Who Are the Lunch Ladies?
Aimée Guillot- Founder, Co-Director, and Teacher
Aimée is a professional actor who has worked extensively in the theatre nationally as well as internationally. Off Broadway she appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival (2001) in the Obie-award winning production of Big Love; Canard, Canard, Goose? at Here Arts Center, and Xtravaganza at St. Ann’s Warehouse, (also Guggenheim Works & Process, and Whitney Performance Space); she is also an original member of the New York based theatre group The Civilians. Regionally she has appeared in productions at The Goodman Theatre, the Long Wharf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the La Jolla Playhouse, where she received a Drama-Logue award for her performance as Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest. In the Bay Area she has performed at Berkeley Rep, Encore Theatre, Shotgun Players and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. In Europe she has performed at Kaaitheater, Brussels; the Rotterdam Schouwburg; Le Maillon, Strasbourg; Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Le Volcan, Le Havre. As a teaching artist she has worked in classrooms in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Jose and Napa. She was also a resident teaching artist for TheatreWorks’ Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto. In Napa she has taught drama to students at Blue Oak School, Pueblo Vista Alternative School, Yountville Elementary, Northwood Elementary, Redwood Middle School, Calistoga Elementary, NVLA, Saint Helena Elementary School, St. Helena Primary School, Napa Montessori Children’s House, and American Canyon Middle School. As a director she has staged productions at The Napa Valley Opera House, The Little Theater @ NVC, Lincoln Theater, and the Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center. As a director with Cafeteria Kids Theater she has co-directed productions of Peter Pan, Willy Wonka and Shrek the Musical. She received her MFA in Acting from UC San Diego, where she was also voted one of the top 100 teachers. She founded Cafeteria Kids Theater in 2007, and formally as the non-profit Lunchtime Productions Inc with Olivia Cowell in 2014.
Email: aimee@cafeteriakidstheater.org
Olivia Cowell- Co-Director and Teacher
Olivia is a director and actor who focused her attention on teaching drama to children while obtaining her M.A. in Drama from San Francisco State University. She joined forces with Aimée Guillot as a teaching artist in 2007, and became co-director of Cafeteria Kids Theater as the organization transitioned into a nonprofit in 2014. Local directing credits include: Shrek the Musical, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, Peter Pan, A Chorus Line, Private Eyes, Late: a Cowboy Song, Eternity, Lend Me a Tenor, The Wizard of Oz, and Alice in Wonderland. Olivia has taught drama to students throughout the Napa Valley at Yountville Elementary School, Pueblo Vista Alternative Elementary School, Blue Oak Lower and Upper Schools, St. Helena Primary, Calistoga Elementary School, Silverado Middle School, Redwood Middle School, Cybermill Technology Inc., Hopper Creek Montessori, Vichy Elementary School and Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater. She is a Royal Academy of Dance trained dancer and has worked as a choreographer throughout her career. She is on faculty in the Theater Department at Napa Valley College, and the Performing Arts Teacher at Napa Christian Campus of Education.
Email: olivia@cafeteriakidstheater.org
Aimée is a professional actor who has worked extensively in the theatre nationally as well as internationally. Off Broadway she appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival (2001) in the Obie-award winning production of Big Love; Canard, Canard, Goose? at Here Arts Center, and Xtravaganza at St. Ann’s Warehouse, (also Guggenheim Works & Process, and Whitney Performance Space); she is also an original member of the New York based theatre group The Civilians. Regionally she has appeared in productions at The Goodman Theatre, the Long Wharf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the La Jolla Playhouse, where she received a Drama-Logue award for her performance as Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest. In the Bay Area she has performed at Berkeley Rep, Encore Theatre, Shotgun Players and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. In Europe she has performed at Kaaitheater, Brussels; the Rotterdam Schouwburg; Le Maillon, Strasbourg; Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Le Volcan, Le Havre. As a teaching artist she has worked in classrooms in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Jose and Napa. She was also a resident teaching artist for TheatreWorks’ Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto. In Napa she has taught drama to students at Blue Oak School, Pueblo Vista Alternative School, Yountville Elementary, Northwood Elementary, Redwood Middle School, Calistoga Elementary, NVLA, Saint Helena Elementary School, St. Helena Primary School, Napa Montessori Children’s House, and American Canyon Middle School. As a director she has staged productions at The Napa Valley Opera House, The Little Theater @ NVC, Lincoln Theater, and the Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center. As a director with Cafeteria Kids Theater she has co-directed productions of Peter Pan, Willy Wonka and Shrek the Musical. She received her MFA in Acting from UC San Diego, where she was also voted one of the top 100 teachers. She founded Cafeteria Kids Theater in 2007, and formally as the non-profit Lunchtime Productions Inc with Olivia Cowell in 2014.
Email: aimee@cafeteriakidstheater.org
Olivia Cowell- Co-Director and Teacher
Olivia is a director and actor who focused her attention on teaching drama to children while obtaining her M.A. in Drama from San Francisco State University. She joined forces with Aimée Guillot as a teaching artist in 2007, and became co-director of Cafeteria Kids Theater as the organization transitioned into a nonprofit in 2014. Local directing credits include: Shrek the Musical, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, Peter Pan, A Chorus Line, Private Eyes, Late: a Cowboy Song, Eternity, Lend Me a Tenor, The Wizard of Oz, and Alice in Wonderland. Olivia has taught drama to students throughout the Napa Valley at Yountville Elementary School, Pueblo Vista Alternative Elementary School, Blue Oak Lower and Upper Schools, St. Helena Primary, Calistoga Elementary School, Silverado Middle School, Redwood Middle School, Cybermill Technology Inc., Hopper Creek Montessori, Vichy Elementary School and Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater. She is a Royal Academy of Dance trained dancer and has worked as a choreographer throughout her career. She is on faculty in the Theater Department at Napa Valley College, and the Performing Arts Teacher at Napa Christian Campus of Education.
Email: olivia@cafeteriakidstheater.org
Cafeteria Kids Theater Board
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Board of Trustees:
Holly Finkelstein & Diana Zapolski- Co-President Michael Higuera- Treasurer Anna Marie Longo- Secretary Board Members: Olivia Cowell Aimée Guillot |
Advisory Board:
Les Waters Dede Clark Annie Smart Lisa Cort Kelly Pitts Renee Rolke Jeanine Ryan Tami Nixon |
Founded in 2007
cafeteria kids theater is part of Lunchtime Productions Inc., a non-profit tax exempt organization
(c) 2014
cafeteria kids theater is part of Lunchtime Productions Inc., a non-profit tax exempt organization
(c) 2014
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