Acting Instructors
Kelly Trumbull
Kelly has a B.F.A. in Acting from SyracuseUniversity(2003) and a M.A. in Educational Theatre from New YorkUniversity(2010). She has worked as a theater teaching artist with numerous arts organizations and performing arts schools in New York City,Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh. She has also worked in casting for various theater, television, and film projects both locally and inNew York. She is a member of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education and the Association of Teaching Artists!
Billy Hartung
Billy received his BFA in Theater Arts in 1993 and later returned for his Masters in Curriculum and Instruction in 2008 both from Point Park University. Billy has taught Acting and Musical Theater for The Performing Arts faculties of The Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), The Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts and the CMU pre college program. He is also an active member of the Arts Education Collaborative (AEC) and the Executive Director of the Center for Theater Arts.
Scott Nunnally, Acting Faculty (B.A. – Slippery Rock College)
Scott attended Slippery Rock University as a theater major and has been acting and teaching in the Pittsburgh area since 1995. His first love is performing and has been fortunate enough to appear at the in television and film. In theater Scott has performed at Pittsburgh Public Theater, Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown and Primestage Theater to name a few. His favorite theatrical role to date is Othello which he has played twice. Scott has also appeared in productions at Little Lake Theater and has been a part the Little Lake Theater touring ensemble since 1996. Scott has been a teacher at the Center for Theater Arts since 2001 teaching primarily Acting and Improvisation.
Shaun Rolly, Acting Faculty (Society of American Fight Directors, United Stuntman’s Association)
Shaun J. Rolly has been a professional actor, director, fight director, dance choreographer, stuntman and movement coach for the last 17 years. He has received audience and critical praise for his fight and dance work by theater and opera critics in Ireland, Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. He’s also a member of The Independent Fight Directors Guild – An elite group of international fight directors dedicated to the safety, historic techniques and art form of staged combat. He also performs and teaches the arts of pantomime, commedia dell’arte, street performing and clowning.
With over 200 stage shows to his credit, he has also taught his unique styles of phyical theater at Carnegie Mellon University, West Virginia University, Penn State, Point Park University, and Slippery Rock University among others. He has also been a teacher for the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts. He currently teaches at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Cyber Charter School.
Theater Company Presents More Stage Opportunities to Students
The addition of the CTA Theater Company class to the program has brought a great deal of enthusiasm and interest. This year Kristen Link and Shaun Rolly will be directing the Theater Company Productions and 2011-12 play selection is currently underway.
As a performing arts school that is not performance based, we take great pride in exploring the rehearsal and performance process with an effort to insure that all students can take to the stage with their passion and also their training.
The Studio Theater at the CTA continues to be a space where our acting students discover their strengths, explore weaknesses and rise to the challenges of performing in a small theater space. As always, we look forward to all opportunities to bring the “page to the stage” and this year promises to be a special one.