Staff

 

Erin Cardillo

Executive Director
Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor
Erin Cardillo is a working actress, writer and producer. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where she studied acting, dance, writing and adaptation. During her college career, she spent a year at a conservatory in London where she was able to indulge her great love for Shakespeare. Also while at Northwestern, Erin taught voice/movement and acting at the prestigious National High School Institute "Cherub" program - a summer conservatory program for students between their junior and senior years of high school. After college, Erin moved to New York, and worked extensively on stage. She also completed a 9 week Shakespeare Intensive at The Public Theater - home of the famed Shakespeare in the Park. In 2001, Erin decided to pursue a career in film and television and left New York for Los Angeles. Since moving to Los Angeles, Erin has appeared in leading and supporting roles in numerous feature films and in guest starring and recurring roles on ABC, NBC, CBS, NICK, FOX, Lifetime, and Disney Channel series. She was cast in a contract role on the daytime soap opera "Passions" where she played the role of Esme Vanderhausen from 2005-2008, and was named "Soap Opera's Digest's Most Entertaining Character of 2007." From 2008-2011 Erin played Miss Emma Tutweiller on the Disney Channel series, "The Suite Life On Deck."

Erin also has a growing career as a writer and producer. In addition to writing and producing the independent feature film she developed with her class at Warner Loughlin Studios, Speak Now (2012), Erin has worked as a writer for Alcon Entertainment, and has developed original TV projects with Storyline Entertainment and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment. She currently has three original feature films with Team Todd Productions, Little Engine Productions, and Underground Films attached to produce.

Contact her at erin@warnerloughlin.com.

 

Jen Dede

Director of the Young Adult Program
Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor
Jen Dede is a working actress, writer, and producer. She holds a BFA in Theatre from the prestigious Theatre School of DePaul University. Upon graduation, Jen worked extensively for the most well respected theatres in Chicago including: The Court Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and the Writers' Theatre where she received critical acclaim for her work. She moved from Chicago to L.A. to pursue a career in Film and Television. Since then, Jen has appeared in many films and television programs on networks across the dial. She is also a member of the renowned Antaeus Classical Theatre Company. In addition, Jen has written several television projects, and is developing 2 new pilots that she has co-written. She has also just finished producing a feature film. Jen trains both privately and as a student in Warner's Master Class.

Contact her at jen@warnerloughlin.com

 

Keith Bogart

Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor
Keith Bogart is a working actor with credits including studio features, independent film, episodic dramas, sitcoms, daytime television, stage work and commercials.  His professional career began while in the training program at The Williamstown Theatre Festival, where festival founder and artistic director Nikos Psacharopoulos cast him in the season’s main stage production.  Afterward, Keith returned to New York and in between acting jobs continued his studies at The Strasberg Institute with Geoffrey Horn until acting work brought him to Los Angeles. In addition to acting, Keith was the producing partner of the award winning Parallax Theater Company.  Keith also taught acting in a program for at risk youth through the non-profit organization LA Shanti.  He recently completed his directorial film debut with the short “The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed into Heaven” written by Don DeLillo, which premiered at South by Southwest and continued to numerous festivals, including Slamdance. Keith trains with Warner both privately and as a student in her Master class. 

Contact him at keith@warnerloughlin.com

 

Wendy Haines

Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor
Wendy is a working actress and enjoys television, film and commercial success.  After being the youngest person ever to complete the Professional Actors Training Program at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC, Wendy’s career took her from Austin to Seattle, to touring nationally and internationally.  Wendy finally landed in Los Angeles where she studied with Dee Wallace-Stone, Ivanna Chubbuck, and Art Wolff before landing at Warner Loughlin Studios.  For four years, Wendy was the Artistic Director for City at Peace, Los Angeles— a program that brings together a large, socio-economically diverse, cast of teens to combine social change with the performing arts.  Wendy is also the founder of Illumine Education/Entertainment where she enjoys being a workshop developer/instructor and a life-career coach, sharing what she has discovered along the way about being more successful and fulfilled in life.  Wendy is thrilled to serve on the staff of Warner Loughlin Studios and share Warner’s technique.  For a list of Wendy's credits and more information about her, please visit her website at www.wendyhaines.com.

