Guest Artists

Many highly acclaimed national and international professional actors, directors, playwrights, choreographers, scenic and lighting designers collaborate annually at ONU. The artists also teach master classes so that every student has the opportunity to learn from them. Many students have gained internships or full time employment by working with the guest artists while they were in residence here. The list includes:

Phil Reno

John Bucchino- NYC Cabaret Songwriter
Robert Perry- NYC Lighting Designer
Joe Tilford – Scene Designer and Dean of the School of Design & Production at North Carolina School of the Arts
Paul Weimer- NYC Set Designer and First Assistant to the Scenic Designer of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera
Vello Laanemaa and Kai Vaarandi- Estonian Scene Designers and Silk Artists
Julie Cartier- Chicago Choreographer and Co-Artistic Director for Especially Tap Chicago
Norb Joerder- NYC Director/Choreographer and Director for Camelot with Robert Goulet (Broadway and National Tour)
Michael Unger- NYC Director
Priit Raud- Estonian Choreographer and Head of the Estonian Dance Center
Ken Alexander- Scottish Director and Artistic Director of the Byre Theatre in St. Andrews, Scotland
Mary- Mitchell Campbell- Broadway Music Director and Supervisor, Vocal Coach, and Orchestrator (Beauty & the Beast, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Company)
Gavin Creel - Broadway and Screen Actor (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mary Poppins, La Cage aux Folles, Elloise at the Plaza, and Eloise at Christmastime)
Phil Reno- Broadway Conductor, Music Director and Arranger (The Producers, The Drowsy Chaperone, Thou Shalt Not, Cats, Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance)
Victoria Clark-Tony Award Winning Actress, Director, and Screen Actor (The Light in the Piazza, Titanic, Sunday in the Park With George, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Guys and Dolls, Urinetown, Cabaret, Bye, Bye Birdie, The Cradle Will Rock, The Happening)