MEDINA SENGHORE

INSTRUCTOR- Scene Study Acting Workshop

ACTOR, PRODUCER, GUEST LECTURER

Medina Senghore is a multifaceted talent in the performing arts, holding a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Juilliard, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Howard University. Currently, she serves as a Lecturer at California State University at Long Beach, teaching Fundamental Principles of Acting, Advanced Scene Study, Intro to Shakespeare’s Verse and Graduate School Audition Preparation. She has also Guest Lectured at Pomona, Claremont McKenna and Chaffey Colleges. Medina appeared as the “scene-stealing” Allison in Taylor Sheridan’s Those Who Wish Me Dead. Other film projects include the award-winning HBO Max short film CAP, Keeping Company (FilmQuest, Best Ensemble), and Murder City with Mike Colter. Notable TV roles include the final season of The Walking Dead, Dr. Death opposite Joshua Jackson and Happy! with Christopher Meloni. Medina has worked for acclaimed theatres such as The Old Globe (Twelfth Night), Shakespeare & Co. (Intimate Apparel) and she recently played Marianne in The Revolutionists at Ophelia’s Jump. A native New Yorker, Medina currently lives in Los Angeles.

CAITLIN LOPEZ

LEAD INSTRUCTOR-Summer Musical Theatre Camp

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, ACTOR, IMPROVISOR, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

Caitlin Lopez is an Actor, Director, and Improviser based out of Southern California. Acting credits with OJP include Twelfth Night (Sir Toby), Ruthless! The Musical (Miss Thorn), Boston Marriage (Anna), and Title of Show (Susan). Selected recent directing credits include We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia Formerly Known as Southwest Africa From the German Südwestafrika Between the Years of 1884-1915 (Vibrancy Theater), Tipping the Velvet (Ohio University), The Knight of the Burning Pestle  (Ohio University), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival), and The Secretaries (Ohio University). You may have also seen her direction at OJP with such past productions as Twelfth Night, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pericles, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, The Compleat Wrks of Wilm Shkspr (Abridged), and 33 Variations. Caitlin has her BA in Theatre from California State University San Bernardino and her MFA in Directing from Ohio University.  She co-founded and serves as Associate Artistic Director of Ophelia’s Jump Productions.