was the Assistant Director of Public Relations and Marketing for the John Harms Center for the Arts in New Jersey, during its $6.1 million renovation in 1995.  He also served as the General Manager (and as a company member) of Wanderlust Theatre Company, a non-profit professional theatre group that brings live theatre to areas of Central America where work from the U.S. is seldom seen. Francis is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, and a member of Actors� Equity Association.

 

David Kelso is a true heldentenor, recently singing Siegfried (Siegfried) and Siegmund (Die Walk�re) in the Mexico City Ring Cycle. Reviews proclaimed him a singer of "...international quality..." and praised his characterization. He was also featured in a concert at the German Embassy sponsored by the Washington DC Wagner Society as part of the Emerging Singers Program at the request of its founders, Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart.

 David began singing as a dramatic tenor in 1999, as H�on in Oberon with a young contemporary company, Opera Nova. He has since made many appearances in Wagnerian excerpt concerts, sponsored by the American Center for Musical Arts in their Mannes Wagner Festivals in New York City. His first complete Siegmund was presented in July 2001, with director Sam Helfrich of New York City Opera. David's commitment to new works has brought him several commissions, premiers, and workshop readings. He was a finalist in the last Lauritz Melchior Heldentenor Foundation Awards, and subsequently received grants and scholarships from the Mechior Foundation, New York Wagner Society and the American Center for Musical Arts.

David Kelso received his education at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and Florida State University, earning degrees in Music Education and Music Therapy. After graduate school, David began in the theatre as an actor and musical theatre performer, and only returned to opera about ten years ago. His musical theatre career has always been part of his dream as a performer as well as a voice teacher. Before becoming an operatic tenor, David sang a variety of roles because of his large range. His roles included two years of 'riding the tire' as Old Dueteronomy in the European tour of Cats. In regional houses he has played the title role in Sweeney Todd, Albin/Zaza in La cage aux folles, Juan Peron in Evita, and leading roles in 110 in the Shade, Oklahoma!, Forum, South Pacific and The Mystery of Edward Drood. A versatile actor, David also performed widely contrasting non-singing roles to great acclaim: the outrageous comedy of Greater Tuna and the greatest part for a 'big guy', Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Throughout his career, his reviews universally praised the beauty of his voice, dramatic abilities, and comic timing.

David has worked as a vocal instructor for the Mannes College of Music extension division and at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. He also currently conducts master classes including specific classes on body based breath support as well as maintaining a private studio.  His students have performed on Broadway in The Producers, Hairspray, and the new revival of Les Miserables. Other students have been accepted into programs including Spoleto Italy and Sherrill Milnes' VOICExperience Institute, and as performance majors at major universities including Northwestern University, Indiana University, Boston University, Rutgers University, Westminster Choir College Graduate School, Hunter College and Queens College.

Proudly displaying characteristics of both his New England family ties and his collegiate years in America�s Deep South, David revels in breaking every possible stereotype. A native of the state of Delaware, he enjoys the seashore at every available opportunity.

 

Edmond Kresley began his Broadway career as one of Jerome Robbins' dancers in West Side Story.  His second show, Bye, Bye Birdie, began an association with Gower Champion that led to assisting him on Hello, Dolly!  Formerly, Edmond was the supervising  archivist and associate director of The American DanceMachine.  He re-created many Broadway dance classics for the repertoire and occasionally appeared with the company.  His choreography is seen in several major MTV videos, the hit movie, Rappin', The Hot Shoe Show on BBC-TV, and DASH! in London's West End.  He has directed musical theatre throughout the US, England, Italy, Japan and Israel.  In France, he also conducted theatre dance seminars at the bridge festival in Beziers with Alan Jay Lerner, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Phyllis Newman and Honi Coles.  As a soloist, he was featured in the star studded, The Best of Broadway with Chita Rivera on PBS and performed the Morton Gould Tap Concerto with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra at Finlandia Hall.  Recently, critics across the country praised his choreography in Bye, Bye Birdie starring Tommy Tune.

