PART TIME FACULTY

Carl Dean (Musical Theatre Styles II), B.A., University of Montevallo; Artistic Director, Magic City Actors Theatre of Birmingham

Natalie Dixon, M.M. in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University

Therese Laeger (Ballet), B.A. Birmingham Southern College

Jen Nelson Lane, Actors Equity Association (Theatre Management, Stage Management, Introduction to Theatre), M.F.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Charlotte Lantz (Dance Styles) holds a B.F.A., West Virginia University and teaches a range of dance classes to UM theatre majors. She also choreographed our production of A CLASS ACT. Charlotte has extensive directing and choreography credits across the USA and has taught dance in the Birmingham area at UAB and Samford University.

Alisa McCool, MFA Dance; Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. (Ballet, Jazz and Guest Choreographer on PIPPIN, fall 2011).

Diane McNaron (Voice Lessons), M.M., Florida State University

Amy Murphy (Voice Lessons), B.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Abe Reybold (Society of Directors and Choreographers, AEA). Abe is a professional actor and director/choreographer who has worked at theatres around the US, and has directed and choreographed extensively in Birmingham for the Birmingham Children’s Theatre and Red Mountain Theatre Company, among others. Abe has also served as a judge for the AL state SETC preliminary auditions. He will be teaching an Audition Techniques class in spring 2011 at UM as well as a dance workshop in fall 2010.