Teaching Artists
Winter 2015
Judy Blazer began her career as a young singer in opera, oratorio, and recital in New York City and throughout Italy. She moved into Broadway theater with leading roles in Me and My Girl (Sally), A Change in the Heir (Prince Conrad), Titanic (Lady Caroline), Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds from Broadway (Cindy), and a major role in LoveMusik (Brecht’s mistress), directed by Harold Prince.
Off-Broadway, Judy has appeared in Candide (the Old Lady) and Sweeney Todd (the Beggar Woman) with the New York City Opera, Hello Again (as the Nurse, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination) and The House of Bernarda Alba (Magdalena) for the Lincoln Center Theater, The Torch Bearers (Florence) for the Drama Department, Richard Greenberg’s Hurrah at Last (Gia) at the Roundabout Theater, and the New York City Center Encores production of A Connecticut Yankee (Alice/Sandy). She also performed a solo piece for Primary Stage’s Inner Voices series, David Simpatico and Josh Schmidt's Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle, directed by Jonathan Butterell.
In regional theatre, Judy has played the title roles in Funny Girl at the Sundance Theater, The Miracle Worker at the George Street Playhouse, My Fair Lady at the Paper Mill Playhouse, the Pittsburgh CLO and the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle, Peter Pan at Artpark, and The Night Governess at the McCarter Theater in Princeton. She portrayed Luz in Giant at the Signature Theater in Washington, DC, Lily Garland in On the Twentieth Century with the American Musical Theater of San Jose, Maria in Twelfth Night at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, and Flora in No Way to Treat a Lady at the Cape Playhouse. In the Spring and Summer of 2012 she took on the role of Vera in the Goodspeed production of Mame; in 2013, the role of the fiery Maria Merelli in the Paper Mill Playhouse and Bay Street Theater productions of Lend Me a Tenor, and in 2014, Joanne in the Pittsburgh Public Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim's Company.
Judy has sung at the Metropolitan Opera as a soloist in Twyla Tharp’s Everlast with the American Ballet Theater and has performed in concert at Lincoln Center and the Public Theater in New York. Since 2004 she has starred as Bessie Thomashefsky in Michael Tilson Thomas’s touring concert documentary The Thomashefskys, which has been performed with the New World Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, and the New York Philharmonic. She has been a guest on the recordings of Mandy Patinkin and the celebrated violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, as well as a featured artist on over twenty recordings of varied genres.
Judy's film credits include song and voice characterizations for the animated films Anastasia (1997), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997), and Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night (1998), the latter with songs by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. She also played a major role (Chris) in Shelly Silver's critically acclaimed art film, The Houses that Are Left (1989). On television, Judy has been seen in Law and Order (both as Defense Attorney Simon and as convicted murderer Clara Porazzi), As the World Turns (Ariel), Guiding Light (Marissa), and as a featured artist on three PBS specials: Leonard Bernstein’s New York, In Performance at the White House, and - in March 2012 - Great Performances: The Thomashefskys.
Bi-lingual in Italian and English, Judy has sung and coached in several languages. She wrote the Italian lyrics to Fabrizio's song in Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza as well as finalizing all the Italian dialogue in the published book and lyrics. While playing Maria in the Long Wharf Theater's production of Twelfth Night (set in Ischia), Judy also worked as the show's Italian coach and dramaturg; and, most recently (2013), she was the Italian dialect coach for both the Paper Mill Playhouse and the Bay Street Theatre's productions of Lend Me a Tenor. judyblazerstudio.com
Off-Broadway, Judy has appeared in Candide (the Old Lady) and Sweeney Todd (the Beggar Woman) with the New York City Opera, Hello Again (as the Nurse, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination) and The House of Bernarda Alba (Magdalena) for the Lincoln Center Theater, The Torch Bearers (Florence) for the Drama Department, Richard Greenberg’s Hurrah at Last (Gia) at the Roundabout Theater, and the New York City Center Encores production of A Connecticut Yankee (Alice/Sandy). She also performed a solo piece for Primary Stage’s Inner Voices series, David Simpatico and Josh Schmidt's Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle, directed by Jonathan Butterell.
In regional theatre, Judy has played the title roles in Funny Girl at the Sundance Theater, The Miracle Worker at the George Street Playhouse, My Fair Lady at the Paper Mill Playhouse, the Pittsburgh CLO and the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle, Peter Pan at Artpark, and The Night Governess at the McCarter Theater in Princeton. She portrayed Luz in Giant at the Signature Theater in Washington, DC, Lily Garland in On the Twentieth Century with the American Musical Theater of San Jose, Maria in Twelfth Night at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, and Flora in No Way to Treat a Lady at the Cape Playhouse. In the Spring and Summer of 2012 she took on the role of Vera in the Goodspeed production of Mame; in 2013, the role of the fiery Maria Merelli in the Paper Mill Playhouse and Bay Street Theater productions of Lend Me a Tenor, and in 2014, Joanne in the Pittsburgh Public Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim's Company.
Judy has sung at the Metropolitan Opera as a soloist in Twyla Tharp’s Everlast with the American Ballet Theater and has performed in concert at Lincoln Center and the Public Theater in New York. Since 2004 she has starred as Bessie Thomashefsky in Michael Tilson Thomas’s touring concert documentary The Thomashefskys, which has been performed with the New World Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, and the New York Philharmonic. She has been a guest on the recordings of Mandy Patinkin and the celebrated violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, as well as a featured artist on over twenty recordings of varied genres.
