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Faculty
Lynne Kurdziel Formato is an
Assistant Professor of Performing Arts. Prior to her
appointment here, she developed and directed the BFA in
Music Theatre at the University at Buffalo. Lynne also
serves on the Executive Committee of MTEA - Music Theatre
Educators Alliance International.
As a professional Director/Choreographer, Lynne is a
proud member of the Society of Stage Directors and
Choreographers (SSDC) and has over 300 productions to her
credit including Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof,
Blood Brothers, Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, The Merry
Widow, The King and I, Copacabana, West Side Story, A
Chorus Line, Swing!, Anything Goes, Grease, Forever
Plaid, Smokey Joe's Café, The World Goes Round
and Cole as well as this season’s The
Full Monty at Artpark in Lewiston, N.Y., West
Side Story (Tennie Award for Choreography),
Evita and Ain't Misbehavin' for
the Tennessee Repertory Theatre in Nashville, A
Chorus Line and My Fair Lady for the
Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock (where she will
return in May to choreograph The Full Monty),
three seasons of Christmas in The Smokies for
Dollywood Theme Park in Pigeon Forge, On the
Town for the University of the Arts at the Merriam
Theatre in Philadelphia, South Pacific for the
Heritage Repertory Theatre in Virginia and over 20
productions for the University at Buffalo including the
first regional production of Andrew Lippa's Wild
Party.
She is a 16-time nominee and five-time recipient of the
Buffalo New York Artvoice Artie Award in the areas of
direction and choreography, received the 2004 Artvoice
Career Achievement Award, a 2006 Katherine Cornell Award
for her choreographic work on Musicalfare’s
Urinetown and was named the 1996
"Individual Artist of the Year" by the Buffalo
and Erie County Council on the Arts. Lynne is also an
accomplished performer and a member of the Actor's
Equity Association (Lynne Van Remmen). Her last on-stage
credit was at Universal Studios Florida where she was
part of the 1990 opening team of actors.
Here at Elon, Lynne choreographed West Side Story,
Urinetown and is currently at work on
Carousel.
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