Principal Staff
Julie Ann Garvey - Owner/Manager
Pete Garvey - Director/Instructor
Pete Garvey - Director/Instructor
Frequently recognized for her many appearances on TV, Julie has appeared in over 50 regional TV commercials and shows including performing as host of a nationally broadcast children's show on Fox!
She models professionally for national product lines and has appeared in several movies including Ladder 49, Syriana, Better Living Through Chemistry and National Treasure Book of Secrets!
Of particular note, Julie is fluent in ASL, a classically trained dancer and certified in Pilates mat!
Pete Garvey - Director/Instructor
Pete Garvey - Director/Instructor
Pete Garvey - Director/Instructor
Pete enjoys performing and has appeared in over 25 nationally broadcast TV shows on several Discovery Channel networks, HBO and NetFlix. He has also appeared in over 80 regional TV commercials and can be heard narrating audiobooks on Audible and iTunes!
Pete has a Bachelor's degree in Shakespearian Theatre from St. Mary's College of Maryland, is a AACPS Director at Jones Elementary, the former Director of the U.S. Naval Academy Masqueraders theatre activity, Technical Director for the Naval Academy Glee Club and Director of the Maryland Shakespeare Festival.
Of particular note, Pete is a Commercial Pilot!
Jill L. Beram-Liimatta - Music Director
Jill L. Beram-Liimatta - Music Director
Jill L. Beram-Liimatta - Music Director
Ms. Liimatta brings her vocal expertise and innovative teaching style to every production! Her expertise includes audition preparation, ear training, music theory and performance.
Well known as a Music Instructor/Director with AACPS and Music & Arts, she also privately instructs over 35 voice and piano students. Many of whom have won pres
Ms. Liimatta brings her vocal expertise and innovative teaching style to every production! Her expertise includes audition preparation, ear training, music theory and performance.
Well known as a Music Instructor/Director with AACPS and Music & Arts, she also privately instructs over 35 voice and piano students. Many of whom have won prestigious awards in local and national competitions!
Ms. Liimatta enjoyed performing at Carnegie Hall, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Kennedy Center and with the BSO. She holds a Bachelor's in Music Voice from Towson University and a Master's from Gratz College of PA.
Dean Davis - Acting Coach
Jill L. Beram-Liimatta - Music Director
Jill L. Beram-Liimatta - Music Director
Immediately recognizable as a preeminent actor in our region, Dean has headlined numerous well-known hit musicals for over 15-years! From Shrek to Grease and Little Shop of Horrors to Rent, Dean brings a myriad of theatrical experience, deep insights and comfortable humor to Stage & Screen Studios!
Dean's extensive theatrical background co
Immediately recognizable as a preeminent actor in our region, Dean has headlined numerous well-known hit musicals for over 15-years! From Shrek to Grease and Little Shop of Horrors to Rent, Dean brings a myriad of theatrical experience, deep insights and comfortable humor to Stage & Screen Studios!
Dean's extensive theatrical background combined with his strong passion truly makes him a master in the performing arts. His is thrilled to share that magic among all our students.
Of particular note: Dean is a former Marine! Semper Fi!
Heather Harris - Choreographer
Jill L. Beram-Liimatta - Music Director
Heather Harris - Choreographer
Heather joined the Stage & Screen family for our 2018 production of The Wizard of Oz and has been sharing her love of all things dance and theatre with us ever since! Performing since childhood, Heather has graced stages all over the DMV area and began work as a choreographer and director for area high schools and community theatres in 20
Heather joined the Stage & Screen family for our 2018 production of The Wizard of Oz and has been sharing her love of all things dance and theatre with us ever since! Performing since childhood, Heather has graced stages all over the DMV area and began work as a choreographer and director for area high schools and community theatres in 2010. She studied musical theatre, voice, and dance at Carnegie Mellon University and Anne Arundel Community College and is a graduate of Suitland High School for the Visual and Performing Arts in PG County.
When not helping make magic here at Stage & Screen, Heather teaches dance and musical theatre for AACo's Recreation & Parks, Children's Theatre of Annapolis, and PG Community College.
Guest Artists In Residence
Allison Bailey - Broadway
Allison Bailey - Broadway
Allison Bailey - Broadway
"Head full of dreams, heart full of wonder, & hands that will shape the world."
The dynamic and beautiful Allison Bailey with her sweeping soprano voice has been traveling the country by bubble as Glinda in the Broadway National Tour of WICKED! Her regional credits include: Les Misérables, The Music Man, Singin’ in the Rain (New London Barn Playhouse) and A Proper Place (Goodspeed Opera House). Allison, a proud Pensacola native, nurtured her passion for performing at Boston Conservatory where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre.
With her "Wicked" talent and "Glinda" kindness, Allison brings a graceful mastery of commanding energy in time and space onstage to the Studio and reveals the secret magic that creates her truly captivating nature!
Sixx Orange - Hollywood
Allison Bailey - Broadway
Allison Bailey - Broadway
Up and coming Hollywood phenom Sixx joins our staff! This Maryland native took a shot at Tinseltown and scored big performing the lead role as Devon Burke in Amazon's "The Kicks!" Her meteoric rise in the industry caught the attention of leading casting directors and led to guest starring roles on CBS shows "Code Black" and "Tommy" as well as ABC's Speechless!
Now in her fifth year ascending the ranks of Hollywood, Six has developed a myriad of real-world professional on-camera, on-set experience. With dynamic energy and enthusiasm, she eagerly conveys her in-depth knowledge to help demystify the magic of Hollywood for her wide-eyed students and fans!
Of particular note: Sixx's Godfather is the "S" in *NSYNC (Chris Kirkpatrick!)
Hannah Hall - Performance Coach
Hannah Hall - Performance Coach
Hannah Hall - Performance Coach
Regional talent Hannah Hall is a skilled actor and musician from the greater Annapolis area. She has studied opera and musical theatre at Interlochen Center for the Fine Arts in Michigan and classical acting and singing at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
She has enjoyed performing in numerous professional productions, Hannah was recently seen in Fiddler on the Roof at Compass Rose Theater and Gypsy at 2nd Star Productions. As a singer, Hannah has performed the National Anthem at multiple sporting events and fundraisers, most notably for the Naval Academy.
Claudia Rosales - Stage Combat
Hannah Hall - Performance Coach
Hannah Hall - Performance Coach
Extraordinarily gifted physical theatre artist Claudia Rosales Waters joins Stage & Screen Studios staff as the resident stage combat expert and teacher! Over the past 10-years Claudia has performed and perfected her dynamic movement and combat skills working with stage combat artists in New York, Atlanta, D.C. and internationally in Sweden!
Protegee of internationally honored Stage Combat Master and Fight Choreographer Brad Waller, Claudia brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her eager students. She holds an MFA in Performance from the University of Maryland and currently serves as the Program Associate at he Young Playwrights' Theatre.