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Lyn Philistine
Lyn Philistine
Individual Voice

AMDA Faculty since: 2024

Lyn has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and all across the country. She got her Equity card at the age of 8 on the national tour of ANNIE starring Martha Raye and has been performing ever since.

Originally from Pittsburgh, Lyn studied with many wonderful teachers at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh CLO, renowned voice teachers in NYC including Ellen Shade, as well as at the Cincinatti Conservatory of Music, where she graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Lyn has also been teaching throughout her long career. She coaches voice students from children to adults on a variety of music from musical theatre, to classical, to pop, and rock. Lyn will also incorporate meditation, mindfulness, and some movement into her teaching. She will highlight each student's individual gifts and help them to grow with her knowledge, instincts, and warmth.

Some of Lyn's credits include: Broadway/Tours: Monty Python's Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), directed by Mike Nichols and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, Gypsy with Bernadette Peters, Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, Disney's On the Record. NYC/Off-Broadway: A Bronx Tale (Rosina), directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks, Hip Hop Cinderella (Stepmother) New Victory, Oliver! (Nancy), My Secret Garden, Golf: The Musical. Regional credits include: Mamma Mia (Donna and Tanya), The Full Monty (Vikki), The Buddy Holly Story (Maria), I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, A Christmas Story (Mother), I DO I DO(Agnes),The Wizard of Oz (Glinda), Annie (Lily), Matilda (Mrs.Wormwood), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary), A Chorus Line (Cassie.) Soloist for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Bernstein's Mass conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin.