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 locations all over the United States.

A graduate of Point Park University, with a degree in acting and musical theater, Ms. Metzger has performed on stage with a variety of companies and performers. She has appeared on stage at the famed Pittsburgh Playhouse in such shows as The Secret Garden, Pinocchio, and was selected to perform in a production of A Chorus Line for the show’s creator and composer, Marvin Hamlisch, as directed by Mitzi Hamilton, on whom the role of Val was based.

Ms. Metzger also has worked under nationally recognized names such as John Amplas, of George Romero fame, Tony-award winner Michael Rupert, and Marion and Nicholas Petrov, the founders of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Ms. Metzger has acted in the production of major motion-picture films, locally set, national-network television shows, various commercials, and has been employed as a show performer at Walt Disney World in Florida. She has also appeared on stages around the country including Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA, and Williamsburg, VA. Ms. Loffredi continues to appear on stage on a regular basis with Paragon Studios’ adult division, Favorite roles include: Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), Bella Kurnitz (Lost in Yonkers), Witch (Into the Woods) and Morticia Addams (Addams Family).

She regularly serves as an acting and dialects coach at numerous venues including local high schools and colleges. Deborah most recently directed the opera Dido and Aeneas at CAPA in downtown Pittsburgh.

In her spare time she enjoys fostering for Animal Friends and gardening.

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

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Deborah Loffredi Metzger

Artistic Director/Instructor