Acting Classes in New Jersey

Rachel Pizzulli was most recently awarded one of the "Best Final Girls" for her role in Clawface (2024) by the Chicago Horror Festival. This New Jersey raised actress is most known for 13 Commandments (Netflix VO, 2018) , Run This Town (Tubi, 2023), and Grind of Life (Torrance Cable TV 2023). Pizzulli made her first LA stage debut in Bones (2020), but previously had leading roles in various productions such as Three Sisters, Othello, La Ronde, Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, and more. Previous film work include Runaway (2022) and Robbed (2018).  With a BFA in Performing Arts from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, she is now crossing to the other side of the camera. Pizzulli is now writing, starring, and producing a feature film, Buck Roger’s Time (coming soon) and a television series, Honor to the Father (coming soon). 

Ashley has enjoyed performing in the entertainment industry since a young age. Selected credits include Television: Emmy-Nominated series A Small Light as Margot Frank (Nat Geo, Disney Plus, Hulu), White House Plumbers as Alexandra Liddy (HBO), New Amsterdam and The Blacklist (NBC), Bull (CBS), Bizaardvark (Disney), and The Other Two (Comedy Central); Film: Troop Zero as Piper Keller (Amazon Prime); Theater: Doctor Zhivago - original Broadway cast; Sound Of Music National Tour (Louisa); and Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Center Theatre Group LA. Ashley has a deep passion for storytelling and is excited to help students unlock the full potential of their performances. With an extensive knowledge in script analysis/TV, Film, and Theatre technique she will support you in creating your best work. Advanced Private Coaching Sessions & Self Tape Analysis requests can be emailed to ashleybrookee@icloud.com.

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Livv DiMattio (writer, director, independent filmmaker) is the co-runner of Lab Partner Productions. She graduated from The Los Angeles Film School with a Bachelor of Science in Digital Filmmaking. She is working towards her MFA from the Academy of Art University in Writing for Television, Film, and Digital Media. Some of her projects include: Period 5 (play; co-director), In A Lonely Place (play; co-writer, co-director), Nocturne (short film; writer, director), DiMattio: In Color (short documentary; director, cinematographer), and All Night Long (short film; writer, director). Livv taught at Two River Theater in the summer program from 2013-2017, teaches group and one-on-one acting classes, and currently teaches at Teen Arts New Jersey specializing in filmmaking and acting with middle and high schoolers.