2020 Success Stories

DOMINIC CARDENAS was cast as Lee Harvey Oswald in "Assassins."
KATE WILLIAMS was a featured soloist in VYT's fundraiser.
MATTHEW ZIMMERER and RYAN JENKINS are in Southwest Shakespeare's Zoom reading of "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" on September 5.
Southwest Shakespeare Company and The Bridge Initiative are doing live readings with lots of local and Verve talent in them; KELLY NICOLE just read Treasure Island!  MATTHEW ZIMMERER is in Henry IV, Part 2.
CATHERINE LANDATA did a live reading of Micki Shelton's new play.
CARIN COUNIHAN and SHELLY BOUCHER are in "Rex's Exes" at TheaterWorks,to be rescheduled.
Southwest Shakespeare Company and The Bridge Initiative are doing live readings with lots of local and Verve talent in them!
APRIL WALTERSCHEID had a comedy show at Flapper's in Burbank.
SHELLY BOUCHER is in "Eric and Elliot" at Childsplay.
RYAN JENKINS and MARIA IDALLIS HARRIS were in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Richard II" at Southwest Shakespeare Company Feb 28-Mar 7.
WILL HIGHTOWER was in "You Can't Say That" at Phoenix Theatre Company.
CHRIS STONEBRAKER was cast in "Amadeus" at Prescott Center for the Arts; it opens in April.
PRIYA SHAH is in "Frozen, Jr."
PATRICK WALSH was in "Fully Committed" at Fountain Hills Theatre in Jan.
NORA PALERMO is in "Pricess and the Pea" at VYT.
ALI GIORDANO and NOAH LANOUETTE are in "Carrie the musical" at Brelby.
ZOE YEOMAN was in "Bad Dates" in ABQ.
WILL HIGHTOWER is in "Barefoot in the Park" at Hale Theatre.
APRIL WALTERSCHEID had a comedy show at Flapper's in Burbank. Her next one is March 15 in Glendale, AZ.
SHELLY BOUCHER is in "Eric and Elliot" at Childsplay.
CARIN COUNIHAN and SHELLY BOUCHER are in "Rex's Exes" at TheaterWorks.
NICOLE ROSSI was cast as a Princess in this year's Renaissance Festival.
CHRIS STONEBRAKER and TIM GOSSMAN are in "And Then There Were None."
MARK BURKETT is in "A Christmas Carol."
BOB PETERS is in "The Goat."
ALYSSA FABIO is in "A Christmas Carol."
CARIN COUNIHAN plays Tatiana Recon in Stage Left's production of "A Comedy of Tenors" November 1-10, 2019.
ALYSSA FABIO is in "Frozen" at Hamilton High School which runs Nov 7-16.
ALI GIORDANO is in "First Date" at SCC Nov 8-17, 2019.
LYDIA MURRAY is in Broadway Under the Stars at Horizon HS Choirs Oct 17-20.
ASHLEY FAULKNER and GEORGE M. COHEN are in "The Trip to Bountiful" by Horton Foote at Theatre Artists Studio Nov 22-Dec 15, 2019.
JOHN BATCHAN just wrapped a production of "West Side Story" in Japan.
MARLENE GALAN WOODS is in "Three Tall Women" at iTheatre through Nov 2.
CHLOE EDWARDS and ALYSE HANSEN are in "Legally Blonde Jr." at Cocopah.
KATE WILLIAMS is in the cast of "They Chose Me" in October at VYT.
BOB PETERS and SKYE AYERS are in "The Crucible" at TheaterWorks.
RACHÉL MADZEY and BRIANA HUNTRESS are in "The Dutchman" at Tempe Center for the Arts.
CARIN COUNIHAN was cast as Tatiana Recon in Stage Left's production of "A Comedy of Tenors."
ALYSSA FABIO is in "Frozen" at Hamilton High School which runs Nov 7-16.
ALI GIORDANO is in "First Date" at SCC Nov 8-17, 2019.
KATHERINE LYNCH is in "Not Your Average Zombie Apocalypse."
NORA PALERMO plays Elsa in Greasepaint's "FROZEN" October 10-13.
KATE WILLIAMS was cast "They Chose Me" in October at VYT.
LENN FAYNBOYM was cast in "Lion King Jr" at Desert Stages Theater.
ALYSSA FABIO did "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" at Limelight over the summer.
ANGEE LEWANDOWSKI was in "Resisting Irrelevancy" at Theatre Artists Studio.
JESSICA FINK and KATE WILLIAMS have been cast in VYT's "Matilda."
NOAH LANOUETTE was in "Little Shop of Horrors" at Spotlight Youth Theatre.
APRIL WALTERSCHEID did stand in at Stand Up Live and Tempe Improv.
BRADY ANDERSON is in "The Wizard of Oz" at Theatre Works.
ASHLEY FAULKNER is a Pas d'Action at Theatre Artists Studio.
ETHAN DREW is in "Newsies" at Greasepaint Youth Theatre.
ALI GIORDANO is in "Pippin" at SCC; it opens April 4.
KELLY NICOLE is Bianca in "Taming of the Shrew" and Audrey in "As You Like It" at Southwest Shakespeare through March 9.
KAREN RAFALOWITZ is in "Second Time Around" at the Sunflower Playhouse March 3-6.
NORMALEE FERRIS is in the Mrs. Senior Arizona pageant.
CAMILA ACHARYA is in "The Wizard of Oz" at Phoenix Country Day School.
SHELLY BOUCHER is in "Eric and Elliot" at Childsplay.
ETHAN DREW and ISABELLA BARONE are in "Urinetown" at Greasepaint Youth Theatre."
ALI GIORDANO and NOAH LANOUETTE were in "Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson" at Spotlight Youth Theatre.
WILL HIGHTOWER is in "Cash on Delivery" at Hale Theatre.
KELLY NICOLE is Bianca in "Taming of the Shrew" and Audrey in "As You Like It" at Southwest Shakespeare.
KATHERINE LYNCH is in "Shrek.

