1. CARYN WEST This teacher auditions!! Caryn was the company of GOOD PEOPLE at the Geffen Playhouse May 2012 . She is a principal in the indie feature I DO which is now doing very well on the festival circuit. More credits below. But teaching folks to avoid her youthful mistakes and to learn the current trends,while retaining true art in their craft, gives her a higher purpose she is grateful for. full length version TEACHING AND DIRECTING RESUME ACTING RESUME/ REVIEWS/ REEL ACTORS ACCESS IMDB EVERYTHING ACTING podcast interview with host Rosalyn Coleman Williams (45 mb link to download) Caryn’s latest press and awards: The only teacher selected on both coasts as one of "THE BEST AUDITION COACHES" BACK STAGE West and East 2009 polls Caryn is in the feature I DO which has been in 15 festivals in 2012/13. She co-wrote the Italian/U.S. short THE FATHER, which has been seen in 5 European festivals thus far in 2011. In 2010, she recurred last as Dr. Susan Heyworth on the CBS series THREE RIVERS, shot the indie feature comedy QWERTY, had a major part in the UCLA grad short THE EDUCATION, starred in THE CLEAN HOUSE at the International City Theatre, played a the Kate Hepburn lead part in The Interact Co.’s STATE OF THE UNION which was cited as: The Best in LA Theatre for 2010: “One of theTop Productions" BroadwayWorld.com I.C.T. Equity contract production of THE CLEAN HOUSE by Sarah Ruhl (Sept. 2010): “OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS/COMEDY” For Larger Theaters (300 seats or more) 2010 Award Lists StageSceneLA.com "Caryn West is likewise remarkable as Lane, gently growing from self-righteously officious to genuinely befuddled”- BACKSTAGE WEST "[Caryn] West is the most nimble interpreter of Ruhl’s challenging material . Her powerful presence and assured skills are a perfect fit for the uptight doctor… The Clean House is Lane’s journey, and happily West charts it for us with precision, intelligence and nuance.” --FRONTIERS.COM "The endearing cast deftly manages Ruhl's tricky balance of quirk and pathos...this pristine "House" reached our funny bones and, ultimately, our hearts." - LA TIMES “But in its latest iteration at Long Beach’s International City Theatre....the proceedings seem energized—vital and alive. Lane, a practicing M.D. and lady of her house (an emotionally spot-on Caryn West) ... In the hands of a strong director,“The Clean House” congeals into an oddly coherent piece of drama. With sky high production values , a top-notch ensemble of actors, and lucid helmsmanship by desai, “The Clean House” is ready for guests.”- BEACHCOMBER  and 2. JESSICA KUBZANSKY click on above for bio LA STAGE TIMES Interview YOUTUBE interview "Kubzansky ... has consistently mounted some of the most intelligently imagined, visceral but thoughtful productions in L.A. for the past decade...Kubzansky's gifts are many-layered: With her loving but unflinching honesty about the vagaries of human behavior, she really cuts to the heart and brain of a play. She does this by casting great, versatile actors and challenging them, and by creating fully theatrical worlds, a step beyond or beneath mere naturalism. She marries design and impulse, the intellectual and the sensual, like few other stage directors we've seen." --Rob Kendt, Editor-in-Chief, Backstage West "Kubzansky…is one of the most sought-after directors in the region."--Steven Leigh Morris, Theatre Editor, LA Weekly "...Daring, inventive staging..."- Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times "...extracts sensitive, nuanced performances from her excellent ensemble..."-- T.S. Kerrigan, Backstage West "The star is Jessica Kubzansky, whose imaginative ideas and staging keep the operetta fresh..."-Robert Nesti, The Boston Herald "…inspired"---Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times Caryn West's Space for Actors www.carynwest.com carynwest@mac.com 7506 Lexington Ave. West Hollywood, Ca. 90046 o: 323.876.0394 c: 818.693.4625

