LEARN FROM THE PROFESSIONALS Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp offers the dedicated student the opportunity to engage in a rigorous training program with gifted practitioners whose credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, London’s West End, Ballet Hispanico, The Royal Danish Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, International tours and many more. Through ensemble-work, intense collaboration, and individual guidance, the Perry-Mansfield faculty teach some of the nation’s most promising young artists to explore the classic and ever-changing worlds of theatre, musical theatre and dance.
THEATRE & MUSICAL THEATRE
Victor Maog
Theatre Faculty Head
A stage director and educator with national and international credits, Victor has been the Director of Perry-Mansfield’s Theatre Department since 2008. He has collaborated at the NYSF/Public Theatre, Hartford Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Second Stage, MCC, The Working Theatre, New Dramatists, and directed/taught for NYU/Tisch, UPenn, Fordham, and others. His multi-disciplinary collaborations and groundbreaking training models attract world-class faculty artists and top-tier student talent.
DANCE
Linda Kent
Dance Faculty Head
Linda Kent was Principal Dancer with both the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the Paul Taylor Dance Company for twenty-one years. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School’s Dance Division where she has been a faculty member since 1984. Miss Kent has staged the works of Paul Taylor, Alvin Ailey and David Parsons on dance companies around the world including The Joffrey Ballet, Les Grandes Ballet Canadienne, La Scala Opera Ballet, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and the Juilliard Dance Ensemble.
DRAMATIC WRITING
Edith Freni
Writing Faculty Head
Edith is a playwright, dramaturg and educator. She is currently on faculty at the University of Miami, Department of Theatre Arts in Miami, Florida. She holds both her BFA and MFA from NYU’s Department of Dramatic Writing. Edith has been working at Perry-Mansfield since 2008 and was thrilled to take over as Head of Creative and Dramatic Writing in 2011.
EQUESTRIAN
Naomi Barker
Equestrian Faculty Head
Naomi, a Colorado native, has been riding since the age of 5. She has 8 years experience teaching horseback riding and 15 years experience training horses. She learned classical riding and horsemanship in the United States Pony Club and 4-H. She has a strong background in Dressage and Eventing, as well as Western Riding.
PRODUCTION
Michael Jarett
Production Head
Michael is currently the Lighting Designer/Dance Technical Director for the VCU Department of Dance and Choreography. Additionally, he works as a freelance lighting designer. Michael earned a BA in Theater from the University of Richmond, a MFA in Theater Design from Brandeis University, and has held the Gilbert Hemsley Lighting Internship at Lincoln Center. Mike is entering his fourth season as Production Manager/Lighting Designer.