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Geoffrey Alm

Geoffrey Alm has been teaching Stage Fighting at Cornish since 2008. A Certified Teacher with The Society of American Fight Directors since 1987, he is also a Certified Fight Director and Fight Master. Professionally he has been choreographing fights since 1988, locally and Nationally. He’s a proud member of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Actors Equity, […]

Jeannette d’Armand

Jeannette brings to her professional life a rich and varied artistic background, and maintains a full private voice studio, coaches public speaking, and has taught classes at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre and The Experience Music Project. She is an accomplished voiceover artist who records regularly for educational companies Houghton-Mifflin and McGraw Hill as […]

Sarah Harlett

Sarah Harlett is an actor, creator, and educator of theater. A founding member of the nationally-acclaimed, generative collective The Compound, and performer with the nationally- and internationally-acclaimed Megan Murphy Company, Harlett was granted a “2019 Gregory Award for Outstanding Lead Performance,” and a “2017 Gregory Award for Outstanding Ensemble/Outstanding Production.” She is also a recipient […]

Jacob Alfredo Hutchison

For the better part of two decades, Jacob Alfredo Hutchison has been teaching undergraduates in the Puget Sound area. In 2018 he received his Ph.D. in Theater History, Theory, and Criticism from the University of Washington’s School of Drama. His dissertation, The Dissent of Man: Stephen Colbert and the Evolution of Recursive Parody, examines the […]

Amy LaZerte

Amy LaZerte teaches TH 147-Production Lab 1 and is grateful for the opportunity to work with her future professional collaborators so early in their artistic careers. Her props and costume work has been seen locally at Radial Theater, Pony World, Annex, 1448 Projects, and other venues. She graduated in 2005 from Cornish’s Performance Production Department […]

Charlie Johnson

I’m a queer, Seattle-based theater artist with a focus in new musical development. I recently directed and choreographed the national tour of “The Queen’s Cartoonists.” Other recent direction and/or choreography include “Far From Canterbury” (Barnstormers Theatre) “Urinetown!” (ACT/5th Avenue Theatre), “HeadVoice” (New York Musical Festival), “Swingtime Canteen!” (Arrow Rock Lyceum), “Machine Gun America” (FringeNY), and […]

Claire Marx

Claire Marx currently teaches ensemble singing, cabaret, and private voice at Cornish. She has also music directed Cornish productions of Chicago, Secret in the Wings, Xanadu, and James and the Giant Peach. She has also worked as assistant choreographer/director for Sister Act and Singing in the Rain. She and Rich will be teaming up to […]

Meg McLynn

Meg McLynn is an actor, vocalist, and teaching artist who has been seen on stages and screens throughout North America. She is a member of the Seattle-based vocal groups Sugartime Trio and Blue Plate Special. As a concert soloist, McLynn performs the songbooks of Patsy Cline, Judy Garland, and Carly Simon with Purple Phoenix Productions, […]

Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako

Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako is an actor, writer, director, choreographer, teaching artist, and member of ACT Theatre’s Core Company. She was most recently seen on stage as the title character in SCT’s Snow White. Recent credits include Lucy in Dracula (ACT), Rosalind in As You Like It (Seattle Rep), and Paulinka/Die Alte in A Bright Room […]

Aaron Norman

Aaron Norman is an educator, performer, and artist/activist originally from Compton, California. Aaron’s formal training includes studying at Biola Conservatory of Music, studying with opera singers in Heidelberg German, and Cornish College of the Arts. With a background in vocal performance, vocal health/technique, Aaron has performed in many musical arenas and has worked with incredible […]