education workgroup

Leaders of SF Shakes’ education programs

BIDALIA ALBANESE
EDUCATION WORKGROUP MEMBER
Bidalia (she/her) is a native New Yorker and is so excited to be part of the Education Workgroup. She is also a choreographer, movement director, and director around the Bay Area. She graduated from The Guildford School of Acting in England and is an alumnus from The School of American Ballet in NYC. She has performed in the UK, NYC, and SF Bay Area Theatre Companies. Favorite roles include Camila from In The Heights, (Custom Made Theatre) Marisol in Jose Rivers’ A Marisol (Sanford Meisner Theatre NYC) Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein (CM. NY), and Charity Barnum in Barnum (23E) Bidalia also is a proud co-founder of 23 Elephants Theatre Company with her husband Steven Hess also an actor/writer. They were awarded The Best Of SF Fringe for their musical Unspeakable Act at The Exit Theatre. See more at 23elephants.org

EVAN HELD
EDUCATION WORKGROUP MEMBER
Evan (he/him) is a graduate from the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts (PCPA), and excited to be working with the Education Workgroup! He’s been involved in numerous Shakespeare productions across the years. He’s done shows all over Sonoma and Marin counties with companies such as Shakespeare in the Cannery, Redwood Theater Company, Ross Valley Players, Spreckels, Word for Word, and Marin Summer Theater. He also performed in SF Shakes touring production of The Comedy of Errors.

CHARLIE LAVARONI
EDUCATION WORKGROUP MEMBER
Charlie (he/him) is a bicoastal actor, teaching artist, and administrator. He has proudly worked with: Shakespeare and Company; San Francisco Shakespeare Festival; and Davis Shakespeare. Find out more about him at charlielavaroni.com

MICHAELA STEWART
EDUCATION WORKGROUP MEMBER
Michaela (she/her) has been an artist and manager with SF Shakes for a decade and is very proud to be participating in the Education Workgroup! She’s been involved in the performing arts in the Bay Area for over 15 years, working as an actor, director, choreographer, and educator for several companies including SF Shakes, Los Altos Stage Company, and Los Altos Youth Theatre. Michaela received a B.F.A. in Film Production from Chapman University, and attended Second City’s Harold Ramis Film School in Chicago. More at cinemamichaela.com.

RAINIER PEARL-STYLES
EDUCATION WORKGROUP MEMBER
Rainier (she/they) is thrilled to be celebrating 15 years of SF Shakes this year, where they began their career as an actor and teaching artist after many years of summer camp. Rainier is currently Boston-based; and works as a freelance teaching artist and director while pursuing an MA/MFA in Theatre Education at Emerson College. They’ve worked with with the Bay School of San Francisco, Boston Theatre Company, Arts Resource Collaborative for Kids, MIT, Emerson Stage. Rainier is passionate about using theatre as a tool for fostering community, creativity, and playfulness with the goal of creating together. Their favorite Shakespeare play is The Winter’s Tale and their favorite quote is “Let the sky rain potatoes!” rainier-pearl-styles.com

BRITTANY VI-KING
EDUCATION WORKGROUP MEMBER
Brittany (they/them) is a Stage Director, and Teaching Artist. Born and raised in Seattle, WA. Brittany graduated with B.A in Communications: Film studies and a minor in Dramatic Arts from Northwest University. For seven years they served as a teaching artist with Seattle’s Young Shakespeare Workshop. They currently serve as a Teaching Artist in the bay area, as well as an Education Workgroup member for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. They recently assisted directed the staged reading of Imogen Says Nothing for the BaWTF (2021). They were the director for the main stage production of The Tempest (2017), and served as the Stage Manager for the production of The Diary of Anne Frank (2015), at Northwest University. They love storytelling and sharing space with others. It is their hope to use their skills in storytelling to invite more folks to share stories as well. al.

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