FESTIVAL CONSERVATORY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS

This Musical Theatre Conservatory is for aspiring young performers ages 4-18 desiring to take their skills to the next level. The conservatory offers professional year round training in acting, dance and musical theatre, with specially designed classes for students striving to enter the musical theatre field. The classes instill self-discipline as well as enhance performance skills and audition techniques. Classes are offered at appropriate age and skill level to achieve maximum growth and experience.

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• FALL 2023 CLASS SCHEDULE

  Acting
  Class	Instructor	Ages	Day/Time	Tuition	Class Length
  JR Creative Drama	Samantha Capener	8-12	W 4:30-5:30 p.m.	$100	Sept 19-Nov 29
  Acting
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  Beginning Improv	McKenna Finley	12 and Up	M 4:30-5:30 p.m	$100	Sept 18- Nov 20
  Acting
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  Shakespeare	Jack Roberts	13-18	M 5:30-6:30	$125	Sept 18- Nov 20

  Musical Theatre
  Class	Instructor	Ages	Day/Time	Tuition	Class Length
  SR Fall Production	Stefan Espinosa, McKenna Finley & Logan Kelley	13-18	T, W, TH 4-6 p.m.	$150	Sept 18-Dec 5
  Musical Theatre
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  JR Musical Theatre Prep	Jocelyn Van Wyk	8-12	M 5:30-6:30 PM	$125	Sept 18- Nov 22
  Musical Theatre
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  Adult Acting Workshop	Stefan Espinosa	18+	Select Sat 10:30 AM -12:00 PM	$125	Sept 23- Nov 18

  Dance
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  Opera/Character Ballet	Kelley Richardson	9-12	TH 4:15-5:30	$100	Sept 20-Nov 30
  Dance
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  Broadway Tap	Kelley Richardson	9-12	TH 5:30-6:15	$100	Sept 20-Nov 30

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Faculty Bios

STEFAN ESPINOSA

A native of Tucson, Arizona, Stefan has been working as a professional actor, director, fight choreographer, and dialect coach for the last 15 years. Some favorite past regional theatre companies include PCPA Theatrefest, Arizona Theatre Company, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Lyric Repertory Theatre, many productions at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and Salt Lake Acting Company. Stefan has taught countless classes at the Conservatory over the years and has been thrilled to be a part of changing young lives in Logan! Stefan has also directed many excellent Conservatory productions including Narnia, The Phantom Tollbooth, HS Musical, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, Freaky Friday, and more. Stefan has taught Acting, Voice, and Movement in the Idaho State University Theatre Department since 2012 and has directed many productions at the professional and pre-professional level. Stefan has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona and a MFA in Acting from the University of Houston PATP. Stefan and his wife, Vanessa Ballam, founded the Conservatory in 2009.

JOCELYN VAN WYK

Idaho-raised soprano Jocelyn van Wyk is an actress, operatic stage director, private voice teacher and owner of Sego Studios. She completed her Masters of Music in Opera Performance in the spring of 2020, from Longy School of Music of Bard College. She has performed many operatic and music theater roles. Jocelyn specializes in character development and loves telling beloved stories in new meaningful ways. She has directed the Conservatory’s Jr Fall Production of James and the Giant Peach, as well as several musical theatre and acting classes. Jocelyn is passionate about sharing the beauty of opera, and musical theatre with those who have never experienced it before.

SAMANTHA CAPENER

Samantha Capener is currently working toward a Theatre Education Bachelor of Fine arts at Utah State University where she is combining her passion for the performing arts and teaching. Recently, Samantha has been visiting elementary schools throughout Cache Valley to teach drama-based lessons. Through theatre, Samantha has found new ways to use her voice for good and to develop experiences for people to do the same. She strives to help her students grow their confidence as well as develop their performing skills. Samantha devises her lessons to enable space for creativity and instruction on a personal level. She is thrilled to join the Conservatory again this fall!

KELLEY RICHARDSON

An Executive Producer, Director, Choreographer and two-time Broadway World Awarded Artist; Kelley trained with Dance New Amsterdam in New York and the European School of Performing Arts; Ormond Opera Ballet, San Diego Arts. Her career is backed with Bachelor and Master degrees and teaching endorsements in Theatre, Performing Arts & Dance Education. She’s worked & toured with Disney/ Universal, Miss Universe, Broadway Dance Center, ABT, Int’l Thespian Society & Musical Theatre Competitions of America. She’s studied with UofU, BYU, USU, WSU, UCF in Musical Theatre & Dance (Ballet, Modern, Ballroom programs.) She is an International Dancesport champion and Master Dance Educator; just returning from her work in New York; as a Senior Director at The King’s College; awarded for business innovation in Higher Education and the Arts.

Kelley and her husband, Mike have performed and produced performing arts conventions, competitions, galas and productions from east to west! Whether on stage together or behind the scenes, they love infusing our love and professional experience into the next generation of poets, players and artists! As musical theatre performers themselves, they attest that they have performed more roles than all our careers combined (and employed the utmost in staging, strategy, direction and design) in cultivating our very family of 9! We keep artfully and willingly sacrificing more for this dream than anything else! Kelley is thrilled to join Utah Festival Conservatory this year and happy to now call Cache Valley home!

MCKENNA FINLEY

McKenna Finley (she/her) is a senior of Theatre Education at USU. She specializes in improv education and devised theatre work. For the last two years, she's been working with the Antics Comedy Improv in Logan Utah to collaborate with local high school improv troupes, organizing public improv workshops, and performing in the improv shows. Over this last summer, she started the Caine College of the Arts Department of Theatre Arts summer camp, "Behind the Scenes". She speaks in fluent movie quotes, loves working with anyone who wants to learn about improv, and aspires to be an Independent Teaching Artist who teaches improv workshops for performer and nonperformers around the country.

JACK ROBERTS

Jack Carter Roberts is an English-born actor. He grew up in Southern California and began acting in 2018 at MiraCosta College. He received his Associate of Arts Degree in June 2019 and transferred to Utah State University to obtain his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in Acting. He received his BFA degree in May of 2023. A few notable Roles are: Westmorland/Captain MacMorris in Henry V (MiraCosta College), Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar (Utah State University), Mastiff in The Moors (Utah State University), Adult Man in Spring Awakening (Utah State University), Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Lyric Repertory Theatre), and Charlie Clench in One Man Two Guvnors (Lyric Repertory Theatre). Jack Continues to strive in educating himself in the theatre world by working on classic works and new diverse pieces that enter his atmosphere.

LOGAN KELLEY

Logan is currently a full-time choir and theater teacher at North Ogden Junior High School. He is working on a Masters in Theatre Education, and graduated from Utah State University with a BM in Choir Education. He has worked for companies across Northern Utah including USU Theatre, USU Opera, Pickleville Playhouse, and Four Seasons Theatre Company. During his time at USU he performed as a vocalist and pianist with the Chamber Singers and University Chorale. Logan has been commissioned to write contemporary a cappella, choral, and theatrical arrangements that have been performed throughout the region. His original musical Hamartia has received two workshopped stagings. Logan has been doing research writing choral music that will best benefit low income schools and diverse student populations. He looks forward to using these findings to benefit school music programs.