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Beyond the Stage
The artists of Ordway's Education and Community Engagement programs
In schools, in communities, and online
From artist-led workshops to special classroom curricula to free online lessons, Ordway's Education and Community Engagement programs connect artists with you—wherever you are. Get to know the extraordinary artists who are sharing their work, and learn where else you can find them!
25-26 Beyond the Stage Artists
Kym Chambers Otto
Arts Educator, Professional Actor, Singer & Dancer
Kym received a Masters in Vocal Performance from New York University and BA from St. Olaf College. Originally from California, Kym relocated to the Twin Cities after living in New York City for a decade. Kym works as a professional actor/singer/dancer and has toured with the Broadway Tours Cats, Cinderella, and The Wizard of Oz. Regionally she has worked at prestigious companies such as Kansas City Starlight, TUTS, TOTS, North Shore, Ogunquit Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, Casa Manana, Bushnell PAC and Ordway CPA . Kym is actively involved in developing New Work with Nautilus Music Theatre. She has sung with The St. Olaf Choir, The World Youth Choir, Vocalessence and is a founding member of “Chick Cheer” entertaining over the holiday season.
When Kym is not performing she runs a successful private voice studio (NATS member), choreographs for Musical Theater, is a show choir clinician/adjudicator and a Lead Spotlight Evaluator for Hennepin Theater Trust‘s Theater Education Outreach Program. Her students have gone on to NYU, Vitterbo, UW Stevens Point, U of M Duluth and Twin Cities, University of Oklahoma, Coastal Carolina, UCLA, Northridge, Hartt School of Music, Millikin University, St. Olaf, Luther, Concordia, Gustavus and BYU. Kym has strong ties to the Broadway community and has recently curated Q and A sessions with Broadway Artists to connect with her MT studio students.
While at NYU, Kym worked as a Graduate Assistant in MT and was in charge of all new student inquiries and ran auditions for all incoming students. This provided a unique opportunity to see the audition process from the inside of a highly regarded MT program.
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Andrea Mislan
Professional Teaching & Performing Ballet Artist.
Andrea Mislan's (she/her) professional performing career spans over 25 years. A graduate from Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division, she has continued to evolve in contemporary and musical theater styles, in such productions as Celine Dion's "A New Day," Cirque du Soleil's "Viva Elvis," and "Chicago the Musical" International tour. A current resident of Minneapolis MN, she has most recently performed at the Guthrie Theater ("West Side Story," "Guys and Dolls," "Cyrano de Bergerac"), Chanhassen Dinner Theaters ("Holiday Inn," "Music Man", "Footloose"), The Ordway ("Smokey Joe's Cafe"), and in several Collide Theatrical's original jazz dance musicals. Andrea has choreographed for several regional theaters and studios across North America and has taught master classes internationally in ballet, contemporary, musical theatre, and Fosse technique (Broadway Across America). She is currently a teaching artist for Twin Cities Musical Theater Training, the Guthrie Theater, Community Movement Collective, and loves teaching company class for Ballet Co Laboratory. A movement mentor, certified in Clinical Somatic Education and Franklin Method, her focus is to guide an embodied and efficient way of moving, facilitating a deeper understanding of movement and dance technique in every style, for every mover.
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