Who We Are
Micheale Ryan Koons — Director
Micheale, the founder of MetaMorphic Entertainment, is a versatile and accomplished musician with extensive experience in both performance and education. She earned her
Master's Degree in Woodwind Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and her Bachelor’s Degree from Boston University.
Her diverse career includes performing on stage in notable productions such as Swingtime Canteen, The Buddy Holly Story, Cabaret, and Urinetown, demonstrating her dynamic range as a performer. Micheale has graced numerous prestigious stages, performing with organizations like the International Clarinet Association, Sarasota Opera, Spoleto Festival, NYGilbert and Sullivan Players, Masterworks Chorale, Bronx Concert Singers, Pittsburgh Ballet, Garden State Opera, Florida Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, and the Naples Philharmonic.
Additionally, she is the leader of the chamber ensemble "Metamorphic Winds" and half of the "Bard and Minstrel Storytellers.”
Her involvement in the theater currently includes substituting at iconic venues such as Radio City Music Hall and Papermill Playhouse, as well as in Broadway pit orchestras for shows like The Lion King and Wicked.
Micheale can be heard with the Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir performing with renowned clarinetist Richard Stoltzman on his album Aria. She is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of musicians through her teaching role at the New York Music School and presenting Clinics for the International Clarinet Association.
Jon Koons — President
Jon Koons has been dubbed “Renaissance Man” by the media. Having been onstage since the age of nine, Jon has appeared as an actor and singer on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in summer and regional theaters. He has also been seen in Feature Films, on Television and in Commercials. Awarded the title “NYC’s Plum Craziest Performer”, Jon performs virtually every variety skill, including magic, ventriloquism, stilt-walking,fire-eating, juggling, mime and more, with experience ranging from Broadway, TV and Films to performances from Atlantic City to Kenya
As a director and production stage manager, Jon has worked with numerous prestigious theater and opera companies. He also teaches theatrical and circus arts for educational organizations, schools and individuals. Jon’s contributions to the arts have been recognized in books such as Theatre World, Frantic Comedy, Reader’s Theatre: What It Is and How to Stage it, The Magic Catalog and others, as well as by the United States Congress and the State of New Jersey Senate and General Assembly.
Jon is the Artistic Director of The Open Book Theatre Company, New York City’s oldest established Reader’s Theatre company. The Open Book also operates arts-in-education programs. A published author of both fiction and non-fiction, Jon’s children’s books, A Confused Hanukkah and Arthur And Guen: A Tale Of Young Camelot, remain popular. A Confused Hanukkah is currently in development in Hollywood as ananimated feature to be called A Confused Holiday. Under the imprint Metamorphic Press, Jon publishes books for several new and well known authors. Print and ebooks can be found on Amazon. Jon is an Associate Editor and regular contributor of short fiction and book reviews for Weird Tales Magazine. Jon also narrates and produces audiobooks.
Jon owns and operates JestMaster Companies LLC., which encompasses JestMaster Productions, an entertainment and theatrical production company; JestMaster Audio for audiobook production; G.O.A.T. Films, which produces humorous and educational short films; Metamorphic Press, publishing; Striking Images, which creates design and photography.
For more information please visit: jestmaster.com, jonkoons.com,openbooktheatre.org
For videos:youtube.com/jestmasterG.O.A.T
Merlin Ryan Koons — Trustee
Merlin is a dedicated designer and aspiring architect with a passion for interactive design and the performing arts. With four years of experience in an Interactive Design High School Course, he developed a strong foundation in UX/UI principles.
As a Trustee of the non-profit, Metamorphic Entertainment, he utilizes his varied talents as an actor, stagehand, videographer, and photographer for many of their events.
Currently, he is pursuing studies in architecture, interactivedesign, and psychology, merging his creative interests with a focus on design and functionality at the prestigious Hobart and William Smith College.
Roland Mesa — Advisor
Roland Mesa’s career has taken him from trailer editor to studio exec to filmmaker. At 20th Century Fox, Roland was instrumental in creating audio/visual and print campaigns for The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition, BazLuhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Waiting to Exhale and Independence Day (for which he and the Fox team were named “Entertainment Marketers of the Year”)
While at Cimarron Films, Roland produced advertising pieces for X-Men, Cheaper By the Dozen, Elf, Barbershop, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and War of the Worlds.
Roland’s directorial work includes an HBO “mockumentary” on Tim Burton, an acclaimed episode of Tales From the Crypt, and the made-for-television film, Revenge ofthe Nerds III: The Next Generation.
Roland’s work at Toy Box Entertainment includes documentary, behind-the-scenes, and creative content for films like The Social Network, Ford V Ferrari, The Smurfs, and Goosebumps; HBO First Look episodes on The Peanuts Movie and Kingsman; and more in-depth documentary pieces for The Bridge which featured NY Times correspondent Damian Cave, Looper with author Brian Clegg, and Ice Age:Collision Course with Neal DeGrasse Tyson.
Roland has also produced promos, documentaries, and commercials for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts including the TV campaign made up of user-generatedvideos which was honored with the Mobius Award for Best Recreation, Leisure &Travel Campaign and the Silver Addy for Best National TV Campaign.Other brand work includes directing six commercial spots for Tubi (winner, Shorty Awards – Best Multiplatform Campaign) as well as corporate image videos and PSA’s for The Will Rogers Institute, The ALS Association, AARP, and The National MS Society. His documentary on the historic Sony Pictures (former MGM) studio lot is shown as part of the Sony Pictures VIP Tour. Currently, Roland is in production on a feature documentary, Play The Game: A Jock ‘N’ Roll Story, which profiles the lives of six college football players from Northwestern Unniversity in the 1970s, who went from playing on the worst team in the country to becoming bodyguards for rock legends Queen. playthegamefilm.com