Gary is the broadcast business development director for Audio-Technica based in Stow, Ohio. His team is dedicated to promoting A-T’s professional broadcast products to pro users and resellers as well as observing current broadcast workflows for new product designs. Gary’s background at Audio-Technica includes roles as an applications engineer and product manager. Prior to that he was a freelance audio and video tech. Gary has a B.A. in electronic media production
from Ashland University as well certifications in product management and IP audio.

Brent is a Broadcast Sales Engineer at Audio-Technica, focuses on developing new accounts with broadcasters, production companies, rights holders, channel partners, and service providers. His ten-plus years at A-T have been focused on technical support of all A-T products. He has also participated in the summer and winter games to support the implementation of A-T products for the host broadcaster. He is a multi-faceted engineer and musician. He loves to capture sound from behind an audio console just as much as creating music in front of a microphone. His passion for audio has driven him to embrace various roles within the industry. He advocates for audio education and continually applies his interests and skill set to diverse audio-related projects. He has delivered training to the next generation of audio professionals at many institutions, including CRAS, SAE Institute NY, and Harvard University.

Inda Blatch-Gieb’s work as a costume and production designer for over 1,000 theatrical, commercial, and film releases has spanned 40 years and crossed 4 continents. Production and Costume Design has included commercials for Krylon, Bryant & Stratton, Footlocker, The West Virginia Lottery’s national award-winning campaigns, The Ohio Lottery, Microsoft, Under Armor, McDonalds, TroyBuilt, Meijer, and The Original Mattress Factory as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 1970’s and 1980’s themed videos, national spots for the team, and design for on court half-time shows including their mascot shield design and pyrotechnic sword. Live performance and festival design include Machine Gun Kelly’s US and European
Tours as well as ESTFEST and Wolstein Arena productions. Specialty projects include microphone stand designs for MGK and Bear. Print designs have included set styling for Harper’s Bazaar UK Scarlett Johansson cover and spread as well
as catalogue set styling for Foundations and Kilgore Trout. Additionally, Ms. Blatch-Geib’s designs have been showcased in exhibits at The Smithsonian Institute with film projects including Ohio Art Direction of The Signal staring Laurence Fishburne and Production and Costume Design of The Con. Theatrical Design includes Production & Costume Design for the special Broadway Production of Kris Kringle, The Musical, Costume Design for the Cleveland Play House production of Native Gardens, as well as multiple productions for the Colombian National Opera. Music Video Production and Costume Design include Machine Gun Kelly’s Alpha Omega and Let You Go releases. Locally, Inda has been the Resident Designer for Karamu House, Cleveland Public Theatre, Magical Theatre Company, and Cleveland Institute of Music. Her company, Inda Blatch-Geib Designs, offers Costume & Production Design services as well as Prop, Set, and Costume rental and custom fabrication.

Born and raised in Northeastern Ohio, Dan Hoy is a Broadway actor and vocal coach with over a decade of professional experience spanning some of the most demanding and celebrated stages in the world. His work includes Broadway, off-Broadway, national tours, television, and international productions — with credits including Harmony, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Cats, Masquerade,and a wide range of concerts and regional engagements. A proud alumnus of
Baldwin Wallace University, Dan holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Theatre and a Pedagogical Certification from New York Vocal Coaching.

But Dan’s biography is only part of the story. What he brings into the room is the perspective of someone who has lived the audition process, navigated the pressures of professional performance, and learned how to translate that experience into something both practical and transformative.

In this masterclass, Dan brings his performing expertise directly into the studio, offering vocal, acting, and audition coaching for both current and future professionals. Whether you’re preparing for your first audition or refining years of experience, this is a space designed to meet you where you are — and push you further.

Dan’s teaching is rooted in an individualized approach, drawing from a range of vocal philosophies — including Bel Canto, Estill, and CVT — and applying them to each student’s unique instrument and artistic goals. No two voices are alike, and no two sessions are the same.

At the heart of his philosophy is a simple idea: strong vocal technique should feel like a foundation, not a ceiling. When the mechanics of the voice become second nature — when breath, resonance, and placement no longer require conscious effort — the real work of acting can begin. Intention, emotion, and storytelling come forward, and the voice becomes the vehicle rather than the obstacle.

Technique as foundation. Storytelling as priority.

Todd is a freelance scenic designer in northeast Ohio. He’s been designing for 30 years and holds a BFA in scenic design. In addition to professional theater, Todd works with many community theaters and manages big shows on small budgets.

Jenny(She/Her) paints as a scenic artist throughout Northeast Ohio. She is currently on staff as Scenic Charge for the Cleveland Playhouse and is the resident scenic charge for Near West Theater. She has taught scenic painting at Baldwin Wallace University and regularly paints their main stage shows. She loves how close the Ohio theater community is and has painted for CMA’s Parade the Circle, Cleveland Opera Theater, Blank Canvas, Inlet Dance, Ballet Theater of Ohio, Carousel Dinner Theater, Sign Stage, Chagrin Arts Academy, and more. She is excited to have recently painted the drop for the newly launched touring show “What do you do with a Problem” for Inlet Dance company.

