School of Acting Faculty
Jana Sue Memel
Executive in Charge of Brand Storytelling and the Schools of Entertainment
School of Motion Pictures & Television
Jana Sue Memel is an Academy Award-winning producer and writer. Ms. Memel has produced over 25 movies and over 65 half-hour, live-action shorts that have played as television series in more than 30 countries. The films she has produced have won Writers Guild and Directors Guild Awards, Emmys, CableACE Awards and the Humanitas Prize.
Spring 2024 Part-Time Faculty
Anthony Montes
Meisner 1
Meisner 3
Acting Techniques: Meisner 2
Advanced Acting Studio
Directed Study
Position: Instructor
Industry Credits:
- Produced 90 Plays
- Directed over 30 Plays
- Acted in over 50 Plays
- Wrote over 40 Plays
- Wrote 11 Screenplays
- Had 2 Screenplays turned into Feature Films that I starred in.
They are: THE LAST NIGHT INN & THE LAST TRAIN - My One Man Show: OUTTA THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT
- Was the Artistic Director of THE ARTIST THEATRE GROUP for over 30 Years.
- Founded THE MONTES METHOD acting technique.
Website: YouTube.com/MontesMethod
themontesmethod.com
Me teaching in Paris
Bruce Williams
Enhanced Studies
Acting for Camera 2
Position: Part-Time Instructor
Industry Credits:
- American Conservatory Theater Acting Company Member – 14 Years in over 44 mainstage productions
- Extensive theater actor for 47 years in various other places – among them, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Magic Theater, The Eureka Theater, TheatreWorks, The Marines Memorial Theater
- On BFA and MFA faculty as an acting teacher at various colleges and universities – among them, American Conservatory Theater, Stanford University, Santa Clara University, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Nancy Hayes Casting, Notre Dame de Namur University.
- SAG/Aftra and Actor’s Equity Association member since 1977
- Extensive film, commercial, and television experience
Danielle Aversa
Respect for Acting
Position: Movement and Physical Acting Teacher
Industry Credits:
- Owning and building my own voice coaching business
- Choreographing and directing over 15 different shows
- Living and working in NYC for 10 years as an actor and getting to work on commercials for companies like Verizon, Dave and Busters, NFL, Xbox and television episodes for networks such as CBS, CW, Discovery Channel and MTV
Deb Eubanks
Characters & Backstory
Voice and Speech 2
Position: Instructor of: Acting, Writing and Voice, and Art Experience
Industry Credits:
- Toured with One woman shows in London Teaching Hospitals.
- Covent Garden Arts Center ,U.K.: I ran creative writing workshops.
- Formed Youth Shakespeare Company in North Bay.
- Director at The Eureka Theater Company.
- Diva fest S.F.Playwright award for “CRYSTAL DAZE.”
- Lead role in BBC film with Hugh Stoddart (adapted works of Virgina Woolfe).
- Librettist with Jason Sherbundy (WICKED and LION KING) Oscar Wilde’s “Happy Prince”
- Stephen Hawking’s company: I ran workshops for physically challenged artists.
- BBC guest to Ralph Fiennes’s dialect coach on, The Dig.
- Myers Briggs; spoke in response to HBO.
- Content writer to The Times India.
- META /Facebook Senior Consultant
- U.S.F., served faculty in P.A.S.J., Performing Arts and Social Justice.
- Berkeley Repertory Theater American Conservatory Theater Acting & Voice Instructor
- Running my own solo workshops focused on E.D.I.
Dexter Fidler
Stunts and Action
Directed Study
Position: Teacher for Stunts and Fights
Industry Credits:
Besides pre-production working with Robin Williams on Sabre and Cutless for the movie HOOK, Dexter is a Certified Fight Director and Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. Dexter has choreographed fights for over 180 productions.
Beside the Bay Area Premiere of Lovers and Executioners at Marin Theatre Company and the World Premiere of American Whup-Ass at Alter Theatre, Dexter has done extensive work with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Stanford University. Other credits include work at Cal Shakes, Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, Boise Contemporary Theater, Sierra Rep, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Western Ballet, The Discovery Channel series Deadly Duels.
Dexter has also worked with training San Francisco Ballet’s ROMEO & JULIET fighters for the last 23 years. Dexter has taught stage combat for Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Marin Theatre Conservatory, San Francisco Ballet School, and also taught fencing for Halberstadt Fencers Club in San Francisco. Dexter received his MFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University, and has assistant directed for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Pittsburgh Public Theater, and directed locally for Palo Alto Players, Lyric Theatre and Vallejo Music Theatre.
Dexter has assistant directed for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Pittsburgh Public Theater, and directed locally for Palo Alto Players, Lyric Theatre and Vallejo Music Theatre.
