Chris Sampson, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
Chris Sampson has enjoyed a diverse career in music as an educator, songwriter, performer, producer, arts administrator and author. In 2009, Sampson founded the Popular Music degree program at the USC Thornton School of Music which is considered to be the first of its kind at a major university. As an associate professor of songwriting, […]
Bonnie Hayes, Berklee College of Music
Bonnie Hayes is a songwriter, recording artist, musician and record producer. With her band The Wild Combo, she released her first record Good Clean Fun on SlashRecords to critical acclaim; their single Shelly’s Boyfriend became a national college radio hit, and appeared with other songs from the record in the cult favorite film Valley Girl. […]
Neal Gupta, Actor, Director, Devised Theater Specialist
Neal Gupta [he/him] is a NYC based director, actor, cultural worker, & activist. Directing credits include 26 by Ang Bey (The Strides Collective) & When We Dead Awaken (The Gallery Players). Associate Directing credits include the upcoming, Running by Danny Pudi (East West Players/Hypokrit) & Bollywood Kitchen (Geffen Playhouse). Assistant Directing: A Small Fire, starring […]
Nathan Crocker, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts
Nathan C. Crocker is a professional actor, teacher and coach based in the New York City area. Originally from Winston-Salem, NC, he holds an MFA in Acting from the University of California, Irvine; and a BFA in Theatre Performance from UNC-Greensboro. Nathan’s voice, speech and dialect coaching credits: (pre-Broadway) Ain’t Too Proud; (Regional) Confederates at […]
Helen Farmer, Molloy/CAP21 Theatre Arts Program
Helen Farmer (she/her) regional credits include: Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, The Stratford Festival, Crossroads Theater, The Classical Theatre Lab, Shakespeare in the Rough, Theatre and Co, Dorset Theatre, and Co-Lab Arts. New York theatre includes work with Ensemble Studio Theatre, Project Y Theatre, Boundless Theatre Project. Recent projects include: the US premiere of Kotryna […]
Julie Boyd, The New School, Fordham University, Queens College/CUNY
Julie Boyd is an accomplished Actor, Educator, Director and Coach based in New York City. She has decades of experience at the highest levels of University training programs and is the Director of the Fordham Summer Musical Theatre Workshop. New York acting credits include “The Man Who Came to Dinner” (Roundabout/PBS) directed by Jerry Zaks, and […]
Kevin Wilson, Oklahoma City University
Kevin Wilson joins the Wanda Bass School of Music in the Fall of 2024. A native of Oklahoma, he comes to Oklahoma City University after spending 16 years as a Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Pedagogy at the Boston Conservatory. While at the conservatory, he established the Master of Music degree in Vocal […]
Jason Aquila, Baldwin Wallace University
Pianist and Vocal Coach Jason Aquila is the Music Director for the Voice Performance program at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. He recently prepared the BW production of Dido and Aeneas, which he also led from the harpsichord. Jason has served as coach and assistant music director for many recent productions at Baldwin Wallace, including La […]
Steve Cardamone, University of Minnesota
Steve lives in Minneapolis with his brilliant wife Georgina Stoyles and amazing daughter Zoey. He has been part of the faculty for the University of Minnesota BFA Actor Training Program since 2005, teaching Play Analysis, Acting Shakespeare, Auditioning, and Period Styles, and has directed several Shakespeare productions at the university and regionally. Acting credits include […]
Ashton Byrum, University of Oklahoma
Professor and Director of the A. Max Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre at the University of Oklahoma. Go Sooners! Following a long acting career in New York and around the world, Ashton earned his MFA in Directing with an emphasis in Musical Theatre from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in 2010. He […]
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