 

Tessa Lang, Mezzo-Soprano studied at the age 6 under the tutelage of the Sisters of the Immaculate heart of Mary, Reading, PA. At age of 11, she conducted the choir of St. Peter's Church playing the piano, organ and guitar. She began her formal education at Ithaca College in NY and graduated cum laude with  Business and Music degrees from Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. She was awarded a major scholarship to the distinguished Chautauqua Festival of the Arts, in New York. Upon graduation, she was granted a full scholarship to the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Germany. Tessa completed a two year advanced study program in opera and voice under Kammersaenger Friedrich Lenz from The Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Germany. She was selected as the first American to receive the prestigious Walter Kaminsky Stipend which enabled her to be an active participant in Master classes for the German Art Song given by Erich Werba, Hochschule fuer Music, Vienna, Austria and by Paul von Schilawsky, Mozarteum, Salzburg. Ms. Lang has performed in opera, oratorio, solo concert and musical theatre extensively in Europe and the U.S.A. She has worked with Maestro Rolf Reuter , the Chief Conductor of the Komische Oper in Berlin, and the Gaertnerplatz Theatre in Munich, Germany. Her stage role include Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutti, Carmen in Carmen and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos as well as Orlovsky in the Fledermaus. On the oratorio stage, she has been the soloist in Handel's Messiah, Elijah by Mendelsohn and the Christmas oratorio by C. Saint Saens. Her solo recital include Schloss Hasselburg, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Citycorp/St.Peter and CAMI Hall at Columbia Artists Management in NYC.

 

Mary Kate Law   Most recently became a mom to Talulah Mei, and also played Mommy in Kitty Genovese at NAMT�s Festival of new musicals (quitea different role). She was featured in 2 versions of 8 is Enough � one at the Duplex and one at Joe�s Pub � a cabaret developed around material written at the O�Neill National Musical Theatre Conference, and has been seen as Sr. Berthe and a yodeler  in the latest Broadway rendition of The Sound of Music.  Other non-nun credits include the Broadway Bash & Bloomer Girl at the City Center Encores! Production, and the role of Shotzi in Starmites on Broadway; Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, En Garde Arts, la MaMa, The Women�s Project premiere of Kim Sherman and Kate Ryan�s Leaving Queens, Alice�s Fourth Floor, the Miranda Theatre, Steve McGraw�s and 88�s Cabaret (Law & Disorder w/ MD Jason Robert Brown).  She premiered the role of Georgia O�Keefe in Alfred & Georgia w/ J.K. Simmons at Soho�s American Opera Project.  Her film and TV credits include "Law and Order,"  Nightcap and Toonses (pilots), and Down to Earth  w/ Chris Rock and Silent Fall directed by Bruce Beresford.  She has also performed with Santa Fe Opera,  Harrisburg Opera, Tanglewood, Virginia Opera, Amato Opera and American Stage Festival.  Professional affiliations include faculty at Yale School of Drama and the vocal coach with the New York Greek Drama Company.  She holds an MM from Yale School of Music and BM from Wichita State University.

 

Lori Leshner has performed and choreographed in theatres all over the country.  She has toured nationally and internationally with West Side Story playing the role of Anita.  She also performed and assisted the director/choreographer in Carmen with the Houston Grande Opera.  Some of her other credits include Damn Yankees, A Chorus Line, Cabaret, 42nd Street, Kismet, They�re Playing Our Song, Carousel, Brigadoon, and more.  For CAP 21, Lori choreographed the Tisch 25th Anniversary Gala at Lincoln Center hosted by Bill Cosby, as well as the Conservatory Workshop productions of HAIR, Into The Woods and TheWild Party.  She also assisted Tony Stevens with CAP 21�s the 3rd year production of On the Town.  For New York University�s Tisch School of the Arts, Lori choreographed the mainstage production of Carousel and COMPANY.

