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Humpty Doo Primary School profile
- Located in a rural area 40 kms south of Darwin
- Has a diverse community with 30% of students with ESL background and 25% Indigenous
- Is a large primary school with 400 students and a preschool
- Offers Special Education programs for students with high support needs in the Special Centre and Learning Centre
Taking on Kids Matter with gusto
Humpty Doo joined Kids Matter at the end of 2009 with strong support from the Principal. Early in 2010 an Action Team was formed. It was a busy year for the school with:
- Undertaking many programs in line with Departmental policies
- Having a high staff turnover including members of the original Action team
- Experiencing critical incidents which impacted on the students and school community.
Social and emotional learning – one of three major areas
In 2011 the school established three main areas of focus in the curriculum: Literacy, Numeracy and social and emotional learning. All staff members became a member of one focus area. The Action Team focuses on social and emotional learning with wide representation including Teena Richardson, Year 2/3 Teacher and Implementation Support Person for KidsMatter and Senior Teacher, Early Childhood, who says that that the Action Team is 'well-formed and collaborative … [it] really covers the school.'
Wellbeing Team
KidsMatter NT Coordinators have visited and worked on team-building activities. In 2011 a Wellbeing Team was established and it meets fortnightly to discuss and review how each student is travelling and identifies what mechanisms need to be in place to support learning and wellbeing of each individual. Recently it has expanded to include the Principal; Assistant Principal; Chaplain; Counsellor, Senior teachers, Special Education Teacher, Aboriginal and Islander Education Worker and Student Services Personnel, if required.
Staff participation - Component 2
Component 2 has had an impact on teaching across the whole school. All staff across the school have had a voice in the various steps to introduce the new direction. When it came to select a social and emotional learning (SEL) program, Action Team members prepared a case for several programs. After the presentations, staff voted for Bounce Back.
The process for selecting the program had a real impact on its successful implementation. Bounce Back is now consistent across all classes with SEL themes and a common language runs through every aspect of the school culture. Teachers have commented on the positive impact it has had on students' behaviour and sense of belonging:
We had only just started learning 'I'm a bouncy person' which is to the tune of 'I'm a little teapot'. One of my young and exuberant students was heard to say: 'When I feel unhappy and my world is black, tip me over and pour me out.'
Helen Dickson, Classroom teacher
… students in 1/2 Brady commonly encourage me (and each other) with the comment, 'that's OK, no one's perfect, we all make mistakes', so the program is obviously having a positive impact on them.
Michelle Troy, Teacher
The biggest success was the catastrophe scale....discovering what situations really were worth worrying about, how people's perceptions of what matters can change as they get older.
Joanne Giersch, Class Teacher , Rural Middle Years Special Centre
Teachers know about time
Time has to be the biggest challenge for teachers and schools thinking about introducing new practices. At Humpty Doo this was no exception when it introduced Bounce Back as part of KidsMatter.
As educators we all know that the key element is time: time to be together; time to work things; through; time to support; and time to just do. We have all lead by example to show that when we focus on social emotional learning, it is not an additional thing to do, but a value-adding step to all learning opportunities.
Teena Richardson, Implementation Support Person (ISP), KidsMatter
KidsMatter has a place
The school has a regular KidsMatter page in the school newsletter. Items that cover KidsMatter and Bounce Back reinforce the school's philosophy. A different class takes responsibility for hosting each fortnightly assembly and presentations of awards based on Bounce Back core values.
Our assemblies are different now. We have some amazing student presentations. We have noticed that their attitudes to receiving awards have changed. Students truly value them and appreciate being noticed for the little things.
Teena Richardson, ISP KidsMatter
The daily message broadcast by two members of the Student Representative Council is another way to highlight KidsMatter and social and emotional learning at Humpty Doo. The message is strongly connected to social emotional learning.
Onside from the outset
The Action Team believed that it was essential to inform parents and carers about KidsMatter. The School Council has been supportive of KidsMatter from the beginning because they were not only informed about KidsMatter but also empowered to choose whether it was the right thing for their school.
By informing parents and carers about KidsMatter from the outset, it ensured a positive kick-off. When parents read the newsletter and articles about KidsMatter one week and Bounce Back, the next, families, caregivers and community members can unpack what is happening in classes.
Teena Richardson, ISP KidsMatter
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Dear HSHA/SSM alumni:
After two months of back-and-forth negotiating, CAMTC has agreed to relax some of the restrictions of the new policy submitted to us in February of 2016. The main concession is that applications for the 500 hour CMT certificate with training hours from the School of Shiatsu and Massage or Harbin School of Healing Arts do NOT have to be received on or before
June 30, 2016 DECEMBER 30, 2016 in order for those hours to be considered.
CAMTC is willing to extend the amount of time applicants have to submit the application AND pursue completion of the 500 hours necessary for a CMT (but only from newly-approved schools).
Essentially, it boils down to TWO options:
- ONE: Submit at least the CMT application and fee to CAMTC by
June 30, 2016, DECEMBER 30, 2016 and your application will be processed as normal, with all Harbin massage school training hours intact and valid toward the 500 hours needed for the CMT. From that point, you have ONE YEAR to complete the rest of the process (school transcripts, LiveScan, background check, take and pass the MBLEx, etc.). If you have LESS than 500 total training hours, you have ONE YEAR to also complete those hours, ONLY at newly-approved schools.
- TWO: Submit the CMT application and fee to CAMTC on
July 1, 2016DECEMBER 30, 2016 or after, and your application will be held until:
- a. Harbin re-opens, gets School Approval from CAMTC. At that point, all your Harbin training hours from the past will be made eligible, and your application can be processed by CAMTC.
- b. You complete the 500 hours needed for the CMT at any other CAMTC-Approved School. CAMTC will hold onto your application during this time, as long as Harbin is still rebuilding and NOT holding classes.
- c. In the unlikely event that Harbin either decides NOT to resume the school, or CAMTC denies School Approval after re-opening, Harbin applicants would have ONE YEAR from that event to complete their 500 hours of training toward the CMT at a CAMTC-Approved School. Harbin will also have the option of officially closing the school permanently and finding a CAMTC-Approved school to become the Custodian of Records, making ALL previous training hours from Harbin eligible for CMT application via that school.
So regardless of the outcome, we've made sure that your training hours will always count toward a CAMTC certificate.
CAMTC is offering more time to apply for the CMT certificate with Harbin training hours, and will not invalidate those hours even if you apply after the
June 30, 2016 DECEMBER 30, 2016 deadline.
Sort of. Because applications can be received AFTER
June 30, 2016 DECEMBER 30, 2016 by CAMTC, this makes the NEW deadline very uncertain – because it depends not only on WHEN the Harbin school is re-opened, but also IF/WHEN it is APPROVED BY CAMTC. All of our application materials for School Approval were submitted over a year ago to CAMTC, and we were very confident that they would be accepted. Our school was simply waiting for a Site Visit by a CAMTC representative, to complete the process. When we're able to resume classes in a temporary or permanent space, that space and the school overall will still need to submit to a Site Visit from CAMTC and some of the application materials will likely need to be changed.
At a minimum, it would take the Harbin school at least one year from now before it re-opens, even if in a temporary space. If Harbin builds a permanent new space for the school, that may take 2-3 years. After either scenario, it may take another 3-6 months for CAMTC to conduct a Site Visit and give the Harbin school Approved status.
The exact wording from CAMTC:
For students to have applied by
June 30, the application and payment need to be received by our office in Sacramento by June 30 (not postmarked). The office does not accept walk-ins, so students should mail well in advance of June 30 DECEMBER 30, 2016 and we always recommend mailing with some sort of tracking confirmation.
Any education received before
June 30 DECEMBER 30, 2016 will be considered under current rules as it has been. This is particularly important for applicants applying with education from closed schools that do not have an approved school as a custodian of record. The applicant will then have a year to complete any incomplete portions of their application - e.g., passing the MBLEx, transcripts from the school (the transcript doesn't have to be sent prior to June 30 DECEMBER 30, 2016 but the education must be completed by then), Livescan, any additional hours from an approved school needed for certification, etc.
Harbin students fall into a different category because Harbin's [School Approval] application will be on hold until a final decision is made. There are likely many individual scenarios to consider, but here is a broad generalization:
For Harbin applicants received by
June 30, 2016 DECEMBER 30, 2016
- If they have 500 hours, then they can proceed through the application process normally.
- If they have less than 500 hours, then they have at least a year or when a final decision is made regarding Harbin, whichever is longer, to complete the remaining hours at an approved school.
For Harbin applications received on or after
- Those applications will be held until a final decision is made regarding Harbin.
