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David PetroBBT Founder & Executive DirectorDavid has served as a casting director for many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including; For Colored Girls, starring India.Arie and produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Altar Boyz, Pages, IDAHO! and Drift.  For national tours David has cast: The 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chicago Co.) and Altar Boyz.  David’s work extends beyond NYC to include regional shows for; Altar Boyz tour, Dreamgirls starring Jennifer Holliday, The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea starring Lillias White, The Wizard Of Oz, Loving, Repeating (Stephen Flaherty & Frank Galati world premiere) and productions for Cincinnati Playhouse, Theatre Aspen, San Diego, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Madison Repertory Theatres.

In addition to his many theatre credits, David has also cast TV shows such as; Nickelodeon’s Storyforia, The Jump Arounds, NBC’s You’re The One That I Want and The Adventures Of Napkin Man for Canadian Disney. He recently completed casting the animated feature film Meet The Small Potatoes based on the awarding winning Disney Jr/BBC television series he also cast, The Small Potatoes.

As a Casting Associate David has worked in New York, Los Angeles, London and Chicago on several high profile films such as; Hairspray, The Lake House and Emmy winning first season of the FOX Television series Prison Break. 

As a performer David has appeared on Broadway and national tours of; CATS, Cabaret, First You Dream (a benefit for Christopher Reeve), A Christmas Carol, the 20th anniversary national tour of A Chorus Line, and the original European tour and cast recording of Fame The Musical. He also appeared in the feature film Batman & Robin and appeared on the Television show Fame LA.

David is a dance and voice double major graduate of The Chicago Academy for The Arts and attended Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.  He has served as a guest instructor for New York University, Juilliard School of Music, and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

Petro is the founder and president of David Petro Casting in New York and the creator and Executive Director of Broadway Break Thru®.  Since it’s inception in 2009, Broadway Break Thru has taught over 2,000 students in nine major cities.

David is also please to announce that his revolutionary new entertainment web-universe, CastNotice launched exclusively to the students of Broadway Break Thru this past April. www.CastNotice.com.

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Sydney Sarah StierProgram Director Sydney Sarah Stier is thrilled to be coming back for her fifth season with Broadway BreakThru. Sydney received her BFA in Musical Theatre at the Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Recent professional Chicago credits include, The Magic Treehouse: A Night in New Orleans as Annie (Emerald City Theatre), and The Boy From Oz as Ensemble/Dance Captain (Pride Films and Plays). Sydney is in awe of all the hard work and dedication of the BBT students every year.

Shonica GoodenCelebrity Master ClassShonica Gooden is a passionate dancer from Atlanta, Georgia. While growing up in Atlanta, she trained at DanceMakers of Atlanta and Dekalb School of the Arts (Class of 2007). Upon graduating from high school, Shonica went on to train in dance on a collegiate level.  She is a 2011 graduate of Point Park University, where she received her BFA degree in Dance. Not only did Shonica graduate magna cum laude, but she also had the privilege of receiving the 2010 Rising Star Award and the 2011 Outstanding Senior Award. Throughout her collegiate career, Shonica performed works by choreographers such as Martha Graham, David Parsons, Bill T. Jones, Robert Battle, Daniel Ezralow, and Kiesha Lalama. At Point Park, Shonica’s focus of her training was based on becoming a concert dancer. However, once Senior year came around, she decided to explore every side of the dance world. This attitude helped Shonica book her first major professional job, the National Tour of Bring It On: The Musical. On August 1st, 2012, Shonica made her Broadway debut with Bring It On: The Musical. Since that beautiful moment in her life, Shonica has gone on to be in four other major productions one of which was the hit musical Hamilton. Recently completing her run as Rumpleteazer in the Broadway Revival of CATS, Shonica is excited for whatever God has in store for her next. Whenever she is not performing, you can find Shonica going to the movies, shopping, praying, and having kickbacks with her awesome friends. She is moving forward into her future and never looking back. Her favorite saying is “Everything happens for a reason.” Believing in this saying reminds her that there’s always something to gain and nothing to lose, sometimes its knowledge and sometimes it’s an actual accomplishment.” Phil 4:8

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Pamela GoldmanTalent Agent AuditionsPamela Goldman began her career at Don Buchwald and Associates while in college as an intern in 2003. She is responsible for the representation of actors through the commercial department with a focus on animation for adults and children and on-camera for young talent.

