Teaching Artists

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  Jason Michael Webb

  Broadway Music Director, Arranger, and Composer
  Jason Michael Webb

  Broadway Music Director, Arranger, and Composer

  Biography:

  Featured Instructor

  Jason Michael Webb has extensive experience as a professional Musical Director, having worked on Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy (Broadway, 2019), John Doyle’s The Color Purple(Broadway, 2016 Tony-Award for Best Musical Revival, 2017 GRAMMY and Daytime Emmy Awards); Cynthia Erivo (U.S./Canada); and the Brooklyn Tabernacle (six-time Grammy Award-winning choir). He has acted as associate musical director for (Broadway): Motown: The Musical, Violet (also additional arrangements),Leap of Faith, Memphis.  Webb was the Music supervisor for Disney’sFrozen: Live at the Hyperion(Anaheim, CA; also arranger/adaptor); and Pasek & Paul’s The Greatest Showman (20th Century Fox). 

  
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  Ruben Del Valle Jr.
  Ruben Del Valle Jr.

  Biography:

  Ruben Del Valle, Jr. was born and raised in NYC, but now resides in Nebraska with his wife Melissa and son Samuel.  He holds a BFA in Musical Theater from AMDA/The New School, and an MFA in Acting from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in NYC.   In New York, Ruben has appeared on Broadway in The Lion King as Young Simba, was featured in a Musical Theater Works benefit concert, and originated the role of Jack Scott in Disney’s stage version of High School Musical. He has also performed in numerous workshops and staged readings in NY, and went on tour with Theater Works, in a production of Freedom Train playing Harriet Tubman’s brother David.  Ruben has also worked and performed in Kentucky with Jenny Wiley theater.  He has been a theater and dance instructor to students of all ages. Most recently he was an adjunct professor at Minnesota State University Mankato in the Theater and Dance Dept.  He is now and Adjunct Professor at Nebraska Wesleyan in their Theater Dept. and teaches dance at Chase Dance in Lincoln.  He would like to thank Sasha Dobson and the Lied for this opportunity and is excited to work with the future of theater.

  
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  Allison Macri
  Allison Macri

  Biography:

  Allison Macri is fresh off the North American Tour of The Sound of Music where she played Sister Margaretta. Most notably, she appeared in the movie-musical The Last 5 Years as Carole Ann. Regional credits include Jenny Lind, Barnum; Maria, West Side Story; Mabel, Pirates of Penzance; Fiona, Brigadoon; Marian, The Music Man; Hodel, Fiddler..; Narrator, Joseph… Allison holds a Post Masters - Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy along with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from NYU after she received her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from Ithaca College. When not performing, Allison teaches voice and acting in her private studio and has previously taught at New York University and Seton Hall University, www.allisonmacri.com