Youth Classes & Workshops

Brian Bose (he/him) is a professional AEA actor/singer/dancer, rapper, choreographer, director, emcee and international teaching artist named one of the Faces to Watch in Arts by the San Diego Union-Tribune. He received a double B.A. in Theatre and Dance from the University of California, San Diego, and he trained at the British American Drama Academy, Steppenwolf West and CSULA Academy of the Dramatic Arts. He has acted in and choreographed productions at the Ordway, Children’s Theatre Company, Ten Thousand Things, Mixed Blood Theatre and Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, and he taught dance internationally with the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective in Germany from 2014 to 2017. In Minneapolis, he is a teaching artist for Upstream Arts and the Guthrie Theater. Learn more at www.brianbose.com.

Gretchen Grunzke (she/her) is a graduate of Upright Citizens Brigade — a long-form improv comedy program in New York City and only accredited comedy school in the U.S. — and now she’s hilarious. Select credits include Upright Citizens Brigade, Magnet Theater and The PIT in New York City; The Second City and The iO Theater in Chicago; and Brave New Workshop, CSz, HUGE Improv Theater, Strike Theater and Stevie Ray’s Improv Company in Minneapolis. Improv has changed her life as an actor and a human being. Her personal motto: “Do it! Embrace it! Love it!”

Lucy Farrell (she/her) is a theater alum of New World School of the Arts in Miami and a senior in the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Recent acting credits include Estrella in Sueño; Theresa in Boy Gets Girl; Nerissa, Launcelot and Tubal in The Merchant of Venice; and Helena in Kin. She also performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Coriolanus with Shakespeare & Company in Minnesota. Her original plays have been performed in South Florida at the Deering Estate Theatre, Fantasy Theatre Factory and Young Playwrights Festival. She enjoys being a teaching apprentice at the Guthrie while also teaching private college audition lessons to high school seniors.

Domino D’Lorion (he/him) is a queer, Afro-Boriqua, actor, playwright, teaching artist and drag queen (Lady Cummeal) in the Twin Cities. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, he is an alum of The Chicago Academy for the Arts, National High School Institute’s Theatre Arts/Musical Theatre Program (Cherubs) at Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program with a minor in Business Management from the Carlson School of Management. He has appeared in Under the Gaslight (Minnesota Centennial Showboat), Boudica (the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio), his award-winning original show STOOPIDITY (Minnesota Fringe Festival), Hit the Wall (The Southern Theater with Mixed Precipitation) and After the Fires (Illusion Theater with Transatlantic Love Affair). He is a founding member of MN Black Theatre Circle and recently produced the Blackness Is... Arts Festival in partnership with the Guthrie (www.blacknessis.com).

As an actor/writer, D’Lorion strives to investigate the human condition from the perspective of queer people of color (specifically Afro-Latinx) by marrying and upsetting traditional practices in a variety of realistic and magical ways as well as placing brown bodies and alternative perspectives at the forefront of storytelling. He also enjoys drawing, cooking, hiking, biking, sewing and design, reading and playing video games. D’Lorion is represented by Wehmann Models & Talent and Moore Creative Talent.

Dariana Pérez (she/her) is currently pursuing her B.F.A. through the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Coming from Puerto Rico, she is thrilled to share her love of the arts with the Twin Cities and be part of the Guthrie community.

Lucy Farrell (she/her) is a theater alum of New World School of the Arts in Miami and a senior in the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Recent acting credits include Estrella in Sueño; Theresa in Boy Gets Girl; Nerissa, Launcelot and Tubal in The Merchant of Venice; and Helena in Kin. She also performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Coriolanus with Shakespeare & Company in Minnesota. Her original plays have been performed in South Florida at the Deering Estate Theatre, Fantasy Theatre Factory and Young Playwrights Festival. She enjoys being a teaching apprentice at the Guthrie while also teaching private college audition lessons to high school seniors.

Dariana Pérez (she/her) is currently pursuing her B.F.A. through the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Coming from Puerto Rico, she is thrilled to share her love of the arts with the Twin Cities and be part of the Guthrie community.

