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Jason Abrams

NYCA Music Theatre Student

SAG

TELEVISION:

MAD MEN

Featured     AMC

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS

Featured     HBO

THE PRINCE (WB Pilot Episode)

Featured     Matt Leblanc

LAW AND ORDER, Waiter     NBC

SWINESBURG, (Sitcom Pilot), Peter Potts    

On the Run Productions

RESCUE ME, Featured     FX/Jace Alexander

FILM:

RED (Feature), RED (Lead)     Seth Panman

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Frat Boy at Princeton    

Julie Taymor

BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN, Caveman (Lead)    

 Liam Sabini

SOPRANOS (Season 6), Bell-Hop     David Chase, HBO

HANGMAN'S NOOSE (Feature), Featured    

Alberto Martinez

WAR OF THE WORLDS (Feature), Featured    

Steven Spielberg

RED GROVE (Feature), Tommy (Supporting)    

Doug Downing

EDUCATION:

SUNY New Paltz     Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science

Television and Radio Production

SUNY Ulster     Associate of Science

Communications and Media Arts

Barbizon     Graduate

Acting and Modeling School

Michael

Arisohn

NYCA Troupe Member

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

I.A.T.S.E. LOCAL ONE

ELECTRICIAN

ACTOR

FILM / TELEVISION:

Away We Go (2009) (electrician)

City Island (2009) (company set electric)

Bored to Death (2009) (TV)

(company set electric)

Aftermath (2008/I) (company electric)

The Trouble with Cali (2008)

(company electrician)

My Father's Will (2009) (electrician)

BuzzKill (2009) (best boy electric)

Against the Current  (additional electrician)

The Hungry Ghosts  (gaffer)

Adam (2009) (grip)

The Winning Season (2009) (set electrician)

I Sell the Dead (2008) (electrician)

Lymelife (2008) (company set electric)

Uncertainty (2008) (grip)

Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) (electrician)
"New Amsterdam" (additional electrician)
    - Legacy (2008) (additional electrician) 

"Cashmere Mafia" (additional electrician)
    - Dog Eat Dog (2008) additional electrician)

Choke (2008) (additional electrician)

Pretty Bird (2008) (rigging electric)

Paraiso Travel (2007)

(additional best boy electric)

The Perfect Holiday (2007)

(additional electrician)

Blueprint (2007) (key grip)

American Gangster (2007)

(additional electrician)

Blackout (2007/III) (best boy electric)

The Babysitters (2007) (additional electrician)

Then She Found Me (2007)

(company set electric)

Tracks of Color (2007) (best boy electric)

The Weekend (2007) (electrician)

Mercy (2007) (gaffer)

Tie a Yellow Ribbon (2007)

(additional best boy electric)

Arranged (2007) (gaffer)

August the First (2007) (gaffer)

Padre Nuestro / Sangre de mi sangre (2007) (electrician)
Broken English (2007) (additional grip)

Beautiful Ohio (2006) (additional electrician)

The Dawn Chorus (2006) (grip)

The Next Girl I See (2006)

(additional electrician)
Scar Tissue (2006) (key grip)

Umney's Last Case (2006) (electrician) (grip)

ACTOR:

August the First (2007) .... Party Guest

Jeremy Bohen

NYCA Repertory Member

AFTRA

THEATRE:

LIVE COVERAGE      FringeNYC 2004

FALLING AWAKE, Dylan      Expanded Arts/BDA

SORRY, WRONG NUMBER, George     

Arizona State University

SURE THING, THE INTERVIEW,

A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, SEVEN MENUS     

Stage Coach Adventures

TELEVISION:

ALL MY CHILDREN, Reporter/Recurring      ABC-TV

FILM:

100 Stories (2002) .... Helen's co-worker

A Little God (2001) .... Angel/man
 

SMOKE SCREENS, Elvis, Baxter Churchville, dir.

TROUBLE WITH HAPPINESS, Eavesdropper

Lynn Powers, dir.

THE LITTLE GOD MOVIE, Angel

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, dir.

100 STORIES, Roger, Pierre St. Jacques, dir.

EDUCATION:

Susan Grace Studio

Ron Carlos

NYCA Troupe Member

& Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE/ACTOR/VOICE

THEATRE:

WEST SIDE STORY     Baby John

CRAZY FOR YOU     Cowboy Trio

42ND STREET     Ensemble

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE     Ensemble

Bucks County Playhouse, PA's State Theatre

ASSASSINS     Balladeer / Oswald     STAM

RAGTIME     Younger Brother  

THE WILD PARTY    Ensemble / u.s. Phil & Oscar

INTO THE WOODS     Jack

Marymount Manhattan College

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

Marymount Manhattan College

Daniel Welser Carroll

NYCA Troupe Member

& Music Theatre Student

PLAYWRIGHT

PLAYWRIGHTING

READINGS/PRODUCTIONS:

THE WEATHER PLAYS

The National Theatre Conference, Omaha NE

(Slated for production at the

Fort Omaha Theatre 2009)

GUT MAN

Players Theatre, NYC

TRANSCEND MY PANCAKES

11th Annual Respect Arts Festival

Clifton Park, NY

EVERYBODY DIES ON THE 72ND FLOOR

Robert Sinclair Theatre

Geneseo, NY

GOD COSTUME

Robert Sinclair Theatre

Geneseo, NY

THEATRE EMPLOYMENT:

NEW YORK STATE THEATRE INSTITUTE

Acting Educator,

Performance Project Coordinator

Troy, NY

PREMIERE STAGES

Intern

Asst. Literary Management,

Educational Coordinator

Union, NJ

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

State University of New York at Geneseo, BA

New School for Drama

Playwriting MFA

Noah DeBiase

NYCA Troupe Member

& Music Theatre Student

Repertory Company

MUSIC THEATRE/ACTOR/VOICE

AEA

OFF-BROADWAY:

CHUCKLEBALL: JAILHOUSE JOCKS

Snapple Theatre

NATIONAL TOUR:

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE

Paul Revere

Theatreworks USA

A MYSTERY OF KING TUT

Male Lead Role, Howard Carter

Theatreworks USA

CAMELOT        Sir Dinadan/ Fight Captain

Candlewood National Tour

OFF-OFF-BROADWAY:

CHERRY HILL by Matt Okin

June Havoc Theatre

Ninth Annual Midtown NYC

International Theatre Festival

EC: THE MUSICAL

Luke Lombardi

SOUL SEARCHING

Michael/Men

REGIONAL THEATRE:

BIGGER FISH TO FRY

Doggie

WE LOVE YOU JOHNNY HERO       

DR2 Theatre, NY Fringe

TERRORISM AND YOU

Javier

VOICE WORK:

JOJO'S CIRCUS        Disney        Series of 4 books

FILM:

WORLD WAR ERA LIBYA        Narrator     

w/Isabella Rosellini

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

BFA THEATRE

NYU CAP21

Marie Elaina

Demarest

NYCA Troupe Member

& Music Theatre Student,

Victorian Caroler and

Summer Theatre Arts

MUSIC THEATRE/ACTOR/VOICE

REGIONAL THEATRE:

DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

Cyndra

Summer Theatre in Meredith Village

NYC Based Production

to Interlakes Theatre

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

New York Conservatory for the Arts

Marymount Manhattan, NYU

John Dickerson

NYCA Summer

Arts Workshop &

Music Theatre Student

Los Angeles Based

Storyboard Artist/

Conceptual Artist

STORYBOARD ARTIST:

STATE PROPERTY   Lions Gate (MU)

THE UNSEEN     Lisa France, Dir. (FF)

THE ATTIC     Mary Lambert, Dir. (FF)

ESL HOUSE DISTANCE LEARNING       Cartoonist

3 IF BY SPACE        Story Engine Entertainment

TRANSFERENCE         Independent Film

THE PARENT         Some Dude Productions

A NEW YORK WEDDING        Red Mills Pictures

PENNYWISE         Independent Film

PINBALL         Independent Film

MISSING PIECES        Independent Film

TIMELINES: SERVING TIME

Best Destiny Productions

FILM AS DIRECTOR:

INTO THE DARK        Boxer Short Films

DEATH KILLS         Boxer Short Films

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

New York University, BFA Film & Television

SUNY Ulster, A.S. Communications and Media Arts

Trevor McQueen Eaton

NYCA Troupe Member

& Music Theatre Student

in Voice/Dance/Acting

AFTRA, AEA

TELEVISION:

LET'S JUST PLAY      Nickelodeon Promo

YOU GOTTA HAVE ARTS     WAM Network

ACCESS HOLLYWOOD     WAM Network

FILM:

FADER      NYU Student Film     Hal

INDUSTRIALS:

ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

- Walkabout Productions, Sam

SHAKEN BABY, Chase Wilson Productions, Pat

BROADWAY:

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN REVIVAL

(w/Bernadette Peters)

- Marquis Theatre     Little Jake (originated role)

RECORDINGS:

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN CAST ALBUM    

Angel Records

BEIN' WITH YOU THIS WAY (Book on Tape)   

ACME Recording

BROADWAY'S GREATEST GIFTS:

CAROLS FOR A CURE 1999

- Broadway Cares

THEATRE:

MAME      Tri-Arts-Sharon Playhouse     Patrick

IN THAT VALLEY (Staged Reading)   

Houseman Theatre     Samuel

CHASING DRAGONS (Screenplay Staged Reading)

