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02 Jul

Marielle has been a director with Boomerang Theatre Company, Flux Theatre Ensemble, Manhattan Theater Source, World Theater Day and Metropolitan Playhouse, among others. She is the Artistic Director of Adaptive Arts Theater Company, a non-profit theater company that uses both an educational and production-based model to make theater more accessible to individuals with Invisible Disabilities. With Adaptive, she’s directed a devised adaptation of Goehte's Faust, Mensch’s All Hail Hurricane Gordo, Brecht’s Good Woman of Setzuan, Barrie’s Alice Sit by the Fire, and multiple workshops for their “Autism Initiative” program. As an educator, she has spent the last decade in NY teaching students from 1 to 80 years old. Along with her educational journeys, she’s developed and implemented curriculum for theater residencies across the five boroughs for neurotypical and neurodivergent learners. She’s spoken across the country on ways to create accessible theater performance for populations with disabilities. Currently, she’s the theater specialist and department chair at La Cima Charter School. She’s thrilled to be back with Brooklyn Acting Lab this Spring!...

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02 Jul

Maggie Thompson is a Brooklyn-born and -based and teaching artist. Recent appearances include Twelfth Night and Hamlet at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Proud member of Actors Equity Association. Find out more at maggiepeckthompson.com (or on Maggie’s Good Reads profile...

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18 Jun

Ruthy is an actor, teaching artist, and producer. She studied at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a B.F.A. in Drama (with honors), a concentration in musical theatre and screen acting, and a minor in producing. New work is her passion and has worked with Barrington Stage Company, Playhouse on Park, and has done numerous readings and workshops all around the city. She recently had her feature film debut in the summer blockbuster “Gotti.” Ruthy is so excited to work with BAL and to continue to share her love of teaching and theatre. For more information visit her website ruthyfroch.com or follow her @babyruthy93....

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15 Jun

Wesley Zurick is an actor and composer from Cincinnati Ohio, now residing in Brooklyn. Recent credits include On the Shore of the Wide World (Atlantic Theater Company), Big Green Theatre (The Bushwick Starr), Bible Stories! (Atlantic Farm Team), The Lightning Thief (Theatreworks USA), The Velveteen Rabbit, Camp Kapawanna, Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money (Atlantic for Kids), Boats And (Ars Nova’s ANT Fest), Welcome to the Jungle (Living Record Collection), I’s Twinkle (Pipeline Theatre Company), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (Playhouse on Park), Ace (Playhouse in the Park). As a playwright and composer his work has been produced by The Atlantic Farm Team, Ape` Shakespeare, The Bushwick Starr, The Bowery Poetry Club, Judson Memorial Church, The Cincinnati Fringe Festival, The Joust Theatre Company and The Rescignos....

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15 Jun

Stephanie Anderson is a MA student at New York University, studying Theatre Education for College and Communities.  She spent five years in China, teaching theatre to Chinese high school students at Beijing National Day School where she developed a full theatre program from scratch, designing a new black box theatre, directing four main stage musicals, and producing a dozen showcases and student-directed productions.  Select directing projects include The Last 5 Years, Hello, Dolly! and Fiddler on the Roof.  Favorite roles include Lady Bracknell (Importance of Being Earnest), Shelby (Steel Magnolias), and Sarah (Table Manners). For two years, she also performed twice a month for Beijing Improv and taught bilingual workshops.  Since moving to New York, Stephanie has worked as a teaching artists at The Leadership Program and TADA!  After devising for NYU Steinhardt’s production of Hear Them Roar, she has become particularly interested in developing new work and using theatre to connect strangers....

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15 Jun

Brooke is an actress and artistic entrepreneur who actively strives to cultivate joy through storytelling. Brooke graduated magnum cum laude and Honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2017, where she received her BFA in Drama at the New Studio on Broadway for Musical Theatre, with a double minor in Producing and Business of Entertainment, Media, & Technology (BEMT). She was additionally recognized by Tisch Drama as one of their distinguished “Artist and a Scholar” Award recipients, recognizing excellence in artistic and scholarly achievement. In the spring of 2017, Brooke delved into the world of new musical theatre as the General Management intern for the acclaimed New York Musical Festival (NYMF). Her selected performance credits include: Broadway Rising Stars (Town Hall, NYC), TTNY SoudBites 5.0: Dinosaur (Signature Theatre), The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (Bristol Riverside Theatre), Promenade (Fornés Symposium), Tamra Wasserman: This is Real, This is Me (The PIT), Buccaneers: Embark (Workshop). She has also been featured in concerts at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Birdland Jazz Club NYC (dir. & feat. Scott Alan), Skirball NYC, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. For more information, check out brookewetterhahn.com and follow @bjw615. Brooke is thrilled to be working with such an inspiring and dynamic...

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15 Jun

Niae Knight is an actor and teaching artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Theatre Education at City College. Niae teaches improvisation, movement, acting and creative drama to students of all ages with Marquis Studios and in NYC public schools. As an actor, Niae has performed with Write Act Rep Eastside, Green Sea Theatre Company, Phare Play Productions, The Michael Chekhov Theatre Company, Xoregos Performing Company and at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Performing credits also include regional theater and several films and commercials. Niae has a BA in Acting from Southern Oregon University....

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15 Jun

Anna Snapp is an actor from the Washington, D.C. area. She grew up with a youth Shakespeare company from the age of nine, and went on to study communication-arts and theatre during her high school years, and at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center during her summers. She studied theater at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she performed with Philadelphia Young Playwrights and other school productions. She performed her autobiographical one-woman show, "I Found That The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow" in Maryland, at the Capital Fringe Festival in D.C., at the Edinburgh Fringe in Scotland, and in NYC in association with the Humanities in Medicine Program with Northwell Health Hospital System. She is now a student at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, a conservatory for stage and screen acting in Manhattan....

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01 Mar

Lindsey Ferguson is elated to be a part of the Brooklyn Acting Lab family! She is from Fredonia, NY and earned her BFA in Dance from Hope College. She has taught at various studios around the Tri State area and and been a guest faculty member at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City as well as Hope College in Michigan. Broadway: The Illusionists, National Tour: The Illusionists. Regional: Fireside Christmas, Fireside Theatre; Chicago, Highlands Playhouse; Godspell, She Loves Me, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre. She’s also performed on several cruise lines as an aerialist and dancer. TV/Commercial Credits: Difficult People, Panera, Sesame Street, America’s Got Talent, Samsung. Follow her at LindseyAnneFerguson.com Instagram: @Lindsey.Ferguson...

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09 Jan

Allison Houser is a Brooklyn based performer, director, producer and teaching artist. She studied at NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she graduated with a BFA in Acting. Her training includes Shakespearean studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, advanced Meisner at NYU, Film and Television studies at Stonestreet Studios and Improv at UCB. Most recently, she directed a sold-out production of When We Were Young and Unafraid by Sarah Treem at the IATI theatre. She also played the Porter in a site-specific production of Macbeth with the No Name Collective, where she is a collective member. Allison has a deep love for collaborative storytelling and any way in which she can do that is a dream. She is so excited to be working with Brooklyn Acting Lab....

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