Theatre Arts Center prides itself in the professional quality of the teaching staff for all classes and the summer Performing Arts Workshops

in NYC & Bucks County.

Below is a partial list of artists who are

 CURRENTLY on our roster OR worked for us in seasons past.

Selected BIO'S

Karen Mason

Karen Mason has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and recording: and "has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!"  She is currently appearing on Broadway in HAIRSPRAY as Velma.  Karen is a nine time MAC Award winner and has won the MAC Award for Major Female Vocalist of the Year for six consecutive years. She has also won the 2006 Nightlife Award for Major Female Vocalist and three Bistro Awards.  Ms. Mason originated the role of Tanya on Broadway in Abba's MAMMA MIA!, and was awarded a 2002 Drama Desk nomination as Best Actress. Her other leading roles include Norma Desmond in SUNSET BOULEVARD, which she performed to critical acclaim and standing ovations on Broadway and in Los Angeles for three years; Mazeppa in JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY; Rosalie in CARNIVAL (another Drama Desk nomination); plus featured roles in Broadway's TORCH SONG TRILOGY; and PLAY ME A COUNTRY SONG.  Karen won the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND, and starred Off-Broadway in her own show KAREN MASON SINGS BROADWAY, BEATLES AND BRIAN. Her television appearances include the hit dramas ED and LAW & ORDER: SVU. Film credits include SLEEPING DOGS LIE and A CHORUS LINE.  Karen has headlined Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Feinstein's at The Regency, Rainbow & Stars, the Algonquin, Arci' Place, The Supper Club and The Ballroom in NYC; The Cinegrill and the UCLA/ASCAP Concert Series in Los Angeles; The Plush Room in San Francisco; and Davenport's in Chicago.

She has shared concert stages with Luciano Pavarotti, Rosemary Clooney, Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Jerry Herman, and John Kander & Fred Ebb, among others. Karen has given concerts in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Brazil, Scotland, Tokyo and Osaka. Her starring symphonic performances include The New York Pops with Skitch Henderson, The Oklahoma Philharmonic with Joel Levine, the premier performance of The Chicagoland Pops, The Indianapolis Philharmonic, and the St. Louis Symphony with John McDaniel.  Karen will be the featured Guest Artist for the New Teen Cabaret Workshop in our 2007 workshop in Queens and for the Ensemble and Jr. Ensemble in Bucks County.

Carlos L. Encinias

Carlos is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He studied Theatre, Dance, and Voice at both Brigham Young University and the University of New Mexico. He has danced with the New Mexico Ballet Company, the Utah Contemporary Dance Company, kicked it up at The Grand Ole Opry, rubbed shoulders with Mickey while working for Disney, and been able to work with the likes of Maureen McGovern and Christopher Lloyd while singing in the mountains of Robert Redford's gorgeous Sundance Theatre in Utah!! Since moving to New York six years ago, he made his Broadway debut in MAMMA MIA! After jamming out to Abba disco music, he left to be in GOOD VIBRATIONS, the Beach Boys Broadway show, and  ALTAR BOYZ, the award winning off-Broadway hit. Television appearances include 2003 Tony Awards on CBS, Today Show, Broadway on Broadway ABC, and the Macys Day Parade on NBC. He has taught dance and theatre at Brigham Young, for Open Jar Productions in NYC, Camp Broadway, Theatre Arts Center and at studios around the country.

Angelo Fraboni

Angelo recently completed an Off Broadway run and national tour with Bebe Neuworth in Here's Jenny.  He originated the role of Teddy Slaughter in the Broadway hit, THE FULL MONTY.  On Broadway, he also appeared in Victor/Victoria (Blake Edwards, Director), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Jerome Robbins, Director), Cats (Trevor Nunn, Director), and Dream (Wayne Cilento, Director).  Other New York appearances include three productions with the renowned Encore Series at City Center, and the National Tour of Spirit.  In regional theatre he has appeared at Cleveland Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Papermill Playhouse, and in the National and European tour of West Side Story, to name a few.  Film & TV roles include The Cosby Mysteries, Mighty Aphrodite, Thomas Crown Affair, Another World, Loving, and Guiding Light.  He is currently General Manager of the Off Broadway play, Burly Grimes, opening in the Spring of 2006 at the Dodgers Stages.  His daughter, Mia, is a long-time student at Theatre Arts Center, NYC.

