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This May, The Ume Group is pleased to announce the second-ever class of Performance Apprentices to join the ranks of The Ume Group Ensemble. Chosen from a round of competitive workshop-style auditions last month, these 6 artists will work alongside The Ume Group's Core Ensemble to create new works and perform the company's repertoire while also participating in the classes at The Ume Group School. At the end of their 15-week Apprenticeship some of them may even be selected to join The Ume Group's permanent Core Ensemble, which - besides creating & performing together, teaches and learns together at The Ume Group School.
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Sponsor an Apprentice!
Just $170 covers all the staffing, space rental, and other fees necessary for a single student to join the Apprenticeship Program in Summer 2016.
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Meet the Apprentices
Miles Butler |
Edgar Eguia |
Miles Butler is a baseball-loving Virginia boy. He's ecstatic to be sharing his artistry with this special group of physical storytellers. Recent: Alexander Who's Not... Not Going to Move (National Tour), enter the garden (The Motor Company), #serials@theflea, The Blind (The Flea), Shape of Things (The Secret Theatre), Micro Shrimp (NJPC), The Dream Exchange (Rising Sun Performance Company). DC: Studio Theatre, Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre and various. Alumnus of Brooklyn College. Thanks to Jordan and the entire Ume family for this wonderful opportunity.
www.milesbutler.com Julia Karis
Julia Karis is and actor, dancer and singer from San Diego, California. She is thrilled to have this opportunity to work with the Ume Group. Previous credits include Lucy in "Three Penny Opera", Diwata in "Speech and Debate, and Marcy in "Dog Sees God". She has a BA in Theater Performance from Wagner College. In addition she traveled to Amsterdam to study Commedia Dell'arte with Teatro Punto under the training of Carlos Garcia Estevez and Katrien Van Beurden. Julia is also an experienced acrobat and has been teaching gymnastics for 6 years.
Jorge Luna
Jorge Luna was born into a family of artists- his mother wrote children’s stories and his father was a requinto player. At the age of seven he was inspired by a virtuoso circus performance by a troop called Círcolo. Later on he discovered his addiction to live performance when he started off as a nightclub DJ. TV: One Life to Live, Basile, Psychosis, Detour. FILM: All The Beautiful Things (Sundance 2014), The Last Frankenstein, Catching Fireflies, Angelo, Bronx 3M, The Ward, Awake. THEATRE: Starry Messenger; Theatre For The New City, Confesión en el barrio chino; PRTT, Cymbeline; Chashama. The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, The Learned Ladies, Iphigenia at Aulis, The Promise, The Laramie Project. FLORIDITA, My Love, Barceloneta, de noche; IATI. Don Gil of the Green Breeches; PRTT. The Death of Kings; RADA. TRAINING: Shakespeare Intensive; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. MFA Acting; Brooklyn College. www.jorgeluna.net |
Edgar Eguia is affiliated with a number of NY-based theatre companies, mainly The Flea Theater, The Amoralists Theatre Company and Poetic Theater Productions. He received his acting training at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and is looking forward to explore the physical aspects of theatre with the Ume Group!
Kaitlin Kaufmann
Kaitlin Kaufman is a clown, movement artist and actress from Long Island, NY. She started studying theater while attending Barnard College. After attaining her B.A. in Comparative Literature in 2012, she moved to Silkeborg, Denmark where she was introduced to the Lecoq pedagogy. In 2014, she moved to Florence, Italy to continue her Lecoq training with Giovanni Fusetti, Matteo Destro, and Liz Baron at the Helikos International School for Theater Creation. Now, she's back in New York and thrilled to play, create and share with the Ume Group!
Annie McCoy
Annie McCoy is excited to be a part of the Ume group. She was last seen as Katy Fox in Splitfoot which premiered in Edinburgh. Previous credits include Anna in Gageing Noel, Masha in the Seagull and Little Red in Into the Woods. She is a graduate of Circle in the Square.
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