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Howard Shangraw
Chair, Theatre Department/Director and Acting instructor
Howard Shangraw is a graduate of New York ’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is currently core faculty with AADA, Hollywood, where he has been teaching advanced acting since 1989. He taught character mask workshop, scene study and improvisation for South Coast Repertory’s adult and youth conservatory programs, and performance at the Pasadena Youth Conservatory. An award-winning actor and director, Howard has performed at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Theatre de Lys, the Mark Taper Forum, Laguna Playhouse, Grove Shakespeare Festival and South Coast Repertory Theatre, where he is a resident actor and company member. Television appearances include Frasier, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Hill Street Blues, and a recurring role on Cagney and Lacey. Directing credits include productions for the Theatre of the Mediterranean, Barcelona, Spain, the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Pacific Resident Theatre, the Matrix Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Stella Adler Theatre, and over thirty productions for the AADA acting company.
Tim Booker
Development of the Drama instructor
Tim has lived in Idyllwild for the past nineteen years. As an honor student, he received a B.A. in English literature and languages from Indiana University with minors in comparative literature and cultures. He has worked as a commissioned artist for the last twenty years and was the exhibition center manager for Idyllwild Arts. He has also been the personal secretary for Marguerite Courtney and editor of her poetry and memoirs. After working in the public school system in Hemet and San Jacinto, he has happily become an adjunct faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Arts, Creative Writing and Theatre departments of Idyllwild Arts Academy.
Abbie Bosworth
Acting instructor
Abbie Bosworth is a graduate of Birmingham University in
the United Kingdom, where she received her honors Bachelor
of Arts degree in both Spanish and theatre studies. While
living in the U. K., Abbie contributed to the Manchester
Arts Festival, both as a director and an actor. She has
a post-graduate degree in teaching at the high school level
and has been teaching English literature and theatre for
twelve years, most recently for the San Bernardino Arts
Council. Abbie has taught for the last four years at the
Montessori school in Redlands, focusing on Shakespeare in
performance. This year, Abbie will complete her M. F. A.
in creative writing for the performing arts with an emphasis
in playwriting.
Deborah Brockus
Choreographer/Jazz Dance instructor
Deborah received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine in both dance and English. Professionally, she has been labeled “the single most important person in Southland dance” by the Los Angeles Times. The Times has also labeled her an “impresario,” “tireless,” and “the mother superior of LA dance” because of her involvement in the west coast dance scene as a choreographer, teacher and producer. She has performed with numerous regional companies and has appeared in television, video, clubs and musicals. She is artistic director of the Brockus Project Dance Company, which performs works throughout Southern California, and producer of Dance in LA showcases, which include Split, Spectrum Dance in LA, New Perspectives and Caught Between. She also produces a masterclass series with artists from companies such as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Alvin Ailey, Paul Taylor and Lines Contemporary Ballet. Deborah was a panelist for the Fosse Scholarship Awards in Los Angeles and has received awards for teaching, choreography and producing. She is chair of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Dance department and director of the Idyllwild Arts Summer Dance Intensive.
Bonnie Carpenter
Head of Design and Technical Production
Bonnie holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre design
and technology from Northern Illinois University, a Bachelor
of Science degree in theatre arts with emphases in secondary
theatre education and technical theatre, and a Bachelor
of Science degree in communications from Carroll College
in Wisconsin. Her professional credits include work with
various companies throughout the Chicago area, including
assistant to the curator of the historic scenic collection
of the Chicago Lyric Opera.
Todd Carpenter
Lighting and sound designer/Technical theatre instructor
Todd is a graduate of Northern Illinois University in technical
direction. In addition to a Master of Fine Arts degree,
he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications
and a Bachelor of Science degree in theatre arts with an
emphasis in technical theatre from Carroll College. Todd’s
professional credits include work at the Apple Tree Theatre
in Chicago, the Oak Park Shakespeare Theatre Festival, and
Williams Gerard Production, to name a few.
