Adult Classes

Brian Bose is an actor-singer-dancer, performing artist, choreographer/director and international teaching artist who is considered one of the “Faces to Watch in Arts” by The San Diego Union Tribune. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he revels as a multidimensional storyteller. He received a double B.A. in Theatre and Dance from UC San Diego in 2015. Brian has taught for the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Acting Program and Movement for Actors and Musical Theater at the La Jolla Playhouse’s Young Performers Workshop. He has also been a Resident Guest Teacher/Choreographer at the Francis Parker School and taught Modern and Jazz dance in Germany for the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective Europe Teaching Tour every summer since 2014. He practices the art of cultivating the creative mind, unleashing the pure potentiality of human expression, creating and recognizing abundance, speaking truth and being an agent of change. 

Mike DelGaudio, better known online as the“Booth Junkie,” is a voiceover pro who's all about making things simple. On his YouTube channel, Mike takes the mystery out of mics, explaining technical details in a way that anyone can understand. He's got a knack for sharing practical tips that help voice actors do their best work. With a friendly demeanor and a treasure trove of practical advice, Mike bridges the gap between novices and experts, making the world of voice acting accessible to all

Eli Sibley is an actor and theater professional with over 20 years of experience, including production, playwrighting and movement direction. She's worked nationally from coast to coast and internationally from Europe to China. She has been a singer, dancer, puppeteer, extra and Blue Dinosaur. Her one-woman movement and storytelling piece, Born of a Fairytale, was produced in Washington, D.C., and New York City to great applause. The inaugural production of the company she founded with her husband, Vacant Lot Theatre Co., worked closely with renowned playwright Erik Ehn to bring Child's Drawing of a Monster to its world premiere in New York City before moving to Boston. Along with her M.F.A. and AmSAT Alexander Technique certification, she is also a certified Laban Movement Analyst. She continues to work across the country and the globe as well as with Twin Cities theaters and acting studios.

Alex Barreto Hathaway (he/him) is a process-based artist originally from Puerto Rico who creates spaces where audiences, collaborators and students are invited to bring out their playfulness and imagination using masks, puppets, improv, slapstick and street-theater-style performance. Since 2010, he has worked with theater groups in the Twin Cities and rural communities throughout the U.S. presenting a variety of works from classical plays to original, group-created puppet romps. From 2016 to 2020, he designed and led arts-based curriculum for English-language learners at public high schools. From 2020 to 2021, Alexworked with the ArtsMidwest Artist-in-Residency program,where he led local artists of the Sisseton-Wahpeton-Oyate region of South Dakota in presenting a month-long arts festival based on recorded interviews of the early days of the pandemic. In 2021, he co-founded the all-Latinx improv/sketch comedy group Latins on Ice. As part of the Vecino-A-Vecino project in Cuyama, California, in 2022, Alex was funded by the CDC to work with 100 residents to co-create an original production depicting the town’s experience with COVID-19 through 12-foot puppets.

Vanessa Brooke Agnes (she/her) is a Black queer artist and dreamer who serves as Director of Community Engagement at Render Free, Founding Artistic Director of Dark Muse Performing Arts and Co-Founder of MN Black Theatre Circle. She is also an Arts Nest Director Works graduate. Recent directing projects include Godspell, Songs for a New World (Artistry); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Lyric Arts); Analog & Vinyl (Minneapolis Musical Theatre); K'É by Blossom Johnson (Playwrights' Center workshop); On Freeing Fire by Zola Dee (Red Eye Theater); FAME! (Children’s Performing Arts); The Niceties, An Evening with Ella and Harold, Beehive: The 60’s Musical (Lakeshore Players Theatre); The Uprising Vol. I, The Uprising Vol. II: Black HERstory, Phoenix Project (Dark Muse Performing Arts); and the short film DEAD TIRED (New Dawn Theatre Company). Vanessa recently made her playwriting debut with a short play for the Running Errands short play series. Next, she’ll be directing Kinky Boots at Lyric Arts. Vanessa lives in South Minneapolis with her pup, Winnie. Follow her on Instagram @vanessabrookeagnes. 

Laura Esping is a Twin Cities actor and educator who is grateful to be part of such a vibrant theater community. She was a founding member of Geese Theatre for Corrections, a company devoted to performing and conducting theater workshops for prison inmates across the country. She served as a tour director, actor and educator for tours around the U.S. After moving to Minneapolis, Laura had the honor to perform with many local companies, including At the Foot of the Mountain Theater, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Jungle Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Illusion Theater, Pillsbury House Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Penumbra Theatre, Old Log Theatre, Full Circle Theater Company, History Theatre and Yellow Tree Theatre. Laura holds a B.A. from the University of Iowa and an M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota where she taught movement to undergraduates.

Lauren Anderson grew up in St. Louis Park and received her bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She began as an actor/writer for Brave New Workshop in 2004 and has starred in more consecutive shows than any other actor in the theater’s 60-year history. You can also find her on YouTube as the creator and host of “Noodle Pie Island,” an interactive children's show. Lauren performs with other improv groups around town, including Five Man Job, FOTERSON and Mud Coven. She is a founder and co-producer of the Twin Cities Improv Festival and Improv A Go-Go, Lavender magazine's Artist of the Year (2015) and Growler magazine's Best Local Comedian (2019). As well as acting, writing, improvising, directing and teaching, Lauren is the author/illustrator of the children's book Spaghetti Head Ned (available on Amazon), a painter/crafter and founder of her trampoline passion project on Instagram, Trampnation! Follow her on Instagram@laurenanderhands, @noodle-pie-island and@trampnation7.

William Sturdivant is a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and an alum of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Acting Program. As a professional actor, he has performed in over 30 Shakespeare productions across the U.S. William is also a poet, producer and acting coach. Notable Shakespeare training includes the National Theatre of London, Andrew Wade, Patrick Tucker and over 15 years of professional experience. He believes fundamentally that Shakespeare as a written language is made to be spoken aloud and the elevation of thought is key to finding meaning for an actor. His masterclass program on Acting Shakespeare is designed to guide actors of all ages through an introductory series of technical form, rhetorical devices and basic acting principles.