Sally Smythe and Stephen Godwin began their professional careers at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and were invited to join the companies of Berkeley Rep and The American Conservatory Theatre and over the next thirty years they continued to work with west coast regional theatres including Intiman, New City, Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, The Fifth Avenue, South Coast Rep, Pacific Resident Theatre and many more. They have collaborated as parents and as partners and their experiences in the theatre and in life have inspired them to create a harbor and lab where great texts are worked on and new ones inspired.
The Team
Sally Smythe
Actor - Director - Educator
Acting engages our creativity on many different levels. It demands that we bring forth our wealth of experience and deepest humanity and then offer ourselves up to the material and to one another. It implores us to play, to be in discovery, to be curious, to be vulnerable. Acting is a practice. When we engage in the practice we learn how to bring to the material untold riches. Acting is about connecting. It is about presence. Read more
Stephen Godwin
Actor - Developer - Educator
My style as an educator and director is to facilitate opportunities for playful invention. For me as an actor it is the behavior of the character that is the key to discovery. I see teaching and directing as an opportunity to experience teamwork. When the focus is on exploration, curiosity, a willingness to get beyond our comfort zone and we bring an openness to receive from others then the acting experience takes off. Read more
Sydney Walsh
Actor - Director - Educator
Teaching Philosophy-- I believe that the work of the actor includes (but is not limited to)-- a deep interest in playfulness, a need for meaningful communication, a curiosity about other cultures, times and beliefs, a commitment to connecting with others, the love of tribe and working in an ensemble and the challenge of imagining situations outside of our own contexts. Read more
Teaching Experience
Chloé Cavelier
Singer/Pianist - Musical Director - Educator
Chloé Cavelier is a South Pasadena High School alumna and longtime lover of musical theater. She strongly believes that anyone with a voice has an opportunity to explore emotions, stories, and the complexities of life through musical theatre, and she loves working with performers of all experience levels (including those who have never sung anywhere outside of their shower). Read More
Schuyler Mastain
Actor - Educator
Schuyler Mastain is an educator and theatre artist living in South Pasadena. After graduating from the Professional Actor Training Program at UNC Chapel Hill where he got his MFA in Acting, Schuyler moved to LA and produced three of his own plays (The Sower, 2018; Bushwick, 2019; and Handsome Man, 2021). He has taught High School English and Drama in Singapore, Bangkok, and Los Angeles and loves giving young people the opportunity to explore their talent, creativity, and imagination on the stage.