- Students can wait for a final decision on Harbin and continue their studies there if approved. In this case, hours from Harbin, regardless of before or after
July 1, 2016DECEMBER 30, 2016, will be accepted. On the other hand, if Harbin is ultimately denied or does not continue to pursue approval, then those hours likely would not be accepted and applicants would be given a year from that time to finish remaining hours at an approved school.
- Students can opt to acquire 500 hours at an approved school any time while their application is on hold, which is at least a year or when a final decision is made regarding Harbin, whichever is longer.
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When I was in the service in the mid 70s Viet-Nam was in full swing and we were getting our butts handed to us by an inferior force because we were unwilling to finish the job. Many times in uniform we were called baby killers and nothing could have been farther from the truth – just as it is today. Do kids sometimes get killed in a war zone. The answer is simply yes they do and it is regrettable.
But there is a bigger baby killer than the US military ever could be, even on it's worst day. It is organized and it makes money killing babies and selling body parts. Any idea how much Placentas go for on the open market?
The organization is Planned Parenthood. A leader in genocide, started as an organization to remove inferior races by keeping them from breeding. Started by Margaret Sanger in the 1920s it posed as a contraception clinic and she was jailed for that. In 2008-2009 they performed over 300,000 abortions. While they are not the sole source of abortions, I would bet they kill more babies than the US military. While they do provide other services they pander and obfuscate their responsibilities in reporting underage pregnancies and the rapes that accompany them. Many other organizations also hide the rapes of underage kids. If there is an underage pregnancy (I use the age of 14) that is caused by an adult, someone needs to go to jail.
In short there were in 2008 1,209,600 abortions and since Roe Vs Wade (1973) there have been more than 53,000,000 abortions. That's a lot of baby killing. The US military can't even come close to those numbers even with clusterbombs. Federal funding of abortions must stop as this is an expense that is brought to the taxpayers when it is not a taxpayer problem.
Some may ask, but what if the girl has the baby will she not then be on welfare? That is a whole different discussion for another time.


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The majority of effective ways to lose weight quick include dramatic changes in diet. One such plan is almost equivalent to starving yourself. If you reduce your daily caloric intake to a very low number, your body will in turn burn calories stored as fat. However, once you're done with the diet, it'll just start back up again, as your body won't have learned to stop storing in case of further starvation.
Thus, people fast in order to facilitate rapid weight loss. This is a form of dieting. Fasting involves skipping whole meals, usually to the point of just one daily. Although this will help you lose weight very quickly, it can lead to major health issues in future.
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It takes time, effort and research to learn how to lose weight quick the correct way. Learning to do so safely and in a manner that will not lead to health problems down the road is slightly more difficult. Before you try any sort of plan to lose weight, consult with your physician in order to weigh the pros and cons of any action that you take.


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Eileandour Deva with her Dad Draggie
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Paul, Deva, Lupa, Rita & Belle
Hiking in Mol, Belgium. Photos from Paul & Rita´s place are from visits 2006 & 2007. Can´t wait to come back and see you again :)!
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Taking a Walk in the cold
I can't believe that two months of 2018 went by so fast.
For the upcoming months, I'm trying to post weekly on the blog. So that I can be much more consistent with my content. I will share more photographies, lookbooks and perhaps a bit of my skincare because I think it might be interesting for some of you.
I currently wish it was much warmer than in the pictures. Thankfully, the sun managed to show itself on the freezy weekend. I really don't know that it could be that cold in Germany. We went for a quick walk and took a few pictures in Seligenstadt. I was covered up in my jacket, jeans and boots. Also, I wore my new brown sunglasses which elevate this boring winter attire a little.
Write you soon & I hope you like the pictures.


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|Melting Snow Peaks
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Melting Snow Peaks is the 10th main level in Super Mario Star Road, and is the ice level of the hack. The entrance is located on the opposite side of the staircase as Large Leaf Forest, in the painting of the penguin/dragon like creatures in an icy environment. This level consists of an icy mountain full of snowmen, chill billies, and other snow level staples like the snowdrifts, the Mama Penguin, and the Chill Billy.
Levels Edit
Star 1: Chilly Lookout Fight Edit
For the first power star of the level, Mario just climb to the top of the Melting Snow Peaks, and find and defeat the Chill Bully in his lookout. Do not get it confused with the mini Chill Bullies, which act as normal bullies. Mario starts the level on a small "island" away from the main peaks. If he looks up, he should be able to locate the tower with the lookout on top. This is where the boss lies. Jump across the broken bridge and get across the chasm in front, which can be done by taking the long way through the wooden scafolding or long jumping to the wooden platform (you may take damage from the lava/falling if you dont use a Fly Guy. The goal is to make it to the stone house on the far right of the pit. Once there, climb the platforms to reach the bully. You can hit him off anywhere, as zones were made to defeat him no matter which side he falls off. You also can make him run off the lookout and kill himself sometimes.
Star 2: The Snowman's Den Edit
When Mario enters the level, instead of leaving the platform you are on, find a small slope to the right of the broken bridge. This will lead to a small path packed with Mr. Blizzards (some that throw snowballs, and some of the hoping varient. Eventually you will reach some wooden stairs and finally, a cave with fast moving small snow slopes (the ones from Snowman's land in the original) with a hoping snowman in the center. At the end, there is a box with the star in it
Star 3: Icy Shell Ride Edit
The location of this star is on top of the icy lava waterfall, though the way you are supposed to reach it involves going through a cave at the side. Locate the stone stairs to the right of the starting and climb them, passing the Shy Guys and going towards the Crazed Crate. The shell and path Mario needs to take is on top of the slope, which he can reach either with a triple jump or using the crate. Grab the shell (while dealing with the bully), and ride on the Icy Lava path. Beware of the fire jets and bouncing flames that, if they hit you, will destroy the shell, and most likely result in a death. At the end of the path, you will end up on top of the icy falls with the star.
Star 4: The Lost Penguin Edit
For this power star, Mario must return the correct baby penguin to its mother. In this hack, there is only one baby penguin, making it a lot easier to obtain. In fact the penguin is on a lower ledge directly behind the star. He must then carry it over the broken bridge, over the small pond, using the platforms provided, up the wooden slopes, and into a small cave at the top of a snowy slope directly at the top of the wooden pathway. Once there, bring the chick to its mom to obtain the star. Note: If the baby falls into the lava, you can not get it back.
The star spawns on a small stone ledge jutting out from the house outside the cave.
Star 5: Cliff Jumping for Red Coins Edit
For this power star, Mario must collect the 8 red coins scattered throughout the level. The coins are located as follows:
- The edge of the ledge where the penguin chick was found
- On a platform in the frozen lava lake
- On the ledge beginning the frozen lava lake
- Edge of the track above the starting platform to the left. Note: at the other end there is a section of the mountain with 1 Up blocks and a rock which is a warp
- On top of a tree on the ledge at the bottom of the mountain (the warp leads here)
- In the air next to the pushable block on the wooden scaffolding (do a triple jump from the box, you dont need to move it unless you are having trouble)
- On the doorstep of the house where star 4 was near.
- On the grey triangular mount on top of the wooden stairs across the frozen lava
When you collect all 8 the star appears on the hill to the right of the beginning (the one that lead to the shell)
Star 6: Glide to the Hidden Ledge Edit
To find the hidden ledge, head towards the house where star 4 was near. Now, go on top of the roof, using a triple jump of the enemies surrounding it. Once on top there is an arrow of coins pointing towards the side of the mountain along with a convenient spindrift that you can use to reach it, though a long jump also works


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An Interview with Joe Stilgoe
Joe Stilgoe is a talented pianist and occasional drummer, a jazz musician and a singer. He is currently on tour in the UK and the team at Thisisldn have bared witness to some of his captivating performances. We were fortunate enough to chat with the singer before his upcoming performance at London Wonderground.
What can audiences expect from your performance at the Wonderground on Thursday? A real mixture of songs from the old classics through to Tarantino, Pixar, the 1980s (heavily featured) and lots of theatrical surprises. And a twist, of course.
Why did you decide to create a show and an album featuring famous movie music? It all started in 2013 for the London Jazz Festival, as they were looking to book me with a slightly different project to my usual shows. This is now the 3rd incarnation of the show, and though the 3rd sequels are often pretty dodgy, we're going more for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade rather than Jaws 3. It's been wonderful exploring all these great songs from films, as they hold so much emotion and nostalgia for different people in different ways.
How long did it take you to complete the album? This was a quick one actually. The record label gave me the go ahead and 2 months later it was done. We recorded the whole thing in 6 days. Not even time to do the whole 'sitting around the studio drinking coffee and talking about other records' thing. Shame.
