J. Chalmers Browne

Chalmers has served on TADA!’s Board since 2009, and has been President since 2015, after two years as Treasurer. Professionally, he is a Technical Program Manager at Google, and he previously worked in technology at Citibank and the Theater Development Fund, among other employers. He was a founding member of the Liminal Stage, a showcase […]

Notes from Nina: Knock knock. Who’s there? You were.

Hi TADA! Friends and Family, You heard me! Thank you so much. Thank you for reaching out to me after my last Notes From Nina. It was wonderful to hear from you with your thoughts. It was also so great to have over 70 people make contributions to TADA!. It felt good to know that […]

Chris Bell

Chris Bell is originally from the Eastside of San Antonio, Texas but lives and works out of NYC.  Chris holds an an MFA Contemporary Dance (Case Western Reserve), a in BS Dance (Lamar), and because he likes camping and the beach, a BS Geology. He currently makes work with Raja Feather Kelly & the feath3r […]

Janine Nina Trevens

Janine Nina Trevens co-founded TADA! with Linda Reiff in 1984. Nina has served as Artistic Director for all of the works produced by TADA!, many of which she commissioned specifically for the company. For TADA!, she wrote The Perfect Monster, The History Mystery, The Little House of Cookies, Sweet Sixteen, and Odd Day Rain. She is currently working on […]

April Rozier

April Rozier got her love for theater and started her career at age 5. She began her training at the Walnut Street Theater in Philly, and performed throughout the East Coast. After attending AMDA New York, she found her passion working with Youth Theaters and Camps. She has been a part of several Arizona debuts, […]

About the Ensemble Program

Resident Youth Ensemble RYET COVID POLICY Musical Theater Training Performance Youth Development Previous Next Positive Youth Development Program​ The Resident Youth Ensemble of TADA! is a FREE, NYC-based, year-round musical theater training, performance, and youth development program composed of 40-60 talented youth, ages 8-18.  Each year, 10 to 20 new members gain membership through an open audition […]