Transforming talent into opportunity

BROADWAY DREAMS NZ

Our Mission

At Broadway Dreams, our mission is to dismantle the barriers that stand between talented young people and their dreams in the performing arts. As a charitble trust, we strive to provide youth and young adults of all socioeconomic backgrounds with performance training, life skills building, and mentorship opportunities.

We aim to provide up to 40% of participants a full or partial scholarship so that every Dreamer has the opportunity to access high quality support through intensives, which prepare them artistically and helps to build connections and a pathway to their success in the arts. If financial barriers stand in your way, we’d love to assist.

Apply below to be considered for a scholarship.

Scholarships
BROADWAY DREAMS NZ

Access for all

As the New Zealand branch of Broadway Dreams, we have an additional mission to make musical theatre accessible to our Tangata Whenua, Pasifika and other young people who traditionally haven’t had representation in the musical theatre world in Aotearoa and beyond. 

We strive to infuse our program with Te Ao Māori and other Pasifika cultural performance arts to include all cultural traditions in Aotearoa.  

About the Program

Our Faculty

ANNETTE TANNER

Annette Tanner founded Broadway Dreams in 2006. Originally from New Zealand, she has a distinguished background in arts management, independently serving as the casting director on several major films, television shows, and commercials; as an agent at Richard Kent Management in Sydney, Australia; and as the General Manager for the United Kingdom division of Australia’s largest photography studio. In addition to her leadership of Broadway Dreams, she has maintained her work as a casting director for two pre-Broadway workshops of The Me Nobody Knows, the revised Zanna, Don’t, The Preacher’s Wife and as an associate for select New York projects, including Annie, Mary Poppins, and Altar Boyz. Most recently, she was the casting director for Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You show at New York’s Beacon Theatre. In 2016, she co-produced the first ever United States-Russian musical theatre collaboration with Stage Entertainment Russia, which performed two sold out performances at the Rossiya Theatre in Moscow.

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Annette Tanner

Founder & President

SARAH HARTMANN

Sarah is a New York based director and writer, born and raised in Wyoming, who has directed for theater, opera, symphony, radio, and is currently directing the Australian production of Anastasia. Sarah is the Artistic Director at Broadway Dreams. Her work includes directing Manhattan Concert Productions performance of Anastasia at Lincoln Center, featuring the New York City Chamber Orchestra. Most recently her interdisciplinary symphony project, Music of the Spheres, written and performed by Sarah to celebrate the 2024 eclipse, was performed with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra and on NPR. Other work includes Broadway: Anastasia. Tours and International: Anastasia (National Tours, Japan, Australia), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Regional credits include work with Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, The Alley Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, CSO, Charlottesville Opera, Playhouse on Park, Shakerbridge Theater. Educational: Julliard, NYU, the New School, LIU Post, UCSB. TV Credits: Encore! (Disney+). BA Barnard College, MA Columbia University.

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Sarah Hartmann

2026 Intensive Director

Warren Egypt Franklin

Warren Egypt Franklin: is a multi talented creator. As an actor, singer, dancer, director and choreographer, he’s excited to bring his talents to NZ. Broadway National Tours: Hamilton (Lafayette/Jefferson). TV credits: American Sports Story Aaron Hernandez, Grown-ish, Diarra From Detroit. Regional: Hair (HUD), In The Heights (Graffiti Pete) at Beck Center. Other regional credits include Mamma Mia (Pepper), Pride & Prejudice (Captain Carter) at Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Rent (Tom Collins), Footloose! (Ren McCormick) at PlayhouseSquare. Warren Egypt has directed all over the US and will continue to invest in arts education. “Live Every Day Like It’s Your Last”

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Warren Egypt Franklin

2026 Faculty

Reagan Kennedy

Reagan Kennedy is a triple threat performer and DREAMER, teaching in NYC and in Germany this past year. She shares excitement and passion towards performing. You most recently saw her on the Mean Girls National Tour (Ensemble, u/s Cady, Regina), Legally Blonde National Tour (Dance Captain, u/s Elle, swing). She has also has worked regionally and has been an affiliated instructor at both Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute and BDF.

Reagan’s passion is to share storytelling through dance and help all levels of dancers feel strong in their connection and confidence. Reagan is currently auditioning and working on projects in New York City and is beyond excited to be here in New Zealand!

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Raegan Kennedy

2026 NZ Associate

Patrick Kelly

Maestro Patrick Kelly is a world class singing teacher, recording artist and professional musical theatre artist with expertise in the performance styles of Broadway musical theatre and opera.

As an international tenor with 30 years experience working in professional musical theatre, he trains Broadway performance standards in song preparation, with robust vocal exercises, precise warm up, working vocal technique, range extension and agility.  Auditioning work includes, lyrical analysis, acting type, stage craft, personalised song selection and audition cuts for musical theatre. Preparation for auditioning, callbacks, role preparation, concert performance and in studio recordings,

He has worked on projects with Richard O’Brien, Paul Potts, Ben Forster, Alex Newell and John Owen Jones and collaborated with Jenn Collela and Otis Sallid gaining valuable skills, advice, methods, approaches and applicable insights into performance crafting and standards.

He is an audition specialist for professional musical theatre performers and opera singers.  Gaining artists performance contracts in international productions and touring shows as well as entrance to the best tertiary colleges in the world. He teaches both online worldwide and in person.

He helps each artist identify their approach aligning, their type and personality to songs, performance skills and outstanding vocal technique to gain, power, control, accuracy and reliable quality to their voice.

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Patrick Kelly

2026 Faculty 

dr opeloge ah sam

Opeloge Ah Sam is a Composer, Pianist and Music Director who also worked on the 2025 Broadway NZ Intensive. Opeloge is a central character on the International TV Documentary series ‘the World Choir Games’ which followed his journey as conductor to 2 choirs at the World Choir Games that he conducted winning both a Silver and a Gold at the Choir Games 2024.

He composed and performed the first ever original Samoan Opera ‘Aua e te tagi’ and has conducted the NZ Symphony Orchestra, Manukau Symphony, the Auckland Wind Orchestra and more.

Opeloge recently spoke as the keynote speaker at the Australian National University’s ‘The Gathering’ International Music Conference and is currently embarking on developing a first ever recital featuring all Pasifika string quartet music repertoire with the Noa String Quartet for 2026.

He is the current Head of Music at Marcellin College where he is the director of their Jazz Saints Ensemble and the Marcellin College Voices.

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Dr Opeloge Ah Sam

2026 Music Director 

Our Board

  Patrick Kelly – Co Founder & Executive Director   |   Vanessa Kelly – General Manager   |   Rowena Janes Post – Treasurer  
Dr. Opeloge Ah Sam   |   Kristin Paulse   |   Sarah Searle   |   Angela Withers   |   Jen Van Epps
  Patrick Kelly
Co Founder & Executive Director

Vanessa Kelly
General Manager

  Rowena Janes Post
Treasurer  

Dr. Opeloge Ah Sam
Kristin Paulse
Sarah Searle
Angela Withers
Jen Van Epps
summer intensive program
10-16th January 2027

Broadway Dreams is not just a week of training — it is an entry point into a global professional community.

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