What is your favourite track on your newest release? I can actually say I'm really fond of all of them, as I didn't write the songs (apart from one), but I love 'You Never Cal Tell' as I've always wanted to cover that song, and Chuck Berry was a huge influence when I first started getting into music.
Who are your jazz idols? Too many to list here, but here's a snippet - Oscar Peterson, Michel Petrucciani, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Connick Jr, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington.
Music is pretty much in your blood, had you ever considered any other professions when you were younger? Many. There was a bank robber phase, and then I seriously considered being an Estate Agent. Some would say there isn't much difference. Not me, of course.
We saw you recently performed at Love Supreme Festival, do you have any other festivals that you regularly perform at? I regularly play Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Holders Festival in Barbados, Petworth, Henley, the Edinburgh Fringe and London Jazz Festival among others. I'm still waiting to be cool enough to play Glastonbury (or old enough?).
We remember seeing your performance in High Society at the Old Vic last year, do you have any other acting roles coming up? Not at the moment, but there have been offers, and I've had a couple of quite scary auditions for feature films. Boston accent, anyone? I'd love to do more acting though - it's a problem fitting it in with all the gigs, but if the right thing came along I'd jump at the chance.
Joe Stilgoe will be performing 'Songs On Film: The Sequel' at London's Wonderground, on Thursday 14th July, at 9.45pm. See the rest of the stops on Joe's tour here.


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First Drive: 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Clearly, the problem with the third-generation, hatchback-only version of Subaru's WRX STI was its excessive rear visibility and cargo capacity. Yet none of the innumerable complaints about the racer mentioned these traits. No, everyone simply called it ugly. We instead saw its versatility as the car's primary attribute and told the complainers to cry a river, build a bridge, and jump a rally car over it. Subaru, on the other hand, listened: The 2011
Subaru Impreza
WRX STI can now be had as a sedan. While it's heavier and there's a wing in the rearview, it's also very good.
First, the downsides. The four-door STI is 10 pounds heavier than the hatch and loses 7.7 cubic feet of cargo capacity; its trunk can hold 11.3 cubic feet of luggage. That's about it.
The new look is apropos of previous STIs, iconic for their boxy fenders and massive wings. The STI now carries an intimidating road presence; its accentuated fenders give it the look of a proper successor to the second-generation car, just three years later. Key detailing includes a lower front fascia with an exaggerated inlet and black trim surrounding the grille. Haunches that stretch out past the taillamps plus the large rear wing improve the drag coefficient by 5 percent, boosting top speed to 158 mph.
With the bodywork set,
turned its attention to the inverted strut front and double wishbone rear suspension of both body styles. The engineering team's aim was to improve steering precision to further minimize mid-corner corrections. The changes actually started last year with the Aspen White STI Special Edition, which itself started by borrowing the suspension from Japanese-market Spec C. While Special Edition had stiffer spring rates, a thicker rear stabilizer bar, and stiffer subframe bushings, the new STI takes it a step further. Its ride height, at 5.9 inches, is even lower, and both the front stabilizer bar and rear springs are stiffer (the latter by 18 percent). Even the new base 18-inch Enkei wheels are four pounds lighter than last year's. Though optional on the sedan, the BBS rolling stock is standard on the hatchback.
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Comparison: 2011 Subaru WRX STI vs. 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Special Edition
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Tom was born and raised in West Seneca, South Buffalo, Clarence, New York, and Newport Beach, California. He won full scholarships to Beloit College in Wisconsin and The Juilliard School (under Alan Schneider) at Lincoln Center. Later he trained with Edith Skinner, Cicely Berry, Kristin Linklater and Stella Adler. Tom went on to play over fifty classical and contemporary roles at theaters around the world. In addition to full seasons at Baltimore Center Stage, The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, The Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, and The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. He has also performed at UBU Repertory, Theater for the New City, and The Riverside Shakespeare Company in New York, The Hangar Theater in Ithaca, and Yale.
Television appearances include; the mini-series A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE (also co-writer, Emmy best mini-series), and NORTH AND SOUTH PART III (also co-writer, starring Peter O'Toole). Episodic work includes; ALL MY CHILDREN, LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, ARLI$$, and STAR TREK: VOYAGER (with Joel Grey). Film credits include; TURBULENCE, ETHAN FROME, LEAP OF FAITH, TIN CUP, PLAY IT TO THE BONE, DARK BLUE, EL PADRINO, EASY (Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals) and HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE (with Harrison Ford).
Tom was one of the producers of, and acted in COBB (with Tommy Lee Jones), which had a Benefit performance in Buffalo at Shea's Performing Arts Center where the mayor presented him with the key to the city. He produced and directed WORKING SHAKESPEARE: RSC MEETS USA, (a broadcast series), featuring Cicely Berry, Andrew Wade, Jeremy Irons, Emily Watson, Lindsay Duncan, Toby Stephens and other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company with US actors: Helen Hunt, Samuel L. Jackson, Claire Danes, Blythe Danner, Robert Sean Leonard, Cherry Jones, Victor Garber, Diane Venora, Tony Goldwyn and others. Tom directed Jimmy Buffett's worldwide concert tour for seven years.
Tom also enjoys a career as a voice, speech and acting coach and has taught; Liam Neeson, Rene Russo, Bob Hoskins, Lolita Davidovich, Robert Wagner, Tony Goldwyn, Brendan Gleeson, Alicia Witt , Lukas Haas, and many others. Tom has been coaching and directing actors for Theater, Film and Television for over thirty six years. He has enjoyed a long association with Larry Moss [Director/Acting Coach/Author: "The Intent To Live"] and worked closely with Michael Shurtleff [Playwright/Author: "Audition", Casting Director for Mike Nichols and Bob Fosse] for fifteen years. Tom also teaches directing in the Graduate Film School program at USC and regularly lectures at Harvard University in The School of Slavic Languages and Literature and at The Harvard Business School.
His Executive Producing projects include: Telefilms for CBS; BORROWED HEARTS (the number one rated program for the week), starring Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, and Hector Elizondo, MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE with Ms. Downey, Billy Campbell, and Moira Kelly, THE TEST OF LOVE (the network's top rated Wednesday film for 1999) also with Ms. Downey, SECOND HONEYMOON with Ms. Downey, Tim Matheson, and Michael Nouri, THE SONS OF MISTLETOE with Ms. Downey and Doris Roberts, and THE SURVIVORS CLUB with Ms. Downey, Jacqueline Bisset and James Remar.
Other feature films as Producer/Actor; NO VACANCY with Christina Ricci, Timothy Olyphant, Robert Wagner, Lolita Davidovich, and Patricia Velasquez (premiered at The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and subsequently; The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, The Festival do Rio de Janiero (held over), Raindance (London), and The Moscow Film Festival; (First Place Best Debut Film), and for Showtime; NORIEGA: GOD'S FAVORITE, with Bob Hoskins, directed by Roger Spottiswoode.
Tom's projects in development include numerous texts with writer/director Ron Shelton. Tom is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors Equity Association, the Producers Guild of America, the American Dialect Society, the Linguistic Society of America, the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, the Creative Coalition, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Tom opened the first actor training program in the history of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. He continues to teach actors and directors at his studios in eighteen cities world-wide. Tom resides in New York City, Santa Monica and Cold Spring, New York. Tom is an avid surfer, cyclist, marksman, football fanatic, Beatlemaniac, Led Zeppelinite, rock & roll drummer and dog lover. He is left-handed.
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Sasha Alexander graduated from USC's prestigious School of Cinema and Television, where she studied directing. She is probably best known for her television roles in comedies such as FRIENDS and GREG THE BUNNY and for her regular appearances in the critically acclaimed dramas DAWSON'S CREEK, PRESIDIO MED, NCIS, DARK BLUE and HOUSE. Sasha has appeared in many independent films including ALL OVER THE GUY opposite Christina Ricci, Lisa Kudrow and Adam Goldberg and COMING & GOING, as the romantic lead opposite Rhys Darby (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS).
Sasha can be seen in numerous films including MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III, PLAY DEAD, directed by Jason Wiles, New Line Cinema's HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, playing Jennifer Aniston's sister, Warner Bros' YES MAN, for director Payton Reed, starring Jim Carrey and Bradley Cooper, and THE LAST LULLABY, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the San Diego Film Festival. Sasha can also be seen in TENURE opposite Luke Wilson and LOVE HAPPENS alongside Aaron Eckhart, directed by Brandon Camp.
Sasha currently plays the title character "Maura Isles," alongside Angie Harmon on the Warner Bros/TNT series RIZZOLI & ISLES.
