DAVID KAGEN - (IMDB) A Carnegie-Mellon University graduate and professional actor for over 35 years, Mr. Kagen has taught and coached successful actors such as: Oscar Award Nominee, and Emmy Award & Golden Globe Winner Alec Baldwin (30 ROCK, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, THE DEPARTED), Emmy Award and Golden Globe Winner Ted Danson (CHEERS, BECKER, DAMAGES on FX), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Robin Wright-Penn (MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, PRINCESS BRIDE, WHAT JUST HAPPENED), Giancarlo Esposito (LAW AND ORDER, CSI, SOUTH BEACH, and 3 Spike Lee films), Dale Midkiff (CRIMINAL MINDS, DEXTER, and 2 starring serie regulars roles), Kyle Secor (GHOST WHISPERER, BOSTON LEGAL, and 3 series regulars) Scott Lawrence (MEDIUM, 24, THE MENTALIST, and JAG series regular), John Allen Nelson (CRIMINAL MINDS, GREY'S ANATOMY and starring series regular in VANISHED,) Ally Walker (CSI, BOSTON LEGAL and starring series regular in PROFILER,) and Stacy Edwards (GHOST WHISPERER, SHARK, BOSTON LEGAL.) Mr. Kagen works at the top level of the industry. MC Lyte, a very successful rapper and client for 10 years, got her first starring role in a movie and hired him to direct her performance. A number of his students have gotten their first series regulars after studying with Mr. Kagen. One was nominated for a Tony Award. David Kagen's recent roles include: HOUSE, LIFE (Recurring Role), CSI, ENTERPRISE, WITHOUT A TRACE, FAMILY LAW and the feature film, ANNIHILATION OF FISH with James Earl Jones. Horror film fans know him for his starring role in FRIDAY 13TH Part 6 as SHERIFF MIKE GARRIS. Other credits include BODY CHEMISTRY, CHICAGO CONSPIRACY TRIAL, MELROSE PLACE, BEVERLY HILLS 90210, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, as well as performing on and off Broadway in New York and in regional theaters. He's appeared in over 250 TV, film and stage productions. He was an invited observer at the Actors Studio in New York City under Lee Strasberg for a number of years. And he worked as a casting director and actor for famed Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford who co-founded two of the most influential acting organizations in America, The Group Theater and The Actors Studio. Ms. Crawford produced such legendary hits as THE ROSE TATTO, BRIGADOON and OKLAHOMA as well as working for the famed Theatre Guild. While working for Ms. Crawford, Mr. Kagen was privileged to meet and work with such luminaries including Tennessee Williams, Jerome Lawence, Robert E. Lee, Sam Waterston, Swoozie Kurtz, Betty Buckley, and Mercedes McCambridge. He's been teaching for over 30 years. In addition to his acting classes in Los Angeles, Mr. Kagen has lead acting workshops in such cities as Paris, London, New York, Toronto and Montreal and he's taught at such top schools as the Yale School of Drama, Cal Arts, Syracuse University, and USC. In addition to teaching regular acting classes at our school, David Kagen is also the acting teacher for our Los Angeles on-camera master acting classes.
JORDAN LUND (IMDB) Jordan has acted opposite Oscar-Winners Richard Dreyfuss, F. Murray Abraham, Mercedes Ruehl,
Robert DeNiro, and Ben Kingsley as well as Michael J. Fox,
Sylvester Stallone, Chevy Chase, Alfred Molina, and Samuel L.
Jackson. He has been in feature films directed by Rob
Reiner, Michael Caton-Jones, Michael Ritchie, Jan DeBont,
Clint Eastwood, Rennie Harlin, Antonio Banderas, Sally Field
and Roger Donaldson. He has done 25 feature films including
ALEX AND EMMA, DOC HOLLYWOOD, SPECIES, LOCKUP, THE AMERICAN
PRESIDENT, SPEED, FLETCH LIVES, LIFE, JACKNIFE, was
a regular on the UPN series MERCY POINT, and was in the
mini-series' THE STAND, CRUEL DOUBT and LONESOME DOVE.
