Janet Roston
JANET ROSTON has spent her career creating energetic, dynamic visuals that cleverly integrate imaginative manipulations of current and vintage pop culture.
Janet has worked in a wide range of live performance and media. Examples of her diverse work include: multiple awards for her inventive reimagining of established musicals, directing/choreographing You Can’t Stop the Beat to raise money for the Actors Fund (over 3.5 million YouTube views), directing at Caesars Palace, touring the world presenting innovative productions with her dance/theater company Mixed eMotion Theatrix. Janet is actively involved in the writing, directing and choreography of new musicals and was selected as a participant in Goodspeed Theater’s Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove.
Photo credit, Barry Weiss
Photo credit, Barry Weiss
Photo credit, Barry Weiss
Awards & Nominations
2020 - Best of 2020, Washington Post, Director/Choreography: YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT
2019 - Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Choreography: CABARET
2019 - Los Angeles Stage Raw, Choreography: CABARET
2016 - Ovation Award, Choreography: THE BOY FROM OZ
2016 - Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Choreography: THE BOY FROM OZ
2013 - NAACP Award: THE COLOR PURPLE
2012 - Ovation Award, Choreography: THE COLOR PURPLE