LEADERSHIP & CORE TEAM
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Connor Deane
Founder | Executive Director
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Natalie Biebel
General Manager
RESIDENT TEACHING STAFF
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Brenna Donahue
Acting & College Prep
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Audra Bryant
Ballet, Jazz & Acting
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Elissa DeMaria
Acting & Tap
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Emily Celeste Fink
Acting & Master Voice Teacher
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Matt Redmond
NYC Talent Agent/Acting
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Stephen Purdy
Master Voice Teacher
RESIDENT PRODUCTION STAFF
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Ryan M. Howell
Resident Scenic Designer
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Curtis Shields
Resident Lighting Designer
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Daniel Bria
Resident Sound Designer
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Garrett Taylor
Guest Music Director & Arranger
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Weston G. Wetzel
Guest Designer
SONDHEIM AWARDS TEAM
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Brenna Donahue
Program Director
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Kimberly Simon
Program Supervisor
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Audra Bryant
Gala Director
GUEST FACULTY
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Cynthia Erivo
Tony Winner
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Alice Ripley
Tony Winner
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Lindsay Mendez
Tony Winner
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Kelli O'Hara
Tony Winner
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Derek Klena
Jagged Little Pill
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Rob McClure
Little Shop of Horrors
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Chrisy Altomare
Anastasia
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Aubrey Berg
CCM - Musical Theater
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Noah J. Ricketts
Frozen
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Ashley Brown
Mary Poppins
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Erika Henningsen
Mean Girls
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Telly Leung
Aladdin
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Max Clayton
The Music Man
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Douglas Lyons
Beautiful
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Ciara Reneé
Frozen
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Christine Cornish Smith
Chicago
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Jason Gotay
Encores - Evita
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Kimber Sprawl
Girl from North Country
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Kirsten Wyatt
A Christmas Story
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Blaine Krauss
Hamilton
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Arbender Robinson
Book of Mormon
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Julian Decker
Les Miserables
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Max Quinlan
Les Miserables
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John Riddle
Phantom of the Opera
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Connor Deane - President
Kathleen Donahue
Alexander Dunev
Rhonda Eleish
Burke Ellingson
Cady Huffman
Mark Kaplan
Joan Waricha
Courtney Yanni