{"id":159,"date":"2006-07-17T17:03:01","date_gmt":"2006-07-17T23:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=159"},"modified":"2006-07-17T22:52:16","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T04:52:16","slug":"theatre-summer-camp-2006-meta-performing-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/theatre-summer-camp-2006-meta-performing-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Summer Camp 2006 &#8211; META Performing Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conrad will be teaching at the META Performing Arts Theatre Summer Camp at Skagit Valley College July 2006. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.metaperformingarts.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metaperformingarts.org\">http:\/\/www.metaperformingarts.org <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"441\" alt=\"camp-4-color-flyerweb2.jpg\" id=\"image161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/camp-4-color-flyerweb2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nMETA PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE SUMMER CAMP<br \/>\nJULY 2006 &#8211; Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA<\/p>\n<p>Registration for July 10-14, full day and morning sessions will be outside  the Phillip Tarro Theatre, Monday, July 10th from 8:30-8:45 a.m. Registration  for afternoon only classes (including all 5-7 year olds) is outside the Phillip  Tarro Theatre from 12:30-12:45 p.m. Your promptness is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>WEEK ONE, July 10-14    TEENS    1-2pm Melissa Rolnick dance Mon-Fri    2-3pm Dave James auditioning workshop Mon-Weds    2-3  Carl Turner Shakespeare Thurs    2-4  Carl Turner Shakespeare Fri    3-4pm Sharyn Peterson voice Mon-Weds    3-4  Steven Craig McIntyre backstage tour Thurs     8-11&#8217;s    1-1:30 Dave James theatre games Mon-Thurs    1:30-2:15 Joe Bowen stage combat Mon-Thurs    1:30-3:00 Dave James auditioning workshop Fri    2:15-3:00 Sharyn Peterson voice Mon-Thurs    3:00-4:00 Melissa Rolnick creative movement Mon-Fri         5-7&#8217;s        1-4pm Carrie James creative dramatics Mon-Fri<\/p>\n<p>WEEK TWO, July 17-21    TEENS    1-2pm Melissa Rolnick choreo w\/props Mon    1-2:30 Melissa choreo w\/ props Tues-Thurs    1-2  Sharyn Peterson voice Fri    2-4pm Bruce Weech stage combat Mon    2:30-4 Carl Turner Shakespeare Tues-Weds    2:30-4 Sharyn voice Thurs    2-4  Andy Friedlander audition workshop Fri    8-11&#8217;s    1-2pm Conrad Askland (&#8220;Seussical&#8221;)voice Mon-Fri    2-3pm Joe Bowen physical characterization Mon-Weds    2-3  Dave James auditioning workshop Thurs-Fri    3-4pm Melissa (Seussical) dance Mon-Fri    5-7&#8217;s   > 1-4pm Stephanie Brink creative dramatics Mon-Fri<\/p>\n<p>WEEK THREE, July 24-28    TEENS    1-2pm Scott McDade voice workshop for actors Mon-Weds and Friday    1-3  Bruce Weech stage combat Thurs    2-3pm Conrad Seussical vocal study Mon-Weds    2-4  Andy Friedlander auditioning workshop Fri    3-4pm Melissa Rolnick Seussical dance study Mon-Weds    3-4  Steve McIntyre Hall tour Thurs    8-11&#8217;s     1-2  Melissa Rolnick Seussical dance Mon-Thurs    1-4  Dave James  auditioning workshop Fri    2-3pm Dave (Comedy) Mon-Thurs    3-4pm Conrad Askland Seussical music study Mon-Thurs    5-7s   > 1-4pm Carrie James creative dramatics Mon-Fri><\/p>\n<p>Summer Camp  Morning TEENS  9-10:30  Sami Detzer  scene study Mon-Thursday 9-10:30 Sami cold-read auditioning Fri  10:30-12 Lynette McCormack musical theatre Mon-Thurs 10:30 \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u015312 Lynette vocal auditioning Fri 8-11\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s   9-10:30 Lynette McCormack musical theatre (Seussical)   Mon-Fri  10:30-12 Sami Detzer acting skills for young actors           Mon-Thurs  10:30-12  Sami auditioning conventions Fri  WEEK TWO, July  17-21 TEENS  9-10:30 Sami Detzer monologue studies Mon-Thursday  9-10:30 Sami auditioning with a monologue Fri  10:30-12 Lynette McCormack \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cRent\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac? musical theatre study  Mon-Fri 8-11\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s  9-10:30 Lynette McCormack musical theatre (new) Seussical   Mon-Fri 10:30-12 Sami Detzer auditioning skills for young actors   Mon-Fri WEEK THREE, July  24-28 >TEENS AND 8-11\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s >Sami Detzer and  Lynette McCormack >Currently in  development, call or check the website for updatesINSTRUCTORS!<\/p>\n<p>We have assembled an incredible cast of instructors bringing together a vast  array of talent and experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lynette McCormack<\/strong>,  Vocal\/Dance Instructor  and Director  >Lynette has her  Bachelor\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Degree in Music and Dance from the University Nevada of Las Vegas  where she was principle singer at the Tropicana\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s > Follies >Bergere. She has done a lot of  industrial work on the road touring around the country. She has lived in La  Conner for over 5 years and loves the warm friendly people and gorgeous  countryside.  >She has taught  tap  and jazz classes for AYA (Anacortes Youth Arts  Dance Studio) and is  currently teaching tap and country line dancing in Shelter Bay. She is vocal  director for Meta Performing Arts based out of La Conner and has just  finished directing and choreographing \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe Little Mermaid.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac? She teachings a  choral program at AHEP (Anacortes Home Educational Partnership). She loves  to see the children grow in self esteem and confidence from their  participation in musical theater. Music and dance brings out the best in us  all\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6.it soothes the soul and warms the heart.    Andrew Friedlander, Teacher\/Director of Theatre Programs &#8211;  Skagit Valley College  I am a theatre generalist  with a specialty in acting, directing, Shakespearean performance and  interdisciplinary studies. I have training in learning styles, cooperative and  collaborative education, learning communities, critical thinking and writing  skills reinforcement.  > I have directed more than  125 productions in professional and academic theatre settings including the  Idaho, Oklahoma and Western Washington Shakespeare Festivals, Centre Theatre  Group of Spokane, Laughing Horse Summer Theatre, Eastern Washington University  and Skagit Valley College. Representative titles include: Endgame, Is There Life  After High School, Godspell, Once Upon a Mattress, The Rimers of Eldritch,  Bedroom Farce, Antigone, Anything Goes and The Water Engine. Shakespearean  productions include As You Like It, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Twelfth Night,  Loves Labours Lost, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and The  Tempest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carl  Turner<\/strong>, Artistic Director of Theater Arts Guild   Carl K. Turner comes  originally from Tennessee where he received his BA in Speech from Middle  Tennessee State Univ., and was a veteran performer at Opryland USA.  He studied  acting under William Ball and Speech under Edith Skinner at the American  Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco in the Advanced Actor Training Program,  and subsequently performed with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Eureka  Theatre, San Mateo Civic Light Opera and various fringe theatres. He moved to  Skagit County 10 years ago to finish his MA in Theatre Directing at Western  Wash. Univ.  > He currently serves as  Artistic Director of Theater Arts Guild where he has directed Crimes of the  Heart, Romeo  Juliet, Blithe Spirit, Little Shop of Horrors among others, and  has performed in Oliver!, Joseph and His. . . Dreamcoat and A Christmas Carol.  Locally he has also directed Sam Shepard\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s True West and David Mamet\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Oleanna. > In February of this year he  directed his first production for META, The Crucible, and had appeared earlier  as Lazar Wolfe in Fiddler on the Roof. He also staged Sharyn Peterson\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s  production of the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors for three seasons.   He teaches acting  and scene study, Shakespeare scansion, stage speech, dialects and accents, and  audition selection and technique.><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conrad Askland<\/strong>, Musical Director, Producer and more!<\/p>\n<p>Conrad Askland  is a music producer and keyboardist. His educational and live performance  experience covers an extremely wide range of styles and formats.   His formal  music studies include Pacific Lutheran University (Composition and Voice), the  University of Miami (Music Law), the Cornish Institute, the Seattle Early Music  Guild and UCLA School of Film Scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Conrad has  extensive experience in live performance as a pianist for Knott\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Berry Farm, 4  years as touring keyboardist with Grammy Winner Freddy Fender of the Texas  Tornados, vocalist with the Seattle Opera, touring keyboardist for Roy Rogers  Jr., performances at the House of Blues and Prince Hotels (Tokyo), the Grand \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153Ol  Opry and as a keyboardist with various Southern California and Las Vegas show  groups. He has also toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia and Japan and the  United States. Conrad has also performed in England, France, Denmark, Wales,  Holland, South Korea, Tokyo, Okinawa and Hiroshima.<\/p>\n<p>As a musical  director and\/or conductor he has worked full time with such diverse groups as  San Bernardino Summer Theater Festival, National Educator\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Conference and  Hollywood Superstars. He has over 2,000 performances to his credit and also  works as a freelance musical director.