WHO WE ARE
Our dedicated team
Stav Meishar, founder and director of Dreamcoat Experience, is a performer and Jewish educator born and raised in Israel. With a history of almost a decade in Jewish education, Stav specializes in weaving her artistic skills into her teachings, creating meaningful experiences for children incorporating drama, music, circus, dance, yoga and more. She's worked at synagogues, schools and private homes all over the Tri-State area with children of all ages and denominations. In 2014 Stav won the Jewish Education Project's Young Pioneers Award for her unique work at Dreamcoat Experience, and in 2017 she was selected for The Jewish Week's 36 Under 36. Stav has a BFA in Musical Theatre from The New School with a double minor in Jewish Studies and Gender Studies, and was certified by Holistic Circus Therapy to teach circus to special needs children. When Stav's not teaching Jewish children throughout the NY metro area she proudly juggles (no pun intended!) a career in the performing arts as a stage and circus performer.
Michelle Narkiss is an American-Israeli actress born in the US. She grew up in Israel where she majored in theatre in high school and graduated from Nissan Nativ Acting Studio with excellence.
Michelle is an actress at the Israeli Goshen Theater for children, with whom she tours an English-Hebrew play for Jewish communities across the United States. She co-wrote and performed an original children play for the Incubator Theater in Jerusalem.
Michelle teaches children Hebrew in New Jersey and New York, and works at the Brotherhood Synagogue in Manhattan as a Hebrew teacher. Dreamcoat Experience will be her chance to further explore the intersection of her passions for theater, arts, Hebrew and education.
Michelle is an actress at the Israeli Goshen Theater for children, with whom she tours an English-Hebrew play for Jewish communities across the United States. She co-wrote and performed an original children play for the Incubator Theater in Jerusalem.
Michelle teaches children Hebrew in New Jersey and New York, and works at the Brotherhood Synagogue in Manhattan as a Hebrew teacher. Dreamcoat Experience will be her chance to further explore the intersection of her passions for theater, arts, Hebrew and education.
Leilah Rosen grew up in NYC, with a year in Jerusalem. She attended the Heschel School until 8th grade, then studied acting at LaGuardia High School, and currently studies dance at Peridance Capezio Center. She co-founded the theater company Rascal Arts, and is an aspiring choreographer. Leilah is deeply curious about the diversity across Jewish experiences and is continuously dedicated to enriching Jewish experiences for those who feel excluded. She taught Tefillah and Hebrew privately to children and has led a weekly Judaism class for adult women. She she cannot wait to embark on this journey with Dreamcoat Experience.
Ella Metuki has been with Dreamcoat Experience since its inception in 2012. She was born in Israel and grew up acting, singing and dancing, majoring in Dance at her high school, and is a graduate of NYU Tisch school of the arts with a BFA with honors in Drama and a minor in Applied Theater.
Since graduating Ella has been a visiting teaching artist and assistant teacher for organizations such as Apple Arts, in which she teaches arts to children in shelters in NYC, and Daytime Moon Creations, in which she teaches theater programs for teens and young adults with special needs.
With Jewish children, Ella has the pleasure of teaching for Israelis in Brooklyn and is in charge of the KesheTot program for the Israeli American Council.
Since graduating Ella has been a visiting teaching artist and assistant teacher for organizations such as Apple Arts, in which she teaches arts to children in shelters in NYC, and Daytime Moon Creations, in which she teaches theater programs for teens and young adults with special needs.
With Jewish children, Ella has the pleasure of teaching for Israelis in Brooklyn and is in charge of the KesheTot program for the Israeli American Council.
Sivan Arbel is an Israeli singer composer, arranger and educator, based in New York City. Since moving to NYC in 2014 she has been performing and teaching around and outside the city, both as a musician and as a Jewish educator.
She is a graduate of the prestigious Rimon School of Music in Israel in the jazz performance department and has a BA in jazz performance from the Newpark Music Center (Dublin, Ireland). In addition, she was invited to represent Israel as the headline performer in the Israeli Independence Day celebration in Venezuela.
Sivan has been a Jewish educator for more than 5 years, teaching privately and in groups to all ages and levels around Israel, Dublin and the USA.
When she isn't teaching Dreamcoat Experience's classes, she is the resident music teacher and a Hebrew teacher at the Israeli-American Council IAC's Keshet program.
She is a graduate of the prestigious Rimon School of Music in Israel in the jazz performance department and has a BA in jazz performance from the Newpark Music Center (Dublin, Ireland). In addition, she was invited to represent Israel as the headline performer in the Israeli Independence Day celebration in Venezuela.
Sivan has been a Jewish educator for more than 5 years, teaching privately and in groups to all ages and levels around Israel, Dublin and the USA.
When she isn't teaching Dreamcoat Experience's classes, she is the resident music teacher and a Hebrew teacher at the Israeli-American Council IAC's Keshet program.
Daniele Kohn is a New York Native who grew up on the Upper West Side and in the suburbs. For the past 8 years, Daniele has been a Jewish educator- first as a youth group advisor in Boston, and then as a hebrew school teacher in Brooklyn.
Daniele studied visual art and business as undergraduate at Brandeis University, and, upon her return to New York, completed her coursework for a Masters in Arts Administration at Columbia University. . She is also a certified yoga teacher, and loves to bring play and movement (dance, gymnastics, circus and more) to the classroom.
Daniele studied visual art and business as undergraduate at Brandeis University, and, upon her return to New York, completed her coursework for a Masters in Arts Administration at Columbia University. . She is also a certified yoga teacher, and loves to bring play and movement (dance, gymnastics, circus and more) to the classroom.
