MEET OUR TEACHING ARTISTS

Improv, Theater, Steam

Amberlee grew up in the suburbs of Dallas county. In 2016, she moved to Los Angeles to study acting at AMDA, where she received her Acting B.F.A. Amberlee started tutoring math and acting and teach Improv for after-school programs across the city. She also became involved with various theater companies around LA as a performer and stage director. Amberlee is very happy to be a teaching artist at SODE, where she can combine her teaching experience with her passion for the arts.

Robotics, Stop-Motion and Animation

Elizabeth Messick is a female magician based in Los Angeles, CA.

She is a powerhouse in the variety world, performing her own vintage blend of magic and music at venues such as House of Blues, The Magic Castle, Brookledge Follies, Meltdown Comics, The Globe Theater, and just about everywhere else. Beginning her career in the Long Beach music scene, she fronted Golden Afternoon, which the LA Times described as "If Tom Waits and Ella Fitzgerald had a baby."

Next, Elizabeth took on the magic world, studying at The Magic Circle in London and the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, where she currently performs with her vaudevillian double act, The Cosmic Romantics. You can see Elizabeth in Netflix's emmy-winning children's show Ada Twist, Scientist or the feature film Marvelous and the Black Hole, an official selection at Sundance Film Festival. Coming up in October you'll see her on a television show on a famous network. (She's not supposed to say what it is yet!) Her corporate clients include Google and U.S. Bank. You can read about her in the Washington Post, the LA Times, USA Today, and more!