Program Directors, Faculty, and Staff
The mission of US Performing Arts Camps is to promote and develop the growth of performing artists in America. We are the world's leading summer training programs for young people in the arts. Partnered with the nation's prominent universities, the faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists.|
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Program Directors, Faculty, and Staff
| Profile | Name | Title | Programs | Location |
| Click for profile | John Paul Almon | Faculty | ||
| Click for profile | Candice Alustiza | Casting Associate, Geoffrey Soffer Casting | Casting 101 | Pearl Studios |
| Click for profile | Heather Baird | Workshop Head | Film Acting Theater Acting | Atlantic Theater Company |
| Click for profile | Sarah Barker | Faculty | Acting | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Mary Lou Belli | Workshop Director | Acting for the Camera | Pepperdine University Stanford University Univ of Kentucky Florida State Univ UMASS |
| Click for profile | Robert Benford | Faculty | Dance | |
| Click for profile | Harolyn Blackwell | Workshop Director | Voice for the Musical Theater Stage | Washington D.C. |
| Click for profile | Andrew Bloch | Faculty (sessions 3 & 4) | Acting for the Camera | UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television |
| Click for profile | Paul Castro | Workshop Head | Advanced Playwriting/Screenwriting | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Philip Charles MacKenzie | Faculty | Acting for the Camera | UCLA Univ of New Mexico |
| Click for profile | Pamela Christian | Faculty | ||
| Click for profile | Brian Clark | Workshop Head | Comedy Improv | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Brian Clinnin | Workshop Head | Design | Texas Christian University |
| Click for profile | Kay Cole | Workshop Director | Musical Theater Conservatory | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | David Covington | Workshop Director | Musical Theater | University of Kentucky Washington D.C. |
| Click for profile | Dunsi Dai | Faculty | Tech Theater - Scene Painting | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Duane Dell'Amico | Program Head | Digital Film | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Susan Derry | Faculty | Broadway Conservatory | Washington D.C. |
| Click for profile | Charles Dougherty | Workshop Director | Improv Theater | Washington D.C. Hampshire College |
| Click for profile | Nike Doukas | Faculty | Theater Conservatory Acting for the Stage | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television UC Berkeley |
| Click for profile | Nancy Dussault | Workshop Head | Musical Theater | Florida State University |
| Click for profile | Susan Egan | Faculty | Musical Theater Conservatory | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Dorothy Englis | Artistic Director | College Audition Workshop Dance Musical Theater Acting for the Stage | Webster University |
| Click for profile | John Evans | Workshop Director | Dance Dance Conservatory | Rutgers University |
| Click for profile | Peter Exline | Program Director | Digital Film | Pepperdine University |
| Click for profile | Conchata Ferrell | Workshop Head | Sit Com Acting | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Doug Finlayson | Faculty | Acting for Film College Audition Workshop | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Gary Glasgow | Faculty | College Audition Workshop | Webster University |
| Click for profile | H. Richard Greene | Workshop Director | Theater Conservatory Acting for the Stage | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television UC Berkeley Florida State Univ |
| Click for profile | Justin Greer | Workshop Director | Dance for the Musical Theater Stage | Pearl Studios |
| Click for profile | Andrew Grusetskie | |||
| Click for profile | Nicholas Gunn | Workshop Head | Dance for Musical Theater | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Danny Gurwin | Faculty | Musical Theater Conservatory | UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television |
| Click for profile | Lana Hagan | Camp Director | Acting for the Camera College Audition Workshop Dance Musical Theater Acting for the Stage | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Lorianne Hagan | Faculty | Musical Theater | Webster University |
| Click for profile | General McArthur Hambrick | Faculty Director | Dance | Hampshire College Texas Christian University |
| Click for profile | Benjamin Horen | Workshop Director | Voice for the Musical Theater Stage | Hampshire College |
| Click for profile | Ellen Isom | Faculty | Dance for Musical Theater | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Elmore James | Workshop Director | Acting for the Musical Theater Stage | Washington D.C. |
| Click for profile | Jamison Jones | Faculty | Acting for the Camera - Theatrical Combat | Pepperdine University |
| Click for profile | Steven Kaminski | Workshop Director | Musical Theater Conservatory Musical Theater | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television Oberlin College |
| Click for profile | Christine Kellogg | Co-Workshop Director | Dance Musical Theater | Univ of Miami |
| Click for profile | Jesse Kissel | Workshop Director | Musical Theater | Hampshire College |
| Click for profile | Joan Lazarus | Faculty | Improv Theater | |
| Click for profile | Baayork Lee | Artistic Director | Broadway Conservatory Musical Theater | Pearl Studios |
| Click for profile | Linda Lehovec | Workshop Head | Dance | Univ of Illinois |
| Click for profile | Milo Levell | Program Director | Hip Hop Dance | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Bruce Longworth | Faculty | Acting for the Stage | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Bill Lynch | Faculty | Musical Theater Acting Acting for the Camera | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Denise Martel | Senior Lecturer Program Director | Acting for Stage and Film | UT Austin |
