Katherine Von Till received training at Michigan State University earning two degrees -- one in Theatre Arts, including a cognate in Telecommunications, and the other in Interdisciplinary Humanities, with emphasis on Vocal Music Performance. Katherine earned both degrees within 4 years, graduating with high honors. She’s been a working actress in New York and LA for over 10 years.
At graduation from MSU, Katherine was awarded the prestigious Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts, with recognition at commencement with Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson Scholars and other top award recipients. She also received Outstanding Graduating Senior awards for her university studies. Additionally, she received three merit scholarships for theatre and vocal music performance.
Katherine currently lives in LA. She has a diverse resume, ranging from stage to screen. She performed in the Broadway Tour of “Little Shop of Horrors” directed by Jerry Zaks, choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. In LA, she performed at Reprise in “Sunday in the Park with George,” directed by Jason Alexander of “Seinfeld.” She has shared the stage with Dick Van Dyke, Vanessa Williams, Lea Thompson, Steven Weber, Katey Sagal, Kristen Bell, Zackary Levi and other notables.
Film credits include the festival award-winning “Zombie Prom,” “Timer,” and “When the Kids Are Away. She has served as host for the documentaries “Store and Boxes.” Her TV credits include"The Jay Leno Show," “The Unit,” and “For the People.” Katherine has performed in several national commercials for Visa, CBS, Schick, IHOP, and others. Your children have heard her voice on toys and video games including “Watchmen,” “Stormrise,” “Pixel Chix” and others. Katherine’s varied career includes singing the National Anthem for the NBA and NHL and working as a radio news broadcaster. She has studied with The Groundlings, Anthony Meindl, Carolyne Barry, and The Voicecaster. For more about Katherine Von Till, see her website at www.katherinevontill.com.
Katherine coaches both adults and children. Most recent bookings resulting from her coaching skills include the series finale of “ER” and a guest star appearance on “Wizards of Waverly Place.”
Joanna Brooks has her MFA in Acting from the P.A.T.P - Professional Actor Training Program - at the University of Washington under Jon Jory, Steve Pearson and Robyn Hunt where she also taught acting to undergraduate students. She holds her BFA in Art with Education from Michigan State University and also studied acting at ACT in San Francisco and with the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT) at Harvard in Boston.
Some of her favorite roles include: Ophelia in "Too Much Water" directed by KJ Sanchez, Brooke Ashton in "Noises Off" directed by Steve Pearson, Fern in "Charlottes WEb" at The Seattle Children's Theatre and Anya in "The Cherry Orchard" directed my Alla Petrovskaya at MXAT. Joanna performed in San Francisco playing Clown in "A Winter's Tale" and Hermia in "A Midsummer Nights Dream" at the Noh Theatre. Summer Stock work includes; Cathy Trask in "East of Eden" and Dolly in "You Never Can Tell" at The Western Stage in Northern California.
Joanna has coached all ages of actors who have gone in for movies, pilots and tv shows. She has also worked as an associate and an assistant with Rene Haynes Casting. She was an assistant with casting in: New Line Cinema's "The New World" (Native casting), Steven Spielberg's "Into The West" for TNT (Native casting) and "The Work and The Glory" parts 1 - 3. Joanna also has her own LA based headshot photography business, www.joannabrooks.com. Some of her headshot clients include: Vance DeGeneres, Eddie Jemison, Leon Rippy and Rod McCary. In TV, Joanna has been seen as an actress on: "How I Met Your Mother" and "Without a Trace".
Lisa Nicole Lennox hails from Detroit, Michigan where she received a BA in Theatre from Michigan State University. While in Detroit, she toured the Midwest as a performer for young audiences in Simply Shakespeare, Kids on the Block, The Diversity Show and Brainstormers! Soon after college, she moved to San Francisco where she worked extensively in youth theatre as a director and educator with Peninsula Youth Theatre, San Carlos Children’s Theatre and Bay Area E.T.C.
Some of her favorite directing credits are “Les Miserables; the School Edition,” “Oleanna,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and “Oliver.” She has taught acting, auditioning technique, improv and stage direction to kids of all ages in summer camps, after school programs, classrooms, and in private coaching sessions.
As an actor, Lisa had the honor to study under the amazing Jean Shelton of The Shelton Theatre and Christian Phillips of The Actors Theatre in San Francisco where she was seen in “Beyond Therapy,” “Death of a Salesman,” and “The Rose Tattoo.” She also studied acting for film and television at the San Francisco Digital Film Making School.
Since relocating to Los Angeles, Lisa has worked as an actor in commercials and short films and is currently working on a few of her own projects that she has written and will direct. Lisa is also a regular student herself in the art of craft of improv, acting for the camera, commercial acting, and cold reading classes.