| Adrianne Alvarez Andrew Amani Al Bernstein Dominic Catrambone Brittany Freeth Keesha Hernandez |
AdrianneAlvarez
Master Class Instructor - Movement
Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Adrianne graduated with an MFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University. She has also studied extensively at the Old Globe Training Program in London and South Coast Repertory’s Professional Actor Training Program in Irvine.
Adrianne has performed professionally in dozens of shows including her favorite, The House of Bernarda Alba at The Mark Taper Forum. She has also been seen on television on such shows as Charmed and All My Children. Adrianne has taught Acting, Movement, and World-Theatre at the L.A. County High School for the Arts and is currently the head of the drama department at AGBU, a private high school located in the San Fernando Valley.
AndrewAmani
Summer Camp Faculty - Acting/Stage Combat
Andrew Amani graduated with a BA in Theater from Columbia College Chicago. He is an award winning Actor, Dancer, Stage Combatant and Athlete. Mr. Amani received the Joseph Jefferson Citation for “Best Ensemble” in Defiant Theatre’s “Action Movie: The Play” and nominated for “Best Ensemble” with Redmoon Theater’s “Hunchback” playing the role of Quasimodo. Other accolades include The Camel Caravan Lindy Hop Dance Championships as a dancer, Founder’s Award and Examiner’s Awards for Unarmed, Rapier & Dagger and Broadsword as a stage combatant bestowed by the Society of American Fight Directors. As an athlete, he received a gold medal in ice hockey at the 1986 Asian Games and played professional beach volleyball. Highlights of his performance work include working with: Trap Door Theater (Resident Choreographer); Redmoon Theater; Plasticene Physical Theater Company; Defiant Theatre, Factory Theatre, Lyric Opera w/Mary Zimmerman in Chicago and Diavolo, Pirate’s Dinner Adventure, Theatricum Botanicum, The Theatre @ Boston Court, LA Opera, Disneyland and San Diego Opera in Southern California. Along with his acting abilities, Mr. Amani’s is also a stunt performer appearing in several television shows and movies. His fire stunt was featured on “History Channel’s: This Week in History (How to be a Stuntman)” and his sword work as Sun Tzu nemesis Neng Wa in “Art of War”. As an educator, Mr. Amani is a visiting Lecturer at the University of Illinois Chicago.
AlBernstein
Summer Camp Faculty – Acting
Mr. Bernstein received his Masters Degree from the Actors Studio MFA program in New York where he studied intensively in scene study, voice, speech, Alvin Ailey dance, dialects, Stanislavski, Meisner & Strasberg Methods, Theatre History, Stage Combat, Classics, Period and Styles. In addition he has studied with top coaches such as; Ellen Burstyn, Susan Batson (Nexus), Sandra Seacott, Elizabeth Kemp, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Arthur Penn, Vivienne Nathan and David Gideon. Al has been based most of the past 18 years in NYC where his training began at Circle In The Square and then moved to Uta Hagens' HB Studio under the tutelage of the gifted Carol Rosenfeld. He has worked Off Off Broadway, Off Broadway and with many independent theatre companies performing, training, teaching, directing and producing. He has appeared in many TV, Film and Theatre productions in New York, Toronto and Los Angeles including Showtime's Street Time, Nip/Tuck, Everybody Hates Chris, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days and many more. Today, Al works as an actor/writer and acting coach in LA and is a member of the Alley Theatre Workshop (ATW) and Carter Thor Studios in Toronto. He is proud to be working at the Actors Studio and the Edgemar Theatre Group.
DominicCatrambone
Co Creator/Producing Director
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BrittanyFreeth
Summer Camp Faculty/Year Round Instructor – Dance
Brittany Freeth has been trained professionally for over 17 years in all areas of dance including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, modern, hip-hop and break dance. Some of her major productions have been with Diavolo Dance Theatre, Pasadena Dance Theatre as well as Performance Riverside in their production of “West Side Story” and “The King and I.” Brittany has appeared in music videos as a featured dancer with Macy Gray, Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber and has been seen in various projects on Nickelodeon. She attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and was trained by members of Alvin Ailey Company and Harlem Ballet.
KeeshaHernandez
Year Round Teacher – Dance
Keesha Hernandez is studying dance at Cal State L.A and is currently pursuing a degree in Theater Arts and Dance. She has been trained in jazz, ballet, modern and hip hop. She has worked with choreographers such as Natalia Morales Byles, Frit and Frat Fuller, G Madison IV, Hae Kyung Lee and Francisco Martinez. She has recently performed in Vox Lumiere's Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dancescape and Carnival.
