Dr. Reverie Berger, a native of California, moved to metro Atlanta in 2007 and has been an active performer and teacher in the area. Recent regional performances include the title role in Cinderella (La Cenerentola), Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music, soloist in Sophisticated Ladies, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, and performer in The Atlanta Opera’s 24-Hour Opera Project. Concert soloist engagements include Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Rutter’s Feel the Spirit, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, Mozart’s Requiem, and Rossini’s Stabat Mater. She has performed throughout the South and Midwest with companies such as Capitol City Opera, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Chicago Opera Theater, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Peach State Opera, and First Coast Opera. Dr. Berger is an Assistant Professor of Music at Reinhardt University and joined the faculty in 2009. She has degrees from The University of Michigan (D.M.A. and B.M.) and The Manhattan School of Music (M.M.). Dr. Berger’s students have won awards in state, regional, and national NATS Student Auditions. Dr. Berger also won the Southeast Regional NATS Artist Awards in 2012 and was a national semi-finalist in the competition. She currently lives in Marietta with her husband and two sons.
Morgan McCrary Brooks (B.A. in Theatre, Rhodes College; M.A. in Performing Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design) serves as Reinhardt University Theatre’s Technical and Operations Manager and instructor of technical theatre classes. She also teaches acting classes and summer camps at the Grand Theatre in Cartersville, GA; and works as a freelance designer and director in the Atlanta area theatre community. She is a Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Award nominee (Into the Woods, Act3 Productions, 2017) and winner (scenic design for Foxfire, StageWorks, Inc., 2013). She is pleased to be a part of Reinhardt University and looks forward to the many exciting things to come in the world of performing arts at Reinhardt.