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FACULTY BIO: Amy Joy Laffin
Amy has been teaching with Atlantis Playmakers Studio program since 1999. She has her degree in Education from and an Associates degree in theater from Middlesex Community College. Amy brings nearly a decade of experience coaching theater and working with children to her workshops which are always considered favorites with the students. Amy has also been a member of the professional company since our first season in 1998. She has created dozens of memorabe characters for the stage, for plays ranging from classics like The Comedy of Errors and Romeo and Juliet to contemporary world premieres, like A is for Apple.
FACULTY BIO: Kimberly Davis Basso
KDB has been writing, directing , teaching and acting for more than ten years, and has worked her way from the east coast to the west coast and now the south coast. The Artistic Director and Founder of Atlantis Playmakers, KDB currently resides in Miami in the off-season where she is writing a text book on Shakespeare for high school students. She coaches professional actors and has had the pleasure of co-teaching a course with Roz Symon, former Education Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has developed curriculum and taught students of all levels for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Dublin Theater Company, the California Shakespeare Festival, Pembroke Pines Charter High School, Muskrat Theater Company, and of course, Atlantis Playmakers, where she develops the curriculum for students aged 6 through Adult. She has her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross, and has trained with the Classical Acting Program at SF Shakespeare, the American Conservatory Theater, and Dueling Arts International. KDB has directed more than 100 plays, from Shakespeare to world premieres, from opera to musicals. She has had success as a playwright as well in Boston and San Francisco, including Locked from the Inside and the smash AP hit The Bride among her 15 or so produced plays. KDB performs rarely these days, but was seen during the 2005 season in both Love Letters and Fool for Love. "Director, fight choreographer, playwright and performer, Basso is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to stage violence." - Callboard Magazine, San Francisco
FACULTY BIO: Chris Cardoni
In a career that has spanned 31 years and over 140 shows, Chris Cardoni has been a director, producer, actor, playwright, set designer, fight choreographer, and acting coach. Chris taught theatre for many years, and has worked with professional, community, and educational theatre companies in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. He has won multiple awards from the NETC and EMACT for acting, directing, makeup, and set design. He has taught workshops in set design, makeup, and stage combat, and has lectured on directing and design for local theatre groups. He currently directs and performs with local community and professional theatres, notably Turtle Lane Playhouse and Atlantis Playmakers. Directing credits include The Glass Menagerie, Story Theatre, The Actor’s Nightmare, Dracula, A Chorus Line, 1776, Annie, Rags, The Secret Garden, She Loves Me, and Singin’ in the Rain. Acting credits include the Older Son in Table Settings, Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet (twice), Glenn in Rumors, Tulsa in Gypsy, Tom in The Glass Menagerie, the title role in Dracula, and Bogey in Play It Again, Sam. Chris was named Best Actor for his leading role in The Good Doctor at the 1984 NETC festival, and was presented with a Special Recognition award for his performance of six different roles in Greater Tuna at the 1992 EMACT/NETC festival. Chris is a feature writer for the New England Entertainment Digest, a consultant for the NETC Moss Hart Awards, a former consultant for EMACT, and an occasional acting coach. He is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, and performs and choreographs stage combat. |