Roger Ainslie

Roger has been a professional actor and teacher for over 25 years.  He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity, and has appeared on a number of television shows, including iCarly, House MD, and House of Cards, acting opposite Emmy and Oscar winners.  A graduate of Second City Conservatory, he has extensive experience in
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Malinda Powers

Malinda Powers, hailing from Chipley Florida, is a proud graduate of University of Mobile, where she earned both a Master of Arts in musical theatre and a Bachelor of Music in musical theatre. During her undergraduate studies, she traveled with Voices of Mobile from 2017 to 2019. She has taught classes, camps, and directed children’s
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Shadoe Valentin

A Southwest Florida native, Shadoe Valentin has been involved in music and theatre for over 20 years with blended credits in both Opera and Musical Theatre. Shadoe serves as the Director of Production and Administration where he works heavily with operas and shows, securing production licenses, venue locations, managing box-office, and coordinating production season guest
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Barbara G. Haines

As an internationally experienced ballerina and ballet master, I have earned valuable interdisciplinary theatre based experience over the past 30 years. I have had the opportunity to perform in classical, neo-classical, and contemporary productions as a principle and chorus dancer produced by prominent choreographers such as Maurice Bejàrt. The invaluable experience gained through my professional
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Dr. Andy Wood

Dr. James A. (Andy) Wood is the managing partner of the LifeVesting Group in Mobile, Alabama, providing executive leadership coaching, consulting, counseling and communication services to clients worldwide. As a university professor, he has taught nearly 500 sections over 17 years at every level in various institutions. He also has 32 years of church ministry
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Dr. Lori Guy

Hailed by Opera News as an “excellent mezzo,” Indiana native Lori Guy has created a diverse career for herself by training and singing in operas, operettas, and musical theater productions. Lori has sung a variety of roles, including Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Mother in Ragtime, Zita in Gianni Schicchi,
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Dr. Kathryn Hedlund

Dr. Kathryn Hedlund serves as Associate Professor of Music in Voice at the University of Mobile. Dr. Hedlund is in her ninth year of college teaching, and taught voice privately before joining the UM faculty. She is a training member of Alexander Technique International, working towards teacher certification. Dr. Hedlund has given workshops and adjudicated
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Stewart Hawley

Stewart has published five articles which appear in Fight Master, Asian theatre Journal, Quidditas, Christianity and Theatre. He has worked as a Fight Director for the Rome Shakespeare Festival, Harvest Theatre. He has been in the following movies: Who:, Memoirs of a Godfather, TV series Swamp Murders, and Several commercials, and the AD Players.
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