Our Team

OUR TEAM

IAMT hires only the best instructors with real industry experience

Across the entire range of our faculty, we look for people who have been on Broadway stages and seen behind the curtain. That starts at the top with the Director.

Michael Minarik

Owner, Director & Head of Acting

Michael is a three-time Broadway performer in Les Miserables, Rock of Ages and Matilda. He also performed at the Tony Awards in 2009 and introduced the musical Cinderella at the Tony’s in 2013. Mr. Minarik has performed lead roles on 4 national tours including The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom Soloist), Phantom (Phantom), Urinetown (Bobby Strong) and Little Women (John Brooke) and leads in numerous regional theater productions. Mr. Minarik has also sung for the NY Yankees 13 times as a soloist during Playoffs and Opening Day games.

Not only a successful performer, Michael has also produced musicals on and off Broadway. He has a Tony Nomination as an associate producer of the 27th longest-running musical in Broadway history, Rock of Ages. The show ran for almost 6 years with multiple incarnations around the world.

As a lead producer, Michael also took the musical Fat Camp from an idea to winning "Best of the Festival" in 2009. He brought the show to a workshop then to Cleveland for an out of town tryout then to the ATA theater off-Broadway for a limited run which garnered rave reviews.

He has seen the entire process of how a show makes it to Broadway, how it stays there, and is profitable. It's this combination of producing and performing that makes Michael uniquely positioned to prepare the next generation of performers. Broadway is a business as well as an art form and aspiring young performers are best positioned for success when they can combine both of those perspectives.

You can hear Michael talk about his experiences and philosophy of education on this recent episode of MTCA's Mapping the College Audition podcast.

ADMINISTRATION

Kacey Gritters

General Manager

Kate Boka

Director of Admissions

Hannah Lauren Wilson

Social Media Manager

Gabi Ditto

Executive Assistant

FACULTY

The faculty we hire to deliver our curriculum is entirely comprised of professional singers, actors, and dancers, all of whom have had a career in theatre or film/TV and in many cases, are currently working in Broadway shows. Facilitating a direct connection to what is happening on today's New York stages is at the heart of what we do. Attending IAMT means not only receiving the best training from the best trainers and performers, but also being able to start your professional network in the center of Broadway.