Phil is a native Oklahoman and holds a Master of Fine
Arts in Acting from the University of Georgia. He also holds a B.A.
in Theatre and a B.A. in English from Oklahoma State University. For
the past 20 years, he has split his time between acting, singing,
dancing, and directing, casting, and choreographing musicals around the
world, calling New York City "home." Phil is completely delighted
to
be on faculty at Eastern Michigan as an Assistant Professor of Musical
Theatre. In addition to studying ballet, jazz, and tap for hundreds of
years, he has also served as dance captain for the Broadway First
National Tour of "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum"
starring Rip Taylor, and the Broadway First National Tour of "Man of
LaMancha" starring Tony winner Ron Holgate and Grammy Winner Jack
Jones. He was lucky enough to play Ozzie in the European Tour of "On
The Town" as well as leads in "Evita" and "Singin' In the
Rain" in the
long-running European Tour of "The Best of Broadway." For the last
four
years, he was in the LONGEST running
Off-Broadway show in
history "Naked Boys Singing" where he also served as dance captain
and
assistant director. Phil wants to tailor his instruction specifically
to teaching young actor/singer/dancers how to get jobs and how to be
career performers.
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