Suzanne Maguire is an Acting Teacher, Director and College/Career Readiness Specialist in Spokane, WA who is passionate about the many ways Theatre develops essential skills for everyday life and every career field. Specializing in helping actors and directors develop strong communication skills onstage and off, Suzanne uses the basics of techniques like Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) to strengthen students and directors ability to explore powerful non-verbal communication choices. Additionally, workshops like Auditions and Rejection: Preparing for Both focus on interpersonal communication combined with practical application for actors of all ages and stages.

Dylan Paul serves as an Assistant Professor and Guest Artist in Residence at the University of Idaho. As a performer, he was most recently in the world-premiere company of Moulin Rouge at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. His Broadway debut was with Cabaret, helmed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall at Roundabout Theatre Company's Studio 54 space. In the arena of classical and heightened text, he has been a company member of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, American Shakespeare Center, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Houston Shakespeare Festival. Other regional credits include Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre, Roxy Regional, and Kansas City's New Theatre. Honors include the Voice and Speech Trainers Association Clyde Vinson Award and the Fulbright Award (full research grant scholarship). During his tenure as a Fulbrighter, he examined Carnival performance in Trinidad and Tobago, focusing on heightened text use of the Robber Mas and establishing the Traditional Mas Archive, a free resource dedicated to the preservation of Caribbean masquerade. Additional research efforts include spearheading the redesign and standardization of the International Dialects of English Archive, a major resource for the study of accents and dialects. He has served IDEA as a Special Consultant and Associate Editor for over a decade. As an instructor of performance disciplines, he has taught at the University of Idaho, University of Houston, and University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Barbados). He holds an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Houston and a BFA in Theatre & Voice from the University of Kansas.

PATRICK DIZNEY received his MFA from the University of Washington, then moved to New York where he worked on and off professionally for over 6 years. Credits include prime time television, national commercials, industrial videos, children's theatre, 2 national tours, Off and Off-Off Broadway, regional theatre, feature and independent film. He acts, freelance directs, has been teaching acting for the last 15 years, is a member of AEA, SAG, AFTRA, and is the Chair of Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VII. He is Associate Chair in charge of Production and teaches acting at Central Washington University.

Mr. Pschirrer is enjoying his 15th season as Tiger Drama Director at Lewis and Clark High School. He holds a BA in History (Gonzaga) and an MA in Theatre Production (Central Washington). The 5th Avenue Theatre recently recognized him as Outstanding Educator of the Year. He serves on the Washington State Thespian Board and as a national adjudicator for the Educational Theatre Association

Suzanne Maguire is an Acting Teacher, Director and College/Career Readiness Specialist in Spokane, WA who is passionate about the many ways Theatre develops essential skills for everyday life and every career field. Specializing in helping actors and directors develop strong communication skills onstage and off, Suzanne uses the basics of techniques like Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) to strengthen students and directors ability to explore powerful non-verbal communication choices. Additionally, workshops like Auditions and Rejection: Preparing for Both focus on interpersonal communication combined with practical application for actors of all ages and stages.

Growing up a green room baby, Anne Lillian Mitchell's Arts background spans over thirty years. With degrees in Acting, Direction, & Technical Theatre; she trained in Acting at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA) continuing her education at DePaul University. She is the owner of MAM, a SAG-AFTRA Franchised Talent Agency. Founded in 2008, MAM is a SAG-AFTRA Franchised talent agency with offices in Spokane & Seattle booking Actors, Models, and Voice-Over Artists. Bookings include Toyota, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, AT&T, Samsung, Rubbermaid, Verizon, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Boeing, Seattle Seahawks, Starbucks, and more. MAM Talent have appeared in Z Nation, GRIMM, The Librarians, Criminal Minds, Nashville, SMASH!

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Former Co-Coordinator of INTAF after over 30 years. Retired Theatre Arts and English Teacher at Ferris and Mead High Schools; Actor, Director, Producer, and backstage credits with Spokane Civic Theatre, Ignite Community Theatre, and Spokane Theatrical Group. B. A. in Theatre from Eastern Washington University and a Masters in Curriculum and Technology from University of Phoenix. Currently serving on the Board of Directors at Blue Door Theatre and committees at Spokane Civic Theatre and Ignite Community Theatre.

