Film Academy Director & In-school Program Supervisor BIOGRAPHY Alice Grindling hails from sunny California where she worked as an actor, as well as the Coordinator and Teaching Artist for a non-profit Children's Conservatory. There she became passionate about teaching and the ways it can impact lives and help nourish amazing humans. Alice studied acting at Circle in the Square Theatre School (previous graduates include Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Lady Gaga). Her training included Chekhov, Shakespeare, mask and physical acting, and dialect work. She worked as a professional actress on both coasts on stage and screen. She is a proud member of NYC based theatre company, Animus Theatre Company, that performs at the Cherry Lane and Theatre Row. Alice is also the co-founder of Terraform Entertainment, a film production company that creates inspiring video content and wedding films from the heart. Miss Alice's photo galleryFUN FACTS!
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Training & Curriculum Coordinator "As a very shy child, I quickly realized theatre gave me an opportunity to step outside of myself and build the confidence I never knew I had. I feel more alive than ever when I am on a stage. If I can share that joy and passion for theatre with like-minded students, then being a drama instructor is the most rewarding job I could ask for." BIOGRAPHYEllen is elated to be part of the Drama Kids team! She earned her BFA in Acting from Ithaca College and completed a graduate acting program at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England. After graduation, she spent a year interning within the education department at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C. Ellen spent 7 years in Chicago where she instructed numerous after-school drama programs, served as Head of Education for the Shakespeare All-Stars, and brought social-issues programming to students across the Chicagoland area as an ensemble member of Imagination Theater. Ellen is currently on maternity leave, awaiting the arrival of her own little Drama Kid, making her debut in September 2019. A star is born! Ms Ellen's Photo Gallery!BIOGRAPHYTeaches in Schenectady, Colonie (Wed), Loudonville, Delmar, Bell Top, Green Meadow, DPS & Genet Elementary schools. Jake Goldsmith is very excited to be starting his 3rd year with DKI! He has been acting since he was the age of 6 and has never looked back! Jake is thrilled to be returning to the Capital Region after touring the country as a director and theatre arts educator with Missoula Children’s Theatre. He received his BA from Providence College in theatre and dance, with additional music theatre training at Carnegie Mellon. An avid performer, Jake has performed locally with Galway Players, Park Playhouse and HMT. Some of his more notable roles were Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man. Jake hopes to inspire the youth of the world to value the arts as much as he does! Mr. Jake's Photo GalleryTeaches Creative Dramatics & Acting Academy classes in Clifton Park (Tue), Colonie (Wed) & Delmar. Joely is starting her 2nd year of teaching Drama Kids classes and is ready to rock and roll! She is a proud Drama Kids alumna of 11 years, and a proud product of DKI's student intern and teaching apprentice programs. Joely's love for teaching began from finding her own voice and confidence in Drama Kids. Now, branching out to children of all ages in not only theater productions but in all forms of artistic abilities. Joely is also an arts educator at The CM School of Fine Arts, teaching theater and art of all mediums to eager students, and an experienced stage manager with multiple productions throughout the Capital District. Currently, she is pursuing her degree at Hudson Valley Community College, majoring in Fine Arts. Teaches in Guilderland, Loudonville, and Colonie (Sat) BIOGRAPHYMurr is ‘pretty excited’ to be welcomed to this amazing team of teachers with Drama Kids. They have been dramatic and theatrical since birth. Starting theatre around the age of 10, all the way up to getting their Associates Degree in Theatre Arts from Hudson Valley Community College. Within the last year they’ve been busy working with their home theatre company Going Dark Productions, LLC. Usually you can find Murr directing, designing, acting, and well...pretty much doing all aspects of theatre. Off stage they love working with kids and molding young minds. They are excited to start this year with DKI; they have always considered themselves a “true drama kid”. Miss Murr's Photo Gallery FUN FACTS
The DKI Student Intern experience brings our DKI Acting Academy Teens into younger classes to assist our team of teachers and provide our younger generation of Drama Kids with DRAMATICALLY outstanding role models! This year's student interns are:
We had a lot of Fun Filming our Teacher Video!
