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Our 2025 Season
Artists + Staff
Our 2025 Season Staff & Artist Bios are here! Read more about the talented people that help make music in the mountains.
Thank you to all artists and staff!
Meet the Voices Behind the Ultimate '80s Rewind
ALEX GETLIN
Alex Getlin is a New York-based singer and actress whose voice can "melt stone" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times). Most recently she made her Carnegie Hall debut with Michael Feinstein in “Hooray for Hollywood,” as part of his Standard Time series. A native New Yorker, she spent the last several years performing around the country in concert tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Andrew Lloyd Webber and more with Spot-On Entertainment. She has appeared Off-Broadway in the company of "Anything Can Happen in the Theatre – The Songs of Maury Yeston," after being hand-picked by Yeston to interpret his music. In June 2017, Getlin made her symphonic debut with the Pasadena Pops under the baton of Michael Feinstein in "Broadway: The Golden Age" where she starred alongside Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey.
In 2016, after graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in theater, Getlin was a featured soloist in Broadway Rising Stars at Town Hall. She made her professional singing debut at seventeen, in a solo cabaret show at The Regency Hotel in New York, presented by Mr. Feinstein and directed by Scott Coulter. The New York Times called her “a confident, engaging young singer with a big voice,” and Broadway World hailed her as “a new and rare talent on the entertainment scene.”
She is also an award-winning filmmaker having written, produced, directed and starred in "Sorry" which is currently playing film festivals around the world. Television credits include CBS’ “Shades of Blue” and Netflix’s “The Break with Michele Wolf.”
TYLER HUCKSTEP (Vocalist)
Originally from Crawfordsville, Indiana, Tyler Huckstep graduated from the prestigious University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) before pursuing a musical theatre career in New York CIty. His theatrical credits include The Sting (Papermill Playhouse), Shrek the Musical (International Tour), Legally Blonde (Manship Theater), Oklahoma! (The Engeman Theater) and a Lead Production Vocalist for Celebrity Cruise Line. When not on stage or behind a microphone Tyler can be found teaching 4th grade in Bronx, NY. He would like to thank Scott Coulter for inviting him to be part of this wonderful musical celebration of Burt Bacharach, his fiancé Ryan for all of his love and support, and his family back in the Hoosier state who has been cheering him on every step of the way!
STEPHANIE JAE PARK
Stephanie Jae Park is a versatile performer with credits spanning Broadway, concerts, and on-screen roles. She starred as Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton and originated the Broadway productions of War Paint and 2015's The King and I. Her theatre work includes performances at world class venues such as The Muny, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and New York City Center. As a concert artist, she has performed twice as a Principal Vocalist at Carnegie Hall, and with multiple Philharmonics across the country. Her debut album, Fire to My Air, with her group Saffron Lips, placed in the top 10 on the R&B charts. On-screen, she has appeared in Pen, Again (Pen), Nanny (Christie), and The Blessing (Brittany) and will be making her Netflix debut this coming year. Much love to Spot On Entertainment and CLA Partners! Follow her on the socials @stephanieslaypark
Meet the Performers of the Cabaret Night
SALLY MAYES
The NEW YORK TIMES calls her 'incandescent, deliciously saucy.' PEOPLE Magazine describes her as 'the kind of rich theatrical voice that elevates a show tune.' And TIME Magazine says 'Sally Mayes renders songs as richly nuanced as one-act plays.’
Sally made her Broadway debut in Cy Coleman’s WELCOME TO THE CLUB. Her performance won critical praise along with a Theater World Award and Outer Critics Circle nomination as one of Broadway's Outstanding Newcomers. On Broadway, Sally is perhaps best known for her performance in the Roundabout Theater revival of SHE LOVES ME for which she won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Sally appeared as Aunt Corene in URBAN COWBOY (Drama Desk nomination). She drew raves as Mae West in the National Tour of DIRTY BLONDE and also appeared in the Broadway revival of STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
Sally starred in several Off-Broadway productions including CLOSER THAN EVER (Outer Critics Circle nomination), DAS BARBECU, PETE N’ KEELY (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical), PLAY IT COOL, GOOD OL’ GIRLS, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME. Film and Television credits include ALPHA HOUSE, CITY HALL, DOUBLE PARKED and BYE BYE BIRDIE, LAW AND ORDER CRIMINAL INTENT, SEX AND THE CITY and THE JOB. Sally also appears on countless cast recordings including, CLOSER THAN EVER, SHE LOVES ME, DAS BARBECUE, BYE BYE BIRDIE, LOST IN BOSTON, UNSUNG MUSICALS, UNSUNG SONDHEIM, and NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, to mention a few.
