Tucker is a New York-based Choreographer, Director, and Educator who is drawn to stories made of equal parts humor and heartache. With a deep love for musical theatre history, he is passionate about reimagining yesterday’s classics to be accessible and exciting to today’s audiences as well as collaborating with writers to develop the new work of tomorrow.
He holds a B.A. in Theatre, Minor in Dance, Certificate in Musical Theatre, and Modules in Musical Theatre Choreography and Theatre for Young Audiences from Northwestern University and is in his final year of the M.F.A. Directing program at Columbia University under the mentorship of Anne Bogart and Brian Kulick.
As the son of a human-interest writer and a musician, Tucker was brought up at the crossroads of story and song. He trained in many dance styles (Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hiphop, Modern, Lyrical, West African) at studios throughout Tampa Bay, FL and spent summers studying with The Sarasota Ballet and the Broadway Theatre Project before attending college.
At Northwestern University, Tucker studied Musical Theatre Choreography and Direction under the mentorship of Billy Siegenfeld, Jeffery Hancock, and David H. Bell, as well as Theatre for Young Audiences under the tutelage of Rives Collins. He received the George L. Siegel Scholarship in Music Theater, Aurand Harris Award for Excellence in Children’s Theatre, and Excellence Awards for academic achievements and contributions to Northwestern’s Theatre program.
Over the past decade, Tucker has directed, choreographed, and assisted on over forty musicals and plays and — while full-time faculty at Saint Andrew’s School of Boca Raton and the Canterbury School of Florida — he staged award-winning routines for recitals, cabarets, competitions, and Florida's International Thespian Society festivals. His students have received Top Honors and Critics’ Choice distinctions, the Dolly Van Parys Academic and Talent Scholarship, Broadway Star of the Future Award nominations for Outstanding Lead and Supporting Performances and Design and, in 2023, one was selected as a finalist at the The National High School Musical Theatre Awards®, best known as the Jimmy Awards®. In 2024, while Chair of the Arts Department at Canterbrury School of Florida, Tucker received a Broadway Star of the Future Outstanding Choreography Award nomination from the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
Tucker lives in Manhattan with his fiancé Ian and their rescue dog Oliver (who is, of course, named after the musical).
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Assisted director John Tartaglia on Shrek the Musical at The Muny
*upcoming* Assisting director Rob Ruggiero on Something Rotten! at The Muny
*upcoming* Directing Observer on GALILEO A New Musical at the Shubert Theatre
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Assisted director Denis Jones on Bring It On: The Musical and director Marcia Milgrom Dodge on La Cage aux Folles at The Muny (winner of the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award)
Co-conceived and directed a new vignette play OUT OF THE BLUE: A Play in Six Phone Calls based on stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lane DeGregory
Adapted, directed, and choreographed As Youse Like It at Columbia University
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Graduated from SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER’s Critical Practices for Social Justice Education Professional Learning Cohort
Choreographed MEAN GIRLS at Central Park Performing Arts Center
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Wrote “Everyone, Everywhere, Moving to the Ragtime!” for AMERICAN STAGE’s Arts Guide
Featured as Associate Choreographer and “Ensemble” in BROADWAY ON DEMAND’s recording of Something in the Game
Directed Jump Rhythm©’s Fortitude and Gentleness at the Mark O’Donnell Theater in Brooklyn, NY
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Assistant choreographed Odd Machine’s Caterpillar Inc. commercial
Choreographed Virginia Children’s Theatre’s concert Brand New Day: A Celebration of Unity, choreographed Northwestern University’s inaugural MFA Acting cohort in their production of Dance Nation
Became Chair of the Arts Department and Director of Theatre at Canterbury School of Florida in St. Petersburg, FL
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Choreographed Delray Beach Playhouse’s production of Elf The Musical
Directed a developmental reading of a new musical, The Chosen One
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Graduated from Northwestern University’s Theatre program
Served as the Assistant Artistic Director and Associate Program Director of the Broadway Theatre Project
Became a full-time faculty member at Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, FL, where he served as a Theatre Instructor, Dance Instructor, Director, and Choreographer
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Choreographed the first staged production of Frank Loesser’s TYA musical, Hans Christian Andersen
Studied with Josh Prince, Valerie Salgado, and additional artists at Dance Lab New York’s Broadway Choreography Intensive
Wrote/directed/choreographed an original play with music, Joni: Busy Being Free
Larry in A Chorus Line
Photos by Justin Barbin Photography