Jasmine Forsberg is a New York City-based actress, songwriter, and voiceover artist originally from Orlando, Florida. She is currently performing in Six on Broadway as Jane Seymour. Other Broadway credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends and Here Lies Love. Off-Broadway/Regional: Broadway Bounty Hunter, I & You: The Musical (McCarter), A Grand Night for Singing (Goodspeed), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), and Wild Fire (Denver Center).

In addition to performing onstage, Jasmine writes her own music and is often in the recording booth. Her debut single, “do you”, is available for streaming on all platforms. Jasmine’s original music was also featured in the Hallmark film “One December Night” (in which she made her TV debut). She recorded her first animation voiceover as Mama Elephant in the Nick Jr. series, “Wonder Pets”. Jasmine is a proud alumna of the Musical Theatre program at Penn State University. www.JasmineForsberg.com

Mike Ruckles (M.M., SVS, PAVA-RV) is a vocal technician and singing voice specialist based in New York City. He maintains one of the city’s premier voice studios specializing in healthy, transformative technique for Musical Theatre and contemporary commercial singing. His clientele includes Tony, Grammy, and Oscar winners, with students performing in leading roles on Broadway, the West End, national tours, and concert stages across the world.

His methodology integrates a broad spectrum of pedagogical modalities, drawing from Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, Lessac, Estill, Stemple, Body Mapping (Conable), Laban, and Fitzmaurice Voicework, among others. As an SVS, he collaborates closely with leading NYC laryngologists in the care and rehabilitation of injured voices. Mike is also privileged to work closely with some of the industry’s most respected musical directors, composers and casting directors, allowing him to remain at the vanguard of the latest vocal trends and industry standards. 

He serves as production vocal coach for several long-running Broadway shows and for film/TV. From 2013 to 2016, he was Associate Music Director and conductor of the Tony Award-winning A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway.

A frequent lecturer/clinician, Mike was a guest speaker on the topic of vocal rehabilitation for Weill Cornell Medicine’s Center for the Performing Artist, and has lectured on belt voice for Dr. Ingo Titze’s esteemed Summer Vocology Institute. He is a frequent clinician for both the Westminster Voice Pedagogy Institute and the Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop (Boston Conservatory/Berklee), and in the summer of 2024, Mike was honored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing as a Master Teacher, serving as a mentor for the NATS intern program.

Mike served as musical director/private voice faculty for the School of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Northern Colorado for eight years before heading East. He studied piano at the University of Southern Colorado before completing a vocal performance degree and M.M. at UNC, training under esteemed pedagogue Dr. Melissa Malde. His thesis, “Aesthetics and Pedagogy of the Belt Voice” was completed in 2002, and has proven influential in revamping the training of Musical Theatre performers, particularly at the university level. Mike has also taught on the voice faculty for the New Studio on Broadway at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, at the New York Film Academy, The Growing Studio (NYC), the Broadway Theatre Project, and the Broadway Collective.

He is a proud member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Voice Foundation, the New York Singing Teachers’ Association, and the Pan-American Vocology Association, having earned their distinguished “PAVA Recognized Vocologist” designation. 

www.mikeruckles.com @rucklesvoice

Jared Trudeau is a voice teacher living in New York City. He works with musical theatre, opera, and recording artists who are currently being seen on Broadway, off-Broadway, National Tour, and regional stages. He and Joey Harrell are also the co-founders of BroadwayVox, a Musical Theatre education company aimed at changing education for performers and teachers.

Jared is one of a small handful of teaching artists who have an M.F.A. in Voice Pedagogy for Musical Theatre from Penn State University— the first, and only, program of its kind. During his graduate study, he was mentored by renowned pedagogues Mary Saunders-Barton, Raymond Sage, Norman Spivey (NATS past-president), Dr. Beverly Patton, and the rest of the PSU acting, dance, voice & speech, and movement faculty. Prior to his work at Penn State, Jared received degrees in Music and Psychology from Tufts University, graduating summa cum laude and receiving Highest Thesis Honors for his work entitled Belting Beauties and Soaring Sopranos: Voice Pedagogy to Address the Wide-Ranging Needs of Women in Musical Theatre.

From a Blue-Chip college football scholarship to the Broadway stage, Green’s three-decade career has taken him all over the world, from performing at The White House to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. He has performed on Broadway in the original casts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Sister Act, and Play On!,  Original cast recordings: Broadway shows and The Jerusalem Syndrome, 17 Again, Freaky Friday, and Broadway Bounty Hunter. His TV work includes 30 Rock, Murphy Brown, Almost Family, Law and Order SVU, Unforgettable, The Guiding Light and Peter Pan Live! on NBC. He has been involved in several Pre-Broadway productions including The Preachers Wife, The Griswold's Broadway Vacation, The Karate Kid, and A.D. 16 and most recently Bat Boy at City Center Encores. He was Awarded The Berkie for Lead Actor in a Musical and a Broadway World Award for Best Actor in a Streamed Musical.