Francois Battiste made his Broadway debut as Tom in PRELUDE TO A KISS Off-Broadway he starred as Pelzie Sullivan in THE GOOD NEGRO, at the Public Theatre, for which he received an Obie Award. He was also nominated for the 2009 Lucille Lortel Award for his participation in productions with the White Barn Theater in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Francois co-starred with actor Al Pacino in THE WINTER'S TALE as well as THE MERCHANT OF VENICE in Central Park June 2010. Other credits include, A RAISIN IN THE SUN at The Goodman Theatre, THE GOOD WIFE, NOT FOR NOTHING, ARE WE THERE YET?, PERSON OF INTEREST etc. Francois starred in MAGIC/BIRD on Broadway in 2012 and just wrapped "Detroit '67" at the Public Theater in March.
He trained at Illinois State University The British American Drama Academy, and at The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center.
EMILY BERGL is an English-American actress who has worked extensively in film, TV and theater. Her roles include Annie O'Donnell on the ABC television show Men in Trees (2006–08), Beth Young on Desperate Housewives (2010–11), Tammi Bryant on the TNT drama series Southland (2009–2013) and Sammi Slott in Shameless (2014–2015). She also performs as a cabaret singer. Her most recent appearances on Broadway include Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opposite Scarlett Johanssen, Ciarin Hinds and Debra Monk and Plenty at the Public Theater opposite Rachel Weisz. www.emilyberglofficial.com
Susan Cameron has taught speech, voice and dialects at Circle in the Square Theatre School, New York University, The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, and privately, including coaching Prime Minister Hosokawa of Japan's United Nations address, the first ever given in English by a Japanese Prime Minister. Ms. Cameron is also an actress, writer, and director. She has appeared Off-Broadway (Westside Arts) and in numerous productions at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, and many other venues. Her regional credits include The Whole Theatre, Yale Rep, and Pennsylvania Stage Company. She played Selena on NBC's LOVING, and has appeared in several independent films. She has also directed extensively in New York.
She is the author of nine plays, produced in New York at Alice's Fourth Floor, Naked Angels, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Westbank, The Harold Clurman Theatre, and The Samuel Beckett Theatre, and in Los Angeles at The Artists' Gym. She has also written five screenplays, two of which have recently been optioned. She wrote, directed, and co-starred in the short film REASONABLE DOUBT, which was accepted into the Philadelphia Film Festival. Susan holds an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.
Tim Carroll was Associate Director of Shakespeare's Globe from 1999-2005, where he directed Augustine's Oak, Macbeth, The Golden Ass, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Storm, Dido Queen of Carthage, Twelfth Night and The Tempest. In 2002 his Globe production of Twelfth Night won Evening Standard, Time Out, Critics' Circle and Olivier Awards, and toured the United States. In 2005 his staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment playing Mendelssohn's score, performed at the Lincoln Centre, New York, and the Royal Festival Hall in London. Tim has directed several productions in Spain, including Cabaret Classico at the Gran Teatre de Liceu, Barcelona and The Turn of the Screw for Oviedo Opera, and in Portugal (The Tempest at the Teatro Sao Luiz, Lisbon). He is also a popular director in Hungary, where his many productions include The Duchess of Malfi and Hamlet. He is Artistic Director of Kent Opera, for whom he has staged Benjamin Britten's The Prodigal Son, Purcell in the Theatre, Monteverdi's Orfeo, Handel's Acis and Galatea, Britten's Albert Herring and Mozart's il re pastore. Tim recently directed Peter Pan at the Stratford Festival, Peer Gynt at the Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, and The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Tim is a founding member of The Factory (London), for whom he has directed two theatre experiments: Hamlet and The Seagull.
Sarah Cimino is a New York City-based makeup artist working in fashion, film, opera, dance, and specializing in the theatrical makeup.
Her print credits include work for Black Book Magazine, IMG Artists, The Public Theatre, Fermata Designs, and assistant work for Vogue, Seventeen, and Oprah Magazine. Theatrical clients/credits include: Disney's MARY POPPINS, National Black Theatre/Take Wing and Soar Productions. The Santa Fe Opera, Princeton Opera Festival, The Lincoln Center Festival, Curtis Opera Theatre, New York University, Manhattan School of Music, Lincoln Center/Mitzi Newhouse, and The New York City Ballet.
Sarah designs makeup for Dance-Theatre Troupe COMPANY XIV, and supervises the Makeup and Wig Department of The Juilliard School. Click here to see photographs or video of Sarah's work.
Chuck Cooper won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in Cy Coleman's THE LIFE, the AUDELCO Best Actor Award for CAROLINE OR CHANGE and the San Diego Critics Circle Award for August Wilson's TWO TRAINS RUNNING. He has ten Broadway shows on his resume, numerous Off-Broadway and regional Theatre credits. His many film and television appearances along with detailed biographical information can be found at www.chuckcooper.net
Jeremiah was born and raised in Oklahoma. After completing undergraduate work at Bennington College, he moved to Istanbul. While in Turkey, Jeremiah taught English Literature, World History, founded the Drama Program at The Hisar School and worked as a presentation coach in the Turkish financial industry. He returned to the United States to pursue a graduate degree in Dramaturgy at Columbia University, where he was a Dean's Fellow. He trained and studied with Arnold Aronson, Steven Bach, Anne Bogart, Peter Brook, Ronald L. Cohen and Mansour Farhang, among many others.
Currently, Jeremiah works as a dramaturg, director, and presentation & performance coach in New York. He is the resident Dramaturg at the New Ensemble. Jeremiah lives in Brooklyn, where he brews beer, practices carpentry, and walks his dog Huckleberry with what little spare time he has.
Recent shows include: Direction: BLOOD KNOT (Schapiro Theater), TELL IT TO ME SLOWLY (FRINGENYC); Text: TROTZ ALLEM NICHTS…by Andile Khumalo (Symphony Space); Dramaturgy: THE FRANKENSTEIN PROJECT, MOURNING, NONPLAY (Columbia University); BLACK SNOW (Theatre of Riverside Church), RESTORATION (New York Theatre Workshop), HENRY VI PART 3 (East 13th Street Theatre), AN ERROR IN THE MOON (Theatre Row), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE TEMPEST, CLOUD 9, MAD FOREST (Atlantic Theater Company, Stage 2), TUCK EVERLASTING (Playwrights Horizons), FORNICATED FROM THE BEATLES (A.R.T.)
Richard Dent is a New York City based actor and artist. After graduating from Juilliard, he started to follow his curiosity about mask work. Since then he has begun to learn the craft of mask construction in plaster, latex, and most recently leather. He builds customized masks for various artists in the United States. Richard studied under Moni Yakim, Head of Movement, Juilliard Drama Division, and Christopher Bayes, Head of Movement, Yale School of Drama, in Clown as well as Commedia dell'Arte. He continues to work with and assist Orlando Pabotoy, NYU New Studio, in advanced mask work including neutral, character and Commedia dell'Arte. This year he assisted with masks at Juilliard and this summer will visit Italy to participate in a mask making workshop instructed by the renowned Sartori Family. Richard is thrilled to have the opportunity to develop his work at HB Studio. Acting credits include THE SNOW QUEEN for Portland Stage Company, LORD OF THE FLIES for Barrington Stage, as well as workshops and readings with McCarter Theatre, CSC, Hartford Stage, The Acting Company, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, New York Theater Workshop, The Signature Center, Peter Pucci Plus Dancers, and The Artigiani Troupe.
Margi Sharp Douglas is an MFA graduate of Columbia University's Acting program, a Master Pilates instructor, and an ATI certified Alexander teacher through Chloe Wing. She is a founding member and Producing Director for Magis Theatre Company, where she continues to teach movement to professional actors and company members, and perform in company productions. She teaches Alexander at the MFA program for actors at Columbia University, as well as the Tom Todoroff Conservatory in Manhattan, and has presented her Alexander and Pilates work at NYSTEA and the Voice Foundation. She teaches private and group classes at the Pilates Garage in Brooklyn. Acting credits include Orlando Shakespeare, Opera House Arts, La Mama, Abingdon Theatre and the New Ohio Theatre. Recent stage credits include Calderone's Two Dreams at La Mama and The Millay Sisters, an original two-hander cabaret/theater production at the Gowanus Loft in Brooklyn.
Actor/producer/teacher Anna Garduno is the founder of Voice Forward voice over studio in NYC. Anna teaches voice over classes for commercials, animation, promos, and narration in both Los Angeles and New York. She's on the guest artist faculty at NYU and the Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory. Anna was nominated one of the top 5 voice over teachers in New York City by the readers of Backstage magazine.
