国产黑料 Theatre Faculty & Staff
Department Chair
Eddie Bledsoe
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Hours by appointment
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Faculty: Acting, Voice, Movement
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Sam Breen is a Swiss-American performer, writer, and educator based in Los Angeles.
International credits:
The Trailer Trash Project, which he wrote and performed at PACT, Zollverein, Germany
The world premieres of Amy Tofte鈥檚 Flesh Eating Tiger and Erik Ehn鈥檚 One Eye Gone at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Regional credits:
The world premiere of Ether Dome at The La Jolla Playhouse (directed by Michael Wilson)
Mother Courage and Her Children at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA
Los Angeles credits:
Macbeth at the Antaeus Theater Company
The Three Musketeers at Theatricum Botanicum
Ebenezer at The Speakeasy Society
Flesh Eating Tiger at Highways (directed by Vincent Paterson)
He is a company member at The Independent Shakespeare Company, where he has played many roles including; Mark Anthony, Oberon, and Macbeth.
Film:
A recurring cast member in Jim Cumming鈥檚 films, including The Beta Test and It鈥檚 Alright, It鈥檚 Okay
Sam has also just completed narrating a series of French/English audiobooks.
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camillgj@lavc.edu
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howardse@email.laccd.edu
Tina Kronis is a co-founder of the Los Angeles-based , and co-creator of The Treatment, Anton's Uncles, Cherry Jam, Model Behavior, Monster Of Happiness, Strange Beliefs, Cirque Picnique, Hollywood Macabre, Dumbshow, Seagull, Checkov's Sisters, and Cornography. Additionally Tina is Co-Creator/Choreographer/Performer for Dry Cleaning, Cafe' Oblie, and Watch, as well as Co-Creator/Choreographer of Within Us. Ms. Kronis performed in the Broadway and international companies of Mummenschantz and served on the faculty of CalArts Theatre School.
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Louie Piday is a founding member of the pioneering Los Angeles troupe The Company Theatre. She has performed in New York theatre in both Broadway and off-Broadway plays; including Oh, Calcutta!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The Karl Marx Play. Her work in film began in commercials and voice overs and then in television series and features both in New York and Hollywood. After a return to academia for an MFA in Drama from USC she began a career directing plays in both the academic and professional theatre, here and in Europe. She has acted and directed at the Edinburgh Festival and theatre festivals in Berlin, Amsterdam, Zurich, Brussels, and Paris. She has also taught at USC, Long Beach Community College, and South Coast Repertory Conservatory.
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Clarinda started her career at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. She became "locally famous" as a stage actress in Atlanta and throughout the southeast, touring her one-woman show, From My Grandmother's Grandmother Unto Me, which was filmed for Public Broadcasting. Georgia Gov. Zell Miller appointed her a Cultural Ambassador and she performed in the 1994 and 1996 Cultural Olympiads. After performing on the last season of In the Heat of the Night (1988), Carroll O'Connor suggested she move to Los Angeles; there she met and married longtime character actor Googy Gress.
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Chie Saito was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. She spent her childhood practicing ballet and moved to United States and studied theater performance at Los Angeles City College Theater Academy!! Chie obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Performance at Naropa University. Chie is an educator, director, performer, and creator. Her work is inspired by her physical research such as Viewpoints, Experiential Anatomy, and Contemplative Dance Practice. Her other ongoing projects and research include interviewing Japanese Americans who experienced the internment camps during WWII, and sasayaki, an autobiographical and improvisation-based duo performance with guest artists.
Personal Website:
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segovir@elac.edu
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valenzj2@email.laccd.edu
Faculty/Staff: Costume, Makeup
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Hours by appointment
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MFA (Theatrical Design) USC; BS (Fashion Design) Woodbury Univ.; BA (Design) UCLA; Menswear designer; Costume and Scenic designer for theatre and film, Eddie Bledsoe is Chair of the Theatre Academy and also Head of the Acting and Costume Programs.
- Named by Variety as one of ten 鈥淟eaders in Learning鈥 in 2010.
- A recognized fashion historian, he has been featured on The Biography Channel series Fashion Icons; Paramount Studio鈥檚 re-release of Sabrina.
- Contributed to articles:
- WWD Scoop, What鈥檚 the Big Idea
- New York Times Magazine,The Plus-Sized Mystery in Women鈥檚 Fashions
- C Magazine Balenciaga
- LA Times Magazine, What We Wore
- Recognized twice for his design achievement by the American College Theatre Festival for The Unseen Hand and Anton's Uncles, 2010 and 2012
国产黑料's Anton's Uncles at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
- Previous costume design awards include:
- New York Film Festival,Rockets鈥 Red Glare
- Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, No Easy Way
- The Vienna Festival, Quotations From a Ruined City
- Published work includes Art + Performance, the Life of Reza Abdoh
- Eddie鈥檚 costume designs for production A Story of Infamy for the Frankfurt Opera are archived in the Reza Abdoh Collection, Billy Rose Collection, New York Public Library
- Eddie is the creator of the iconic DaVinci shirt that has come to be identified with many characters in television and film, such as Kramer on Seinfeld and Charlie onTwo and a Half Men.
Karolyn Kiisel designs out of her spacious downtown Los Angeles loft, which is also a workshop for costume and fashion designers and an event space. She has taught fashion for over 20 years at Otis College of Art & Design and Woodbury University. Her book, , is a handbook for the fashion aficionado and a textbook for the serious fashion student. Bon Bon Pink, Karolyn鈥檚 new accessory line, is her latest passion. Fashion designs from her past collections include lingerie, evening and cocktail dresses, sportswear, and children's wear and have been sold at fine retailers such as Barney鈥檚 New York, and Bergdorf Goodman, have appeared on the red carpet, and graced the cover of Womens鈥 Wear Daily. A graduate of UC Berkeley, her costume designs have appeared widely on screen and stage. Recent designs for orchestras and opera soloists include those worn by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Diane Sisko is a professor emerita of the Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy, Professional Costume Program. Holds a degree in Theatre from Purdue University, in a theatre program very similar to 国产黑料' Theatre Academy. In addition to teaching and having developed and revised most of the costume classes, taught Stage Makeup and SFX Makeup. Has acted as well as sung, especially with the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, and co-authored a historical (Medieval) romance novel. Currently holding asynchronous Intro to Theatre and co-editing the Academy website.
Faculty/Staff: Technical Theatre, Entertainment Technology
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