Contact her at wendy@warnerloughlin.com

 

Jackie Seiden

Director of the Kids and Young Teens' Program
Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor
Jackie Seiden is a working actress and singer. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Theater and a Music Theater Certificate from Northwestern University. While based in New York, she originated roles in productions on Broadway (Good Vibrations, Hairspray), in Broadway National Touring companies (Jersey Boys, Hairspray), Off Broadway, and in Los Angeles (Happy Days) and Las Vegas (Peep Show). Since moving to Los Angeles, Jackie has continued her acting career, working in film, major motion pictures (New Year's Eve, Jack and Jill), television, theater, and commercials. She has studied improvisation with The Groundlings and has been a proud member of the local musical comedy troupe, the Troubadours, housed at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theatre. Currently she is a part of the company of performers at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Feliz. Jackie has studied in class and privately with Warner and is proud of her involvement with the Young Actors' Department as well as the Adult Program. For more information and a full list of Jackie's credits, please visit: www.jackieseiden.com.

Contact her at  jackie@warnerloughlin.com

 

Elena Evangelo

Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor
Elena is a working actress, writer, and filmmaker. She graduated from Vassar College with her B.A. in English and French. She then went on to receive her M.F.A. from the USC, School of Cinematic Arts, graduating Phi Kappa Phi. Awards include the Jeffrey Jones Screenwriting Scholarship and the Ray Stark/ Ted Turner MGM Award. Elena also studied French Theater in Paris, through Tisch at New York University.

Elena's film work includes features like The Bride, G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra, Purpose and is slated to star in the epic, East of Byzantium. Her television work includes roles on Justified, Touched, Revenge, Body Of Proof, Parenthood, House, CSI Miami, 90210, Monk... She has also shot over 60 commercials.

Besides acting, she is a published poet and continues to produce and direct films.

Contact her at  elena@warnerloughlin.com

 

Stephen Van Dorn

Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor

Stephen Van Dorn is a working actor, director, producer, writer, and musician. His career started in Denver at the tender age of 4 with church shows, school productions and as an actor/singer/dancer in the Colorado Children's Chorale. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, in Theatre Arts and Sacred Music.

As a film and stage actor, Stephen has appeared in numerous independent films, and dozens of stage productions, recently seen as Buffalo Bill in Silence! The Musical, the unauthorized musical parody of Silence of the Lambs, alongside Davis Gaines and Christine Lakin. Stephen directed and starred in the short film, B-Positive, a mockumentary about a Hollywood where vampire actors actually are vampires, and they're creating serious competition for the humans out there. His feature script, Red White and Bruised, is on the slate with BellenGate Productions, and a pilot he co-wrote based on the short film B-Positive is currently being shopped. His performing life has taken him from New York's Lincoln Center, to Singapore, and nearly all of the United States.

He has studied with Warner Loughlin since the first fledgling days of the studio, and, as an educator himself, is dedicated to the task of bringing actors the best tools available to them.

As a singer, Stephen is a frequent soloist with the Golden States Pops Orchestra, The Orange County Symphony, and the Inland Valley Symphony. His feature script, Red White and Bruised, is on the slate with BellenGate Productions, and a pilot he co-wrote based on the short film B-Positive is currently being shopped. For more information, please visit Stephen's page at www.stephenvandorn.net

Contact him at  stephen@warnerloughlin.com

 

