42nd Street Creative

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Director
Allison Maxwell
Allison is excited to serve as director for 42nd Street. She has served as a director and choreographer for shows such as Escape to Margaritaville, Matilda, Jr., Shrek, Mamma Mia!, and Scrooge, the Musical, all at the Athens theatre in DeLand, as well as HRT’s hit Musical Revue “I HRT Broadway” last fall, and Annie, Anything Goes, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wiz, and many other shows at theatres across the Southeast. Along with her husband, Allison is the owner of the Emmy Award winning Studio Creative Group, a commercial film and photography studio. She has studied and worked with dance greats such as Garth Fagan, Jean Pierre-Bonnefoux, and Jared Grimes. Favorite onstage performances include roles in Spamalot, 9 to 5, Anything Goes, and Sweet Charity. For over twenty years, Allison has been an award winning dance instructor and choreographer in all genres and styles, and currently teaches Contemporary and Jazz at Children's Musical Theater Workshop in Ormond Beach.
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Music Director
Tori Rathbun
Tori is delighted to have had the opportunity to work with HRT on 42nd Street. Some of her favorite Music Direction credits include Phantom of the Opera, White Christmas, Urinetown, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Fantasticks. Tori has also performed in a wide variety of theatres in central Florida. She most recently spent time as The Witch in Into the Woods. Tori is the Director of Choirs at Deland High School.
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Choreographer
Crisi Simmons
Crisi is thrilled to serve as the choreographer for one of her favorite shows, 42nd Street. Crisi is the Dance Director at Children’s Musical Theatre Workshop, Inc. and is a certified teacher through the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum. She has been a choreographer and/or director in various musicals in community, regional and professional theatres. Some of her favorite credits as a choreographer include Marvelous Wonderettes, Into The Woods, Matilda, Jr., You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Camp Rock, Jr., AristoCats, Jr., 42nd Street, and Beauty and the Beast.
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Assistant Director
Sandy Cook

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