Teaching Artists
Educators are very important to this world and our mission, and we choose our Teaching Artists with care. They are on the front lines of creating empathy in children and opening their eyes to the power within them through live theatre.
Please say hello to our Teaching Artists for After'Cool, Summer 'Cool, and Enter Stage Right!
Ariana Gonzalez
Actor, writer, creator and mucho más. Ariana is an artist from Venezuela; she’s very passionate about her craft and firmly believes in the power of storytelling. Her mission is to create content that inspires people to follow their passions. She’s honored to be a member of 24th Street and loves performing in Enter Stage Right and teaching in After Cool.
Ariana has a BFA in Performing Arts from AMDA.
Melissa Booey
Melissa is a performer, producer, writer, director and teaching artist. She loves calling 24th Street her home, and also teaches acting and improv to all ages with organizations like SODE, Open Stage, and Theatre 360. She is also a published poet, produces a poetry podcast called Poet's Return, performs and produces with Little Fish Theatre, Shakespeare by the Sea, and Towne Street Theatre, and writes original immersive theatre performed locally.
Bradley Brough
Bradley is a Los Angeles based composer and musician who has been writing and playing piano for more than 25 years. He has written music for many stage productions in both Los Angeles and London as well as assisting to develop arts education programs for distance learning during the pandemic. His previous work with 24th Street theatre includes Pascal and Julien, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Rapunzel Alone, Enter Stage Right, Staring YOU!, and Las Instrucciones.
Davitt Felder
Davitt Felder is a musician, actor and writer. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama with a BFA in acting. Last year he finished a three-month run of the musical review of protest music he wrote and performed in called "ROAR, Rock On American Resurrection". Davitt is a lover of California History and so he is always so happy to be a part of 24th St Theatre and its growing place in the LA community's history. He believes in art as a social cause and that teaching and promoting empathy to kids is vital and important in this ever growing age of technology. He puts this into practice in his acting workshops for 24th Street Theatre at schools around California and in his musical Therapy work with Alzheimer's patients. As a musician, he has performed on behalf of Quincy Jones Productions and for Major League Baseball.
Margot Fitzsimmons
Margot Marie Fitzsimmons is a versatile theater and film director, puppetry artist, producer, and arts educator committed to creating engaging content for young audiences. As the Executive Director of FitzSili Productions, she champions stories from underrepresented communities, celebrating diverse artists and audiences. Her work has been showcased internationally, with performances across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Recently, she debuted her shadow puppet show, “Traveling to Movieland,” at the Magic Lantern Society convention aboard the Queen Mary. Margot has collaborated with master puppeteers globally, and her work with Double Image Theatre Lab has earned Jim Henson grants. She holds degrees in Theater and Spanish (B.A., Dickinson College), Educational Theater (M.A., NYU), and Theater for Young Audiences (MFA, University of Hawaiʻi). In 2016, she was honored with the Winifred Ward Memorial Scholarship for her excellence in children’s theater.
Linda Ravenswood
Linda Ravenswood PhD ABD is a poet and performance artist from Los Angeles. Her work merges Performance Text, Improvisation, Satire, and Memoir. Her work has appeared off Broadway and in over 75 different books, journals, and anthologies. Find the Pushcart Prize nominated Hymnal (Mouthfeel Press) - now in its second printing - on Amazon. She was Shortlisted for poet laureate of Los Angeles in 2017.
Calliope Weisman
Calliope Weisman (she/her) is a theatre director, producer, teaching artist, and stage manager in Los Angeles. She has a BA in Theatre from SDSU with an emphasis in youth theatre and stage management. Most recently, she produced GIRL BLOOD (a period piece) at the Hollywood Fringe and directed the multi-award-winning immersive solo show THE KIDS MIGHT DIE (a tale told by an idiot) that went on to tour the west coast, Edinburgh, and New Zealand – where she won Best Director. In addition to 24th ST, she has worked at theaters all across LA including the Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival, Fountain Theatre, Morgan-Wixson, The MAIN, Learn Beyond the Book, and Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum. Calliope has worked in the theater her whole life and has a passion for bringing a unique creative vision to new works and inspiring young students to express themselves through the performing arts. She is grateful for the opportunity to work at 24th ST, who share her values of community and collaboration.
Will Domke
Will Domke (he/him) is an actor, musician, and creator originally from Seattle, WA. He studied acting at the University of Southern California, and began working with 24th STreet during undergrad before continuing on as a teaching artist and staff member. Will has also worked as a teaching artist with Los Angeles Music and Art School in Boyle Heights, as well as with various theater camps in and around the Seattle area.