Faculty

Anoushka Brod is a performing member of Transactors Improv Company performing improvisational theatre throughout the Southeast and beyond. She teaches improv to people of all ages in a variety of venues. You can also see her perform here in Raleigh at Comedy Worx, and with the 3-person improv group, Danny Canoe.

Judy Dove has taught theatre arts for 19 years with WCPSS. She has studied puppetry with Hobey Ford (Golden Rod Puppets) and Lisa Sturz (Red Herring Puppets), and is active with the NC Theatre Conference. She and her husband, Kent, met at RLT 25 years ago and have three children, all of whom have followed a path into the arts!

Johannah Maynard Edwards received her BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. After spending eight years in New York working and training as a director, designer, playwright and performer, Johannah currently resides in Raleigh.

Jesse Gephart was 14 years old when he landed his first acting gig in Raleigh as part of the Teens On Stage program at RLT. Since then he has gone on to receive a BA in Theatre Performance from Appalachian State University and has performed in/directed/helped produce over 30 productions in the Triangle since 2005, including, The Santaland Diaries, Of Mice and Men and The 39 Steps. He is very excited to be back working with RLT again.

Barbette Hunter holds a BA in Speech/Communications from NC State University and did graduate work in acting at UNC-Greensboro. She has earned three performance awards and two technical theatre awards from RLT. As a professional actress, she has performed with numerous companies in the Triangle including the Justice Theatre Project, Raleigh Ensemble Players and Theatre in the Park. Barbette has been working with the RLT Education Program for several years.

PJ Maske has a BA in Theatre from James Madison University and a MA in Movement Studies from London’s prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama where she trained to teach and direct. She has worked as a professional performer in Virginia, Indiana, London and North Carolina and has produced and directed many devised performance pieces as the artistic director of Urban Garden Performing Arts.

Susan Meyer studied theatre at Western Carolina University and has taught classes and camps at RLT for several years. She has worked with special needs children for many years and believes in adapting her classes to the specific needs of each student in those classes. Susan was in the original cast of RLT’s Cinderella in 1984 and again in 2002.

Lucius Robinson trained at the Guthrie Theatre BFA Program and the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theater and is currently finishing undergraduate work at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has worked with many theatre companies around the Triangle and beyond.

Dan Sipp spent eight years in Chicago studying, performing and directing at The iO Theater. He now runs The Worx Training Center in Raleigh. He began performing with Transactors Improv Company in 1988.

Renee Wimberley has been involved on stage, back stage or in a classroom at RLT for nearly 30 years! She holds a BA in Theatre Education from UNC-Greensboro. A home school mom of three, her passion is theatre arts integration and training teachers, home educators and ministry leaders to use creative drama to enhance their learning environments.

Gary Zwerin has been clowning as Calvin Klown since 1980. He was named Clowns of America International’s Clown of the Year in 1996. He has been teaching the Art of Clowning for more than 25 years.