B.A. in Music Education; M.Ed in Secondary Education; National Boards in AYA/ELA Dance certification for Washington K-12 teaching

The Blue Door Theatre is an Improvised Comedy Troupe located in Spokane, WA since 1996. We are an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization. We are dedicated to the advancement of improvisation and the performing arts through innovative entertainment and education. We have Improvised Comedy Performances every weekend, we offer Teen and Adult Improv classes and we are available to perform at private and corporate events. We are always proud to be part of INTAF.

The Blue Door Theatre is an Improvised Comedy Troupe located in Spokane, WA since 1996. We are an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization. We are dedicated to the advancement of improvisation and the performing arts through innovative entertainment and education. We have Improvised Comedy Performances every weekend, we offer Teen and Adult Improv classes and we are available to perform at private and corporate events. We are always proud to be part of INTAF.

The Blue Door Theatre is an Improvised Comedy Troupe located in Spokane, WA since 1996. We are an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization. We are dedicated to the advancement of improvisation and the performing arts through innovative entertainment and education. We have Improvised Comedy Performances every weekend, we offer Teen and Adult Improv classes and we are available to perform at private and corporate events. We are always proud to be part of INTAF.

The Blue Door Theatre is an Improvised Comedy Troupe located in Spokane, WA since 1996. We are an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization. We are dedicated to the advancement of improvisation and the performing arts through innovative entertainment and education. We have Improvised Comedy Performances every weekend, we offer Teen and Adult Improv classes and we are available to perform at private and corporate events. We are always proud to be part of INTAF.

The Blue Door Theatre is an Improvised Comedy Troupe located in Spokane, WA since 1996. We are an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization. We are dedicated to the advancement of improvisation and the performing arts through innovative entertainment and education. We have Improvised Comedy Performances every weekend, we offer Teen and Adult Improv classes and we are available to perform at private and corporate events. We are always proud to be part of INTAF.

Since 2002 I have worked on 162 productions as an actor, lighting designer, set designer, stagehand, sound engineer, director, producer, and theater manager. I spent 2 years at North Idaho College in the drama department and have designed over 75 shows.

55 years of theatre makeup, costumes, hair in area theatres and schools. Specialized in moulage makeup working with area fire districts and groups. My son has assisted in many of the events I have done.

Performing and choreographing stage combat in various venues for more than 15 years
Trained in Multiple Martial arts and historical weapon styles
10 + Years teaching at INTAF.

Jason has been welcomed as a guest teacher/speaker for several schools throughout District 81. He most recently worked with the students at the Orange Country School of the Arts on their production of Xanadu, having done the 1st National Tour of the Broadway production back in 2008. Jason has been a working actor on Broadway and in television, most recently seen on shows such as American Horror Story, One Day At A Time, This Is Us, and A Christmas Story Live! An original cast member of The Book of Mormon on Broadway Jason is also a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and Ferris High School.

Award-winning filmmaker and comedian, Jason Komm grew up in Spokane and graduated from Mead High School. After being a writer and performer for Brigham Young University's premier sketch comedy troupe, Divine Comedy, Jason returned to Spokane and has been performing stand-up comedy in the northwest for over nine years.

Ashley DeMoville is a teacher, director, and actor specializing in Actor and Director Training, the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique, and Community-Collaborative Theatre. She has directed stage productions for numerous theatres and schools including Spokane Falls Community College, the University of Hawai?i at M?noa, The Leeward Theatre, PlayBuilders of Hawai?i, Leeward Community College, Saint Louis School, Victoria University of Wellington, Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, and The Theatre Royal (Nelson, NZ).Ashley holds a Master of Theatre Arts in Directing from Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) and is currently Director of Drama at Spokane Falls Community College. As the head of the Drama program, Ashley has worked tirelessly to improve and promote the only Associate in Fine Arts in Drama degree offered in the state. She has created numerous opportunities for students including taking them to the United States Institute of Theatre Technology and to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region VII. In her short time as advisor to Bigfoot Drama, the club was awarded IRP Club of the Year and IRP Club Event of the Year by the college's Associated Student Government. In addition, Ashley's recent production of Mira Miroshnik's The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls was chosen as a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region VII Regional Finalist in 2018. Finally, Ashley just received SFCC's Exceptional Faculty Award for her work leading the Drama Program and nurturing young artists.

Michael Murray is a comedy writer, playwright, director and speaker with degrees in Psychology and English.

Matthew Weaver is a Spokane, Wash., playwright and screenwriter. His writing has been produced in Washington State, Canada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, Florida, California, Ireland, Japan, Oregon, Maryland and Illinois.

https://newplayexchange.org/users/9069/matthew-weaver

Bachelor of the arts in theater

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