Kids & Teens

Academy Staff

Meet Your Academy Staff

 

 

All of our teaching artists are adult professional theatre artists who hold current finger print clearance cards. All of our Academy Staff receive in depth trainings in Saftey, EDI (Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion), and Classroom Management. Click below to learn more about each of our Teaching Artists.

 

Academy Mission: Harnessing‌ ‌the‌ ‌transformative‌ ‌power‌ ‌of‌ ‌theatre,‌ ‌Childsplay Theatre Academy ‌create‌s ‌education‌ ‌programs‌ ‌that‌ ‌center‌ ‌young‌ ‌people‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌process‌ ‌of‌ ‌artistic‌ ‌discovery‌ ‌and‌ ‌courageous‌ ‌empathy.‌

 

Interested in joining our team? Click here to apply

 

 

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Brianna Fallon

Brianna Fallon (also known as Ms. Bri) is an actor, director, playwright, teaching artist, singer, and musician. She received...

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Gracie Esparza

Gracie Esparza (she/her) joined the Childsplay ensemble in 2023 as the Academy Associate. She has produced work...

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Alexandra Kallis

Alexandra is joining Childsplay as a teaching artist for Summer 2025. Recent credits include...

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Alexis Nomorosa

Alexis has been part of the Childsplay Ensemble since 2021. They are currently a teaching artist as well as the Production Stage Manager for...

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Amanda Slade (Private Coach)

Amanda Slade joined the Childsplay ensemble in 2022 as Teaching Artist and Music Director and is thrilled to teach...

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Dorian Maliq

Dorian Maliq is a new member of the Childsplay Community and he is ELATED to start as one of the teaching artist...

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Giovanni Ferreira

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Kambria Cook

Kambria Cook is grateful to be joining Childsplay as a teaching artist...

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Kyleigh Perales

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Maia Gersten

Maia joined Childsplay in January 2026 and is thrilled to be part of this fantastic company. In addition to the Musical Theatre Conservatory...

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Morgan Strahlman

I just joined the Childsplay company in 2025. I have been in theater productions since I was 8 years old...

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Natalie Earley

Natalie is an Assistant Teacher at Childsplay and currently studying Theatre/Musical Theatre...

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Rachel Hutzenbiler (Private Coach)

Rachel joined the Childsplay team in January 2023 and has loved every minute. They worked on the Future Filmmakers...

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Rachel McCabe (Private Coach)

Rachel McCabe joined Childsplay in the summer of 2017 as a Teaching Artist. She has been a professional Singer/Actress for...

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Sarah Love

Sarah joined the Childsplay team as a teaching artist in August of 2023. She has taught classes at...

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Thomas J. Underdal

Thomas J. Underdal is an interdisciplinary theatre maker and educator who has worked with Childsplay as a teaching artist since...

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