Gretchen is an accomplished actress, teacher & coach, with a wide range of work including the title role in Major Barbara at A.C.T & Theater Calgary, Nora in A Doll's House at The Old Globe, Imogen in Cymbeline and Isabella in Measure for Measure at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Trouble in Mind at Arena Stage, Kate in Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Elizabeth in Richard III at New Jersey Shakespeare Theater, Elizabeth in The Circle at Westport Country Playhouse, Molly in The Mousetrap at the Dorset Theater Festival, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare on the Sound, Maria in Let There Be Love and Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest at Center Stage, Pegeen in Playboy of the Western World at The Hangar Theater, Ima Perry in The Immigrant at George Street Playhouse, Stickfly on Broadway, Saturn Returns at Lincoln Center, Pericles and The Iliad with the Continuum Company. TV credits include "FBI", "The Blacklist", "The Path," "Elementary," "Person of Interest", "Gossip Girl", "Law & Order" and "Lipstick Jungle"; films include The Weekend, Almost in Love and the title role in Cammy.

Gretchen is a faculty member at Seton Hall University where she teaches Acting, Directing, Acting for the Camera, Shakespeare and Vocal Technique; she also assists Scott Miller, teaching the mVm voice method at NYU's MFA program. Gretchen grew up in Indiana and is still a Hoosier at heart - she lives in South Orange with her husband and two daughters; connecting with actors  is a true joy!

Kimiye's an actor, dancer & choreographer working out of Brooklyn & Connecticut - and a lifelong director, teacher & collaborator. Prior to her acting career, she danced professionally with the Jose Limon Dance Company; her New York appearances as an actress include productions with Red Bull, Ma-Yi Theater & NAATCO; regional credits include Hartford Stage, Syracuse Stage, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis (nominated for Kevin Kline Award for Ophelia), The Guthrie, The Studio Theater, McCarter Theatre, Actors Theater of Louisville & Two River Theater. TV & Film includes The Blacklist, The Family, The Following, The Michael J. Fox Show, One Life to Live, and independent film "Five Dances", directed by Alan Brown.

Kimiye teaches Acting for Dancers at NYU/Tisch Dance Department - choreographs, movement consults and directs at Stella Adler Studio - and currently works with artists from her home in Connecticut.

"I love Shakespeare, and helping younger actors with finding physicality in their auditions!"

Lauren is an Atlanta-based theatre director, teacher and coach. After receiving her BA in theatre from Indiana State University, she worked as an artist in Indianapolis before attending grad school at Cal  State Long Beach for her MBA/MFA. In Atlanta, Lauren works with Horizon Theatre Company as the Co-Director of the Apprentice Program - Théâtre du Rêve as an associate artist, director and deviser; and Reforming Arts, a non-profit devoted to making theatre with currently & previously incarcerated citizens. Lauren returns annually to her home state of Indiana, directing at Crossroads Repertory Theatre.

Recent directing credits include The Cake (Horizon Theatre), Code Noir and Marie Antoinette’s Masqued New Year’s Revolution (Théâtre du Rêve),  Curious Encounters (7Stages), Boeing, Boeing; Rabbit Hole; Steel Magnolias; Romeo & Juliet (Crossroads Rep). In 2020, she will be directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, and creating a new play about Québécois traditional music with Théâtre du Rêve in Atlanta. She is an alumnus of the prestigious New York City Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Lab, 2018.

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“I love helping artists realize how they can become more authentically themselves through acting work - how they can bring all their talents to the table, to make a positive impact in our industry and the world. Life as an artist isn't always a straight and clear path - but our work is vital - it CAN be done!”

Lindsay's an "explosively funny & charismatic" talent who went from her hometown of Columbus, OH to the bright lights of Broadway in short order, appearing in Lysistrata Jones, Legally  Blonde, and Hairspray, along with hit national tours of Kinky Boots (as Lauren), Elf and Hairspray, smash off-Broadway & regional productions of Forbidden Broadway, Frog Kiss, The Heart of Rock N Roll, I Love You You're Perfect Now Change, Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago, and Clue.  On-camera and VO work includes campaigns for Kohl's, Geico, DirecTV and more; film and web series include Adult-ish, Rachel Unraveled, Submissions Only, Ode to Joy and Across the Universe as a featured dancer.

Proudly collaborating with legendary directors from Julie Taymor to Jack O'Brien to Jerry Mitchell, Lindsay has become an invaluable resource to aspiring actors & singers across the country - whether you're looking to launch into a BFA program, or belt your way to Broadway, Lindsay shines the light!

Liz Elkins Newcomer brings a wide and varied background in music, art, theatre and spirituality in her current role as an Educator and Director at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, and owner of Art of the Enneagram as a Certified Enneagram Teacher. Liz has a Bachelor’s Degree from NYU and the Atlantic School, and an MFA from USCD where she performed in Pericles, Good Breeding, The Love of the Nightingale and Gum. Liz originated the role of Kat in the Off-Broadway World Premiere of Sea of Tranquility (Atlantic Theater Company).  Other theatre credits include: The Deception (Theatre de la Jeune Lune/La Jolla Playhouse), LoveSick (59E59Theaters), and The Fox (George Frankel Theatre). Liz created and performed in thematic concerts An Evening in the 70s and Deep Like the Rivers, both in NYC. Liz has also appeared in the films Black Panther, Breaking News in Yuba County, Assassination Nation, Out of Blue and Bad Moms and on television in "NCIS: New Orleans", "Army Wives," "Mercy".

