MTU Faculty
Jonelle Allen
Jonelle Allen made her Broadway debut when she was four years old in the revival Wisteria Trees starring Helen Hayes, Ossie Davis, Cliff Robertson and others at the New York City Center Theatre. Ms. Allen received a Tony nomination as Best Actress in a Musical and won the Drama Critics, Drama Desk, Theater World, and Outer Circle Awards for her performance as Silvia in the New York Shakespeare Festival production. Other Broadway credits include the original casts of Hair and George M, starring Joel Grey and Bernadette Peters. Ms. Allen has appeared in numerous feature films and television productions including Hotel New Hampshire, Cagney and Lacey, Hill Street Blues, Generations, Twice In A Lifetime for PAX-TV and Strong Medicine for Lifetime Network and she co-starred for six seasons on CBS-TV's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.Ms. Allen also wrote and starred in Harlem Renaissance: The Life of Florence Mills which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland last year.
David Anthony
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Marianna Giordano
Marianna is a dedicated performer, teacher and vocal coach. Ms. Giordano is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, with a double degree in vocal performance and music education. She has performed in many operatic roles in critical acclaim, and is also a veteran of leading roles in twenty of the most popular musical theatre productions. In addition, she has performed for President Ronald Regan and First Lady Nancy Regan and Prime Minister of England Lady Margaret Thatcher. Ms. Giordano has also performed for movie stars James Stewart, Sidney Poitier, Carol Burnett, and Hal Linden and has sung with John Raitt, Dale Kristien and Della Reese. She has been teaching since 1979 and specializes in vocal technique and audition and performance preparation. She has had six students go on to Broadway and Broadway national tour. Furthermore, 18 of her singers have worked professionally in Broadway musical theatre, opera, film and television, cabarets and cruise line headliners. Marianna has also had many vocal competition winners. She enjoys working with passionate students and educates them in all that she has learned in her own performing and life experiences.
KC Gussler
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Kerry Perdue
Kerry Perdue received her Master's Degree from the University of Southern California and trained with renowned acting coach Janet Alhanti who coaches Robert Duvall, Diane Lane, Tobey Maguire and Cher, among others. She is a television actress and has appeared on such shows as Will & Grace and Mysterious Skin and alongside such artists as Bill Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, James Ingram, Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes. In addition to acting work, Kerry has worked behind the camera in various capacities of the entertainment industry including Black Entertainment Television (BET), Paramount Pictures Producer Todd Boyd ("The Wood"), and as Key Costumer for Elisha Cuthbert, Academy Award-nominated Director Roland Joffe and Costume Designer Jennifer Marlin on the Lionsgate film "Captivity." Kerry is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and Actors' Equity Association (AEA).
Jeff Weatherford
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Guest Master TeachersShoshana Bean
Scott Alan
Jason Robert Brown
Jeff Marx
Teri Ralston
Stephen Schwartz
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