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Company Biographies
G.
Leayn Losh - Artistic
Director/Owner/Producer
G. Leayn Losh presently teaches vocal music
at Rosedale Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas USD#500.
She has been with the district for 9 years. Leayn has taught vocal music
for 19 years. She has taught privately for 20 years.
In the KC metro area Leayn teaches voice and piano, is a professional coach –
accompanist, directs, music directs and conducts in
musical theatre for area theatres and schools.
She is presently the musical director/accompanist for Bishop Ward’s production
of Annie Jr. which will be performed at the school on March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
See their web site for details.
Leayn’s lesson plans have been published on VH1 Save the Music Website.
Leayn hold a Masters from Rockhurst University in Humanities and Fine Arts.
She has also been trained in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s Creating
Original Opera and Musical Theatre Program in New York City. Leayn has
experienced over 90 theatre productions and is currently working on Elegies for
Angels, Punks and Raging Queens which will be performed at Union Station on
March 16th,17th and 18th with an incredible cast of area talent! Some
of her favorite shows have been Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Night Music,
Disney’s High School Musical and Once on This Island.
Nick
Padgett - Associate Artistic Director/Producer
As a performer has over 90 productions to his credit
including shows with; Starlight Theatre, KC Rep, Unicorn Theatre, Musical
Theater Heritage, Theater League, Quality Hill Playhouse, KC Symphony, EPIC
Entertainment, Music Theatre for Young People of Kansas City, UMKC
Conservatory of Music, KC Murder Mystery Players, Shawnee Mission Theatre in
the Park (where he is a past DEMMI Award Nominee for Best Featured Male
Dancer), Barn Players, and Leawood Stage Company, Nick has worked as a
performer, director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and
lighting designer. He has appeared in 3 feature films and has had the honor of
working with Billy Baldwin, Kristin Chenoweth, Patty Duke, Peter Boyle, Chris
Klein, Michael Rooker, Peter Coyote, Bo Svenson, Jason Ritter, April Bowlby,
Vanessa Branch, and Patton Oswalt. He has performed in Gala's for Starlight
Theatre, the American
Cancer Society, the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, and has
performed for George and Barbara Bush. He was an original member of Starlight
STARS, KC Starlight Theatre's performing group, where he performed for both
the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Print/TV Credits include: AMC Theatre's and
Nickelodeon. He is the Associate Artistic Director for the Musical Theatrical
Studios of
KC, and the Producing Artistic Director of Padgett Productions. Upcoming
projects include: performing in the musical revue "Songs We Shouldn't Be
Singing" at the UMKC Conservatory of Music, Co-Directing and appearing in
"Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens" for MTS and Padgett
Productions, appearing in "La Cage Aux Folles" at the Unicorn
Theatre, and choreographing "Grease" in Leavenworth.
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