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Meet your tw2B All-Star Faculty! |
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Thommie Retter is the artistic director of This Way To Broadway, Live! He will bring his experiences from the worlds of Broadway, Music and Dance to This Way To Broadway, Live's Showbiz Kids. With his positive energy and passion for the entertainment business you can expect a memorable experience for everyone involved! Thommie is also a sought after dance coach in the NYC theatre community and has had a remarkable success rate with his showbiz kids landing roles on Broadway, TV and film.
Anthony Giunta
Feature Films: “CONTEST” (director/writer) premiered on Cartoon Network; winner Audience Choice award for Family Films at Mill Valley Film Festival;
Theater: “SKIN IN THE GAME” (writer/director) NY International Fringe Festival, Fringe Arts (Philadelphia), and inaugural Pittsburgh Fringe Festival;
Teaching: acting (private coaching – NYC & Philadelphia) / filmmaking (Project Twenty1 in Philadelphia & private coaching – NYC & Philadelphia);
Current 2018 Projects: development of a new feature-film, “EXPECTANT BROTHER” (director/writer/editor), two new short films, “COSTUME PARTY” & “DITCH DAY” (director/writer/editor) & developing a new full-length musicalplay, “WOULD I LIE?” (director, book writer, co-lyricist);
Beyond 2018: development of two new original feature-length films, “SO CALLED” & “ROMAN NUMERALS” (director, writer, senior editor) and a new full-length play, “JUMPING OFF POINT” (writer/director)
Feature Films: “CONTEST” (director/writer) premiered on Cartoon Network; winner Audience Choice award for Family Films at Mill Valley Film Festival;
Theater: “SKIN IN THE GAME” (writer/director) NY International Fringe Festival, Fringe Arts (Philadelphia), and inaugural Pittsburgh Fringe Festival;
Teaching: acting (private coaching – NYC & Philadelphia) / filmmaking (Project Twenty1 in Philadelphia & private coaching – NYC & Philadelphia);
Current 2018 Projects: development of a new feature-film, “EXPECTANT BROTHER” (director/writer/editor), two new short films, “COSTUME PARTY” & “DITCH DAY” (director/writer/editor) & developing a new full-length musicalplay, “WOULD I LIE?” (director, book writer, co-lyricist);
Beyond 2018: development of two new original feature-length films, “SO CALLED” & “ROMAN NUMERALS” (director, writer, senior editor) and a new full-length play, “JUMPING OFF POINT” (writer/director)
Laura Luc
A native New Yorker, Laura has worked around the world as a director, producer and casting director for theater and film.
Laura is the Founder & Artistic Director of KOTA Productions, a non-profit theater company based in New York City. The company has received five-star ratings from industry professionals and clients. Laura has directed & produced work at Signature Theatre, Theatre Row, The Pearl Theatre, Davenport Theatre, HERE Arts Center, Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, and the York Theatre, to name a few. Concerts have been held at The Triad, Symphony Space, and 54 Below.
Laura has been fortunate to work alongside some of the industries most talented professionals at The Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theatre, English National Opera in London, and on NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!". Her credits as a Casting Director range from large-scale events to award-winning films.
As one of the most highly recommended headshot photographers for young actors in NYC, Laura's clients are consistently booking the latest Hollywood films, Broadway shows, National Tours, national commercials, and print ads. Her passion for photography has led her to several music videos projects for rising artists.
Part of Laura's mission from day one was to give back through the arts. A two-time participant in the Broadway Sleep Out, Laura has helped raise funds to aid homeless youth by sleeping out on the streets of New York. Find out more about the organizations and charities she has partnered with to help those in need.
A native New Yorker, Laura has worked around the world as a director, producer and casting director for theater and film.
Laura is the Founder & Artistic Director of KOTA Productions, a non-profit theater company based in New York City. The company has received five-star ratings from industry professionals and clients. Laura has directed & produced work at Signature Theatre, Theatre Row, The Pearl Theatre, Davenport Theatre, HERE Arts Center, Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, and the York Theatre, to name a few. Concerts have been held at The Triad, Symphony Space, and 54 Below.
