Pro Training Class 2024

Aidan Caravana

Aidan is a chemist by training and loves to learn about the awe and wonder that is all around us in the natural world. He also enjoys teaching and working with students and has had the opportunity to teach in a variety of contexts including with the Peace Corps and the Northwestern Prison Education Program. He has rock climbed and slacklined for several years and is now excited to pursue circus full time.

Dani Goldberg

Dani Goldberg (they/them) is a Chicago and New York based actor. They grew up teaching themself gymnastics on a mattress in their room and have never looked back! They recently graduated with a BA in Theatre and Musical Theatre from Northwestern University. There, they discovered the Actor's Gym and Circus and fell in love with developing their physical skillset in this exciting new way. Recent credits include: Measure For Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), The Addams Family (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre), and Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (Northwestern University). Dani is proud to be represented by Gray Talent Group:)

Hannah Durkin

My name is Hannah Durkin, I am a self taught Pole dancer of 5 years, and I am a first year pro training student! I’m so excited to have the opportunity to be a part of the Actors Gym family, and to grow as an artist! My goal for ProTraining is to become a more well rounded arialist and to learn new disciplines outside of pole while also learning proper form and technique for the pole. I love challenging myself and I am looking forward to taking on new aerial disciplines while expanding on my current knowledge!

Isaac Jacob Nuer Bohls

Nuer is a young artist and sun glasses enthusiast, some might say conasuer... conisooer... but he can't spell that so we'll stick to enthusiast. He likes long walks on the beach, artificial pineapple flavoring, and full sending a new trick. His previous circus experience is minimal but his daily use of the phrase "just clownin around" will be at an all time high throughout this pro training course.

Katherine J Knight

Moving from Houston Texas I have been doing circus arts for the past 6 years mostly working with aerial tissue and tumbling. I look forward to training at Actors Gymnasium and hope to discover different disciplines as well perfecting the ones I already know.

Kylie Anderson (Year 2 Student)

Kylie (Ky) Anderson (they/them) is a EMC physical actor and model represented by Stewart Talent, located in Chicago, IL. They have BFA in Drama with an emphasis in Acting from the University of Oklahoma. Ky is a company member at Bramble Theatre Company, but has worked with a medley of other theaters in Chicago including Redtwist, Steppenwolf, Remmy Bumppo, and Lookingglass. They have trained at Stella Adler’s in New York for physical theatre and was in the School at Steppenwolf class of 2019. Ky was also a part of Actor’s Gym’s Pro Training Program class of 2021 , where they were in the inaugural Clown Program. Ky teaches at Actor’s Gym Summer Camp as well as the Parent-Tot, Imaginastics, Kids Tumbling, and Intro to Circus classes year round. You could say Actor’s Gym is their happy place.

Shoshana Levy

Shoshana Levy (they/she) is a vertical aerialist and partner acrobat who uses high-powered dynamic movement embedded in contemporary dance. They are a ferocious tinkerer, innovator, and interpreter of movement who uses their craft to transport audiences to an alternate reality full of whimsy, allure, and the macabre. Shoshana enjoys being a chameleon and trying on new characters for each piece they create. Their performances have been described as “captivatingly vulnerable.” They specialize in rope, silks, and partner acrobatics, as well as dabbles in handbalancing and hula hoops. Shoshana is a company member of Such Creatures and has recently performed in shows such as Far Away (physical theater), Circus in Progress (rope), Missiles Kids (dance, acro, and rope), Spider Lullaby (rope), Alice in Circusland (physical theater), a Holiday in Narnia (flying trapeze).

Noah Hinton

Noah Hinton (they/she) is a multi-hyphenate performer who recently relocated to Chicago. A recent graduate of the Dobbins Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theatre, some of their interests include aerial hoop, contortion, acting, playwriting and arts management.

Olivia Lindsay

Olivia Lindsay is an actor, writer, violinist, and visual artist from San Diego. Previous Chicago credits include The Buttcracker: a Nutcracker Burlesque (Subversion Productions), Kallan Dana’s LOVE STORY! (Bramble Theatre), Twelfth Night (Midsommer Flight), Zack Peercy’s That’s Fucked Up, and The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Improv Playhouse). Olivia is a graduate of Kenyon College and the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.