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Janette Pennington

Director

Ms. Janette Pennington (Director) has her Master’s in Education from Middle TN State University, her Bachelor of Arts in Theatricalproductions, and a degree in Music with an emphasis in Opera. She has been performing since she was nine, done technical theatresince eleven, and performed across the USA and the world. She has directed numerous high school, middle school, college, and community theatre projects. She has sat on several boards as advisory to high school theatre remodels, upgrades, and installations. She has done many different church performances, tours, stage management for a magician’s tour, a comedy tour for 6 years, and a puppet tour for 4 years. Three of her favorite gigs over the years are (1) being part of the production team for a specially commissioned show for the Baha’i of Las Vegas, transcribed and conducted by Dr. Cushinary, (2) dancing on the Dolly Parton show, and (3) working for the world-famous magician, John Calvert.

Suzanne Stone

Music Director

Suzanne has been a resident of Las Vegas since 1989. She is originally from Idaho with significant family and educational stops in Hawaii, Utah, Mexico, the Philippines, the Middle East, and Europe. Her favorite things to collect are friends, that always end up becoming part of her family. She has the most patient and kind husband to be able to put up with her growing their family that way (he loves them just as much).

Suzanne has a Master of Music in Vocal Performance, and is an NCVS Trained Vocologist (study of voice behavior and habilitation). Suzanne is working on her doctorate and specializes in Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy (CCM for short). She is a Licensed Body Mapping Educator, which simplifies anatomy and physiology for musicians and other professional voice users, to facilitate better movement and to prevent injury. Suzanne began performing regularly at a very early age in musicals and operas.