The Patel Conservatory welcomes musical theater instructor Adam Wagner to our full-time faculty.
Working in conjunction with our music department, the theater department has developed a pre-professional track for acting students who want to pursue a career in musical theater.
To that end, Wagner joined the Conservatory to help oversee the musical theater program.
“I love that this is an educational and extracurricular program, but not something that’s just an after school activity. It really is a high quality performance conservatory,” said Wagner, who is directing the fall PCYT production of Kiss Me, Kate.
Originally from Chesterton, Indiana, Wagner is a graduate of the musical theater program at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He also studied dramatic arts at the British Academy of Dramatic Arts in Oxford, England.
An award-winning artist and self-taught pianist, he’s worn many hats including actor, composer, producer, director and choreographer.
Most recently, he served as the artistic director at the Grandstreet Theatre in Helena, Mont. which combined a community theater company with a theater education program.
“I really felt like I was making a difference in the community,” he said. “To educate is an incredible challenge for me and really exciting. I get to share things I love, and encourage and arm students with confidence, creative expression and the ability to trust themselves.”
With shows like Kiss Me, Kate, he gets to fuse his varied artistic skills. Performed by high school and college aged students enrolled at the Patel Conservatory, the show is treated as a class so they get the educational experience, as well as the experience of being in a professional level production.
“I’m at home at a place that is continually developing new programs and striving the for the best,” he said.
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