LINDSAY MENDEZ (she/her)
Co-Founder, Instructor

Lindsay Mendez won the 2018 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for her performance as Carrie Pipperidge in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel and was a 2019 Grammy Nominee for the production’s cast recording. She currently stars in the third season of CBS/OWN’s “All Rise”. Lindsay has appeared in numerous Broadway shows including Merrily We Roll Along (Tony nomination),  Significant Other, Wicked, Godspell, Everyday Rapture, and Grease. Lindsay is celebrated for her star turn in Pasek & Paul’s Dogfight, which premiered at Second Stage Theater in 2012, where she earned Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Awards nominations. Lindsay is a renowned voice and acting coach for artists around the country. Her debut album with jazz pianist Marco Paguia entitled This Time, is available for purchase on iTunes. @LindsayMendez

*Please note, as of Fall 2024, Lindsay is not teaching regularly (but does pop into class sometimes!) Her philosophy and technique is shared by all our faculty!

PETER DUCHAN (he/him) - Instructor

Peter Duchan wrote the book of the musical Dogfight, which premiered at Second Stage (director, Joe Mantello). Dogfight won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and was nominated for five Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Off-Broadway Musical and Book of a Musical. The subsequent London production was nominated for two Evening Standard Awards, including Best Musical. Other theater credits include writing books for the musicals The Illusionist (Nissay Theatre, Tokyo) and Stu for Silverton (Intiman, Seattle), as well as co-creating (with Warren Carlyle) the revue Carefree: Dancing with Fred and Ginger. He served as Script Consultant for the long-running Broadway musical Waitress and the Broadway bound musical Lempicka. Film credits include co-writing the screenplays for the feature Breaking Upwards (IFC Films) and the short Unlocked (Tribeca Film Festival). Honors: Richard Rodgers Award (for Dogfight), Robert Chesley Playwriting Award (for his play Lavender Scare), Dramatists Guild Fellowship. Graduate, Northwestern University.

KIRSTEN WYATT (she/her) - Instructor

Kirsten Wyatt is an award winning actress hailing from Clarksburg, WV. You can see on season four of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel traipsing around The Wolford as Mitzi. Kirsten’s Broadway credits include Annie (Lily St. Regis), A Christmas Story the Musical, Elf, Shrek, Grease (Frenchy, 2007 revival), High Fidelity (Anna), The Pajama Game (Poopsie), Urinetown (Little Becky Two Shoes) and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy/Sally standby). Favorite regional roles include Tammy Faye Bakker in Born for This, Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at The Guthrie, Ellie Mae Chipley in the San Francisco Opera production of Show Boat, and Agnes Gooch in Mame at Goodspeed Musicals. Other TV credits include Blue Bloods, Naked Brothers Band, As the World Turns and All My Children. Kirsten is a proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In addition to acting and teaching, she recently received her Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University.

JESSIE HOOKER-BAILEY (she/her) - Instructor

Jessie Hooker-Bailey is recently back in NYC after playing Jenny in the Company National Tour. Previously, she performed in the world premiere production of The Devil Wears Prada musical, where during preview performances she was called on to perform the lead role of Andy Sachs for a full performance week with no rehearsal but her own, and helped carry the show through its remaining triumphant sold out run. Broadway credits include: Grammy award winner Sara Bareilles’ hit Waitress, understudying the role of Dawn, and Tony Award winning Beautiful:The Carole King musical. Jessie has been residing in New York City as a working actress for over 10 years. She performed regionally as Sarah in Milwaukee Rep’s Ragtime, Savannah in the co-production of Disney’s Freaky Friday, Rusty in PCLO’s Footloose, and in national tours (Legally Blonde). She enjoys educating herself and others on social justice and spending time with her husband Gil & puppy Jade. Jessie graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with a BFA in musical theatre.

GILBERT BAILEY II (he/him) - Instructor

Gilbert Bailey II was most recently seen in the Broadway production of Beetlejuice. His other Broadway credits include A Bronx Tale and The Book of Mormon, and he also appeared in the acclaimed off-Broadway premier of Clueless the Musical (Murray). Region credits include The Scottsboro Boys (Philadelphia Theatre Co. and Center Theatre Group), The Color Purple (Milwuakee Repertory Theatre), and A Bronx Tale (Paper Mill Playhouse). Follow him on Twitter: @GLBaileyII

STEPHEN SPOSITO (he/him) - Instructor

Stephen Sposito has been the Associate Director for Broadway, International, and Touring companies of The Book of Mormon and the Resident Director for the Broadway and touring productions of Wicked. Directing credits include the National Tour of Shrek The Musical, The American Theatre Wing Gala, and The Obie Awards. Associate Director credits include the Broadway companies of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johansson, How To Succeed…. starring Daniel Radcliffe, Promises, Promises starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth, Scandalous and Shrek The Musical. He is a member of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and a graduate of The University of Michigan.

ADAM CHANLER-BERAT (he/him) - Instructor

Adam Chanley-Berat’s Broadway credits include Nino in Amelie the Musical, Charles VII in Saint Joan, Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher, and Henry in Next to Normal. Off B-way credits include Titanic & Zorba (City Center Encores!), A Fortress of Solitude at the Public, Fly by Night at Playwrights Horizons, Rent at New World Stages, My Favorite Year at the York, and Assassins & I Can Get it For You Wholesale at the Classic Stage Company. TV/Film credits include Doubt, Elementary, Veep, The Good Wife, Delivery Man, and the Gossip Girl reboot for HBOMax. He has taught at BAA, SFNY, and privately, in addition to his work with Actor Therapy.

BRITNEY COLEMAN (she/her) - Instructor

Britney Coleman recently starred as Bobbie in the national tour of Company, after understudying the role as a member of the ensemble on Broadway. Other Broadway: Tootsie (Suzie, u/s Julie Nichols), Beautiful (Lucille), Sunset Boulevard (Heather, u/s Betty Schaefer). National Tour: Beautiful. Favorite regional: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Sylvia, The Old Globe), Camelot (Guenevere, Two River/Westport Country Playhouse), Dreamgirls (Deena Jones, Marriott Lincolnshire/North Shore Music Theater). BFA: University of Michigan. Love and thanks to The Fam and HCKR!

KAMILAH MARSHALL (she/her) - Instructor

Kamilah Marshall has been recently seen and heard as vocal support for 14-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Taylor Swift. Kamilah was one of the Staggering Harlettes for the Legendary Bette Midler, in The Kiss My Brass World Tour and The Showgirl Must Go On at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Her Broadway credits include RENT, Disney’s The Lion King and the Original Cast of Hairspray The Musical. Marshall also reprised her role as a DYNAMITE in HAIRSPRAY LIVE on NBC.

ANNE L. NATHAN (she/her) - Instructor

Anne L. Nathan’s Broadway credits include: Funny Girl, It Shoulda Been You, Once, Sunday in the Park with George, Chicago, Assassins, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Ragtime. Off-Bway: Singstreet at NYTW, Joe Iconis’s Broadway Bounty Hunter, Sun Down Yellow Moon (Ars Nova /Woman’s Project), Taming of the Shrew (The Public Theater), Wings at 2ST; Music in the Air (Encores!); Stephen Sondheim’s Road Show at The Public Theater; and Swingtime Canteen. National Tours: Chicago (Carbonell Award), Les Misérables and Aspects of Love. Regional credits: The McCarter Theater, Kansas City Rep, George Street Playhouse, The Huntington Thatre Co, La Jolla Playhouse, Barrington Stage and Asolo Rep. Film and TV: You Must Be Joking, Baby Mama, King of California, Fleishman Is In Trouble, Little America, Elementary, The Good Wife, Dirt, Law & Order (Trial by Jury, Special Victims Unit, and Criminal Intent), Veronica Mars, What I Like About You, and Bull. She has also been on Three Tony Award telecasts, Letterman, America’s Got Talent, The Today Show, and The Rosie O’Donnell Show.

MATHIEU WHITMAN (he/him)
Chief of Operations

Mat is a Bronx-based actor and singer originally from Cranston, RI. Fave credits: the national tours of A Year with Frog & Toad and A Christmas Carol; both the national touring and long-running Off-Bway productions of Pinkalicious!; Frog and Toad (Casa Mañana); Charlie Brown at Millbrook Playhouse; The Cradle Will Rock (dir. Zi Alikhan); several RSO readings/demos; and his on-screen debut as Bodey Jenkins in the feature film JUG FACE. Mat is the Emcee for the ACTOR THERAPY Concert Series at Feinstein's/54 Below. BFA from NYU/Tisch. Find him @mattywhits or www.mathieuwhitman.com.

EMILY FOLEY (she/her)
Managing Director

Emily is an NYC-based theatre artist originally from Raleigh, NC. Favorite credits include Actor Therapy’s OUT: A Queer Songbook, 35MM: THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT and LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: IN CONCERT, all at 54 Below; A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Florida Repertory Theatre); and RAGTIME (Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre). She’s a proud graduate of Shenandoah University and an AT student since 2018. @eg_foley or www.emilyfoley.com

MIRANDA LUZE (she/her)
Director of Social Media

Miranda is an NYC based actor and voice teacher. Most recently she was the Beverley Bass and Diane Standby for the Come From Away North American Tour. Other credits include: Kinky Boots (Norwegian Cruise Line), The Office: A Musical Parody (Off B'Way), The Eleventh Hour (Off B’Way), & Little Women (The Palace Theatre). She can be heard on Ryan Scott Oliver's Tomorrow the Island Dies, Past Demons & Ethan Carlson's Her Sound available on all streaming platforms. Insta/Tiktok: @miranda.luze

ETHAN CARLSON (he/him)
Creative Director