Tony Goldwyn is a director and actor whose New York Theater acting credits include Phillip Barry's HOLIDAY at the Circle in the Square, the original productions of Theresa Rebeck's THE WATER'S EDGE and SPIKE HEELS both at Second Stage, Craig Lucas's THE DYING GAUL at the Vineyard Theater, an Obie Award-winning performance in THE SUM OF US at the Cherry Lane Theater, DIGBY at MTC, and most recently in PROMISES, PROMISES on Broadway opposite Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes.
Regional theater credits include PICNIC, CARTHAGINIANS, TOM JONES, THE LEGEND OF OEDIPUS (Williamstown), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Long Wharf) and THE REAL THING (Mark Taper Forum). Tony is best known for his breakout performance in the film GHOST. Other film credits include THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THE LAST SAMURAI, Disney's TARZAN, THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE, KISS THE GIRLS, NIXON, RECKLESS, and THE PELICAN BRIEF. His TV work includes THE GOOD WIFE, LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, FRASIER, FROM EARTH TO THE MOON, THE BOYS NEXT DOOR and TRUMAN.
As a director his work includes the feature films A WALK ON THE MOON, SOMEONE LIKE YOU, THE LAST KISS, and CONVICTION, as well as episodes of DAMAGES, DEXTER, THE L WORD, GREY'S ANATOMY, and PRIVATE PRACTICE.
Tony currently stars as President Fitzgerald Grant on the ABC series SCANDAL.
Mari Lyn Henry, partner, Henry Downey Talent Management LLC, has guided thousands of actors to successful careers in film, TV and theatre for over forty years. Upon leaving her position as Director of Casting, East Coast for ABC, which she held for over thirteen years, she launched an image and career coaching business. Her workshops on on-camera techniques, script analysis, auditioning, and impression management have been very successful in cities and universities across the country as well as in Toronto, London, Oxford and Sydney.
For 25 years, this 'bible of the biz' has received praise from industry professionals, educators and celebrities. Mari Lyn has also written the foreword to Katherine Mayfield's book SMART ACTORS, FOOLISH CHOICES and is featured in Judith Searle's GETTING THE PART: THIRTY THREE PROFESSIONAL CASTING DIRECTORS TELL YOU HOW TO GET WORK IN THEATER, FILMS, COMMERCIALS, AND TV. She is often quoted in trade publications and wrote a bi-monthly column for BACKSTAGE.
She has been the industry showcase consultant for the University of Florida, Florida State University, the Hartt School in Connecticut and the New World School of the Arts/Miami. She is currently the Vice President of Programs for the League of Professional Theatre Women (theatrewomen.org).
Having earned her B.A. in Speech and Drama at San Jose State University, she also holds an M.A. in Theatre from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She concurs with Mark Twain that "training is everything".
Yah'Ya Kamate is a native of the Ivory Coast. As a former member of the National Ballet of the Ivory Coast, he came to the United States to tour and to honor his country in 1994. In 1997, Yah'Ya established himself in Florida. He performed at Busch Gardens, the Animal Kingdom and Epcot Center for two years before coming back to New York and the Tri-state area where he teaches in public and private schools. Currently, Yah'Ya is an instructor at the Ailey Extension and a performer and a dance teacher at Friends Academy in addition to the Tom Todoroff Conservatory.
Jared Kirby has been involved in Western Martial Arts and Combat for Stage & Screen for nearly 20 years. He teaches in New York City (and the metro area) and has choreographed fights Off-Broadway, Nationally, in London and Sydney.
Jared is a Fight Director with the Art of Combat merging his passion for historical fencing and his love of combat for stage and screen (which he teaches Fri nights in NYC). In addition to the Tom Todoroff Conservatory, he currently teaches fencing and stage combat at SUNY Purchase and is a Provost of Arms through the Martinez Academy of Arms in New York City. He teaches a variety of workshops across the US and around the world including Canada, England, Scotland, Finland, Italy and Australia and always looks forward to NYC Intensive Combat for Stage & Screen Workshop in NYC every year (www.artofcombat.org).
Jared has worked on production such as HAMLET, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, CYRANO, ROMEO & JULIET, MERRY WIVES, TAMING OF THE SHREW, COMEDY OF ERRORS, RICHARD III, THE ROVER, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), KING LEAR and THE THREE MUSKETEERS. Other memorable Fight Directing credits include COMPANY at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, HAMLET for the New Vic Theatre of London and an episode of THE DATING STORY for TLC. For a full list of credits visit www.jaredkirby.com.
Jared is the editor and one of the translators of "Italian Rapier Combat," the editor for "The School of Fencing" by Domenico Angelo and most recently "The Gentleman's Guide to Dueling" which was released in February 2014. For more information, see Amazon.com.
Meron Langsner, PhD is an award winning playwright, scholar, and fight director. He has published dozens of articles and reviews in academic, trade, and popular publications including HowlRound, The Sondheim Review, Text & Presentation, New England Theatre Journal, Backstage, Puppetry International, The Fight Master: Journal of the Society of American Fight Directors, and The Journal of Asian Martial Arts. He was one of three writers in the country selected for the pilot year of the National New Play Network Emerging Playwright Residencies
His plays have been performed around the country and overseas, and published by Bloomsbury, Smith & Kraus, Applause, Indie Theatre Now, and YouthPLAYS. As a fight director, he has composed violence for over 150 productions, films, and tours in venues that include The ART (American Repertory Theatre), Merrimack Rep, New Repertory Theatre, and Incubator Arts.
Meron holds an MA in Performance Studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, an MFA in Playwriting from Brandeis, and a PhD in Theatre History from Tufts University, where he won the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. www.MeronLangsner.com
With a passion for the performing arts, Ontario-born, Julia Lenardon, trained as an actor by acquiring a B.F.A. Acting Degree at the University of Windsor. Special interest in classical work led her to London, England where she studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Drama, and worked as a professional actor.
On her return, Julia continued to act in regional theatre, including The Stratford Festival of Canada and presently is a member of the acting company at The Montgomery Theatre.
Continued interest in language led Julia to further add to her list of skills an M.F.A Acting Degree and Voice Teaching Diploma from York University. Guest Teaching followed at The Denver Centre Theatre Company, at the American Repertory Theatre and in the M.F.A. Acting Program at Harvard University. She spent two years as an Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting at Michigan State University and seven years as a Voice and Speech Instructor at The National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec. Julia coaches actors for theatre, film and television.
Julia currently splits her time between New York and Montreal. When in New York, you can find her coaching film, TV and theatre including Broadway cast of "Matilda".
Philip Markle moved to NYC in 2013 to launch the theatre and training center of The Annoyance Theater NY, where he acted as its Executive Director until Fall, 2016. Philip graduated Northwestern University and produced, performed and trained in Chicago at comedy theaters such as The Annoyance, iO, and Second City. He has taught and performed internationally, from Berlin to Bali, and currently teaches writing and improv classes at The Annoyance NY, as well as independent classes of his own. He regularly performs and writes comedy in NYC. Philip is a member of Baby Wants Candy and the creator of the musical improv show Happy Karaoke Fun Time, which ran for 6+ years in Chicago and Off-Broadway in NY. In Wilmette, IL, Philip launched and taught at The Actors Training Center, an acting studio where he also acted as Associate Director. As a storyteller, he has performed with The Moth and The Paper Machete. He is a proud member of the children's education theatre companies The Story Pirates and Barrel of Monkeys. He executive produced, wrote, and acted in the digital shorts series The Annoyance Presents on IFC's Comedy Crib. Philip has written two one-man shows – his first solo show, Sparkle Hour, was featured in the 2013 International NY Fringe Festival.
Henderson is a Tony-nominated, Drama Desk and Seff Award winning actor, born in Kansas City, Missouri. He also starred opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the Academy-Award Winning film FENCES. Henderson attended The Juilliard Drama School, North Carolina School of the Arts, and Rose Bruford College in England.
Henderson is known for his role as Arthur in the acclaimed HBO film, EVERYDAY PEOPLE. Other film credits include Lester in TOWER HEIST, Bobo in A RAISIN IN THE SUN, Cooper's husband in the MARIE, and roles in the films KEANE and IF YOU COULD SAY IT IN WORDS. In addition to his films, Henderson played the recurring character, Omar, on the Fox series NEW AMSTERDAM, which premiered in early 2008.
Henderson is known mostly for his stage work. His portrayal of Jim Bono in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's FENCES opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, earned Henderson the Tony nomination for supporting actor and the Richard Seff Award, from Actor's Equity. His other Broadway credits include: DRACULA, THE MUSICAL, DROWNING CROW, a revival of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, and KING HEDLEY II. Henderson is especially recognized as a veteran performer of August Wilson's ouvre.
