Mary Jane Houdina, Director/Choreographer was associate choreographer for the movie "The Great Gatsby;" tap consultant for Peter Allen at Radio City Music Hall; on Broadway she was associate choreographer for the original Annie; and choreographer for Into the Light. Regional theatres have seen her work in a myriad of musicals, including Oklahoma!; Follies; Showboat; with stars Jean Stapleton, Juliette Prowse, Gavin MacLeod. She danced in ten Broadway shows, working for choreographers Michael Bennet, Gower Champion, Alan Johnson, Tony Stevens, and Peter Gennaro. She also had the pleasure of dancing in Peter Gennaro’s night club act. She is the 1998 Barrymore Award recipient for her choreography for Crazy for You at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and Barrymore nominee in 2001 for Singin' In The Rain; 2006 for 42nd St. On TV she choreographed "The Adventures of Slim Goodbody in Nuti-City" for Captain Kangaroo; was ass’t choreographer for the Miss America Pageant; and the "Dames At Sea" TV special star Ann Margaret, Ann Miller, and Ann Meara. Additional director/choreographic credits include the opening ceremony for the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, NY (home of the Buffalo Sabres!); a long list of industrial shows for Avon and Merrill Lynch among others; plus a 50’s rock and roll review in Seoul, Korea. As a teacher she has taught throughout the US and has been on the faculty for all the major dance organizations, plus adjunct professor at Pace University Briarcliff, NY, Logrea Dance Academy in Ossining, NY, and The New Dance Group in NYC. She continues to choreograph and teach. She lives north of NYC with her husband Cole and 5 furry friends!