our team of
Professional
trainerS
Are you wanting more opportunities in your chosen artistic endeavour?
The academy can help!
We have a highly skilled team of working professionals as your instructors that will work with you to enhance, refine and build on your strengths and skillset with tried and true tools and techniques of the trade.
This will aid your struggles and disappointments and greatly enhance your confidence and open many more doors to your future in the performance industry, everywhere!
Our artists have shown tremendous success after training in our professional programs.
Having learned the skills and acquired the tools of being prepared for auditions now they can proceed by presenting themselves as the equipped and artists they are meant to be.
Here are the members of our Triple Threat team:
CONNIE ROTELLA
Founder of Triple Threat Academy and Amazon Bestselling Author
Hi, I'm Connie Rotella, an artist passionate about supporting up-and-coming talent. I created the Triple Threat Academy to provide you with the tools you need to thrive in the industry and pursue your dreams with confidence.
In this program, I’ll help you commit to your goals across dance styles while offering professional training in musical, vocal, and acting fields. Together, we’ll explore strategies to showcase your talent and increase your visibility to professionals and agents.
My clients have performed in productions like the Walt Disney World parade and major shows in Montreal, including Annie, The Addams Family, and Mary Poppins. Recently, I choreographed and directed scenes in The Venery of Samantha Bird alongside actors Katherine Langford and Finn Jones.
If you're an Actor, Singer, Dancer, Songwriter, or Artist eager for growth, this program is for you. Let’s create your portfolio to prepare for upcoming auditions and build your career positively and comprehensively. We’re excited to help you develop your skills and amplify your talent!As the program leader, I’ll guide you on your journey and act as your liaison with talent agencies and producers to showcase your updated portfolio.
Emilie Josset
Singing Voice Program
Telling stories is Emilie Josset’s real passion. Should it be through the heart of the actress or the voice of the singer.
Trained in acting, singing and dancing since her early childhood in France she moved to Canada 20 years ago to fulfill her dreams to become a triple threat. She is constantly thriving on new challenges to gain expertise on her crafts, not only to evolve as an artist herself but to be more geared to help the new generation of performers grow.
Credits include musicals and plays like “ Chicago”, “Cabaret”, “Singing in the Rain”, “Nine”, “Sweet Charity”, “ Fiddler on the Roof”, “Masterclass”, “ Les Fourberies de Scapin”, “La femme du Roi”, “Backstage” and more recently “ Footloose”.
Emilie acted and directed a few Kino short films here in Montreal. You can also hear her voice in french dubbed movies like Moana, Cars 3, Beauty and the Beast to name a few.
Her goal is to provide a safe environment where you can put yourself in danger artistically and where she can help you become the best story teller you can be when you sing.
ANIK MATERN
Actress
Anik Matern’s acting goals are to supercharge all participants toward new possibilities!
With over 30 years of experience in the acting industry and also as founder/artistic director of Montreal’s former award winning training ground, Dynamic Theater Factory, Anik continues to pursue her great passion; to inspire artists towards their full ‘acting into being’ potential, no matter their age or experience level.
An actor herself, always in the ‘risk taking arena’, Anik wants to guide you to discover or strengthen your inner voice and creative instincts through improvisation, audition technique, monologue and character work. She will guide you as to when to be humble yet bold in your presence and performance choices, using the ever synergistic body, mind and spirit connection.
Her desire has always been to nourish an actor’s unique talents and creative impulses, and through her ever-evolving methodologies, Anik will encourage you to find and confidently bring to light your inner story telling warrior.
CHRIS BARILLARO
Musicial Director
Chris Barillaro is a Montreal-based music director, pianist, orchestrator, actor, singer, and magician. He graduated from Dawson College’s Professional Theatre Program and McGill University (B.A. in Music and Theatre).
Over the past twelve years, Chris has had the honor of developing numerous new musicals in both of Canada’s official languages, including In Real Life, Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical, and Last Night at the Gayety. He has performed at prestigious venues like Place des Arts, NAC, and the Segal Centre.
His selected music credits include L’homme de la Mancha, Beauty and the Beast, and the Canadian premieres of Rooms: A Rock Romance and Altar Boyz. As an actor, he has appeared in productions such as Funny Girl and Forever Plaid. In 2018, Chris received a Félix at the Gala ADISQ for Demain matin, Montréal m’attend, and in 2019, he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding music direction for Kiss of the Spider Woman.
RICHARD JUTRAS
Actor
En 45 ans de carrière, Richard a travaillé sur des plateaux de tournage à Montréal, Toronto, Miami, La Havane, l’Autriche et Los Angeles. Il a joué et a été dirigé par plusieurs des meilleurs artistes de l’industrie.
Richard a également joué sur plusieurs scènes Québécoises ainsi qu’au Centre National des Arts à Ottawa : “At the Beginning of Time” de Steve Galluccio, “Prayer For the French Republic”, “The Hockey Sweater”, “Jeanne La Pucelle”, “Crazy For You” et “Bent”.