Paul Canaan

Paul is currently in the Pre-Broadway tour of the new musical Legally Blonde.  It is scheduled for a Broadway opening this spring.  His other Broadway credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, La Cage Aux Folles, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Miss Saigon. He also performed at Radio City in the Christmas Spectacular and went on the National Tour of Annie Get Your Gun. Regionally he's worked at Paper Mill Playhouse, Ford's Theater in DC, and Robert Redfords Sundance Theater.  His film credits include Across the Universe (directed by Julie Taymor), Book of Daniel (ABC), and the 2005 Tony Awards.  Paul's currently working on the upcoming Broadway musical "Legally Blonde" set for New York next season.  He loves teaching young artists because they continually inspire and motivate him.

Alisa Klein

Alisa is was on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast.  Past shows includes the original Broadway cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie (Alice/Miss Flannery understudy), Grease!, (Frenchy), and  the original cast of Disney's Beauty And The Beast (Silly Girl/Babette understudy)  Off-Broadway she was seen as Sharon in Even Steven. Regional and Stock credits include Peggy Sawyer in 42^nd Street (Theatre-By-The-Sea), Judy in A Chorus Line (Stages St. Louis), Her/Barb in Romance/Romance (Fulton Opera House), as well as productions at Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Music Theatre Wichita and Prince Music Theatre. She is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory Of Music in Musical Theatre and a lyricist in the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.  Alisa is pictured here choreographing a number from Chess for the 2006 Senior Company.

 
Gary John La Rosa

Gary's extensive performance resume includes Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. Summer 2007 he will be directing at the MUNY in St. Louis.  2006 shows he  directed include Aida at Sacramento Music Circus, Grease at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, PA, and Always Patsy Cline and Beehive for Prather Productions in Arizona, Pennsylvania & Florida.   He has been Resident director/choreographer at Montclair Musical Theatre in NJ.  Productions include: Man of La Mancha, Meet Me in St. Louis, Forum, Grease, The King and I, The Secret Garden, & Crazy For You.  Recent: Bye Bye Birdie and Superstar in Albuquerque; And the World Goes 'Round at Arundel Barn Playhouse (ME); Caddie Woodlawn for ArtsPower National Touring Theatre; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and Peter Pan at Seacoast Repertory Theatre (NH); Camelot and La Cage aux Folles at Westchester Broadway Theatre and a Samsung Electronics "industrial" in Vegas.  Favorites: Marry Me A Little (with Sally Mayes/Brent Barrett) at Queens Theatre in the Park, Fiddler on the Roof at Maine State Music Theatre.  Assisted: Strike Up the Band (Lynn Redgrave) and On a Clear Day. for Encores! (NYC), and many summer seasons at Hampton Playhouse (NH) and NJ's Surflight Theatre.  Nominated: LA's Robby, a R.E.C.T. and two NJ A.C.T. Awards.  Recipient: two Loewe Fellowships, the Phoenix and a Clifton Webb Award.  He is a graduate of UCLA and dedicated member of SSD.  He is pictured here with Jayne Atkinson when they were both honored at the Connecticut Council on the Arts Awards.  Ms. Atkinson was nominated for a Tony for Best Actress for Enchanted April.

Amy F. Karlein

Amy Karlein has been dancing since the age of 5.  She is recently completed the National Tour of Spamalot.  She was in the original Broadway revival company of 42nd Street, and performed as a Radio City Rockette in their Holiday Show in 2004 and 2005.  She can be heard on Rocket Science Records.  Born in Erie, Pennsylvania she took tap, ballet, jazz, acrobatics, and adagio.  At the age of 19 Amy moved to Philadelphia to attend The University of the Arts, where she spent 3 years and attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance.  From Philadelphia, Amy moved to New York City to pursue her dance career.  She loves performing, but also loves teaching and is so happy and eager to work with the students of The Theatre Arts Center

