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We are fortunate to have such inspiring teachers at ASC. We\u2019re excited to highlight a few new additions that have been helping our students grow. Meet our instructors, Sarah Tolan-Mee, Joshua Moaney, and Sara Mountjoy-Pepka!<\/p>\n

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Sarah Tolan-Mee<\/a><\/strong> is an actor and director from NYC. She guides actors and creative artists, including Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur Fellows, and PEN award winners, in expressive embodiment. She is a protege of the great movement teacher Moni Yakim and holds an MFA from Juilliard in Drama. Acting includes: Martyna Majok\u2019s queens <\/em>(LCT3), Sarah Ruhl\u2019s Melancholy Play<\/em> (13P) and Stage Kiss <\/em>(The Goodman). Additionally, New Saloon\u2019s Minor Character <\/em>(Under the Radar), and Wallace Shawn\u2019s A Thought In Three Parts <\/em>(FRANK). Also including Lucy Thurber\u2019s Named <\/em>(Rising Phoenix Rep), Kenneth Prestininzi\u2019s Love in the Seventh Kingdom of Wrath<\/em> (Dream Up Festival) and Chaste <\/em>(Trap Door), Ibsen\u2019s Hedda Gabler <\/em>(Andre Gregory). She has developed work with Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, NYTW, P73, The Roundabout, The Vineyard, The Lark, Primary Stages, Denver Center, and The Playwright\u2019s Center.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite part of teaching?<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n
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My favorite part of teaching is watching students\u2019 radically different processes, and seeing them come alive through exploration of technique. The words \u201ctechnique,\u201d \u201ccraft\u201d or \u201cskill\u201d can sound overly mechanical, but I have found the opposite. Good technique frees an actor, opens her imagination, and creates an immediacy in her work. It is breathtaking to witness actors truly experiment and to be in a room full of people who are willing to take the plunge into creative process. I love witnessing the magic of transformation and the living laboratory nature of the classroom. I wish more rehearsal rooms included the daring of an ASC class.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Why ASC?<\/em><\/strong> <\/h3>\n
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I love ASC\u2019s mix of warmth, rigor, and commitment to truthful, expansive acting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BONUS: If you weren\u2019t an actor (or a teacher),<\/em><\/strong> what would you be? <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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If I weren\u2019t an actor I would be a physicist. The drama of space and time!!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Joshua Moaney<\/a><\/strong> is a Chicago-based actor and teacher. He graduated with his MFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University in 2013. Moaney\u2019s stage credits include theaters such as Remy Bumppo, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Lifeline Theatre, where he is also a teaching artist.
Concurrently, Moaney works with The Lyric Opera of Chicago. His most recent acting credits include Le Comte Ory, Macbeth, Eranani,<\/em> and Fire Shut Up in My Bones.<\/em>
On-camera credits include Empire<\/em> (Fox) and Chicago Med <\/em>(NBC). Josh has also been seen in national and regional commercials for brands like Dicks Sporting Goods, Target, Kraft, ComEd, Big Lots, Room Place, Ace Hardware, and more.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite part of teaching?<\/strong> <\/em> <\/h3>\n
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I learn as much from my students as they do from me. The enthusiasm\u00a0and joy they bring to the studio makes teaching easy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Sara Mountjoy-Pepka<\/a><\/strong> comes to Chicago via Los Angeles and Seattle and is very happy to be here. As an actor, Sara loves all theater but has a particular focus in Shakespeare. Sara has enjoyed working regionally with Great River Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Shakespeare\/ Wooden O, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Will Geer\u2019s Theatrical Botanicum, and more. A professional improviser, she was a company member of the award-winning Impro Theatre in LA and Seattle\u2019s Unexpected Productions. Each with a special focus on improvising full-length plays in classic genres like Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Dorothy Parker. A company member of Magic Circle Mime Company, Sara spent 17 years miming across North America, Europe and Asia with the world\u2019s best symphony orchestras. Sara is also a director, including Impro Theatre\/ Garry Marshall Theatre\u2019s smash-hit Jane Austen Unscripted, and seven sold-out seasons of The Improvised Generation (in the style of Star Trek: TNG).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite part of teaching?<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n
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I enjoy the journey of figuring out what each student needs to thrive and shine. Sometimes, [a student] has a breakthrough their very first class, and sometimes, you\u2019re assessing and experimenting together for a while until suddenly, something clicks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Why ASC?<\/em><\/strong> <\/h3>\n
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Easy \u2013 I started as a student here and immediately felt this was a good community for me. I\u2019ll continue being a student even as I step into teaching\u2026I was refreshing the adult classes page today!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BONUS: If you weren\u2019t an actor (or a teacher),<\/em><\/strong> what would you be?<\/strong> <\/h3>\n
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A farmer. In another life, I own and run a self-sustaining organic farm in the Pacific Northwest with mostly crops\/ orchards and a few happy hens. I cannot emphasize the gap between the knowledge it would take to succeed at that and the knowledge I currently have, but my city hobby in the meantime is native plant gardening.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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