Faculty for the Vermont Theater Camps


			Peter Boynton is the force behind these camps. He has performed on Broadway ('She Loves Me'-1993-4), starred in daytime television (Tonio' on 'As The World Turns'-1986-92), and been featured in films like 'HellRaiser III' (though some credits are best forgotten...). Peter has worked for over thirty years as a singer, dancer, actor and director in dozens of musicals, both in New York and in regional theaters around the country. Locally, he has worked with Lost Nation Theater, Phantom Theater Co., the VT Conservatory of Ballet, VT Stage Company and has helped shape the performing arts program at Harwood Union High School where he has produced and directed their fall play and spring musical for the past twelve years. In addition to teaching the dance curriculum at Harwood Union School, Peter has also been a faculty member at Burlington College since 2004 where he teaches an acting and directing class for their film program.				Judy Milstein has produced and directed theater productions all over the country. Local audiences know her work at Lost Nation Theater where she has directed ‘Our Town’ and ‘Collected Stories’, and performed in productions of ‘The Fantasticks’, ‘Side By Side By Sondheim’, ‘Alice’, ‘Lettuce and Lovage’, ‘Twelth Night’, ‘Cradle Will Rock’, and ‘A Delicate Balance’, among other. Judy has studied arts and education at the University of Michigan and has a graduate degree from Columbia University Teachers College in NYC. She has spent much of the last two decades creating inovative theatrics in eclectic settings. Working with teens she has created theme-based school musicals at the Flynn Theater and Very Special Arts in Burlington, and with the Onion River Arts Council and Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier. A skilled improvisational actor and has worked with Jonathon Winters and The Groundlings in NYC, and on Sesame Street.

			Nick Corley has directed several world premiers including the recent off-Broadway production of FLIGHT at the Lucille Lortel Theater for the Melting Pot Theatre Company (Callaway Award Nomination), WOODY SEZ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and European Tour,FABLES IN SLANG -A RAGTIME REVUE (also for NY's Melting Pot Theatre Company), THE CIVIL WAR (co-directed with Gregory Boyd) at Houston's Alley Theatre, ELIOT NESS...IN CLEVELAND (also co-adaption) at Denver Theatre Center, A YOUNG LADY OF FASHION (also co-author with Corliss Preston) at the historic Fulton Opera House, and the New York productions of TIM AND SCROOGE (NYMF and Queens Theatre in the Park), THE OVERCOAT(Fringe Festival), TALLBOY WALKIN', and MOO-THE TWISTED TALE OF DINKY FARM. Other directing credits include THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS at the Adirondack Theater Festival, THE LITTLE FOXES at the Fulton Opera House, Ned Rorem's FOUR DIALOGUES at Merkin Concert Hall, SHERLOCK'S LAST CASE at the Alley Theatre, and THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM , BAT BOY, and an original musicalized adaptation of SEA MARKS for the Commons Group in Vermont. Recent workshop presentations include THE GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY by Stephen King and John Mellencamp, and Lance Horne and Mark Campbell's A HUNGER ARTIST for NY Theater Workshop and American Opera Projects. He has directed over 100 developmental workshops and readings, many of them for NYU's Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program. His extensive appearances as a performer include Broadway (MARY POPPINS, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SHE LOVES ME), off-Broadway, regional theatre, film, recordings and television.				Tracy Martin is co-Artistic Director of Phantom Theater in Warren, VT. She teaches dance at The Flynn Center for the Arts in Burlington, at the Contemporary Dance and Fitness studio in Montpelier, and at Harwood Union High School. NYC dance credits include performances with ‘downtown ‘ favorites Kate Gyllenhaal’s Moco, Susan Hefnen and Dancers, and Patricia Hoffbaur and George Emilio Sanchez. This past year she worked on the film, ‘Burgandy’ with VT film maker Michael Fisher.

			Robin Fawcett grew up in the Midwest where she danced, studied at The Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Co. & School, and earned an MFA in Acting at the University of Iowa. Since then she has worked as an actor, director, choreographer, fight choreographer, and teacher of theater arts. As an actor she has most enjoyed collaborating on original works produced in Off-B’way’s experimental theater world. As a director/choreographer she has worked at UVM, the Flynn Center, and CVU High School. Twice certified by the Society of American Fight Directors in rapier & dagger, broadsword, quarter staff and unarmed combat. Robin currently teaches at the Flynn Center for Performing Arts and CVU High School.				Bill Reed has enjoyed a varied career as a performer, teacher, and clinician. Born to an entertainer - Vernon Reed of the famed Buffalo Bills Barbershop quartet, (‘The”Music Man”), Bill earned a B.A. in Music from the Iniversity of Wisconsin and a doctorate from Columbia University. Since 1979, Bill has trained classical and theatrical singers in his New York studio and headed the musical theater program at Circle in the Square Theater School. His students have performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera and in leading roles in over 200 Broadway shows. Among them are Tony, Oscar Hammerstein, Emmy and MAC award winners. Bill lives in South Burlington, Vermont.

			Andrea Bonamico holds a Bachelor of Music and Education from Bucknell University and studied music theater at Circle in the Square Theater School in NYC. She has worked with Bill Reed and NY song interpretation/ acting coaches Bob Goldstone, Alan Langdon, Kimberly Vaughn and Ken Schatz. Andrea teaches piano and voice at the Bundy Gallery in Waitsfield, VT, sings with the Mad River Chorale, and directs the Mad River Kids’ Chorale and the Mad River Cabaret Troupe. She directs musicals for the Waitsfield Elementary School and works as co-music director for the fall musicals at the Green Mt. Valley School with her husband Piero Bonamico. She has performed with The Commons Group at the Skinner Barn in their productions of The Robber Bridegroom and Songs For A New World. At the Flynn Theatre, the Middlebury Community Players, and the White River Valley Players she has appeared in productions of Singin’ In The Rain, Chicago, Pirates of Penzance, and West Side Story.				Lauri Landry began her concert career when she was tapped to sing the Christine/Phantom of the Opera portion of the program opposite Michael Crawford in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber In Concert which was personally supervised by the composer. She toured throughout the United States and Canada and capped off the experience in a concert with Sarah Brightman at the Palladium Theater. Also in London, she has performed as a guest soloist at The Night of 1000 Voices concerts at Royal Albert Hall. Lauri has had a long association as a guest artist with both the Philadelphia Pops and the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestras. Also in the U.S., she has sung at gala tribute concerts for Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. This past spring she was invited to join Sir Tim Rice in a concert in Barbados celebrating his many contributions to musical theater. Ms. Landry made her Broadway debut in Zoya’s Apartment as Alla Vadimovna. She then returned to Broadway in The Scarlet Pimpernel where she appeared as Marguerite. Off-Broadway she has worked at the Manhattan Theater Club in their new works series. Lauri toured Nationally and Internationally as Maria in the 30th Anniversary Production of West Side Story and as Louise/Gypsy in Gypsy. Regionally she has appeared in Carousel (Julie Jordan), Camelot (Guinevere), My Fair Lady (Eliza Doolittle), and Bat Boy: The Musical (Meredith Parker) at The Skinner Barn. Lauri has appeared in feature films and guest starred in several nighttime television shows. She also enjoyed a long run on the NBC daytime drama Another World.

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