CLYDE BALDO (acting coach, monologue writer, event coordinator) has been coaching actors for over 10 years. His work is transformative, not only on the professional level but on the personal level as well.  Clyde strengthens the actor’s connection to self and teaches the actor to deeply trust their innate instincts and wisdom. Clyde shows you clearly how your mechanisms are working and what is possibly getting in the way of your success. In working with Clyde, the actor not only gets creative and emotional guidance but also practical business guidance as well, which is so necessary.

Clyde has acted in  over 40 plays, 20 films, 14 commercials, 10 radio plays and 4 TV Network spots. Clyde has also directed 13 plays in NYC.  Some of his favorite roles: The photographer on The Sopranos, Wes Banyon on Law and Order- Criminal Intent, Schmul in Doughboys, Deflores in The Changeling and Al in Road to Nirvana.

NINA MURANO (acting/monolog coach) is an award winning singer/songwriter; actor; acting teacher and coach in New York. She is the recipient of the “Backstage Bistro Award”; The New York Native’s “Outstanding Solo Performance Award” and numerous “ASCAP Special Pop Song Panel Awards.”  She has performed in Europe, Los Angeles and 20  plus  years singing in NYC cabaret/clubs. The New York Times “Going Out Guide” noted her lyrics and “original musical interludes” for the adaptation of Langston Hughes premiere version of Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Blood Wedding.” She also wrote, produced and successfully directed her original musical, Goochgirls at Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus. Murano is the lyricist of Zephyr's Pond, a children’s musical. She was a board member and treasurer of the East Coast Chapter of Society of Singers (SOS) a non-profit charity helping ‘singers in need.’ Murano sojourns to Los Angeles to coach and has taught at the renowned American Film Institute (AFI) where Nina was a ‘mentor’ teacher to first year producing ‘fellows’ in the Spring 2009.  She has been a visiting teacher in Kathryn Gately’s acting program at the Gately-Poole Studio in New York and an observing guest teacher at Northern Illinois University in Prof. Gately’s BFA/MFA program. In 2000 Nina guest taught by invitation of Dr. Beverly Brumm at SUNY New Paltz. In the Fall 2002 semester Nina taught the Meisner second year work to juniors at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia under the program head, Gene Terruso.  In 2000 and 2002 she was a select panelist vocal coach for the National Foundation of the Arts (NFAA) in the regional division at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI in the jazz/pop category.

MAGGIE REED (acting/monolog coach) specializes in teaching Comedy, Monologues, and On-Camera Acting Technique in SitCom and Film/TV at Weist Barron Studios in Manhattan.  This coming Spring, catch her as Maggie Biederhof to Kate Winslet’s Mildred Pierce in the HBO mini-series directed by Todd Haynes.   Other recent credits include Sheila Stevens on the internet series,Gotham - gothamtheseries.com, and Dr. Bennett in Michael Slade's play, Close to the Heart. Maggie also plays the recurring role of Felicia Chatham on Law and Order: SVU and has been seen on all the other Law and Order shows as well as Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG, Spin City, The Young Riders, Empty Nest, The Golden Girls, Blossom, Knots Landing among others TV shows and films.  Her Off-Broadway credits include world premieres such as Orson’s Shadow, The Beckett Plays, & Black Snow. For Dinner With Friends, she was named Best Featured Actress by the NJ press. During her many years as Shannon O’Hara McKechnie on As the World Turns, she won the DramaLogue Award for Other People’s Money with Kevin Conway. She was Broadway-bound in Neil Simon’s Jake’s Women after touring the U.S. with John Houseman’s prestigious classical troupe, The Acting Company, and romped through Central Park in Triumph of Love.  Other world premieres include O’Neill, Misconduct Allowed, and Quiet on the Set. Regional theatre: Kate-Taming of the Shrew, Olivia -Twelfth Night, Ann-All My Sons, Luisa-The Fantasticks, Louise-Gypsy, etc.  Her voice can be heard on numerous national TV and radio commercials and narrations. Maggie is the proud recipient of an M.F.A. in Acting from Cornell University and a B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of CA at Santa Cruz. Please visit http://maggiereed.com for more information on her coaching and workshops.

KATHRYN ROSSETTER (monolog/acting coach) is an actress/ writer/ teacher/director. She appeared on Broadway opposite Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman and then repeated her role in the filmed version. Other Broadway credits includeTime of the Cuckoo, at Lincoln Center. Off Broadway she has appeared in numerous productions at The Working Theatre, The WPA Theatre, Public Theatre, Vineyard Theatre, Hudson Guild Theatre, UBU Rep, Playwrights Horizons, New Dramatists, Village Gate, Workhouse Theatre and The Ensemble Studio Theatre where she is a member.

Some of her director credits include; Come Back to the 5 and Dime,Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at the Lee Strasberg Institute for NYU, Wait Until Dark at Bristol Valley Playhouse, The Star Spangled Girl at the Fredonia Opera House, Still Life at the Bank Street Theatre in NYC, Mother, Lunch, Waiting For Julia and many others at the Westbank Café, and the One-person shows, Between take off and Landing, If Tap Shoes Could Talk, and A Line In the Sand.

She is currently the Chair of the acting department in the MFA Program at the New School For Drama where she also teaches acting. She also teaches at Marymount Manhattan College, the New York Arts program, Parsons School of Design and NYU. She began coaching actors in LA over 15 years ago where many of her students were comedians who went on to television and film careers. She continues to coach actors privately in New York for auditions and for monologue work. She conducts an on-going private workshop developing one-person shows, The Art of the One-Person Show.

KIM STERN (vocal coach) teaches Private Voice Lessons, Vocal Performance Workshops and Vocal Technique Workshops to individuals and groups around the world.  Her students can currently be seen working as leads on the  Broadway and National Tours of  How To Succeed.., Sister Act, Wicked, Mamma Mia, and Billy Elliot among others.  Many of her students also work regularly Off-Broadway, Regionally and as recording artists.

She has built a well recognized teaching practice in New York City over the past 15 years and helped to establish the curriculum for the musical theatre program at New York Film Academy. Her teaching style has been called, “inspiring”,  “innovative” and “encouraging”. Kim’s technique is based on the idea that the voice is an instrument of the body: If we are holding physical tension, we are likely to be holding vocal tension.  She incorporates ideas stemming from Alexander Technique, Kristin Linklater, Patsy Rodenburgh, Yoga Techniques and Feldenkrais in conjunction with her own methods.  In addition, Kim has a full, diverse music library and is adept at helping students find unique repertoire, exploring correct keys and customizing cuts for audition purposes. For more information, go to: www.KimSternVocalStudio.com or www.BroadwayWarmUp.com