LISA HOPKINS (Choreographer, Falling for Make Believe, Dames at Sea [Los Angeles Theatre Ovation nomination]).

Lisa choreographed Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at San Diego Music Theatre. She directed and choreographed the off-Broadwayand national tours of Scrooge and co-created the internationally acclaimed show TAP KIDS. She choreographed sequences for the films The Fantastic Clown Club and Temptation of Vanity. She assisted choreographer Kathleen Marshall on the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies where she also acted as coach to leading man Treat Williams.

She was a featured soloist with Manhattan Tap for 2 seasons and is adjunct faculty at AMDA in Los Angeles. Lisa owns and operates New York Stage Originals (www.nystage.com) with husband/composer Philip David Stern. Their original shows have played off-Broadway in NYC and toured nationally and internationally. Their show Dream will be touring China in the fall.

April, 2013