ABOUT
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.
ADMINISTRATION
Sam Stein
Kate Boka
Beau Austin
Hannah Wilson
Gabi Ditto
Greg Garrison
FACULTY
Lindsay Lancaster
Head of Dance
Dancing with the Stars, X-Factor, America's Got Talent, Newsies
Tonna Miller
Head of Voice
Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd
Tony Yazbeck
Head of Film/TV, Tap
Flying Over Sunset, Prince of Broadway, Finding Neverland, On the Town, Chicago
Derek Klena
Song Interpretation
Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill, Anastasia
Justin Ramos
Music Director
Moulin Rouge, Here Lies Love, Dear Evan Hansen
Ryan Emmons
Resident Director
Water for Elephants, Kimberly Akimbo Matilda, Miss Saigon, Groundhog Day
Amanda LaMotte
Musical Theatre Dance
Once Upon a Mattress, Music Man, Kiss Me Kate, Hello Dolly, Matilda
Anthony Murphy
Voice, Song Interpretation
The Wiz, Diana
Terk Lewis
Ballet
In the Heights Movie, Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE
Rachel Hoffman
Casting Director - Industry Consultant
MJ the Musical, Beetlejuice, Come From Away, Diana, Frozen, Memphis, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, An American in Paris, Bring it On
Jimmy Ray Bennett
Improv/American Theatre
Hand of God, The Daily Show
Dr Ew
Hip Hop Dance
Midsummer: A Shakespearience, Radio City Spring Spectacular, Flashdance
Wes Krukow
Contemporary Dance
An American in Paris, Phantom of the Opera
Dee Tomassetta
Musical Theatre Dance
The Who's Tommy, Finding Neverland
Reed Luplau
Contemporary Dance
Moulin Rouge, Natasha Pierre, Fiddler
Sara Esty
Ballet
Phantom of the Opera, An American in Paris, West Side Story film, Fosse/Verdon
Jackie Burns
Song Interpretation
Wicked, Hair, If/Then