Off-Broadway, Henderson's work includes originating the role of Turnbo in JITNEY, for which he won a Drama Desk Award, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN and THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, with the LAByrinth Theatre Company.
Henderson has also appeared on TV shows such as LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, TYLER PERRY'S HOUSE OF PAYNE and THIRD WATCH. His work as an actor, director, and educator is documented in the book, ACTING TEACHERS OF AMERICA and in the OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. Henderson currently teaches in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Buffalo, NY.
Patrick Mulryan is a Voice and Speech Teacher for the Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory and a working actor based in New York. He received his MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep. He has trained in Voice and Speech with Cis Berry, Andrew Wade, and Tom Jones. Patrick recently appeared in Fiasco Theater's acclaimed production of INTO THE WOODS at The Roundabout in New York (Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival). He has been a Guest Lecturer in Voice and Speech at SUNY Purchase, Fordham University, and The Acting Studio. Performance credits include: Fiasco's CYMBELINE (Barrow Street, TFANA); BUM PHILIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA (La MaMa); AS YOU LIKE IT (Happy Few Theatre Company, NYIT Award Nomination); Fiasco's INTO THE WOODS (McCarter, Old Globe); CABARET and IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Trinity Rep); CHAIN OF FOOLS (Guthrie). He has developed work with Tectonic Theater Project, TFANA, Fiasco, Lark, New Georges, and at the O'Neill Center (NMTC). Other training includes: Moscow Art Theatre (NTI), Oberlin College (BA), and Guthrie Experience for Actors in Training (GEx 13).
Janice Orlandi is a Movement Pedagogy and Period Style Specialist, and a certified teacher of the Williamson Technique and Period Styles including; Edwardian, Elizabethan and Restoration. She is certified in the Michael Chekhov Technique and has extensive training with Anne Bogart, Tina Landau, SITI Company in Viewpoints, Suzuki and Composition. She has studied with Richard Schechner and Members of East Coast artists in performance and extensive training in rasaboxes.
She has taught for over eighteen years in educational institutions in the United States and Europe, including, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Mason Gross School of the Arts; Rutgers State University; the Williamstown Theatre Festival; de Lindenberg Centrum voor de Kunsten, Netherlands; State Theatre School in Odense, Denmark; Ophelia Theatre School in Copenhagen and New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA). Her work as a director, actress, and movement coach has been seen at Princeton Repertory Shakespeare Festival, Expanded Arts, CSC Classic Stage Company, Circle Rep Lab and many other venues.
She is the Co-Artistic Director of Echo Repertory, New Vaudeville Theater and a founding Member of Expanded Arts Theater & Shakespeare in the Parking Lot NYC. She is certified to train in the Williamson Technique by Loyd Williamson. Janice was featured in AMERICAN THEATER MAGAZINE, in an article on current trends in movement training and theater education.
Janice is writing a book on physical techniques for the actor, THE ART OF TRANSFORMATION: CROSSING PEDAGOGY. She is the Artistic Director of the Actors Movement Studio (www.ActorsMovementStudio.com) and a member of Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity Association.
Ashish grew up in India. e studied business at Harvard University, acquired an MBA there before following his passion to an MFA in Film (Directing – Screenwriting) at Columbia University, New York. Ashish's experimental feature film "Byron Jones" is being released globally by the global VoD platform tao-films. His latest short film "Hi I am Sam" has recently played at several festivals across the world. Ashish also studied theater directing at HB Studio and subsequently worked as Assistant Director with several directors in New York, most notably Jack Hofsiss. Ashish presently lives in New York with his wife and two sons.
Austin Pendleton has directed numerous productions in New York, including three Tony-nominated Broadway productions: SPOILS OF WAR by Michael Weller, starring Kate Nelligan; THE LITTLE FOXES, by Lillian Hellman, starring Elizabeth Taylor; and SHELTER, a musical by Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford, starring Marcia Rodd.
He has written three plays, all published: ORSON'S SHADOW, produced in New York at the Barrow Street Theatre; UNCLE BOB, twice produced in New York and seen in other productions in the United States and the world; and BOOTH, produced in New York at the York Theatre Company and starring Frank Langella.
Austin is an Obie Award-winning actor, and has appeared on and Off-Broadway and in many regional theatres, as well as in over seventy five films and numerous television shows. He is an ensemble member at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre and apprenticed at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where he has acted and directed many times.
Most recently, Austin won an Obie Award for his direction of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS at the Classic Stage Company in New York City.
Allison Plamondon is a New York-based actress, choreographer and teacher originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Film/TV choreography includes the Oscar-winning short film, CURFEW, the feature-length BEFORE I DISAPPEAR (IFC Films), the NBC series, BELIEVE and the Steven Soderbergh series, THE KNICK (assistant choreo).
New York theatre choreography highlights include WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?! at Wild Project/Ars Nova/Cloud City, FEATHER GATHERERS at the New Ohio Theatre, THE HILLS ARE ALIVE! at NYMF, SOMEONE TO BELONG TO at the NYC Fringe Festival (Overall Excellence Award for Choreography) and a workshop of PAL JOEY at HB Studio. Directing/choreography for children and young adults includes GODSPELL, PETER PAN and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. I am a regular guest choreographer at EF Academy (an international boarding school in Thornwood) where we have worked on PIPPIN, OUR TOWN and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Off-Broadway assistant work includes MAKE MINE MANHATTAN (Associate, Connelly Theatre), FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY (Associate, New World Stages) and an SDCF Observership with Kathleen Marshall on BELLS ARE RINGING for City Center Encores.
An avid teacher, Allison has taught Tap at Broadway Dance Center, Abrons Arts Center and two of Canada's most prestigious performing arts colleges: Randolph Academy and Sheridan College. In NYC, she's been the artist in residence at HB Studio in addition to teaching at the Tom Todoroff Conservatory.
Mary Lou Rosato is a founding member of The Acting Company and a graduate of Julliard's Group 1 under John Houseman and Michel St. Denis. As an actress, director, and acting teacher, she has been working in the theater for overy forty-five years, most recently performing in NYC in The Government Inspector with the Red Bull Theater Company, and in The Skin of Our Teeth at TFNA.
She has appeared on and of Broadway numerous times, and in major regional theaters throughout the country including Yale epertory, the Guthrie, ART, the Shakespeare Theater in Washington, DC, Seattle Rep, Baltimore's Center Stage, Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park Cleveland Playhouse, the McCarter, the Old Glove in San Diego, and the Williamstown Theater Festival , and on internation stages including the Old Vic in London and at the Taganka Theater in Moscow. In NY she appeared in The Suicide starring Derek Jacobi, and in The Misanthrope with Uma Thurman and Roger Rees, and played Paulin in The Winter's Tale, at the Classic Stage Company for Barry Edelstein. She was in the Hentry the Fifth starring Mark Rylance at TFNA, and in the Lincoln Center Festival production of My Life As A Fairy Tale, directed by Chen Shi Zheng and starring Fiona Shaw. She has played Lady Sneerwell in two productions of Sheridan's School For Scandal – o Broadway at the Natioal Actors Theater starring Tony Randal, and off-Broadway wit The Acting Company, for which she received a Drama Desk Award. In Los Angeles, she was in The Clean House at South Coast Repertory, The Peach Blossom Fan at RedCat, King Lear (a Cal Arts/CNP production), and Medea with Annette Bening at UCLA Live in LosAngeles, CA. Her musical credits range from Brech's Mother Courage and The Robber Bridegroom for The Acting Copany, to Candide at the Guthrie, Behan's The Hostage directed by Jack O'Brien at The Old Glove in San Diego, and the Changes Of Heart directed by Stephen Wadsworth at the Mark Taper Forum in 1996, she received a best actress nomination from the LA Drama Critics Circle Award committee. In Chicago she won a Joseph Jefferson Award for her role in Curse Of An Aching Heart directed by Gerald Gutierrez.
Her film credits include Quiz Show, Hudsucker Proxy, The Wedding Banquet, Two Bits with Al Pacino, Spike Bensonhurst, Brenda Starr, Reporter, and John Tutturro's Illuminata. On TV she played Nurse Kathy on Titus, and appearances in Law and Order, SVU, Caroline in the City, The Lot, Michael Hayes (pilot), and Warehouse 13.
She began directing in the 1990's and is a member of SDC. among her first directing credits was The Beaux Stratagem at the Pearl Theatre in New York, which was nominated as one of the 10 Best Off-Broadway productions of 1994 by the New York Daily News. In NYC, she directed As Your Like It at The Julliard School, and her own adaptation of Henry V: Crispian's Day at the Boars Head (2001), Henry the Fifth, Way of the World, Time of Your Life, and the Merchant of Venice. In 2013, she directed Shakespeare's Richard II for Creative Pulse Company in Los Angeles.