Sr. Acting Academy Teacher in Guilderland, Clifton Park (Tue & Thu), and Delmar BIOGRAPHY Isaac Scranton is a 15-year veteran of the NYC stage and has taught all aspects of theatre at Albany High School, St. Rose College, and most recently supervised the opening season of the Adeline Graham Theatre Training & Innovation Center at Proctors. Featured acting credits include: The Brig (*OBIE Award Winner), Eureka! (Living Theatre), From the House of the Dead, Armida, Boris Gutonov, Prince Igor, Die Walkure (Metropolitan Opera), Robin Hood (Queens Theatre/What Dreams May Co), Law & Order, Person of Interest & Blacklist. Directing credits include: Brattleboro (Midtown International Theatre Festival), Hackers & Heroes (Manhattan Theatre REP) and Lights & Noise & Bees & Boys (MTWORKS). Special thanks to my family and closest friends for sticking by me through good times and bad. ISAAC'S PHOTO GALLERY Fun Facts! * Isaac's favorite memory is being hugged by Angela Lansbury on stage at the OBIES
* Isaac is too mainstream to call himself alternative, but too alternative to consider himself mainstream * Isaac's favorite Disney characters are Jafar and Maleficent * Isaac's Patronus is a Dragon Student Intern & Teacher Apprentice Trainer Shirley is excited to work with Drama Kids and hopes that her love and respect for musical theatre inspires the students! Her favorite saying is: “Without the Performing Arts, we live in black and white. With them, it’s a Technicolor world!!” BiographyShirley has devoted her entire adult life to teaching and to musical theatre! She retired from the Albany City School District in 2002 to continue establishing the Park Playhouse Youth Theatre which began in 1995. She recently retired from Park Playhouse to pursue independent projects, but her association with Park Playhouse began in 1993 as an actor in the mainstage productions of KISS ME KATE (Hattie), BRIGADOON (Matron McPherson), DAMN YANKEES (Sister), and GYPSY (Mazeppa). She also performed in the the Park Playhouse Lyrics and Lyricists Series and in various other musical theater productions and charitable events in the area. In addition to heading up the summer youth theatre, Ms. Shirley was instrumental in starting the Park Playhouse Kids After-School Program that began in 2006 within the Albany City Schools and continues to this day in various school districts in the region and grew to be a summer program that most recently performed “Disney’s The Lion King Jr” at Cohoes Musical Hall. The Park Playhouse Scholastic Touring Program was another of her projects that has expanded and has reached thousands of students. Many of her students have gone on to pursue remarkable careers in teaching, the law, theatre, etc. In fact, your “Drama Mama”, Deanna Stickles-Bach, is one of those amazing students who is now giving Ms. Shirley the opportunity to work on the program she has so successfully grown and developed alongside her and her incredible staff with Drama Kids! She considers her greatest achievement to be her 48-year marriage to Richard and being the proud mother of Jeffrey and Darcy and “grammie” to Brady! Ms. Shirley's Photo GalleryTeaches in Guilderland, Clifton Park (Tue & Thu), Colonie (Wed), Delmar & in-school classes in the E. Greenbush School District. BIOGRAPHYLua is very excited to be joining Drama Kids for her first year! Graduating this past spring, Lua received her BA in Applied Theatre, focusing in Theatre; Black Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is a Theatre Studies Artivist (Producer, Director, & Dramaturg) and has been committed to bringing forth unheard voices to the (theatre) world. Having a young face and an even younger soul, Lua has known she wanted to help educate children & youth through theatre since 2016 when she worked at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Lua looks forward to being an "actor" of change with all of her students and hopes they will strive daily to be their best selves. You can find Lua around the Capital Region making balloon art at farmers markets, festivals, and birthday parties with the Balloon Buddies! Miss Lua's PHOTO GALLERY FUN FACTS!1) Lua loves dancing of most kinds (lol) including ballet, salsa, bachata, & merengue!
2) She lowkey collects buttons, key chains from different states/countries, & crystals. 3) A lot of her earrings she has made herself! 4) She has lived in Israel, Mexico, & Florida 5) Her favorite mythical creature, aside from a unicorn & fairy, is the gnome. No joke. She LOVES gnomes. She almost bought a $30 4 foot gnome from Walmart. |
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