Kerri Shawn

Kerri Shawn

Kerri serves as Co-Education Director for Center REPertory Company at The Lesher Center for the Arts. She has been co-director of Center REP’s Young REP Theatre Training Program since 1995. Kerri has been teaching a variety of acting and writing workshops since...
Hailey Cowden

Hailey Cowden

Hailey Cowden was raised in Walnut Creek, where she began acting when she was only five years old. She has returned to the Bay Area after graduating from UC Santa Cruz with her BA in Theatre Arts. While there she was an active part of the student run theatre company...
Ariel Brewer

Ariel Brewer

Ariel has been studying dance at Lareen Fender’s The Ballet School since the age of four. When she was twelve she began assisting with classes, which eventually led to her being a full-time teacher on staff, beginning in 2002. As a teenager, she trained for seven...
Diella Wottrich

Diella Wottrich

Diella is so thrilled to be part of the teaching staff at The Ballet School Performing Arts! Diella started taking dance classes at a very young age and began taking classes at The Ballet School in 2001. She is very involved in musical theatre and can be seen in many...
Emily Klinck

Emily Klinck

Emily has been part of The Ballet School family for her whole life! She was a member of the audience for Once Upon a Christmas when she was only two years old, and went on to dance in the show for many years! Emily was blessed to learn under Lareen, and has wonderful...