- First Light Productions     Cutter 

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

Carnegie Mellon University, Theatre Dept. Current

Beth Hopp

NYCA Troupe Member

Victorian Caroler

Summer Workshop

& Music Theatre Student

EMC

THEATRE:

CHRISTMAS CAROL       Nicola 

 Hartford Stage, Michael Wilson/ Jeremy Cohen

CHRISTMAS CAROL         Swing

 Alley Theatre, James Black

LARAMIE PROJECT        Narrator/Ensemble

 Hartt School, Rob Ruggerio

WOYZECK       Margaret

 Hartt School, Henry Fonte

MEASURE FOR MEASURE      Provost

 Hartt School, MichaelJohn McGann

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

University of Harford, School of Drama

Shakespeare Intensive, UK 2004:

Sebastian Gramm-Jones

(The National Theatre & BBC)

Peter Craze

(Drama Studio London)

Nick Hutchison

(Royal Shakespeare Company)

Julia L’Grand

(Royal Shakespeare Company)

Zena Grey

NYCA Summer

Theatre Arts Workshop

SAG, AFTRA, AEA

THEATRE:

THE HERBAL BED     Broadway Elizabeth Hall

- Eugene O'Neal Theater, NYC

RADIANT BABY KID    The Public Theatre, NYC

THE UGLY DUCKLING/FROG/FISH     

- Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY

FILM:

25/8     Wes Craven

Penelope Bryte, Leading Role

with Denzel Whitaker & Max Thieriot

SHAGGY DOG        Disney Studios

IN GOOD COMPANY        Universal Studios

MAX KEEBLE'S BIG MOVE

Woodwind Girl / Megan, Leading Role

Disney Studios

NOW DAY

- Natalie, Leading Role     

Paramount/Nickelodeon Films

SUMMER CATCH

- Katie, Principal Role      Warner Bros.

THE BONE COLLECTOR

- Principal Role      Universal Pictures RA

TELEVISION:

The Guardian, Ashley Webber     CBS

Law & Order, Lena Marchietti     NBC

Law & Order: SVU,  Guest Lead     NBC

The Job (w/ Denis Leary),  Kimberly/Guest Lead     ABC

SOUL MAN, Red Bird      ABC

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Recurring

NBC CONAN O'BRIEN, Recurring      NBC

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING include:

Lee Strassberg Theatre Institute        

HB Studio School of Acting

The Dance Studio        Creative Theatrics

WEBSITE:      www.zenagrey.com

Jaime Gruber

NYCA Troupe Member

Summer Workshop &

Music Theatre Student

MAKE UP ARTIST

American Film Institute (AFI)

Westmore Academy Assistant Teacher

Beauty and Fashion Make Up

 

THEATRE:

EAST LYNNE     The Sierra Madre Play House

Director:  Vince Fazzi

FILM:

ENCHANTED EVENING - Key Make Up artist

USC Student Film Director:  Christina Won

PLANE DEAD - Imageworks Entertainment

Optic Nerve Studio - Director:  Scott  Thomas

SECRET AGENT SID - Key Make Up Artist

USC Student
Film Director:  Krishnan Unnikrishnan

TELEVISION:

FEAR FILES:  ZOMBIES     History Channel

Key Makeup Artist

EVENTS:

FAMILY DAY 2006 TELEVISION ACADEMY 

"Face Painting - Pirates o the Caribbean -

Dead Man's Chest"

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

PACE University, New York, NY

Theatre 

Westmore Academy for Cosmetic Arts :
Make up for Motion Picture and Television
Fantasy Make Up
Airbrushing

PJ Koester

NYCA

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE ACTOR

Forever in

Our Memories

THEATRE:

HEADLESS HORSEMAN HAYRIDES

Brother Grimm, Ulster Park, NY

BEHOLD THE BOWERY

Strong Man/Goliath/The Mark

Dan Pfau

HIGHER EDUCATION:

The American Music and Dramatic Academy, LA

Sarah KramerHarrison

NYCA Troupe Member

Summer Workshop &

Music Theatre Student

SOUL/ACOUSTIC/BLUES

SINGER / SONGWRITER

VOCAL TEACHER

ALBUMS:

HERE,  Produced with Johanna Hall

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

Berklee College of Music

Sound Engineering, Music Production & Voice

Sarah has shared the stage with Warren Bernhardt, Rick Danko, John Sebastian, Levon Helm, Happy and Arty Traum, James Earl Jones, Willie Nile, Alexis P. Suter, Mark Brown, Betty McDonald, Molly Mason and Jay Ungar, Amy Fradon, Bar Scott, Mindy Jostyn, Tim Moore, Kenny McGloin, Martin Keith, Jack Ryan, Don Moore, Leslie Ritter, Denise Jordan-Finley, Matt Finley, The Five Points Band and Kurt Henry.

