Ameenah Kaplan

Ameenah Kaplan born June 17 1974 is an American actress musician and choreographer Kaplan was born on June 17 1974 in Denver Colorado She was raised in Atlanta where she graduated from Avondale High School for the Performing Arts and from New York where she attended Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and trained in their experimental theater wing She is a graduate of the Academy of Art University film school She has been a drummer since age 12 and was a member of the original American cast of STOMP She is the west coast drum coach for Blue Man Group She has played drums andor percussion with Ty Taylor of Vintage Trouble Adam Lambert Alisan Porter Macy Gray Rihanna Taylor Hicks Lisa Haley and the Zydecats Drake Leslie Odom Jr Scarlett Cherry and the Twinz She has performed on Oprah Conan OBrien The Academy Awards the AMAs the Grammys and the Tonight Show She is the Resident Director of The Lion King on Broadway Her current bands are Sin City hiphop and KULA rock and BAST