Elaine Clark
Voiceover
Directed Study
Position: Instructor
Industry Credits:
- Author: There’s Money Where Your Mouth Is (4 editions, Best Seller)
- Author: Voice-Overs for Podcasting
- Voice and Diction App creator: Activate Your Voice
- Speech App creator: Adding Melody To Your Voice
- Podcast: Real Talking Tips
- Film Acting Supporting Roles: Sorry To Bother You, La Mission, My Name Is Kahn
- Voice and On-Camera Actor, Director, Producer, Casting Director, and Audio Engineer for 40+ years in all genres: commercials, narrations, e-learning, IVR, AI, apps, museum tours, video games, anime, cartoons, toys, and ADR/Film looping.
- Casting & Directing two Anime series: JoJo’s Bizaare Adventure and Saikano
- Casting, Acting, Directing, and/or Engineering 85 video games
- Founder of Voice One, the 1st Voice Acting School, Owner and Primary Instructor from 1986-2019.
Website: elaineclarkvo.com/
IMDB
Books, Apps, Elearning Course
Podcast
Newsletter
Speaking Events
Production Jobs
Jeryl Jagoda
Into the Industry
Crowdfunding and Social Media
Marketing for Entertainment
Position: Instructor
Industry Credits:
- In 2009, I founded Social Media Darling Productions, which is known for Bringing the Social to production, taking projects and their social media from inception to premiere and beyond.
- Media Producer for the award-winning RAISE HELL: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
- Media Producer for Netflix original documentary FEMINISTS: What Were They Thinking?
- Media Producer for NC Heikin’s recently released Life & Life
- Media Producer The Manhattan Transfer Story (in production)
- Media Producer NEVER LET ANYONE STEAL YOUR DREAMS – The Sammy Nestico Story (in production)
- Media Producer WAY COOL WORLD Animated series (in production)
- I successfully built social media communities for diverse clients, from films to authors and TV shows.
Website: socialmediadarlingproduction.com
Karen Hirst
Improvisation 1
Position: Part-Time Instructor
Industry Credits:
- Toured with The Second City Improv Company – performing in Chicago, LA, Canada and throughout the United States
- Conducted teacher training workshops at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. in the use of Comedy and Improv in the classroom
- Teaching artist for the Wolf Trap Institute
- Wrote and performed interactive scripts for the Oakland Museum
- Wrote and performed scripts at Brava, ZSpace, Theater Rhinoceros, New Conservatory
- I continue to sing with Tom Shaw and his trio at various venues in the Bay Area- S.F. Yacht Club, Feinstein’s, Martuni’s.
Lena Hart
Alexander Technique 2
Reel Development 2
Reel Development 4
Enhanced Studies
Creating Physical Characters
Acting for Camera 2
Directed Study
Position: Faculty Lead of Movement and Acting
Industry Credits:
- Contributor to Real Simple Magazine Sept. 2023
- Article in AmSat Journal No. 20 “How to Help Students Practice When They Are Away From You.”
- Alexander Technique and Parkinson’s Disease Presentations in SF and Walnut Creek
- Coached Actors who are currently in TV shows and Films on Netflix, Amazon Studios
Website: alexandertechniquesfbayarea.com
Instagram
Youtube
Linkedin
Mark Rafeal
Acting in Action
Position: Instructor
Industry Credits:
- Author, “Telling Stories A Grand Unifying Theory of Acting Techniques” Smith & Kraus 2008
- Dean Goodman Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre for “Schrodinger’s Girlfriend” Magic Theatre, SF
- Director, “Clybourne Park” Academy of Art University 2018
- Director, “Anna in the Tropics” Academy of Art University 2015
- Film/Television Roles: “Titanic”, “Star Trek Voyager”, “The Practice”, “Chance”, “Trauma”
Website: tellingstoriesbook.com/
Marvin Greene
Script Analysis
Making Creative Choices for Camera
Reel Development
Position: Part-Time Faculty
Industry Credits:
- Awarded Best Supporting Actor S.F. 1999
- Nominated for Best Actor 2011
- International business consultant for Stand & Deliver 2012-2023
- Acting instructor at UC Berkeley 2007
- Acting instructor at ACT 1994-2015
- Band leader for the Marvin Greene band 2016-present
Rebecca DuMaine Miller
Voice and Speech 2
Position: Professor of Voice, Speech and Dialects (M.F.A. Program)
Industry Credits:
- 6 jazz vocal albums on Summit Records:
- Deed I Do, 2012
- Better Than Anything, 2014
- The Consequence of You, 2015
- Happy Madness, 2016
- Chez Nous, 2019
- Someday, Someday, 2021
- Voice and Performance Coach at Cornell Voice since 2018
- Included in 30 Artists of the West Coast, curated by Dave Billis
- Voice and Performance Coach for the Australian Bar Association since 2023
- Music Director at Hillview Drama since 2016
- Dialect Coach at Menlo-Atherton High School since 2021
- Barre3 Instructor since June, 2022
Website: rebeccadumaine.com