Russell Ochocki

 Russell began his stage career at the age of 10 as "Winthrop" in The Music Man With Forrest Tucker. He has appeared in over 60 productions including the National Tours of Can Can as "Boris," "Sohovik" in Damn Yankees, and "Barnaby" in Hello Dolly!. Regional productions include "Og" in Finian's Rainbow, "Hysterium" in ...Forum, and "Nathan" in Guys and Dolls, NY Premiers of: Pictures at an Exhibition, The Ventriloquist, and Roadside by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Russell also toured the world as "Garfield the Cat" and has written and directed shows for the famous feline at theme parks, National Tours, and other special events. His song "Discovering America" was used as a National Commercial for Embassy Suite hotels. Russell has served as a consultant for the National Symphony League and the Literacy in America Foundation for Family and Youth Projects. As a casting director he has consulted for several NY agencies. As a director and teacher he has conducted audition workshops and Musical Theatre performance workshops for young performers across the USA and Canada. Mr. Ochocki has directed over 100 productions for both youth and professional theater including Moby Dick the Musical for Cameron Mackintosh and Disney's Aladdin Junior For MTI's Broadway Junior Collection as well as the Garfield Family Concert show.  He will be directing the 2006 Bucks County Musical Theatre Ensemble in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE.

Jen Nails

Jen is an actress with a specialty for Comdey Improv.  Comedy and Improvisation credits include Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Saturday Night Live, Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater (NYC)< Peoples Improv Theater (NYC), Upright Citizens Brigade, P.S. 122, Bowery Poetry Club, PSNBC - Broad Comedy, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Harare International Festival of Arts (Zimbabwe), Uno Solo Performance Festival (Victoria, BC, Canada), Amsterdam International Improv Festival, Chicago Improv Festival.  Off-Broadway / Regional Credits include Meteor Girl, Paula, La MaMa ETC, Mananas de Abril y Mayo (Clara), National Theatre Tour of Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mustardseed), CO Shakespeare Festival’s Othello (Bianca).  She has been honored with the 2004 "Emerging Comics of New York" Award, the 2003 New York Magazine "Best Improv Lessons in NYC", and the 2002 Time Out New York "Critic’s Pick performer."  She studied at HB Studios with Alfred Molina & Austin Pendleton, and at the Upright Citizens Brigade with Armando Diaz, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh.  She received her BA in Music and BFA in Theatre - University of Colorado at Boulder.

John O'Hara

John is a Philadelphia based actor and director. His credits include work at the Wilma Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Prince Music Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and a Barrymore nominated performance in ACT II Playhouse's production of HARRY CHAPIN: REMEMBER WHEN THE MUSIC. He can currently be seen, on billboards and commercials, as `Ralph', the face of Tunica Resorts Casino in Mississippi. He has been the resident playwright for TAC for eleven years--creating over twenty two original scripts for a company of young actors that never fail to inspire him. 

Parker Esse

Mr. Esse Danced on Broadway with Ben Vereen, Bebe Neuwirth, & Ann Reinking in Fosse, which was taped for PBS’s Great Performances.  It later was released on VHS & DVD.  After closing Fosse on Broadway, Parker joined the 2nd national tour of Fosse & traveled the country. Mr. Esse has performed regionally in A Chorus Line at Paper Mill Playhouse & TUTS; The Music Man, Sweet Charity, Crazy For You, & How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse; Will Rogers Follies at Sacramento Music Circus; Swing! at North Shore Music Theatre & Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre.  Mr. Esse has also had the opportunity to be assistant choreographer along side theatre legend Baayork Lee.  Together they worked on Animal Crackers, South Pacific, Camelot, & Damn Yankees at Arena Stage (where he also held the positions of Dance Captain/Performer) & were honored with a Helen Hayes nomination for best Choreography on South Pacific.  Recently, they choreographed Mack And Mabel at the Shaw Festival in Canada.  Parker assisted Choreographer Karma Camp for the international cell phone commercial Auna/Amena, & Choreographer Ray Skinner for Goodspeed’s production of Babes And Arms.  Mr. Esse has taught master classes in Musical Theatre dance for the past five years & has been on faculty at New York University’s Cap 21 Musical Theatre Conservatory.  He has also taught classes for The Marktoberdorf Summer Intensive Workshop for Professional European Actors in Marktoberdorf, Germany; Theatre Arts Center, Lamar University College of Fine Arts’ Dance Department in Beaumont, TX; The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education in Rochester, NY; The High School for the Performing & Visual Arts in Houston, TX; Learning on Location in New York City as well as many local dance studios in Chicago, IL, Connecticut & New York.

