Frank Spitznagel & Ross Taylor

Teaches at Linda Z's Sewing Center

Frank Spitznagel is the Musical Director at Magnet Theater and a piano accompanist who frequently plays for such improv groups as I Eat Pandas, Veal, The Made-Up Musical, Gusto, and many others. He is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano performance. His work can be heard on several studio recordings. 

Frank has composed for Comedy Central and the Aspen Comedy Festival. He accompanied Itzhak Perlman in an original jazz composition by Benny Golson at Lincoln Center. He also played the American premiere of The Hired Man Off-Broadway. He has been musical director for productions such as Nunsense (all incarnations), A Chorus Line, Chicago City Limits, and several original musicals.


Ross Taylor is an actor, writer and musician living in NYC. He has performed professionally with Second City, Baby Wants Candy, Magnet and PIT TourCo and Chicago City Limits. Ross studied improvisation at Magnet Theater with Armando Diaz, Peter McNerney and Louis Kornfeld as well as musical improv with Tara Copeland. He has performed comedy and theater for the last 14 years and holds a BA in Theatre Performance from the University of Missouri. 

He performs regularly at Magnet with house teams Aquarius and the Wrath, at the PIT with musical house team Dagger and is part of Christian-Cowboy duo The Oakwood Boys.