Ace Eure
Guest Technical Director & Lighting Designer for "Twelfth
Night"
Ace is thrilled to be returning to Idyllwild Arts this spring;
this time
on the other side of the red pen! Currently based in New
York City,
Ace has been making his way as a Set Designer, while gaining
experience assisting multiple designers of Theatre and Opera.
Recent
credits include: Marisol, As You Like It, Uncle Vanya, Three
Sisters,
Sweet Love Adieu (NY Premier), Penetrator (NY Premier) and
Many
Worlds. Ace holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
Amy Sue Fall
Voice and Speech/Diction instructor
Amy Sue has an M. F. A. in acting from Roosevelt University
in Chicago and has taught at the University of Kansas-Lawrence,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, SUNY at Fredonia and
Webster University. She is a Linklater teacher trained by
Louis Colaianni, master designated Linklater teacher, and
teaches Colaianni’s Pillow Approach to speech. She
begins her training as an associate Fitzmaurice voice teacher
in January and plans on becoming a certified Alexander teacher.
Amy Sue has studied with master voice teachers, Patsy Rodenburg
and the Royal National Theatre Studio in London, Catherine
Fitzmaurice and Louis Colaianni. She has been the voice/dialect
coach on numerous productions including Grapes of Wrath,
directed by Risa Brainin, Two Gentleman of
Verona, Moonchildren, Oliver and many more.
She has directed Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief,
The Congresswomen, No Exit and was assistant director
for Valley Song at Northlight Theatre (LORT Theatre)
in Chicago.
Chris Finnazo
Tap Dance instructor
Chris studied with Kenny Green and his father, Freddy Finn,
from an early age. He performed with Panache Dance Company
and Gregory Hines. He has taught for Dance Masters of America
throughout the United States, and for the past twenty years
at the Freddy Finn Dance Studio in Riverside. Many of his
award-winning students are presently dancing professionally
in movies, on stage and on television.
Leigh Anne Gillespie
Class Piano instructor and accompanist
Leigh Anne Gillespie is a pianist, composer, and sound designer.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Electronic Music and
the Recording Arts from Mills College, where she studied
composition with Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Curran, and Eliane
Radigue. Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, she
received a Bachelor's degree in piano from George Mason
University, and later studied piano with Dean Sanders at
the University of Illinois. Her compositions and multimedia
works have been presented at venues including Los Angeles
Contemporary Arts, Dance Kaleidoscope in Los Angeles, the
Cal Arts CEAIT Festival, Mills College, and various galleries
and performance spaces in San Francisco. She has served
as music director and/or pianist for numerous professional
arts organizations and schools such as the Levine School
of Music, the Washington Ballet and the Washington Oratorio
Society, the National Academy of the Arts, and the University
of Redlands, as well as working as a composer/sound designer
for Leap Frog Toys. She has taught in the Music, Dance,
Theatre, and Moving Pictures departments during her ten-year
association with Idyllwild Arts Academy.
Jeanette Knight
Acting instructor/Improvisation instructor
Jeanette Knight is a master teaching artist, and member
of the resident touring group, the “Hug o Warriors,”
for the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert. She has acted in,
directed and/or choreographed numerous productions nationwide.
Favorites include the role of Rose in The Woolgatherer
at the 2001 Tony award-winning theatre Victory Gardens in
Chicago, directing the California premier of The Dianalogues,
and directing Bang, Bang, You’re Dead as
an artist-in-residence project in partnership with the California
Arts Council. Jeanette currently hosts 3rd Sunday Improv
jams at the Palm Canyon Theatre in Palm Springs.
Rendon Ramsey
Acting for the Camera instructor
Rendon holds an M.F.A. in acting from the California Institute
of the Arts, an A.A. in acting from the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts, and a B.A. in speech communication from
the University of Washington. He has taught acting at Cal
Arts and English at the ACI Institute in San Marino, California.
