Mana Allen

10 Year Club Member

Mana Allen- has served on the Acting Department faculty of CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory since 1995. Her former students are appearing, or have appeared, in dozens of Broadway shows, including Hamilton, School of Rock, Spring Awakening- OBC and Deaf West, Something Rotten, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Fiddler On The Roof, Beautiful, Les Miserables, Dames at Sea, Finding Neverland, Wicked, Amazing Grace, The King and I, The Book Of Mormon, Mamma Mia, Big Fish, First Date, Holler if Ya Hear Me, Newsies, The Scottsboro Boys, and Once as well as in Off Broadway productions including Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Giant and Here Lies Love and many national, regional and international productions. Mana maintains a private coaching studio in New York City and also conducts performance/audition workshops. She co-teaches the Fordham University Summer Musical Theatre Workshop with Maestro David Loud and also serves on the faculties of Barnard College and The Broadway Theatre Project. Mana appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Merrily We Roll Along and Smile. Off Broadway, regional, national and international credits: created featured roles in 17 world premiere productions. Served as U.S. Cultural Ambassador touring India, Sri Lanka. Voice heard on cast recordings, television and radio. Artistic company member of The New Harmony Project, The Gathering at Big Fork, and Associate Producer of the CAP21 Blackjacks Festivals of New Works. Co-librettist of Rebels 1775 - premiered at RVC Starlight Theatre in Rockford IL., broke box office records at The Spirit of Broadway Theatre in New Brunswick, CT. Dramaturg for John Allen, including: Theatreworks USA's Lady Liberty, Jefferson and Jupiter, Young Abe Lincoln (also co-lyricist). Dramaturg on projects for Galt MacDermot, Matty Selman, John Pielmeier, Scott Hayes, John Probst. Creator-Director of 13 CAP21 Composer/Lyricist Projects since 2005. Directs readings and cabaret shows throughout NYC. Mana serves as a permanent volunteer to the Curator of Exhibitions and Producer of events at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Member of AEA, SAG, AFTRA, the DGA and the TEDxEast community. Mana hails from a musical theatre family and her stories appear in Jennifer Ashley Tepper's book series, "The Untold Stories of Broadway" ( Volumes One and Two).