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to  scoring and composing for the albums he produces at Road Records he has composed  and arranged for corporate entities including GTE and Contel, World Library  Publications and United Airlines. He currently composes ongoing for nearly two  dozen corporate clients at Road Records as well as producing commercial artist  albums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOSEPH  D. BOWEN<\/strong>, Actor, Director, Musical Theater, Stage Combat STAGE EXPERIENCE: 1993 to present  The Odd Couple (Female Version) \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Jesus  Costazuela; Inspecting Carol \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Wayne;   Kiss Me Kate \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Suitor\/Dancer; Blithe  Spirit &#8211; Charles; Picnic &#8211; Hal; A Christmas Carol \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Young  Scrooge\/Banker; Macbeth \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Thane\/Lord Lennox\/Assassin; One Flew Over  the Cuckoo\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Nest \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 The Chief; A Streetcar Named Desire \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Stanley;  Romeo and Juliet \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Mercutio; Richard III \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Lord Hastings\/Soldier;  Detective Story \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Tami Giacopetti;   Fiddler on the Roof \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Russian; The  King and I \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 The King; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Adam.      OTHER PERFORMANCES <u> Best of Broadway Revue<\/u> \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 sang as  Marius, Les Miserables; <u>Moulin Rouge Revue<\/u> \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 multiple singing and  dancing roles; <u>Murder Mistresses Dinner Theater<\/u> \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Improvisation;   Northwest Children\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Theater \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Upper Skagit Legends \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Narrator\/cedar flute performer.   LEAD or PRINCIPAL ROLES  Inspecting Carol; Blithe Spirit; Picnic;  Romeo and Juliet; The King and I; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers  MUSICAL and DANCING ROLES  Kiss Me Kate (Show\/Jazz\/Ballet; duet  romantic; assisted in choreography); Picnic (duet romantic,  choreographed); A Christmas Carol (Show; assisted in choreography); Fiddler on The Roof; The  King and I (duet romantic; self-choreographed).    STAGE COMBAT  Picnic (hand to hand,  self-choreographed); Macbeth (heavy weapons; assisted in choreography); Romeo and Juliet  (rapier duel); Richard III (heavy weapons)   DIRECTING:  1997 to present   Shadowlands; One Flew Over the  Cuckoo\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Nest; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Proof; Paint Your Wagon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KATE KYPUROS<\/strong>, Program Director at META Performing  Arts Kate  is currently the program director at META Performing Arts.  She also teaches  drama at Immaculate Conception Regional School in Mt. Vernon and at the HomeLink  program for the Lake Stevens School District. Kate  produced META\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s recent production, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe Little Mermaid\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac? and will be producing  META\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s upcoming show, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cSeussical\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac?, the musical at McIntyre Hall in November of  2006.  Kate\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s most recent directorial credits include Disney\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cAladdin Jr.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac?,  \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cHow To  Eat Like a Child, and Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac?, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe King and I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac?,  \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac?, and \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cTales From the Arabian Nights\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac?. She  is a certified facilitator for \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cDeveloping Capable Young People\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac?, a program for  parents and educators.  