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STEVE BOROWKA
is a Drama Teacher at The Winsor School in Boston, Massachusetts. For the past four years Steve taught and directed theater at Hunter College High School in New York City. Steve is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild and Actors Equity Association and was a working actor in NYC prior to receiving his MA in Educational Theater from NYU. Steve most recently directed Assassins at camp.
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AMI FORMICA
received her MA from NYU in Educational Theater. Ami has taught drama for The Young Women's Leadership Project, The Brearley School, The McCarter Theatre and at Middlebury College as a Guest Instructor for "Children and the Arts." She most recently directed the First-Year Show, Tales of Love, Loss and Laughter: A Relationship Study at Middlebury College. Currently Ami teaches drama at the Hunter College High School in New York City. Last year she directed Haroun & the Sea of Stories for Session 1. |
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JEREMY JOHNSON
starred Off Broadway in Shakespeare’s R&J. Jeremy, a Northwestern University graduate, went on to star in Before the Dawn, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors and Nothing Sacred. On the west coast, Jeremy was an actor and educator for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for four seasons and taught in-school conjunctive residencies with OSF’s production of Macbeth. Jeremy’s first production at Acting Manitou, performed in our outdoor amphitheater, was Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. |
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MEG STURIANO
teaches Drama and English at Hunter College High School in New York City. Meg is the Associate Artistic Director for The Management Theater Company and is returning for her second year to direct in manhattan theatre source's Estrogenius Festival. Additionally, her one-act play One for More Options was recently produced at the Bedlam Theatre in Minneapolis. She holds an MA in English Literature from Hunter College. Meg's Acting Manitou directing credits include As You Like It, Pippin, The Government Inspector and Annie. |
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JARON VESELY
graduated from the directing program at NYU (BFA from Tisch - Playwrights Horizons). Jaron is a Backstage Bistro Award winning member of the Vocal Jazz Trio, "The Fabulous Pink Flamingos" and recently was invited to a solo night club act for the Metropolitan Room (Swingers and Standards). Being a teacher for five years, Jaron has taught basic music concepts to babies as well as tutored the cast of the Broadway's 13 in music theory. www.jaronvesely.com |
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BENJI GOLDSMITH
is a composer and musical director currently living in New Haven, CT and studying at Yale University. Benji's recent work at Acting Manitou includes musical directing 13: The Musical, Little Me, and The Little Mermaid, as well as writing music and lyrics for The Averageachievers Club. Averageachievers, which had its world premiere at Acting Manitou, has since had staged readings in New York City and at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
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SARA HERRERA
is a teacher, performer and choreographer in the DC area. She received her BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has a dance background in modern, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, tap, musical theater, and folklorico. Sara currently teaches at James School of the Dance Arts, choreographs for Ashburn School of Ballet's junior and senior companies and performs with Dimensions of Funk. Sara choreographed Little Me, Cupid & Psyche, Pippin, Once on this Island, Xanadu, 13, Spelling Bee and Seussical the Musical for Acting Manitou. |
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KRISTAN MANCINI
works at the Northgate High School in Pittsburgh, PA, when she is not producing the plays at Acting Manitou. She freelances for the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater. Kristan graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theater and holds an MA from New York University in Educational Theater. In her free time, she studies voice and continues to sing around the city of Pittsburgh. |
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JOHN MCGREW
graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 and has been a rock star ever since. He performs in venues in NYC and around the country with his band, 'Apollo Run'. www.apollorun.com John plays trumpet, guitar and piano, sings lead vocals and is the songwriter for the band. John wrote the score for Cupid & Psyche and he wrote original music for The Trial, His Dark Materials, Arabian Nights and Comedy of Errors. In 2010 John musically directed and arranged music for Xanadu www.johnmcgrewmusic.com |
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JENNIFER PAAR
is a costume designer for theater, film, and opera, and her work has been seen throughout New York and in regional theaters nationally. She is passionate about collaborating with directors and actors to help them achieve their vision through costumes. Jennifer received her BFA in technical theater and design from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and her MFA in costume design from New York University. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY..