The year that Sarah completed her work in voice and music theatre studies at NYCA, THE BAND's Rock Legend Rick Danko remarked of Sarah's voice, 'Who are you? You sing like an angel!'

- Woodstock Times, July 2006

Jennifer Mintzer

NYCA Troupe Member

Summer Workshop

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE / OPERA

NEW YORK THEATRE:

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN,

CHARLIE BROWN

Sally Brown

Inside Broadway/Robert Jay Cronin

THAT'S ANDY

Lucy

Ergo Theatre Company/Robert Jay Cronin

LADY OF COPPER

Emma Lazarus

Theatergarden at the Cherry Lane Theater

TALES FROM THE

MANHATTAN WOODS

Sally

Wings Theatre

REGIONAL/STOCK THEATRE:

CRAZY FOR YOU, Polly       

Lees-McRae Summer Theater, NC

THE GRADUATE, Elaine Robinson    

Roxy Regional Theatre, TN

BYE BYE BIRDIE

Roxy Regional Theatre, TN

YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD

Roxy Regional Theatre, TN

WEST SIDE STORY, Maria

Palace Theater, Manchester NH

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Chava      

Yorktown Stage

THE FANTASTIKS, Luisa

First Avenue Playhouse

WEST SIDE STORY, Maria

Saxtons River Playhouse

CAROUSEL, CHAMBERLAIN

Maine State Music Theatre

THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER, Simpkin

Theatre IV

PEARL AND THE PUMPKIN, Pearl

Dramatist Guild

OPERA:

ALBERT HERRING, Emmie

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Mustardseed

ROMEO & JULIETTE, Ensemble/Dance Captain

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

Boston University

The Actor's Center Foundation Program

The Atlantic Theatre School

Website:  www.jenniferbethmintzer.com

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Catherine

Miranda

NYCA Troupe Member &

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE PERFORMER

THEATRE:

TUA'S DREAM

Tua    

Provincetown Playhouse

FILM:

VIOLET LIFE

Jen

NYU Tisch Film

HIGHER EDUCATION:

NYU

Vocal Performance/Musical Theatre

Ashley Morgan

NYCA

Music Theatre Student

Troupe Member

AFTRA

FILM / STAGE / MUSIC THEATRE ACTRESS

FILM:

BABY MAMA

Featured        Michael McCullers

COUPLES RETREAT

Featured        Peter Billingsly

THE DIARY OF EXILE

Lead        Shane Lambert

DREAM

Lead        Matthew Bartolomeo

PISSED

Supporting        Gregg Ledermen

TELEVISION:

THE MIDDLE

Featured        ABC Pilot Episode

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Acting Pace University

Education BFA Degree

New York Film Academy/

Universal Studios

One-Year Conservatory

Acting for Film & T.V.

Voice & Movement/Viewpoints

Anjali Vashi

Shakespeare Joanne Zippay

"I've been complimented so much here on my professionalism which I always say was rooted from NYCA. Every set I have been on out here in LA, whether it is a professional one or just a student film, they always tell me how different it is that I am always on time or get there before call time and remain professional the entire filming. Honestly,  its all thanks to my entire experience at NYCA. Also not to mention I had two showcases at the academy where we had to be on stage in front of agents, more then half of the students had never been on a stage before or gone through a theater type rehearsal process, all which was a piece of cake to me!"

 - March, 2009

Jessica Morton

NYCA Troupe Member

Summer Workshop

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

I.A.T.S.E. LOCAL ONE

ELECTRICIAN

BROADWAY: 

HAIRSPRAY, Neil Simon Theatre 

 Programmer/Assistant Electrician

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, Roundabout at Studio 54

Programmer

110 IN THE SHADE, Roundabout at Studio 54

Programmer

APPLE TREE, Roundabout at Studio 54

Programmer

THREEPENNY OPERA, Roundabout at Studio 54

Programmer

KISS ME KATE, Martin Beck Theatre

Assistant Electrician     

CHICAGO, Shubert Theatre

Head Electrician

CABARET, Roundabout/Studio 54 

Asst. Electrician/Spot Op.

STAGEHAND/ELECTRICS WORK ON:

WAITING FOR GODOT, BLYTHE SPIRIT, 33 VARIATIONS, THE RITZ, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, SPAMALOT, ELEPHANT MAN, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, HOLLYWOOD ARMS, MEDEA, NEVER GONNA DANCE, THE 25^TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, AMADEUS, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

OFF-BROADWAY:

Second Stage Theatre, Lincoln Center, Union Square Theatre, Westside Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theatre, Vineyard Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop

OTHER:

Jan Kruze Lighting Design (7^th on 6^th Fashion Week), Stageright (Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival), Sapsis Rigging Inc., MTV Video Music Awards, Clinton Global Initiative, The B-52’s, Hairspray Tour, St. John the Divine concerts, The Tony Danza Show

