Faculty

Michael Kramer

Michael Paul Kramer is a production designer specializing in television, theatre and live events. Recent projects include: ESPN Las Vegas Studios, The Steve Harvey Show,…

Jill Alexander

Jill Alexander

Jill Alexander is an actor, writer and creator. As an actor, she is best known for her 4-season stint as Patrice on Silicon Valley and…

Marin Rose Helppie

Marin Rose Helppie

Marin Rose Helppie is a professional dancer and choreographer with a diverse performance portfolio and more than a decade of experience and dedication as a…

Jessica Toltzis

Jessica Toltzis

Jessica Toltzis is an actor and singer. She received her MFA in acting from UCLA and her BA in Theater from Oberlin College. She also…

Desi Jevón

Desi Jévon

Desi Jévon was born in northern California and raised in Honolulu. He has played The Matador on FX’s Legion, Paul in A Chorus Line (Po’okela…

Tony Taccone

Tony Taccone

Tony Taccone served as Artistic Director of Berkeley Rep for 22 years, during which time the theatre produced more than 70 world, American and West…

Camirin Farmer

Camirin Farmer

Camirin Farmer is an adjunct professor at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. They are a performer from Los Angeles with roots in the Baltimore…

headshot of Deborah Lew

Deborah Lew

Deborah Lew’s Broadway credits include Belle in Beauty and the Beast and Vixen in The Threepenny Opera at Studio 54. She also performed the role…

Sarabeth Belon

Sarabeth Belón

Sarabeth Belón, a Southern California native, is a UCLA and USC alumnus. Sarabeth started with her very first operatic role at UCLA, playing the role…

Jared Gertner

Jared Gertner

Jared Gertner is best known for playing Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, on the first national tour and in London (Olivier…