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Kyle Broady (Director) is the choral director and musical theatre teacher/director here at Jeffersonville High School and is also a proud alum of the choir, band, and theatre departments. He received his Bachelor of Music from Belmont University and his Master of Arts from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Kyle has enjoyed leading groups of all ages in all types of settings from children’s choruses to church worship bands, from student orchestras to high school choirs and professional theatre pits. Before returning to the area, he served in church ministry in Somerset, Kentucky and Poolesville, Maryland, and he has taught elementary vocal music in Science Hill, Kentucky and secondary vocal music in Independence, Missouri. In greater Kentuckiana, he has directed musical theatre shows at the Rose Theatre Company at Assumption High School, Shawnee High School, and the University of Louisville, in addition to performing as a musician for the ACT Louisville Theatre Company and The King’s Revue Elvis tribute show. Kyle resides in Jeffersonville with his wife and three sons. 

Michelle Phillips Semrick (Choreographer), a Louisville native, attended the Youth Performing Arts High School before going on to earn her BFA in dance from the University of Arizona (Magna Cum Lauda). A few highlights of her professional dance career include high kicking with the Radio City Rockettes, traveling the world while serving as dance captain with Royal Caribbean International and dancing with Spectrum Dance Theater (Seattle).  For 13 years Michelle served as a teaching artist/choreographer for National Dance Institute, a dance and music program in New York City’s public schools founded by legendary dancer Jacques d’Amboise.  Witnessing the power that the arts have in transforming the lives of children, Michelle founded SHINE arts, a dance and music organization that strives to inspire, engage and bring children together through high-quality dance education.  Michelle also stays busy choreographing locally with ACTLouisville Productions (The Sound of Music and HONK the Musical) and is thrilled to be a part of the JHS Godspell creative team.