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Coaches

Harriton Theater coaches are drawn from Philadelphia’s theater community and provide coaching for performance, technical, and business aspects of theater.

Jeff Smith: Music Director

Jeff is very excited to work with HTC’s cast and production teams on their musicals! He has music directed and/or performed in the pit orchestra for theatre companies all around the Delaware Valley, including PCS Theater, Media Theater, Footlighters Theatre, Penn Players (University of Pennsylvania), and the Lower Merion and Lower Moreland school districts. Favorite past productions include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (HTC), Into the WoodsFiddler on the RoofNewsiesLegally BlondeOnce on this IslandRENTGodspell, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. In August 2024, PCS Theater presented A Midsummer Night’s Dream set at Woodstock with Jeff’s original music, and in January 2025, PCS Theater will present Network with Jeff’s original incidental music. He has served as a Staff Accompanist for the musical theatre program at Rider University and has played close to 300 gigs with his jazz combo (www.jazz180.com). Jeff serves on the Board of Directors and Finance Committee for Theatre Horizon, a professional not-for-profit theatre company in Norristown.