CHELSEA DACEY — Chelsea’s teaching experience ranges from: Director, Fairfield Summer Stage (Frozen Jr., Lion King Jr., Finding Nemo Jr., and Little Mermaid Jr.); Director, Independent Day School (Shrek, Singing in the Rain Jr.); and Music Teacher, Independent Day School and many more. At Legacy Theatre, Chelsea’s teaching experience has included teaching Toddler Time (theatre and music class for toddlers), Fairy Tale Musical (theatre class where students create their own musical), and an audition preparation class. Her Legacy Theatre performances include: Rapunzel/Book and Music (A Princess Tea), Piglet (The Tales of Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh), Choreographer (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown), Silly Dilly: The Musical, and Belinda (The Tales of Custard the Dragon). Other experience includes Off Broadway (Piggy Nation) and regional theatre shows. She is also a narrator on Audible (Romany Romance). ChelseaDacey.com 

ANNE RUNOLFSSON has entertained audiences worldwide for the past 35 years. A veteran of the stage and concert venues, her Broadway and National tour appearances include: Phantom of the Opera (Carlotta), Victor/Victoria (Standby for Julie Andrews and Liza Minnelli), Les Misérables (Fantine), Cyrano: The Musical (Roxane), The Secret Garden (Lili), Aspects of Love, and James Joyce’s The Dead (Gretta). As a soloist, Anne has performed at such iconic venues as The Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall (with tenor Jose Carreras), The 02 Arena (London, with Julie Andrews), The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap and countless others. Anne was awarded New York City’s prestigious MAC award for Best Female Singer. Her cabaret appearances include Birdland, 54 Below, The Green Room 42, 92nd Street Y, The Russian Tea Room, Rainbow and Stars, and Hollywood’s Cinegrill and Gardenia. Show recordings include: Les Misérables International Cast, Listen to My Heart, and You Oughta Be On Broadway, and a solo album “At Sea.” Anne co-wrote and performs in two shows with singer/actress daughter Tess Adams; The Story Goes On: A Broadway Family Journey and Heroine’s Song. Anne made her directorial debut in December 2021 in Los Angeles with My Unauthorized Hallmark Movie Musical. She has also appeared on NBC’s The Blacklist. Anne is principal partner of Runolfsson Entertainment which includes “Sing With Anne,” a vocal coaching practice. She has taught voice and performance at the Orange County School for the Arts in California and New York University.

Eric Santagata, Legacy’s newly appointed Artistic Director, has a broad background in the arts. He is an accomplished creator, performer and educator who has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in London, on national tours and at regional theaters across the country. He has served as Associate Director to Pulitzer Prize-winning Writer/Director James Lapine and is a longtime Associate Director/Choreographer to five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman. Additionally, Santagata is the former Chair of Musical Theatre at the world-renowned University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, the country’s premier Musical Theatre program. Little known trivia fact, Eric’s grandfather used to operate a barbershop in what is now the Legacy Artist Cottage next to the theatre. “Growing up, Stony Creek was the backbone of my childhood, and The Puppet House (now, Legacy Theatre) taught me some of my earliest theatrical lessons. Lessons I would take with me for the rest of my life. I’m excited to be back on the shoreline, and to re-immerse myself in the community that supported so many of my early dreams.