Rendon has worked as an actor for fifteen years, appearing
on both stage and screen. Some of his most memorable productions
include Machinal at the Stella Adler Theatre, Twelfth
Night with the Antaeus Theatre Company, Juno and
the Paycock with Interact Theatre Company, Romeo
and Juliet with Kingsmen Shakespeare, and Erik Ehn’s
Medusachrist at REDCAT.
Paul Sahuc
Voice Instructor/Musical Theatre Repertory Instructor
Paul Sahuc is recognized for his versatility as performer, pedagogue and conductor. As a baritone soloist, he has appeared in opera, oratorio, and concerts with such organizations as The Michigan Opera Theatre, The New Orleans Philharmonic and The Minnesota Opera. His discography includes The Royal Swedish Opera recording of Solitär, and Der Rosenkavalier with The Minnesota Opera. As a leading man in musical theatre, he has received acclaim for his portrayals as Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun, The Poet in Kismet, and Lancelot in Camelot, among others. As a conductor, he has led performances in many genres, including symphonic, wind, choral, opera and musical theatre. Paul has produced some of the finest emerging vocal talent in the United States. His students are frequent guests of The Metropolitan Opera, The Spoletto Festival, and The Seattle Opera, to name a few. He holds a Master of Music degree in voice performance from The Cincinnati Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in clarinet and voice from The University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Paul's teaching career has included work at several universities and music festivals, and he is in demand as a vocal and choral clinician. In addition to his duties at Idyllwild Arts Academy, Paul is a visiting professor of voice at the University of Redlands and maintains a private voice studio. Paul is represented by Monica Robinson Artist Management of New York.
Lori Stinson
Voice instructor
A popular American soloist in the Los Angeles area, Lori was a Western Region Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera auditions and a winner in the Richard Tucker Foundation awards. She has performed with the Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, Aspen Opera Theatre, South Bay Opera, and Utah Festival Opera, and sang the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflote at the Redlands Bowl.
Kandie St.Germain
Acting instructor
Kandie St.Germain received her M. F. A. from the University of California, Riverside and has successfully pursued a career as a director, educator and author (Closet Drama, Bear Star Press, 2001). Committed to teaching theatre to youth, she owned her own company for eight years while serving as department chair of drama at a private school in Orange County before founding the Inland Edge Players. Located in Riverside, the IEP is devoted to fostering the talents of emerging local directors, actors, and playwrights. With her BA in English literature, with an emphasis on Shakespeare, she has directed countless Shakespearean plays, both traditional and modern versions. Also, her original plays written for youth are performed across the country. She currently teaches acting with an emphasis on history and styles at the University of California, Riverside and works with the Riverside Metropolitan Museum’s Youth Diversity Project (MYDP), educating youth via improvisational and playmaking workshops which focus on social change.
Christine
Walters
Costume designer / Technical theatre instructor
Christine Walters comes from a Mid-western theatre background.
She has been in the theatre arts scene in Southern California
for the last eleven years. She has built her career by attending
major universities with emphasis on theater arts studies
and has worked continually in the theater community around
Los Angeles. Christine has a BA in fashion design from Washington
State University, a MA in musical theatre from Oklahoma
State University and an MFA from California State University,
Fullerton, in costume design. She has taught for many years
on the college and high school levels and continues to work
for Chaffey College, Mt. San Jacinto College and is the
resident costume designer for the opera workshop at CSUF.
Christine believes in bringing back to the class room "real
life" theatre experience to share with students so
she has continued to pursue her professional design work.
She has worked for major theatres such as the Santa Fe Opera,
Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Pasadena Shakespeare Company and the
Hollywood Bowl. She has worked for major directors
such as Gordon Hunt and Michael Buttler (producer of HAIR)
. She has also worked personally with actors such
as Mr. Robert Goulet, John Schieder, Kristin Chenoweth and
Christine Ebersole, to name a few. Christine also brings
the love of being on stage herself to the costume shop.
She has been singing since the age of six, is an accomplished
pianist, violinist, trombonest and actress. She also
enjoys painting, drawing and all types of craft work.
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