Sally has five solo albums, THE DOROTHY FIELDS SONGBOOK, OUR PRIVATE WORLD: THE COMDEN AND GREEN SONGBOOK, THE STORY HOUR, BOYS AND GIRLS LIKE YOU AND ME, and VALENTINE. Sally's much anticipated nightclub appearances have garnered her rave reviews from coast to coast; she has been nominated for twelve Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) awards, and has won two Back Stage BISTRO awards for excellence in cabaret and recording.
Featuring Pianist: Tedd Firth
Meet the Performing Arts Camp Faculty
Brad Simmons - Music Director
From legendary night clubs to symphony concert halls, singer/pianist, composer and maestro Brad Simmons has shared the stage with Broadway luminaries Tonya Pinkins, Beth Leavel, Donna McKechnie, Mary Testa, Penny Fuller, Betty Buckley, Carole Cook, Leslie Uggams, Alice Ripley and recording icons Sandi Patty, Marilyn Maye and Kate Pierson of The B-52s. Brad is “clearly The MAN” (NPR), devoting 25 years to creating new musicals in New York City. He is Music Director for the Douglas Carter Beane & Lewis Flinn musicals To Wong Foo, Up with America, Like Love and Hood. Career highlights include acting in the cult movie Camp with Stephen Sondheim and Anna Kendrick; conducting Lysistrata Jones on and off Broadway; music directing the movie musical Hello Again with Martha Plimpton, Audra McDonald and Cheyenne Jackson; playing Me and The Girls with Alan Cumming; teaching piano to John Lithgow for Mr & Mrs Fitch; composing the musicals A Kiss from Alexander, A Woman Onstage and A Dickens of a Carol with librettist Stephan de Ghelder; producing his singer/songwriter albums Dreamworld, Mundane Existence and his recent acoustic “(Live)” collection. Find Brad’s full catalog wherever you enjoy music.
Madison Embrey - Dance Teacher
Madison Embrey grew up dancing at The Dance Shoppe in Michigan under the guidance of Terri Newman and Lauren Lenter. She graduated from Pace University and the Pforzheimer Honors College in NYC with her BFA in Commercial Dance.
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Favorite performance experiences include arena stunt show Marvel Universe Live!, dancing on Modern Love, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt & The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, interviews on Good Morning America, The Today Show & Disney Channel XD, and video game motion capture for Mortal Kombat 11 & Rogue Company. Madison recently finished touring North America with the arena stunt show, Jurassic World Live Tour, playing the show’s heroine, Dr. Kate Walker. She also did the voiceover for her character. Madison received the Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence while studying at Jacob’s Pillow under Chet Walker. When she isn’t performing, she travels the globe sharing her passion of dance with the next generation as a teacher, choreographer and judge! She also love reading, petting dogs, learning new things, golfing, all things Ted Lasso & London!
IG: @madisonembrey
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Will Porter - Acting Teacher
Will Porter is thrilled to join the PMMF Family! Will recently served as the associate director and choreographer of Into The Woods for the UMKC Conservatory, and has provided choreography and theatrical movement for Virgin Voyages (Never Sleep Alone), and the National Tour of Chefs: A Sizzling Kitchen Showdown, and for Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre. Acting work: CATS, Chorus Line, Bye Bye Birdie (Nat’l Tours); Frozen at The Fulton (PA Regional Premier), Cyrano De Bergerac, Peter Pan & Wendy, Little Shop of Horrors at KCRep, Legally Blonde at Starlight, The Little Mermaid at The MUNY, and many others. Will has trained with Shakespeare & Company, Upright Citizens Brigade, and extensively in Clown with Joel Jeske (Big Apple Circus) and Christopher Bayes (Juilliard, Yale). MFA Acting & Directing, University of Missouri Kansas City.
Campbell Fields - Songwriting/Creative Expression Teacher
Campbell Walker Fields is versatile singer and keyboardist with equal comfort on concert, musical theatre and arena stages. His professional career began when cast at the age of nine as Artful Dodger in Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s 2011 production of ‘Oliver!’. Soon after he played JoJo in ‘Seussical the Musical’ at the University of Oklahoma, and Foo (Lost Boy) in the seven week run of the world-premiere Dallas Theatre Center production of the musical ‘FLY’. Other Lyric credits include the role of Slim in ‘Oklahoma!’, and productions of ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘Big Fish’ and ‘Les Miserables’. Favorite student roles have included Tom Collins in ‘RENT’, Joseph in ‘ … the Technicolor Dreamcoat’, Seaweed in ‘HAIRSPRAY’, Jack in ‘Into The Woods’ and Rum Tug Tugger in ‘CATS’.
