Previous Guest Artists

It all started at McCallum...

• Broadway Star Adam Pascal (Memphis, Aida, Cabaret, Chicago, Rent)- Auditioning For Musical Theatre

• Olesya Rulin famous for her role as Kelsi in the Disney High School Musical film franchise- The Spiritual Care of the Performing Artist

• Emmy award-winner Allen Robertson workshopped his new TYA musical Tortoise & Hare with our advanced Musical Theatre students

• Jon Hacker, National Tour of Newsies and Broadway company of Jersey Boys- 16-Bar Auditions & Musical Theatre Dance

• Catherine Weidner, Head of Theatre, Ithaca College- Meisner Technique & College Audition Prep.

• Broadway Performer Cody Wiliams (On The Town, Cinderella, Memphis)- Acting The Song

• Roger Del Pozo, New York Film Academy- Acting For Film

• Blake Babbitt, New York Film Academy- Acting For Film

• Internationally-Acclaimed Physical Theatre Company Action Hero- Physical Theatre & Movement

• Broadway Veteran Dave Clemmons (Les Mis, Scarlett Pimpernel, Civil War) Founder, Dave Clemmons Casting- College Audition Prep.

• Internationally-Acclaimed Performance Artist Carla Goldman- Devising Theatre

• Professional Film & Stage Actor Aaron D. Alexander, BFA University of Texas- Stage Combat: Hand to Hand & Rapier

• Jelani Remi, Electra Weston, and 14 Members of the Cast and Crew of the National Tour of The Lion King- Professional Theatre Practices

• Union Broadway Technician Jeff Miller- Guest Sound Design

• Award-winning Austin Actress Lara Wright, American Academy of Dramatic Arts- Guest Director, Trenchcoat In Common, You Can't Take It With You, The Man Who Came To Dinner

• Master Teacher Beryl Knifton- Guest Director, Rumors, Halequinade, The 39 Steps, Billy Liar, Dialects

• Adam Roberts, master's degree in music and college teaching certificate from the Florida State University and undergraduate degrees from Kent State University and Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music- Guest Musical Director, Contemporary Broadway and Pop/Rock Vocal Technique

• Patrick W. Anthony, MFA Lighting Design, The LIR- Guest Lighting Designer

• Court Watson, MFA Scenic & Costume Design, NYU- Scenic & Costume Design from Page to Stage

• Founder of Austin-Based Nationally-Acclaimed Experimental Theatre Company Rude Mechs Madge Darlington- Devising Theatre

• Northwestern University X-Factors- Pop/Rock Musical Theatre Performance

• Shana Merlin and Sarah Marie Curry, Merlin Works Institute for Improvisation, ZACH Theatre- Musical Improv

• Scott Vandenberg, Lighting Faculty at Texas Sate University- Guest Lighting Designer

• McNally Smith College of Music- Vocal Jazz

• Christine Ferguson, BFA Musical Theatre, Texas State University- What Is My Type?

• Michelle Hache, MA Voice, The Julliard School, BFA Voice, Okahoma City University- Guest Director, Cyrano The Musical

• Adam Miller-Batteau, BFA Acting, University of Michigain- Guest Fight Director, Cyrano The Musical, Animal Farm

• Patrick Shaw, Managing Director, Rude Mechanicals Off Center Teens- Devising Theatre

• Nick Mayo, Broadway and Juilliard Alum- Staying Generous and Stanislavsky's Given Circumstances

• Shawn Churchman, Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, Oklahoma University- College Audition Prep.

• Ramón Valdez, Assistant Director of Admissions, University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts- The College Theatre Experience

• Joe Deer is Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre and Director of The Musical Theatre Initiative at Wright State University- College Audition Prep

• Molly Fox, Professor of Anthropology, UCLA- Writing for the Musical Stage

• Frank Cortez, Union Stage Hand, The Long Center-Professional Rigging Practices

• Dr. Ana María Tekina-eirú Maynard- Puerto Rican History: From Tainos to West Side Story

• Connor Jameson Casey, Peter, Finding Neverland National Tour- Life On The Road/Auditioning in Musical Theatre

• Omar Abdullah, Artistic Director, ComedySportz Austin, Showcase Improvisation

• Mary Anna Austin Dennard, THE College Audition Coach- College Auditions

• Michael Trautman, International Variety Entertainer, Delsarte Movement Method

• Maira Montez- Commercial Dance

• Gerran Reese, American Musical and Dramatic Academy- Body Projection

• Angelique Lio, Open Jar Institute- Auditioning in Musical Theatre

• Tim Evanicki, The College Audition- College Auditions

• Lee Lobenhofer, Broadway Alum, Faculty LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts- Acting

• Anthony Pearson, Beetlejuice on Broadway- Lighting & Technical Design

• Sean Patrick Doyle, This Sitter, The Boxtrolls, Broadway- Multi-Cam Sitcoms

• Haley Podschun, Broadway- Original Broadway Choreography: Hello Dolly

• Billy Tighe, Broadway- Original Broadway Choreography: Pippin