Kelly Todd is a professor in the theater department at Pepperdine University where she runs the musical theater emphasis. She is also a director/choreographer based in Los Angeles for musical theater and has won numerous awards for her work including the 2014 Ovation Award Winner for Best Choreography for Lysistrata Jones and L.A. Drama Critics Circle 2012 Special Award for Fight Choreography for her work on West Side Story. She was named Southern California’s Choreographer of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by Stage Scene L.A.