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TIM BROWNELL
is enjoying his fifth year as the Drama Teacher at The Brearley School in New York City. He has directed plays with students in NYC, Princeton, Ridgewood, Washington DC and Middlebury, VT. He is the co-founder of Acting Manitou, and serves with Steve Borowka as producer and director of the program. He directed and adapted a production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for one of Acting Manitou’s outdoor amphitheaters. Most recently Tim directed You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Up the Down Staircase.
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ANDY BLAUSTEIN
graduated from Emerson College in 2010 with a B.A. in Theater Education. Andy recently directed Theater in the Open’s original, Pinnochio: A Playful Puppet Panto. Andy also directed Terezin: Children of the Holocaust, a show that tours to different schools around the Northeast to promote Holocaust and bullying education. In the summer of 2011, he toured with the show as an actor, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Andy began working at Acting Manitou as a bunk counselor in the summer of 2009. Last year he worked as a teaching artist and is excited to begin his fourth year as a director!
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CHRIS MURRAH
has performed as an actor at Goodspeed Opera House, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and the Geva Center for the Performing Arts. Most recently, Chris was seen as Bobby Strong in the National Tour of Urinetown. Chris holds a BFA from Florida State University and has trained with Yale's Pamela Prather and Juilliard's Wendy Waterman. Chris's directorial debut for Acting Manitou was Seussical the Musical and most recently, Chris directed Sweeney Todd.
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JOE VARCA
is an actor and director and most recently performed in Nancy Bannon's A Man of Wealth and Taste at the Harkness Dance Festival and will perfom in Crystal Skillman's Cut this May directed by Meg Sturiano. Other work has appeared at the Atlantic Theater Second Stage, the NYC Fringe Festival (Amerika - Best Ensemble Award and I Was Tom Cruise - Outstanding Play Award) His work in film has premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival and Slamdance. At AM he has directed Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Macbeth and served as Set Designer in 2010.
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LEAH GOTCSIK
is a graduate of Swarthmore College (B.A.) and Harvard University (Ed.M.). She has performed and taught for The Second City and Improv Asylum in theaters, schools, and corporations around the country. Her comedy shorts and pilots have been featured at the NY Television Festival, LA Comedy Shorts Festival, and Austin Film Festival. She currently performs improvised musicals with The Made Up Musical and Baby Wants Candy and is half of the sketch group Somebody’s in the Doghouse (www.somebodysinthedoghouse.com
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TIM MATSON
is a voice teacher and musical director currently living in North Carolina. He received his BFA in Dramatic Arts with a concentration in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and he received his MA in Music Theater from NYU. Tim has recently worked on the musicals The New Hopeville Comics and All Shook Up. At Acting Manitou, Tim served as musical director for Pippin and Spelling Bee.
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JONATHAN KARPINOS
graduated from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a BA in Classics and is now beginning graduate school for Playwriting. Jonathan wrote the book for two new musicals, which premiered at Acting Manitou: The Averageachievers Club and the new rock-musical Cupid & Psyche. The Averageachievers Club recently had a showing at the NAMT New Musical festival in NYC and a performance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
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PHILLIP CHEAH
is the Music Director of the Central City Chorus and Guildsingers. He is a member of the professional choirs at the Church of St Luke in the Fields and the Bach Choir of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and a staff accompanist with The Brearley School. Praised for cultivating a “warm tone and carefully calibrated blend” (New York Times) from his choirs. Phillip was the musical director for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Assassins.
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JENNIFER SCHRIEVER
received her BFA from Purchase College in Lighting Design. She is the lighting designer for John Lequizamo's Ghetto Klown currently running at the Lyceum Theater on Broadway. Other Broadway credits, as an Associate Lighting Designer, include House of Blue Leaves, Book of Mormon, Joe Turner's Come & Gone, You're Welcome America, American Buffalo, 13 – the musical, A Catered Affair, Cymbeline, The Color Purple and Fences. Her first summer as light designer was 2009.
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