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Emma Newton instructor at Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts VADA

Emma Newton

Emma is an actor based in Vancouver who has plenty of experience working with kids and assisting in classroom settings. Most notably, she spent a year assisting primary aged children in Oxford, UK, in choral and theatre classes.

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Cody Kearsly instructor at Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Cody Kearsley

Cody is a professional Canadian actor, writer, director, producer and instructor for theatre, television and film. As an actor, he has made a name for himself in the film industry with prominent roles on Riverdale (The CW), Daybreak (Netflix), Guilty Party (Paramount+) and Shadow of the Rougarou (APTN).

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Michelle Allen

Michelle Allen is an award winning, film industry veteran casting director. 

She has lived and worked in the Canadian Film and Television Industry for more than forty years. She formed the first Background casting company in BC in 1983, and began casting Principal roles for Film and Television in 1986.

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Vancouver Academy od Dramatic Arts instructor Ed Witzke

Ed Wtizke

Ed Witzke has been working in the entertainment industry for over 17 years. He is an instructor at the Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts

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Scott Patey

Scott Patey is originally from Alberta and came to Vancouver in 2009 to enrol in our Dramatic Arts Program Diploma. “I specifically came to Vancouver to train at

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Joel Semande

Joel Semande is a Canadian-born actor originally from a suburb in LaSalle, Ontario. The youngest of two children, he began acting in a middle school,

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Jessica Garcie

Jessica Garcie has been acting since her formative years in high school, graduating with honours in theatre. After earning her Diploma in Acting for Film

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Chris Shields

Chris Shields A true industry professional, well-seasoned actor and writer best known for his recurring role work on The 100 (2014-2017). However Chris’s industry credits span

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Akshaya Pattanayak

Akshaya Pattanayak An Indian-Canadian working in the arts, Akshaya is a practitioner who is used to wearing multiple hats as an Actor, Voice and Movement Instructor, PA,

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Vanessa Schaefer Acting instructor at VADA

Vanessa Schaefer

Vanessa Schaefer Vanessa Schaefer is an Irish/German actor, writer and director. After finishing high school in Cape Town, she returned to Ireland to pursue acting.

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