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Marymount Manhattan College, B.A., Theatre
 

Jamey Nicholas

NYCA Troupe Member

Summer Workshop

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

FILM/TELEVISION/THEATRE

THEATRE:

PREFERRED PLAYWRIGHT'S FESTIVAL

TheaterVision, Producer's Club NYC

AGRIPPINA

New York City Opera, Lincoln Center

ANNA'S PERFECT PARTY

Marley

Looking Glass Theatre Company

THE FILE ON RYAN CARTER     Ben Fox

Sanford Meisner Theater

THE BROWNINGS OF CASA DIVA    

Equity Staged Reading

BEAUTIFUL NOISES

Rapscallion Theatre Collection

Salute UR Shorts New Play Festival

ANYTHING GOES     Sailor/Featured Dancer

Narrows Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY

THE BACCHAE     Captain of the Guard

Cypreco of America (tour), New York NY

THE PAJAMA GAME     Helper/Featured Dancer

Narrows Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY

KUNI LEML     Sashe/Simkhe

White-Willis Theatre Co., Ft. Lauderdale, FL

TELEVISION:

LAW & ORDER: SVU        Gallery Member/College Student/Recurring        NBC Universal

LAW & ORDER        Diplomat        NBC Universal

30 ROCK

SAG FILM:

WE OWN THE NIGHT

HENRY MAY LONG

Help The Bombardier, LLC 

Very Ill Patient  

INDUSTRIAL:

UNO CHICAGO GRILL

Training Film

VIRGIN MOBILE     Mime Supporter  

OFFICE DEPOT     Customer/Office Worker

Refinery Production Co. / Kaplan Thaler Agency

DANCE:

HOW ABOUT YOU

Lead Dancer, Porvaznika Producations

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME    

Natalie Neckyfarow Dance Works

Steps on Broadway Performance Lab, New York, NY

BROADWAY DANCE CENTER SHOWCASE

featuring Savion Glover, New York, NY

VOCAL:

St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir, New York, NY

Central City Chorus, New York, NY

HIGHER EDUCATION/TRAINING:

Purchase College, B.A. New Media

HB Studio School of Acting

Broadway Dance Center

“NYCA gave me amazing training, and taught me how to work like a professional. The skills I received there have helped to shape every audition I go to and every job I get. The directors at the New York City Opera were very impressed with my ability to take direction and make character choices, in addition to the technical skill I was able to demonstrate. It's quite awe-inspiring to be performing in front of three thousand patrons at Lincoln Center. I never would have made it to that stage without my NYCA background.”

- August, 2008

Tom Pacio

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE PERFORMER

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR:

Vassar and New York Stage and Film’s

Powerhouse Apprentice Co.

Vassar College, Powerhouse Theatre

THEATRE:

THE WIZARD OF OZ     Ensemble

North Carolina Theatre

WEST SIDE STORY      Ensemble    

Theatre Under the Stars

DISNEY'S BEAUTY & THE BEAST   

Ensemble   Pioneer Theatre Co.    

INTO THE WOODS     The Wolf    

Pioneer Theatre Co.

CRAZY FOR YOU, Wyatt     

Mainstage Productions L. L. C.

WEST SIDE STORY, Anxious    

Wolf Trap, National Tour

CAMELOT, ANNIE, GYPSY, ANYTHING GOES, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, CAROUSEL      

 West Virginia Public Theatre

PIPPIN, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY,

SOUTH PACIFIC, BIG 

- Gateway   Playhouse

BROADWAY PIZAZZ, Dancer 

Foot and Fiddle Dance Co.

KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN, Aurelio  

Venus Rising Theatre Co.

HELLO DOLLY!, OKLAHOMA!, WEST SIDE STORY

- Merry-Go-Round Playhouse

A CHORUS LINE, Paul        CAP21

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE GOES BROADWAY

- Lead Singer/Dance  Hersheypark Ent.

HIGHER EDUCATION:  

New York Univ. Tisch School of the Arts

Thom Patzner

NYCA

Music Theatre Student

SOUND ENGINEER

Sasha Piastro

NYCA Troupe Member

Summer Workshop

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE   / OPERA

FACULTY POSITION:

LYCOMING COLLEGE, Voice Faculty

SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY, Voice Faculty

BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY,  Voice Faculty

OPERA:

AMICI OPERA COMPANY

DJAMILEH        Djamileh Understudy

Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh

DON GIOVANNI       Zerlina

Center Stage Opera of Harrisburg

COSI FAN TUTTE       Despina

Emerald City Opera Young Artists Series

DEAD MAN WALKING, Pittsburgh Opera

CARMEN, Pittsburgh Opera Chorus

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, Pittsburgh Opera Chorus

ORFEO ED EURIDICE, The Ellis School, Pittsburgh

THE MAGIC FLUTE, Pamina    

Penn State Opera Theatre

SUMMER AND SMOKE, Alma    

Penn State Opera Theatre

THE CRUCIBLE, Abigail Williams    

Penn State Opera Theatre

DIE FLEDERMAUS, Rosalinda, CMU Mainstage Opera

CONCERT:

