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Camryn Chew

Assistant Instructor, Theatre Journeys & Acting Adventures

Camryn (she/they) is an emerging actor, writer, director, poet, arts administrator, and educator as well as a 2020 graduate of Capilano University’s Acting for Stage and Screen program. She is currently the Co-Artistic Director of Coffeehouse Theatre Society, an emerging theatre company thataims to provide opportunities for youth artists. Camryn’s past acting credits include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (CapU Theatre), Mercurius in Amphitruo (United Players), and Lady Windermere in Lady Windermere’s Fan (TIC Online). Camryn is incredibly happy and grateful to be a part of Carousel Theatre’s Drama School!

Valeria Ascolese

Assistant Instructor, Stage Kids & Imagination Station

Santana Berryman

Lead Instructor, Theatre Journeys & Acting Adventures

Santana is a Vancouver-based actor and emerging director from Whitehorse, Yukon. A graduate of Cap U’s Acting for Stage and Screen program, Santana also holds a TEFL – Performance and Play certification from Educo Italia. Selected theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Peter and the Starcatcher (Cap U Theatre), The Book of Esther and The Shape of Things (The Guild Hall), and a Canada-wide premiere tour of Map of The Land, Map of the Stars (Gwaandak Theatre). Her background is in directing Theatre for Young Audiences, with credits including Where the Wild Things Are and Alice in Puppetland (Heart of Riverdale). More recently, she directed Society of Transformative Zoology (IGNITE! Youth-Driven Arts Festival) and co-directed The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (Vancouver Fringe).

Ian Butcher

Lead Instructor, Drama Explorations & Teen Company Players

Ian completed nine seasons at Bard on the Beach and has worked extensively throughout Europe and Canada. A graduate of Studio 58, his selected theatre credits include: Dracula (Chemainus), The Sound of Music (Gateway), Robin Hood (Carousel), and Coriolanus (Coriolanus Co-Op). In film/TV: Supergirl, Impastor, Motive, Arctic Air, RoboCop, Almost Human, Once Upon A Time, The Killing Game, Supernatural, Stargate Universe, Stargate SG-1. Ian was last seen in CTYP’s 2017 production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Aslan.

Laura Jaszcz

Lead Instructor, Stake Kids & Imagination Station

Laura is a Vancouver-based actress and instructor with 20 years of experience in arts education. She most recently worked as an actress in Flare Path with Slamming Door Collective. She has performed with CTYP in their productions of  Munscha Mia, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and Munsch Alley. Other theatre work includes, Gateway Theatre (Brigadoon), Chemainus Theatre Festival (The Wizard of Oz and James and the Giant Peach), and Mad Duck (The Tempest and Titus Andronicus). In film and television, she has worked on Ties That Bind, Flowers in the Attic, Witches of East End, The Haunting Hour, Alcatraz, Supernatural, Reaper, Secrets of Comfort House, the Chris Isaak Show, and various commercials. Most recently, Laura has appeared in The Story of Us for Hallmark and The Flash for CW. She plays the ukulele in her spare time and is often in the company of Max the Sheltie, her best puppy friend.

Victor Mariano

Assistant Instructor, Drama Explorations & Teen Company Players

Victor is a Vancouver-based actor whose recent professional credits include The Objecthood of Chairs (SFU), House of Kosa (TigerMilk Collective), Banana Boys (Firehall Theatre), Quasimodo Or The Bell Ringer of Paree (Boca del Lupo), Silverwing (Carousel Theatre for Young People), The Soldier’s Tale (Turning Point Ensemble), and Skin (Henry Daniel). Besides teaching at CTYP, Vic is also an acting instructor at Simon Fraser University where he received his BFA in Theatre. Vic was last seen in CTYP’s 2018 production of The Velveteen Rabbit.