Tari hasworked for the Dramatists Guild of America for over 25 years and was recently named Managing Director of Membership & Outreach. She has represented the Guild at conferences around the globe, including KC/ACTF, BroadwayCon, the Austin Film Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Colorado New Play Summit, and the Association for Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). Before joining the Guild, Tari worked as an actress and/or theater administrator at theaters across the country. She also taught Theater at Fordham University in New York City. She is an alum at Kent State University and Wayne State University.

Michael London is a playwright and the director of the Ohio Playwrights Circle. He studied playwriting and the Theatre in a variety of settings, including the Royal Academy of dramatic Arts in the UK and Ohio State University in the USA. He has a Master of Arts in Screenwriting for Television and Film from Royal Holloway, University of London in the UK.

His plays have been performed in the US, the UK and Canada. His bioplay on Charles Chaplin, SMILE, was a feature presentation at the international Juste Pour Rire / Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada and the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival in Scotland. In 2007 he received a variety of awards for his unique 3-dimensional novel, DEAREST. In 2010 he received a silver medal Award from the Publishers Association of the West, for design & editing of a 3-dimensional edition of the Jane Austen novel, “Lady Susan.” Mike is currently Playwright-in-Residence with the Benjamin Franklin House in London, UK. He has taught playwriting in a variety of theatrical, university and community settings. He is a member of the International Society of Dramatists and the Authors League of America.

Kelly has been a member of the design/tech faculty at Bowling Green State University since 2009. She teaches courses in scenic construction, scenic painting, stage management, and an occasional specialty class in furniture construction. As a member of the department production team, she designs two to three shows a year, serves as prop master and scenic artist for all the departmental shows, and mentors and supervises the stage managers and backstage crews. Before working at BGSU, Kelly worked professionally in the areas of props, scenic art, and scenic design for over 20 years. She served as prop master and resident scenic designer at Stage One, The Louisville Children’s Theatre for 18 years before making the transition to academic theatre. She has also served as prop master at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, Mount Holyoke Summer Repertory Theatre and as scenic artist for Chicago Scenic Studios, Scenic View, Tamara Backdrops, and Funkhouser Backdrops. She recently served as technical editor for the book “101 + Tips and Tricks Every Prop Master Should Know” with author Ben Hohman of the Utah Shakespeare Festival. She received her bachelors in Theatre and Education from The University of Missouri-Columbia and her MFA in Scenic Design from Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota.

David is an actor and director who teaches both at CaseWestern Reserve University. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous feature films and television shows. He has performed opposite several Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning actors including Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Regina King, Jon Hamm, Taraji P. Henson, and Martin Landau. He made his film debut in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan and has appeared in episodes of Grey’s Anatomy,
Dexter, House, and Mayor of Kingstown, among others. On stage, he performed locally at the Cleveland Playhouse, Dobama, Beck Center for the Arts and None Too Fragile. Regionally, he has appeared at The Chautauqua Theatre Company and South Coast Repertory Theatre in Orange County, CA. As a director, his most recent production was the playLettice and Lovage at Clague Theatre. He has also directed locally at None Too Fragileand Beck Center for the Arts, as well as directing numerous productions at the Maltz Performing Arts Center for the Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater.Favorite productions he has directed at CWRU include The Harvest, SilentSky, The Moors, Stop/Kiss and Almost Maine.

Megan has over 10 years of fundraising experience in the Greater Akron area. Beginning as grant writer at Junior Achievement and spending her career in both the arts and education, Megan has a variety of experience to share. Megan has a Master of Arts in Literature and a Bachelor of Arts in English from The University of Akron and has spent most of her career in the nonprofit sector. Her passion for helping others drives her to share what she knows to help her community thrive.

Alexis is an Intimacy Director, Fight Director, Director and Movement Specialist based in the Midwest region. She is an enthusiastic advocate for consent work, equity and safety in the rehearsal hall, classroom and performance. A fight, movement and intimacy director, she travels nationwide and abroad, choreographing regionally, in New York City, Europe and Asia. She is a certified teacher in the Michael Chekhov Physical Acting technique and a level one Margolis Method instructor, with additional movement expertise in viewpoints, mask work and contact improvisation.

Her intimacy direction and consent work has most recentlybeen featured at Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Hope Repertory Theatre. Her fight direction and movement consultation has been featured at such venues as the Denver Center of the Performing Arts, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Virginia Repertory Theatre, and she assisted on fight choreography for Broadway shows Fool for Love (2015) and Macbeth (2022).

Alexis holds an MFA in Movement Pedagogy from VirginiaCommonwealth University. She is proud to be implementing consent and safety protocols for stage management, faculty and performers at Michigan State University, where she is an Assistant Professor of Movement, Acting and Stage Combat. She is an instructor of Level one and Level two certification courses and “Stage Managing Intimacy” with IDC. She is a member with the Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC), the Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) and Actors Equity Association (AEA).