Meet our Team
Liz Piccoli
Artistic Director
Dan Gallant
Marketing Consultant and Event Host
Liz Piccoli- SDC Director/Choreographer/Teaching Artist Select previous credits include: Director/Choreographer/Dramaturg for Spandex the Musical- The Audio Musical mixed by Tony Award winning Kai Harada , starring Broadway's Lisa Howard and Catherine Ashmore Bradley, written by Daniel Levin, live productions Off-Broadway at 777 Theater and at the Minnsky Theater in Minneapolis, Director/Choreographer for Billy Elliot starring Braden King and Mary Ellen Ashley at the Axelrod Theater in NJ, Director/Choreographer for Cinderella and Footloose at the Okoboji Summer Theater in IA, Director for a zoom developmental reading of Noble Family, starring Telly Leung. Liz was also an SDC Observer for Lysistrata Jones at the Judson Memorial which transferred to Broadway. Other credits include: TVLand Awards Opening featuring Liza Minnelli, the opera Goyescas for Bare Opera in Brooklyn and The Little Prince Prince in Milan, Italy. Just before the pandemic, she choreographed Miss Saigon at the University of HI, in Oahu for Ohana Arts. Recent Directing work includes: Into the Woods for the Proctors Broadway Camp and The Secret Garden at the Virginia Children's Theater. Over the summer she choreographed her first feature film, Dirty Rhetoric, starring Tovah Feldshuh (Funny Girl on Broadway.) Past performance highlights: NBA commercial starring P!NK, Club La Bomba with Sofia Vergara, The First Emperor with Placido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera and West Side Story at the Lyric. She currently resides in Woodstock, NY with her husband Michael and her 3 pups. Zaide, Trixie and Chester. www.lizpiccoli.com
Daniel Gallant is a writer, producer and arts management consultant. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, New York Post, Time Out and other publications, as well as in anthologies from Vintage Books, Applause Books, and TCG. His plays and monologues have been staged at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, SummerStage, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the 92nd Street Y, Town Hall, the Actors Studio, and New Dramatists. He recently returned from a Fulbright Specialist fellowship in Portugal and has also received an Eisenhower Fellowship, as well as fellowships from National Arts Strategies and the Devos Institute.
Ginger McMahon
Divine Interpreter, Admin. Assist., Creative Instructor
Emerson McKindles
Dance Instructor
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Emerson McKindles, Emerson has spent 15+ years training in dance, theater, and music all across the country. Training includes: The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, Ballet School of Kingston (formerly the Anne Hebard School of Ballet) and the Hopkins Dance Company. She is the co-founder of Onward & Upward Pictures and serves as executive producer on the majority of their films. She loves working with kids in the arts and is thrilled to have the opportunity to do so at Queen of Rogues!
Ginger McMahon, 22 (she/they), was born and raised in Woodstock, NY, and remains a steadfast supporter of the local community. Through her work at the Phoenicia Playhouse, babysitting for family and friends, and now assisting Liz and Michael in the opening of their brand new art gallery and event space, Queen of Rogues, Ginger has fully dedicated her time to fostering joyful, healthy relationships with all of the new faces from her recent work experience. A creative herself, Ginger participates in multiple artistic endeavors: art, music, theater, writing, etc. On Thursdays at Queen of Rogue, she conducts tarot readings, where she uses her spiritual gifts to provide healing insight and guidance for gallery patrons. She is also assisting in youth theater and art programs at QOR and most recently is performing the role of Nancy in a new play being developed, The Chelsea Hotel. IG @ginger.mcmahon34