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.

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	Esther Baker-Tarpaga	Creative Practice and West African Dance	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
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 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	Acting for the Camera	UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television
Click for profile	Rachel Bress	Modern/Contemporary	Dance	Pearl Studios
Click for profile	Stephen Brotebeck	Program Director		Georgetown Univ Pearl Studios NYC
Click for profile	Amanda Byars	Contemporary	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
Click for profile	Christy Candler	Yoga/Nutrition	Dance	Pearl Studios
Click for profile	Erin Carlisle-Norton	Yoga	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
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	Margot De La Barre	Ballet	Dance	Pearl Studios
Click for profile	Duane Dell'Amico	Program Head	Digital Film	UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television
Click for profile	Susan Derry	Faculty	Musical Theater, Theater, Voice	Washington D.C.
Click for profile	Charles Dougherty	Workshop Director	Acting for the Camera	Pepperdine University Stanford University UMASS
Click for profile	Nike Doukas	Faculty	Theater Conservatory Acting for the Stage	UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television UC Berkeley
Click for profile	Ashley Doyle-Lucas	Ballet and Nutrition	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
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	Sam Firstenberg	Program Director	Advanced Digital Film	UCLA
Click for profile	Gary Glasgow	Faculty	College Audition Workshop	Webster University
Click for profile	Martha Green Quirk	Workshop Director	College Prep for the Arts - Writing the Personal Essay	UCLA
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	Faculty	Dance, Dance Conservatory	Pearl Studios NYC
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	James Harkness	Hip Hop	Dance	Pearl Studios
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	Faculty	Musical Theater Broadway Conservatory	Washington D.C.
Click for profile	Dori Jenks	Summer Camp Director	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
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	Faculty	Musical Theater Conservatory	UCLA
Click for profile	Lori Kirkland Baker	Program Director	Sit Com Writing	UCLA
Click for profile	Jesse Kissel	Faculty	Musical Theater Broadway Conservatory	Pearl Studios NYC
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	Harry Parker	Program Director	Design Musical Theater Theater	Texas Christian University
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	Mara Penrose	Contemporary	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
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	Jeff Rizzo	Musical Accompanist	College Audition Boot Camp	UCLA
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	Faculty	Musical Theater Broadway Conservatory Dance, Dance Conservatory	Pearl Studios NYC
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	Texas Christian University
Click for profile	Matt Smedal	Accompanist	College Audition Boot Camp	The Complex, Hollywood
Click for profile	Sheldon Smith	Choreographer	Dance & New Media	UC Berkeley
Click for profile	Rashana Smith	Video Dance	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
Click for profile	Michael Spencer Phillips
Click for profile	Jeff Stein	Workshop Head	Sit Com Writing/Producing	UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television
Click for profile	Ellen Stokes Shadle	Modern Dance	Dance	Pearl Studios
Click for profile	Kitty Swink	Faculty	Acting for the Camera	Pepperdine University
Click for profile	Olivier Tarpaga	Creative Practice and West African Dance	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University
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	Faculty	Dance, Dance Conservatory	Pearl Studios NYC
Click for profile	Susie Wall	Faculty	Acting	Webster University
Click for profile	Thomas Walsh	Faculty	Theater	Texas Christian University
Click for profile	Doug Ward	Adjunct Assistant Professor Workshop Head	Animation	UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television
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	Advanced 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
Click for profile	Abigail Zbikowski	Hip Hop	Dance Conservatory	Ohio State University

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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), Lauren di Matteo, and Chris Vanderhorst.

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