REBEKAH PATTON booked a TV role!

LYDIA MARTINEZ's episode of "What Would You Do?" aired on ABC; you can see it here.
ALAYA WALTON had a role in the Lifetime Movie, "The Wrong Stepdad" that premiered July 31 on LMN.
CHANCE KELLER is in a music video for Butch Walker - Gridlock.
BRADY WEBER did two episodes of the Wonderland Murders on Discovery ID.
MONICA HOWARD is in the new Tatum Lynn music video, "Later Baby XO."
ALAYA WALTON booked a lead in a series.
BRUCE KLEFSTAD starred in a promo for the new season of "The Walking Dead:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnab4B8B1A4
LYDIA MARTINEZ booked a TruTV show.
LYDIA MARTINEZ's episode of "What Would You Do?" is playing soon on ABC.
ZOEPHIA DECKER-KNEALING was on "Marriage Bootcamp: Reality Stars" playing a young Kim Richards. 

HANNAH ALLEN and THALIAH JONES signed with Deborah Maddox Agency. 

The AriZoni awards were held on October 5. Congratulations to Verve Coach DIANE SENFFNER and students DOMINIC CARDENAS, SAM BROWN, ALICIA FERRIN, LACHLAN HENDERSON, MATTHEW ZIMMERER and KIANA HINDI on their nominations! Congrats to ALEC PURSELL on his win for Best Acting in a Supporting Role: Youth Musical in "Dogfight" and to TAMMY CHAVET for her win for Best Original Script: Youth Theatre for "Fairyland Protection Program."