He is a proud graduate of Rice University, an Associate Artist and Board Member at Barrington Stage, a Board Member of Clinton Housing Development Company and a Deacon at Metro Baptist Church in Hell’s Kitchen. And original member of the Westminster Thrust Ensemble with Jimmy Fallon. 

IG: @alanhgreen

Jacob Thomas Carr is a NYC based voice teacher and the founder of Howl. He is currently on the voice faculty at NYU Tisch New Studio on Broadway and vocal director for Celebrity Cruise Lines.

The approach to instance based singing Jacob has engineered at Howl is grounded in evidence based teaching practices, as well as inspired by the original methods of the original Bel Canto school as researched by Cornelius Reid. With a strong background as a music director and 50 + shows & concerts to his credit, he brings his rigorous musical knowledge into the voice studio. He’s been coaching singers for 15 years, and honed his expertise as a technician thanks to the many wonderful teachers he’s studied with and observed.  Originally from Dallas Texas, he was on the voice faculty at Sam Houston State University Department of Theatre and Dance before moving to New York City in 2014.

His educational background is multi-faceted: He is a classically trained pianist, schooled in the Suzuki method, with a B.M. in Music Theory and Composition from Sam Houston State University. He also trained in the Meisner technique at The Esper Studio under Bill Esper. Additionally, he has several years of experience with the Alexander Technique, learning under Judith Grodowitz. Those areas of focus, combined with numerous teacher trainings in contemporary vocal pedagogy, give him a rich background from which to inform his teaching.

Jacob’s first passion in life was training horses using natural horsemanship techniques like those pioneered by Monty Roberts, John Lyons, and Pat Pirelli. Looking back to his roots, his most recent musical project led him to found Country Folk duo Guipago Dreams. Joined on vocals by Shannon Barnes, their singles are currently available for streaming on Spotify.

Samantha Joy Pearlman is a multi-hyphenate artist (actress-singer-songwriter-playwright-director) based in NYC. Proud owner of the SJP Voice Studio, she is an associate voice teacher out of the acclaimed Mike Ruckles Voice Studio and is certified in level one and two of The Singing Athlete Technique. Her favorite theatrical credits include: Mary Jane Gumm in Chasing Rainbows (Paper Mill Playhouse), Deb in The Art Tour, South Pacific (Paper Mill), Harriet in Factory Girls (11th Hour Theatre Co.) Thea in Spring Awakening (Theatre Horizon) and a member of the Sugarplums and America’ Sweethearts, two vintage Andrews-Sisters-style trios. She recently completed the Northeast tour with her band “Joy and the Wildfire,” with their debut record AFTERSHOCKS released in 2024. Her solo record Flight is available on all streaming platforms, with her original songs "Madly" and "Real World" featured on the BMI #MusicMonday playlist. BA: Wesleyan University www.samanthajoypearlman.com @joyandthewildfire @samanthajoyprl

Mackenzie Bykowski is a singer and vocal technician located in New York City, with a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance and an Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from NYU. His method to the development of one’s vocal instrument utilizes the art of storytelling combined with evidence-based approaches in voice science that are modified to ensure the sustainable and free use of a performer’s voice.

Mackenzie specializes in working with singers that are recovering from vocal injuries. His personal experience in rehabilitating from a vocal surgery has given him a deep understanding of the physical and emotional impact of such injuries and how it affects a performer’s ability to rely on their instrument. Mackenzie works closely with Laryngologists and Speech Language Pathologists to ensure that his clients feel supported by a comprehensive vocal team. 

Prior to teaching voice, Mackenzie participated in and coached competitive gymnastics. With more than ten years of experience as an athletic coach, Mackenzie leverages the core values of physical strength, flexibility, and mental resilience that is found in gymnastics to the practice of vocal development. Like singing, gymnastics marries precise physical coordination with artistic expression to display a mastery of performance. It is through intentional and conscious practice of this physical coordination that allows for a free and released instrument for storytelling through song that is both consistent and reliable. 

Mackenzie’s approach to vocal development is multifaceted and holistic, incorporating the methodologies of Doscher, Estill, Alexander, Stemple, Titze, Resonant Voice Therapy, and Christine Schneider’s Spherical Body Movement. Through this approach, Mackenzie creates a tailored experience for each individual singer, providing them with the tools they need to unlock their most free sound. 

Outside his private studio, Mackenzie is a proud associate teacher at Mike Ruckles Voice Studio. He is also Vocal Tech Department Head for Musical Theatre College Auditions as well as a Song/Repertoire Coach for Broadway Artists Alliance. Mackenzie has also served as an adjunct faculty voice teacher for NYU and CAP21/Molloy.