MEET THE TEAM
Our team of highly professional acting instructors will do what it takes to bring out the best in you... you can put your full trust in them so you can enjoy the process of acting!
Our actors are seeing results in 4-6 months in our programs. They are booking projects and moving towards their personal goals. What more of a result can we ask for than that? All of our student's goals are not the same. We work with you in a group effort as well as individually to bring you closer to what results you want to achieve!
We have courses for beginners to advanced performing artists. Our coaches have years of experience in their field and most are currently working in their given industry. This helps to bring you the most current and up-to-date skill set and knowledge.
Learning how to act today — starts with our instructors coaching you in each step along the way. Our ultimate goal in mind is to allow you to grow in confidence and skill as an actor and in life.
SUE ROWE
OWNER/INSTRUCTOR
Sue Rowe has been acting for 30 years from Los Angeles to Boston.
She grew up in Kaysville, Utah where she started her acting career on stage with the Children’s Theater department at Davis High School.
When she graduated, she moved to Boston, MA., and fell in love with film acting. She has been involved in numerous film productions behind the camera and in front. In 2006 she began writing, producing, and directing films. Her short film Blutiful, she produced and acted in, won “Best Film” at the Gloria Film Festival 2008.
She is currently in pre-production for a web series, several short films, and a feature film.
Sue founded Utah Filmmakers, a non-profit networking group that introduces local producers, writers, directors, actors, and crew members to one another, and helps interested individuals get involved in the Utah film industry. She also loves to volunteer her time teaching at the Homeless Youth Shelter in SLC.
You can find her in local commercials, print, voiceovers, and film productions: Disney’s Go Figure (2005), Once Upon a Summer (2009), Elisabeth’s Gift (2010), One Good Man(2009), Last Eagle Scout (2010), Life Time Products, Union Wireless, Ken Garff, Wingers, Waterford Early Reading Program.
ROBERT ANDRUS
AUDITION INSTRUCTOR
Robert started in the entertainment industry as an actor over 15 years ago.
He has since been a very successful producer with his films being picked up and sold by major production companies. He has recently taken on the name of CASTING ASSOCIATE for the top casting company in Utah, Jeff Johnson Casting.
His goal is to help train Utah Actors so when SAG or Independent films are cast from UTAH. He wants nothing more than for his students and Utah to succeed.
Robert has loved film since his youth. He quotes ”Television and film ignited my imagination as a child. I loved the storytelling and the vicarious escapism. I found myself wishing to be in those worlds, then I discovered I could be. I auditioned for church and school programs and discovered yet another love: audiences. Performing and creating have since driven my life’s passion as an actor, producer, screenwriter, and casting associate. I have followed my dream and now want to help others to do the same."
SHAWN STAFFORD
ACTING/WEAPONS
INSTRUCTOR
Shawn is our weapons tactics instructor for film, television, and stage. He has worked for more than twenty years in the field of Federal Law Enforcement. He served as a Federal Police Officer for fifteen years and held the position of SWAT Team Operator and Training Instructor. He managed a quarterly firearms training program for more than 100 Police Officers and Special Agents and developed and implemented numerous training courses, including one of the nation’s first active shooter response tactics programs which has been provided to hundreds of Law Enforcement Officers throughout the United States.
Before Shawn's Law Enforcement career, he spent many hours in the fields and mountains of the Appalachians, hunting and developing basic marksmanship skills before enjoying success as a competitive shooter throughout his college years. He continues to compete on a recreational level, provides gunsmithing services, and prefers Cowboy Action Shooting and repairing and shooting the guns of the Old West.
Shawn has more recently entered the world of acting and filmmaking through an association with Sue Rowe Studios and has appeared in various Short Films, Commercials, and TV Pilots.
JASON RUFFONI
GUITAR INSTRUCTOR
Originally from the central valley of California ,Jason Ruffoni is a multi-talented Artist Known for his skills as a professional Guitarist, Music Producer, Singer-Songwriter, Film Composer, and Actor based in Salt Lake City Utah. For the past 28 years Jason has made a name for himself through his outstanding performances on stage and in the studio. With passion for music that runs deep. After playing the Ryman ( Grand Ole Opry ) in 2011 and touring with his then country duo “Whisky Row”, Jason shared the stage with some of the biggest names in country music including Alabama, Wynonna Judd, Blake Shelton, Joe Nichols, and many more. In-between touring Jason would spend countless hours in the studio with Grammy winning Producers, Engineers, and Musicians in Nashville honing his craft. Currently Jason is producing his duo “Magnolia Blooms” with 3x Grammy winning producer/engineer Matt Coles and his fiancé Sue Rowe who he shares the stage with, who is also a multi-talented Actor and Singer-Songwriter. Jason also produces other independent Artist Original and Cover songs helping them reach their potential brand desired.
SARAH KENT
IMPROV INSTRUCTOR
SARAH KENT hails herself as being a California native, a Utah local, and a Tokyo regular having grown up most of her life in all of the above. As an actor, her greatest love is performing comedy. She is in continuous Meisner study with Iris Klein and has studied with Anne Sward Hansen, Robert Andrus, Glenn Morshower, Stuart K. Robinson, the Groundlings in Hollywood, C&E Improv Factory and to name a few.
A few of the projects she's had the fortunate opportunity to be a part of include Singing with Angels, The Cokeville Miracle, The Miracle Maker, Bookworm and The Beast, and appearing as Vice Principal Dullridge in the Disney Channel show Andi Mack. She worked as a producer and lead actor on such projects as Even In Dreams, Twice the Dream, and the Amazon Prime web series Amarog.
When she's not living the dream on set for a film or television production, she keeps herself somewhat sane with Open Mic Stand Up Comedy, dancing bachata, and making sushi.
ALYSSA NAMAZI
TEEN INSTRUCTOR
Alyssa is an actress and filmmaker in the Utah industry with a background in teaching. She is amazing with the children and helps them to build the skills they need. She is patient and has built a professional toolbox of her own to pass on and to get great results all while having fun.
She just graduated from film school and has already completed a few of her own film projects and is in the process of writing and producing her next film.