Teaching Artist

Michael Iskander

Michael was born in Egypt and came to the United States when he was nine. He started learning English after coming to the U.S. Michael enjoys playing piano and guitar and writes/produces songs in his free time. Michael was honored to win the regional awards program Spirit of the M.A.C.Y. Awards in Orange County for…

Miguel Gil

Miguel Gil (He/Him) is so incredibly honored and excited to make his Broadway Debut in Kimberly Akimbo! He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and moved to Orlando, Florida where he grew up. Miguel was a 2021 Jimmy Awards nominee. Most recently he was Amos Hart in Chicago at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing…

Justin Cooley

Justin Cooley is making his Broadway debut with Kimberly Akimbo, after originating the role of Seth in the off-Broadway world premiere. A musical theatre student at Texas Christian University from Kansas City, he was a part of the 2021 Jimmy Awards and was featured as a finalist. He has starred in several shows around the…

Ray Lee

RAYMOND J. LEE currently appears in the Broadway production of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. Other Broadway credits include Aladdin, Anything Goes, Groundhog Day, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Mamma Mia! Film/TV credits include Marriage Story, Ghost Town, “Succession”, “Billions”, “Red Oaks”, and “Smash”.  Voiceover credits include projects for Dreamworks, Netflix, and Penguin…

Kimberly Immanuel

Kimberly makes her Broadway debut as a swing in the Original Broadway Cast of Back to the Future: The Musical! Other credits include Nessarose on the National Tour of Wicked, the dance captain, swing, and understudy for Eurydice and Fates 1 & 2 on the First National Tour of Hadestown, Peggy Sawyer in the freshly updated revival of 42nd Street at…

Blakely Slaybaugh

Blakely (he/him) is a NYC-based performing artist whose work has been seen globally with NBC, Target, French fashion brand Hermés, Cirque du Soleil, on Broadway and on Broadway Tours. Blakely won the prestigious Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his portrayal of Prez in The Pajama Game at the two-time Tony Award winning Arena Stage…

Daryl Tofa

Daryl Tofa is currently appearing on Broadway in Back To The Future. He was last seen on Broadway in Mean Girls and in the pre-Broadway production of The Outsiders at La Jolla Playhouse. Regional shows include The Music Man at the Kennedy Center, the new musical Other World at Delaware Theatre Company and several shows…

Ted Arthur

Ted Arthur is a New York-based Music Director.  He’s currently the Music Director of Back to the Future on Broadway.  Ted is also the International Associate Music Supervisor for Moulin Rouge! and just finished working on the North American Tour, Germany and Korea productions this past year. He was the Music Director for Diana on Broadway and the Associate Music Director…

Jonalyn Saxer

Jonalyn Saxer is currently appearing in Back To The Future on Broadway. She recently starred as Karen in the first national tour of Mean Girls after appearing in the original Broadway cast in the ensemble and as an understudy for Karen, Cady, and Regina. She was seen as a Jet girl in the Steven Spielberg…

Erika Henningsen

Erika Henningsen is best-known for her work on Broadway, originating the role of Cady Heron in the 2018 Tony-nominated musical, Mean Girls, for which she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. She also won a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female) for her work. She made her Broadway debut as Fantine…

JoAnn Hunter

JoAnn M. Hunter has 20 Broadway shows to her credit as a Choreographer, Associate Choreographer and Performer.Choreography: Broadway – Bad Cinderella, School Of Rock (Bdway, US Tour and West End, Australia), Disaster, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Broadway Bound. National Tour/Regional: Ever After (Alliance Theatre), World Premiers of August Rush with John Doyle, Beatsville by Glenn Slater, A Sign Of The Times by Bruce…

Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman has emerged over the past decade as one of the leading defenders of high school shows that are challenged over content concerns and face censorship and cancellation. He was recognized as one of the Top 40 Free Speech Defenders in 2014 by the National Coalition Against Censorship and received the “Defender” award from the…

Ginger Meagher

Ginger Bartkoski Meagher (she/her) is the Director of TDF Education Programs. She works with a remarkable team of teaching artists and educators to support classroom teachers in delivering quality arts education and opportunities to see live performances. She is responsible for TDF’s programming for 11,000 students and core education programs for middle and high school…

John Rapson

John Rapson currently stars as Beadle Bamford in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd, opposite Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. A Michigan native, John grew up loving theater and obsessed with all things scary. When he first discovered Sweeney Todd, it felt like coming home. It still does. Broadway/Off-Broadway: Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street), Between the Lines. He originated…

Kevin Cahoon

Kevin Cahoon currently stars as Peanut in Shucked on Broadway, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. He plays Earl Clark on FOX’s “Monarch.” Broadway: The Who’s Tommy, The Lion King, The Rocky Horror Show, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Wedding Singer. Off-Broadway: Hedwig and The Angry Inch (also Boston, San Francisco, Edinburgh), The Foreigner(Roundabout – Lortel nomination), The Wild Party (MTC), How I…

Matt Kraus

Matt Kraus is an Emmy Award winning sound designer, who has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world. Broadway: Kathy Griffin Want’s a Tony, Liza’s at the Palace…!  Off-Broadway: Caucasian Chalk Circle (Classical Stage Company, Macbeth, Trojan Women (Classical Theatre of Harlem, AUDELCO nominations), Forever Dusty (New World Stages), Fat Camp- The Musical, Lone…

Japhy Weiderman

Japhy Weideman, is a Five Time TONY Nominated Lighting designer that creates lighting environments for theater, opera, and other live events. His designs have been presented extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.  Broadway credits include: Dear Evan Hansen (The Music Box), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (The Lunt-Fontainne), Significant Other (The Booth), Bright Star (The…

Rory McGregor

Rory McGregor is a British theatre director currently based in New York City. He has served as Associate Director for the world’s leading theatre directors including Sam Mendes, Julie Taymor, Rupert Goold and Carrie Cracknell. Recent credits include The Lehman Trilogy (Broadway, Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. and London’s West End), Ink (Broadway), Sea Wall/A Life…

Erica Jensen

Erica Jensen is a casting director at and co-owner of Calleri Jensen Davis. Her 20-year plus career with partners James Calleri and Paul Davis spans film, television, regional, off Broadway and Broadway theater. Casting credits include shows for Actors Theater of Louisville, Classic Stage Company, Rattlestick Theater, City Theater, McCarter Theatre, People’s Light and Theatre,…

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