Open Jar Institute - Actor Training Institute - New York City
TEACHING ARTISTS:

Our teaching artists are among the best in the industry and provide the most
current information about the business.

JEFF WHITING: Artistic Director
JEFF WHITING: Artistic Director
Broadway: HAIR (Associate Director), THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (Associate Director/Choreographer), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Assistant Choreographer), WICKED (Associate Director - 5th Anniv.) HAPPINESS (Assistant Director/Choreographer). LONDON: JERSEY BOYS (Assistant Choreographer). NATIONAL TOURS: HAIRSPRAY (Associate Director), THE PRODUCERS (Associate Director), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Director). Jeff is also a resident member of the creative staff for WALT DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT.














ADDITIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS/SPEAKERS:
Joanna Gleason (Tony Winner, Into the Woods)
John Tartaglia (Tony Nominee, Avenue Q)
Sutton Foster (Tony Winner, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Will Swenson (Tony Nominee, Hair)
Stephen Kopel (Casting Associate, GLEE)
Warren Adams (Swing!)
Michael Balderrama (In The Heights, Movin Out)
Rick Bertone (Spamalot, Mamma Mia)
Troy Edward Bowles (Pirate Queen)
Tina Marie Casamento (Kiss Me Kate, Victor Victoria)
E. Clayton Cornelious (Scottsboro Boys, A Chorus Line, Lion King)
Stacia Fernandez (Drowsy Chaperone, Scarlet Pimpernel)
Alan Green (Play On!)
James Kinney (Fosse, Sweet Charity)
Bob Cline (Casting Director)
Monique Midgette (Lion King, Seussical, Civil War)
Jeffrey Nauman (Partial Comfort)
Todd Parmley (NYU)
Rachelle Rak (Fosse, Chicago)
Arbender Robinson (Little Mermaid, Hair, Hairspray)
Nicholas Rodriguez (Tarzan)
Geo Seery (Gypsy, Young Frankenstein)
Todd Michael Smith (Hairspray)
Will Swenson (Hair, Brooklyn, 110 in the Shade)
John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, Shrek)
Robert Tatad (We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon)
Josh Walden (La Cage, 42nd Street)
Jeff Whiting (Young Frankenstein, Hairspray, Happiness)
Courtney Young (Producers, Young Frankenstein, Cats)
*list is not complete - teachers availability is based on individual commitments.