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Patricia Rusk

Patricia Rusk

Patricia Rusk is well known in Chicago as a performer, musical director and pianist for theatre and cabaret. A veteran of over forty shows, she has appeared in and musically directed at the Briar Street Theatre, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, Chicago Center Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, as well as many national tours. Patricia has also worked with numerous Broadway Actors including Sutton Foster of Thoroughly Modern Millie. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music Patricia holds a masters degree from Northwestern University. Ms. Rusk is chairman and faculty member of the Musical Theatre Department of the Chicago Academy for the Arts, a founding member of Chicago Cabaret Professionals and Chicago Musical Theatre Works, and is an admissions and scholarship adjudicator for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.

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