Fiona Santos: Co-Artistic Director
Fiona Santos is a performer and musical director based in New York City. She musical directed and arranged the music to the new Off-Broadway show The Water Coolers, assistant musical directed the U.S. Open Tennis Ceremonies starring Diana Ross and the cast of Blast!, and arranged and musical directed Enya's backup vocalists for live performances of her hit song "Only Time" in New York. She was the founding Artistic Director of Brand X Musical Theatre in upstate New York, and has musical directed with companies up and down the East Coast, including Ithaca Opera, Civic Theatres of Central Florida, First Edition, and SAK Comedy Lab. She spent two years performing and directing for the Walt Disney World Co., one of the industry leaders in family entertainment. Fiona received her theatre and music training at Ithaca College and Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She is a musical director for the Theatre and Dance Alliance in New York City, a Theatre Department Director at Long Lake Camp for the Arts, and an adjunct professor at New York University. She is married to Co-Artistic Director Jason Brantman.
Jason Brantman: Co-Artistic Director
Jason
Brantman is a Director of
Theatre & Live Events, currently living in New York. He
recently directed the world premiere of Lady Chardonney at Theatre Row
on 42nd Street. Other off-Broadway and regional directing credits
include: The Crucible, All in the Timing, Urinetown, Les Miserables,
Chicago, Tommy, The Secret Garden, Once on this Island, Sweeney Todd,
Into The Woods, The Fantasticks, Assassins, and the NYC premiere of Are
We There Yet? at Queens Theatre in the Park.
For the past ten years, Jason has been associate creative director
for the US OPEN Tennis ceremonies, getting to work with incredible
musical legends ranging from Art Garfunkel, James Taylor, Harry Connick
Jr., Tony Bennett, Carole King, and Liza Minnelli to film/tv stars Liev
Shrieber and Phylicia Rashad to theatre icons Ben Vereen, Idina Menzel,
and Twyla Tharp, to fabulous divas Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys
Knight, and Patti Labelle. This event is broadcast live on CBS to
millions of homes around the world, and includes Jason's favorite part
- directing 40 Marines unfurling the largest American flag in the
northeast.
Other live events include: productions for Walt Disney Entertainment,
ABC's "The View," associate director for the IBM e-server Spectacular
event at Radio City Music Hall (featuring the band Smash Mouth), and
production stage manager for The Water Coolers - both off-Broadway and
as a show for corporations such as Microsoft, Toyota, JP Morgan,
Harrahs Las Vegas, and the launch of Microsoft's Xbox 360.
In
addition to directing plays, musicals, and live events, Jason has
been the director of several improvisation troupes across the
northeast. He received his improvisation training at SAK Comedy Lab
(training ground for Wayne Brady).
On the filmmaking front, Jason has had the privilege of working with Emmy Award Winning Documentary filmmaker Slawomir Grunberg.
Jason has a passion for animals, and loves collaborating with them whenever possible. He got the chance to be a part of the opening team of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, performing in a breathtaking free-flight bird show called Flights of Wonder (developed and run by one of the foremost animal trainers in the world – Steve Martin).
Jason is a proud graduate of Cornell University, and very much enjoys bringing his love of theatre to the next
generation. At the college level, he has been an adjunct professor at
NYU and a director & guest lecturer at Cornell University. At the
pre-college level, Jason is show director for the CASA program at Queens
Theatre in the Park, has been a senior director at Long Lake Camp for
the
Arts, has directed at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, and
has worked with the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center - Youth
Theatre Program. Jason is currently the
co-artistic director of Broadway Training Center with his inspirational
partner Fiona Santos and their mercurial child Mouser.
Heather LoSchiavo: Managing Director, Acting/Dance Instructor, Summer Director
Heather LoSchiavo is an accomplished producer, director, choreographer, master teacher and performer in NYC, LA and abroad. Currently, Heather is the Director of The Professional Training Program at The Neighborhood Playhouse JR School in NYC and the Managing Director at The Broadway Training Center of Westchester. Both Non-for-Profit organizations dedicated to the enrichment and education of young people. Her experience in the professional world of entertainment, fundraising & corporate event planning have provided her the tools needed to bridge communities that may seem a world apart. She is a teaching artist at The Dance Center of Westchester, The Darcy Academy, and The Caymichael Patten Studio. Her students have been seen on Broadway, listened to on the Radio, featured on numerous TV shows, and spotted in Films. Patricia Santos: Administrator, Music Instructor
Patricia Santos, a native of New York, received her Bachelor’s of Music from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory with Regina Mushabac. After earning a magna cum laude degree in cello performance, Patricia’s postgraduate studies were with Bryan Dumm of the Cleveland Orchestra. Additional teachers include Carole Tilson and the late Andor Toth. She has performed at music festivals around the country and was an orchestral and chamber music fellow at Texas Music Festival in 2001. As an eighteen-year-old, Patricia took Gold Ribbon at the Young Artist’s Concerto Competition and subsequently performed Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major with the Rockland Symphony Orchestra. She is currently on faculty at Rockland Conservatory of Music and has served as Principal Cellist for the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her classical music pursuits, Patricia is active in pit orchestras for musical theatre and also collaborates with various bands on recordings and live shows.
Sprout: School Mascot
Sprout's legacy lives on,
not only in the studio named after her,
but in the spirit of camaraderie and closeness the group feels during circle up.
Mouser: New Addition
Mouser is excited to join the BTC family. She can sometimes be found scrutinizing classes from the couches by the main entrance, the area now known as Mouser's Pad. She shares her life
outside the Studio with Jason and Fiona.
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