Weathervane Musical Theatre Company

The Weathervane Musical Theatre Company, (WMTC) is a pre-professional musical theatre training program for students interested in a career in the performing arts

WMTC helps our talented students gain competitive musical theatre training to better prepare them for college auditions and the professional theatre world. WMTC takes place on Saturday afternoons. Students spend half of their Saturday on focused musical theatre technique and the other half rehearsing for unique performance opportunities at Weathervane Playhouse and throughout the community. Don't miss out on this unique training experience to belong to a company and community full of passionate musical theatre artists!

Come support WMTC students and click here to get tickets to their SPRING SHOWCASE! May 19th (Sunday) at 7pm.

Spring Showcase Tickets

Since this program will be based on a conservatory model, there will be initial auditions for admittance. Sign up information for our FALL 2024 semester will be announced shortly!

The program is open to students 8-18 and will run from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays. There are payment plans available as well as ACE assistance.

What students will learn:

*Audition material and cuts (taking your audition to the next level)

*Mastering a callback

*Professional rehearsal etiquette and learning the business side of casting

*Building your "book" and musical theatre rep

*Dance call technique

About WMTC Founder/Director Kathleen Rooney Faubel:

An Akron native, Kathleen graduated from the Musical Theatre Program at Baldwin Wallace University and is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity Association. She has performed in Broadway workshops, concerts, and readings of new and upcoming musicals in NYC and Off-Broadway. Kathleen is the face of "OLAY" skincare for an international campaign/commercial that was filmed in Iceland. You may have also spotted her on TV in Law and Order SVU or starring in national commercials for Red Lobster, McAlister's Deli, and Axe Body Spray. She starred across the globe as "Belle" in Beauty and the Beast for 8 months in Hong Kong. Favorite regional credits include Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Stages St. Louis, The Gateway Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Beck Center, Cain Park and at the Tony Award Winning Goodspeed Opera House. Locally Kathleen has performed at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cain Park, Beck Center, Dobama Theatre, and at Playhouse Square.

Kathleen has taught dance, acting, private voice, and musical theatre technique classes to students all over the country and has directed and choreographed productions of Shrek, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Little Mermaid, Spamalot, The Descendants, and The Pajama Game. Her students have been accepted into musical theatre, acting and voice programs at Baldwin Wallace, Penn State, Elon, Boston, Oklahoma City University, Ball State, Florida State, and Marymount Manhattan. She's crazy about her studly husband Jarid, their little boy, Ben, and their two puggles (Maple and Bacon).