| Click for profile | Valentine Mayer | Faculty | Musical Theater | Florida State Univ UC Berkeley |
| Click for profile | Mary McCann | Workshop Executive director | Film Acting Theater Acting | Atlantic Theater Company |
| Click for profile | Donna McKechnie | Faculty | Musical Theater Voice for the Musical Theater Stage | Washington D.C. |
| Click for profile | Bruce Miller | Co-Workshop Director | Acting for Contemporary Theater | Univ of Miami |
| Click for profile | Ed Monaghan | Faculty | Stage Combat | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television Univ of Kentucky |
| Click for profile | Jon Monastero | Faculty | Acting for the Stage | UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television |
| Click for profile | Karen Morrow | Workshop Head (Voice & Music) | College Audition workshop Musical Theater | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television Florda State Univ |
| Click for profile | Alan Muraoka | |||
| Click for profile | Lynn Okimura | Workshop Head | Computer Animation | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Tom Pardoe | Program Head (Movement) | Colleg Audition workshop | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Andrew Parkhurst | UT Austin Faculty | Acting for Stage and Film | UT Austin |
| Click for profile | John Pasquin | Faculty (sessions 1 & 2) | Acting for the Camera | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Matt Pelfrey's | Workshop Head | Playwriting/Screenwriting | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Charles Pogue | Workshop Head | Screenwriting | University of Kentucky |
| Click for profile | Robert Pullen | Producing Director | Broadway Conservatory Casting 101 Dance for the Musical Stage Musical Theater Acting for the Stage Voice for the Musical Stage | Washington D.C. Pearl Studios Hampshire College |
| Click for profile | Ronnie Reddick | Workshop Head and Director | Hip Hop Dance | Pepperdine University Stanford |
| Click for profile | Neil Richardson | Faculty | Musical Theater College Audition Workshop | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Ray Roderick | Faculty | ||
| Click for profile | Peter Sargent | Dean, Leigh Gerdine School of Fine Arts Workshop Head | Acting for the Camera College Audition Workshop Dance Musical Theater Theater | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Myrl Schreibman | Adjunct Professor Program Head | Acting for the Camera Advanced Digital Film | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Brett Schrier | Faculty | Voice for the Musical Theater Stage | Hampshire College |
| Click for profile | Carol Schuberg | Workshop Head | Acting for the Camera Dance Dance for the Musical Stage | Florida State Univ Washington D.C. Hampshire College |
| Click for profile | Dave Scott | Choreographer | Hip Hop Dance | Pepperdine University |
| Click for profile | Catherine Shafer | Workshop Director | Dance | Texas Christian University |
| Click for profile | April Shawhan | Adjunct Assistant Professor Workshop Head (Acting) | College Audition Workshop Acting for the Stage | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Andrew Shea | |||
| Click for profile | Ellen Shelton | Director, TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance Workshop Director | Dance | Texas Christian Univ |
| Click for profile | Armin Shimerman | Workshop Head | Shakespeare and Classical Performance | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Alan Shorter | Faculty | Musical Theater | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Sheldon Smith | Choreographer | Dance & New Media | UC Berkeley |
| Click for profile | Jeff Stein | Workshop Head | Sit Com Writing/Producing | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Kitty Swink | Faculty | ||
| Click for profile | Denton Tarver | Faculty | ||
| Click for profile | Lara Teeter | Faculty | Dance | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Joseph Thalkin | Workshop Director | Musical Theater | Pearl Studios |
| Click for profile | Braden Toan | Workshop Head | Musical Theater | Oberlin College |
| Click for profile | Robert Tunstall | Workshop Director | Musical Theater | Univ of New Mexico Texas Christian Univ |
| Click for profile | Susie Wall | Faculty | Acting | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Thomas Walsh | Faculty | Acting for the Stage | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Doug Ward | Adjunct Assistant Professor Workshop Head | Animation | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Holly Williams | Chair, Department of Theater/Dance at UT Austin Workshop Director | Acting for Stage and Film | Univ of Texas, Austin |
| Click for profile | Amy Winfrey | Program Director | Computer Animation | UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television |
| Click for profile | Jennifer Wintzer | Faculty | Acting | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Michael Wohl | Program Head | Advanced Digital Film | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | Eileen Woods | Workshop Head | Acting for the Stage | Texas Christian Univ |
| Click for profile | David Worth | Director | Digital Film | UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television |
| Click for profile | John Wylie | Program Director | Tech Theater - Scene Painting Tech Theater - Lighting | Webster University |
| Click for profile | Lisa Wymore | Program Director | Dance and New Media | UC Berkeley |
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Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists. Images are of USPA programs, but may not represent actual program or location. Photos by Tito Deverya (UCLA TFT), and Lauren di Matteo.
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