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

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Sam Stein
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Kate Boka
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Beau Austin
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Hannah Wilson
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Gabi Ditto
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Greg Garrison

FACULTY

Lindsay Lancaster
Lindsay Lancaster

Head of Dance

Dancing with the Stars, X-Factor, America's Got Talent, Newsies

Tonna Miller
Tonna Miller

Head of Voice

Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd

Tony Yazbeck
Tony Yazbeck

Head of Film/TV, Tap

Flying Over Sunset, Prince of Broadway, Finding Neverland, On the Town, Chicago

Derek Klena
Derek Klena

Song Interpretation

Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill, Anastasia

Justin Ramos
Justin Ramos

Music Director

Moulin Rouge, Here Lies Love, Dear Evan Hansen

Ryan Emmons
Ryan Emmons

Resident Director

Water for Elephants, Kimberly Akimbo Matilda, Miss Saigon, Groundhog Day

Amanda LaMotte
Amanda LaMotte

Musical Theatre Dance

Once Upon a Mattress, Music Man, Kiss Me Kate, Hello Dolly, Matilda

Anthony Murphy
Anthony Murphy

Voice, Song Interpretation

The Wiz, Diana

Terk Lewis
Terk Lewis

Ballet

In the Heights Movie, Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE

Rachel Hoffman
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
Jimmy Ray Bennett

Improv/American Theatre

Hand of God, The Daily Show

Ted Keener
Ted Keener

Ballet and Pilates

Phantom of the Opera

Dr Ew
Dr Ew

Hip Hop Dance

Midsummer: A Shakespearience, Radio City Spring Spectacular, Flashdance

Lizz Picini
Lizz Picini

Musical Theatre Dance

Elf, Chorus Line, Chicago, Singing in the Rain

Marisa Merliss
Marisa Merliss

MELT Method

Wes Krukow
Wes Krukow

Contemporary Dance

An American in Paris, Phantom of the Opera

Dee Tomassetta
Dee Tomassetta

Musical Theatre Dance

The Who's Tommy, Finding Neverland

Reed Luplau
Reed Luplau

Contemporary Dance

Moulin Rouge, Natasha Pierre, Fiddler

Hayley Podschun
Hayley Podschun

Song Interpretation

Wicked, Hello Dolly!, Something Rotten, Chaplin, Anything Goes

Sara Esty
Sara Esty

Ballet

Phantom of the Opera, An American in Paris, West Side Story film, Fosse/Verdon

Jackie Burns
Jackie Burns

Song Interpretation

Wicked, Hair, If/Then

Christine Cornish Smith
Christine Cornish Smith

Musical Theatre Dance

Kiss Me Kate, Chicago

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