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Creative Team
[Jodie Langel]
Director
Jodie is a Broadway Actress, Renowned Teacher and Coach, and Author. Her Broadway/Broadway National Tour Credits include “Les Miserables” (Cosette), "Joseph...Dreamcoat" (Narrator), "CATS"(Grizabella), for which she has the distinction of being the youngest actor to portray the role, and the Pre-Broadway show “Martin Guerre” (lead character Bertrande). Most Recently, Jodie was in "Gypsy" starring Disney Legend Jodi Benson. Jodie starred as Donna in "Mamma Mia" at the Ogunquit Playhouse, The Wick Theater and Actors Playhouse. She also starred in the highly acclaimed production of "Joseph...Dreamcoat" at the Maltz Jupiter Theater and as Eva Peron in “Evita”.
Jodie is also the co-author of the acclaimed book “Making it on Broadway” and has a successful teaching program of the same name www.makingitonbroadway.net. Jodie has her B.F.A from Tisch School of the Arts and her M.F.A from U.C.L.A. She has her own voice studio in Boca Raton, Florida and has taught thousands of students in colleges, conferences, and schools around the country. Her TikTok has
3.7 Million followers, Instagram1.1 Million Followers and YouTube over 416k followers and has taught thousands of viewers around the globe. She has recently taught internationally in London and Northern Ireland and Wales and this year she will be traveling to China.
[Darko Varga]
Music Director
Darko Varga has been performing as a pianist since the age of eight. His teachers include Michael Gurt, Dr. Heather Coltman, Dr. Edward Turgeon, Ninoslav Zivkovic and Maria Szekely. Additionally, he participated in masterclasses and worked with prominent musicians such as: Jovanka Banjac, Nador Gyorgy, Rita Kinka, Ayako Tsuruta, Peter Miyamoto, Wei-Yi Yang, Eugen Indjic, Eric Heidsieck, Jean Francois Antonioli, Ann-Louise Turgeon, Joseph Gurt, Jonathan Biss, Kevin Chance, John Owings, Clelia Iruzun, Vadim Gluzman, Herbert Greenberg and others.
Darko won top prizes at over 30 national and international piano competitions such as: World Melody Music Awards (England), Paul Badura-Skoda International Piano Competition (Austria), Carles and Sofia Piano Competition (Spain), Marjorie Stricklin Emerging Artist Competition (US), Isidor Bajic Piano Memorial (Serbia), Colors of Chopin (Poland), Classical Music Stars (Poland), Euterpe Music Awards (Germany), EPTA Osijek (Croatia), Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic), “Carl Czerny” (Czech Republic), EPTA (Belgium), Petar Konjovic (Serbia), Servaas International Online Music Competition and others.
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Darko performed at the International Prokofiev Symposium in Baton Rouge, and as a soloist at the LSU Gala concert. He performed with Suboticka Filharmonija, Vojvodjanski Simfonicari (Serbia), Virtuosi di Praha (Czech Republic), FAU Symphony Orchestra, and Monroe Symphony Orchestra (US).
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Darko is an avid chamber musician participating in various ensembles. He has performed with pianists Dr. Heather Coltman, Dr. Irina Kofman, Dr. Isidora Jovanovic and Phil Hinton; with opera singers Birgit Fioravante, Sandra Moon, Nick Brownlee, Dr. Andre Chiang and Dean Peterson; with violinists Dr. Mariana Krewer and Gareth Johnson.
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Varga received a bachelor’s degree from Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Serbia (2010), a master’s degree from Florida Atlantic University (2014), and a doctorate in piano performance from Louisiana State University (2018).
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Currently he is employed as a director of music at St John Fisher Catholic Church in West Palm Beach, and as a staff pianist at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and maintains a private piano studio.
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Darko has been accompanying and coaching singers and choirs for many years. His students have won over 100 awards at regional, national and international competitions. He is a regular collaborative pianist for more than 20 schools in Palm Beach County. Additionally, he was a pianist for Theatre Baton Rouge’s (LA) performances of Disney’s Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. He worked as a pianist for Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. He was a keyboard composer and member of a progressive rock/metal band Spring and Youth, with whom he recorded an album “Between The Irony” in 2012.
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Darko’s students pursued their careers at some of the top schools in the US such as Harvard, Yale, Peabody Conservatory (John Hopkins), University of Michigan, Manhattan School of Music, Louisiana State University and others.
[Sage Meyers]
Stage Manager
Sage Meyers is a born-and-raised Floridian and multi-talented artist with over 17 years in the performing arts, working as an actress, singer, stage manager, make-up artist & model. She studied theatre and acting at FSW and trained under Annette Trossbach at The Laboratory Theater of Florida. She also studied cosmetology at The Salon Professional Academy.
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Sage recently expanded into film, appearing in national commercials for Domino’s, Ulta, Hard Rock Café, and COUCH, and is a recurring background actor in the upcoming Peacock series MIA. Her stage credits include Eddie and a Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show (New Phoenix Theatre) and Shirley/Ensemble in The Producers (Delray Beach Playhouse).
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As a stage manager, Sage has led numerous productions including Visiting Mr. Green, It’s Only a Play, and Anna in the Tropics at The Laboratory Theater of Florida, as well as Evita at the Pembroke Pines Theatre of Performing Arts. She was honored to stage manage for the renowned actress Tovah Feldshuh. She stage-managed West Side Story and Winter Wonderettes at Delray Beach Playhouse. Additional recent credits include Lizzie: The Musical (Thinking Cap Theatre) and working with M&M American Dance Theatre during their South Florida residency tour.
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She is thrilled to make her debut at Off-Glades Theatre Company stage-managing this hilarious production.
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Sage extends special thanks to her boyfriend and family—Joel, Lisa, and Cindy—for their unwavering support.
Follow her journey on Instagram: @maquillage_reine13.