Domino D’Lorion (he/him) is a queer, Afro-Boriqua, actor, playwright, teaching artist and drag queen (Lady Cummeal) in the Twin Cities. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, he is an alum of The Chicago Academy for the Arts, National High School Institute’s Theatre Arts/Musical Theatre Program (Cherubs) at Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program with a minor in Business Management from the Carlson School of Management. He has appeared in Under the Gaslight (Minnesota Centennial Showboat), Boudica (the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio), his award-winning original show STOOPIDITY (Minnesota Fringe Festival), Hit the Wall (The Southern Theater with Mixed Precipitation) and After the Fires (Illusion Theater with Transatlantic Love Affair). He is a founding member of MN Black Theatre Circle and recently produced the Blackness Is... Arts Festival in partnership with the Guthrie (www.blacknessis.com).

As an actor/writer, D’Lorion strives to investigate the human condition from the perspective of queer people of color (specifically Afro-Latinx) by marrying and upsetting traditional practices in a variety of realistic and magical ways as well as placing brown bodies and alternative perspectives at the forefront of storytelling. He also enjoys drawing, cooking, hiking, biking, sewing and design, reading and playing video games. D’Lorion is represented by Wehmann Models & Talent and Moore Creative Talent.

Lucy Farrell (she/her) is a theater alum of New World School of the Arts in Miami and a senior in the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Recent acting credits include Estrella in Sueño; Theresa in Boy Gets Girl; Nerissa, Launcelot and Tubal in The Merchant of Venice; and Helena in Kin. She also performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Coriolanus with Shakespeare & Company in Minnesota. Her original plays have been performed in South Florida at the Deering Estate Theatre, Fantasy Theatre Factory and Young Playwrights Festival. She enjoys being a teaching apprentice at the Guthrie while also teaching private college audition lessons to high school seniors.

Laura Esping (she/her) is passionate about passing on skills she has learned and practiced to not only help students experience their talents in acting but to enhance their general well-being. She believes it’s good to jump around and play together, even if it’s on Zoom! Her personal mottos are “Bit by bit,” “Breathe” and “What can I offer?”

Lucy Farrell (she/her) is a theater alum of New World School of the Arts in Miami and a senior in the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Recent acting credits include Estrella in Sueño; Theresa in Boy Gets Girl; Nerissa, Launcelot and Tubal in The Merchant of Venice; and Helena in Kin. She also performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Coriolanus with Shakespeare & Company in Minnesota. Her original plays have been performed in South Florida at the Deering Estate Theatre, Fantasy Theatre Factory and Young Playwrights Festival. She enjoys being a teaching apprentice at the Guthrie while also teaching private college audition lessons to high school seniors.

Max Wojtanowicz (he/him) is a performer, playwright and educator based in the Twin Cities. He has taught acting, musical theater and audition prep at St. Olaf College, Yellow Tree Theatre, Guthrie Theater, St. Cloud Civic Center, Plymouth Playshop and Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute. He currently serves as an educator and evaluator for Spotlight Education with Hennepin Theatre Trust and enjoys sharing his love of musical theater. Learn more at www.maxwojtanowicz.com.

Linda Talcott Lee (she/her) is a Broadway veteran and an Emmy Award-winning choreographer. She currently works as an affiliate faculty member at the University of Minnesota and is a performer, teacher and choreographer throughout the Twin Cities.

Dariana Pérez (she/her) is currently pursuing her B.F.A. through the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Coming from Puerto Rico, she is thrilled to share her love of the arts with the Twin Cities and be part of the Guthrie community.

Erin Roberts (she/her) is an actor, teacher and coach transplanted from New York City. As an actor, she won the Audience Pick Award for her one-woman show, My 4 Bodies, at the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival and was voted Favorite Supporting Actor at the New York International Fringe Festival. Film and television credits include ESPN’s “The Bronx Is Burning,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Good Wife,” Investigation Discovery’s “Never Say Goodbye,” Lady Dynamite, The Royal Tenenbaums, Celebrity, MLB Fan Cave’s “Boston Ink” and the web series “Fem 101” streaming exclusively on www.seekatv.com. She has performed in commercials and done numerous print campaigns and live events, including working as the on-field correspondent for the St. Paul Saints.

Roberts has a B.A. in Directing from Smith College, an M.F.A. in Acting from Penn State University and studied with National Theater Institute and Royal Shakespeare Company. She is also a member of the Guthrie Theater’s Actors Workout and proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. She has taught acting, voice and movement classes at Penn State University and Queens College, and she has been a guest artist at Minneapolis College, FilmNorth, AMDA, Northern Stage, Improbable Fiction, Invisible City Theater Company and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in New York. Learn more at www.erin-roberts.com.