Before her career in talent management, Pamela had a number of internships, specifically in journalism with an entertainment focus.

D O M I N I C K SANELLIChoreographerDominick is thrilled to be back at BBT as a faculty member! Dominick attended Point Park University for theater for two years, before leaving last year for the North American tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble u/s Uncle Henry). Choreography has always been a passion for Dominick, over the past couple of years he has served as choreographer for iTheatrics partnering with MTI, Samuel French, Disney Theatricals, and R&H developing Jr. and School edition versions of West Side story, Mary Poppins, The King and I, and Once Upon A Mattress for licensing globally. This past spring Dominick was back on stage at Bristol Riverside theater apart of the 30th Anniversary Season in Jesus Christ Superstar which is Barrymore Award recommended! 

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Amanda FlynnCollege AuditionsAmanda Flynn is a professional actress, singer, musical theatre educator, and voice teacher. As a performer, she was an original cast member of the LA company of Wicked understudying the role of Glinda. She was also part of the Las Vegas company of Mamma Mia as an understudy for Sophie, and the Laurey understudy in the national tour of the last Broadway revival of Oklahoma. Regional credits include Diana Devereaux in Of Thee I Sing at Bard Summerscape, Betty Blake in Will Rogers Follies at Stage Door Theatre, Urleen in Footloose at Carousel Dinner Theatre, A Christmas Carol at The McCarter Theatre, and Ragtime at The Fulton Opera House. Also, numerous concerts, readings, workshops, and recordings throughout NYC including the album "I'm Ready: The Song of Rob Rokicki," available on iTunes.

As an educator, Amanda is on the voice faculty at CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory working with students in the 2-Year Professional Program as well as the BFA Program through Molloy College. She developed the Musical Theatre Program at Art House Astoria, a community based, non-profit arts school in Astoria, Queens. In addition, she teaches vocal technique for Musical Theatre College Audition where she helps high school students prepare their college musical theatre auditions. She has taught voice and musical theatre performance at The Studio New Canaan and Front and Center for the Performing Arts, and was on the voice faculty at New York University for two years. She is also the owner of Amanda Flynn Voice Studio with students performing on Broadway (On The Town, Newsies, Beautiful, Wicked, West Side Story), Off Broadway (Fun Home), national tours (Legally Blonde), and regional theatre. Her students have been heard on original cast recordings such as Beautiful and Pasek and Paul's James and the Giant Peach. After studying voice at Baylor University, Amanda began performing professionally before finishing her BS in Liberal Arts at The New School. Amanda holds a MM in Vocal Performance with a Musical Theatre concentration as well as an Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from NYU. She was the winner of the 2013 Janet Pranschke Professional Development Scholarship presented by NYSTA and completed the Mount Sinai Vocology Mentorship at the Eugen Grabscheid Voice Center in 2013 as well.

She is a proud member of AEA, NATS, NYSTA and The Voice Foundation.

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Sarah DuVall PearsonMusical DirectorSarah has been doing theatre since age 6! Starring in roles such as "Tiny Tim"in Scrooge, age 8 at the Youngstown Playhouse in Ohio and "Annie Warbucks" in Annie, age 10 at the Westminster Choir College in Ohio. The best thing her parents did was move to New Jersey in 1985, bringing her closer to the heart of Broadway. Performing in all the High School Spring Musicals, All South Jersey Choir, All State Choir, Spirit of Philadelphia, she then moved to NYC where she was

cast as one of the original "singing waitresses" of Ellen's Stardust Diner! Pounding the NYC pavement to be a "Broadway Baby" she traveled with an Off-Broadway show called Pomp Duck & Circumstance (now owned by Cirque Du Soleil) to Germany and Atlanta, GA for the 1996 Summer Olympics, she then moved back to South Jersey and continued performing regionally. Roles like "Eva Peron" in Evita, "Sandy" in Grease, "Velma" in Hairspray, "Diana" in Next to Normal and "Cassie" in A Chorus Line. She most recently performed at the Walnut Street Theatre in Love Story, Good People, Music Man and Elf all while starting her vocal studio. Although performing has always been her passion, she has found teaching just as rewarding.

Sarah is the owner of the Cherry Hill Performing Arts Center.