Welcome to the SAFD regional representative contact page. Individuals listed here will be happy to answer all your questions about the SAFD - how the Society works, training opportunities, the skills proficiency test, how to join, and more.
A regional representative can also help you with information and events in your local area. Many of our members teach classes, perform, produce and direct near you. Our representatives have, and continue to develop, local representation throughout the country to help both current SAFD members and interested individuals.
H. Russ is an SAFD Certified Teacher currently serving as Head Theatre Director at Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, TX. His areas of expertise include Acting, Musical Theatre, Playwriting, Voice...Read more.
Robert Najarian is an actor, instructor, and fight director based in Cambridge, MA. Regional credits: Sleep No More with American Repertory Theater, The Life of Galileo at the Central...Read more.
Heidi began her stage combat training at Richard Lane’s Academy of the Sword in northern CA. After moving to Seattle, WA, she resumed her training at Freehold Studio with Geoffrey Alm. She...Read more.
Southeast Region - AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
Clermont
Florida
SERegRep@safd.org
352-208-2449
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John has been teaching and choreographing theatrical violence since 1989. He was introduced to stage combat as an actor performing in Summer Shakespeare Festivals in 1985. His luck at...Read more.
Adam Noble is a professional actor and movement specialist. His acting credits include Shakespeare in the Park (Public/NYSF), Lincoln Center Directors’ Lab, The Actor’s Playground, Julliard, Seattle...Read more.
Ray’s first brush with fighting started at fourteen years of age as Jose the Muleteer attacking Don Quixote with a 16th century rake! Since that time, Ray has worked his career as a singer, actor,...Read more.
Benaiah Anderson has been a member of the Society of American Fight Directors since attending the Paddy Crean International Stage Combat Workshop in Banff in 2000. Since then he has attended...Read more.
Trained as an actor at the University of Arkansas and the Guildford School of Acting, Bret has worked professionally both as an actor and a Fight Director. Bret is currently a member of Equity’s...Read more.
