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Carol Levin Carol Levin trained in Alexander Technique under Cathy Madden and is certified to teach by Alexander Technique International. She studied acting at The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and Freehold in Seattle. Ms Levin's poems have been published in literary journals, translated into Russian and have been set to music. As the Literary Manager of the Art Theatre of Puget Sound she collaborated in translating Chekhov's four major plays wrote a dictionary of Stanislavski terms. |
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Dennis Bateman DENNIS BATEMAN trained with legendary actress
and teacher Uta Hagen at HB Studios, and has 30 years experience on Stage,
Screen, Radio and New Media.
His films include MEN OF HONOR, with Robert DeNiro and
Cuba Gooding, Jr.; THE BEANS OF EGYPT,
Dennis has performed over 1000 radio and TV commercials -- as well as more than a hundred computer games and corporate videos. |
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Laurel Paxton Laurel Paxton a professional actor, director, playwright and teacher received her Associate of Arts degree from Shoreline Community College. She graduated from Cornish Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in professional acting. Laurel did Master work at DePaul Goodman,and was inspired to go out in the real world when David Mamet encouraged her to write female characters for the stage. She has continued her education with Master level workshops and Film Technique classes. Modern Dance, Jazz dance, swing, and Dutch dancing have been studied and or explored with great delight. Along with being an active team member on the Team Survivor Dragon Boaters. She is currently studying the Alexander Technique with Cathy Madden with whom she has studied with for 15 years, pursuing certification as an instructor. She has acted on the Seattle Repertory's stage, Seattle Childrens Theatre, New City Theatre, Village Theatre in Issaquah, Pioneer Square Theatre, Annex Theatre, Goodman Childrens Theatre, Spokane Interplayers, numerous Fringe Theatre, Summer Stock in Friday Harbor and most currently the Stone Soup Theatre. Favorite stage roles include Lydie Breeze in Gardenia, Marianne in Aalmauria Voyage of the Dragonfly, Rosemary in Bullshot Crummond, Mommy in American Dream, Lou in Road to Nirvana, Claudia Faith in Nuts, Jean Louise Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, Lana in Seven Deadly Sins and Lizzie in The Rainmaker. Industrial, print and commercial work have included Nordstroms, Naturalizer Shoes, Quantas Airlines, Group Health, Chrysler Plymouth and Spokesperson for the Auto Show.TV, film and video Murder She Wrote, Hot Pursuit, Dysphoria, Death of the Bee Keeper, Emergency at Sea. Laurel enjoys the challenge of both being a student and teacher of the art of coordination within the human condition. Teaching, being able to share her love of acting, are a joy in Laurel's life. |
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Therese Diekhans Therese holds a BFA in Theatre from Fort Wright College, where she studied under Robert and Joan Welch, themselves students of Strasburg. After interning at the prestigious Alley Theatre in Houston, Therese returned to the Pacific Northwest and was a founding member of Spokane Interplayers Theatre. During her five years there, Therese directed and acted in numerous productions, playing such diverse characters as Viola in Twelfth Night, Agnes in Agnes of God, Gwendolyn in Importance of Being Earnest and Pfeni in The Sisters Rosensweig. Therese has appeared in many theatres in Seattle, as Bev in the long running hit, Angry Housewives at Pioneer Square Theatre, as Alice More in A Man For All Seasons and Marilla in Anne of Green Gables at The Village Theatre, Sr. Jeanne in The Devils at AHA! Theatre, and The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz for CLO. Other roles include the title roles of both Candida and Antigone for Northwest Shakespeare Ensemble as well as Alma Hix in The Music Man at The 5th Avenue. Most recently, Therese has developed and performed David Christie's one woman show Mother Jones Will Speak! as well as directing The American Dream at Stone Soup. She has also edited and directed A Midsummer's Night's Dream and Macbeth for young performers, as well as adapting and directing J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. In her more than 30 years of theatre training and experience, Therese has come to understand a thing or two about acting and the human experience, enough to know that the one cannot be truthfully explored without the other. This is at the core of her teaching. The actor must have an understanding of the human condition, both his own and his characters', in order to truthfully portray a living, breathing person, one with which the audience can in some part identify. In this way we establish a connection with our community, and through our art, make not only our world a better place, but ourselves a more cognizant part of our world. |
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