Rosemary Loar theatrical expertise was honed on Broadway and in nationaltours, in Sunset Boulevard, Cats (critically acclaimed as Grizabella,) YouCan�t Take It With You, Chess, Once Upon A Mattress , (understudy to QueenAggravain) Encore and 42nd Street (understudy Dorothy Brock). Sheoriginated the role of Gladys Fritts in Radio Gals at the John HousemanTheatre. Last season Rosemary played Marcy in The Transport Group�s TheAudience at the Connelly Theater.Regionally she has played Carlotta in Maurey Yeston�s Phantom, Ms. Bellin Fame, Mame in Mame, Vi in Footloose and won a Phoebe award for bestactress for her portrayal of Ivy Rowe in Fair and Tender Ladies. In August ofthis year Ms. Loar made her film debut playing a wound-up film executive inThe Query scheduled to be released later this year.She was a headliner for the PBS special, New Years Eve with GuyLombardo. As a concert performer she has appeared at: Carnegie Hall, (theday after she was married), 92nd Street �Y�, at Town Hall in GarrisonKeeler's Prairie Home Companion, with the North Carolina Symphony, theOrlando Symphony and with the Peter Duchin and Nelson Riddle Orchestras.She regularly performs the role of Christine in The Andrew Lloyd WebberTribute internationally and in different national venues.As a recording artist she can be heard on Sting�s soundtrack for themovie The Emperor�s New Groove, the cast albums of Chess and SunsetBoulevard and on the Listening Library series.Loar began to focus on writing music in the early 90�s h her debut CDAlternative Torch in 1996. She stretched her musical repertoire with thecreation of Water From The Moon, her full length original rock musical. Thesoundtrack can be purchased on CDBaby.com. Her second musical Spoolie Girlhad it�s first reading at Cap 21 in May. For the past 2 years she has beenthe host of the Alternative Torch series (Broadway meets Rock) atSymphony Space on the upper west side.For more information on Rosemary go to www.RosemaryLoar.com

 

Max Luna has had a performance, teaching and choreography career spanning 30 years with internationally acclaimed dance companies, including the last ten years with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He began his dance training in his birthplace of Manila, Philippines culminating in a scholarship with the Ballet Philippines.  In the United States, Mr. Luna continued his training with scholarships from the American Ballet Theater School and the Joffrey Ballet School.  He then joined the Ballet Neuvo Mundo de Caracas and went on to dance with the Ballet Hispanico, Joyce Trisler Dance Company, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and finally spent six highly acclaimed years dancing with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. As a teacher, Mr. Luna has been praised for his keen sense of movement complemented by an in-depth knowledge of dance technique. His teaching credits include Howard University, Sarah Lawrence College, the City University of New York, Manhattanville College, Ballet Hispanico, Steps as well as Master Classes for New York Off-Stage and the University of Maryland,. He has also held numerous workshops in Europe, including Teatro Nuovo in Turin, Vignale Dance in Vignale, Italy, Freibourg Theater Company in Germany, and Amplitude in Nancy, France.  He is currently on the faculty of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.  Mr. Luna�s choreography has been commissioned by The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Manhatanville College, Ballet Asia, Howard University, Teatro Nuovo de Torino, Teatro Danza in Italy, Company Canto y Danca in Maputo, Mozambique, the Ma-Yi Theater Ensemble and for numerous Alvin Ailey American Dance Center studio performances. 

 

Tom Marion is a Designated Linkalater Teacher, and Assistant Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicwork and Mettawee Theatre. He received his BFA from Ithaca College and his MFA from Rutgers University where he studied under Bill Esper. Tom has also recieved a Certificate of Voice from The National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, and interned as a vocal coach with the Royal Shakespeare Company where he worked with Cecily Berry and Andrew Wade. He has taught at Ohio University, Marymount Manhattan College, Circle in the Square Theatre School, The Actors' Center, New York Theatre Workshop, and the National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped.  He is a member of AEA and VASTA, and a long to member of the Metttawee River Theatre directed by Ralph Lee, presenting Peace by Aristophanes this Fall in Manhattan.

 

Lynn Martindale � B.M, M.A.  Vocal pedagogy studies - Musik Hochschule, Vienna and Columbia Teacher's College. Among the many grants and awards she has received, most notable are the Pendleton and Pillsbury Foundations and the Director's and President's Award from the Music Academy of the West. A finalist and prize winner in the San Francisco and Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Rotary Young Artist's Contest, San Diego Opera Contest and Victor Fuchs Memorial Awards, it was the First Prize in the prestigious Loren L. Zachary Contest that won her an all expenses paid round trip audition tour of Europe. Performance credits include the Music Academy of the West; Euterpe Opera; San Diego Opera; Zurich Opera; Stadt Theater Bielefeld with guest appearances in Bremen, Detmold, Leverkusen and Paderborn, etc., Germany, in such roles as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte; Micaela in Carmen; the Countess in Marriage of Figaro; the Marschallin in Rosenkavalier; Mimi in Boheme; the First Lady in the Magic Flute; the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos; and Tatyana in Onegin. Heard in the role of Vicclinda in the West Coast premiere of I Lombardi with Carlo Bergonzi, she has also appeared in concerts and lieder recitals throughout the United States, Switzerland and Germany.   Over the past several years, Lynn has worked as a curriculum consultant for the Academy of Performing Arts in Magdeburg to establish the first B.A. and M.A. programs in Germany for Musical Theater Performance.   Starting this fall, Lynn can be found teaching singing to actors at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.  Former faculty: Manhattan School of  Music, Stage School in Hamburg, Germany; and the Lee Strasberg Institute in NYC.   Member of the CAP21 faculty since 1994.