He's appeared in more than 50 recurring, guest-lead, and guest-star
roles on shows like NYPD BLUE, ER, LA LAW, THE FUGITIVE, LIFE
GOES ON, MURPHY BROWN, THE PRACTICE, CHEERS, LAW AND ORDER,
CHICAGO HOPE, WALKER TEXAS RANGER, ENTERPRISE, STAR TREK:
DEEP SPACE NINE, and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Jordan
appeared on Broadway at the Belasco theatre for the New York Shakespeare Festival
in MACBETH, ROMEO AND JULIET, and AS YOU LIKE IT all
directed by Oscar winner Estelle Parsons. Other productions
include: several summers at the New York Shakespeare Festival's
Delacorte Theatre in Central Park in KING JOHN, THE GOLEM,
and TWELFTH NIGHT, the world premiere of the stage version of
ON THE WATERFRONT at the Cleveland PlayHouse, SCAPIN directed by Bart Sher at Portland Stage Company, WHAT THE BUTLER SAW at The Great Lakes Theatre Festival,
and SCARAMOUCHE directed by BH Barry at TheatreVirgina.
Jordan has appeared in a number of smaller productions in
NY and LA. Some of those include in NY: I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS
at the Kitchen directed by and co-starring Eric Bogosion, Jack Gelber's SLEEP at LaMama
as part of their 35th Anniversary season and TREASURE ISLAND
directed by BH Barry for the Blue Light Company at The Ohio
Space in Soho. In LA: The Blank Theatre Company's Award-Winning productions of THE CRADLE WILL ROCK (he's also on the original cast album),
the Los Angeles premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's HELLO
AGAIN and the original musical revue STARR STRUCK. In 2000 he
was in Sir Peter Hall's Los Angeles production of ROMEO AND
JULIET at the Ahmanson Theatre , in 2001 he played Falstaff in HENRY IV PART 1 both for the Bedford-Thompson Players and at Stages Theatre Center. More recently, he was in THE CHERRY ORCHARD starring Alfred Molina for Circus Theatricals at the Odyssey Theatre. He is an alumnus of Carnegie-Mellon University. Jordan is the acting teacher for our Tuesday night on camera acting classes in Los Angeles.
BRETT RICKABY (IMDB) is an actor and playwright whose film credits include THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON with Sean Penn, Wes Craven's CURSED, HOW TO KILL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG with Kenneth Branagh, BUG, THE SCOUT and DIARY OF A HITMAN directed by the late Roy London, among others. He has appeared in numerous guest star and recurring roles on television including THE GUARDIAN, CARNIVALE, THE PRACTICE, JUDGING AMY, J.A.G., DRAGNET, ANGEL and LAW & ORDER. He appeared as young Frank Gorshin (the Riddler) in the CBS movie BACK TO THE BATCAVE. On stage he has worked at the New York Shakespeare Festival performing in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, and RICHARD III with Denzel Washington, The Roundabout Theatre, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Asolo Theatre, SOHO Rep, HERE, La Mama developing the title role in director/innovator Richard Schechner's FAUST: gastronome, and at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles where he received an Ovation Award nomination for his work in the National Tour of CAROUSEL directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is a National Irene Ryan Acting Award winner, a Kennedy Center National Acting Award winner and is a recipient of the Seidman Award. His play 70 DOLLARS TO A BUS RIDE HOME (Garland Award Honorable Mention) was performed at the Hudson Ave. Theatre in Hollywood. His follow-up work, ASYLUM, was produced at the American Blues Theatre Co. in Stockton, CA and at The Court Theatre in West Hollywood. He is currently working on several pieces in conjunction with The Collective, here in L.A. Originally from Minnesota, he received his B.F.A. from the University of Minnesota/Duluth, and his M.F.A. from the graduate acting program at New York University. Brett is the acting teacher for our Monday night on-camera acting classes in Los Angeles.
