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Beverly Blanchette

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Equity Eligible, Actor, Director,
Institutional

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Act II of my life began after retiring as the Dean of Theatre at the AW Dreyfoos School of Arts in West Palm Beach.  After a brief intermission attending summer programs at Shakespeare’s Globe (London) and the Juillard School (New York), I began to pursue my professional acting and directing careers.  I feel fortunate that I’ve found some success on both sides of the table, but now wish to concentrate more on performance.  I enjoy both stage and screen, but have booked more screen than stage.  I welcome opportunities to audition for more roles.  I continue to study my craft and hone my skills.  For the past two years, I’ve been a member of Burt Reynolds’ Master Acting Class.  I’m also a member of Shooting Blanks Improvisation Troupe which weekly rehearses and periodically performs.  I believe that improvisation helps me be a valuable team player.  Likewise, I attend private acting and voice lessons, workshops, and seminars as often as possible.  Without a need for a “day job,” I’m available to travel.  As I look forward to Act III of this life, I’d like to fill it with experiences with YOU.

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Dr. Norman J. Fedder

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Director
Playwright Critic
Institutional
Lecturer Registered Drama Therapist Board Certified Trainer

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NORMAN J. FEDDER, Ph. D. is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Kansas State University; and now teaches in the Interdisciplinary Arts Program (IAP) of Nova Southeastern University. A member of the Kansas Theatre Hall of Fame, he is the author of a book on Tennessee Williams, many articles on dramatic literature, and 25 produced plays––notably the book for The Buck Stops Here! which was performed to critical acclaim by AMAS Repertory Theatre in New York City. He is a member of the Association for Jewish Theatre which he was instrumental in founding. He is also a Registered Drama Therapist/Board Certified Trainer, active in the North American Drama Therapy Association. He was honored by NADTA by receiving its initial Raymond Jacobs Diversity Award and its Gertrude Schattner Award––the highest honor the association can bestow. He founded Kansas State University’s renowned Drama Therapy Program and has developed and directs a Drama Therapy concentration within the IAP.

David Kwiat

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Actor, Voice-Over
Institutional

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David Kwiat is the recipient of two Carbonell Awards; “Best Actor” for his performance in QED and “Best Supporting Actor” for his work in Dirty Blonde, both at GableStage. He has also received the New Times Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards and the Carbonell “Bill Hindman Award” for long-term career achievement in the South Florida Arts Community. David has been a professor in the Theater Division at the New World School of the Arts since 1989 and is the recipient of an Endowed Teaching Chair. David came to NWSA with an extensive background in the professional theater. He has performed at the Guthrie Theater, Arizona Theater Company, Asolo State Theatre of Florida, Actors Theatre of St. Paul, GableStage, Zoetic Stage, Actors’ Playhouse, New Theatre, New Classic Theatre and the Minnesota Festival Theatre. He authored John Barrymore: Confessions of an Actor which he has performed at the Edinburgh International Theater Festival, The King’s Head Theatre in London and throughout the United States.

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