Jake Emmerling received his BFA in Music Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory. He completed his MFA in Theatre from The Theatre School at DePaul University and has taught at multiple colleges and programs as well as directed and choreographed shows including choreographing My Fair Lady at SSMT in 2016. Performance credits include: South Pacific (Lt. Cable), Curtains (Aaron), West Side Story (Snowboy), and Ensemble at SSMT. Tour: The Book of Mormon (Ensemble); Regional: Tartuffe (Tartuffe), Much Ado About Nothing (Don Pedro), The Cherry Orchard (Yepikhodov); TV: Christmas at DePaul (Narrator).