Mark Cole
Director/Acting
MFA, New York University School of the Arts, Professor and Chair of Theatre at the State University of New York at Oswego. Recent directing credits at Oswego include an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s stories The Traveler & The April Witch, Our Town, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. This is Mark’s 11th year as coordinator of the Theatre Institute.

David Morgan
Stage Combat/Actor/Voice and Speech
MFA, National Theatre Conservatory, Denver. Member of the Society of American Fight Directors. Acting credits include roles with the Denver Center Theatre Company, Capitol Repertory in Seattle, and the Sundance Summer Theatre Company as well as performances in numerous films and commercial work. Currently on the faculty of the Theatre and Film Department at BYU.

Jennifer Li
Choreographer/Actress/Director
BA, Theatre, SUNY Oswego; MA in Dramatic Literature, Cal State. She recently choreographed the Paul Weitz film American Dreamz, which stars Hugh Grant and Dennis Quaid. Jennifer is the Associate Director of the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education. She co-founded The Company of Strangers, a dance-theatre ensemble in LA and continues to create original dance-theatre productions. She also studies and teaches modern, swing, and ballroom dance as well as contact-improvisation.

Chris Enright
Actor/Improvisation
BA, The College of William and Mary; MA, NYU. Chris is a member of Paddywhack Players (in NYC), a movement-based theater company for young audiences. Acting credits include regional theater (Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Kern Shakespeare), independent film (MJNVA; Sundance), off-Broadway (Manhattan Theater Source), and television (One Saturday Morning). He teaches acting and drama to high school students as a resident theatre artist through Brooklyn College’s Theater in Education Initiative.

Keven Kennison
Guest Instructor/Director/Actor
BA,  SUNY Oswego; MFA, Brooklyn College; PhD candidate, NYU. He has worked for Disney Theatrical Productions in New York, casting for Broadway, national and international tours. He has taught with the faculty of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and directed/produced plays at the Atlantic Theatre Company and Actors Theatre of Manhattan. Kevin served as casting director for the Theatre Row Summer Play Festival 2006 in NYC. His website is www.actoradvice.com

Instructors are subject to availability

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