Mr. Esse assisted Choreographer Warren Carlyle (associate choreographer of The Producers: Broadway/Film) on The Kennedy Center’s production of Mame. They also worked together on Pirates of Penzance at Goodspeed Opera House & Paper Mill Playhouse, & ENCORES! presentation of Stairway To Paradise.  Parker choreographed the world premier of Katie Couric’s The Br& New Kid at The Kennedy Center’s Family Theatre.  Upcoming projects include: choreographing The Secret Garden, the world premier of A Christmas Carol 1941 at Arena Stage, & assisting on Tale Of Two Cities.  Mr. Esse received his BFA in Drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied at the Cap 21 Musical Conservatory.

Eric C. Dente

Eric is the founder of The Watermark Ensemble and a member of First Look Theatre Company at Tisch/NYU. Eric served as the Associate Artistic Director of The Denver Civic Theatre and for Compass Theatre Company. Directing Credits include: Julius Caesar, 1984, Waiting For Godot, Othello, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Three Men in Search of a Pair of Shoes, Apartment X, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Family For Sale and A Midsummer Night's Dream.  He directed the The 2005 & 2006 NYC Theatre Arts Center Acting Ensemble in his adaptations of two Shakespeare comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Comedy of Errors.  He will be returning in 2007 to direct the Company once again.

James Vincent (Stage Make Up)

ACTING ENSEMBLE & MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANIES

 A native of Rhode Island, James Vincent started his makeup career as a student studying Theater and Women' Studies at Rhode Island College and Brown University. Over the years his passion for the art of makeup expanded to include training and product development positions for such companies as MAC, Urban Decay and Stila. James is the co-founder of the hip, niche makeup line Pretty Pretty and now focuses his career on the development of the line while working internationally in fashion, film, theater and editorial. His work has been seen on the cover of Paper and Atomic and in magazines including ID, Index, Prudence and Surface. His resume includes clients as diverse as designers Christopher Deane and Ben Sherman and celebrities Gina Gershon, Liv Tyler and Jane Fonda. He has been featured on numerous television shows as a beauty expert such as NBC Universal's Home Delivery and NBC's The Today Show.  Nylon magazine and WWD have named James as a "makeup artist to watch".

Dirk Lumbard

Dirk played Frankie Fact on Broadway in Nora Ephron's Imaginary Friends.  Prior to that he stood-by for Harold Hill in the Broadway production of The Music Man.  Other Broadway credits include On Your Toes (with Natalia Makarove & Kitty Carlisle Hart), Barnum (With Glen Close and Jim Dale), and Sugar Babies (With Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller).  Off-Broadway credits include Flora, the Red Menace, Dames at Sea, and She Loves Me.  He did the National Tour of The Wizard of Oz with Mickey Rooney and Ertha Kitt, for which he won the coveted Jefferson Award for his portrayal of The Tin Man.  He has appeared in theatre through the U.S. and at the internationally renowned Stratford Festival in Canada in many musical and classical roles. His directing and choreography credits are extensive and include the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Barnum at Papermill Playhouse, the Cape Fear Theatre (N.C.), Stratford Theatre (Canada) and Off-Broadway.  He directed/choreographed on the ABC hit television show, Home Improvement.  He assisted Agnes de Mille on her last ballet, The Informer and on four of her productions of Rodeo. He has taught at Broadway Dance Center, CAP 21 at NYU, Les Groupe International des Huite (Paris) and numerous workshops around the county.

