artist bios


“Life is a progression of becoming who we are.”
― J.R. Rim

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EMO SÁNCHEZ


ERIC MARK OLSON-SÁNCHEZ PADILLA is a NYC based stage director, playwright/lyricist, Equity actor, acting coach and teaching artist. He is the Founder & Producing Artistic Director of Three Act Theatre Company and most recently directed and choreographed the new musical, The Curious Contents of Christie’s Wastebasket, for the Emerging Artist Theatre New Works Series at TADA! Theater in NYC. He teaches both adult professionals as well as ages 8-18 for the NYC DOE where he’s been part developing theatre and musical theatre programs in numerous Middle and Performing Arts High Schools across the city. As a writer, his most recent full-length original musical A Brand New World had it’s NYC run at Theatre Row in July 2018.

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Kevin A. Smith


KEVIN A. SMITH is a NYC based professional music director, vocal coach and teaching artist. Most recent work includes Next To Normal, A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Fully Monty, Gypsy, Urintown, Cabaret, and numerous productions of Into The Woods and Mamma Mia around the country. He is currently Musical Director for The Sound of Music at Northern Stage this holiday season.