PURPLE DOOR PRODUCTIONS

Jeanne is an accomplished singer/actor with over 30 years of professional work in all venues: recital, opera, cabaret, nightclubs, touring and theatre. She holds a BMA in classical voice from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and graduate studies in opera and directing from Florida State University. In a major digression from the classical training, she built a  pop/rock band which toured throughout the Southeastern states for 4 years including a European tour for the DOD.  She owns the Singer’s Art Vocal Studio, with studios in  Fayetteville and Lumberton, teaching a combined program of classical, stage and pop techniques. Her combined technique training focuses upon the creation of a complete performer for all areas As one of the few coaches in the region to focus on “belt” singing, she has developed singers who have made the initial rounds of X-Factor, the Hollywood rounds of American Idol and the NYC stages. She is also an active acting coach whose actors have gained professional stage, commercial and film work.  She is the Artistic Director of the Studio One Lab of Public Schools of Robeson County, producing and directing a season of plays and musicals for the entire school system. As a director/actor, she has worked or directed for stages from Fayetteville to Raleigh, including CFRT, Southern Pines Dinner Theatre, GPAC and Raleigh Little Theatre. Directing credits include: Footloose, The Diary of Anne Frank, Brigadoon, The Crucible, Oklahoma, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,  La Cage aux Folles,  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Little Shop of Horrors.  When not directing or acting, she is a founding member of “Nightsong”, an urban/pop vocal group which resets modern and classic songs with new harmony arrangements for intimate performance venues.  Her favorite and most challenging roles include; Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), Wicked Stepmother (Cinderella), Mother (Family Linen, premier), Kate (Kiss Me Kate), Mother Superior (Nunsense), Despina (Cosi fan Tutti), Princess Yum-Yum (The Mikado)  Anna (The King and I) and Sondheim’s Side By Side

Jacob is a lover of music and found his outlet in the drumline of the marching band at Purnell Swett High School then, convinced to audition by his bestfriend, he found his true passion when he was cast as Garvin in the All-County Musical, Footloose. Jacob has been learning and pursuing all forms of theatre and performing since that moment. Over the past several years he has expanded his skills and acting range, being featured in musicals and dramas including: Cinderella (Henrietta), The Wiz (the Wiz), The Chronicles of Narnia (Aslan), The Outsiders (Dallas), High School Musical (Troy Bolton) and Pride and Prejudice (Wickham). He admits that he loves developing very complicated twisted characters, so no surprise that creating the Dentist for Little Shop of Horrors was one of his favorite roles. When not on stage, Jacob is a fervent "techie"; building and painting sets, creating designs for shows, marketing, hanging and focusing lighting and stage managing.  An avid singer with strong rock-n-roll roots, he is a founding member of "Nightsong" an intimate urban pop/jazz vocal group which performs throughout the area.  He auditioned for X-Factor and won through the first two main rounds in North Carolina. He has also been featured in Cape Fear Regional Theatre's productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Fiddler on the Roof.

Lance is an expert in East West coast hip hop.  He has worked as assistant technical director on shows such as Footloose, High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and Kellylee Evans in concert.  He has choreographed numerous dances for shows such as High School Musical, High School Musical 2, The Wiz, Alice in Wonderland Jr., and PDP's hit shows The Rocky Horror Show, Chicago, A Christmas Carol, and Gleeks Unite!   Lance was a featured dancer in Cape Fear Regional Theatre's production of Singin' in the Rain and also featured as a dancer in a world premiere dance at the American Dance Festival with Keigwin and Company. Two of his favorite roles he had the honor of performing were Diary of Anne Frank (Otto Frank) and Into the Woods (The Baker).