Kate\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s most recent acting credits include roles as a grandmother, a blind woman,  a shameless hussy, and the owner of an abolition era speak-easy.  Her favorite  thing to do is to participate in improvisation.  Her second favorite thing is  storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melissa Rolnick<\/strong>, Former Assistant Professor of  Dance at Arizona State University (ASU) > She was the recipient of the  Herberger College of Fine Arts prestigious Distinguished Teaching Award for the > 2003-2004 academic year.   Previous to teaching at ASU, Melissa was a lecturer at Western Washington  University for two years.  She has a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase College and  a MFA from Mills College.  > She has performed extensively  with many notable choreographers including Emily Keeler, Joe Goode, Cliff Keuter,  Elina Mooney, Ruth Davidson Hahn and Mel Wong.  She was a member of the San  Francisco Moving Company, Cliff Keuter&#8217;s New Dance Company, and the Margaret  Jenkins Dance Company of San Francisco, performing nationally and  internationally.  She continues to teach, perform and choreograph nationally.   Presently in her new home state of Washington she is teaching students of all  ages at various community arts educations programs in Anacortes, Bellingham and  Mount Vernon.  In King County Melissa teaches for the Pacific Northwest Ballet  Education and Outreach Program.    > Most recently Melissa&#8217;s  choreography has been produced by the University of Texas Pan American,  California State University Fresno, Ann Green Gilbert&#8217;s Kaleidoscope Dance and  On the Boards\/12 Minutes Max in Seattle.  Future projects include choreographing  for the Cornish College Dance Ensemble in the fall of 2006.Sami Detzer,  Actress, Musical Theater and META Veteran!    Experience                Juliet                 Romeo and Juliet                       Shakespeare Northwest                Abigail               The  Crucible                            Phillip Tarro Theater                Narrator             Our  Town                               La Conner Drama Department                Sara                  Women and Wallace                  Skagit Community Arts Theater                Lamb chops        Fame (The Musical)                   META Performing Arts                Anne Page         Merry Wives of Windsor              Shakespeare Northwest                Ensemble           Y. A. I. Showcase                    Seattle  Children\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Theater        Education                La Conner High  School                                              Sept. 2002- June 2006                Intro to Improv                      2000                            Kate Kyporus                Acting  II                              2002                            Stella Ireland                Storytime Theater                 2002                             Maura Marlin                Classical Theater                   2003                             Carl Turner                Advanced Acting                   2006                             Alban Dennis                Young Actor Institute              2005                            Rita Giomi- Director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott McDade<\/strong>, Actor, Writer,  Director     Scott  McDade is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Drama (BA) and  holds an MFA in directing from Ohio State University.   Over  the past several years McDade has directed and stage-managed a number of  productions for Theater Arts Guild, including two musicals he    co-wrote with his wife Fran.        McDade has performed as an actor and singer with the Cirque Playhouse and A  Contemporary Theater (ACT) in Seattle; and has appeared locally in Anacortes  Community Theatre and TAG productions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharyn Peterson<\/strong>, Violinist, Vocalist, and  Conductor   >Sharyn is a northwest  native who solos regularly with local symphonies. In 1999 she founded the Starry  Night Chamber Series, now under the non-profit umbrella of the Skagit Opera. In  2005 and 2006, she will solo with four different orchestras in the Sibelius  Violin Concerto and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.    >Ms. Peterson has  performed in small chamber ensembles with the principal bassoonist of the Los  Angeles Philharmonic, the Assistant Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony,  faculty members of New England Conservatory, Western Washington University,  North Texas University, and numerous other fine musicians such as Paul  Rosenthal-violin, Barton Frank-cello, Lisa Bergman-piano, and George Shangrow-harpsichord.    > She has soloed with  famed vocalist Erich Parce, soprano Terry Richter, soprano Julie Boyd-Penner,  pianist Cullan Bryant, and many others. Ms. Peterson currently conducts the Mt.  Baker Youth Symphony in Bellingham and the Fidalgo Youth Symphony in the Skagit  Valley,as well as maintaining  Peterson International Music School in Mt.  