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David Jayden Anthony
Founder and CEO of Musical Theatre Mastery
Writer. Educator. Coach. 30+ years at the intersection of craft, story, and performance — now putting everything online for you.
30+
YEARS IN MUSICAL THEATRE
3 Berklee Studies
Musical Theatre Writing (Masters)
Songwriting (Bachelors)
Music Production (Bachelors)
1000’s
STUDENTS COACHED
7 Orig. Musicals
3 In Development
ABOUT
It takes a village to raise an artist.
I’ve spent 30 years being part of that village — and now I’m building it online.
I’m David Jayden Anthony — a musical theatre writer (book, music, and lyrics), voice and acting coach, choral arranger, piano bar performer, and educator currently completing my M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing at Berklee’s New York campus.
I didn’t just study musical theatre from the outside. I lived it from the inside — rehearsing alongside Tony Award–winning composers, coaching students who went on to Broadway, producing concerts with legends, and building performing arts programs from scratch at the high school level.
Musical Theatre Mastery exists because I kept asking myself: What if every student had access to the knowledge I’ve spent a career gathering? This site is my answer to that question.
What I bring To Your Training
A Career Built In the Room
I’ve been in the rehearsal room with the people who write the shows you want to be in. That experience — the real-time problem-solving, the artistic instincts, the industry knowledge — is what I bring to your lessons.
Rehearsal pianist & coach for Jason Robert Brown · Stephen Schwartz · Ryan Scott Oliver · Scott Alan
Training at the Highest Level
My Berklee M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing gives me a composer and lyricist’s understanding of what makes a song work — and why certain technical choices serve the story while others undercut it.
B.S. Music Production · B.M. Songwriting · M.F.A. Musical Theatre Writing — Berklee College of Music
20+ Years in the classroom
I’ve taught at every level — from middle school through college — and served as Executive Director of Arts & Performance overseeing curriculum, accreditation, and live production across multiple performing arts high school campuses.
Executive Director, Encore Education Corporation · Music Director, performing arts programs · OCSA alumni
The Network You Need
Understanding the industry means knowing how it actually works — auditions, casting directors, what coaches look for. I’ve navigated it from every angle: as a performer, writer, MD, and educator.
Casting work with Julia Flores · Performed at AEA auditions · Piano bar: Tramp Stamp Granny’s (Darren Criss & Mia Swier)
Concert Production & Fundraising
I’ve produced fundraising concerts featuring household names of the Broadway world — which means I understand how to build a performance, shape an audience’s experience, and mentor artists in real production contexts.
Carol Channing · Liz Callaway · Jeff Marx · Davis Gaines · Jonelle Allen · David Burnham · Marissa Perry
An Original Methodology
The Mosaic Method — my original acting technique for musical theatre — synthesizes the work of the masters (Meisner, Adler, Strasberg, Stanislavski) into a practical, storytelling-first framework built for the demands of the musical theatre stage.
The Mosaic Method · Decoding The Song (book in development) · 7 original musicals in development
Teaching Philosophies
Story First. Always!
Every technical note I give, every exercise I assign, every warmup I prescribe — it all serves one purpose: helping you tell a more truthful story.
Breath support, resonance, range — these are means to an end. I teach technique in context, always connecting the physical work back to what it allows you to express. A student who understands why a technique matters will use it. One who just drills it will forget it under pressure.
One of my foundational beliefs — drawn from working with composers at the highest level — is that every great song contains its own performance instructions. My job as your coach is to help you excavate them. The lyric, the melody, the rhythm: they’re all telling you something. We learn to listen.
The wall between your “acting brain” and your “singing brain” is artificial — and it’s costing you. I teach an integrated approach where vocal work and dramatic work happen simultaneously, because that’s how they happen in performance. You don’t stop acting when you hit a high note.
I’ve worked with the legends because I was part of a community. I didn’t get there alone, and neither will you. This site — the training articles, the tools, the coaching — is my contribution to that village. Come dig in.