Instructor Sheri
Whittington is thankful to have been involved in the magic of performing
arts since childhood, and understands the power that early exposure to theatre
can have on a lifelong love of the arts.
She believes the lessons and skills learned through participation in the
performing arts will serve the students throughout their lifetime.
Sheri has served as a Theatre Artistic Director, IB Classroom Drama Teacher, and Arts Administrator. She has
instructed and coached over 300 performers from children through adults and has
helped to mold some of Florida’s finest acting talent. Her students can be found on Broadway, in
National Touring Companies, Regional Theaters and attending some of the finest
Colleges and Universities. Sheri
encourages her students to reach their full potential with passion, confidence,
respect and professionalism. Sheri‘s program
incorporates truth in acting that can be utilized for stage, television, film
or even the company boardroom. Many
former students have gone on to successful traditional careers including
business, education, law and medicine.
However, she has numerous students who are professional actors currently
appearing in theatre, film and television.
Some of her former students include:
Brittany Snow
Walks,
Janie Jones,
Harry’s Law, Family Guy, Black Water Transit, Gossip Girl, The Vicious Kind, Streak,
Finding Amanda, Prom Night, On the Doll, Hairspray, John Tucker Must Die, Law
& Order: Special Victims Unit, Nip/Tuck,
American Dreams, The Pacifier, Murphy's Dozen, The Guiding Light, From
the Earth to the Moon, SeaQuest DSV, & Walt Disney World Inside Out.
Lauren Mayhew
CSI: Miami, ECW on Syfy,
Burned Soul, CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation, Joan of
Arcadia, Static, Raise Your
Voice, American
Dreams, Law &
Order, WWE Smackdown & Superstars, Safe Harbor, The Guiding Light, Frat Party, Private High
Musical, & American Pie, Sprawl (post-production), The Trace
(post-production).
Shawn Pyfrom
Desperate Housewives, CSI: Miami, Tanner Hall, 8
Simple Rules, The Jake
Effect, The Shaggy
Dog, Still
Standing, Nip/Tuck,
Drake & Josh, The Division, Stanley, State of Grace, Malcolm in the Middle, Reba, Max Keeble's
Big Move, 7th Heaven,
Pay It Forward, Touched by an Angel, The Partridge Family Story,
H-E Double Hockey Sticks, Michael Landon, the Father I Knew,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
& Chicago Hope.
Crystal Hunt
Brooklyn to Manhattan,
One Life to Live, 23 Blast
(post-production), Sydney White,
The Guiding Light, The Derby Stallion, & Problem Child 2.
Joanna Garcia
How I Met Your Mother. Chelsea Lately, Privileged, Gossip Girl, Reba, Reversals of Fortune, Not
Another Teen Movie, The
Initiation of Sarah, Family Guy,
What I Like About You,
Royal Pains, Off Centre,
American Pie 2, Boston Public, Dawson's Creek, Party of Five, From the Earth to the Moon,
Clarissa Explains It All & the new show Animal Practice on NBC.
Sheri has a BA from the University of South Florida
majoring in Theatre Performance. Sheri
then continued her education with focused study in Film & Television and
served as an On-Set Tutor and Dialect Coach for area film and video
productions. Sheri’s passion is teaching
and inspiring others to fulfill their performance dreams, which led to founding
and serving as the Artistic Director of the Looking Glass Theatre. Her directing credits include Jesus Christ Superstar, Nunsense, Tongues,
Schoolhouse Rock, Trifles, Diva, Dy, DB & Me, Grease, Evita, Oklahoma, Once on this Island, and The Sound of Music. Other highlights include directing the
elaborate staged reading of Lysistrata
in collaboration with Gorilla Theatre and the Lysistrata Project for Peace.
Sheri has performed on-stage, in leading roles with Bay Area productions
that include Fiddler on the Roof, Talley
& Son, Psycho Beach Party, Postcards, As You Like It, Return to the
Forbidden Planet, and West Side Story.
Sheri recently appeared in the Powerstories Theater production Shevolution, and is privileged to be
affiliated with Girlstories Theatre.
Sheri served for five years as the Artistic
Director for the Young Dramatists Project with Gorilla Theatre, and as the
Manager of Community Relations with the Patel Conservatory at the Straz
Performing Arts Center (TBPAC). Sheri has taught acting with a local Casting
Director, Summerplay and the Young Actors Studio at USF, ArtsCorp, YMCA. She also taught Drama at Corbett Preparatory - IDS with their International Baccalaureate program, and was
part of the inaugural team at the Straz Center's Patel Conservatory. She is very proud
of her students, several of which are currently touring and appearing on stage,
in film, and television. She is very proud of her students, both in and out
of the entertainment industry, and is excited to be part of the faculty at
MJPAA.
Call 813-969-0240
