is an acting teacher, private coach, and director. He began his teaching career in 1999 at the Third Street Theatre in Los Angeles. Since that time, he has directed and taught at various theaters and schools in both Los Angeles and New York, including The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute and the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. He established the New York Theatre Academy and began teaching privately in 2008, and currently teaches scene study and on-camera acting classes to intermediate and advanced actors in NYC. Recent directing credits: Orphans, True West, Brilliant Traces, and the U.S. premiere of A Hard Rain. (Theatre for the New City) michaelluggio.com

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Charlotte Smart is a New York City based multihyphenate theater artist, specializing in playwriting. After growing up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Charlotte fled the desert and earned a Masters in Early Modern Drama from the University of Chicago, but then also fled the world of academia in exchange for the New York theater world. She makes good use of this degree by continuously referencing Shakespeare in most of her works.  Charlotte concentrates most on under-explored narratives: historical, adapted, and original. She is always looking for a new topic to fanatically research for her next project, finding inspiration truly everywhere and anywhere. When not writing, Charlotte can be found all across the city either petting dogs or giving history tours.

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