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Bridget Connors is an Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University. Previously, she taught at Miami
University in Ohio, Chapman University in Southern California, and has taught voice and text workshops
at various professional theatres. She received her BFA in Vocal Performance from the University of
Michigan, her MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts, and her Designation as a Linklater Voice
teacher in 2003. She teaches voice, speech, and acting, and serves as a vocal coach and director in the
production program. Acting credits include South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival in
Portland, Indiana Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, New Mexico Repertory, PCPA Theatrefest, Santa
Cruz Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and A Noise
Within. In South Florida she has performed at New Theatre (Company Artist, Text Coach), Gable Stage,
Florida Stage, Mosaic Theatre, and Broward Stage Door. She is a member of AEA and SAG, and teaches
private voice lessons.

ANTONIO OCAMPO-GUZMAN joined the faculty of Florida State University’s School of Theatre in 2003,
after completing a Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing and a Graduate Diploma in Voice at York
University, in Toronto, Ontario.

Antonio originally trained as an actor with the Teatro Libre in his native Bogotá, Colombia, and after further
studies in voice and physical theater in England, he spent three years with the renowned Shakespeare &
Company in Lenox, MA. Although he acted on several productions (Henry VI, The Winter’s Tale, The
Comedy of Errors, Julius Caesar among others), and was a member of the company’s team of artist
managers, Antonio’s main focus was as a teacher with the company’s renowned Education Program.

Antonio trained as a voice teacher with Kristin Linklater (author of Freeing the Natural Voice and co-
founder of The Company of Women). At Ms. Linklater’s invitation, Antonio joined the faculty of the
Department of Performing Arts at Emerson College in Boston, MA. As an Artist-in-Residence at Emerson,
Antonio spent six years teaching acting, voice and Shakespeare courses, and also creating original
performance pieces with the first-year students.

Antonio has also been on the faculty of Boston College, Shakespeare & Company, The Linklater Studio,
The Andrea Southwick Studio, The New Theatre Conservatory, and Exiles Theater in Cork, Ireland. Most
recently, he has taught at the Canadian National Voice Intensive in Vancouver, BC. Antonio has also led
workshops in Voice and Text for the Concord Players and the Hampshire Shakespeare Company.

Antonio has directed plays by such diverse authors as Shakespeare, Euripides, Ariel Dorfman, William
Luce, John Herbert, T. Berto, Sarah Kane, Jean-Claude von Itallie, Leo Cabranes-Grant, Victoria Goring,
and Alan Ayckbourne for York University, Emerson College, The Theatre Offensive, Stages Theatre
Company, The Pato Farsante Company, and The British Council.