Liz brings a deep passion for exploration of the individual and how we use our instruments to tell stories.

An accomplished, award winning actor, director, producer, and business coach, Michael is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for 22 years and current Central Principal Councilor serving on the AEA National Council. Michael has performed in over 35 professional productions across the country, and after long stays in both New York City and Los Angeles, Michael now resides in New Orleans, where he is a founding company member of Crescent City Stage, a New Orleans based professional theatre company. Favorite roles include:

Tom in Glass Menagerie (Virginia Stage), Christy in Playboy of the Western World (New Jersey Shakespeare and A Noise Within), Leslie in The Bungler (A Noise Within), Konstantin in The Seagull (Portland Center Stage), Macduff in Macbeth and Cassio in Othello (The Old Globe), Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest (Dallas Theatre Center), and Morris in The Heiress (South Coast Rep). TV/Film credits include:  "NCIS: New Orleans", "Claws, "Person of Interest", "All My Children", "A Thousand Cuts", "A Father’s Revenge," "Pants on Fire", "In the Flesh", "Harmony", "Redemption", "Unforgivable" and the upcoming Tate Taylor film Breaking News in Yuba County.

With a non-traditional route in becoming an actor, Michael brings his experience working both in corporate and entertainment environments to provide a unique perspective on how to succeed and survive as an actor in the current artist economy.  He is a passionate advocate for #FairWageOnStage and #ParentArtists, and uses his experience as a parent and performer to support the next generation of artists.

Over the last decade, Neil has drawn from his experience as a classically-trained actor to bring to life 130+ fiction and non-fiction audiobooks, as well as long-form journalism, from just about every genre that exists. Known for his facility and versatility with dialects from all over the world and larger than life characterizations, he's received two Audiofile Earphone Awards (The Test by Silvain Neuvel, Stringer: A Reporter’s Journey In the Congo by Anjan Sundaram). Other favorites include I Am An Executioner: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameswaran (Audie Award Finalist), The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard Morais, and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories. As a coach, he assists authors with producing and narrating their own works.

Neil's Off-Broadway and regional credits include: The Old Globe: Much Ado About Nothing (with Billy Campbell & Dana Delany), Julius Caesar (Dir. Daniel Sullivan), Antony & Cleopatra (Dir. Darko Tresnjak) and the West Coast Premiere of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues (Dir. Mark Lamos); The Oregon Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Clay Cart; Jean Cocteau Repertory: A Merchant of Venice, Media, and The Balcony; A Map of the World (The Burning Coal Theatre). TV & Film: "Law & Order", "Once Upon A Time in Vienna", and "Death Comes to Berkley Nixon".

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At this stage in his career, nothing is more gratifying than fostering the growth of aspiring talent - he is honored to work alongside the amazing group of coaches at Acting (Actually)!

Stacey's a Brooklyn-based actor, director, producer, and teacher. She is currently the Advanced Acting professor for the Playwrights Horizons Theatre School at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and for the New York State Summer School of the Arts, a prestigious summer program with young professionals around New York State. Stacey is a Founder and Artistic Director of Kids Creative Collective, a non-profit making theatre with children and teens in NYC public schools that historically have no access to arts education. As an actor, she has been in numerous Off-Broadway productions, including: Strange Bare Facts (Signature Theatre), Snake and The Falcon (La MaMa), Enemy of the People (Wheelhouse), The Fear Project (Dixon Place), God of Vengeance (The Barrow Group), Modotti (The Acorn, Theatre Row), Lost in the Light and Bellweather  (The Public Theatre), Amendment 13  (Clubbed Thumb). She was most recently seen Aaron Posner’s hit play LIFE SUCKS. at Theatre Row directed by Jeff Wise (Drama Desk Nom). Stacey was the co-owner of production company Thirdwing LTD, which produced film, online content, and theatre in NYC, and currently producing the Saint Sarah Stories podcast.

"I believe in the power and beauty of the theatre to transform individuals and communities, professionals and non-professionals alike. And through my work I have witnessed and helped to usher in such transformation."

Stacey's an accomplished actress, most recently appearing in the US premiere of Stefano Massini’s Intractable Woman at The Play Company, directed by Lee Sunday Evans, and Miles for Mary, directed by Lila Neugebauer, which she co/wrote with The Mad Ones at Playwrights Horizon. In NYC, she has appeared for Ars Nova, Bushwick Starr, Clubbed Thumb, Fault Line Theatre, The Public Theater, Slant Theatre Company, and Under the Radar Festival. Regional highlights include A Confederacy of Dunces at the Huntington Theater Company with Nick Offerman, and Mary Zimmerman's Arabian Nights at Berkeley Rep, Lookingglass Theater, and Arena Stage. Regionally, Stacey has worked at ACT, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City Rep and the Williamstown Theater Festival. Internationally she has performed at the Kings Theater (Scotland) and The Esplanade (Singapore). TV: "Elementary", "Madame Secretary", "Treme", "The Blacklist", "High Maintenance", "Gossip Girl", "Unforgettable", "The Good Wife", "Blue Bloods" among others. Most recently, Stacey was cast as a series regular in Norman Lear’s pilot, “Guess Who Died?” opposite Hector Elizondo and Christopher Lloyd.