Melanie Liebetrau
Melanie is an actor and movement professional that specializes in fight choreography, intimacy direction, and teaching stage combat. She has staffed several stage combat workshops around the country, and has …
Type: Faculty
Matt Gehring
Matt Gehring is a director, writer, and educator known for his work across comedy, theater, and television. He’s directed over 100 shows, with work seen from The Signature Theater to Joe’s Pub …
J. Steven White
Steven White (Stage Combat and Supervising Producer of the Harold Clurman Lab). Mr. White was one of the pioneers of American instruction in Stage Combat. Beginning his career in 1970 …
Kyle Hester
Regional credits include Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), The Canadians (South Coast Repertory), Arms and the Man (Jewel Theatre Company), The Wickhams: Christmas at …
Miguel Perez
Miguel Pérez was born and raised in San Jose CA in September of 1957. Being raised Catholic he learned to appreciate ritual and ritualized storytelling. At the age of 11 …
Bryan Keith
A St. Louis native, worked for The Muny in St. Louis for EP Paul Blake. Cofounded and was the Artistic Director for a non-profit theatre company from 2008-15 producing new …
James Leo Ryan
James Leo Ryan is a bicoastal actor who most recently recurred as Wilbur Eaton on “The Blacklist”. His other television credits include “Law & Order: SVU”, “NCIS”, “CSI”, “Medium”, “The …
Sonal Shah
Originally from Chitown, the spirited funny-with-heart Sonal Shah was one of the first Indian-American females to appear in a major role on a network comedy (Scrubs). Notable acting credits include …
Christian Durso
Christian Durso is a classically trained actor, playwright, and screenwriter. His plays have been performed in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Prague (CZ), and Reno. His work has …
Giovanni Ortega
Giovanni Ortega (AEA, SAG-AFTRA, SDC) has been working professionally for over a decade as a proponent of the performing arts as a multidisciplinary artist and educator. He believes in creating …