PATRICK KERR is probably best known for his recurring roles as "Noel Shemsky" on "Frasier" and "Michael, the Blind Guy" on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Other television appearances include "Friends", "Seinfeld", "Will and Grace", "C.S.I", "E.R.", "The Drew Carey Show", "Old Christine" and dozens of others. Films include "Stuart Saves His Family" and "Domino." On the New York stage he appeared in "The Ritz" at the Roundabout and "Jeffrey" at the Minetta Lane. Other NY appearances include work at "BAM" "New York Theatre Workshop" and "Theatre for a New Audience." On the west coast he has played leading roles at the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse and others. He received the "Bay Area Critic's Award" for his performance in "Love Valor Compassion" at Berkeley Rep. He recently finished a long run of "The Lion King" in Las Vegas. He holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
MARK BRADY --
On television Mark currently has a recurring role on DESPERATE
HOUSEWIVES and had a recurring role on the soap opera GENERAL HOSPITAL.
His other appearances include PASSIONS, BLIND JUSTICE, NYPD BLUE and
CITY OF ANGELS, among others. Mark wrote the TV pilot REFERENCE POINT
and is currently finishing work on another one to be shot in New York.
His film credits include THE LOST WORLD directed by Steven Spielberg;
IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY written and directed by Susan Emschwiller,
writer of Pollack with Ed Harris; THE WANT and SIDE TRACKED. Most
recently, Mark can be seen in Nic Betthauer’s DUCK with Philip Baker
Hall. Mark is an actor and writer who started his career
after receiving a BFA in acting from New York University where he was
exposed to the teachings of Strasberg, Meisner, Adler and Chekhov. He
left New York for Los Angeles when he was cast in the play, The Rooming
House by Conrad Bromberg. Some of his over thirty stage credits
include: the world premiere of BRUSH STROKES which was produced by Amy
Madigan and nominated for a LA Weekly Best Ensemble Award; FLIGHT OF
THE PENGUIN which ran for three months to critical acclaim at the
Limelight Playhouse; SUNDAY’S CHILDREN ALL FALL DOWN directed by Murphy
Cross; BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter and the world premiere of TRUE
BELIEVER. Mark also wrote a one man show, SCRABBLE, which he performed
for over two years throughout LA. His most recent stage appearance was
at the Redcat Theatre at the Disney Hall downtown in a piece he wrote
called IDENTIFYING MARK. Along the way Mark was a founding member of
both Nexus Ensemble Theatre and Plymouth, which were dedicated to
discovering and producing original works. On television Mark currently
has a recurring role on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and had a recurring role on
the soap opera GENERAL HOSPITAL. His other appearances include
PASSIONS, BLIND JUSTICE, NYPD BLUE and CITY OF ANGELS, among others.
Mark wrote the TV pilot REFERENCE POINT and is currently finishing work
on another one to be shot in New York. His film credits include THE
LOST WORLD directed by Steven Spielberg; IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
written and directed by Susan Emschwiller, writer of Pollack with Ed
Harris; THE WANT and SIDE TRACKED. Most recently, Mark can be seen in
Nic Betthauer’s DUCK with Philip Baker Hall. As a teacher
Mark is a firm believer of creating a safe environment for the actors to
work in as they explore and express their emotional truths.
Mark currently shares the acting teaching duties for our Thursday night
on camera acting classes in Los Angeles.
Sarah
Hudnut is an actor, writer and teacher who lives in Los Angeles with
her husband and two children. Her theatre work includes shows at the
Huntington, the Ahmanson, the Williamstown Theatre Festival (four
seasons), Westport Country Playhouse, Portland Stage Company, NY Stage
& Film and The Sundance Theatre Lab. Favorite stage roles include
Varya in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard, Catherine in David Auburn’s Proof, Agnes in Eric Bogosian’s Red Angel, and Sorel Bliss in Noel Coward’s Hay Fever. Sarah has appeared on numerous television shows, including Medium (CBS), Mr & Mrs. Smith (ABC Pilot), Surface (NBC), Judging Amy (CBS), Sex and the City (HBO), ER (NBC), Diagnosis Murder (CBS) and Joint Custody (WB Pilot). She can also be seen in the films: Sunshine Cleaning, American Gangster, Purple Violets, Definitely, Maybe, The Cold Snap and Unfair & Unbalanced.
Sarah received a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Northwestern
University and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University.