HANDEL'S MESSIAH

Soprano Soloist

The Messiah Choral Arts Society

Gilbert & Sullivan's IOLANTHE

Celia

Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra

Mozart's EXULTATE, JUBILATE  featured Soprano, Williamsport

ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH  featured Soprano,

Williamsport Symphony

THEATRE:

THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Nun's Chorus 

Pittsburgh Musical Theater

COMPETITIONS

NATSAA Young Artist Competition,

Pennsylvania State Winner

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Shenandoah Conservatory, DMA Program

Penn State, Vocal Masters Degree

Music Theater Bavaria     Oberaudorf, Germany

Carnegie Mellon University 2003 Graduate

BFA Vocal Performance

"Throughout my training as a performer, my greatest growth and most important experiences were had at the New York Conservatory for the Arts. I took dance (ballet, jazz, and tap), acting, and voice for four years at the Conservatory; participated in Troupe 1997; and performed in numerous musicals and recitals. The teaching and directing was excellent - easily comparable to the college-level instruction and professional experiences I have had since. But what was most important to me as a developing artist was the passion and dedication to excellence in the arts I observed from everyone who taught and performed at the Conservatory. Doug Farrell and Randy Conti cultivate that passion in their students so they can in turn be ambassadors for the arts."

- December 2007

Dieter Riesle

NYCA Repertory Company

SAG - AFTRA - AEA - AGMA

MUSIC THEATRE   / ACTOR

FILM & TELEVISION:

ROYAL PAINS

NBC Pilot; Dir.: Jace Alexander

MIRACLE OF ST. ANNA

Pow #2,  Dir.: Spike Lee

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

Herr Franck, Universal Pictures

Dir.: Rober DeNiro

THE FALLEN

Otto, Brooklyn Independent Studios

Dir.: Ari Taub

CHRISTMAS AND THE CIVIL WAR

Thomas Nast, Tapestry Independent Prod.

Dir.: Pamela Mason Wagner

AS THE WORLD TURNS

Dr. Franckel

NATIONAL TOURS:

THE IMAGINARY INVALID

Argan

National Theatre of Performing Arts

THE TALISMAN

Poponseed

National Theatre of Performing Arts

CINDERELLA

Footman & Ensemble

Jeffrey Seller - Producing Office

THEATRE:

MESSIAH

The Orderly

Millennial Arts Productions

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Oberon

The Angel Orensanz Foundation

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE

Bottom / Lucianus et al

T. Schreiber Studio

HIGHER EDUCATION:

John Cranko Academy

Stuttgart, Germany

Individual Studies with Many Others

Dieter as the Emcee

in NYCA's CABARET

Additional Role of Cardinal Richelieu

in THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Geoffrey Roecker

NYCA Theatre Company

ACTOR / SOUND DESIGNER /PHOTOGRAPHER

PRODUCER / DIRECTOR:

CO-FOUNDER

The Henge Theatre Company

SOUND DESIGN:

THREE SISTERS

Theatre of the Expendable

DEAD GUY

The Henge

ANCHORS

Living Image Arts

GET STUCK

Living Image Arts

THE TRAGEDY OF JOHN

Theatre of the Expendable

COMMITTED

Living Image Arts

HELLO, MY NAME IS . . .

Living Image Arts

THEATRE PHOTOGRAPHY:

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

ASSOCIATED ARTIST PROGRAM

Living Image Arts

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Vassar College

London Academy

of Music and Dramatic Arts

Frank Sansone

NYCA Troupe Member &

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE PERFORMER

THEATRE:

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

Ensemble

Gallery Players

Brooklyn, NY

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Gaston, Ensemble

Understudy for Gaston & The Beast

La Comedia Dinner Theatre,

Springboro, OH

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Marymount Manhanttan,

Current Music Theatre Major

"I have spent a lot of time at NYCA and it has helped me grow into the performer that I want to be. I began performing with NYCA in 2003 and have learned a vast amount in the theatre arts field, especially in dance, acting and voice, but have also been given the chance to learn a lot from a technical stand point as well. I have traveled with NYCA for three performance troupes which has helped me see the world and get an idea of what life is like to be a working actor. Now that I am 21, I study the performance arts at Marymount Manhattan College, a school that I probably would not be attending if it weren't for the support and knowledge that I have gained from NYCA. While I was at NYCA I learned how to audition for schools and how to show off my own personality as well as my talent. This summer I have traveled to Springboro, Ohio where I am working my first professional job, performing in Disney's Beauty and the Beast with La Comedia Dinner Theatre. Being away from home I have been able to realize the great qualities that I have picked up from working and learning at NYCA. I am a more well rounded performer, who is able to jump into any track in the show, understudying two leading roles as well as performing in the ensemble. I have learned how to be patient during grueling technical rehearsals, how to deal with fast costume changes, as well as how to be a respectful performer and person to everyone that I work with. For that is one of the best things about NYCA, it teaches students not only how to become a talented performer, but also how to become a well respected person that people will be begging to work with over and over again. Because of this, it is with great pleasure to say that NYCA has helped me become a confidant person that people want to work with and want to hire."    