Michael DeVellis

While Michael has become legendary in North America and Canada for keeping people looking beautiful and hiring the world's top make up artists to represent international cosmetic lines, he also has major ties to theater & Broadway.  He launched his own company, THE POWDER GROUP (www.thepowdergroup.com), which arranges for international celebrity make-up artists to give master classes on their art--many of these artists are currently working backstage on Broadway in shows such as Hairspray.  THE POWDER GROUP's schedule includes workshops in Miami, Los Angeles, Boston, Minneapolis and other cities around North America.  In addition to stage make-up, Michael has conducted Marketing Your Acting Career to Theatre Arts Center students in both New York & Pennsylvania.

David DeBesse

Fight Direction credits include: Wonder of the World at Manhattan Theatre Club, (with Sarah Jessica Parker); Temporary Help at the Revelation Theater; The Phantom Lady, Romeo & Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing at The Pearl Theatre; Pericles at the Red Bull Theatre; the U.S. premiere of Lovers and Executioners at Arena Stage; Wait Until Dark at the Cape Playhouse; Oliver at North Shore Music Theatre; Imperfect Love at New York Performance Works; Heights at E.S.T., Deathtrap at the Monomoy Theatre; Twelfth Night at NY Classical Theatre; Forever Free at Theatre Works; Extremities at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. David has assisted Rick Sordelet on many productions, including Scarlet Pimpernel and Tom Sawyer on Broadway, The Prince and the Pauper at the Lamb's Theatre, Hamlet at NJ Shakespeare Festival (w/Jared Harris and Lili Taylor), Coriolanus and Hamlet at the Shakespeare Theatre and the film version of Hamlet starring and co-directed by Campbell Scott (and Eric Simonson).  David also works as a stunt coordinator for Guiding Light, and has directed and/or co-directed many fights for shows in which he acted. He has also taught stage combat at various institutions, including the Atlantic Theatre Acting School, the William Esper Studio, Long Island University at C.W. Post, and the School for Film & Television, the Neighborhood Playhouse and Yale University.

Some acting credit's include: New York: Broadway: Ensemble in Macbeth (starring Christopher Plummer and Glenda Jackson); The Acting Company: various roles in Romeo & Juliet; Off-Broadway: American Globe Theatre: Lysander in Midsummer Night's Dream.  Regional: Virginia Stage: Clifford in Deathtrap, Guildenstern in Hamlet; The Shakespeare Theatre: King of France in King Lear; Walnut Street Theatre: Sebastian in Twelfth Night; Caldwell Theatre: Yank in The Hasty Heart. Other:  Film:  Francisco in Hamlet (Campbell Scott as Hamlet).  David attended the University of Washington's Professional Actor Training Program under the direction of Bob Hobbs

Steven Smeltzer

Steven is a director, choreographer, teacher and performer.  He is directing and choreographing the 2008 National Tour of The Great American Trailer Park Musical. He recently returned from Ireland where he was directly and choreographing the Hot Mikado.  In New York he directed and choreographed revivals of Hair and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the later which was hailed by the composer Rupert Holmes who said it was his favorite Drood in over a decade and one of the top three productions ever.  For Theatre Arts Center in Bucks County he directed the 2007 world premier of Willie Wonka JR (Music Theatre International National Test Site Production).  In Europe he directed long running productions of Hair, The Golden Musical of Broadway (with Jennifer Lopez), and the Best of Broadway.  In Sweden he is a regular Guest Artist at Folk University in their Musical Theatre Program, where he has choreographed such productions as Godspell, Grease, Hair, Once on the Island, Jerome Robbins Broadway, Drood, and Michael Bennet—The Legend.  He has also taught musical theatre at NYU’s CAP21, Theatre Arts Center, Emory, Henry and Virginia Intermont College.  He is a Resident Director for Pucci Productions, mounting revues and industrials for Altlantic City Casinos, and industrials such as Bristol/Myers and KFC.  Other directing and choreography credits include Bucks County Playhouse, Alhambra Dinner Theatre, Surflight Theatre, Gallery Players, Michigan Ensemble Theatre and several theatres in Sweden.  Steven has a BFA from Florida State University and a graduate of the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre Training.

