Kaela  O'Connor

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Kaela O'Connor is a performer, teacher, and creative. She is graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) where she obtained her BFA in Musical Theatre and the Guildford School of Acting in Guildford, England, where she obtained her MFA, also in Musical Theatre. 

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A Jersey Girl ™ born and raised, she fell in love with the theatre when her grandmother took her to see Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan at the age of 4.  Since then, she has never lost sight of the magic that theatre can bring. She is also a firm believer in the phrase "never grow up" and believes that we should never lose our sense of childlike wonder and play.​

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In addition to performing, she loves to work on the other side of the table. She currently serves as the Artistic Director and Co-Director of Musical Theatre Company at Class Act Performing Arts Studio (CAPAS) in South Orange, NJ.  She has also taught Tap, Advanced Audition Techniques, Acting, and  MT Dance Styles, and regularly subs Voice, Lyrical, Jazz, Hip Hop, and kids Musical Theatre classes. She has choreographed productions of "Carrie, The Musical", "Sweeney Todd", "Spring Awakening", "Head Over Heels", "Pippin", "Sweet Charity", "Heathers, the Musicals" and "The Wedding Singer". 

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In her free time, she enjoys doing things with her hands (don't be weird about it!) like making custom tie-dye clothing, learning to crochet large plushes or play new instruments, drawing on her iPad, and annoying her very good boy Otis, whose Instagram account is arguably more exciting than hers.

@the.world.according.to.otis 🐾