Ginger Merritt

Ginger Merritt has been on the faculty of Broadway Training Center for 13 years wherein she has taught Musical Theatre Dance and Tap and has choreographed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She has worked three summers with Long Lake Camp for the Arts as choreographer wherein she choreographed Chicago, West Side Story, and Footloose.She has work with NCT during two summer camps and two of our Mainstage musicals.  Ginger has performed all over the world in such shows as 42nd Street and Fiddler on the Roof wherein she has worked with Broadway choreographers, Randy Skinner, Sammy Dallas Bayes. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Dance from Wagner College.

Kathy Deitch 

Kathy Deitch's credits include the Broadway productions Footloose & Wicked, the regional production of
Silence! The Musical, the European Tour of Hair, and
the National Tour of Wicked. Kathy also has an extensive
list of credits in TV and Film including, The Big C ,Co- Star (Showtime) Law & Order Guest Star (NBC/Universal TV), Cupid, Guest-Star (ABC Television), and Going the Distance, Proud Mom (New Line Cinemas). Kathy was seen in the musical Chess at the award-winning company Musical Theatre Guild in Los Angeles, California. Most recently, Kathy has been seen in American Horror Story as Young Ethel  (Fox)  and  Magic Mike XXL.



Abbey O'Brien

She has performed in the Broadway musicals Spamalot and Pal Joey.  She performed in Mack and Mabel at Lincoln Center and has been seen in the TV shows Smash and The Apprentice. She also worked as a Radio City Rockette! Abbey has choreographed for numeruos regional theatres.



 Curtis Schroeger

Tuck Everlasting (World Premiere) at Alliance Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage and the Goodspeed Opera House (Dance Captain/Fyedka), Aladdin & Thoroughly Modern Millie at The Muny.  Broadway Tours: Disney’s Mary Poppins, Lincoln Center’s South Pacific, Topol/Harvey Fierstein’s Fiddler on the Roof, NY City Center Encores Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Featured in the opening of the 65th Tony Awards. Florida State MT alum.



Ashley Arcement

Grease, Broadway 2007-2009
[Musical, Comedy, Revival]           

Marty - Replacement

Patty Simcox - Replacement

Cha-Cha Di Gregorio - Replacement

Swing: Ashley Arcement - Replacement 



James Patric Moran

James Patric has extensive credits in theatre TV and film, and we are thrilled to have him join the Upstage family. In theatre he has appeared on Broadway, and in National and International tours. His roles include Fred Casely in the Tony Award winning revival of Chicago, Riff in West Side Story, Bobby in A Chorus Line, and Lank in Crazy for You. His TV and film credits include Ghost Voyage, Charmed, Mad-TV, Guiding Light, Jack and Jill, The Grasslands, Scent of a Woman, and Malcolm X.

His dance career has led him to dance with, and opposite, some of the dancing world's premiere dance talents including Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth, Anne Reinking, Charlotte D'Amboise, Caroline O'Connor, Ben Vereen, and Usher. James Patric recently choreographed LACHSA'S award winning production of Chicago; his other choreography credits include Hair, Rent, Hairspray, and numerous music videos. He has also appeared dancing on such shows as Nikki, Dancing With the Stars, and America's Got Talent.



Timothy Quinlan

15 year member of Actors Equity Association,Timmy is originally from Northampton, MA; and is a graduate of Wagner College, Staten Island, NY. He has clocked in over 1,000 performances of Jersey Boys. Other performing credits include National tours of The Who's Tommy, Grease, and Gypsy; as well as the Broadway company of Footloose. Timmy is a founding member of Cornelius and Barnaby Productions. 1, 2, 3...