Teachers

Reno

Amy is an award-winning theatre-maker, actor and playwright who trained at the University of Glasgow and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She has been writing and performing her own work since 2012 and her most recent piece has toured all over the UK.

She also works with two groundbreaking theatre companies. One which helps people with additional support needs to create theatre, and another to facilitate inclusive drama-led play both with children and intergenerational play with teachers and families.

She has extensive experience working with young people in the Scottish theatre sector including 5 years delivering week-long drama workshops for teenagers as well as 3 years working for a theatre company teaching workshops for young people and creating productions across Glasgow.

Julia

Julia is one of our many staff who have returned year after year, and has taught at ISSOS for 5 summers now. She holds a Master's degree from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and a Bachelor’s from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.

Julia is the founder and artistic director of Stone Soup Shakespeare Theater Company, a touring Shakespeare company that provides free performances in parks throughout the midwestern United States.

She lives in Chicago where, in addition to performing with and running Stone Soup Shakespeare, she performs with several other theatre companies, is a teaching artist throughout the city, and a grant writer for nonprofit arts

Amy L

Amy brings several years of experience in teaching Theatre & Drama to ISSOS, having worked as a theatre instructor at various schools, and previously as a performer.

She has a master's degree in Theatre and has completed a physical theatre course at Duende School of Ensemble Physical Theatre in Athens. She also runs, helps train, and performs with the small ensemble group, 'Humble Thespian’, in Athens.

Amy is dedicated to continuously expanding her theatre skills through numerous specialised courses. Her classes on play scripts and monologues, and a variety of devising techniques, are a highlight for our students.