BenHerrington
Master Class Instructor – Foley Sound Effects
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RoyHerrington
Master Class Instructor – Foley Sound Effects
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GregoryHumphreys
Master Class Teacher – African Animal Movement/Rythme
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BenHopkin
Summer Camp Faculty – Acting/Voice and Diction
Ben started his career in entertainment at the age of 10, where he performed alongside his father in the opera, Gianni Schicchi. Since then he has gone on to perform in theatre, television and film, often working alongside Tony and Emmy award-winning actors and directors. Ben is a graduate of the renowned Old Globe Theatre MFA program and was Director of the Acting for Film Undergraduate and MFA programs at the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios for five years. As a teacher, Ben's main areas of concentration have been voice and diction work as well as classical theatre, with an emphasis on Shakespeare. As a director and producer, Ben has won awards for his work in television, and his films have screened at festivals around the country. Some of his most recent projects include Too Many, which won its category at the Cinema City International Film Festival. Currently Ben is co-founder of Off Our Meds Multimedia, which has a full slate of commercial, television and film projects.
JeremyKentJackson
Co Creator/Creative Director
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RachelKerbs
Summer Camp Faculty – Improvisation/Acting
Rachel, originally from Katy, Texas, recently graduated with a BFA in Acting from the University of Oklahoma. She has enjoyed performing ever since she can remember and has especially enjoyed such roles as Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Abigail in The Crucible, and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some of her favorite regional credits include Shelby in Steel Magnolias and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors. Ms. Kerbs has also been seen in several regional commercials and just finished starring in Splinter, a horror film due to come out later this year. Having been heavily involved with improvisation throughout her college career, she is especially excited to focus on the subject with DiscoveryOnstage students in the coming months.
JonathanLeBillon
Summer Camp Faculty – Acting/Shakespeare
Jonathan Le Billon is a young actor, now in his seventeenth year in the industry. A graduate of the world famous Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (from the course which trained: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and Patrick Stewart) Jonathan regards his proudest, professional, moments so far to be: performing Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’, in Pafos (Cyprus) - in the Greek Amphitheatre it was originally written for, shooting over 100 episodes of the award-winning T.V. show ‘Hollyoaks’, shooting 2 seasons of the Emmy Award nominated show ‘At Home With The Braithwaites’. Jonathan has also starred in ‘Cold Feet’ (widely known as the British ‘Friends’) and opposite R.S.C. actor Philip Franks in his very first T.V. role. He also did a national tour of ninety-seven performances of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ directed by former National and R.S.C. actor Barrie Rutter and has performed for ‘Long Beach Opera’ on their recent production of ‘The Good Soldier Schweik’
MaryMather
Summer Camp Faculty – Acting/Voice & Diction
Mary Mather is a new resident of Los Angeles, originally hailing from Elizabethtown, KY. She received her Master's Degree in Music from Oklahoma City University, and a vocal and dance bachelor's from Murray State University. She has performed in numerous musical productions with favorite roles in A Chorus Line (Diana Morales), Into the Woods (Cinderella), and Parade (Essie). In addition to her performing experience, Mary has instructed music, dance and drama for Lexington Children's Theatre, STAGES Performing Arts Academy and numerous elementary, middle, and high schools. She has directorial experience at all levels in addition to collegiate and graduate directing credentials.
VeronicaRamos
Year Round Teacher – Dance
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AriesSanders
Summer Camp Faculty – Movement/Acting
Aries was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and, being a part of a military family, has lived in various parts of the United States from South Carolina to Hawaii. In December of 2002 she graduated from St. Edwards' University in Austin, Texas where she received her B.A. in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in Acting. St. Edwards' University Mary Moody Northern Theatre program ‘offers the only pre-professional undergraduate theater program of its kind in the United States.’ Designed for the student-artist, Ms. Sanders enjoyed the rare combination of conservatory and academic training along with the rigorous liberal arts curriculum that the school provided. During her time in Austin, Aries worked for Zach Scott Theatre in their Educational Theatre Department where she worked with and performed for audiences from grades K-6.
RickStubbs
Summer Camp Faculty/Year Round Faculty – Music/Songwriting
Mr. Stubbs has logged over twenty years of continuous involvement in music by teaching children, composing in a wide range of contexts, and by performing in many concerts in the United States and overseas. He graduated magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University in Composition, Guitar, and Choral Performance. Mr. Stubbs performed for Disney’s “Operation Christmas” in Singapore and Jakarta and Disney’s “35th Anniversary Flight to Orlando”. He also performed a “Tribute to Aretha Franklin” at Shea Stadium and in warm-up acts for Count Basie and Jimmy Dorsey. Mr. Stubbs received a Platinum Record for backup vocals on Evanescence’s album “Fallen”. His composition credits include; the score for the YMCA’s Inclusion Program video; over 300 commercials for TGI (now Time-Warner) TV; the song “Fast Forward” signed with Quincy Jones; signed as song writer for Willard Alexander Agency; the song “Number Games” which aired on the “Dr. Demento” radio program; the score for the “People of Taiwan” and “Growing With Pride” videos for City of Hacienda Heights; and the underscoring for five live theatre projects for DiscoveryOnstage. Mr. Stubbs has taught music for SEEDS School, St. Rita School, Roosevelt, and San Rafael Schools, Pasadena Unified School District, and “Join the Band” of Van Nuys.