Faculty and Staff

Sara Hart
sarahart@metropolitanarts.org
Executive Director
Music Theatre Department Director | iMpulse Artistic Director | MT, Jazz, & Tap Faculty
Sara graduated from New York University with a Bachelor in Music. Performance credits: High Button Shoes (assist. dir/ensemble) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (assistant dir., dance capt., Martha) at Goodspeed, The Wizard of Oz (assistant dir., dance capt., and Ensemble) at NCT, and Mame (Ensemble) at Northshore Music Theatre. Associate Director/Choreographer Credits: How to Succeed in Business w/o Really Trying (Goodspeed), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Dallas Theatre Center and Cape Playhouse), Pirates of Penzance, Barber of Seville, & Carousel (Virginia Opera), and Off Broadway’s Great American Trailerpark Musical workshop in NYC. Sara served as Assistant Choreographer for Ringley Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth. Sara returned to NYU to teach and choreograph mainstage productions (110 in the Shade & The Merry Widow). At MSA, Sara has directed: Wizard of Oz, Annie, Beauty & the Beast, Grease, Hook, Mirror Mirror, Footloose, Toy Stories, Alice in Wonderland, Enchanted, Wonka, Wreck It!, The Metropolitan World Tour, The Royal Revue, A Night at the Met, and Utopia. She has been the Artistic Director for iMpulse jazz company since it began in 2008. Her students have been accepted to some of the top performing arts schools in the U.S. to include: Boston Conservatory, CCM, Chapman, Elon, Pace, Point Park, NYU, OCU, Roosevelt, Shenandoah, Texas State University, & University of Michigan. Many students are now performing on Broadway, traveling with National Tours, and training with top companies.

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Vic Adebusola
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David Arce
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Jacob Bennett
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Marion Blasch
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Kasey Borden
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Jessica Braxton
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Howard Breitbart
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Cameron Brooks
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Colleen Buck
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Silvia Burstein-Hendi
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Harriet “Renee” Campbell
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Kendall R. Cherry
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Shu-Chen Cuff
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Samantha DeMocker
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Carrie Dodson
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Jacqueline Doherty
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Darcey Geissler
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Aimee Gervacio
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Heather Gifford
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Paul Grosvenor
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Naomi Hill
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Louise Hislop
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Jennifer Hopkins
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Roger C. Jeffrey
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Kim Jones
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Lesley Kowalski
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Lucia Lanave
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Alicia Landry
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Layklyn Landry
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Melanie Latrash
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Rosie Matthews
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Bobby McCoy
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Valerie McNamara
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Michelle Michaels
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Matt Nall
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Julie Navarrette
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Caroline Nielson
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Kirsten Noetzel
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Brianne Pena Seranno
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Claire Percoco
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Aiyana Pringle
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Sam Ramatowski
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Charles Renato
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Caroline Rocher Barnes
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Annie Russ Orth
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Chris Saunders
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Ansley Seiffert
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Raven Sellers
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Lesley Shearer
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Chelsea Shocknesse
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Lauren Sterlacci
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Allie Strehle
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Breanna Swetland
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Linda Tai
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Ana Tomioshi
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Irene Tsai
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Elycia Woodham
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Founder and Board Of Directors
Robert Borden
Annie Bennett
Anna McDonald
W. Lee Meeks
Denise Oberndorf
Lenora Odom
Dyson Richards
Renate Thompson
Melissa Dobbs – Founder