Meet Our Team

MEET OUR TEAM

We love what we do and have created a very special team to reflect that.

ERIN Young

DIRECTOR & CO-CREATOR

Erin caught the acting bug at age 9 when she performed in her first musical dressed as a pink lamb named Eunice. Throughout her youth and into adulthood, Erin has starred in many musicals and plays. Alongside of acting she has choreographed, directed, and has taught theater in a classroom setting as well as privately coached. Along with earning her BA in Theater Arts from Cal State Long Beach, Erin continues fine tuning her craft as an actor through various acting venues in Los Angeles, most recently joining the Neo Ensemble Theater Company. She works and auditions for film and TV with the support of her team at Iris Talent Management. Some of her TV and film credits include The Neighborhood, Instant Mom, Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, and Co-Husbands. Her stage credits include too many to bore you with, but you can check out her You Tube Channel www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yvh7amdrbMGBtK0Pqf77A and her IMDB page HERE.

Hedy	Instructor

Hedy has loved acting and performing since she was a wee lass. She has a degree in Theatre from USC and advanced through the highest levels of The Groundlings, where she performed fun improv and sketch shows. She has been in several plays, commercials, short films, and television shows. She was thrilled to work with The Lonely Island on two of the commercials she's been in, one of which she acted alongside Michael Phelps, Steve Aoki, and Lil John. Hedy loves working with kids; she tutored students for several years and she has performed as a children’s party entertainer for Best Parties by Erin for many years. She loves doing volunteer work with charities like UNICEF. Hedy adores sporadic dance parties, frolicking in fields, saying hello to birds, reading whimsical fiction, having tea parties, singing throughout the day, and going to plays and immersive experiences, like The Bridgerton Ball. She often wonders what the color pink would actually taste like. She wishes you to know that you are amazing and can do anything. And that you can make anything better with just a lil magic~

Montana INSTRUCTOR & CONTENT WRITER

Montana was a part of the very first session of Acting Out and has joined the team as an instructor since aging out of the program. Montana has been performing since they were six years old and has participated in many plays, musicals, talent shows, and choir groups. In high school, they studied Creative Writing at the Orange County High School of The Arts, where they had three plays produced by the Acting and Classical Voice students. Now, Montana is a graduate from Portland State University and hopes to go into playwriting professionally. They are also a musician and songwriter! Self-taught on both ukulele and guitar, Montana has been writing music for about five years. They have performed in several concerts and showcases, including once at the historic Troubadour Theater in Los Angeles. Sophie is thrilled to be a part of the Acting Out team and is excited to continue sharing the power of live theater with as many people as they can.

Maddy INSTRUCTOR

Maddy started out taking classes, workshops and camps at Acting Out with her siblings. As one of the older students at the time, she became an assistant to Erin, learning how to work with young actors. This will now be Maddy's second summer season as an official acting coach and part of the Acting Out team. Her talents behind the scenes and backstage are where her mastery comes in to play. She is currently going in to her third year at Emerson College as a Theater and Design major. Art, baking, cooking, costume design are among her many talents. She loves face painting and doing special effects make up. She recently learned leather working and millinery. This summer Maddy had an internship back east for a professional opera company as a costume crafts apprentice.

HAYDEN INSTRUCTOR

Hayden Allcorn is an actor, stunt performer, and award-winning variety artist based locally here in Orange County! Hayden studied acting at both the Orange County School of Arts and California State University, Fullerton and has taught at both campuses. Hayden has also been seen performing with companies like Shakespeare Orange County, STAGEStheatre, and other local repertory theater’s here in OC and LA. Hayden can also be spotted performing at Knotts Berry Farm, Pirates Dinner Adventure, Teatro Martini, the Queen Mary, and the World-Famous Magic Castle in Hollywood. Hayden’s training in Cirque techniques, Shakespearean and classical acting, as well as musical and devised theater has given him the opportunity and foundation to work on countless projects and coach students to help get the best out of all of them!

SHAUN Creative Consultant & Co-Creator

Since Shaun was in his first play as a preschooler, he knew he was meant to be doing Theatre, consequently, he has spent most of his life cultivating his craft. He received his degree in Directing for the Theatre at California State University Long Beach, where he also studied jazz and modern dance. While in college he taught acting at elementary schools in Long Beach Unified, as well as Camp Bravo, a camp for the performing arts. He has spent the last ten years teaching acting, dance, movement, and film making around the country as a guest artist and performing arts teacher. He currently works full time as a theatre and film instructor for Los Angeles Unified School District, while still making to time to direct and choreograph shows all around Southern California. He has trained with theatre companies both in Los Angeles and New York and is known for his dynamic use of movement and love of teaching, whether it’s with 5-year-old's or 105-year-old’s.