Carol Hickey Acting Studio: Atlanta, Georgia

Carol Hickey | owner, director CHAS ATX and CHAS ATL, Atlanta Professional Acting Workshop, Summer Immersion
Carol Hickey has studied with some of the most prestigious instructors in Acting at HB Studio in New York and 7 years in Los Angeles with the late Harry Mastrogeorge. She has a degree in Theatre from University of California, Santa Barbara. She earned her living working on commercials and television series (Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under, Scrubs, ER, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, Big Love, National Tide, AT&T, Kelloggs, Cisco and many more) in Los Angeles. She also has received awards for her work on stage, developing premiere works in Los Angeles and in New York with The Canyon Theatre Company, along with name actors such as Mark Ruffalo and Kathy Bates. She worked as an instructor through East L.A. Classic Theatre to inner city, underprivileged youth in L.A. Recent credits in Austin include Love and Death (HBO), MO (Netflix), Walker (CW) and the films Only the Good Survive with D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Sidney Flanigan.

Morgan Rysdon
Morgan Rysdon is a nationally certified Alexander Technique teacher and founder of Center Studio. With an active private practice in New York City, Atlanta, and internationally, she helps actors, singers, and dancers elevate their performances as well as recover from chronic pain, injury, stress, and anxiety. She holds a BA in acting and performing and spent time acting professionally in Chicago, working at theaters such as Victory Gardens Theatre, The Redmoon Theatre Company, and The Hypocrites. She gained her teaching certification from The American Center for the Alexander Technique in NYC. Committed to helping others, Morgan teaches both private lessons and group classes with a focus on building self-awareness, self-confidence, and poise through improving the overall function of an individual’s mind, body, breath, and voice. Since relocating to Atlanta in 2018, she has taught at the Alliance Theatre, Horizon Theater, Actors Express, Get Scene's Actor Summit, among others.

Alicia Kelley
Alicia Kelley originally hails from the small, one-stoplight town of Upland, Indiand. She trained with both Carol Hickey and Kim Davis through the Carol Hickey Acting Studio and is thrilled to now be on the teaching staff. Prioritizing the STORY has become one of her favorite passions. Alicia has worked on sets for networks such as FOX, APPLE TV, HBO, MARVEL, PARAMOUNT +, HULU, NETFLIX, CBS,& BET. She has taped/coached auditions that have led to bookings on major networks such as PBS Kids, HBO, NETFLIX, HULU, FOX, and NBC, BET, CW, HBO, APPLE TV, BLUMHOUSE/UNIVERSAL, and SHOWTIME. When she is not acting, coaching, or teaching, Alicia enjoys producing and directing film projects that enable actors, specifically young actors, to get experience on set.