            
Paula Matthews

Paula has worked with Theatre Arts Center teaching and choreographing since 1988.  She is a regular choreographer for Midnight productions, where she has choreographed such shows as Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Her work has been seen at the Bucks County Playhouse, Keswick Theatre outside Philadelphia, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Sellersville Theatre, Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Villa Victoria, and First Night Celebrations in Doylestown.  She conducts Tap classes year round at TAC and her unique choreography has graced our shows for many years.

Kenneth Still 

As a choreographer, Kenneth has worked with such artists as: Michael Jackson, Toni Braxton, Joe, Sting, the Rolling Stones, Will Smith Claudia Shiffer, Jennifer Lopez, En Vogue, Whitney Houston, and Vanessa Williams.  He was Toni Braxton's personal choreographer for Disney's Beauty & The Beast on Broadway.  As a dancer, he has exhibited his talent in videos & tours for many award winning recording artists and appeared on top rated TV shows such as: Saturday Night Live, Oprah, MTV, the Billboard Awards, American Music Awards, BET, the Today Show, and Disney.  He appeared on PBS's Dance In America, Everybody Dance Now documentary.  

Edmond Kresley

Edmond began his Broadway career as one of the Jerome Robbins Dancers in West Side Story.  His second show, Bye Bye Birdie, began his association with Gower Champion that led to assisting him on the legendary Hello Dolly.  As an Associate Director of The American Dance Machine, he recreated many Broadway dance classics.  His choreography is seen in several major MTV videos, the movie Rappin and the Hot Shoe Show, on BBC-TV, & Dash on London's West End.  He has directed musical theatre throughout the U.S., England, Italy, Japan, and Israel.  In France he also conducted Theatre-Dance seminars at the Bridge Festival in Beziers, with Alan Jay Lerner, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Phyliss Newman, and Honi Coles.  He received raves for his choreography for the Tommy Tune production of Bye Bye Birdie.  He was a featured soloist in The Best of Broadway with Chita Rivera.

Jacquie Bird

Jacquie Bird hails from Brooklyn, NY. She holds a B.F.A. in dance from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at City College and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She is a singer, dancer, actress, choreographer, & dance instructor. Her extensive career includes- Broadway: Play On!; Oh Kay!. Film: School Daze- Spike Lee, director; Cotton Club-Francis Ford Coppola, director. Stage: Sophisticated Ladies- bus & truck, national, and Japan tours; Dreamgirls; The Hot Mikado. TV: The Academy Awards; The Roseanne Show; The Guiding Light; etc.  As an instructor/choreographer, she has been a guest teacher for: The Tokyo School of Music, The Masashi Mishiro Jazz Dance Co. in Nagoya, Japan.  Jackie has assisted and is an interim sub for Frank Hatchett; sub for Sue Samuels at the Broadway Dance Center in NYC; on the interim staff at Steps On Broadway; conducted master classes for Dance Olympus, Dance Masters, Dance Educators, Showstopper, Performers On Parade; choreography for Star Search Junior Champion Craig Salstein; ABC Saturday morning promo and many other project

Jonathan Cantor

Most recently, Jon played Raoul in the NJ premiere of Lee Blessing's Whores at NJ Rep/Playwrights Theatre of NJ. Recent NY credits include L. Ron Hubbard in Moonchild (NY International Fringe Festival) and Mrs.Warren's Profession (Looking Glass Theatre). He was also a company member of the Jean Cocteau Rep (3 seasons) where he performed L'aiglon, Philoctetes, Cymbeline, to name a few. Other regional work includes the title role in Uncle Vanya (ELT/Chicago), House Of The Seven Gables, The Legacy, Far East (New Theatre), Our Country's Good (City Theatre Co.), Television: Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Miller's Court. Numerous commercials and industrials. Director: Three Rivers Shakespeare, Kohler Center , Attic Ensemble. A theatre professor as well, he is currently on the faculties of Adelphi and Hofstra.

Our Guest Artist and Teaching staff are working professionals and maintain performing and directing commitments throughout the world.  Their participation at the Theatre Arts Center is always subject to change due to their busy schedules.

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