In the summer of 2016 he was seen competing on Season 11 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, making it to the middle judge cuts round, and attended GRAMMY Camp Nashville, a music industry program for high school students interested in the music business. He has performed as soloist with symphony orchestras including Abilene Philharmonic, The Signature Symphony and the OKC Philharmonic where he was featured artist in 'The Christmas Show’ and its Independence Day concerts ‘Red White & Boom’and he has performed at Cast Party/Birdland in NYC. Commercial work includes the feature film “Home Run” and TV and print commercials for SandRidge Energy, and he is regularly invited to perform at special events and galas. Since 2018 Campbell has been part of the all-star faculty for the Pocono Mountains Performing Arts Camp where he both teaches and shares the stage with a rotating cast of Broadway luminaries including LIsa Howard, Klea Blackhurst, Nellie McKay, Kelli Rabke, and Savion Glover.
Campbell is a graduate of Classen School for Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City and Oklahoma University. He's a National Anthem favorite with Thunder audiences.
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Kelli Rabke - Vocal Coach & Camp Director
KELLI RABKE got her “big break” playing the role of Dorothy in the Paper Mill Playhouse’s acclaimed production of The Wizard of Oz. Shortly thereafter, she was handpicked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to play the lead role of the Narrator in the Broadway revival of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (US Cast Recording). Following that, she played her dream role: Eponine in Les Miserables on Broadway. She went on to perform in regional theaters across the country in such roles as Mabel in Mack And Mabel, Christine in Phantom, and back to Paper Mill Playhouse in Stephen Schwartz’s Children Of Eden as Yonah (American Premiere Recording). She is one of the only Broadway stars to originate a role in both a Stephen Schwartz and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical — a distinction for which she is incredibly honored.
She has been seen and heard in loads of TV commercials and voice-overs, and was the voice of several animated characters, including Kat in the Discovery Kids series Kenny The Shark. She also played the recurring role of Bernadette on The Young And The Restless. Recent highlights include the Emmy nominated PBS American Songbook segment Stephen Schwartz & Friends, featuring the composer himself at the piano, featured soloist on the Grammy nominated album Sondheim Unplugged, debuting an original song by Kathie Lee Gifford and David Friedman on the Today Show, and reprising her role as the Narrator in Joseph…at La Mirada Center for the Performing Arts.
After leaving the bright lights of the stage to start a family, Kelli is now a staple in the concert and cabaret world. She performs regularly with symphony orchestras stretching from Mazatlan to Calgary and all throughout the country, in addition to creating her own cabaret shows, including the critically acclaimed Tiny Giants – Petite Powerhouses from Garland to Gaga.
She is most proud of her biggest “productions” to date: her son, Joseph, and daughter, Abigale!
Meet the Voices of the Tropical Rock Gala
SCOTT COULTER
Scott Coulter is one of New York's most honored vocalists having received five MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs), five Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards for Outstanding Vocalist. He's performed at most of NYC’s top rooms including Birdland, 54 Below, The Oak Room at the Algonquin, and Feinstein’s at The Regency where he spent a record-setting eight months performing the revue 11 O’CLOCK NUMBERS AT 11 O’CLOCK which he also co-created, directed and musically arranged. His self-titled debut CD won the 2003 MAC Award for Outstanding Recording and was chosen as the best recording of the year by TheatreMania and Cabaret Scenes magazines. Scott was director and star of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE SYMPHONIC CONCERT in its world premiere with the Baltimore Symphony and reprised his performance in the Emmy-nominated PBS production which premiered in December 2013. He is an Emmy nominee himself for his performance in American Song at NJPAC. Scott regularly performs in concert both as a solo artist and with a variety of legendary performers including Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz, Tony-winner Ben Vereen and Grammy-winner Sheena Easton and has performed with symphonies all over the world including San Francisco, Baltimore, Seattle, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Phoenix, Detroit, Winnipeg, St. Louis and Calgary. Schwartz has said, “One of the greatest things that can happen to a composer is to have his music interpreted by Scott Coulter.”
Scott is creator, arranger and director of several touring shows (symphonic and non-) including MUSIC OF THE KNIGHTS, THE WONDERFUL MUSIC OF OZ, BLOCKBUSTER BROADWAY!, and, for The ASCAP Foundation, JERRY HERMAN: THE BROADWAY LEGACY CONCERT. As a director his credits include many shows for The Town Hall in NYC and BROADWAY BY THE WAY for The Berkshire Theatre Festival and Broadway by the Bay. Along with Michael Kerker and ASCAP, he's a regular producer/director of Michael Feinstein's STANDARD TIME at Carnegie Hall. Scott recently wrote the book for the new musical GOT TO BE THERE which celebrates the life and music of songwriter Elliot Willensky. Scott, along with Dave Gaebler, is a co-producer of the Jessica Hendy/Brianna Barnes musical "Walking WIth Bubbles" which received a 2023 Drama Desk Award nomination and won an Off-Broadway Alliance Award. The show's cast album is produced by Coulter and Vibecke Dahle Dellapolla.
