Tricia Riel

Tricia Riel..."Trish" has been involved in creative pursuits of all kinds since her first big role as a snowflake at age 5. She has a Bachelor's degree from the Visual & Performing Arts School at Syracuse University in NY, a Masters Degree in Acting and Theatre Arts from Humboldt State University in CA, training in Dell Arte’, modern dance, & more. She works as a drama teacher for kids at "Kids on Camera.” She spent years in the performance art scene in San Francisco and has worked on numerous films (Acting, in Voice-Over, Dialect Coaching, and as an Assistant Director on features). She has been a physical coach at "Circus Smirkus" in Vermont, directed the Circus camp at Island Gymnastics on Martha’s Vineyard, and has headed numerous theatrically based after school programs in Northern California, Rhode Island, & in the SF Bay Area. She juggles, works as a clown, a voice-over, and an Astrologer. She does contact improvisation, practices gymnastics, and speaks German (as well as some Spanish). She is the author of “Zephrum Gates & The Mysterious Purple Haze,” she has the most amazing dog in the world, and she can write while she sleeps. She also has a trapeze in her living room.