Faculty bio/ resume/ press/ interviews

1. CARYN WEST

This teacher auditions!! Caryn was the company of GOOD PEOPLE at the Geffen Playhouse May 2012 . She is a principal in the indie feature I DO which is now doing very well on the festival circuit. More credits below. But teaching folks to avoid her youthful mistakes and to learn the current trends,while retaining true art in their craft, gives her a higher purpose she is grateful for.

full length version

TEACHING AND DIRECTING RESUME

ACTING RESUME/ REVIEWS/ REEL

ACTORS ACCESS

IMDB

EVERYTHING ACTING podcast interview

with host Rosalyn Coleman Williams

(45 mb link to download)

Caryn’s latest press and awards:

The only teacher selected on both coasts as one of

"THE BEST AUDITION COACHES"

BACK STAGE West and East 2009 polls

Caryn is in the feature I DO which has been in 15 festivals in 2012/13. She co-wrote the Italian/U.S. short THE FATHER, which has been seen in 5 European festivals thus far in 2011. In 2010, she recurred last as Dr. Susan Heyworth on the CBS series THREE RIVERS, shot the indie feature comedy QWERTY, had a major part in the UCLA grad short THE EDUCATION, starred in THE CLEAN HOUSE at the International City Theatre, played a the Kate Hepburn lead part in The Interact Co.’s STATE OF THE UNION which was cited as:

The Best in LA Theatre for 2010:

“One of theTop Productions"

- BroadwayWorld.com
-

I.C.T. Equity contract production of THE CLEAN HOUSE by Sarah Ruhl (Sept. 2010):

“OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS/COMEDY”

For Larger Theaters (300 seats or more)

2010 Award Lists StageSceneLA.com

"Caryn West is likewise remarkable as Lane, gently growing from self-righteously officious to genuinely befuddled”- BACKSTAGE WEST

"[Caryn] West is the most nimble interpreter of Ruhl’s challenging material . Her powerful presence and assured skills are a perfect fit for the uptight doctor… The Clean House is Lane’s journey, and happily West charts it for us with precision, intelligence and nuance.” --FRONTIERS.COM

"The endearing cast deftly manages Ruhl's tricky balance of quirk and pathos...this pristine "House" reached our funny bones and, ultimately, our hearts." - LA TIMES

“But in its latest iteration at Long Beach’s International City Theatre....the proceedings seem energized—vital and alive. Lane, a practicing M.D. and lady of her house (an emotionally spot-on Caryn West) ... In the hands of a strong director,“The Clean House” congeals into an oddly coherent piece of drama. With sky high production values , a top-notch ensemble of actors, and lucid helmsmanship by desai, “The Clean House” is ready for guests.”- BEACHCOMBER

and

2. JESSICA KUBZANSKY

click on above for bio

LA STAGE TIMES Interview

YOUTUBE interview

"Kubzansky ... has consistently mounted some of the most intelligently imagined, visceral but thoughtful productions in L.A. for the past decade...Kubzansky's gifts are many-layered: With her loving but unflinching honesty about the vagaries of human behavior, she really cuts to the heart and brain of a play. She does this by casting great, versatile actors and challenging them, and by creating fully theatrical worlds, a step beyond or beneath mere naturalism. She marries design and impulse, the intellectual and the sensual, like few other stage directors we've seen."

--Rob Kendt, Editor-in-Chief, Backstage West

"Kubzansky…is one of the most sought-after directors in the region."--Steven Leigh Morris, Theatre Editor, LA Weekly

"...Daring, inventive staging..."- Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times

"...extracts sensitive, nuanced performances from her excellent ensemble..."-- T.S. Kerrigan, Backstage West

"The star is Jessica Kubzansky, whose imaginative ideas and staging keep the operetta fresh..."-Robert Nesti, The Boston Herald

"…inspired"---Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times

Caryn West's Space for Actors

www.carynwest.com carynwest@mac.com

7506 Lexington Ave. West Hollywood, Ca. 90046

o: 323.876.0394 c: 818.693.4625