Gregory Berger-Sobeck - Scene Study
Graduate Yale School of Drama

This year Gregory Berger-Sobeck was awarded "FAVORITE SCENE STUDY TEACHER IN LOS ANGELES" by Backstage West after they polled six thousand industry professionals for this honor. Also selected in categories for Favorite Private Acting Coach and Monologue Coach.

Gregory trained and graduated from the prestigious Yale School of Drama. Prior to that he trained at The Circle Square in New York City. After working for many years in New York as an actor, acting teacher, and private coach for stage and film, Gregory Berger-Sobeck opened The Berg Studios in Los Angeles, where he has taught approximately for the last ten years and has recently been invited to hold workshops in Stockholm, Sweden and Sydney, Australia.

New York stage credits include 'Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean', 'The Flowing Peach', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'The Admiral Bashful' and 'The Shrewing of Blanco Posnet'. 'Molly', 'Andrew After Dark', 'Much Ado About Nothing', 'Faust', and 'The Colonization'.

Regional credits include work at the Yale Repertory Theater and The Yale School of Drama: 'A Midsomer Night's Dream', 'King Lear', 'King John', 'Measure for Measure', 'Three Sisters', and 'A Ride Across Lake Constance', to name a few. Among his directing credits are 'Dolores and Sisters' at the company of Angels and the west coast premiere of John Ford Noonan's POPPS. He was nominated best film actor at the Los Angeles SOYS Film Festival for the film 'Persona' directed by student Pac Arias, which was also nominated for best drama.

He has been a casting director for the pilot 'Angel Air' and has been commissioned by various managers like Marshak Zachary Management (Darryl Marshak former representation for Leonardo DiCaprio and James Franco) to direct industry showcases. The showcases have received front coverage articles in 'Backstage West Magazine'.

Graham Shiels - Scene Study (Lower Levels)
M.F.A Yale School of Drama
B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Simon Fraser University

Classically trained at the Yale School of Drama under Earle R. Gister, Graham received an M.F.A. in Acting. Complimenting his classical training he also received a B.F.A. in Theatre from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., which has a very experimental theatre influence focusing on the physical work of master teacher Linda Putnam. But perhaps Graham's greatest acting influence comes from the award-winning Canadian director and teacher, Scott Swan, whose focus is on finding freedom and power in your self. Constantly looking to train himself as a performer, Graham is also a recent alumni of Improv Olympic West.

With significant theatre credits from Shakespeare to Jerome Kern, he has performed regionally at the Mark Taper Forum with Tony award-winner Brian Bedford, South Coast Repertory, Hollywood Bowl's L.A. Philharmonic series, the role of Hotspur at California Theatre Festival, and the Yale Repertory Theatre. Also collaborating on numerous original projects in Vancouver with participation in four Fringe Festivals--most popularly with THREE MEN AND A MOP and KNUCKLEHEAD FEVER!

He can be seen menacing Jim Carrey in the feature YES MAN, has had notable recurring roles on such series as Alan Ball's TRUE BLOOD, McG's FASTLANE, CHARMED, and the daytime serial GENERAL HOSPITAL, and has Guest Starred numerous times: most recently on THE MENTALIST, THE EVENT, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, and THE WHOLE TRUTH.

Meg Brogan - Leave Of Absence
M.F.A. Yale School of Drama
B.S. in Theatre Arts from Northwestern University

Meg loves the study of acting. She has been a student for over twenty years in some of the finest programs in the country and has had the great privilege of working with extraordinary teachers. While at Northwestern University, she studied with Bud Beyer and Frank Galati. At Yale, her mentor was Earle Gister. Meg was an original company member of the Guthrie Summer Institute where she learned from Kenneth Washington. She also spent a summer at the British American Academy for Dramatic Arts in Oxford and two summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, including one in the Act One Company. In Los Angeles, Meg has studied with Sam Christensen and continues to work closely with him.

While her great passion is teaching, Meg is still a professional working actor. Her credits include The Mark Taper Forum (Brian Bedford); The Long Wharf Theatre' (Doug Hughes); The Old Globe (Roger Rees); Yale Repertory Theatre (Liz Diamond); the Santa Barbara Theatre (Asaad Kelada): and the Summer Play Festival in New York City to name a few. Meg recently completed her first feature film, 'The Red Machine'.

Meg was a founding member of the award winning theatre company 'Roadworks Productions' in Chicago. Upon graduation from Yale, she received the Oliver Thorndike award for excellence in acting, an honor she shares with fellow classmate Tessa Auberjunois. Meg is co-author of the play 'No Problem' published by Dramatic Publishing, and is happily married to the writer and television producer Courtland Cox.

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