Masterclass Monday
Your Regular Vocal Performance Gym
Eliza Ohman is New York city based performer working around the globe and proudly represented by Clear Talent Group. In addition to performing, Eliza is also the US Associate Choreographer for SIX: The Musical. Currently she is the Dance Captain and swing for Hamilton on Broadway. As a versatile artist she has worked in both commercial and theatrical spaces, favorite projects include Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Danny), The Met Gala: In America, Fosse/Verdon )FX), Up Here (Hulu), and King Kong (OBC).
On the faculty at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway, Eliza is a passionate teacher and loves developing artists. She is available for guest teachings, privates, and choreography.
Most importantly Eliza is an enthusiastic and borderline obsessive fan of the Denver Nuggets and the Denver Broncos. For a group of people she's never met, her passion for those players knows no bounds. Every year is an emotional roller coaster and she dreams of the day she will sit court side at Ball Arena for the NBA Finals. She welcomes any spontaneous gifts towards this dream.
OCT 27, 6:30pm
Julia Knitel is a Tony Award Nominated performer for Dead Outlaw. She also played Carole King in the biographical musical Beautiful: The Carole king Musical on Broadway and on tour. Other notable productions include the role of Janice in Come from Away on tour and playing opposite Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel in Gypsy at The Muny in St. Louis. She also starred in the Off-Broadway Musical Letter to Harvey Milk as Barbara Katsef, for which she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award.
Knitel was borne and raised in Fair lawn, New Jersey, and was a Jimmy Awards nominees for her performance as Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie at Fair Lawn High School. She made her Broadway debut at the age of sixteen in the ensemble of the revival of Bye Bye Birdie.
Nov 10, 6:30pm
Devin Shacket is a casting director, on camera audition coach and teacher, and actress. As a casting professional, her most notable casting credits include all 13 episodes of House of Cards: Season II, alongside Emmy Award-winning casting director, Julie Schubert. Devin has held positions at Lynn Kressel Casting, Bowling/Miscia Casting, and Twinkie Byrd Casting. She has worked in different capacities with casting directors Rori Bergman, Meredith Tucker, Kate Lumpkin, and Bess Fifer. She served as casting director for the award winning indie film Good Funk, and currently serves as the New York casting director for San Francisco Playhouse. She also teaches at her own private studio in NYC. She has been a guest lecturer at NYU Tisch Stonestreet Studios, SF State, SOCAPA, and several private studios in NYC. Students and private coaching clients have appeared on Bull, Quantico, Escape at Dannemora, Iron Fist, Jack Ryan, Tyrant, and Switched at Birth. Clients have also appeared in independent feature films and on regional theatre stages.
Devin holds an M.A. in Dramatic Literature from San Francisco State University, and a B.A. in Journalism and Dramatic Literature from NYU. She attended the competitive BADA Midsummer in Oxford program, and she completed the prestigious two-year Meisner training with Terry Knickerbocker in NYC.