Recent Guest Artists
Evan Kasprzak, BFA Music Theatre, '10, Broadway Disney's Newsies and SYTYCD top 3
Otis Cook, Dancer with Pilobolus, Momix and Circe de Soleil
Marianne Challis, NYC Voice Teacher
Casey Erin Clark, BFA Music Theatre '04, Actor
Dave Clemmons, NYC Producer, Casting Director & Audition Coach
Bill Damaschke, BFA Music Theatre, '86, DreamWorks Producer
Amanda Dehnert, BFA Music Theatre '94, Director
Kevin Dunn, BA Theatre '77, Television/Film Actor
Scott Flaherty, NYC Voice Teacher
Harlan Hogan, BA Theatre '68, Voice-Over Actor
Richard Jenkins, BA Theatre '69, Film Actor/Academy Award Nominee
Penny Ayn Maas, BFA Music Theatre '87, Actor/Choreographer
Matt Miller, Chicago Director/Casting Director
Terry O'Quinn, Television/Film Actor
Stephanie Pizzo, Choreographer
Dr. Patricia Raine, Director/Voice Teacher
Richard Robichaux, Television/Film Actor & Camera Coach
Lawrence Rush, Composer, Lyricist & Librettist
Marilee Talkington, Actor
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Don Pippin - Conductor/Director/Vocal Arranger
Pippin has conducted, directed the music and served as vocal arranger for more than two dozen Broadway shows, including the original production and 2006 revival of A Chorus Line, Applause, Cabaret, Mame, La Cage aux Folles and Applause. His musical direction has earned him a Tony Award for Oliver!, an Emmy Award for Great Performances: Broadway Sings Jules Verne, the Drama Desk special award, and a gold record for the original cast album of A Chorus Line. Pippin has guest conducted major symphonies and Pops orchestras, and was musical director for 10 years with Radio City Music Hall. Full bio -
Ron Raines - Actor/Concert Performer
Raines was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as “Ben Stone” in Follies. Most recently he appeared in Newsies and as “Daddy Warbucks” in the Broadway revival ofAnnie. Raines also earned three Emmy nominations for his portrayal of “Alan Spaulding” during the long-running CBS daytime program Guiding Light.
As a concert performer, Raines has appeared as a soloist with symphony orchestras across the country, and has performed with the Boston Pops, the BBC Concert Orchestra in London, and the Royal Philharmonic. Full bio
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Lawrence Rush - Composer/ Lyricist/ Librettist
Two time Richard Rodgers Award finalist, Lawrence Rush has brought one of his epic musical award finalists, Winter of the Fall , to the IWU School of Theatre Arts. The musical, recounting the fall of the 1989 Ceauşescu regime in Romania, will receive its first ever workshop treatment from IWU students in the Spring 2009 semester to be performed before a live audience and the composer at the end of the term. Full bio -
Dave Clemmons - Casting Director/ Producer/ Actor
Head of Dave Clemmons Casting and of casting for Wildhorn Productions, Dave Clemmons also tours the country visiting some of the nation's top universities and training programs to give workshops and seek up and coming musical theatre talent. Clemmons has also enjoyed great success on the Broadway stage in The Civil War, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Les Miserables . Clemmons visited IWU during the 2008 academic year to give a workshop on auditioning for musical theatre and to talk about current trends in Pop and Rock singing. Full bio