Musical Director Carmel Dean is responsible for many different aspects in a musical production, from collaborating with the director to overseeing music rehearsals and conducting performances. Dean traces her theater career from performing in high school musicals in Australia with Heath Ledger, to attending NYU where she met adjunct faculty/composer William Finn, and went on to work with him on "Elegies" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee". For "American Idiot", she's worked closely with music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator Tom Kitt, and is seen here running daily vocal rehearsals and in performance conducting the onstage band.