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20 Dec

Madeline is a Brooklyn-based actor and musician from Boston, Massachusetts. She received her BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University and has studied Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. Madeline’s performance credits include Fun Home on Broadway, Outsiders on WGN America and, most recently, an all-female Julius Caesar with the newly founded Pocket Universe. When not acting or teahing, Madeline enjoys playing guitar, learning languages and taking long walks in Prospect Park. Madeline is thrilled to be joining the BAL team!...

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07 Dec

A deep love for fashion has always been an integral part of who I am: my first word was “shoe”, and since childhood, fashion has been the lens through which I see the world around me. My work in the industry includes fashion, editorial and commercials. Alongside my commercial styling work, I work with individuals as a personal image consultant, helping clients from recent moms to media celebrities align their wardrobes with the best parts of themselves. I am continually inspired by beauty in unlikely places--line, color, grace, charm, humor and comfort are the things that give me joy. Website...

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14 Nov

Rebecca Zola is a performing musician, educator, and composer from Lexington, Massachusetts.  She has performed with her band, Zolaband, and with other musical groups around New York City, New England, and internationally in Switzerland at the Bern International Jazz Festival and in Israel.  She has released an EP independently of her own music, called "Before and After," and is currently working on her first full-length album.  Rebecca recently graduated from The New School, where she received her BFA in Vocal Performance from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, as well as her BA in Arts in Context from Eugene Lang College.  She has been teaching private voice lessons as well as music theory and jazz improvisation for the past three years, and is also the music teacher at the Cobble Hill Playschool.  Rebecca is currently based in Kensington, Brooklyn, where she lives with her cat, Nina....

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18 Sep

LISA KITCHENS. A Brooklyn based actor and theatre artist, she has performed Off Broadway, Regionally and Internationally. She has been a part of many developmental workshops, including devised, experimental performance pieces as an actor and director. Some highlights include, adapting and directing a seven person Richard II, performing at the Stanisklavski Festival at the Moscow Art Theater, creating a solo performance piece and performing in her sister, Emily's, original play in their Georgia home. Education: MFA from American Conservatory Theatre and BFA from University of Evansville....

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14 Aug

Collin is happy to return to Brooklyn Acting Lab! As a performer, he has worked professionally with the Adirondack Shakespeare Company, Gorilla Rep, Horse Trade, Underling Productions, and Toms River Shakespeare Festival. His plays have been workshopped and produced by Stable Cable Lab Co and Adaptive Arts, and his short, the piano play, can be found in issue 001 of the Dionysian. He has taught various courses on theater at Brooklyn College, with the Town Hall, and at Brooklyn Acting Lab (formerly Young Players Theater). He holds a BFA in Acting (with Honors) and a BFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College. He is currently an MFA in Playwriting candidate at the New School, anticipating graduation in 2019....

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17 Jul

During the school year Megan Nicholson MacRae is a student at Trent University studying Psychology and International Development. This summer she is working at Brooklyn Acting Lab as both an Assistant Director and Aftercare teacher. Megan spent the majority of her adolescent years involved in Musical Theatre; this led her to see Musical Theatre as an agent of growth. During her gap year she moved to Tokyo, where she taught at Gymboree Play and Music, facilitating learning through music and action for children ages 0 – 5. Currently, Megan plans to continue with singing, acting, and dancing, along with her full-time studies....

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20 Oct

Elizabeth Treimanis is a sophomore at New York University. She is pursuing a double-major in Dramatic Writing in the Tisch School of the Arts and Educational Theatre in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Communication, and Human Development. She has taught improvisational acting, theatre studies, and musical theatre to students of all ages. She also has training in acting, directing, stage combat, voice and speech, stage makeup, and costume design....

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20 Oct

Danny Goodman is an actor and musician based in Brooklyn. Originally hailing from Wisconsin, he received his MFA in acting from The American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, and has performed nationally and internationally. Having been the lucky beneficiary of theater-based education at a young age, he continues to share his love of theater and music with young artists through performance and teaching....

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20 Oct

Samantha DeSimone is a graduate of Wagner College with a BA in theatre and speech.  While in college Samantha studied commedia dell'arte and masque work with Teatro Punto and established a relationship with Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids through the production and direction of cabarets on behalf of the school.  Post-graduation Samantha has done work with the Rising Sun Performance ensemble, performing in numerous devised works all over Manhattan, one that won her a best supporting actress award at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.  In addition to the Brooklyn Acting Lab Samantha also works with abunDANCE with Keo, a local hip hop company that promotes self love and empowerment across the boroughs....

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