Musical Theatre Dublin // Summer 2025
Meet The Mentors
Pam Monaco
Artistic Director
Pam founded Musical Theatre Dublin in 2017 with the intention of bringing more access to performing in musicals to teens in Dublin and eventually more professional musical theatre to the city. She has been working in theatre since she was a child. In addition to directing and music directing, Pam has experience as an actor onstage in numerous productions and has costumed many adult and children’s theatre shows. Pam has worked on all aspects of tech and stage crew, and has directed and played in pit orchestras. She is a professor emeritus at Temple University in Philadelphia, and several of her six children are professional musical theatre actors. She has many years of experience in organizing and collaborating on children's musical theatre programs in the Philadelphia area, including directing and supervising multiple sessions of children’s theatre programs at the award-winning Hedgerow Theatre. Pam is passionate about musical theatre and is excited to bring more of it to the Dublin area. Musical Theatre Dublin’s summer program is modelled after the extremely successful Upper Darby Summer Stage, where she and her children have been involved for years and are now working directing.
Lydia Joy
Lydia is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Music Education, having specialized in piano performance. She has taught piano lessons preparing students for exams with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) for several years. She currently serves as the Head of the Music Department at a private school in Dublin City centre. Her experience includes teaching musical theatre in New York at the French Woods Festival of Performing Arts, where she directed several musical productions and taught private lessons. She has received two Higher Achiever Awards from the RIAM, multiple gold medals in piano performance, as well as placing several times in the Feis Ceoil. She is thrilled to be joining the team at Musical Theatre Dublin as co-music director!
Raegan Fitzpatrick
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Raegan Fitzpatrick, a former student of Musical Theatre Dublin, has been involved in community theatre from the age of 5. She has been in 9 of Ballyshannon's pantomimes, and in December 2024 she played Alice in their production of ‘Alice In Wonderland’. She has been a part of the Ballyshannon Musical Society for the last four years and has also taken part in a number of drama events in that area. In February 2023 she played Tanya in her schools production of ‘Mamma Mia,’ and in August 2024 she played the role of Sandra in "Big Fish the musical" through Musical Theatre Dublin. She is thrilled to be joining the staff and looks forward to our lineup of shows this summer!
Daeghlan McGovern
Déaghlan has been on since he was 4 years old, playing roles including Billy Flynn, Captain Von Trapp & his favourite, Freddie from School of Rock where he got to play drums on stage. He enjoys working backstage for Productions. He joined M.A.D. Youth Theatre in 2019, where he played Connladh in the short film Blood & Water, took part in M.A.D. Couture, and had the lead role Jeremy, in the musical Be More Chill & took part in their musical, Sophistry. His first Dundalk Musical Society production was All Shook Up. He also played Monsieur D’arch in Beauty and The Beast. Deaghlan has been cast in many pantomimes; his favourite roles include Max the Butler in Jack and The Beanstalk and Major Montgomery in Robinson Crusoe, Deaghlan had several roles in S.O.N.G’s Les Misérables production and most recently, played Mr.Wormwood in Matilda the Musical.
****All staff are Garda vetted. The director is Red Cross Certified in CPR and Adult and Paediatric First Aid.
This is my second time year with Musical Theatre Dublin and I had an even better time than the first!! Everyone was so lovely and fun to work with and they picked an amazing show to put on. I did two sessions this year. Despite having smaller roles in comparison to the first I enjoyed this one just as much if not more!! MTD remains to be the best place to form new friendships and I’m so happy to have been able to work with everyone and create an amazing show. Ciara M.