SCOTT MURPHY & BRADY SALTICH signed with Deborah Maddox Agency.
WILL TAYLOR signed with the Leighton Agency.
APRIL WALTERSCHEID signed with 5J Management.
WILLA MAC BAN and JADYN MERRITT signed with Deborah Maddox Agency.
PRIYA SHAH signed with Signature Models and Talent.
SANYA SOMANI signed with the Leighton Agency.
CHRISTOPHER DEVOUS signed with Signature Models and Talent.
GABRIELLE LEE graduated from High School!
CHLOE LEWANDOWSKI graduated from High School!
RAISING BUCHANAN has inked a distribution deal with Gravitas Ventures and will be distributed in early May!
DYLAN WOODS earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from AMDA and he just got cast in a sketch group in N. Hollywood. Check him out at ACME.
JESSICA FINK was a finalist in the Herberger Young Artists Competition.
KRISTEN KRANIGER signed with a LA Manager.
Verve Day/Night at the movies raffle winners: GEORGE M. COHEN, STEVE FETTKETHER, HEIDI JOY, TYNECKIA LEWIS, ROBERT PETERS, ALYSSA FABIO, PETEY SWARTZ, JIM TEEPLE, MICHAEL WALDMAN, and JOEY EVANS.
Lots of AriZoni nominations and some wins! DIANE SENFFNER won an AriZoni for Dialect Coaching "The Elephant Man" at Zao Theatre. ALI GIORDANO won an AriZoni as well!
TYNECKIA LEWIS signed with William Reynolds Agency in Atlanta.
AMANDA MELBY was nominated for "Talent-Performer/Narrator" for the 2019 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards for her work in the world premiere trailer for "Raising Buchanan." She and Bruce Dellis WON the Emmy for the writing for the trailer.
RACHÉL MADZEY signed with Dani's Agency.
Lots of AriZoni nominations! WILL HIGHTOWER is nominated in Actor in a Major Role for "Cash on Delivery" at Hale Center Theatre.  NOAH LANOUETTEwas nominated for Actor in a Major Role, Youth Musical for Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors" at Spotlight Youth Theatre and for Actor in a Supporting Role, Youth Play, for "Dog Sees God" at Spotlight. NOLA YERGEN was nominated for Costume Design for GCU's Ring Round the Moon." DIANE SENFFNERwas nominated for Dialect Coaching "The Cake" at Stray Cat, "The Elephant Man" at Zao Theatre and "James and the Giant Peach" at Fountain Hills Youth Theater. TAMMY CHAVET was nominated for Puppet Design for "Fairy Tale PD" at Acting Zone.
ETHAN DREW was nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for his role of Davey in "Newsies" at Greasepaint.
CATALINA QUALANTONE signed with Signature Models and Talent.
HOLLY DAVIDSON signed with Signature Models and Talent.
MONICA HOWARD signed with Ford/RBA.
ROBERT PETERS signed with Deborah Maddox Agency.
BRIANA HUNTRESS signed with Ford/RBA.
KEVIN DAYSON signed with Ford/RBA.
STEVE FETTKETHER signed with Dani's Agency.
AMANDA MELBY and JUDITH EISENBERG were on the Women in Film panel as part of IFP/PHX's Filmmaker Fusion.
JAY WALKER won Best Young Director for 2019 in the Czech Republic via Young Directors CZ .
DEAN FLORENCE signed with the Presley Talent Agency in New Mexico.
ETHAN DREW signed with an agent in LA. 
BRADY WEBER signed with an agent in Seattle.
MALLORY ADAMS graduated from the LIR Academy!
REBEKAH PATTON signed with Presley Talent Agency in New Mexico!
TIA PENNY played with Wood Songs Old-Time Radio Hour, which will be broadcast.
"The Secret Lives of Teachers" (AARON SEEVER, JUDITH EISENBERG) won an Audience Favorite at the APA's Ladies Film Night Out. 
Verve Studios is once again nominated as Best Acting Studio. THANK YOU!
 "The Secret Lives of Teachers" (AARON SEEVER, JUDITH EISENBERG) won an Audience Choice Special Mention (runner up) at the Ojai Short Film Fest.