Nikki DeLoach

Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor
Born in a small town in South Georgia, Nikki DeLoach began her career in the entertainment business at the age of 8. By 12 years old, she became one of the new additions to "The Mickey Mouse Club" along with Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Ryan Gosling. After the show, Nikki went on to work both in the music industry, as a recording artist signed to RCA and BMG records, and as a actor in film and television. She was recently seen in "Love & Other Drugs" starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, and working alongside Matthew Modine in the courtroom drama "The Trial." Nikki has several films coming out this year, including "Flying Lessons" opposite Maggie Grace and Hal Halbrook, "The River Why" with William Hurt, Amber Heard, and Zach Gilford, and the French comedy "Hollywoo." Television credits include series regular roles on NBC's "Windfall" and FOX's "North Shore." Nikki has also starred in various TV shows such as "Traffic Light," "The Defenders," "Cold Case", "Without A Trace" and "CSI: NY."

Nikki is an ardent advocate for education, and works with organizations that are committed to improving public education. While on set, Nikki pursued her goal of graduating college. In the spring of 2012, she finally achieved that goal, receiving her degree in Psychology and English from the University of Maryland.

Now, we can catch Nikki on a weekly basis as Lacey Hamiliton on MTV's #1 new scripted show, "Awkward." "Awkward" has been deemed the "the best new scripted series of the summer," by "The New York Times." While ratings soar, it continues to be reviewed as a "must see" by all the critics. "Awkward: airs Tuesday nights at 11pm on MTV.

Contact her at  nikki@warnerloughlin.com

 

Ariel Joseph Towne

Certified Warner Loughlin Technique Instructor

Joe Towne is a working actor, writer and director. He studied theatre, film and psychology at the University of Southern California, where he was an Irene Ryan nominee for his work as an actor. After college, Joe had original plays produced in Los Angeles, New York and Santa Fe New Mexico and spent four seasons at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival as an actor and a director. Fringe roles include Hal in Proof, Constantine in The Notebook of Trigorin (Tennessee Williams' adaptation of The Seagull- a UK premiere,) Vince in Sam Shepard's revised Buried Child (UK Premiere), Jeff in SubUrbia (UK Premiere), Mr. Pink in the Quentin Tarantino-sanctioned stage production of Reservoir Dogs (UK Premiere), the title role in Women and Wallace and Hank in Marvin's Room.

Joe also performed in and directed at the French/American Festival for the Arts at the Pierre Cardin Theatre in Paris and went on to perform around the world in the cult stage hit The Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes for almost 7 years. A run which culminated in a special private performance for George Lucas at both Skywalker Ranch and at Lucasfilm/Skywalker Sound.

His first film as a writer/director was an animated short called Star Wars 2.5: The Pitch Wars and was an audience favorite - winning awards in festivals all over the United States (NY, Los Angeles, Houston) and ended up traveling the world as part of a digital film festival which won an award in the Best Animated Short category. He has gone on to write and produce a handful of films including; See How They Run, You Called and The Slip. His hit web series: Friends In Therapy premiered at the HollyWeb Festival in April 2013.

Joe has guest starred on shows for NBC, ABC, SHOWTIME and FOX and has appeared in studio features for Paramount and 20th Century Fox.

Contact him at  joe@warnerloughlin.com

 

Megan McNulty

Director of the Teens Program
 Megan McNulty is a working actress and educator. She holds her Master of Teaching in Special Education and her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of Virginia, where she specialized in curriculum and instruction. Upon graduating, Megan moved to New York, where she worked in film, commercials, and extensively on stage, both regionally and within the city. She also began a successful private tutoring business, which she then relocated to Los Angeles. Since moving to LA, Megan has continued working in film, national commercials, theatre, and television, including guest starring roles on CBS's "Still Standing," ABC's "General Hospital," Showtime's "Huff," Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101," and most recently a recurring role on Lifetime's "The Secret Lives of Wives." As a certified educational specialist (K-12), Megan has worked extensively with children of all ages and across a broad spectrum of needs and abilities as a private academic tutor, home-school educator, drama therapist, dance teacher, and choreographer. Megan is thrilled to finally combine her passions for acting and education in her work with the Teens Program. She trains both privately and as a student in Warner's Master Class. For more information and a full list of Megan's credits, please visit www.meganmcnulty.biz.

