Welcome FSU/Asolo Conservatory Class of 2018

Introducing the Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory Class of 2018

The class of 2018 has started their education at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, which will continue for three years and conclude with them being eligible to join the Actors’ Equity Association, putting them in the ranks of the nation’s top performers. These twelve graduate students were chosen out of over a thousand applicants and come from all over the country to begin training for possible careers in theatre, film, and television. Welcome to the Class of 2018!

Photo by Jonathan Courtemanche. Front Row (seated): Kedren Spencer (Silver Spring, MD), Nolan Fitzgerald Hennelly (Dumont, NJ), Aleksandr Krapivkin (Kalamazoo, MI), Amy Helms (Shoreline, WA), Mary Ellen Everett (Poplar Grove, IL). 2nd Row (standing): Dustin Babin (Lafayette, LA), Colleen Lafeber (Woodbury, MN), Andrew Bosworth (Austin, Texas), Amber Lageman (Columbus, OH), Wes Tolman (Newcastle, WA), Christopher Carlson (Blue Springs, MO), Anthony J. Hamilton (Kalamazoo, MI).

FSU / Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training Director, Greg Leaming, Premieres at University of Delaware in The Patsy

Greg Leaming

Congratulations to Greg Leaming, the Director of the Asolo Conservatory, who will be premiering The Patsy, his original adaptation of Georges Feydeau’s French farce Le Dindon. The show will premiere at the Resident Ensemble Players on September 23, 2015 through October 11, 2015.

The Patsy
Directed by Steve Tague
Thompson Theatre, Roselle Center for the Arts
September 23 – October 11, 2015

This hilarious new version of Feydeau’s classic French farce was commissioned by the REP for our resident professional acting company. The Patsy is a lightning-paced romp brimming with old lovers, new flames, and a wildfire of misunderstandings and compromising positions.

Virtuous and faithful Lucienne has vowed never to cheat on her husband, unless, of course, he cheats on her first. Opportunities for hanky-panky abound when she is pursued by two lascivious family friends, her husband’s German lover reappears from the past, and two elderly American tourists just want a good night’s sleep in a lively Paris hotel.

Bedtime turns to bedlam with mistaken identities, exhausted libidos, and a few truths about the lasting pleasure of a committed relationship.

— Resident Ensemble Players