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Dennis Milam Bensie (he/him) • Instructor, Wig & Makeup Design • Head of Recruitment for Production • BA, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale • Apprentice, Los Angeles Opera • Certificate, IATSE Train the Trainer • At Webster since 2021 • dennisbensie@webster.edu Dennis Milam Bensie began his wig career in the Seattle theatre scene over 30 years ago after completing an apprenticeship at Los Angeles Opera. His work continued at over 25 other regional theatres across the country including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Bensie’s recent film and TV wig credits include HBO’s Three Busy Debras , Hulu’s The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special and the indie feature film Potato Dreams of America . Dennis returned to opera recently, having designed wigs for The Atlanta Opera
Acting Technique. Additionally, in 2018, Joanna completed her 200-hour trauma- informed yoga teacher training from St. Louis-based Yoga Buzz. Prior to her position at Webster, Joanna served as the Co-Head of the Undergraduate program of Theatre at Louisiana State University where she taught voice, speech and acting classes in the MFA and undergraduate acting programs; and was the professional Vocal Coach on staff at Swine Palace Productions. In addition to her work at LSU, Joanna was an adjunct faculty member at New York University, Playwright’s Horizons Theatre School and Brooklyn College. Joanna is an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework™ and a trained practitioner of Chuck Jones Vocal Technique. Joanna is a proud member of VASTA, ATHE and Actor’s Equity Association.
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