"When You Teach A Kid How To Act, You Teach A Kid How to Act"

(Co-Founder)

Tony Danza is an actor, entertainer, and educator best known for his leading roles in the television classics Taxi and Who’s the Boss?. A Brooklyn native, he has had a decades-long career across film, television, and Broadway, earning critical recognition for both comedic and dramatic roles, as well as for his touring live show Standards & Stories.

(Co-Founder/Executive Director)

Brian D. Hills is a New York–born actor and theater artist trained at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and SUNY Purchase College. He has performed with regional theaters across the country and is a 2012 AUDELCO Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical for Sally and Tom: The American Way.

(Program Manager)

Bijoux Lukelo is a Queens native whose passion for the arts began through Developmental Youth Theater. She has served as Program Coordinator of Theatre Arts and College Assistance / Persistence at the Police Athletic League and continues her youth development work and performance involvement with the Stars of Tomorrow Project and partner arts organizations.

(Dance Instructor)

Morgan McGhee is a Baton Rouge native and a Broadway and film/television performer. She was most recently seen in Boop! The Musical and appears in the upcoming films The Bride! and Focker In-Law. In addition to her performance work, Morgan has taught arts education across the country and internationally, supporting students in developing their creative expression.

(Movement/Mask Instructor)

Joseph Harris is a Brooklyn-based performer originally from Fairbanks, Alaska. A graduate of The New School with training from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, he has appeared in numerous theater and dance productions in New York, including Third Rail Projects’ Then She Fell, and has been part of The Stars of Tomorrow Project since its inception.

(Musical Instructor)

La Toya Lewis is an interdisciplinary artist and educator with a background in classical voice and opera. She has performed with Jazz at Lincoln Center and The San Juan Symphony, appeared in Porgy & Bess at the Metropolitan Opera House, and has over twenty years of experience teaching and directing youth and community performers.

(Musical Instructor)

Timothy Riley is a New York–based gospel singer and vocal coach who has performed with the Grammy Award–winning Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir and toured internationally across more than 25 countries, leading gospel workshops around the world. He speaks seven languages, including Spanish, German, and Japanese.

(Acting Instructor)

Travis Raeburn is a graduate of SUNY Purchase’s Acting Conservatory and LaGuardia High School for Drama. He is currently touring with The Acting Company in Romeo & Juliet and The Three Musketeers, with past credits including MCC Theater’s Soft, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and First Match. His music is available under the name TravRae.

(Acting Instructor)

Malik Reed (they/them) is a non-binary, classically trained actor from Detroit and a graduate of the SUNY Purchase BFA Acting Conservatory. Their recent credits include Mud Row, Chekhov/Tolstoy: Love Stories, The Bacchae, and screen appearances in Law & Order: Organized Crime, Random Acts of Flyness, and The Best Man: The Final Chapters.