DIRECTOR

Sara founded Happily Ever After Productions Amsterdam in 2019. Growing up in a musical theater family, she performed in over 200 musicals by the time she was 18. Although she still will occasionally get on stage, she has discovered that her passion is directing and producing musicals in this beautiful country. She hopes to build HEA Productions across the Netherlands providing opportunities to perform in and attend English speaking musical theater to everyone.

Assistant Director / Producer / Heather Chandler

Camille, originally from the US, works in tech as a UX designer by day. She spends all her hours outside of work dedicated to the Amsterdam theatre community, whether that be producing, handling marketing and PR, helping run theatre companies, promoting local shows on her radio show Onstage Amsterdam (BRAM RADIO), or her favorite thing of all, performing. In the past few years, Camille has been seen as Kristine in A Chorus Line (HEA), Roxie Hart in Chicago (HEA), Lisa in Next Thing You Know (Cauldron), Schwartzy in Spelling Bee (Cauldron), Emcee in Cabaret (QETC), Kate Monster in Avenue Q (HEA), The Little Mermaid in Disenchanted! (Cauldron), Deb in Ordinary Days (HEA), and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (HEA). It is Camille's dream to be a local celebrity, so if you recognize her out and about, please feel free to say hi to help feed her delusions of grandeur.

VOCAL DIRECTOR

Roel Bakkum is a vocal coach based in Amsterdam. After graduating from the Amsterdam School of the Arts, he continued his education with the 3-year Estill Voice Training Pathway under Anne-Marie Speed in London.

Roel's coaching approach is deeply rooted in the Estill Voice Training Model, which emphasizes understanding and mastering the various components associated with voice production. This model allows anyone to achieve a comprehensive understanding of craft and artistry, ultimately guiding students in seamlessly integrating these elements into their performances.

Roel has worked with a wide range of clients, from theater, music, and TV professionals to corporate executives. Additionally, Roel has taught at prestigious theater academies like Mountview and Doreen Bird College.

His studio, located in the heart of Amsterdam, offers a variety of lessons for different skill levels, from beginners to advanced professionals, creating a supportive and dynamic environment where students can develop their vocal abilities and performance. You can check out his website at vocalcoach.nl

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Michael is an award winning classical guitarist from Cork, Ireland. Michael has been a musician for most of his life, having started piano at an early age before being drawn to the guitar and it’s diverse tonal palette. Since then he has explored a wide variety of genres, performing with a number of groups, but fell in love with the intimate tones of the classical guitar. Michael ventured into the world of musical theatre a couple years ago, where he started out playing in HEA Productions’ Little Shop of Horrors, and from there has music directed Disenchanted!, directed / music directed Monstersongs with the Cauldron, played in the band for HEA’s Chicago, music directed The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (The Cauldron), and band directed A Chorus Line with HEA. Michael is excited to lead the band at HEA productions for Heathers.

CHOREOGRAPHER

Justyna’s journey as a performer began at the age of five when her mother enrolled her in vocal and dance classes in Lublin, Poland. She grew into a versatile dancer, competing in national and international championships and performing in artistic and commercial projects across Warsaw, Milan, Paris, and now Amsterdam.

In the Netherlands, she explored musical theater through workshops at Act Attack and Cauldron, which led to her joining HEA’s Chicago Revival as Hunyak and dance captain. In spring 2024, she brought magic to HEA’s Cinderella as an ensemble member, featured dancer, and co-dance captain, and last fall, she was last seen as Cassie Ferguson in HEA’s A Chorus Line.

INTIMACY COORDINATOR / DIRECTING TEAM

Shiro has been acting professionally since 2013. She started out in Nairobi, Kenya where she was born. While there she worked in several TV shows, short films, Made-For-TV films and adverts. She then went on to study theatre in Paris at Cours Florent. Since moving to the Netherlands she has been active in the English speaking theatre scene and later decided to take the plunge into musicals having done HEAP’s Cinderella (Madame) and Blood Brothers (Linda). Safe to say, she has fully caught the musical theatre bug! She speaks English, Swahili, Dutch and has forgotten most of her French.