David Epstein, Scene Study, Monologue & Improvisation

(SAG, AEA, Dramatists Guild) is the Award-Winning Artistic Director of Invisible City Theater Company and is an Innovative Theatre Award Nominee, 06; a New York Time's Critic's Pick, 05; "People of the Year, 04", by NYTheatre.com; and Best Production Winner, 03, at the OOBR Awards. Directing highlights include “Coronado,” the world premiere of Airport Hilton and the U.S. Premiere of Vaclav Havel's, The Beggar's Opera. David's writing is published in The Best Ten Minute Scenes for Two Actors, 05 &06; as well as New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2003, plus multiple self-help books for actors, including 60 Seconds to Shine: Monologues for Women. This year, with a grant from Panavision, Other highlights include the international tour with Periwinkle Children's Theatre, where David performed on Equity stages as far as Cairo, Egypt.
Rebecca Louise Miller, Dance & Movement

Rebecca recently made her national tv debut starring opposite Sigourney Weaver as the soulful sparkplug Jeanette in Prayers for Bobby. The movie and cast received rave reviews in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly and has been viewed by over 20 million people to date. A native of Northern California, Rebecca has studied acting, movement and voice at Sarah Lawrence College, Brown University, The O'Neill National Theater Institute and the St. Petersburg Theater Arts Academy in Russia. She has worked extensively Off-Broadway and originated the role of Gina in the world premiere of Coronado, penned by Mystic River and Shutter Island author Dennis Lehane.
Freddie Chandler, Speech & Diction

Freddie specializes in speech pronunciation and enhancement, correcting regional accents in order to achieve standard American speech and all phases of proper voice production. She has taught privately and in acting/modeling schools for kids and teens for more years than she will say. Her diction and voice training extends to the corporate as well. Freddie’s acting credit include many Daytime Soaps and National Tours and Pre-Broadway.

David Wenzel, Monologue & Scene

David is a 20 year veteran of acting. He studied Advanced Shakespeare at RADA in London befoe heading to The Stella Adler Conservatory and New York Performance Works. His TV Credits include: Rescue Me, Hacking Chronicals ISN Network, Disney’s Old Dogs Movie with Robyn Williams, One Life to Live, All My Children and is now starring in the upcoming idependant film Think Tank, as lead Agent David Raines.
Kristin Cantwell, Tots, Ages 5-8

Kristin studied at the Shakespeare Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Theatre Alliance and Studio Theatre, in Wash., DC, then with Austin Pendleton in NY. Her one-woman shows were critical and commercial successes at the DC Fringe Festival. She is co-founder of the sketch comedy group, Curvy by Nature. improvisation games are used to tap into young imaginations and personalities, and incorporated with commercial copy. Course emphasis is also placed on Agent & Casting Director Interviews.

Alan Gordon, Scene Study & Improvisation

Alan has been teaching Meisner Technique for over 20 years. Alan specializes in working with subtext, beat changes & honest, moment-to-moment acting. My credits include principal appearances in Law & Order, Kiss of Death (opp. David Caruso), The City, and numerous plays and independent feature films. He has produced, directed and acted in a number of Equity approved showcases.

Barbara Hollaner, Voice for Song

Barbara Hollander, a graduate of Barnard College and The Atlantic Acting School Conservatory, most recently performed at The Atlantic Theater Company in a sold-out production of A Year With Frog And Toad.Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof, performing at the Bowerie Lane Theater in Headliners and Onelines: Songs and Stories of The Catskills, and performing with The Atlantic Theater Company in Luck, Pluck and Virtue (written and directed by James Lapine). Barbara has studied singing since the age of nine with some of Manhattan's most prominent voice teachers and coaches, including Joan Lader and Andrea Green. Barbara studied acting for a year and a half at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting Conservatory in NYC, before being chosen to be part of the inaugural class of the Atlantic Theater Company's LA Conservatory.

Tracey Grimaldi, Voice & Public Speaking

Tracey has been a TelePrompTer owner/operator, speech writer, copy editor, musician and musical theatre voice coach for over 20 years. Her TV, film and live event experience has included work with top politicians, executives, news anchors and celebrities. Her voice students have appeared in ecent productions such as 'In The Heights,' 'Wicked,' 'West Side Story,' '13,' 'Pal Joey,' and 'Chicago'.