Scott is founder/owner of Spot-On Entertainment and Spot-On Arts Academy and is a resident director of programming at 54 Below (Broadway’s Supper Club) in NYC. For eight years he's been the artistic director of the Pocono Mountains Music Festival and is the founder of the Pocono Pops! Scott is a proud graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music which honored him with the CCM Young Alumni Award in 2010 and CCM's Distinguished Service Award in 2020.
TRAVIS BIRCH (Vocalist)
Travis Birch has been playing guitar and singing professionally since he was 15 years old. With deep roots in Christian and country music, his range and tone allow him to cross into various other genres as well. Residing in Nashville for the past 25 years, Birch has performed at nearly every notable venue, from the bustling streets of Broadway to the intimate setting of the Bluebird Cafe. He has had the privilege of opening for, and sharing stages with, iconic artists like Martina McBride, Merle Haggard, Kenny Chesney and The Oak Ridge Boys. Birch can be heard leading contemporary praise and worship every Sunday at Hendersonville First United Methodist Church.
Chris Blem (Vocalist)
Chris Blem is one of Disney's favorite voices and has traveled the globe singing with some of the world's most prestigious symphony orchestras including The Tokyo Philharmonic, Evergreen Orchestra (Taipei), Metropolitan Orchestra (Singapore), Never-land Orchestra (Tokyo), Buffalo Philharmonic, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Encore Orchestra (Walt Disney World.)
Chris can be heard on three “Disney on Classic” recordings and seen across Disney Channel Japan in the live broadcast of Disney on Classic featuring the Tokyo Philharmonic. His theatre credits include the Off-Broadway production of A Dog Story and regional productions of Beauty and the Beast, Oklahoma, HAIR, Matilda, A Christmas Carol and Into The Woods which received the League of Cincinnati Award.
Chris the founder and creative director of The Network which helps artists amplify their voices through thoughtful curation of their visual and online story. He is a lead vocalist for Scott Coulter's Spot-On Entertainment and is on the faculty of Spot-On Arts Academy (www.spot-onartsacademy.com) and a graduate of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. www.chrisblem.com @chrisblem
LISA HOWARD (Vocalist)
Lisa Howard is currently playing Unsinkable Molly Brown in the Off-Broadway hit TITANIQUE.Recently, Lisa played the Witch in INTO THE WOODS at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolisand toured the country as Madame Morrible in the national tour of WICKED. Broadway credits include as Tammy in the new musical ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE. Before that, she was aDrama Desk Nominee for her starring role of Jenny Steinberg in the musical comedy IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU directed by David Hyde Pierce. Other Broadway roles include Diva 1 inPRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, Missy Hart in the new musical 9 TO 5, Head Nurse inLincoln Center’s revival of SOUTH PACIFIC and Rona Lisa Peretti in the 25th ANNUALPUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, for which she won a Drama Desk Award for OutstandingEnsemble Performance. She has toured with the national company of LES MISÉRABLES and performed around the country at such prominent regional theaters as St. Louis MUNY, OlneyTheater Center, Goodspeed Opera House, Barrington Stage and Kansas City Starlight. Lisa made her feature film debut as Siobahn in the Twilight Saga, BREAKING DAWN part 2 and can also be seen in the indie psychological thriller, DECAY. TV credits include: UGLY BETTY,POWER, MADAME SECRETARY, THE GOOD FIGHT and THE GILDED AGE. Her solo CDs,“Songs of Innocence and Experience” and “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” are available on all digital platforms. Lisa is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.Social media: @lisahowardnyc
JOHN FISCHER (Pianist)
John has been a music director and pianist in NYC for over 20 years. This will be his 13th year as music director for BROADWAY’S RISING STARS at the famed Town Hall NY, where he also worked on numerous BROADWAY ORIGINALS concerts. He made his Lincoln Center debut this year, music directing for the current Tony award winner, Ali Stroker, in her sold out AMERICAN SONGBOOK concert. He spent 7 seasons as music director for the highly acclaimed musical theatre program at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires. His last season saw him working hand in hand with Stephen Schwartz and Chet Walker on the creation of a new ballet, The Boy on the Roof. This past year has taken him to the symphony world as a guest artist with the Santa Ana Symphony Orchestra in Music of the Knights, and the Signature Symphony in Tulsa for a Bernstein/Robbins celebration. In NYC, he is a regular fixture at Feinstein’s/54 Below, music directing everything from Sondheim to Sinatra. Recent highlights include Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner’s sold out run of UNATTACHED, and the 25th Anniversary concert of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, part of the award winning 54 SINGS series for which he also music directed APPLAUSE, MACK & MABEL, and KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN. Other NY credits include pianist for the previous Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY, pianist/conductor for TALK OF THE TOWN Bank Street Theatre, TAKE ME ALONG Irish Rep, NAKED BOYS SINGING at New World Stages, and much more. He has been on staff at Applause NY, The Growing studio, AMDA, HB Studios, The New School, and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