- August, 2008

Michael Siktberg

NYCA Troupe Member

Summer Workshop

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE PERFORMER

THEATRE:

BARD AT THE LAKE

Blue Horse Repertory Co.

Demetrius

THE MUSIC ROOM

By Elizabeth Bove

Shortened Attention Span Festival

The Players Theatre, NYC

Role:  Realtor

PAJAMA GAME

Sharon Playhouse

CAROUSEL

Dance Captain        Tri-Arts

CATS        Munkustrap       

 Cumberland County Playhouse

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,

Cumberland County Playhouse 

 Understudy for the Beast, Wolf, Tavern Dancer,

Head Chef, Hat Seller

MY FAIR LADY, Yorktown Stage Theatre

PETER PAN, KJK Productions

THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY

Broadway Palm Theatre

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN & KISS ME KATE

 Broadway Palm Theatre

ANNIE, Rooster        Evergreen Dinner Playhouse

With  American Family Theatre, National Tour:

WE THE PEOPLE: Let Freedom Ring

Featured Performer

A CHRISTMAS CAROL,  Christmas Present

CINDERELLA, Prince Frederick

HIGHER EDUCATION:

The American Music and Dramatic Academy, NYC

Akia Squitieri

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

MUSIC THEATRE PERFORMER  DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

THE RISING SUN PERFORMANCE CO. Founder/Artistic Director

NEW YORK INNOVATIVE THEATRE AWARDS

Celebrating Off-Off Broadway

Company Manager

TECH THEATRE:
  
BLUE MAN GROUP OF NEW YORK

Astor Show Productions

Company Manager
 

NEW YORK THEATRE:
 

A'SPRESS

Horse Trade Theatre Group/Rising Sun Perf. Co. NYC

Tap Girl Point of You Productions/Producer's Club II
A MIDWINTER'S TALE
Tap Girl Point of You Productions/Producer's Club II
AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN   
Marianne/Jimbo The Douglas Fairbanks Theatre /RSPC
A ROYAL TOIL      The Queen St. Marks Theatre /RSPC
ALICE IN WONDERLAND      Queen of Hearts - Regional Tour
BABY WITH THE BATHWATER   
Nanny The Actors Playground Theatre/ RSPC
PURIM DAY      Kings Courtesan  Lamb's Theatre
MARCUS IS WALKING 
Anne/Jay The Actors Playground Theatre/RSPC
FRIENDLY FIRE  
Cat/Thunderbird Columbia Univ. Dramatists Society
MENTAL HEALTH & OTHER MYTHS
Kristen Beckmann Theatre/Lovecreek Prod.
UNDISCOVERED TREASURE     
Comedy Improv Ensemble @ The NY Comedy Club

FILM:
GO TIME    Bachelorette /Featured Independent Film
LASH   Featured LS Productions

DANCE:
Interactive Dancer Le Masquerade Entertainment
Interactive Dancer/Teacher Drew's Famous Party Music
Teacher/National Dance Week

Matt Stein

NYCA Troupe Member &

Music Theatre Student

SOUND DESIGN ENGINEER

Private Sound Studio Engineer

Stealth Studios

LI, New York

TECH THEATRE:

PAT METHENY GROUP

The Way Up Tour 2005

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Emerson College, Boston, MA

Sound Design

Cynthia Leigh Young

NYCA Victorian Caroler

Repertory Company &

Music Theatre Student

SAG, AFTRA. AEA

TELEVISION:

ANOTHER WORLD        Officer Carla Elliott         NBC

PULP COMICS         Heidi Fleiss Girl        

Comedy Central

NEW YORK UNDERCOVER        Linda  [Featured]

 FOX

FILM:

ABRACADABRA         Rita Ferullo

Abracadabra Productions

CREATIVE WRITING        Phyllis

Venture Productions, FL

THEATRE:

OBSESSION         Alma Mahler

International Talent Network NYC

FRACTURED         Anne

Harold Clurman Theater NYC

EXTREMITIES         Marjorie

Phil Boxakowski Theater NYC        

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Robert Patterson Studio Graduate

OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST:

Other Student Graduates of NYCA Programs who have or are

actively pursuing careers in the Theatre Arts are:

LINDSAY ANDRETTA, SARAH BIERSTOCK, HEATHER BENSON,

MICHAEL CLARK, RYAN CRIMMINS, CARA CRUICKSHANK, REBECCA FIELDS,

JOSHUA GURWITZ, ASHLEY KILBRIDE, CHASE MALLEN, MELISSA MATTHEWS,

DOROTHY 'DOT' PENZ TOMAN, SHARON PENZ, JILL ROSEN,

REBEKAH RUBENSTEIN, SIMMIE SERNAKER, MARISSA SILLNER,

GINA TRUHE, STEVE VAN VALKENBURG,

CASSANDRA WALKER, SEAN WHITEFORD & RANDI ZINN

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«   This past weekend, March 2009, GRETCHEN MARTINO was selected as female soloist for the 2009 ALL COUNTY  HONORS CHORUS.  She is a Vocal and Music Theatre Student at NYCA and also studies within the Kingston School System.

«   December 2009, NYCA Alumnus JOSHUA GURWITZ was featured as a solo vocalist in his first public performance with the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts Show Choir. 

«   Current NYCA Voice & Acting Student CHRIS SPAULDING'S performance won him ninth place out of 80 Acts at the  New York State Fair 2008 talent competition, which featured the top performers from all county fairs throughout New York State.

«   Current NYCA Voice & Acting Student CHRIS SPAULDING'S performance brought the audience to its feet at 2008 Dutchess County Fair talent competition.  The act brought in high marks from the contest's judges, area music professionals who awarded him first place for solo vocal act in his age category. 

«   ALAN & CHRIS SPAULDING, current NYCA Voice and Dance students, have been picked up by one of the Top New York City Broadway & Young Talent Agencies.

«   SARAH KRAMER-HARRISON, NYCA Alumnus and Berklee Graduate, has released her first solo album 'Here' produced with Johanna Hall.

«   AMY JOSCELYN (2nd Soprano) and EMILY GILDEA (1st Alto) NYCA Voice Students, have been selected as the only two voices from our community for MENC's All Eastern Honors Chorus and will perform at the Bushnell Auditorium in Hartford, CT in March of 2007.  MENC’s Eastern Division (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, US Military European Schools, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont) selects 96 students from the whole Eastern Division, 12 in each section, for the Honors Chorus.  Both students are also members of NEW YORK'S ALL-STATE HONORS CHORUS.

«    NOAH DEBIASE, NYCA Alumnus and NYU Graduate 2006, has been cast as a featured Knight in the Candlewood National Tour of CAMELOT.

«   Current NYCA Voice & Acting Students: ALAN  & CHRIS SPAULDING'S performance brought the audience to its feet at 2006 Dutchess County Fair talent competition.  The act brought in high marks from the contest's four judges, area music professionals who awarded the brothers first place for juvenile novelty act.  As a result of their county-level win, Alan, 13, and Christopher, 10, were invited to compete for the state title at this year's New York State Fair in Syracuse.  The brothers do commercial work, talent competitions and recordings locally.  Chris' Performance in 2007 as well earned a judge's decision of First Place.

«   A Dozen NYCA Vocal Students were featured in a singing voice-over for Pete Seeger's documentary in the Spring of 2006.

«   Long-time NYCA Summer Workshop Student JOSHUA GURWITZ has been accepted through the rigorous audition process into the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts Voice Department beginning Fall of  2006.

«   Current NYCA Student, DOV RUBENSTEIN (graduate 2006) was featured on MTV's MADE in January of 2005, along with NYCA Troupe 2005 members & NYCA Students.  Auditions were held at NYCA by MTV in the Summer of 2004.

«   Current NYCA Student, ALAN SPAULDING sang the National Anthem in Giant's Stadium for the NY MetroStars in October 2004 & April 2005.

«   Current NYCA Student, LINDSAY ANDRETTA sang the National Anthem for the NY Mets in Shea Stadium in October 2004 & September 2005.

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Graduates of the NYCA Theatre and Music Theatre Education Programs

have been accepted into the Performing Arts Departments of

Berklee College, Boston Conservatory, Brandeis University, C. W. Post College,

Carnegie Mellon University, Cincinnati Conservatory, Circle in the Square, Emerson College,

The Hartt School, Ithaca College, Marymount Manhattan College, Montclair College, The New School,

NYU Tisch / CAP21 , PACE University, Skidmore, Syracuse University, Wagner College,

AMDA and SUNY schools.

If you are a NYCA Student or NYCA Alumni who would like to know more about any of the companies or programs our alumni have worked with or attended, contact us via e-mail with your questions and we will try to have your questions answered or arrange a dialogue between you and our alumni.