JENI STUMP - OWNER / INSTRUCTOR

Managing studios for over eight years and dancing for
over twenty, Jeni has received numerous awards for her choreography and carries a strong passion for the arts and teaching kids of all ages.

Some of Jeni's credits include dancer and choreographer for "The Britney Experience" on the WGN morning show, "The Elvis Spectacular" at the
House of Blues, and cheerleader for the semi-pro football team, The Kane County Eagles. Jeni also has experience in other areas of the entertainment field such as working as an extra in the movie, "The
Cache" and Bon Jovi's music video, "Lost
Highway."

Jeni attended school for radio and television and has worked as an associate producer as well as recorded several radio commercials in the Chicago area.

Jeni is thrilled to have opened up Triple Threat and can't wait to welcome you all to the Triple Threat family!!

BOBBY JOHNSON - ACTING & DANCE INSTRUCTOR

Bobby Johnson has been acting, singing and dancing for quite sometime. He is thrilled to begin teaching class at Triple Threat Studio!

Johnson has worn many hats in the entertainment industry and has performed for Cedar Point, Busch Gardens, Spirit of Chicago, Carnival Cruise Lines and Grand Geneva Resort. He has also performed in shows such as Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Joseph and the Amazing (Baker), Into the Woods (Ensemble), We Will Rock You (Dance Captain), In My Life, She Loves Me, Guys & Dolls, and The Boys from Syracuse.

Non musical productions include The Glass Menagerie, The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Picnic.

Wearing the hat of choreographer, Bobby has staged musical numbers from Beauty & the Beast, Grease, The Music Man, and Once Upon A Mattress. He made his directorial debut in 2008 with Bolingbrook High School’s production of Footloose where he served as both director and choreographer.

Bobby attended Drake University and Columbia College Chicago. He believes in continued education and trains at Lou Conte Dance Studio, Your True Voice Studio, and acting workshops throughout Chicago.

“Be yourself...everyone else is taken.”

JULIE KERSAAN - VOICE INSTRUCTOR

Julie Kersaan is a soprano known for her beautiful and powerful voice and eloquent grace on stage. She is at home both on the stage and in concert. She has performed numerous opera roles; her most memorable include Fiordiligi from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Alice Ford from Verdi's Falstaff, and Donna Elvira from Mozart's Don Giovanni. She is also accomplished in musical theater; performing such roles as: Sharon in McNally's Masterclass , and Mrs. Nordstrom in Sondheim's A Little Night Music. On the concert stage she has sung the Mezzo solo in the Lord Nelson Mass of Haydn at Western Michigan University, and the Soprano solo in Brahms' Requiem at the CoOPERAtive summer music program at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.

Julie is also an accomlished choral singer. She has traveled with the Western Michigan University Chorale throughout the U.S. and Europe.. While on tour in Bulgaria she was a memeber of the silver medal award winning Chorale in the Georgy Dimitrov European Grand Prix of Choral Music.

As a teacher she has had many accomplished students obtain division 1 ratings in both the MI State and Central Regional solo and ensemble competitions.

Julie is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a B.M. in Vocal Performance.

JOHN ZUCKERMAN - VOICE INSTRUCTOR

John Zuckerman is a native of the Los Angeles area and began his performance career in television commercials at the age of seven and made his professional musical theater debut at the age of nine. He picked up the guitar at the age of eleven and began writing songs at the age of twelve and formed the first of many rock bands. He began voice lessons at the age of thirteen at the insistence of his mother and took in interest in classical singing technique. While still playing and singing in bands that gigged regularly in the Los Angeles area, he also acted in musical theater, including a star turn in the title role of in Jesus Christ Superstar at the age of seventeen. During that time he also recorded and produced two studio recordings of original music and co-wrote a musical with two high school friends.

At the age of eighteen, he was accepted into the prestigious vocal program at the University of Southern California. Once enrolled at USC, he dedicated himself vocally to the classical repertoire, and also did a brief stint studying music composition. He appeared in six productions, including leading and supporting roles in The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, and Die Fledermaus, and performed as a back up singer for Barry Manilow. He also made his professional debut in a concert version of The Magic Flute. After finishing at USC, John enrolled in the Masters program at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he began studying master teacher Joan Caplan, who is his mentor and voice teacher to this day. He sang in the world premier of the operatic version of The House of the Seven Gables, which was commercially released on Albany records, and made his professional staged opera debut at the age of twenty-three with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. His studies also took him to Florence, Italy, where he studied under legendary tenor Franco Corelli, and to Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Mozart.

After graduating with his Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, John continued private study, and also began teaching privately on his own, all while participating in a series of prestigious apprenticeships with Baltimore Opera, the Tanglewood Music Center, and the Caramoor Festival. He took on a particular interest in fitness as it relates to the singer, became certified as a personal trainer, and began working part time at a gym across the street from Lincoln Center in New York, where he worked (and worked out with) many performers from Broadway, New York City Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. He also took an interest in sports psychology as it relates to the singer and performer, particularly in an audition setting. He began a rigorous study of the bel canto repertoire, the particularly challenging repertoire of early nineteenth century opera, that would later form the core of his own repertoire and would be his ticket to debuts in many theaters.

John made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2006 in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and his international debut with the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv in 2007. He has been a soloist with the Baltimore Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, Virginia Opera, Dayton Opera, the Caramoor Festival, and many others. He returned to Carnegie Hall in 2009, and will make his first appearance in Asia in Hong Kong in 2010. He is now based in the Chicago area, balancing teaching, performing, and being a father of two young children and husband to a very patient wife.