Laura has been fortunate to work alongside some of the industries most talented professionals at The Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theatre, English National Opera in London, and on NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!". Her credits as a Casting Director range from large-scale events to award-winning films.
As one of the most highly recommended headshot photographers for young actors in NYC, Laura's clients are consistently booking the latest Hollywood films, Broadway shows, National Tours, national commercials, and print ads. Her passion for photography has led her to several music videos projects for rising artists.
Part of Laura's mission from day one was to give back through the arts. A two-time participant in the Broadway Sleep Out, Laura has helped raise funds to aid homeless youth by sleeping out on the streets of New York. Find out more about the organizations and charities she has partnered with to help those in need.
Joseph Baker has been working as a conductor and pianist on and around Broadway for more than 20 years. Shows he has performed include: WICKED, SHREK, THE LION KING , BLOOD BROTHERS, THE LIFE, GRAND HOTEL, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, THE TAP DANCE KID, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, CATSKILLS ON BROADWAY, THE LIFE , FOOTLOOSE, and BELLS ARE RINGING. He has also done duties as Orchestrator, Vocal Arranger or Dance Arranger on shows as: BUBBLY BLACK GIRL, THE GREEN HEART, and FOOTLOOSE. Across the sea, Joseph has worked on the Japan tour of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS as music director and conductor. Since 1999 he has been a guest conductor, arranger, and music director for the HYUNDAI Theatre company in Seoul, Korea, performing their successful productions of TRIPITAKA, ANOTHER SUN and CHANG POGO there and all over the world. He has performed with several well-known artists, and especially enjoys work in the concert pops field. He has conducted for artists such as Helen Reddy, Petula Clarke, Art Garfunkel, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Jackie Mason, Carole King, and David and Shaun Cassidy. He has recently had some success as a composer and producer in film and TV, Composing the score for the smash hit documentary MAD HOT BALLROOM, and is Composer-Arranger–Producer for an exciting children’s TV series on Public Television WLIW called DITTYDOODLE WORKS. He also works as a recording music producer, and his work is currently on recordings by Jeremy Kushnier, (RENT), Petula Clark, Jonny Peterson, Steven Lutvak, and J. Mark McVey. His other “musical life” includes projects in his own midtown studio, and when not being a musical arranger, he arranges time with his children Rosemary and David Baker. He can be contacted at bakerboysmusic@gmail.com
Chip Fabrizi
is the engineer and owner of PPI Recording one of the longest running recording studios in NYC. He also holds a degree in percussion and has played drums and percussion on many of the tracks he's recorded. Some of his recording credits include,“TREVOR”, Academy Award, A & E Documentaries, “CHUCK JONES”, Emmy “LARRY FLYNT: The Right to be Left Alone”, “THE HEIRESS”, Tony Award, Numerous Broadway and Off Broadway Shows. Mr. Fabrizi has engineered, mastered, produced and performed on over 200 CDʼs. He has recorded with Roberta Flack, Phoebe Snow, Mickey Dolenz, Paul Newman, Kathleen Turner, Marvin Hamlisch, John Kander and Walter Marks, "I Gotta Be Me", just to mention a few.
Jeorgi has been working within the performing arts industry since the age of five and has performed in multiple commercials, films, regional theater, and Off-Broadway. Some of her favorite theatrical credits include The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl), Little Women (Beth March), Trelawny of the Wells (Rose Trelawny), and Young Frankenstein (Inga). When not performing, Jeorgi enjoys working as a professional teaching artist, choreographer, and director for KOTA Productions, Kids to Kids, and Morris Plains Borough School. This past year, Jeorgi directed High School Musical Youth Production at Theatre Row, choreographed Annie Warbucks Off-Broadway at the Signature Theater, and assistant directed the world premiere show, Dance Divas Nutcracker Off-Broadway at Theatre Row. This summer, Jeorgi participated in the Stage and Screen Sleep Out for The Covenant House as a part of Team KOTA. Jeorgi is beyond excited to be working with Retter Entertainment's winter production of This Way To Broadway! FDU BA: Acting. www.jeorgismith.com
