Jana Ellsworth attended Texas Tech University for vocal performance. She toured with San Diego Opera Ensemble and was an apprentice artist with Cleveland Lyric Opera. A three time Metropolitan Opera Council Award Winner, Jana has recorded the opera Tania for Koch International Classics and has sung roles such as Musetta, Adele and Hanna Glawari. Jana was most recently seen in Houston as Dame Hannah in Ruddigore and as Ruth in Pirates of Penzance with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. She was in productions of Sweeney Todd and Beauty and the Beast with Theater Under The Stars. She has also been seen at Stageworks in shows such as Oliver!, Into The Woods, Footloose, and Urinetown. Other shows regionally include Legally Blonde and Les Miserables. She was a part of the most recent World Tour of Phantom of the Opera in Asia. And the Middle East as Alternate Carlotta, and Wild Woman/Spanish lady. Jana music directs many teen productions at Stageworks Theater in Cypress. She has taught voice for 22 years and loves to work with children and teens developing the skills of the next generation of performers. Jana and her husband live in Katy with their two teenage children.