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Director, Choreographer
A 28-year veteran of both the theatre and film, Mr. Gussler began his formal training in performing at the young age of seven-years-old. He began his professional career as one of ten young tap dancing boys in the MGM film Pennies from Heaven starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. He continued his training throughout the Los Angeles area and by sixteen was the youngest member to join the Las Vegas production of A Chorus Line. At age 21 he made his Broadway debut in the 1991 Tony Award revival of Gypsy starring Tyne Daly. Some of Mr. Gussler's performing credits include the national tour of 42nd Street, the European company of West Side Story, as well as regional and stock productions of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, West Side Story, Funny Girl, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Pajama Game, La Cage Aux Folles, A Chorus Line, Chess, Anything Goes, Peter Pan, The Will Rogers Follies and The Boy Friend. His directing and choreographic credits include Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, West Side Story and Grease for the Torrance Theatre Company. Hello Dolly! for Moonlight Amphitheater in San Diego. Fiddler on the Roof for Theatre League and the Civic Light Opera of the South Bay Cities. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown for Sacramento Music Circus. Meet Me in St. Louis, Crazy for You, Swingtime Canteen, Cabaret, Me and My Girl, and George M! for Bakersfield Music Theatre. Good News and Singin' in the Rain for Hamilton Academy of Music in Los Angeles. Show Boat and The Music Man for the Santa Barbara CLO. 42nd Street for Southern Arizona CLO, The Most Happy Fella and the world premiere of Brief Shining Moment for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Jerry's Girls for the Arvada Performing Arts Center in Denver, CO. Cabaret Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown for The Dell Center in Austin, TX. K.C. is the three-time winner of the B. Iden Payne Theatre Critic’s award for his direction and choreography. Mr. Gussler is the three-time winner of the B. Iden Payne, Austin Theatre Critic’s award for his direction and choreography. For the past three years, Mr. Gussler served as the Academy Artistic Director for Austin Musical Theatre and Ballet Austin’s Musical Theatre Laboratory. Throughout the years, Mr. Gussler has had a long affiliation with the Walt Disney Company. He began performing for Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland as a member of The Kids of the Kingdom and The Diamond Horseshoe Revue. He also choreographed and performed the show Tap Happy Two for Tokyo DisneySea. Currently he is a resident choreographer for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. |
