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Carol Worcel produces, directs and choreographs musical theatre and theatrical projects ranging from intimate burlesque shows to concert tours to elaborate opening ceremonies starring Grammy, CMA and Dove Award winning artists as well as Olympians and superstar athletes.
Carol was a resident director and choreographer for Jean Ann Ryan Productions for Norwegian Cruise Lines and also served as the directror and choreographer for the NBA Pacer's Pacemates. For Sandi Patty, Carol choreographed The World Premiere of Le Voyage and national concert tours.
Carol choreographed Bright Star for The Phoenix Theatre and is also a frequent performer, director and choreograpaher for Actor's Theatre of Indiana at the Carmel Center for the Performing Arts. With ATI, Carol directed and choreographed Gypsy, choreographed Cabaret, La Cage Aux Folles, Cole, Godspell, and It Should'a Been You; co-choreographed Chicago and, along with Kenny Shepard directed and choreographed ATI's top selling I Love a Piano.
Also with Kenny, Carol directed and choreographed the hit revues: Disco Nights and Heartbreak Hotel for American Cabaret Theatre as well as Lashes Off for IndyFringe. Carol also directed and choreographed IndyFringe's top selling revue starring jazz artist Deb Mullins.
Other projects choreographed by Carol and Kenny include The Full Monty and Victor/Victoria for American Cabaret Theatre and Annie Get Your Gun for BobDirex. The two also paired to direct and choreograph Swing! for Little Theatre on the Square, The Broadway Palm, Arizona's Broadway Palm West, and Dutch Apple.
Carol also directs and choreographs large scale events including the Opening Ceremonies for The World Police and Fire Games, The Opening Ceremonies for Special Olympics, NBC's Circle of Lights with a live crowd of 100,000 and Rock and Roar celebrating the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Carol's performance credits include lead dancer in the David Merrick/National Broadway Tour of 42nd Street and Virtue in the Lincoln Center/National Broadway Tour of Anything Goes. Other credits include A Chorus Line (Cassie and Val); Annie (Lilly St. Regis); Cabaret (Texas/"Two Ladies"); Chicago (Go-to-Hell Kitty); Gypsy (Electra); Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle); Swing! (Principal Singer) and Ziegfeld: A Night at the Follies (Mitzi). Carol also performed as a featured singer/dancer in Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and with the King's Six USO Show touring Europe for the Department of Defense.
Locally Carol teaches master classes for the Carmel Center for the Peforming Arts' Dance Discovery Series at The Palladium. Nationally, she is an adjudicator, educator and choreographer for iTheatrics and Broadway Jr.
Carol was a resident director and choreographer for Jean Ann Ryan Productions for Norwegian Cruise Lines and also served as the directror and choreographer for the NBA Pacer's Pacemates. For Sandi Patty, Carol choreographed The World Premiere of Le Voyage and national concert tours.
Carol choreographed Bright Star for The Phoenix Theatre and is also a frequent performer, director and choreograpaher for Actor's Theatre of Indiana at the Carmel Center for the Performing Arts. With ATI, Carol directed and choreographed Gypsy, choreographed Cabaret, La Cage Aux Folles, Cole, Godspell, and It Should'a Been You; co-choreographed Chicago and, along with Kenny Shepard directed and choreographed ATI's top selling I Love a Piano.
Also with Kenny, Carol directed and choreographed the hit revues: Disco Nights and Heartbreak Hotel for American Cabaret Theatre as well as Lashes Off for IndyFringe. Carol also directed and choreographed IndyFringe's top selling revue starring jazz artist Deb Mullins.
Other projects choreographed by Carol and Kenny include The Full Monty and Victor/Victoria for American Cabaret Theatre and Annie Get Your Gun for BobDirex. The two also paired to direct and choreograph Swing! for Little Theatre on the Square, The Broadway Palm, Arizona's Broadway Palm West, and Dutch Apple.
Carol also directs and choreographs large scale events including the Opening Ceremonies for The World Police and Fire Games, The Opening Ceremonies for Special Olympics, NBC's Circle of Lights with a live crowd of 100,000 and Rock and Roar celebrating the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Carol's performance credits include lead dancer in the David Merrick/National Broadway Tour of 42nd Street and Virtue in the Lincoln Center/National Broadway Tour of Anything Goes. Other credits include A Chorus Line (Cassie and Val); Annie (Lilly St. Regis); Cabaret (Texas/"Two Ladies"); Chicago (Go-to-Hell Kitty); Gypsy (Electra); Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle); Swing! (Principal Singer) and Ziegfeld: A Night at the Follies (Mitzi). Carol also performed as a featured singer/dancer in Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and with the King's Six USO Show touring Europe for the Department of Defense.
Locally Carol teaches master classes for the Carmel Center for the Peforming Arts' Dance Discovery Series at The Palladium. Nationally, she is an adjudicator, educator and choreographer for iTheatrics and Broadway Jr.
Kenny is an award winning director (Arizona Theatre Award of Excellence: Swing!) and an Encore Award winning choreographer (Chicago and White Christmas).
Kenny is a guest director, choreographer and/or performer with Actors Theatre of Indiana, Beef and Boards, BobDirex, Anderson University's Boze Lyric Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. With Red Boat Productions, Kenny co-created and directed IndyFringe's top selling show, 465 Sex Drive.
Kenny is an adjunct professor in the dance and musical theatre departments at Butler (alma mater), Anderson and Ball State Universities and is a member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). He is also an educator for iTheatrics and is featured on their documentary, Spectrum of Hope.
For Macmillan McGraw-Hill, Kenny is an on-camera choreographer for the curriculum-based DVD series, Spotlight on Music used in classrooms nationwide. He is also a frequent choreographer for The Children's Museum's Lilly Theatre and is a contributing consultant and on-camera choreographer for the museum's exhibit, DANCE!, presented by the Galleries of American Arts and Popular Culture.
Kenny is a guest instructor for both the Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre Academy and for the Booth Tarkington's Jr. Civic Theartre. Former collegiate and dance students have careers including Broadway, National Tours, Disney, ballet and modern dance companies, and credits including America's Got Talent, World of Dance and So You Think You Can Dance.
Onstage, Kenny played Off-Broadway in Mercedes Ellington's swing show, This Joint is Jumpin' at the legendary Edison Ballroom. He's also performed in over 100 regional productions including A Chorus Line (Mark); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Narrator); Cabaret (Victor/"Two Ladies"); CATS (Munkustrap); Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose), La Cage Aux Folles (Hanna); Virginia Opera's Oklahoma! (dream ballet); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Ephraim); Some Enchanted Evening (Will); Shrek (Papa Ogre/Papa Bear): West Side Story (Action); The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow); and over 1000 performances of Beauty and the Beast (Belle's Prince) at Disney Worlds' Hollywood Studios.
Kenny also performed in the Atlantic City and Branson companies of Legends in Concert and aboard world cruise ships for NCL and RCL touring the Americas, Africa, Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. Recently, Kenny performed with the Indianapolis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras' On Broadway with Kander and Ebb starring Broadway phantom, Ted Keegan and Tony winner, Beth Leavel and choreographed and performed in All Together Now! starring Michael Feinstein for the CPA at the Palladium in Carmel.
