Our Drama Teachers
Laura Gouin
Laura Gouin is the owner and head instructor at Center Stage Academy of Performing Arts. She holds a Masters Indiana Teacher License and a Masters in Directing with over twelve years of teaching experience. She has directed and acted for the last seventeen years and her works have been seen on the community and university stages as well as in Chicago and New York. She is also actively involved in local and regional theatre and works as the Artistic Director of New World Arts in Goshen. Her students have gone on to successful careers in the arts and many have received scholarships to pursue artistic development at the university level.
Center Stage Academy also has guest instructors to teach intensives and workshops.
Past Guest Teachers
- Minda Cerva, L.A. Theatrical Agent (Auditioning for Film Intensive)
- Lindsay Hollister, L.A. Film Actress (Auditioning for Film Intensive)
- Jeremy Menekseoglu, Chicago Playwright (Shadows in the Last Row - a Workshop for the Playwright)
- Jacqueline Stone, Columbia College and Second City Faculty (Chicago Style Improvisation Workshop)
