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 Chaffey College School of Visual, Performing, and Communication Arts 5885 Haven Avenue Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737 909/652-6066 | Chaffey Theatre Personnel  Christa Havenhill, M.F.A Assistant Professor christa.havenhill@chaffey.edu Christa comes to the Chaffey Theatre Department directly from MSJC's Menifee Valley Campus where she taught theatre and dance at as adjunct faculty for four years. Christa received her B.A. in Theatre from Fresno State University and her M.F.A. in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University. Upon graduation, Christa earned her equity card performing at The Welk Resort in Escondido. She immediately left to perform as lead singer/dancer onboard Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas for 7 months where she was able to save enough money to move to New York City. There, she took various acting workshops, commercial classes, saw numerous Broadway productions and auditioned for everything under the sun. She has appeared in numerous regional productions and commercials in New York, Colorado and California. Christa has been a proud member of Actor's Equity Association for 9 years. Recent roles include: Sandy in Grease, Laurey in Oklahoma! and Nellie in South Pacific at the Historic Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre. Other favorites include: Woman #1 in I Love You, Youíre Perfect, Now Change, Kathy in Singin' In The Rain and Elaine in Arsenic and Old Lace. Directorial credits include: The Miracle Worker (Menifee Lab Theatre), All In The Timing (Menifee Lab Theatre), Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp (Riverside Community Players) and Broadway At Sunset (Courtyard Dinner Theatre). Christa is currently a judge for the Inland Theatre League and the proud owner of Studio ìCî which specializes in audition coaching as well as headshots for the actor in Temecula. Christa loves musical theatre and is looking forward to developing more musical theatre classes and performance opportunities at Chaffey.  Gary Reinschmidt Stage Technician Production Technical Director gary.reinschmidt@chaffey.edu Gary began his theatrical career right here at Chaffey College, studying under C. A. Sheppard and Broadway veteran Ralph Strane (Damn Yankees, Kismet). His principal field of interest was as a performer in Musical Theatre. He has appeared in over 150 productions throughout Southern California, performing everything from Shakespeare to David Mamet and Sam Shepard, and singing roles from Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. Along the way he developed an interest in the technical side of Theatre and began "helping out" with building, painting, and installing sets. He landed a few part-time jobs in various community, college and professional theaters, doing numerous tech assignments, all the while learning under some very skilled professionals. His background includes Scenic Design and Construction, Lighting, Audio, and Stage Management. He also free-lanced as a carpenter/production assistant on several Television programs including The Garry Shandling Show, Dick Clark's American Bandstand, Top of the Pops, and The HBO Comedy Hour. He served as resident Stage Manager/Production Coordinator for the Candlelight Pavilion for 10 years and as Theatre Production Manager at Fullerton College before returning to Chaffey to join the Theatre Staff in the Fall of 2000. Gary still enjoys performing occasionally, but he finds plenty of challenge and artistic fulfillment in his current position, serving the technical needs of Chaffey's Theatre Arts Department. He continues to keep abreast of current technology, including Intelligent (moving) lighting and digital audio mixing. He is currently in the process of developing a vocational program for technical theatre, providing necessary skills to theatre students hoping to enter the work force. His wife, Claire, is a singer/actor as well and they first met (not surprisingly) doing a show, though they didn't marry until nearly 10 years later in 1991. They live in Fontana with their two children, John and Andrew. He is fond of saying, "Being my boys, 'Dad' is the best role I'll ever have." |
 Kelly Ford Instructor kelly.ford@chaffey.edu Kelly received her MFA, Masters of Fine Arts, degree in Theatre Performance at California State University, Long Beach. CSULB offered comprehensive acting training as well as an opportunity to work as an actress in a professional repertory company setting. The curriculum included Alexander techniques, Laban Efforts, Viewpoints, Gyrokinesis, Plastics, Movement for actors, IPA notation, Fitzmaurice, Linklater, study of modern playwrights, study of Ideologies, Shakespeare, Theatre History and study of a variety of acting techniques such as Konstatine Stanislavisky, Sanford Meisner, Robert Cohen, Michael Shurtleff, Lee Strasberg, Michael Chekhov, Viola Spolin, Stella Adler and Uta Hagen. Kelly emerged from this program armed with an extensive knowledge of acting, voice, movement, and theatre history. Additional training includes a BA in Performance from California State University, Fullerton, and a certificate of completion from the Professional Actors Conservatory. At present, Kelly is an Acting Instructor for the Theatre Arts Department at Fullerton College, Riverside College and at Chaffey College. Kelly directed Chaffey College Theatre Arts Department Summer production of As You Like It. In addition to teaching, directing, and choreographing, Kelly is also an actress. Her previous productions include Midsummer Nights Dream (Helena), Dreams of a Sunday Afternoon (Cristina), Pilgrims (Rose), Elfriede's Story (Grete), Lamarck (Sofie), An O.Henry Christmas (Marguerite), The Taming of the Shrew (Kate), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Titania), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero), The Sea Gull (Marsha), Ladies At the Alamo (Joanne), Private Lives (Sybil), Present Laughter (Liz), M. Butterfly (Renee) and Love Letters (Melissa). Her choreography credits include Long Beach Symphony Christmas Celebration, Fantasticks, A Christmas Carole, The Wizard of Oz, South Pacific, Seven Brides, Brigadoon, and Sound of Music. |
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