Judy's film credits include song and voice characterizations for the animated films Anastasia (1997), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997), and Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night (1998), the latter with songs by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. She also played a major role (Chris) in Shelly Silver's critically acclaimed art film, The Houses that Are Left (1989). On television, Judy has been seen in Law and Order (both as Defense Attorney Simon and as convicted murderer Clara Porazzi), As the World Turns (Ariel), Guiding Light (Marissa), and as a featured artist on three PBS specials: Leonard Bernstein’s New York, In Performance at the White House, and - in March 2012 - Great Performances: The Thomashefskys.
Bi-lingual in Italian and English, Judy has sung and coached in several languages. She wrote the Italian lyrics to Fabrizio's song in Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza as well as finalizing all the Italian dialogue in the published book and lyrics. While playing Maria in the Long Wharf Theater's production of Twelfth Night (set in Ischia), Judy also worked as the show's Italian coach and dramaturg; and, most recently (2013), she was the Italian dialect coach for both the Paper Mill Playhouse and the Bay Street Theatre's productions of Lend Me a Tenor. judyblazerstudio.com
Kathy Morath Broadway credits include Joseph Papp’s Pirates of Penzance and Nick & Nora. Off-Broadway has appeared in the role of The Girl in The Fantasticks, Personals, The Wonder Years and David Ives’s All in the Timing, among others. Regionally has played leading roles at the Guthrie Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Dallas Theatre Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Barter Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Wolf Trap and the Kennedy Center. TV and film credits include Law & Order, Walker: Texas Ranger, Alice in Concert, Hostage, All My Children and General Hospital. Kathy recently created the role of Jodi in the world premiere of the new musical The Bikinis at ReVision Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ. She has also served as an adjudicator for the National Endowment for the Arts. Previous teaching credits: Paper Mill Playhouse, The Norris Center for the Performing Arts, The Artist’s Crossing, Sing Smart Act Smart, private studio. Degrees, Studies and Affiliations:
B.A. Semiotics, Brown University The Neighborhood Playhouse SAG/AFTRA/AEA
B.A. Semiotics, Brown University The Neighborhood Playhouse SAG/AFTRA/AEA
Mark Redanty is the President of BRS/Gage Talent Agency. BRS/Gage is an established full service bi-coastal agency, working exclusively with signed clients in Film, Television and Theater. Mr. Redanty has overseen the New York office since 1986 and has worked as an agent in New York for the past 35 years. In addition to his successful agency career, Mr. Redanty has been a guest lecturer at many Universities, Conferences and professional training schools around the country. He frequently visits and offers master classes at Schools including; Carnegie Mellon University, Boston Conservatory, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Conservatory, Oklahoma City University and his Alma Mater, Ithaca College.
Christopher Stephens has been music director, pianist, and singer for many shows including Day Dreaming: Channeling Doris Day (Blank Theater in LA, The Zipper Factory), Shout! The Mod Musical (off-Broadway; recording on Rhino Records), Captain Louie (off-Broadway), Screams of Kitty Genovese (NY Musical Theatre Festival), Burly-Q (Amas), Equinoxious (Joe’s Pub), A Bridge Across Time (The Alley in Houston), Lucky Stiff (Sage Theater NYC), Was (premiere), States of Independence (premiere).
Christopher has served as pianist for Catherine Fitzmaurice, Phil George, Ricky Ian Gordon, Liz Kaplan, Tina Landau, Kathy Morath, Teri Ralston, Emily Skinner, Meri Sugarman (Tara Rubin), and Joseph Thalken. His teaching credits include Act & Art (Buenos Aires), AMDA, Artestudio (Mexico City), Auburn University, Broadway Triple Threat, HB Studios, NYU, Pace University, ProJazz (Santiago), Wright State University, Torggler Vocal Institute, Sing Smart Act Smart Youth (adriellebelle.com), Uruguayan Musical Theater Congress, and Utah Conservatory. He is an Upright Citizen's Brigade-trained improviser with roles on two web series, Dominatrix Breakroom and City of Dreams. A private voice teacher and coach in New York City, Christopher is a graduate of the University Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Christopher has served as pianist for Catherine Fitzmaurice, Phil George, Ricky Ian Gordon, Liz Kaplan, Tina Landau, Kathy Morath, Teri Ralston, Emily Skinner, Meri Sugarman (Tara Rubin), and Joseph Thalken. His teaching credits include Act & Art (Buenos Aires), AMDA, Artestudio (Mexico City), Auburn University, Broadway Triple Threat, HB Studios, NYU, Pace University, ProJazz (Santiago), Wright State University, Torggler Vocal Institute, Sing Smart Act Smart Youth (adriellebelle.com), Uruguayan Musical Theater Congress, and Utah Conservatory. He is an Upright Citizen's Brigade-trained improviser with roles on two web series, Dominatrix Breakroom and City of Dreams. A private voice teacher and coach in New York City, Christopher is a graduate of the University Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Past Teaching Artists
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Jack Allison
Seth Barrish Joseph Bates Ellen Beckerman Jen Bender Laura Bergquist Gary Briggle |
Diane Ciesla
Theresa McCarthy Lee Merrill Martin Moran Barney O'Hanlon Dale Rieling |
KJ Sanchez
Mark Simon Cheryl Stern Joseph Thalken Sally Nystuen Vahle Jessica Tyler Wright |
