Description
Four powerful generative artists bring their distinct approaches to ATS, ready to foster your work, your voice, your passion. ATS is happy to welcome Michelle Davidson, Stephanie Roberts, Davis DeRock and Sabrina Henderson to the studio to offer their powerful, practical perspectives on creating work for yourself.
Week 1 ~ Michelle Davidson
Michelle Davidson is a four-time regional Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, host, and actor. On the small screen, Michelle hosts a daily entertainment show “Kansas City Live” on KSHB (NBC.) She played a newscaster in Season 5 of the acclaimed Netflix series House of Cards, a TV host in the AMC TV show Halt & Catch Fire and a reporter in the STARZ series Boss, opposite Kelsey Grammer. Michelle plays Dr. Natalie Shore in Season 2 of Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar on OWN. Michelle’s first supporting role was in the dark comedy Lucky, which stars Colin Hanks, Ann-Margret, and Jeffrey Tambor. Michelle’s other feature film credits include Vengeance, Last Ounce of Courage, Nailbiter and a lead role in The Profit, directed by Kevin Willmott. Michelle co-wrote the feature film Arbor Demon with Director Patrick Rea, starring Fiona Dourif and Jake Busey. Michelle is a writer on the TV show “The Inspectors,” which airs nationwide on Saturday mornings on CBS. Michelle can be seen in national commercials, corporate videos and print campaigns for clients, which include Sprint, Colgate, Aldi, Hallmark and John Deere. www.michelledavidson.net
Week 2 ~ Stephanie Roberts
Stephanie Roberts is an associate professor at UMKC Theatre. Originally from Seattle, she has been acting, teaching, directing and creating theatre for over 20 years. She has directed devised work for the Seattle Repertory Theatre and Cornish College of the Arts. Original works include The Mask of the Broken Heart, Write to Me and Boom! Stephanie was a 2010 recipient of the Charlotte St. Foundation Generative Performing Artist Award as well as an Inspiration Award from ArtsKC. She most recently was an artist-in-residency at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Week 3 ~ Davis DeRock
Davis DeRock began acting and filmmaking in 2003. He graduated the American Musical and Dramatic Academy of Los Angeles in 2007 and has since created and acted in numerous films, commercials, and plays. He continues to create films and sketches with his Co-owned company C2D2Films.
Week 4 ~ Sabrina Henderson
Sabrina Henderson is an actress/comedienne/poop enthusiast who lives and works in Kansas City. She wrote her one-woman show, Poops, I Did It Again and debuted it in the KC Fringe. It is a comedic account of her battle with ulcerative colitis and several of the times she has pooped herself in public.
Shockingly, it did surprisingly well and was picked up by a producer in LA, where she performed at the Whitefire Theatre. With that little bit of luck, she was then able to take it to the New York International Fringe and do it there as well.
Last summer, she launched The Taming of the Poo at KC Fringe which was a show of monologues adapted from true stories people from all over had given her. In addition to writing about excrement, she plays Slutterbell: The Every Fairy online, a character she created about a weird little fairy just trying to get by. She is also a member of SAG/AFTRA, studied with The Groundlings in LA, and was a member of the radio comedy group Right Between the Ears until they officially closed last year.
She continues to act, make people laugh, and do exactly what you aren’t supposed to do in order to get herself seen, noticed, and produced because after all, rules are just guidelines anyway.