Susan Spann

Artistic Director, Producer

Susan, a veteran teacher and actress has produced local children’s theater for over 25 years. Credits include, "Mary Poppins Jr.", "Oklahoma", "Into the Woods Jr.", "Shrek Jr.", "Legally Blonde - the Musical", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Peter Pan Jr.", "Les Miserables School Edition", "Hairspray", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Oliver", "Grease", “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, “Annie”, Bugsy Malone”, “High School Musical”, "High School Musical 2", “Willy Wonka”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, "Guys & Dolls", "Bye Bye, Birdie", "Sound Of Music", "West Side Story", "The Rockin' Retro Musical", "Beauty and the Beast Jr", "Newsies", "Moana Junior", "Frozen Junior" and Matilda Jr.

Susan also taught in the Performing Arts Academy of John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, and has over twenty years of teaching experience.

Before moving to Los Angeles, Susan was a member of the nationally ranked Indiana State University gymnastics team and a gymnastics coach for children.

Holly Seidcheck

Director/Choreographer

Holly Seidcheck is a professionally trained dancer, actor, and choreographer originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Raised in a musical household, she developed a deep connection to rhythm, expression, and storytelling through movement from an early age. Holly holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Colorado, where her passion for performance evolved into a dedicated choreographic practice.

Since choreographing her first full-length musical as a teenager, Holly has created dynamic, narrative-driven movement for regional theaters and performance spaces across Colorado and California. Her credits include productions such as Cabaret, Lysistrata, RENT, and You Can’t Take It With You. She has also worked with competitive dance programs and collaborated with visual and musical artists on original interdisciplinary works.

Holly has trained extensively with companies including Batsheva, David Dorfman, and George Staib Dance Company. As a performer, she has appeared in productions such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Waiting for Godot, Macbeth, and You Can’t Take It With You, as well as in immersive theater projects throughout the greater Los Angeles area. In addition to her theatrical work, Holly is a working screen actor and a dedicated yoga practitioner who believes deeply in the power of movement to tell stories.

Jennifer Madill Hagen

Choreographer

Jennifer Madill Hagen holds a BFA in Dance with a minor in Musical Theater from Marymount Manhattan College. She and her husband owned and directed Madill Performing Arts Center in Duluth, MN for 20 years before selling the studio and moving their family of actors to Hollywood, California to pursue their dreams.

Jenn has choreographed over 2,000 award-winning competition dances at regional and national competitions. Her musical theater performance credits include Velma in Chicago, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot, Cassie in A Chorus Line, and Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Additional choreography credits include the short film Timmy Slays the Talent Show, La Cañada Junior Theater’s production of Into the Woods, and live performances for the pop group Futurepop.

On screen, Jenn recently starred in her first LA play, Who’s the Boss, and won a car on CBS’s Let’s Make a Deal. She helped bring the show Raid the Cage to Sony and CBS. Her family won their episode of Quiz with Balls (Season 3) on Fox and Hulu. She also acted in her first feature film, Affliction (Falcon Pictures), and the writers are currently in pre-production for a scripted series based on her role.

For 15 years, Jenn has served as a judge for Starpower, Masquerade, Bravo, Thunderstruck, and Storm Dance Competitions. She has also directed for Bravo National Talent & Dance Competition.

In Los Angeles, Jenn teaches for Plaza Productions One and Garri’s Dance Studio, in addition to offering private lessons across multiple genres. She is due to publish a book she authored about her oldest son, Cooper. She remains a working actor under Treadwell Entertainment Group while also managing her two sons’ careers—her youngest, Tanner, recently booked the role of Shaggy in Netflix’s live-action Scooby-Doo Origins.

Jenn’s mission is to spread joy through dance and entertainment and to nurture young performers as they fulfill their dreams.

