GROUP THEATRE TOO
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SARAH BELL ~ JUSTIN BOCCITTO

MICHAEL BLEVINS
DIRECTOR
GTT Artistic Director/Co-Founder

MICHAEL 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 Schulman, the Emcee in "Cabaret" with Beth Leavel, and Johnny Burton in "Drumwright" with two-time Tony winner John Cullum. Other work includes appearances in a slew of National and International TV commercials, plus network television shows and specials including the "Tony Awards Show", and a regular spot on the ABC series "The Nashville Palace". 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".

Blevins feels fortunate having worked for many Tony and Academy Award winning Directors and Choreographers including Sir Richard Attenborough, Joe Layton, Woody Allen, Vivian Matalon, Peter Gennaro, Danny Daniels and Bob Fosse. He has performed with a wide variety of top-notch performers including Chita Rivera, Michael Douglas, Andy Griffith, Donald O'Conner, Diane Lane, Victor Garber, Brooke Sheilds, Savion Glover, James Coco, Bebe Neuwirth, Jane Krakowski and Robert Downey, Jr. He has been featured on "Good Morning America" for ABC-TV and on the covers of "Dance Magazine" and "USA Today".

Mr. Blevins is also an accomplished Director/Choreographer having choreographed the Off-Broadway production of "The Mad Forest" for the Manhattan Theatre Club and several national TV commercials for "Days Inn", plus music videos for redording artists Melba Moore and Amy Grant. He has lent his choreographic assistance to a long list of network television specials including "How To Be A Man" with Scott Biao for CBS and "The Country Music Awards" with Charlie Daniels and Barbara Mandrell for NBC. He has Directed and Choreographed the National Tours of "Babes In Toyland", "Aladdin", and "Tom Sawyer" for the American Family Theatre. Most recently he was comissioned to create "American Sampler: 100 Years of Musical Theatre Dance" for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center as part of their state-wide Theatre Academy for public school children.

Michael Blevins is a highly respected and experienced teacher having sustained an International teaching career for over ten years. Along with Gwen Verdon he co-founded the MTW Academy the only young people's Musical Theatre program run by a professional Off-Broadway theatre company. Former child students include: Broadway and film actress Melissa Errico, Broadway's and TV's Alfonso Ribeiro of "Fresh Prince" fame and Tony Award winner Savion Glover. He has been a resident teacher for New York University's Tisch School of the Arts exclusive studio program. Other teaching engagements have been with NYC's Broadway Dance Center, Summerfest Ballet Conservatory, Public School Systems in New York state, NYC, and New Jersey, the Tennessee Association of Dance, Georgia State University, Nebraska Dance Teachers Association and the Folkuniversitete Balettakademien under the artistic direction of Lia Schubert in Gothenborg, Sweden. He currently holds the distinct honor of training Sean Fosse, grandson of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon.

Presently he spends his weekends as Artistic Director for the noted Centenary Young Performers Workshop a professional musical theatre training program for young people, housed by the Centenary Stage Company, an Equity theatre in residence at Centenary College. Blevins is also the Artistic Director for the Group Theatre Too a New York based theatre collective. He continues to pursue his career as an actor and most recently appeared in a NYC Equity Staged Reading, of a new play, "Murder On The Sea Bird" written by noted scripter Mary Orr who penned the magazine article and play "The Wisdom of Eve" on which the famous film "All About Eve" was based.

Directed by MICHAEL BLEVINS

Centenary College Little Theatre
400 Jefferson Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840

Limited Engagement - February 14th, 2005 only

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GROUP THEATRE TOO
a theatre collective
Justin Boccitto, Executive Producer ~ Michael Blevins, Artistic Director
Board of Artistic Advisors
Mercedes Ellington ~ Nicole Fosse ~ Mallory Graham ~ Maurice Hines ~ Bernard Kaplan ~ Theodore Mann ~ Bettye Morrow ~ Chita Rivera ~ Sue Samuels
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