Prix/Nominations:
META (gagnant) pour Meilleure Performance Soutien (From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea – 2022)
ACTRA (nominé) pour Meilleur Comédien (Lifelike – 2022), Prix Gémeaux (deux fois nominé) pour Meilleur Ensemble dans une Comédie (The Tournament – 2005 & 2006)
Shawn Baichoo
Motion Capture Artist / Actor
Shawn is a veteran of stage, television, film, commercials, voice, and dubbing, as well as stunt fighting and fight choreography. Shawn also enjoys independent film and web projects, and made his own passion project fan-film called The Punisher: No Mercy in 2013. He also joined the cast and took over fight choreography duties for Season 2 of the popular web-series LARPs.
Despite his love for all of these things, Shawn’s main focus has been on motion capture and voice work for video games for the last 15 years or so. He’s had the chance to work for Ubisoft, Eidos, Red Barrels, and Warner Brothers (to name a few) and has played Machiavelli in Assassin’s Creed II and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Miles Upshur in Outlast and Blake Langermann in Outlast 2, Lion in Rainbow Six: Siege and Rainbow Six: Extraction, and most famously Wrench in WatchDogs 2, Watchdogs: Legion and the Bloodline DLC.
Most recently he was in Far Cry 6 as Matias, the rebel doctor.
PHILIPPE BOVET
Director / Actor
Philippe Bovet is a bilingual actor, director, and storyteller from Montreal. He began his artistic training at age 12 in an intensive theater program at F.A.C.E. and later studied acting at Carter Thor Acting Studios, where he became a coach. He co-founded A Class Act Intensive, helping dancers worldwide enhance their storytelling through the performing arts.
Philippe has appeared in Hollywood blockbusters like X-Men and The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, as well as award-winning independent films and TV shows. His directorial work includes acclaimed films and commercials for brands like Lululemon, McDonald's, and Converse. He is also a published photographer and accomplished painter.
Philippe aims to empower participants to become their own creative force through character development and storytelling mastery. By exploring various scenes and monologues, he helps them captivate audiences with their performances.
Terra C. Macleod
Dance Program
Terra is an award-winning actress best known for her portrayal of Velma Kelly in the hit Broadway musical "CHICAGO", appearing frequently both on the Broadway stage and on the National Tour.
She has received critical acclaim in cities around the world which include her performance in the World Premiere of "Chicago" in the language of Moliere in Montreal followed by an engagement at the Casino de Paris in France and a two-month run in London's West End.
Some highlights of her years with Chicago were participating in the 10th Anniversary Gala directed by Walter Bobby, Ann Reiking, and Rob Fisher and the French company at the Casino de Paris under the direction of Scott Ferris and Gary Chryst.
Originally from Montreal, Quebec Terra has spent the last few years between Vancouver, Los Angeles, and New York working in film and television and performing in various theatrical productions across the country and Canada.
She is a Jessie Richardson nominee and winner for her contribution and artistic achievement in Vancouver, BC for her work in Blood Brothers, The Producers and West Side Story.
SERGINE DUMAIS
My approach is based on acting techniques specifically designed for musical theatre. Performers learn to build a character, to tell a story while respecting conventions of the musical theatre art form.
Musical theater is commonly defined as being the combination of three forms of art: theater, song, and dance. However, I believe that musical theatre is more than this simple fusion: it is an art form that stands on its own. It is the performer’s responsibility to tune his/her instrument regularly, and continue to refine. My workshops won’t replace dance or voice lessons. They offer tools, techniques to “act a song” and play a part in musical theatre.
During the workshops, all the performer’s skills (singing, acting, and movement) are called into action. As a result, the whole instrument will have a chance to evolve.
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DAWN FORD
ACTRESS / VOICE ACTRESS
Dawn Ford has lent her voice to over {50} fifty leading roles in delightful animated programs, over {55} fifty-five campaigns for such recognized and prominent name brand corporations as Tide, Toyota, Air Canada, etc, not to mention the over {20} twenty Video Games she has provided character voices to over the course of her career.
Dawn’s body of voice work has reached an enormous and immeasurable audience worldwide, both adult and children alike, and has collectively contributed to earning millions of dollars in profits to her lucky employers, the networks, producers, advertising agencies and gaming companies across Canada.
Although Dawn’s voice may not always be recognizable to the ear due to her impressive range, she has been acknowledged with several awards for her work, the ACTRA AWARD for OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE as the lead in the animated series, Fishtronaut, in addition to ACTRA WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
From Montreal, Canada, Dawn is bilingual, amongst being able to deliver countless dialects and accents, to add to her notable and endless list of attributes.
She is currently recording an animated feature of Discovery’s series Fishtronaut, Helen’s Little School, and can be heard in the latest Mott’s Clamato campaign.
