Ralph Zito, Syracuse University
Ralph Zito has been the drama chair at Syracuse since 2010. Before Syracuse, he was the chairman of the voice and speech department of the Juilliard School’s drama division. As a voice, text and dialect coach, he worked on and off-Broadway and for several national tours, as well as many regional theaters. Ralph will be […]
Patty Thom, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Patty Thom is currently the Chair of Voice and Opera at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, a position she has held since 2003. Previous to that she was the Director of Music at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, MA, a boarding high school for young performing and visual artists. She was also […]
Amy Rogers, Pace University
Amy Rogers (Director of the BFA Musical Theater Program at Pace University) created and developed the BFA Musical Theatre degree program. The Musical Theater program at Pace University began in 2002 and started with six majors; over the span of seven years, Rogers along with her professional faculty, has created a world-class BFA Musical Theater […]
Rhonda Rider, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Rhonda Rider, Chair of Strings at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, served as the cellist of the Naumburg Award winning Lydian Quartet and Triple Helix Piano Trio for over twenty years. Rider has adjudicated and served on the panels of Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff and Stulberg Competitions, American String Teachers’ Association and the National Endowment for […]
Mark Madama, University of Michigan
Before starting his tenure at Michigan, Madama worked as a director, writer, and actor throughout the world. He has been one of the resident directors at Music Theatre of Wichita for over twenty years. He has also worked regionally at such theatres as The Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, Studio Ensemble Theatre in New […]
David Pepin, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
David Pepin joined the Wicked orchestra on Broadway in January 2017 after a three-year appointment at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio where he was associate professor of music theatre. Prior to teaching, he was an active member of the Broadway community as music director/conductor of Bring It On The Musical, as well as conductor, pianist […]
Cameron Knight, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts
Previous Teaching: Associate Professor of Acting and Directing UNCSA Assistant Professor, Head of BFA Acting The Theatre School at DePaul University Assistant Professor Carnegie Mellon University Directing credits include: Richard III (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Down in the face of God (UNCSA), Fences (Resident Ensemble Players Rep) A movie star has to star in black and […]
Gary Kline, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
Gary Kline is Professor and Assistant Head of Acting and Musical Theatre at Carnegie Mellon University. He has taught private singing and music theatre courses such as Cabaret and Acting A Song for Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious School of Drama since 1990, where he currently oversees the Vocal Curriculum. He is the artistic director of […]
Kevin Kittle, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts
Kevin Kittle has worked as Joseph Chaikin’s assistant director and with Arthur Miller and Sam Shepard for the Signature Theater Company. He has directed numerous productions and readings in such New York City theaters as The John Houseman, The Neighborhood Playhouse, Theater Row Theaters, Ensemble Studio Theater, HERE, Sullivan Street Playhouse, and The Irish Repertory […]
Lise Houlton, Minnesota Dance Theater
A native of Minneapolis, best known for her effortless, fluid style and dramatic sensibility, began her dance career with MDT, then moved at the age of 19 to the world renowned Stuttgart Ballet under the leadership of Glen Tetley. After joining American Ballet Theatre, she danced principal roles and worked closely with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, […]
Take the first step to the finest arts education.
Let's Talk
© 2026 ArtsBridge. All rights reserved.