MEET OUR TEACHING STAFF

JENNIFER FELL HAYES

(Education Director - teaching Improv with Impact.Winner of the Yale Distinguished Teaching Award 2007. Director of Drama at Friends Seminary, Manhattan. Created the Performing Arts Department at the Spence School and was head of the Arts Department at Riverdale Country School. Founder/teacher of City Lights Youth Theatre and playwright in residence for 10 years. Plays published by New Plays Inc. and Samuel French. Founder/partner of DramaMuse, creating programs at Metropolitan Museum and Smithsonian Institute. Graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama, London University.

STEPHANIE ILA SILVER-SILBERSTEIN

(co-teaching Imagination Workshop) received an MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently working towards an M.A. in Educational Theatre (all grades) and English Education (grades 7-12) at NYU. Instructor of Theatre Arts at The Dwight School, St. Joseph's Academy of Yorkville, Art & Design High School, the Hangar Theatre and others. Toured in The Island of the Blue Dolphins with Theatreworks/USA, and was a member of NYU's educational touring group, Shakespeare to Go. Member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA and has worked in the film, television and voice over industries.

AHVI SPINDELL

(co-teaching Imagination Workshop) is a founding member of the Algonquin Theatre Co. and brings over 30 years of experience as a New York based Actor, Director and Teaching Artist to the Imagination Workshop. Educated at The Juilliard School of Drama, Circle In the Square and Ithaca College, he has worked On & Off BĄ¯way and in major regional theatres across the country. He is also a teaching artist for Broadway Classroom working with students in middle school through high school and is a member of the Arts in Education Roundtable.

PAT WATKINS

(teaching Susu, Tutus and Tea) Alabama School of Fine Arts (dance major), BFA (drama) Point Park College. A professional dancer-actress-singer-writer, she writes songs, stories and plays for children and was commissioned by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to co-create a multi-media project for kids. Co-owner of Kindle Productions. Taught gym, dance and early preschool classes in NYC for the last 3 years.