Karen De Mauro and The Acting Center Colleagues

Karen De Mauro Artistic Director, Actress	Steven M.Alper Composer	Jerrold Mundis Author	Julie Kabat Composer,Singer
Trisha D. Scudder Executive Coach	David Winkler Composer	Dr. Ed McCarthy Teacher, Author	Lawrence Blume Film Producer
Sarah Knapp Actress, Lyricist	Greg Reid Corporate Trainer, Trainer	Janet Abels Spiritual Director	Greg Abels Director,Teacher
Charles Maryan Director	Dr. Andrew R. Klipper Medical Consultant	Yitzak Buxbaum Storyteller	Richard Bruno Creative Director
Andrew Zerman Casting Director	Donna Gould Writer	Leonard Peters Director, Coach	Ronald Rand Actor, Playwright. Publisher
Douglas Lipman Storyteller	Robert Enteen Webcaster/Interviewer	Maura D. Shaw Author	David Rosane Author, Ornithologist
Kate Milliken TV Reporter	Paul J. Pfleiderer, Ph.D.

The Acting Center collaborates with top theatre professionals and experts in a wide range of fields from medicine to finance. In addition to its corporate training and theatre coaching, the Center also offers specialty programs in media, music and writing. Click on the images in the gallery below for more information on these people and their exciting collaborations with The Acting Center. Karen De Mauro and her colleagues custom design unique programs to meet your needs.

Sarah Knapp and Steven M. Alper

Sarah Knapp and Steven M. Alper's stage musicals demonstrate their eclectic backgrounds and interests ranging from serious historical drama (Chamberlain: A Civil War Romance) to effervescent and pop (The Library)

Sarah Knapp is well known for her work on the NY and national Stage (The Scarlett Pimpernel, Nunsense). She has also received acclaim as bookwriter and lyricist (Rappacini's Daughter)

Steven M. Alper's multi-faceted career has taken him everywhere from authorship (Next: Auditioning for Musical Theatre) to musical direction in NY and Nationally. He compopses for the stage, television, screen and jingles. Among his musicals are The Immigrant, The Library, Chamberalin, and over 30 musicals written for young people with Karen DeMauro.

Recent and current productions:
The Immigrant at Cap 21 Theatre
The Golden Books read-in (at the Louis Armstron Stadium, Flushing NY)
Tisch School of the Arts Millenium Gala (With Bill Cosby)
The Library at the Stamford Theatre Works.
Gala of the 85th Anniversary of thePanama Canal
Soloist Sarah with arrangements by Steven
alper@nyc.rr.com