Brian Bose (he/him) is a professional AEA actor/singer/dancer, rapper, choreographer, director, emcee and international teaching artist named one of the Faces to Watch in Arts by the San Diego Union-Tribune. He received a double B.A. in Theatre and Dance from the University of California, San Diego, and he trained at the British American Drama Academy, Steppenwolf West and CSULA Academy of the Dramatic Arts. He has acted in and choreographed productions at the Ordway, Children’s Theatre Company, Ten Thousand Things, Mixed Blood Theatre and Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, and he taught dance internationally with the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective in Germany from 2014 to 2017. In Minneapolis, he is a teaching artist for Upstream Arts and the Guthrie Theater. Learn more at www.brianbose.com.

China Brickey (she/her) is a proud Chicago native who has been an actor, vocalist, teaching artist and stage combatant in the Twin Cities for the past five years. This summer, she was named Best Actor by City Pages. Since becoming a performance apprentice with Children’s Theatre Company in 2015, she has worked across the Twin Cities, including Smokey Joe’s Cafe at the Ordway, Pride and Prejudice at Park Square Theatre where she played Lizzy Bennet and Matilda the Musical at Children’s Theatre Company where she played Miss Honey. She has also worked with the Guthrie Theater, Jungle Theater, Penumbra Theatre, Transatlantic Love Affair and others. Most recently, you may have seen her slurping noodles in a commercial for Wings Financial Credit Union! Brickey feels her relationship with theater roots itself in her belief in the importance of compassion and theater’s unique ability to invite audiences and theater practitioners alike to learn lessons and ask questions of experiences and lifetimes that are not our own. She is a graduate of Millikin University with a B.F.A. in Acting and a minor in Music. Her personal mantra: “If you skip the difficult stuff, skip the painful stuff, you also skip the growth and the lessons.”

Domino D’Lorion (he/him) is a queer, Afro-Boriqua, actor, playwright, teaching artist and drag queen (Lady Cummeal) in the Twin Cities. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, he is an alum of The Chicago Academy for the Arts, National High School Institute’s Theatre Arts/Musical Theatre Program (Cherubs) at Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program with a minor in Business Management from the Carlson School of Management. He has appeared in Under the Gaslight (Minnesota Centennial Showboat), Boudica (the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio), his award-winning original show STOOPIDITY (Minnesota Fringe Festival), Hit the Wall (The Southern Theater with Mixed Precipitation) and After the Fires (Illusion Theater with Transatlantic Love Affair). He is a founding member of MN Black Theatre Circle and recently produced the Blackness Is... Arts Festival in partnership with the Guthrie (www.blacknessis.com).

As an actor/writer, D’Lorion strives to investigate the human condition from the perspective of queer people of color (specifically Afro-Latinx) by marrying and upsetting traditional practices in a variety of realistic and magical ways as well as placing brown bodies and alternative perspectives at the forefront of storytelling. He also enjoys drawing, cooking, hiking, biking, sewing and design, reading and playing video games. D’Lorion is represented by Wehmann Models & Talent and Moore Creative Talent.

Gretchen Grunzke (she/her) is a graduate of Upright Citizens Brigade — a long-form improv comedy program in New York City and only accredited comedy school in the U.S. — and now she’s hilarious. Select credits include Upright Citizens Brigade, Magnet Theater and The PIT in New York City; The Second City and The iO Theater in Chicago; and Brave New Workshop, CSz, HUGE Improv Theater, Strike Theater and Stevie Ray’s Improv Company in Minneapolis. Improv has changed her life as an actor and a human being. Her personal motto: “Do it! Embrace it! Love it!”

Lucy Farrell (she/her) is a theater alum of New World School of the Arts in Miami and a senior in the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Recent acting credits include Estrella in Sueño; Theresa in Boy Gets Girl; Nerissa, Launcelot and Tubal in The Merchant of Venice; and Helena in Kin. She also performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Coriolanus with Shakespeare & Company in Minnesota. Her original plays have been performed in South Florida at the Deering Estate Theatre, Fantasy Theatre Factory and Young Playwrights Festival. She enjoys being a teaching apprentice at the Guthrie while also teaching private college audition lessons to high school seniors.