Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Collaborators


Marc Devine is a performer, director, and film editor.  He currently performs with Opera del Espacio and Teatro de Facto, a physically driven theater company, under the artistic direction of Zach Helm.  Recently, Marc was the Assistant Editor on Ken Roht's feature film The Bloody Indulgent, a vampire musical, and co-directed Roht's one-act opera Permissible Union for the prestigious 2010 COLA Awards Show.  Marc is the voice for the Literal Systems' audiobook production of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Around Los Angeles he has performed with ARTEL, The Bootleg Theater, needtheater, Vox Humana, Fierce Backbone, Ken Roht's Orphean Circus, Opera del Espcacio and Teatro de Facto.  Marc recieved his BFA in Acting from theCollege of Santa Fe, and studied in London at Ithaca College's London Center.
Christina Estrada: (B.A. Theatre Arts and Dance, CSULA) Christina is an actor and an artist. In addition to her studies at CSULA, she has also trained with Mark Majarian at Cypress College and The Groundlings. Credits include Red NosesEvita, the ensemble-created F*ck Me, Love Me, Leave Me and How ‘Bout Now? With Opera del Espacio, she appeared in the touring performances of The Way of Water, in the site specific performances on the Metro Gold Line as part of Meet Me @ Metro III, and as Kick-Ass Carmen and the Barberess of Seville   for the company's two bouts in the LA Ladies Arm Wrestling competition held at Bootleg Theatre. 



Daphne Gabriel is an actor and singer based in Los Angeles, CA. She received her actor training at California State University, Los Angeles and studied the Meisner Technique at the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio in Santa Monica, CA. Her credits include: Stage Door (2010) at The Open Fist Theatre Company, the ensemble driven Fuck Me, Love Me, Leave Me (2010), , (2010) and THE SERIES: A. BUILDINGTHE SERIES: IN TRANSIT (2010), and The Making of an American Girl (2011) . She currently performs with Opera del Espacio and was recently accepted into The Actors' Gang. 








E. M. Gimenez is a Los Angeles based noise maker and video artist who has coordinated the sonic aspects of Opera Del Espacio performances from the beginning.  His work has been heard at such diverse venues as REDCAT, Son of Semele, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Los Angeles Opera, and the Los Angeles Metro system.  He holds degrees from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the California Institute of the Arts, and was named "A Young Designer to Watch" by Live Design Magazine. Martin is currently working on Cirque de Soleil's Iris in Los Angeles.








Amanda Gomez (B.A. Theatre Arts and Dance, CSULA). Credits include Tony Planas’ adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, the children's puppetry play The Cloud Gatherer by Jose Cruz Gonzales, and F*ck Me, Love Me, Leave Me, directed by Ben Caron. She is currently studying voice with Anne Gresham and pursuing a career in TV and Film. With Opera del Espacio she appeared in the touring performances of The Way of Water and as part of the Entourages for the company's two bouts in the LA Ladies Arm Wrestling competition held at Bootleg Theatre. 



Natasha Snow Needles, (B.A. Theatre Arts and Dance, CSULA), RYT-200. Natasha began dancing as a child in Idaho, which was the catalyst for performing and dancing in many competitions and studying with various companies such as Silver Slippers Dance Academy, High PerFormance, American Ballet Theatre, In Dance We Trust, The Devilittes Dance Team and I Love Dance Academy. As well as teaching dance and Pilates, she began studying yoga. After receiving her certification with Yoga Alliance in Hatha, Power, Vinyasa, Sculpt and Barre she is now on staff on various studios across the California. Performance credits include: Curtain, Cliff Lake, and the web series 321.net. Natasha is also a member of the performance band, PLaNETS as the choreographer, musician, singer, dancer and shadow puppet creator.