CVPA Alumni

After graduating from GMU, I moved to Chicago and pursued improv comedy. After a few years I took time off from performing and instead pursued seasonal work opportunities that included working as a Commercial Fisherman in Kodiak, Alaska and as a Dairy Farm worker in New Zealand.

Originally from Alexandria, Virginia, Millie Langford earned her BA in Theater from Mason. In 2006, she headed to Chicago to train at the School at Steppenwolf; an Intensive Ensemble Training Program, where she had the fortunate opportunity to study with founding member Jeff Perry (Scandal), Alexandra Billing (Transparent) and Amy Morton (Chicago Fire) to name a few.

Since my time at GMU, I spent three years as a theatre artist in DC then went to VCU for my MFA in Theatre Pedagogy--Directing (graduated Dec 2003).

Natalie Gelbvaks is a graduate student at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, pursuing her master’s degree in Arts Management. Born in Beer-Sheva, Israel she relocated to Brazil at 6 years old where she was raised and obtained her high school diploma at A.Liessin Scholem Aleichem and Bachelor’s degree in Social Communications at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

I moved to Prague, Czech Republic in May 2016 to teach English, but shortly after arriving here, I realized how amazing the theater scene and theater community was here.

Michael Burgos is an internationally award-winning and acclaimed writer and performer. He holds a Diplôme from École Philippe Gaulier and a B.A. in Theater from George Mason University, where he received the Chris Parsons Acting Award, the Greenspring Players Scholarship, and the Outstanding Achievement in the Major Award.

Mailey Shimon spent January and February of 2016 in New York as Costume Design Production Assistant on the stage adaption of the movie, A Bronx Tale. The production was co-directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks, and opened February 14, 2016 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.