Tayah Howard

Director

Tayah trained at East 15 Acting School in London and has held a variety of different theatre positions including actor, director, teacher for the Summer Arts Conservatory at LACHSA, where she attended high school, and costume designer for La Canada Junior Theatre. She co-directed A Christmas Carol at Glendale Centre Theatre and was assistant director of Shakespearience at the Alex Theatre this year, with past credits including Importance of Being Earnest and Mary Poppins at GCT. Acting credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Black Comedy, Macbeth, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Beggar’s Opera, Passing-Out Parade, Our Town, Three Sisters, A Christmas Carol, and the title role in Richard II. She is set to play Viola in Shakespeare in Love this autumn for IVRT. Voiceover credits: The Hero of Color City, IGOR, and Uprooted. Tayah also is a floral designer and loves creating arrangements and installations for events and for people’s homes!

Tayah directed “Moana Junior” and “Frozen Junior” for LCJT.

Heather Marie Marsden

Director/Musical Director

Heather Marie Marsden is an accomplished actress, recording artist, creative director, and coach whose multifaceted career spans theater, national tours, television, film, music, and arts education. She began performing professionally at 17, launching her career on the national tour of Sweet Charity. Since then, she has appeared in more than 60 film and television productions, with starring, recurring, and gueststarring roles, including The Office, where she played Kevin Malone’s sister, Mrs. Lovett, in the show’s memorable Sweeney Todd episode. Those who grew up watching Boy Meets World can hear Heather on iHeartRadio’s Pod Meets World in the episode Heather Marie Marsden Meets World, where she shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set, reminisces about the fan-favorite karaoke scene, and candidly discusses her career in television and music.

On stage, Heather starred for six months as “Dyanne”, Elvis Presley’s girlfriend, in the long-running Chicago hit, Million Dollar Quartet. Other favorite theater credits include Mask at the Pasadena Playhouse, directed by Richard Maltby, Jr.; “Val” in A Chorus Line, directed by Baayork Lee; the 2026 award-winning Kid Gloves, directed by Richard Israel; the LA Weekly and Ovation Award-winning The Beastly Bombing, directed by Julien Nitzberg; and the Ovation Award-winning It Came From Beyond.

As a Top 25 Billboard Dance charting artist, Heather’s original songs and vocals have been featured in more than a dozen film and television soundtracks, including Justified, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and HBO’s The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. Her distinctive vocals can also be heard on a multitude of commercials and campaigns including Subaru, McDonald’s, Toyota and more than 40 Barbie spots. Heather has released a critically acclaimed jazz e.p. of classic Disney songs, So, This Is Love, and continues to write, record, and perform new music throughout the year with the Los Angeles-based midcentury inspired band, JonesHouse.

Behind the camera, Heather is a sought-after on-set vocal and acting coach. One of her most rewarding projects was Subaru’s two-year “Share the Love: Put a Little Love in Your Heart” campaign, where she served as Assistant Music Director and On-Camera Coach for the real-life talent representing Make-AWish, the ASPCA, and Meals on Wheels.

Currently in her eighth year as Creative Director and Program Manager of the Performing Arts Division at LAUSD’s Conservatory of Fine Arts, Heather oversees programming for more than 250 gifted and talented students across four disciplines. She also maintains a thriving private coaching studio, working with actors and singers at every stage of their careers, from aspiring young performers to seasoned professionals. Guiding artists as they discover their voices, build confidence, and reach their full potential remains one of Heather’s most rewarding accomplishments.

Learn more at HeatherMarieMarsden.com.

Zoe Bright Howard

Director/Producer/Production Manager

Zoe Bright is originally from England where she appeared in 8 shows in London’s West End including playing Lucy in Snoopy the Musical and being an original cast member of Les Miserables. She returned to appear in the 25th Anniversary production at the O2.
She has appeared or directed in various productions in the Inland Empire and at Candlelight Pavilion, and was resident director at Glendale Centre Theatre where she won three LA Scenie Awards for Mary Poppins 2018, Pirates of Penzance 2019, Annie 2020.

She is currently playing Madame Armfeldt in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Kate Greenway theatre in Hollywood.

She has been involved with LCJT for many years either as a director, coach or assistant producer.