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Valeria Ascolese

Associate Instructor

Leslie Dos Remedios

Lead Instructor

Originally from Toronto, Leslie is a graduate of York University (2008) and Studio 58 (2012). She’s fresh off of maternity leave and is so happy to be spending time at Carousel Theatre’s Drama School again! Her recent theatre credits include “Jane” in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Arts Club Theatre Company); “Bap” in Baking Time (Presentation House Theatre); “Sam” in Thanks for Giving (Arts Club Theatre Company). At Carousel Theatre for Young People, Leslie has appeared in The Jungle Book, Wondrous Tales of Old Japan and Shakespearean Rhapsody.

Santana Berryman

Associate Instructor

Santana Berryman 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

In January 2018 Ian performed in his third production with Carousel Theatre for Young People, playing Aslan in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Ian has completed nine seasons at Bard on the Beach and has worked extensively throughout Europe and Canada. A graduate of Studio 58, selected theatre credits: Dracula (Chemainus), The Sound of Music (Gateway), Robin Hood (Carousel), Coriolanus (Coriolanus Co-Op). Film/TV: Supergirl,Impastor, Motive, Arctic Air, Robocop, Almost Human, Once Upon A Time, The Killing Game, Supernatural, Stargate Lead Universe, Stargate SG-1. Ian was last seen on CTYP’s 2017 production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Aslan

Laura Jaszcz

Lead Instructor

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.

Kelli Ogmundson

Associate Instructor

Kelli is an actor, singer, and comedian from Vancouver and is so excited to be a part of the Carousel Theatre instruction team! She has appeared in two CTYP productions, as Piggie in Elephant & Piggie’s We Are In A Play! as well as Smee in Bad Hat’s Peter Pan. Some favourite credits include Fun Home (Arts Club Theatre Company) and Bryn on the CBC original comedy Cavendish. She has been featured on CBC’s The Slowest Show, Netflix’s Haters Back Off, CW’s Supernatural and has voiced multiple ponies on My Little Pony. Kelli is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award nominee, Ovation Award winner, and a graduate of Capilano University’s Musical Theatre Program. She performs weekly with her comedy group Little Mountain Improv.