Vernon, teachingviolin, viola and voice. Ms. Peterson\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s students are frequent  winners in various Northwest Competitions, and she is also an arranger and  recording artist. She has twice been a guest soloist on violin and voice in the  Monteverde Music Festival, Costa Rica. Each summer she directs the Summer Sounds  Music Camp ( under the<br \/>\nauspices of the Mt. Baker Youth Symphony); an intensive week of symphonic,  vocal, jazz, and art.<\/p>\n<p>Her principal violin  teachers were Emanuel Zetlin (from the faculty of the Curtis Institute), and  Denes Zsigmondy, and her vocal instructors were Edison Harris and Paul Ingham,  both associated with the University of Washington, where she received a Master\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s  Degree in Violin Performance. Ms. Peterson attended Tanglewood Music Festival on  a full scholarship for chamber music, where she performed under Leonard  Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas<\/p>\n<p><strong>David  James<\/strong>, Director \/ Producer \/ Teacher:  DIRECTOR FOR UPCOMING META PRODUCTION OF  SEUSSICAL   Currently teaches 10th  grade Language Arts at Marysville Pilchuck High School, where he insists on  pushing playwrights like Shakespeare and Chekov on impressionable teenagers.  He  attended classes at Skagit Valley College, got his AA from Whatcom Community  College, a History degree from Western Washington University, an English  endorsement from Seattle University, took a class from Seattle Pacific  University, and just got his Masters in Education from Antioch University. >Has directed and  produced plays and musicals in Stanwood with his wife, Carrie, for the last few  years, including:  Into the Woods, Jr.  Anne of Green Gables  Bye Bye Birdie  Guys and Dolls, Jr.  Annie, Jr.    When he was in college, he was involved in the theatre program at Skagit Valley  College, doing various tech and building jobs for all kinds of full-length  productions and Short Play Festivals.  He also did a bit of acting, for instance  as \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cTrichinosis\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac? in the Woody Allen play God.   He  began his theater career way back in middle school while working on musicals  such as Annie (great musical) and P.T. Barnum, the World\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Greatest Showman  (possibly one of the worst shows ever written\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6 but still awesome, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153cause  everything in the theater is awesome!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carrie James<\/strong>,  Director \/ Producer \/ Teacher  :   DIRECTOR FOR UPCOMING META PRODUCTION OF  SEUSSICAL   Education:     University of Washington: BA Drama                        Western Washington University: Teaching Certificate                        Antioch University: Masters in Education   <u> Directorial Credits Include:<\/u>  Into the Woods Jr.  Anne of Green Gables  Bye Bye Birdie  Guys and Dolls Jr.  Annie Jr.    Stage Managing Credits Include:  The Tempest  Fen  Die Fleder Maus<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bruce Weech<\/strong>,  Actor \/ Certified Stage Combat Instructor 35 years as a  professional actor. I have appeared in over 100 stage productions, 10  commercials , and 2 films. I have worked with the Theater Arts Guild, Pacific NW  ACT, Anacortes ACT, SCAT, Skagit Opera, and the Shakespeare Festival locally. I  own Talisman Productions LLC  providing professional technical support to  theater companies throughout the NW. I am a certified stage combat instructor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephani Brink<\/strong>,  Actor \/ Teacher<br \/>\nStephani originally attended California State University of  Long Beach as a Creative Writing major. She moved to Washington in 1992 where  she decided to pursue a career in teaching. She has an added endorsement in <font color=\"#000080\">Early Childhood Education and has taught several  years of kindergarten and also third grade. She currently teaches first grade  for the Stanwood School District at Utsalady Elementary <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000080\"> <\/font> <font color=\"#000080\"> <\/font> <font color=\"#000080\"> <\/font> <font color=\"#000080\"> <\/font> <font color=\"#000080\"> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conrad will be teaching at the META Performing Arts Theatre Summer Camp at Skagit Valley College July 2006. http:\/\/www.metaperformingarts.org META PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE SUMMER CAMP JULY 2006 &#8211; Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA Registration for July 10-14, full day and morning sessions will be outside the Phillip Tarro Theatre, Monday, July 10th from 8:30-8:45 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3C0LX-2z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}