 

Michael Miller- received his B.F.A. in Drama from New York University�s Tisch School of the Arts, studying primarily at CAP21 and also at the Style and Character studio. Some of his New York credits include Chip in On The Town (directed by Tony Stevens), Roger in A New Brain, Enoch Snow Jr. & The Heavenly Friend in Carousel, Cleante in The Miser, Seth/Shem in Children of Eden, Butch in Aaron Copeland�s The Second Hurricane at the 92nd Street Y, and Once Upon & Ever After at Lincoln Center. Regional: Hero in ...Forum, Barnaby in Hello, Dolly!, Singin� in the Rain, and Damn Yankees. Film: Stand Naked, The Butcher and the Housewife, Turb and just wrapped the upcoming Nothing Sacred with William Sadler & Thierry Lhermitte. He has performed in/on numerous recordings; industrials; workshops and readings of new works, including the upcoming production of Ethan Frome: An American Romance at the York Theatre this fall. He can also be seen this summer in With Glee!, a new musical out of Tisch�s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program at NYU�s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Michael also is a proud teacher of dance to New York�s inner city 5th graders through the D.A.R.E. Dance program, he just completed his 5th year teaching! He currently is the Conservatory/Summer Program Coordinator at CAP21.

Graduate from S.u.n.y. Purcase 96'Percussion Performance.  Now in NY as a freelance drummer.dance musician,composer.His band Random 33 with,Carl Landa(keys,vox),Sam Morrison(sax and flutes/former miles davis band.)Also ,Healing disc.com his healing music co.with producer Danny Lawrence.ROsie's Broadway Kids(session drummer/live shows.)Now working on new cd projects "get real"his own pop recording debut.Also, Random 33's cd due out in feb.06-mixed messages. Currently working at Limon,Graham,New School,and marymount manhattan college.as a dance musician.

 

Doyle Newmyer was born in Colorado and began playing and studying piano at age five.  He continued his studies and received degrees in piano and also in composition from the Universities of Colorado  and Memphis, and later studied composition with Rudolph Schramm in New York City.  Doyle has worked as studio musician, singer, composer, producer  and arranger and has recorded an album of his original music as well as many jingles.  He has appeared with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and has been featured soloist with the Memphis Civic Orchestra in Tennessee.  Currently he accompanies voice and dance classes at NYU/CAP21 and also serves as vocal coach and musical director for a variety of Broadway and cabaret artists, including Chuck Cooper, Alton Fitzgerald White, Jana Robbins, Karen Kohler and Marieann Meringolo.

 

Kiera O'Neil graduated from NYU in 2002, where she appeared in How to Succeed (Hedy LaRue) and Carousel. Recently, Kiera played Carrie in Carousel for CAP21's Monday Night Reading Series. Off-Broadway, Kiera played Junie B. in Junie B. Jones at the Lortel Theatre. Her regional credits include: Kiss Me, Kate (Lois/Bianca), Company (Kathy) for PCPA Theatrefest, West Side Story, George M.!, and Carousel. She teaches dance for the D.A.R.E. Dance program and is on the board of Sing For Your Seniors, Inc. Kiera is a certified yoga instructor through YogaWorks New York.

 

John O�Neill is currently Musical Director for Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris at the Zipper Theatre. He was Associate Conductor for Cabaret at Studio 54 as well as Musical Director for a tour of Cabaret in Korea and Japan. John�s other New York credits include work on A Chorus Line, The Boy From Oz, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dream True (Vineyard Theatre), and Show Me Where The Good Times Are (Jewish Repertory Theatre). Regionally, John has conducted and/or musical directed for the North Carolina Theatre for the Arts (Cabaret), New Harmony Theatre (You Never Know, Stardust), Williamstown Theatre Festival (cabaret series), Berkshire Theatre Festival (Zorba, H.M.S. Pinnafore), Fulton Opera House (Gifts of the Magi, Company, A My Name is Alice),