Faculty

Deborah Loffredi Metzger

Artistic Director/Instructor

Deborah Metzger has built an extensive repertoire of directing, stage, TV, and movie credits. At the age of 15, she founded a musical theater showchoir, Musically Yours, which she led for the next five years, and over 500 performances, at…

Nicole Stefonek

Vocal Instructor, Level 3

Nicole comes to Paragon from St. Mary’s University where she earned a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, graduating magna cum laude. She also studied at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland, the country’s premier training facility for actors. Ms.…

Lindsay Shaffer

Vocal Instructor

Lindsay obtained her undergrad in music education, with a vocal concentration, from Geneva College and recently graduated from Messiah College with a Master of Music. She is the current director of New Song, an acapella group who spends their summer…

Olivia Wohar

Vocal Instructor

Olivia Wohar holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Point Park University. Throughout her working career as an actress, she has had the opportunity to work locally and regionally. She has also worked as a music director, an accompanist, and a…

Scott Metzger

Rehearsal Assistant

Scott Metzger’s vocal training has led him to hundreds of solo, a capella ensemble, and choral performances throughout twenty-five of the United States, Canada and Europe. Mr. Metzger is also a trained dancer, having studied under such teachers as Svetlana…

Guest Artists

Laura Haley Karner

Guest Artist - Voice, Musical Theatre, Acting

Laura Karner is a graduate of the Randolph Academy for Performing Arts. She has an extensive performance history both in the United States and Canada. Favorite roles include: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, April in Company and Maria in…

Kevin Delaney

Guest Artist - Voiceover

Alex Manalo

Guest Artist - Dance/Musical Theatre

Jeffrey Chips

Guest Artist - Shakespeare

Jeffrey is a local actor and director and is the artistic director of Steel City Shakespeare Center. He earned both a Master’s of Letters and an MFA in Shakespeare and Performance at Mary Baldwin University while training at the American Shakespeare…

Missy Moreno

Guest Artist - Improvisation

Missy Moreno, an actor/ singer/improviser/comedian and teaching artist specializing in improvisation. She has a B.A. in Acting from Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts graduation and spent time studying comedy in Chicago at Missy the legendary Second City Training Center,…

Jaime Slavinsky

Guest Artist - Advanced Acting

Jaime has worked professionally as an actor, director, producer,and educator for the past 20 years in Pittsburgh and New York City. Most recently, Jaime has taught acting for film & television, scene study, and audition technique at Donna Belajac Casting. She…

Thomas Mirth

Guest Artist - Stage Combat, Film Acting

Pittsburgh-based actor Tom Mirth is a member of the Steel Legion Stunt Team and choreographs both armed and unarmed fight scenes for theatres throughout the region. He is well known in the film community, having acted in countless independent and feature films…

Paragon Studios Fall 2021
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Classes: ***Prices listed are for an ENTIRE nine week session (4 sessions per year)
Acting/Musical Theatre 1: ($140)(ages 6-8)	Acting/Musical Theatre 2: ($145) (ages 9-10)
Acting/MT 3: ($205) (ages 11-13)	Acting 4: ($140) (grades 9-12)
	Musical Theatre 4: ($180) (grades 9-12)
	Combo! Acting/Musical Theatre 4: ($285)
Private Voice: ($185.00) (You must have a time scheduled BEFORE registering)
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If you have any questions about registration, please call before sending payment. Please send registration and payment to: Paragon Studios, 8130 Perry Highway, Pgh, PA 15237 TERMS AND CONDITIONS No refunds are given for missed classes. Students are encouraged to be consistent with attendance. A $5.00 fee will be charged during the two nine-week sessions to help cover heating costs. This is an effort to keep class prices lower. (This means each student pays $10.00 total per year.) There is a production fee charged in the middle of the year for participation in our show. This generally runs $30 for levels 1&2 and $40 for levels 3 & 4. Private voice students – Missed lessons – Students may make up ONE lesson per nine weeks. Please understand that any lesson missed beyond the one per nine week session will not be made up and a refund will not be issued. (Any lesson missed due to teacher cancellation will be made up at the student’s convenience.)

Paragon Studios – Performance Basics Fall 2018
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Performance Basics runs 6 weeks, Mondays, beginning October 1, 4:00 – 5:00 P.M. Please mail form and payment ($65.00) to: Paragon Studios, 8130 Perry Hwy, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 No refunds are given for missed classes. Students are encouraged to be consistent with attendance.

Paragon Studios – Intermediate/Advanced Adult Acting Fall 2018
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Adult Acting runs Mondays, beginning October 1, 7:00 – 9:00 P.M. Please mail form and payment ($100) to: Paragon Studios, 8130 Perry Hwy, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 No refunds are given for missed classes. Students are encouraged to be consistent with attendance.

Paragon Studios Summer 2017
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All checks should be made payable to: Paragon Studios Cost: $150.00 per student. Send to: Paragon Studios 8130 Perry Highway Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Into the Woods

NEWSIES!

The Jungle Book

Deborah Loffredi Metzger

Artistic Director/Instructor

Nicole Stefonek

Vocal Instructor, Level 3

Lindsay Shaffer

Vocal Instructor

Olivia Wohar

Vocal Instructor

Scott Metzger

Rehearsal Assistant

Guest Artists

Laura Haley Karner

Guest Artist - Voice, Musical Theatre, Acting

Kevin Delaney

Guest Artist - Voiceover

Alex Manalo

Guest Artist - Dance/Musical Theatre

Jeffrey Chips

Guest Artist - Shakespeare

Missy Moreno

Guest Artist - Improvisation

Jaime Slavinsky

Guest Artist - Advanced Acting

Thomas Mirth

Guest Artist - Stage Combat, Film Acting

Brian Anthony Knoebel

Guest Artist - Movement