Beginnings
America's Most Complete
Arts Experience
for Young People.

Established 1984

America's Most Complete Arts Experience
for Young People

An approach to
professionalism as caring as
it is practical.


Staff Professional Résumé

Ken Schatz
SAG AEA
FILM AND TELEVISION    
POISON (Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival) Preacher Apparatus Productions, dir. Todd Haynes
FINDING GRACELAND (wI Harvey Keitel & Bridget Fonda) Motel Clerk Avenue Pictures/Largo, dir. David Winkler
SESAME STREET (live shorts) letters "W," "J,' "T" & "I" Children's Tel. Workshop, dir. Mo Willems
KENNY WAS COOL (psa) Eric the Goofy Sidekick Long Island Rail Road, dir. Bob Yuhas
PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE (comm.) Pork Rind Boy Philippine Telephone Co., w/Lea Salonga
     
VOICE-OVERS    
DARIA mult. voices ("Tommy Sherman") MTV, dir. Susie Lewis Lynn
SESAME STREET (animated shorts) multiple voices Children's Tel. Workshop, dir. Mo Willems
SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY (series pilot) multiple voices Cartoon Network, dir. Mo Willems
THE BUDDY SYSTEM (series pilot) multiple voices GLC Productions, dir. Dan Cramer
CRAZY OWEN (promo) multiple voices Cartoon Network, dir. Mo Willems
QUICK DRAW MCGRAW (promo) mult. voices ("Baba Louie") Cartoon Network, dir. Mo Willems
THE SOMBRERO BROTHERS (animated short) Announcer Curious Pictures, dir. Mo Willems
TREASURE ISLAND (full-length animated feature) multiple voices Mark Zander Productions, dir. Mo Willems
     
THEATRE    
CROWBAR (Obie Award-winning production) ensemble En Garde Arts, dir. Richard Caliban
BAD PENNY (Obie Award-winning production) ensemble En Garde Arts, dir. Jim Simpson
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD Hamlet J. Montgomery Theatre Co., dir. Collette Duvall
TREASURE ISLAND Chanteyman Blue Light Theatre Co., dir. B.H. Barry
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (three yrs. & reg'l tour) Puck, Philostrate Gorilla Rep, dir. Chris Sanderson
SAILING TO BYZANTIUM ensemble Gorilla Rep, dir. Chris Sanderson
COWBOY MOUTH Lobster Man Gorilla Rep, dir. Chris Sanderson
MACBETH Fleance, Young Seward Willow Cabin Theatre Co., dir. Ed Berkeley
THE SEAGULL Shamrayev Circle in the Square School, dir. Elinor Renfleld
COLUMBUS: THE NEW WORLD ORDER ensemble Bread & Puppet Theatre Co., dir. Peter Schumann
FOUND A PEANUT Scott West Beth Theatre, dir. Jack Haley
LOOSE ENDS Balinese Fisherman Intar Theatre, dir. Cheryl Rogers
SUZUKI WESTERN Cowboy West Bank Cafe, dir. David Ledingham
LOVE, REINCARNATION, & GARBAGE multiple characters MaskWork Unlimited, dir. Shelley Wyant
PREMANJALI & THE SEVEN GEESE BROTHERS multiple characters MaskWork Unlimited, dir. Shelley Wyant
THE BIG THIRST ensemble Dancing in the Streets, dir. Stephen Koplowitz
     

 

TRAINING AND EDUCATION
THREE-YEAR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM, CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE SCHOOL
Acting Technique & Scene Study: Alan Langdon, Elizabeth Browning, Jacqueline Brookes, Terese Hayden, Tony Greco, Elinor Renfield, Naomi Thornton
Voice, Singing, Speech & Text, Accents & Dialects: Andrea Haring, Keeley Eastley, Jan Malthaner, Elizabeth Parrish, Jon Sperry
Movement, Jazz Dance, Improv & Mask Technique:: Peter DeLorenzo, Jonah Emsig, Susan Milani, Albert Stephenson, Shelley Wyant

B.F.A. IN ACTING, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Bruce Adolphe, Jan Cohen-Cruz, Mel Gordon, Chris Jaehnig, Alyssa Bennett, Susan Walsh (incl. on-camera technique)

WORKSHOPS AND PRIVATE CLASSES
Augusta BoaI, Kristin Linklater, Randolyn Zinn, Jacques LeCoq, Moni Yakim (certified by Moni Yakim to teach his physical acting technique)

SPECIAL
Teacher & coach (acting, voice, movement, etc.), coaching credits include COPLAND, SHADRACH, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, & SPIN CITY, faculty member & farmer Associate Director of Circle in the Square Theatre School, fitness trainer, bones player, driver's license, all kinds of sports, professional folklorist, singer, & arranger of traditional music: sea songs & chanteys, railroad & prison chants, gospel, blues, ballads, & worksongs, accents & dialects, character voices, mask & physical character work, occasional juggling, unicycling, & fire-breathing

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Special thanks to Dr. Kevin Kolack, Mia Valdez, Tracy Pence, Sybil Sklar and Cheryl Woolwine.

Last Updated:  04/24/2006 08:46:51 PM