Casey Joan Kollman (CJ) is an award-winning vocalist, actor, dancer and songwriter based in Chicago and around the midwest. She works professionally as both a performer and a voice teacher. She also writes her own music and is working on an album (listen to her current demo here !).

CJ holds degrees from Lawrence University and Conservatory of Music in Vocal Performance (BM) and Theatre Arts (BA) with a minor in Vocal Pedagogy and a focus in Choral Leadership. Her education philosophy is passion-oriented, focusing on singers who are driven and multi-interested. She teaches musical theatre artists, actors, classical vocalists, pop singers, choral singers, developing singers, and songwriters.

Recent employment in both education & performance include: Music Director of Caesura with Kith & Kin Theatre Collective; Soprano with Aperi Animam; Phoebe Understudy/Ensemble in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder with Kith & Kin Theatre Collective; Assistant Music Director of Into the Woods with Wautoma High School alongside Thomas Dubnicka; Soprano Soloist & Section Leader with North Shore Congregational Church; Soprano with Chant Claire; Long-Term Choral Substitute & Voice Lesson Teacher with Muskego High School and Park Prairie Middle School; Voice & Piano Private Lesson Teacher with Music&Arts in Muskego; Short-Term Band Director with MHS; Soprano Soloist & Alto Section Leader with First Congregational United Church of Christ.

A lifelong student herself, CJ trains as a triple-threat with professionals all around the country. She was on scholarship with Danceworks, MKE since 2024 and is currently training with Mike Petrone out of LA since 2022. Recently relocated to Chicago, she is under work-study employment at Visceral Dance, taking voice lessons herself with Dr. Chuck Chandler out of DePaul’s School of Music, interviewing for scholarships/internships at various comedy centers (Second City; iO improv), and auditioning all around the city!