Contact her at  megan@warnerloughlin.com

 

Kimberly Bigsby

Young Actors' Program Instructor
 Kimberly Bigsby is a working actress, producer and writer. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree from Texas Tech University graduating with a double major in Theater Arts & Dance. She began her professional career in her teens, touring as a national performer for Six Flags Amusement Parks. Kimberly received her first film in college starring in the Lifetime Movie "What Matter's Most." Soon she moved to Los Angeles and began working regularly in film, television and commercials. Her favorite credits include: NBC's "The West Wing" and the award winning independent film "Where God Left His Shoes." Currently, Kimberly is a consulting producer on a new CBS comedy pilot and writing her debut feature film "A Murder," which she hopes to begin production on in 2013.

In addition to her passion as an actor, Kimberly is also a credentialed K-12 educator, specializing in "on set" tutoring for young working actors. She couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of the "Warner Loughlin Studios Young Actors' Program."

Contact her at kimberly@warnerloughlin.com.

 

Robin Hines

Young Actors' Program Instructor
 Robin Hines is a working actress, dancer, and painter. Robin began acting professionally in Austin, Texas. Her career then took her to New Orleans, Canada and finally landed her in Los Angeles. She has had success in television, film, and commercials. Favorite Credits Include: "True Blood," "Bones," "Grey's Anatomy," and a national commercial for Arby's. Robin also worked as a professional dancer for many years and is an accomplished artist. She studied fine art with several renowned artists including Edward Povey and Robert Burridge and currently shows her work in local galleries. In addition, Robin has done years of volunteer work for the Children's Shelter of Los Angeles, and she is thrilled to once again be working with kids as a teacher for the Warner Loughlin Studios Young Actors' Program.

Contact her at robin@warnerloughlin.com.

 

Chelsea Taylor

Young Actors' Program Instructor
 Chelsea Taylor is a working actress. She grew up performing in regional theatre in Houston, Texas. Throughout school she was very active in theatre and sports, excelling at tennis, volleyball, and competitive cheerleading. She spent most summers teaching at tennis and cheerleading camps for kids. After graduating high school early, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her love of acting, completing the Conservatory Program at The New York Film Academy. She then continued her studies, attending highly respected studios including Playhouse West, and of course, Warner Loughlin Studios. Her theatre credits include "Fool for Love," "Imagining Brad," "Laundry and Bourbon," and "When Hope Arrives," which premiered at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her film and television credits includes CBS's "NCIS: Los Angeles" and the independent film "Lie." She is currently developing a TV show called "Euston Prep" which she is producing with her sister, Kacy Bartleigh. She is madly in love with the Warner Loughlin technique and is thrilled to be able to share it with the Young Actors' Program.

Contact her at chelsea@warnerloughlin.com.

 

Brendan Hughes

On-Camera Instructor
Brendan Hughes has been teaching at the studio since 2007. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Brendan has directed in theaters across the country and run three theatre spaces, including the legendary Yale Cabaret and the original Harbor Stage of the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. He has taught at Yale, Harvard, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has written and directed several short films and is currently developing his first feature, the screenplay for which was an official selection at the Oaxaca Film Festival. He lives in Silverlake with his wife, cinematographer Emily Topper. For more information please visit his website: www.brendanhughes.com.

Contact him at brendan@warnerloughlin.com.

