Eric Hall has worked professionally in New York City designing and building costumes for stage and film.  He has worked regionally at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Glimmerglass Opera.  Recent summer projects include working on costumes for Xanadu (Helen Hayes Theatre), and building bustles for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare in the Park).  MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Professor Lent holds a B.A. in Theater from The College of William & Mary in Virginia and an M.F.A. in Performance and Choreography from Florida State University. She has performed for six years with Busch Gardens Entertainment Williamsburg and Tampa Bay. She has performed for several summer stock, dinner, and regional theatre companies. Outside the university setting Jennifer has taught dance in VA, NJ, and FL. Her work, "Oklahoma City," based on the bombing, was accepted into "Take a Chance Choreographer's Showcase" at New Dance Group Arts in NYC. Jennifer has performed two seasons with The Lost Colony and this past summer performed on tour with The Godspeed Sail which celebrates the 400th Anniversary of America (this year at Jamestown, VA). Jennifer also performs as a vocalist/dancer for Legends in Concert, Surfside Beach.

Kenneth J. Martin is a Scenic and Lighting Designer and Chair of the Department of Theatre at Coastal Carolina University.  Ken has worked in the professional theatre for over 25 years.  As a member of United Scenic Artists, his design work has been seen from The Sacramento Theatre Company to Surflight Theatre in New Jersey, Theatre by the Sea in Rhode Island and the Florida Rep.   In the academic arena, Ken has served in a variety of capacities for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.  Ken has been teaching for 14 years while keeping active in regional professional theatre.  Ken is a member of United Scenic Artists.

Aaron Michael McAllister (Musical Theatre): Proudly comes to Coastal Carolina University having musically directed and conducted some 35 musicals and cabarets in both professional and educational theatre. Recent projects include Crazy For You, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Forever Plaid, Urinetown, The Thing About Men, The Boyfriend, The Cradle Will Rock, The Boys From Syracuse, A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, Evita, Merrily We Roll Along, The Fantasticks, CATS, among others.

As a professional vocal coach, he has had the pleasure of working with talented actors in NYC, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta; many of whom are enjoying successful professional careers on Broadway, National tours, and at some of the finest regional theatres in the country. He has taught Musical Theatre Repertoire, Scene Study, Musical Theatre History, and Theory Skills while on the faculty at Coastal Carolina University, Queens College, The Savannah College of Art and Design, and the Walnut Hill School of the Arts.

A member of NATS and the AFM, Aaron is a highly sought after musical theatre performance clinician and pedagogue and has composed, arranged, and orchestrated numerous cabaret, solo, and showcase performances. Together with collaborator/playwright, Daryl Lisa Fazio, he has just finished his new musical entitled LIFT and has begun work on their new musical POPART. He holds a B.A. in vocal performance and conducting from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a M.M. in Conducting from the University of Maryland.

Robin received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from the University of South Carolina. She also did a one-year professional internship at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C . Productions for the Shakespeare Theatre included Richard III with Stacey Keach, Othello with Avery Brooks, Andre Braugher, and Fuente Ovejuna with Josie De Guzman. She also toured an adaptation of As You Like It directed by Daniel Fish through the Washington,D.C. schools.

Robin is especially proud to teach at her alma mater where she received her undergraduate degree. She is also the host and lead public relations personality for Coastal Today. Coastal Today is a lively half-hour look at what’s happening on campus, including interviews with student, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University. The show airs 21 times per week on HCT, Time Warner Cable and SCETV.

Stephen is returning to Coastal after finishing his M.F.A. in Lighting Design and Technical Direction at the University of Memphis. In Memphis he was the Lighting Designer for various production including House & Garden, Into the Woods, and Everyman. Before moving to Memphis he worked in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area with The Gatlin Brothers, All American Music Theatre, The Crook & Chase Theatre and The Magic of Allan Valentine. While in Myrtle Beach, he received his B.A. from Coastal Carolina University. In Addition to Lighting Design, he has worked for many years as a Technical Director and Stage Manger, but lighting has always been his passion.

Kristi Rau McIntyre is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, where in 2001 she obtained her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Acting. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree form North Carolina State University in Raleigh in the field of Communication with an emphasis in Theatre. Some of her favorite credentials include three seasons at Theatre Virginia where she was in the world premiere of Ralph Allen's musical Scandals with Dick Van Patten, Umbilical Discord and The Time of Your Life at Hodges Theatre, and Hamlet at CCU.

Dawn Drake was trained in the Professional Theater Training Program of University of Delaware.  She has worked as a professional theater technician at Utah Shakespearean Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Surflight Theater, Hartford Stage, and Off-Broadway.  She has worked with magnet schools to share the “dark side of the the curtain” with many students of varying degree of skills.