As a dialect coach, Blake Segal has coached productions Off-Broadway (Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, The Araca Project), and at Berkshire Theatre Group, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Cleveland Musical Theatre, Luna Stage, Passages Theatre, Yale School of Drama, Fordham University Theatre, Columbia University School of the Arts, Walkerspace at SoHo Rep, Fault Line Theatre, Yale Cabaret, Kean University Department of Theatre, and Stella Adler Conservatory. On film, Blake was the Canadian dialect consultant for The Terrible Trio. He has assisted John Patrick (Gulfshore Playhouse) and Beth McGuire (Yale Repertory Theater).
Blake also works privately with clients on cultivating both American and International dialects. Experienced with actors and non-actors alike, Blake has coached clients from South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, England, Romania, Canada, and Australia, among others. He also works as a private Audition Coach, specializing in young actors and auditions requiring dialect work.
As a teacher, Blake has led masterclasses across the county in Acting, Auditioning, Musical Theater, Speech, Voice, Clown and Theater Games. He currently serves on the faculty of Circle in the Square Theatre School and the Tom Todoroff Conservatory, and has served on the faculty of HB Studio, Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors, Fairfield University, Kean University, and Theatre Arts Center NY Summer Conservatory.
Ron Shelton was born in Whittier, California, and raised in Santa Barbara. A graduate of Santa Barbara High School and Westmont College, he received an M.F.A. in art from the University of Arizona after several years of playing professional baseball in the Baltimore Orioles' minor league system.
Shelton's first film was 1983's political drama UNDER FIRE. Set against the civil unrest of the Nicaraguan revolution and starring Gene Hackman, Nick Nolte and Joanna Cassidy, this was Shelton's first credit as a screenwriter. The Oscar nominated screenplay, BULL DURHAM, was Shelton's directorial debut. The film garnered critical acclaim for Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and for Shelton, including Best Original Screenplay from the Writers' Guild of America, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics. BLAZE was made in Louisiana and starred Paul Newman as Louisiana Governor Earl Long and Lolita Davidovich as Blaze Starr, the stripper for whom he jeopardized his political career. Shelton then teamed up with Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Rosie Perez in the playground basketball comedy WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP, about two basketball hustlers who team up to run a scam on L.A.'s toughest courts. COBB, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Wuhl, was Shelton's uncompromising depiction of one of baseball's darkest heroes. Shelton and Costner teamed up again with the romantic comedy TIN CUP, starring Rene Russo, Don Johnson and Cheech Marin. PLAY IT TO THE BONE starred Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich and Lucy Liu in a road movie about boxing. Shelton directed DARK BLUE with starring Kurt Russell and HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE with Harrison Ford. Mr. Shelton continues to write and direct for film and TV. BULL DURHAM: THE MUSICAL, Mr. Shelton's Broadway writing debut, is currently in development.
Miriam Silverman is a Voice and Speech Teacher for the Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory as well as a working actor in New York City. She recently starred in the Broadway premiere of JUNK by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Ayad Akhtar at Lincoln Center. She was previously nominated for a Drama Desk award for her work in FINKS. Miriam completed her MFA in Acting at the Brown/Trinity Consortium. Recent credits with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC include the world premiere of David Ives' adaptation of THE LIAR (directed by Michael Kahn); AS YOU LIKE IT (directed by Maria Aitken); and THE DOG IN THE MANGER (directed by Jonathan Munby for which Miriam received a 2009 Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress). Other credits include: HAMLET (NYSF/Public Theater, directed by Oskar Eustis); THE LOVE COURSE (Acorn Theater with Harris Yulin and Maria Tucci); Soveig in PEER GYNT (world premiere adaptation by Robert Bly starring Mark Rylance and directed by Tim Carroll); Hennie in Arena Stage's production of AWAKE AND SING! (directed by Arena Stage's founder Zelda Fichandler); THE CALAMITY OF KAT KAT AND WILLIE (directed by Consortium grad Heath Cullens, written by consortium grad Emily Young) and the world premiere of BONE PORTAITS by Brown MFA Playwright Deborah Stein (EST/Stillpoint); AS YOU LIKE IT (Folger Theatre); and SYNCOPATION (Triad Stage). Trinity Rep credits include the world premiere of Laura Schellhardt's SHAPESHIFTER, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (Catherine), THE SEAGULL (Nina), THE HENRIAD (Poins, Douglas, MacMorris), THE BUZ'GEM BLUES (Summer), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Titania), THE GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Julia), SONG OF INNOCENCE, SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, ANNIE, and PETER PAN.
Jean is a teaching artist for Lincoln Center Education, working extensively in their local programs and in their international consultancies. She facilitated teaching artist workshops in Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, and Mexico. In addition to the Tom Todoroff Conservatory, Jean teaches theatrical clown for The New School for Drama, The Barrow Group Theatre and has been a guest instructor at Fordham University, Marymount College, and NYU among others.
Wild Hair, Jean's solo show was awarded a grant from The Maxine Greene Foundation to support The Wild Hair Living Room Tour and Wild Hairs, a documentary of the project. The tour visited living rooms, lofts, and a hair salon in New York City.
Wild Hair had previously been performed at Dixon Place, The Barrow Group, Mount Tremper Arts, and The Flynn Center in Vermont.
Jean's current project, The Basement Plays, with director, Eric Nightengale and a cast
of eleven performers, premieres at The Barrow Group in January 2016. The Basement Plays, a trilogy of clown-inspired work, explores the power and resonance of play and imagination as antidotes to 21st Century angst.
Additional performing work includes The Reclamation with Hilary Easton + Company and Snatches, a play begun at the 78th Street Theatre Lab, performed at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London's New End Theatre, and presented on BBC Radio 4. Also for the 78th Street Theatre Lab: Beckett's Rockaby, Naomi Wallace's One Flea Spare, and Arlene Hutton's See Rock City.
Jean studied clown/movement with Philippe Gaulier, David Shiner, Ronlin Foreman, and Merry Conway. She also participated in master classes with Jacques LeCoq and Bill Irwin. Her approach to theatrical clown, as it relates to actor training, has been published in Movement for Actors, Allworth Press. Jean has a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Denver, studied Dance and Choreography at California Institute of the Arts, earned an M.F.A. in Directing from Brooklyn College and received a Certification in The Alexander Technique from Joel Kendall/NYC. She is a member of The Teaching Artist Journal's editorial board and a board member of The Maxine Green Center for Aesthetic Education and Social Imagination.
Casting director Todd Thaler's filmography credits include more than 100 films and television shows. Thaler cast films such as LITTLE CHILDREN, PERFECT STRANGERS, BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, IT HAD TO BE YOU, and THE PROFESSIONAL. He started his career as a production assistant for Jack Rollins and Charles Joffe, Woody Allen's producers and personal managers. When they decided to cast the extras for Allen's films in-house, Thaler was given the responsibility. He went on to provide additional casting for several of Allen's movies, starting with THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO. Thaler has worked with Barbra Streisand on THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES and John Turturro on ROMANCE & CIGARETTES.
Thaler was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series for ED. He also cast Marcia Gay Harden in POLLOCK, for which Harden won an Oscar for best supporting actress, and Jackie Earl Haley in LITTLE CHILDREN, for which Haley was Oscar-nominated. His film, HANDSOME HARRY, debuted in 2009 at the Tribeca Film Festival, starring Jamey Sheridan and Aidan Quinn. Todd has cast several film and television shows since then, including THE GREEN, with Julia Ormond, and the TV series ARE WE THERE YET? on TBS.
Jean-Claude van Itallie was born in Brussels, Belgium on May 25, 1936. When he was three, his family fled the Holocaust to suburban Great Neck, New York. Graduating from Harvard in 1958, van Itallie became a generative force in explosive 1960s Off Broadway theatre. He is a La MaMa and Caffe Cino playwright.
Among van Itallie's many acclaimed plays: his anti war trilogy America Hurrah, The Serpent with the Open Theater, Tibetan Book of the Dead or How Not to Do It Again, Bag Lady, The Traveler, Ancient Boys, Struck Dumb with Joseph Chaikin, and Light, and translations of Genet's The Balcony and Chekhov's major plays.
Author of The Playwright's Workbook, van Itallie teaches writing and acting workshops. In 2012, he performed a one-man show, Confessions and Conversation at La MaMa in New York City.
He lives on his old farm in Western Massachusetts where he directs Shantigar Foundation for theatre, meditation, and healing. He also lives in Greenwich Village, New York City.
