THE GROUP THEATRE TOO, LLC ~ New York, New York

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MICHAEL BLEVINS [Program Director & Principal Instructor] Mr. Blevins is originally from East Tennessee. He attended the University of North Carolina, majoring in Acting and Dance and continued his studies in the performing arts at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has appeared in several Broadway productions including, "Bring Back Birdie", Neil Simon's "Little Me", and the Tony Winning "Tap Dance Kid" in which he created the role of "Winslow". Favorite Regional Theatre credits include: Andrew in "Love Letters", with Constance Shulman, the Emcee in "Cabaret" with Beth Leavel, and Johnny Burton [role written for Blevins] in "Drumwright" with two-time Tony winner John Cullum. Major film roles include a bit in "Zelig", and a supporting role in the screen biography "Chaplin", yet he is most widely known for his portrayal of Mark in the movie "A Chorus Line". For over 25 years he has sustained and international teaching career and he most recently directed and choreographed the NY revival of "Seesaw" Off-Broadway at the Connelly Theatre. He has been hailed by National Thetre Critic, Peter Filichia as "A wizard of a director/choreographer!" Please visit: www.michaelblevins.com

JUSTIN BOCCITTO [Associate Program Director & Instructor] Mr. Boccitto currently serves on the guest faculty at The Juilliard School, Broadway Dance Center and Circle in the Square Theatre School. Boccitto is the resident director/choreographer for Circle in the Square Musical Theatre program with credits including "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and "Tenderloin" which was raved by Theatre Critic, Peter Filichia, as �stylish and confident�. Other choreography credits include: "George M. Cohan: In His Own Words", "The Seven Little Foys" (NY Fringe Festival), "Side Show" (Westchester Broadway Theatre), "Singin� in the Rain" (MacHaydn Theatre). Performing credits include: The Metropolitan Opera, The Willow Cabin Theatre Company, Papermill Playhouse, New Jersey Tap Ensemble and The Drama League's "Salute To Chita Rivera". Justin serves as Executive Producer for The Group Theatre Too, a theatre collective in Manhattan that has produced revivals of "Seesaw", "Tape", "Vanities", "Love Letters", the new musical "Count To Ten" (NYT Winner: Best Play) and Generation Tap, hailed by Dancer Magazine as "never skipping a beat". Please visit www.justinboccitto.com.

RYAN GREGORIO [Asst. Program Director & Instructor] Mr. Gregroio is a Group Theatre Too company member and has extensive musical theatre experience with Off-Broadway credits including: Julio in "Seesaw" (Group Theatre Too) and Orsino in "Twelfth Night" (Provincetown Playhouse). Other credits include: Tony in "West Side Story", Jack in "Into The Woods", Arthur in "Camelot", John Adams in "1776", and Rum Tum Tugger in "Cats", Francis in Gemini" and Angelo in "Measure for Measure". Ryan is a graduate of the noted Centenary Young Performer�s Workshop under the tutelage of Michael Blevins and is currently training at NYU�s Shakespeare Youth Ensemble. In 2008 Ryan performed in GTT�s Choreographer�s Canvas, as part of Generation Tap and also appeared as Timmy in "The Subject Was Roses" at the JCCT (Equity Production). He currently resides in New York City and serves as principal instructor for GTT�s One-Act Playhouse Jr. educational program in residence at P.S. 75 on Manhattan�s upper west side. Please visit: www.ryangregorio.com

NICKY ROMANIELLO [Instructor] is a graduate of New York City's LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and is a founding member of The Group Theatre Too. Past credits include "Urban Cowboy: The Musical" First National Tour (Windwood Theatrics), "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Urban Cowboy" (Gateway Playhouse) "West Side Story" and "Show Boat" (Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre) "42nd Street" and "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" (Ocean City Theatre Company), "The Menhattans" (Carnegie Hall) "War and Peace" (Metropolitan Opera), "Tape" (Group Theatre Too, NYC), "Count To Ten" (Group Theatre Too, TN) as well performances at the White Plains Performing Arts Center and West Virigina Public Theatre. Nicky is a member of the New York tap company, Generation Tap, who has performed at Tap City, Queens Theatre in The Park and Circle in The Square.


THE GROUP THEATRE TOO, LLC
Artistic Director
MICHAEL BLEVINS
Executive Producer
JUSTIN BOCCITTO
609 W. 196th St. #5D | New York, NY 10040 | Tel: 212-665-0360 | Fax: 509-471-6057
[email protected] | www.grouptheatretoo.org

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