Meet The Team
Garth Kravits
Founder / Director
Garth Kravits is a Broadway Veteran actor, who made his debut in the Tony award winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone and originated the role of Ritchie in the Broadway show Gettin’ the Band Back Together.
Off-Broadway credits include Old Jews Telling Jokes, Toxic Audio and Smart Blonde.
He has Guest Starred on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mr. Robot,
The Blacklist, 30 Rock, The Hunters, and in the film Sweet November.
As an award winning vocalist, musician and songwriter he has performed in theaters, concert halls, clubs and festivals around the globe.
Garth has been teaching Musical Theater, Voice, Scene Study,
Audition prep, Song Interpretation, Improv and Songwriting for decades. Recognizing that every student has their own learning style, individual challenges, and habits, he specializes in customizing his classes for each student to bring out their power, confidence, and unique abilities.
Julia Rugg
Founder / Managing Director
Julia Rugg has had her hand in the performing arts since her days as
a 4-year-old Suzuki violin student. Although she now only sings in the shower, her passion for world class arts education dovetails with her years of corporate management and public education experience and uniquely positions her as a results-oriented managing director. Studying acting as a BFA at Ithaca College was a transformative experience and led Julia to pursue additional undergraduate and graduate degrees in child development and elementary education. Julia is passionate about the integration of theater arts, mental and behavioral health, and education. As a local MCS parent, Julia will drive collaboration between the Delaware County School of Performing Arts, Margaretville Arts Center, local schools, and behavioral health services, to increase the availability of performing arts education for all.
Julia looks forward to serving the Delaware County arts community and would love to hear from you! She can be reached at: julia@mvillearts.org
Joanne Callahan
Acting/Improv Instructor
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Callahan began her dance career at the age of 16 performing in productions of Anything Goes, Oklahoma & By Jupiter in Brooklyn. She was immediately hooked! Dancing since the age of 5, she went on to choreograph productions of Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Anything Goes, and many others. As a performer she has appeared in West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweet Charity, Guys and Dolls, Funny Girl, and Dance a Little Closer.
She has worked at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Long Wharf Theatre and Duke University.
Joanne continues her passion for dance through teaching and workshops.
Kristin vignona
Dance Instructor
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Kristin is a secondary English teacher at Margaretville Central School. Kristin is the director of the school plays, as well as the choreographer and stage manager for the school musicals. Kristin has 12+ years of dance experience in various dance styles such as ballet, pointe, modern, tap, and jazz.
Marisa Caruso
Acting/Improv Instructor
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Marisa is an improviser and theater-maker based in the Catskills. A student of the iO Theater in Chicago, she frequently performs comedic roles for theater, film and as a writer/actor in the original sketch group Gimlick Comedy. She is the founding producer of the Hill People’s Comedy Fest, an ensemble artist of The Party Theater, and the Managing Director of the avant-garde theater company Torn Space Theater. She is a graduate of SUNY Fredonia’s Department of Theater and Dance and has taught improv comedy for all ages for over 10 years in classrooms, theaters, parks, church basements and a Tae-Kwon-Do studio (as you do). She is jazzed to join the Delaware County School of Performing Arts teaching staff!
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