 

Eric Hunicutt

Improv Instructor
Eric is a working actor, writer, and director based in Los Angeles. He began studying and performing improv at age 14 and since then has lived and worked in Chicago and Los Angeles. Eric earned his BA in Film at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is an alum of the The Second City Conservatory and Improv Olympic training programs in Chicago. His work includes hundreds of improv and sketch comedy shows, comedy festivals, scripted theater, commercials, television, film, and new media. In addition to teaching at Warner Loughlin Studios, Eric is a faculty member at Steppenwolf Classes West, the iO West Theater, The Art of Acting Studio, California State University's Summer Arts program, and has taught as a guest artist at the University of California San Diego. Eric is a member of the acclaimed improv ensemble The Reckoning, with whom he tours and performs weekly at the iO West Theater in Hollywood. Recent acting and directing projects include shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (L.A. & NYC), The Second City (L.A. & Chicago), Improv Olympic West, Piccolo Spoleto, The Lost Studio, The Comedy Central Stage, The Katselas Theatre Company, Sugar Fix Productions, Casa 0101 Theater, and UC San Diego, as well as web series and short films. In July 2013, Eric will attend the Lincoln Center Directors Lab in New York. For more info, please visit www.erichunicutt.com.

Contact him at eric@warnerloughlin.com

 

Jamie Wollrab

Voice and Movement Instructor
Jamie Wollrab is a jack of trades in the voice and movement arena.  He has worked extensively at New York’s Actors Movement Studio under the guide of Lloyd Williamson.  He also studied the Michael Chekov Technique for two years with Lenard Petit, and the Linklater Technique for four years with Nancy Mayans and Peggy Loft.  Jamie has MFA form Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University with William Esper.  He currently works as a director, actor, dialect coach, and fight choreographer.  He is the Artistic Director of Triptych Theatre.

Contact him at jamie@warnerloughlin.com

 

Amanda Pomeroy

Writing Instructor
 Amanda has been a freelance writer in Los Angeles for over ten years. She began her career writing scenes and monologues for actors at Warner Loughlin Studios, which led to a self published "Best Of" book a few years later.

As a result of her ability to capture the voice and essence of characters, she was commissioned to write the audition material for actors considered for lead roles in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and "Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones".

Amanda's varied background includes a turn in reality programming as a producer/writer for the Style Network's home make over show, "Clean House Comes Clean".

She is currently developing feature projects and most recently sold her first original TV show to 20th Century Fox under Rob McElhenney (creator of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia").

Contact her at  amanda@warnerloughlin.com

 

Ellen Shanman

Writing Instructor
 Ellen Shanman is a screenwriter and the author of two published novels, Right Before Your Eyes and Everything Nice, both from Bantam Dell. Trained as an actor at Northwestern University, she served for eight years as Producing Director of Singularity, a New York-based film and theatre production company, before transitioning to writing full-time for episodic television. She has worked extensively as a reader and script consultant, both privately and through Film Independent, a support organization for independent filmmakers. She currently writes character-based feature films with a focus on strong roles for actors.

Contact her at  ellen@warnerloughlin.com

 

Agnes Baddoo

Stylist
 Renowned fashion stylist and author, Agnes Baddoo is an Aries, child of the 60's, born and raised in New York City. She studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, earning a BA in fine arts and painting. Upon graduation, Agnes worked for Elle magazine in the US, then moved to Paris and began working for Conde Nast. It was Agnes' time spent in Paris where she got her feet wet as a fashion stylist.

In 1993, with a great deal of experience already under her belt, Agnes moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her career as a fashion stylist. A unique and innovative eye for style and creativity has enabled Agnes to work along side some of the most highly recognizable photographers and directors, as well as celebrities, music artists and magazines.

What Agnes loves most about being a stylist is making people feel comfortable in their own skin through what they wear. She strives to expand her clients' personalities by the look that they work together to create. Agnes and her work have been profiled in Vogue and Lucky magazines, as well as Keep It Chic blog.

In addition to being a successful fashion stylist, Agnes also loves to take photographs and write. She is the author, researcher and photographer of 5 titles in the eat.shop book series: Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Los Angeles 2, Atlanta and collaborated with four other eat.shop authors on a deluxe eat.shop.nyc edition. More projects, photographs and musings can be found on her blog "present" on her site agnesbaddoo.com .

 

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