Jess is a Hamilton-based actor with over 15 years of professional experience. Jess started training for her career at the age of 7 in the Theatre Aquarius summer intensive. Her hard work has now earned her many shining reviews as a young performer. Specifically for her performance leading the feature film Night Blooms, as a series lead in the CSA nominated CBC drama Pure, and as the infamous Fanny Casteel in the LifeTime V.C. Andrews - Casteel Family Series: Heaven, Dark Angel, and Fallen Hearts. Jess has guest starred in shows such as Degrassi, Hemlock Grove, SurrealEstate, and Good Sam. After starring in the BlueIce/Syfy comedy Letters to Satan Claus Jess was invited back to work with them on All I Didn't Want for Christmas. Most recently Jess's career made quite a leap, after filming as a recurring character in The Boys Spinoff: Gen V, Jess landed a challenging role alongside Richard Gere in the american remake of Longing, and simultaneously landed a leading role as the daughter of Nicolas Cage and Julianne Nicholson in the newest A24 comedy Dream Scenario. She then went on to star in a new dramedy Everything is Going to be Great alongside Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney, comedy Doin' It with Lilly Singh and Stephanie Beatriz, as well as the new James Patterson series Cross, where she plays a very different role for her style.

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As a coach, Jess is passionate about setting her students up for success. She believes that starts with a welcoming and safe environment to experiment and open up to a character. She believes that the new industry standards of self tapes and virtual auditions have leveled the playing field for those wanting to break into the film world. She offers all students guidance and information that is otherwise overwhelmingly hard to find as they find their paths to becoming successful, working actors. 

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Jess's coaching techniques have landed students agents, callbacks, and multiple roles. 

Caroline is an actress, writer, and producer proudly from Hamilton. She started her performing journey at seven years old at the Theatre Aquarius Summer School Programme, and continued spending every summer there until she graduated highschool. Then she attended McMaster University and received an HBA for Theatre and Film, with a minor in English. Caroline lived in Toronto for over a decade and attended many acting studios including: Armstrong, Pro Actors Lab, The Dirt and Second City for Improv and Stand up.  Many of the short films Caroline has produced and starred in have screened in International film festivals and won awards.  Caroline has done it all: music videos, corporate training videos, commercials, animation, radio voice overs, television and film. For a complete list of credits and demo reel check out her IMDB profile. She is thrilled to be working at the Hamont Acting studio, sharing her love of acting with students. 

https://carolineconcordia.com/

https://www.imdb.com/Caroline Concordia

Maxie Dara is a writer and actor from Ontario, Canada. Best known for her new novel A Grim Reapers Guide to Catching a Killer. She has been a freelance journalist focusing on the local arts and culture scene for more than five years, with bylines in publications such as Hamilton Magazine and Beyond James, among others. She is also a two-time award-winning playwright, taking home the Best of Fringe award at the 2017 Hamilton Fringe Festival for the musical comedy This Is Not a Musical: The Musical! and the 2020 Torpedo Prize for her play Alone Together, a pandemic drama. Maxie knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven, when she first fell in love with the written word. She also wanted to be a mermaid but has mostly focused on the writing side of things.

Rachelle Zalter is a passionate writer, teacher, and eater of bagels. 

Her work appears in the Stockholm Review of Literature and her plays and screenplays have been awarded by the Toronto Fringe Festival and Bluecat Screenplay Competition. 

She graduated from McMaster University's Arts and Science Program, where she took courses in creative writing and philosophy. She also studied novel writing and screenwriting at Yale University. 

This is Rachelle’s debut novel. Look out for her second novel, Romi’s Theorem, a contemporary romance featuring math equations and a dreamy pottery instructor. 

When Rachelle is not writing, you can find her rewatching Gilmore Girls or buying yet another mug for her tiny kitchen. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband and several plants.  

More info on her website: https://rachellezalter.com/