Andrew Wade was Head of Voice at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990-2003. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987 as Assistant Voice Director to Cicely Berry, where he oversaw all of the voice work for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Swan Theatre. In conjunction with Cicely Berry, Mr. Wade recorded WORKING SHAKESPEARE: RSC MEETS USA (a broadcast series) produced and directed by Tom Todoroff, featuring Jeremy Irons, Emily Watson, Lindsay Duncan, Toby Stephens and other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company with US actors: Helen Hunt, Samuel L. Jackson, Claire Danes, Blythe Danner, Robert Sean Leonard, Cherry Jones, Victor Garber, Diane Venora, Tony Goldwyn and others.
Mr. Wade trained at the Rose Bruford College, the Arts Educational School, and served as Head of Voice at East 15. Mr. Wade was Verse Consultant on the film SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. He also coached Courtney Love for the role of Lady Macbeth, and worked on the musical LORD OF THE RINGS. Since leaving the RSC, Mr. Wade has continued to work all over the world in a freelance capacity. He teaches at the The Juilliard School, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and at the Tom Todoroff Conservatory. Mr. Wade also coaches voice & speech extensively for Broadway and West End productions including, most recently, MATHILDA: THE MUSICAL and HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD. Mr. Wade's West End Credits include: LA TRAVIATA, DONKEYS' YEAR, and BOEING-BOEING.
Caryn most recently was seen as Sonia in Hartford Stage's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE which earned her the Critics Circle Awards' "Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play". Broadway credits include CRIMES OF THE HEART, DANCING LUGHNASA and THE NERD among others. Regional Theatre credits include MARJORIE PRIME (Mark Taper Forum), THE CLEAN HOUSE (International City Theatre), GOOD PEOPLE (Geffen Playhouse), TOYS IN THE ATTIC (LA OVATION Award), STATE OF THE UNION (Interact LA) , THE UNEXPECTED MAN (Geffen Playhouse), MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN (Pittsburg Public), ROAD TO MECCA (Arizona Repertory), FOOL FOR LOVE (Cleveland Playhouse), GARDENIA (Pittsburgh Public), FALLEN ANGELS (Missouri Repertory), THREE SISTERS (Pittsburgh Public), OTHELLO (Virginia Museum), TWELFTH NIGHT (Cincinnati Playhouse) etc.
Caryn's work in film and TV includes her most recent films, I DO and THE JOKESTERS, and TV appearances in GREY'S ANATOMY (2013-2014 Season Premiere), NCIS, THREE RIVERS (recurring) COLD CASE, MONK and CRIMINAL MINDS among others. www.carynwest.com
Nick Westrate has appeared on Broadway in A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN. His Off-Broadway credits include TRIBES (Barrow Street Theatre), GALILEO AND UNNATURAL ACTS (Classic Stage Company), LOVE'S LABORS LOST (The Public Theater, St. Clair Bayfield Award), THE LITTLE FOXES (New York Theatre Workshop), THE BOYS IN THE BAND (Transport Group, Drama Desk Award nomination), PERSONA (HERE), and TERRE HAUT AND THE VIETNAMIZATION OF NEW JERSEY. His regional credits include THE WHIPPING MAN (Barrington Stage Company), TARTUFFE (Yale Repertory Theatre and McCarter Theatre Center), and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (California Shakespeare Theater). His film and television credits include CARE, BEACH PILLOWS, BLUE BLOODS, NEW AMSTERDAM and MILDRED PIERCE. He is a part of the USUAL SUSPECTS at New York Theatre Workshop, where he founded and curates the Process in Performance series. Mr. Westrate won a special Drama Desk Award for his versatility in the 2011-2012 Season in New York. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
Paul "Wix" Wickens is Paul McCartney's keyboardist, band leader and musical director. A composer and pianist from Essex, United Kingdom, Wickens has worked with musicians such as Paul McCartney, Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi and many other artists. Wickens has been a member of McCartney's touring band since 1989. Since then, he has appeared on most of McCartney's albums and DVDs.
Wickens recorded on albums by Tommy Shaw of the American rock group Styx, The Damned, Tim Finn, Paul Carrack, Nik Kershaw, Jim Diamond, Boy George, and David Gilmour, and was the co-producer of the first Savage Progress album. He also was the keyboardist and programmer for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. Paul was also instrumental in making the BANDAGED album the success it was, in aid of BBC Children in Need.
Wickens recorded a version of Nirvana's SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, and has also been known for The The's UK hit, THIS IS THE DAY, from their album Soul Mining.
Today, Wickens continues his own recording and composing work, while also touring with McCartney on a regular basis. He is married to Margo Buchanan.
Dar has been a traveling singer-songwriter for eighteen years. She's recorded eight critically acclaimed studio albums, written and recorded two tween novels for Scholastic books, published environmental columns for Huffington Post, and enjoys a growing number of teaching and speaking gigs.
She continues to love the challenge of telling stories,encountering new audiences, and finding ways to stay inspired. Her ongoing goal has been to maintain high poetic and performance standards without shutting down the spontaneity and wisdom of the creative voice she has come to trust. Dar was born in Chappaqua, New York.
Mark York (Producer/Composer/Lyricist/Pianist/Arranger) most recently was seen in Just Jim Dale at Roundabout Theatre. He is the Executive Producer and Founder of The Ziegfeld Society, Music Coordinator for Jerry Herman and Jim Dale's personal pianist. Mark is also the Arranger/Pianist and Musical Director for the award winning I've Got A Little Twist, the new hit Gilbert & Sullivan revue. He was Music Assistant to Cy Coleman. NY credits: Arranger/Pianist – Busker Alley starring Jim Dale and Glenn Close directed by Tony Walton, Arranger/MD – Conversation Piece and The Happy Hypocrite directed by Tony Walton, Directed/MD – George White Scandals starring Julie Wilson, Helen Gallagher, Penny Fuller, Joel Higgins, Jane Summerhays, Sarah Rice, Meg Bussert and Martin Vidnovic and Producer/Director – Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic of 2007 and Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic of 2008 starring Helen Gallagher, Jane Summerhays and Anita Gillette, Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic of 2010 starring Anita Gillette and Sarah Rice, The First Marilyn….Marilyn Miller starring Merrill Grant and 2005 Revival of Sweet Charity starring Christina Applegate. He directed and Musically Directed 90 Years of Broadway starring Carol Lawrence, Jim Dale, Tonya Pinkins, Lee Roy Reams, Marni Nixon, Sarah Rice, Heather McRae, Walter Willison, Jane Summerhays, Jana Robbins and Anna Bergman. Not Just Mark York – The Songs of Mark York played at 54 Below this past June featuring Broadway performers and starring Klea Blackhurst.
Mark started playing the piano in his father's church in Oklahoma at age 9. His own musicals include: Rest In Peace directed-choreographed by Baayork Lee; A Midsummer Night, The Odd Ducklings, Apple Annie, a musical version of Damon Runyon's short story Madame La Gimp with lyricist/librettist Don Loftus and Lillian Lorraine, a musical about the Life of Lillian Lorraine, the Ziegfeld Follies Star and 11 children's musicals including Alice In Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, Matchgirl, The Toy Shoppe, Treasure Island, Puff's Magic Tail, Pinocchio and Heidi. His newest musical, Galveston! opened for a sold out run July 2003 in Galveston, Texas at The Strand Theatre and again sold out in Sept. 2011 at the Hobby Center in downtown Houston, TX. Mark is a native New Yorker from Oklahoma.


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Hello everyone. I'm here to show you how to make a nice spray booth for airbrushing. I took what I learned from watching different videos and came up with what worked best for me. After collecting all the items, the job of putting everything together actually only took me about 30 minutes. Below is the list of items you will need.
1.) Plastic storage tub $6-$10 (Mine was free because I found it in the garage).
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Hey all thought i'd do a simple rust tutorial that i just did on the inderneath of my trukk
You will need the following
Tin bitz
Boltgun metal
Vermin brown
An old brush for stippling
Step 1
Basecoat the area's you want metal with tin bitz
Step 2
Drybrush said areas with boltgun metal
Step 3
This is where that old brush comes in handy*warning DO NOT use your best brush for this part* you need to get your vermin brown and dip your old brush in now on some toilet/kithen roll stiple your brush till hardly any paint comes off onto the towelling.Then stiple all the metal areas with it so that tehy get a coating of the brown
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Old brush for stippling
Fine detail brush
Orange paint
Ogryn flesh
Step 4
Get some orange paint in my case i mixed up yellow and red and dip your brush in and stipple it onto soe towleing and go over the whole metal area again but really lightly
Step 5
Now you need your detail brush and ogryn flesh load your brush with the wash and go over the riviets any panels