Meet the guest artists of Oxy's Theater Department
After graduating from Occidental with a major in Music, Benjamin began a successful career as a Classical Singer and Musical Theater Singer/Actor. He performed at the Los Angeles and Carmel Bach Festivals as well as many regional musical theaters.
Gretchen's professional singing and acting career has taken her all over the world. She has performed on stages and in studios in Japan, Russia, New York, Los Angeles, and many places in between. Her voice has been heard in Jazz Clubs, on Cruise Ships, in Theaters in Movies, on TV, the Radio, on CDs, etc.
Tre holds a BFA in Directing from the North Carolina School of the Arts where he worked with legendary Broadway director Gerald Freedman. In addition, he has been a directing fellow for the Eugene O’Neill Playwright's Conference, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and for the John F.
For his senior honors project in American Studies, he created and performed AN EVENING WITH FREDERICK DOUGLASS, the first in a series of biographically and historically- infused plays which have become his signature.
John Billingsley has been a ‘professional actor’ (one uses the term loosely) for thirty years: on the l7th of November at 12:30PM, he plans to bloviate (or pontificate, if you prefer) about an actor’s values, victories and vicissitudes. Values shift and change as we grow older: how do we continue to move forward in a tough profession when what we wanted yesterday isn’t at all what we want
Will Power is an internationally renowned playwright, performer, lyricist and educator.
Nick received his M.F.A. in Acting at CalArts. Erickson performed at such places as the Swine Palace, the Intiman and Empty Space Theatres in Seattle, and at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
