Meet Our Staff
Tina Bruno Lukondi, born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio is the owner and operator of Performing Arts, Inc. Prior to opening Performing Arts, Inc she owned her own dance studio for thirty-five years with an award winning competition team, where she also won many prestigious awards for choreography. She teaches dance classes as well as directs most of the theater programs. Miss Tina is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education, Early Learning and Child Development and Dance. Miss Tina has been teaching dance for forty-five years, and has been directing musicals for sixteen years. She is also an author and a mother of four boys. She takes great pride in her Performing Arts, Inc business and feels very lucky to share her love of dance and theater with her teachers and students.
Cheryl Heaton has been dancing since the age of four and has been teaching dance and choreographing for over 20 years. She began her study of dance at Bonnie Williams Dance Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she danced and competed as both a soloist, and as a member of their award-winning competition team. She continued her dance education and started her theatrical studies at the West Clermont Institute of Performing Arts. She has been an integral part of Performing Arts Inc since 2010, where she directs and choreographs musicals. Cheryl has always been deeply passionate about the arts and is thrilled to be able to share this passion with her students and cast members! In her spare time, Cheryl enjoys spending every free moment with her two dogs, Caly and Tanzi.
Corinne Baumann is a senior at the University of Cincinnati and is beyond excited to be both solo and assistant directing musicals for Performing Arts Inc. She has directed and assistant directed many shows for PAI including You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Anything Goes, Godspell Jr, Anne of Green Gables, Mary Poppins Jr, Elf the Musical and The Sound of Music to list a few.. Corinne has also performed in several shows with Performing Arts Inc., including Newsies (Katherine), West Side Story (Anybodys), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), and Singin’ in the Rain (Kathy), to name a few. Corinne would not be where she is today without the support of her directors at Performing Arts Inc., and she hopes to have the same impact on the actors that she directs. She loves working with children and is thrilled to share her passion for theatre with the aspiring young actors of Performing Arts Inc.
Emma King has a BFA in Stage Management at CCM in the University of Cincinnati. She has directed and assistant directed many shows including: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, 13 the Musical, Legally Blonde, and The Addams Family, to name a few. She has also served as the Production Stage Manager for numerous shows including Little Shop of Horrors, Newsies, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Emma is overjoyed to have the opportunity to give kids a safe space to make mistakes and have fun creating theatre. She loves watching everyone grow as performers and people, and can’t wait to see what PAI’s newest performers bring to the stage.
Lyndsi Moore is a sophomore at Miami University majoring in Education, Arts Management and Entrepreneurship. She works with Performing Arts Inc as an Assistant Director and Choreographer. She is thrilled to be given the opportunity to create an environment where children can feel free to perform and share their passion for the arts, a place where they can sing and dance like nobody's watching, and have a safe place for their creative outlets.