| Executive Artistic Director |
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 Janet Erlick
Executive Artistic Director
Janet is the Executive Artistic Director of award-winning Fort
Lauderdale Children’s Theatre where she oversees both the
administrative and artistic components of the theatre. She has been in
that position since 1999 and has worked at the theatre since 1990. She
teaches, directs and acts in the community and developed the theatre’s
comprehensive outreach program that now serves over 32,000 people each
year. That program includes A Bridge From Me to You conflict resolution and character education program for public school fifth graders, From Page to Stage
in-school literacy program and an Arts Infusion Program for classroom
teachers to learn how to infuse the arts across the academic curriculum.
She created partnerships with many cultural and social service
organizations throughout South Florida. In one such partnership, she
facilitates creative expression workshops for Deliver the Dream, a
respite and retreat program for families dealing with a terminal
illness. Janet also works with special needs and at-risk populations,
leading workshops at mental health facilities, residence centers for
juvenile offenders, and independent living programs. Currently, she
serves as the Chair of Broward County’s Cultural Executives Committee
and as a member of the Cultural Council of Broward. She is a Leadership
Broward graduate and is active on many of their committees. A former
recipient of the City of Hope Businesswoman of the Year Award, Janet is
Past-President of the Florida Theatre Conference and former board member
of the Florida Association of Theatre Education and Ancestral Legacies
in addition to serving as a member of the Advisory Council for Justice
for Children and Families and chairing the Multicultural Infusion
Cultural Enrichment Language Advisory Council of the School Board of
Broward County. Janet is a graduate of Swarthmore College with a double
major in Theatre and Psychology.
Janet@FLCTStar.org
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Producing Director
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 Sean Cutler
Producing Director
Sean served as a Company Manager and General Manager for several
Off Broadway shows including The Donkey Show, The Karaoke Show,
American Rhapsody: Songs of The Gershwins, and Jacques Brel is Alive
and Well and Living In Paris, and he was a member of the management
team of Blue Man Group's NYC production of Tubes. He was also the
Managing Director of the award-winning Colony Theatre Company in Los
Angeles. Sean holds degrees in Film and TV Production as well as
Political Science from New York University and is a graduate of The New
World School of the Arts in Miami. Sean also serves as a teacher,
director, and lighting/sound designer for FLCT. Along with Rick Kaydas, he authored Snow White: An Original Musical Adaptation of the Grimm Fairytale, debuted by FLCT in 2010. You can reach Sean at Sean@FLCTStar.org |
Director of Development
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 Tracy Roloff
Director of Development
Tracy@FLCTStar.org
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| Teaching Artist/Coordinator Coordinator |
 Patti Meyers
Teaching Artist/Outreach Coordinator
Patti has a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Denver and
studied professionally with Stella Adler. She is a member of the Screen
Actor's Guild and Actor's Equity. Patti has directed many shows at FLCT,
including The Wizard of Oz, Anne Frank and Me; Once Upon a Mattress, Annie and Beauty and the Beast. She teaches the Bridge and Page outreach programs, in addition to supervising the acting classes and directing at the theatre.
You can e-mail Patti at Patti@FLCTStar.org |
Education Director
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 Jennifer Pedraza
Education Director
Jennifer earned a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Young
Audiences from University of Central Florida, where she focused equally
on teaching theatre and theatre administration. A produced
playwright/director, Jennifer's Pocket Full of Gifts script was presented at the Orlando Repertory Theatre, as well as her adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter at
Lexington Children's Theatre. She served as a teaching artist at
professional theatres around the nation including Lexington Children's
Theatre, Orlando Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Round
House Theatre, and Fantasy Theatre Factory.
You can e-mail Jennifer at Jennifer@FLCTStar.org |
| Teaching Artist/Improvisation Specialist |
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 Ed Zeltner
Teaching Artist/Improvisation Specialist
Ed graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts major
in theatre and a minor in English. After graduation, Ed moved to Chicago where
he studied improvisation with the Annoyance Theatre. His improvisational work
spans the spectrum of games, long-form and sketch techniques. As an actor, Ed
appeared with the Irish Rep. Theater, Annoyance and the Acrosstown Rep.
throughout the Chicago area. He has also appeared in numerous commercials and
studied stage combat as well. Through FLCT, Ed also teaches at Conservatory
Prep and Dillard High School. You can e-mail Ed at Ed@FLCTStar.org
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| Business Manager |
| Jeremy Zglobicki (Business Manager) holds an MM in Vocal
Performance from the University of Miami and a BA
in Music from Plymouth State University. While at PSU he was the music
director for the university’s all-male a cappella group, Vocal Order. As music
director, Jeremy helped organize an annual tour to promote music in local high
schools over the university’s Spring Break.
Additionally, Jeremy has also been involved with various theater
companies in a variety of roles, and was the assistant music director for the
Papermill Children’s Theater, based in Lincoln NH. |
Resident and Associate Artists
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 Ron Hutchins
Director/Choreographer/Instructor
Ron's performance career has taken him across the country and he has
been honored to perform in major regional theatres from the Goodman in
Chicago to Fords Theatre in Washington, DC. He has directed and
choreographed national tours of Disney's Aida, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamboat, and Footloose. Ron was twice nominated for Jeff
Awards in Chicago and won the Carbonell Award for his production of Five
Guys named Mo. Ron is currently the Artistic Director of Destined to
Dance. |
 Tyler Smith
Set Designer
Tyler's experience as an art director and special effects designer
has taken him through the worlds of television, feature film and
special effects. His work has been seen on the Tonight Show with Jay
Leno, Nickelodeon, MTV, Showtime and in Paramount, Touchstone, Columbia
and Zenith films. Areas of expertise include sculpture, special
effects makeup and robotic |
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Kristin Deffler, Show Choir Director
Karen Kang Hancock, Costume Designer
Jennifer Jimenez, Adjunct Teaching Artist/Choreographer
Rick Kaydas, Music Director
Jarrod Bailey, Adjunct Teaching Artist
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