Tom Marion (Voice and Speech)
received his BFA from Ithaca College and his MFA from Rutgers University where he studied under William Esper. Mr. Marion has also studied voice at the Recording and Research Studio in Denver in conjunction with his certificate in Vocal Training from the National Theatre Conservatory. He has worked as a teaching assistant in voice production with Lucille Rubin at the Circle in the Square Theatre School. He also interned as a vocal coach at the Royal Shakespeare Company in England where he studied with Cicely Berry and Andrew Wade.

Anna Maria Cianciulli (Acting)
Anna is the official Italian translator of Sanford Meisner's classic work On Acting, and was honored by the United States with a green card based on her outstanding achievements in the field of arts. She has received a nomination for the Best Actress Award from the International Festival of Cinema and Technology held in Toronto, for her role of Sara in R. Costa's film Change the World and has played numerous leading and majors roles in independent film productions, featured in film festivals throughout US and Europe, including What Goes Around Comes Around, directed by Susan Batson.

As a director/choreographer her work as been seen at the Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Station (Fashion Independence), and on prestigious locations in Rome, Florence, and Milan. Since 1999 she has been directing artistically BdA the arts [enter], a theatre-film laboratory in New York that has co-produced with institutions like BAM, the Kitchen, Grand Central Station, and artists like Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon, and John Eskow. Anna Maria has played several leading and major roles on New York's Broadway, Off and Off Off Broadway stages (Joyce Soho; St. Peter Church; The Kitchen; Access Theatre; The Equitable Building Auditorium; Theatre for the New City, among others) including Inferno Gala, an event created for Roberto Benigni, and Dinner Party, starring Brian Dennehy. She is currently a member of the faculty of the New York Film Academy in New York.

www.annamariacianciulli.com

Fady Mobader (Acting)
arrived in the US from Egypt in 1992 and achieved a BA in computer science in 1999. Fady has been involved in the acting profession for over five years devoting three years of study to the Meisner Technique with Mr. Price at the studio. During this time he performed several roles with the Chelsea Repertory Company. He completed his studies in the acting program at the Acting Studio Inc. in 2003 and has been a studio member since 2005. He is the studio’s newest associate and currently an assistant to the studio’s founding director, James Price in his classes at both the studio and the New York Film Academy.

Mary Workman (Voice/Speech; Accent Correction; Scene Study)
began her career as a television actress and voice-over artist in Los Angeles working with such memorable personalities as James Whitmore and Pearl Bailey.  She earned her BA from Pomona College and her MFA from the University of California, Irvine (full-fellowship award) where she studied with Robert Cohen, Jerzy Grotowski, Dudley Knight and Carla Meyer.   She has performed extensively in regional theatre and in national tours and has been recognized with several Bay Area Theatre Critics Awards.  In New York she has performed leading roles at BAM and Off-Broadway.  She has taught for over 20 years in classrooms ranging from the University of California to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York Film Academy in New York.  Her students are performing on Broadway and in major motion pictures.  She is a member of the Voice and Speech Trainer’s Association, SAG, AFTRA and AEA.

Nicole Ricciardi (Monologue Workshop; Scene Study)
is a theatre actress, director, and
Assistant Professor of Theatre in Monmouth University's brand new BA Program. She was formally the Head of Acting for the New York Film Academy and Assistant Professor of Drama for Syracuse University. Additionally, Nicole has taught at Drew University, Eastern Connecticut State University, Shakespeare and Company, and the Syracuse University London Program in conjunction with Shakespeare’s Globe. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s MFA Acting Program and a member of the Circle Rep Theatre Company.

Nicolas Kane Landry (Meisner Technique)
has been involved in the acting profession for over twenty years devoting ten years of study to The Meisner Technique with many teachers including James Price, Jeff Goldblum, and Martin Barter. His working credits include television shows such as DAYS OF OUR LIVES, GUIDING LIGHT, AS THE WORLD TURNS, GENERAL HOSPITAL and the Showtime series, RUDE AWAKENING starring Lynn Redgrave. He has also appeared in several national commercials, Independent feature films, including HOBOKEN LOU which was nominated for the 2002 b-movie award. His many stage credits are regional and off off Broadway including the Dramalogue's Critics Choice award for the twentieth anniversary of BENT.

Victor Verhaeghe (Monologue Workshop; Scene Study)
currently teaches scene study and monolgue classes at New York Film Academy.  He is a studio member and graduate of The Acting Studio, Inc. (1986-88) and has appeared in numerous Chelsea Repertory Company and LAB productions . In addition to his studio activities Victor has been a writer/performer on the New York stage for many years. He wrote Naked and Not Ashamed for the first New York Fringe Festival in 1997, and The Women of James Bond for the second Fringe Festival in 1998. He co-wrote and starred in the feature film, H.O.L.E. – The Disillusionment of Mike & Eva that has been making the rounds at several film festivals. He has been a founding member of several sketch comedy groups such as: Central Fungus, (the group that performed weekly at Catch a Rising Star), Verhaeghe & Ginsburg,(featured on Comedy Central) in The Wiggle Room,Rumble in The Red Room, and most recently, The Belgian Summers. As an actor, Victor has been in too many shows to mention here, but most recently he played the role of Raulito in John Guare’s Landscape of the Body at the Chelsea Rep Company, and starred Off-Broadway in the lead role of Freddy in the play Magic Hands Freddy with Ralph Macchio. Victor has appeared on many television shows, including Law & Order (5 times) Third Watch, Sex in the City, Law & Order - SVU, and Spin City. The Doctor Cares is now out in several film festivals across America.