Where Talent Takes Flight
Specialists in College Audition Prep
Coaching
75 US dollars
75 US dollars
Our Unique Approach
What We Believe
At Icarus Endeavour, we specialize in preparing individuals for college auditions in theatre, tech, and performance fields. Our tailored coaching packages and group workshops are designed to enhance your skills and boost your confidence. We also offer competition preparation, travel services, and expert theatre consulting. Join us to unlock your full potential and achieve success in the world of performing arts.
Icarus Endeavor began as a dream in the back of a crowded workshop room. Listening to a presenter speak about programming designed to support recent high school graduates in pursuing theatre arts when they lack financial or familial support, our interests were piqued. We looked at each other and realized: this is our mission. We needed to find a way to make the arts an option for any student, regardless of experience, social currency, or financial support.
We are a team of theatrical professionals and educators with specialization ranging from production design, to Meisner acting, to management. Our programming coordinator, Allie Matsuo comes from a widespread education background with years of experience in arts education. Her passion lies wholly in closing the gaps between those who believe they can and those who would never dream they could. Our professional acting coach, Sammy Meneses is a film and stage actor and singer and has been directing and coaching young performers for just years and in that time has secured students placements into Pace University, AADA, and USC. His focus is on healthy approaches to artistic pursuit- transforming the landscape for young actors one workshop at a time. Our technical theatre industry professional is Ant Tyrrell-Ead, a technician with over a decade of experience in theatrical, corporate, and permanent AV design and implementation. He has worked at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Curious Theatre, LINX, Bravas, Spectrum AV, and Jeffco Public Schools.
Frustrated with the limitations of a traditional public school setting, we decided to take the leap, follow our own advice, and create our own opportunity. Although our hearts will forever be touched by the work we get to do when we work within the school system, we found that the time we could devote to college and competition coaching was so limited by the demands of a traditional school day and rehearsal schedule. We took our experience opening doors to the best of theatre training and began the Icarus Endeavour. IE brings with it the ambition of the mythological Icarus, the boy who (with the support and designs of his father) flew too close to the sun. This is a safe place to try, to fail, and to try again. Our goal is to teach students to recognize their passions, overcome their limitations, and create their own opportunities with the knowledge that their IE support system will forever be waiting in the wings for them.
Who We Are
Allie Matsuo is our cofounding managing partner and educational lead. With a background and history in high school education and theater production management. Her specialty is education and stage management, so she will help plan the pre-admission, audition, and training schedules. She will help edit, prepare, and perfect application essays, portfolios, and interviews for admissions and scholarships. She will also support by helping keep students on track and maintaining communication with other coaches to maximize efficiency. She has served as an adjudicator at the International Thespian Festival. She has helped students gain admissions from New York University, Indiana University, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Southern California, among others.
Anthony Tyrell-Ead is our technical theater arts specialist. With a professional background and degree in technical theater, Ant will work with our training technicians, he will help perfect portfolios, he will teach and train technicians to understand industry standards and expectations. He has also served as an adjudicator for the International Thespian Festival in several categories over the last several years. He has served as the Technical Director for several theater companies. He has helped students gain admissions to Carnegie Mellon University, Vancouver Film School, Earlham College, among others.
Sammy Meneses is our cofounding director and performance specialist. With a professional background in performing, directing, and coaching and a degree in acting, he rounds out our educational team and offers his connections with colleges and professionals in the industry. He will train actors to become not only sustainable and healthy, but to become consistent in their skills so they can audition and perform confidently. He will also help with artistic statements, interview preparation, and repertoire. He has also adjudicated at the International Thespian Festival as well as presented workshops on acting technique at the international level and several state conventions. He has served as a director for a theater company for three seasons. He has helped students gain admissions to Pace University, New York University, The American Academy for Dramatic Arts, University of Southern California, The Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts, among others.