ASHLEY BROWN
Master Class Artist

Ashley is currently playing the title role in the Broadway production of Mary Poppins. Her performance earned her a 2007 Drama Desk nomination. Ashley made her Broadway debut as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Previously, she toured with Disney's On the Record, a job she landed directly after graduating from Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music, where she received a BFA. She also spent two summers training at the Broadway Theatre Project. She performed in The Leading Men of Broadway and participated in Broadway By the Year: 1956. Ashley also received the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Laurie Beechman Award.

Jenn Colella Master Class Artist most recently performed in Beautiful Girls, a musical tribute to honor Stephen Sondheim, at the World Festival of Theatre in Colorado Springs. Written by Lonny Price specifically for the actresses, the piece also starred Marin Mazzie, Donna McKechnie, Zoe Caldwell and Patti Lupone. Mr. Sondheim loved the piece and has already set in motion plans to do a US Tour. On Broadway, Jenn starred in the musical High Fidelity. She has garnered an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for the role of Sissy in Urban Cowboy (Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical).

She starred in the world premier of the Twyla Tharp/Bob Dylan project, The Times; They are A-Changin, at the Old Globe Theatre. Off-Broadway credits include Don't Quit Your Night Job (Ha! Comedy Club), Slut (The Actor's Theatre), and The Great American Trailer Park Musical (NYMF) Jenn appeared on the Oxygen Network as the co-host of “Can You Tell?!" And recently shot an episode of ABC's “The Cashmere Mafia” (guest star). Film credits include: Lay It Down for Good (lead) and Uncertainty (playing opposite Manoel Felciano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collins). Before journeying to NYC in 2003, Jenn was a stand-up comedienne at the world famous Laugh Factory and at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles.