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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 CafĂ©, 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.