Andorlie Hillstrom

B. Mus. Performance, President Class Act Theatre Co. Inc., C.A.E.A., A.C.T.R.A 

President/Owner of Class Act Performing Arts Studios
Co-Artistic Director of The Golden Apple Theatre
DIWC Artistic Director
Kindermusik Certified Teacher
Drama Adventurers Instructor
Private Voice Instruction 

Andorlie is the owner and operator of Class Act Performing Arts Studios and is pleased to be celebrating 19 years of providing high caliber dance, drama and musical theatre instruction in Regina. A professional actress and singer who has performed throughout Western Canada, Andorlie studied in the Bachelor of Music Performance and Drama Programs at the University of Saskatchewan, and continued scholarship studies in the Voice/Opera program at the Banff Centre of Fine Arts. She has performed at the Globe Theatre in Regina, Persephone and 25th Street Theatre in Saskatoon, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Rainbow Stage and Actor’s Showcase in Winnipeg; has performed roles for Regina Musical Theatre and Regina Little Theatre as well as directing “Annie”, “The Sound of Music”, and “Oliver” for Regina Summer Stage and “The Apple Tree” for the Regina Lyric Musical Theatre Society. Additional credits include commercials for Sasktel and roles in “Incredible Story Studio”, and recordings for broadcast on CBC Television and Radio. Andorlie is the recipient of the 2002 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture, the 2007 Community Builder Award from the Regina and District Association for Community Living Inc. and was pleased to be recently presented with a bursary for Do It With Class Young People’s Theatre Inc. by the former Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Lynda Haverstock, in honour of his Royal Highness the Earl of Wessex. Andorlie is proud to be the artistic director of Do It With Class and the co-artistic director of The Golden Apple Theatre, a new professional theatre company in Regina, and performed in the inaugural production of “Jacques Brel”.

Ryland Alexander

B.F.A. Drama, M.A. Theatre Practices

Drama Program Coordinator
Drama Adventurers Instructor

Ryland Alexander was born and raised in Regina before he relocated to Edmonton to obtain his BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta. He is an actor, director, writer, and educator. Selected acting credits; As You Like It, Julius Caesar, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre), Pig: A Backdoor Peepshow (Canoe Festival, High Performance Rodeo), Are We There… Yet? (Concrete Theatre), Creation of the World and Other Business, Progress and Procrastination and Never Swim Alone (The System Theatre), Keeping Peace (Surreal SoReal Theatre) and Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Taming if the Shrew, Henry IV Part I and Julius Caesar, for which he received a Betty Mitchell Award Nomination (Shakespeare In The Park). Ryland’s film credits include Blood in the Water (Discovery Channel), Insecurity, The Englishman’s Boy, Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (CBC). Ryland was the former head facilitator for the Young Acting Company at the Citadel Theatre, has taught at the University of Alberta and is a graduate of the MA in the Theatre Practices – Directing from Rose Bruford College in London, UK. 

Shanna-Marie Jones

Drama Explorers I & II Instructor

Shanna-Marie Jones has been involved in community drama in Regina since the tender age of 4. Now home from studying acting at the Vancouver Film School, she looks forward to spreading her knowledge throughout the community that raised her. Shanna-Marie now teaches "Acting for the Camera" and the "Junior and Intermediate DIWC Drama" classes at Class Act Performing Arts Studios.
She has helped out frequently backstage for Do It With Class Young People's Theatre Inc. as well as being a regular performer at the "Applause Feast and Folly" dinner theatre.