about us

As a parent, you want your child to succeed in whatever hobbies and talents they have or want to develop. If your child loves acting and singing, you’re probably looking for a top-notch children’s musical theater program to help them fine-tune their skills and reach the next level of their abilities. Durant Road Musical Theatre in Raleigh, NC, provides all this and more with our musical theater year-round workshop series.

Let Your Child Be a Star

Our children’s musical theater year-round program offers nothing but the best musical theater training and instruction for your child. Each child is given the opportunity to take on a lead role as well as a supporting role so that they learn all aspects of musical theater. We nurture your child’s talent and help them further develop their choreography, dance, singing, and acting abilities.

Throughout our musical theater workshops, we also teach your child other important skills like quick costume changes and prop handling. At the end of the workshop, your child will be part of a full-scale musical theater production. Your child will leave our workshop with more experience, new skills, and a feeling of accomplishment.

Experience High-Quality Musical Theater Training

Our goal is to go above and beyond your expectations. We want to stand out as a children’s musical theater company that is a level above. To do this, we offer top-quality programs, costumes, and instructors. We make sure everything we do is done with sophistication, professionalism, and friendliness. With us, you get more when you enroll your child in one of our musical theater workshops.

MEET OUR WONDERFUL GROUP!

DEBBIE ROLLINS

DRMT OWNER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

As a Music Theater International Freddie G Fellowship Recipient in 2015, Debbie has had the pleasure of studying directly with Broadway Director Jeff Calhoun (Newsies), Composer Steven Flaherty (Ragtime, Seussical, Once on this Island) and Broadway Choreographer Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, South Pacific). Before starting DRMT with her husband, Dean, in their living room in Valencia, California, in 1994, Debbie originated the role of Princess Luna for the Sanrio Toy Company in Tokyo, Japan. She also appeared in many productions throughout the Los Angeles area including Poppy Norton-Taylor in Noises Off at Santa Monica’s Morgan-Wixson theater for which she was awarded Best Comedic Actress. Other favorite roles included Nellie in South Pacific, Grace in Annie, and Little Red Riding Hood in Little Red Riding Hood at the Glendale Centre Theatre where she choreographed the world premiere of the children’s show Popsicle Power. Other firsts include the world premiere of Best Laid Plans at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and the west coast premiere of Alone Together at the Harlequin Dinner Playhouse. An alumnus of the Young Americans and the musical theater department of Fullerton College, Debbie has enjoyed sharing her passion for live theater with the youth of Raleigh for the past 19 years and looks forward to many more!

DANA GROSSMAN

CHOREOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR

With a mission to keep the room laughing while learning new skills, Dana is a working performer and instructor. Dana graduated with a BFA in musical theatre and is an actor, singer, dancer, and comedic improviser. She started as a student at DRMT back in 2010 and was hooked from there. Being heavily involved in their competition team as a student choreographer/director, Dana received recognition as an All-Star multiple times and was invited to NYC to work on three pilot stage readings (Shrek Jr. – Lord Farquaad, Xanadu Jr.- Calliope, Oklahoma! Jr.- Aunt Eller). She also was invited to be in over 20 choreography instructional videos for Music Theatre International (MTI). After she aged out as a student, Dana still comes back on her breaks from performing professionally to choreograph and direct at DRMT! Dana has taught 3rd graders to college seniors as a choreographer, director, improv comedy captain, stage combat instructor, and private audition/lesson tutor. She finds she also learns by teaching and watching young artists create theatre. It is a two-way street!

Professional website: danagrossman.com

CHRISTOPHER ROLLINS

DIRECTOR

DEAN ROLLINS

PRODUCER/PIANO INSTRUCTOR