The rigor and level of training students receive at Take Choice Acting is on par with the world’s most prestigious and competitive acting conservatories. Our curriculum springs from our founder’s experience working with young professional performers at the highest level, translating advanced technique to artists aged 9 to 17.
Our students arrive on day one with talent. Our goal is to instill in them the courage and craft they’ll need to bolster and sustain that talent with technique.
The central tenet of our philosophy is “make a choice.” Acting is about action, so do something. Be present. React. It takes courage to make a choice, and it takes craft to consistently make the best choice.
Seasoned educator and experienced performer who holds a BFA in Acting from Boston University and a Master’s degree in Educational Theatre from New York’s City College.
A committed advocate for the arts in education, Rick has spent many years teaching performance in the New York City public school system, including stints at LaGuardia High School for the Arts and the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS). He has served as teaching artist for a range of organizations, including The Shakespeare Society and the Lincoln Center Institute.
For 12 years, Rick served as the head child guardian for Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway. In this role, he had the dual responsibility of rehearsing and supervising the more than 60 young performers in the cast. As a performer, Rick spent five years with the Blue Man Group, taking on the iconic titular role in New York, Boston, and Chicago. He has performed in a wide range of productions at renowned venues including HERE, Manhattan Rep, the Huntington Theater, Boston Center for the Arts, The Gallery Players, ATA, Theater for the New City, and the New Perspectives Theater. He has performed at The Groundlings Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade, and the P.I.T. As a comic, he has worked at the New York Fringe Festival, the Charles Playhouse, Caroline’s on Broadway, New York Comedy Club, UCB New York, and numerous downtown clubs. A prolific voiceover artist, Rick can most recently be heard on ESL tapes for MacMillan Books, Boston Children’s Museum, and as the voice of Albertson’s supermarkets.
When not teaching or performing, Rick can often be found running – he has completed three full marathons and more than a dozen half-marathons.
New York-based playwright/actor/teacher. She has served as a teaching artist for Trollwood Performing Arts Camp, Harand Camp, Kids Orbit, and Northlight Performing Arts Camp.
She also works as a writer and actor in New York City. Her play, Why We Have Book Club, was a finalist for the Jane Chambers Award and was developed at De Frente Productions, 3 Days Prior, The Bechdel Group, and HB Studio. Her play, Double Tap, had a developmental reading at Atlantic Theatre Company in 2019 and was a semifinalist for both the National Playwrights’ Conference and the Thomas Wolfe International Prize.
She also authored the plays Dear College (Lionheart New Works Festival, Award for Playwriting); The Time Lizzie and Jason and Ryan and Heather Went to Ryan’s Lakehouse (Sproutworks), in which she also starred; Missed Connections (Manhattan Repertory Theatre: Fall One Act Competition Winner); and Juliet and the Falcons (Northlight Educational Theatre).
Her writing for television has been recognized by Final Draft’s Big Break Competition and NexTV Competition. She has been a working actor since the age of seven. She has performed at the Goodman Theatre, Timeline Theatre, and Rave Festival, among others.
She graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama. She is a proud alum of NTI Theatermakers Ensemble 2016 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, and was a NHSI Theatre Arts Cherub 2013.
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