Christine Breihan

Lecturer of Theatre Arts Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

Lecturer of Theatre Arts

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Biography

Christine Breihan (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based performer, movement specialist and educator. She has worked with award-winning companies across the city including A Noise Within, Independent Shakespeare Co, Coin and Ghost, Padua Playwrights, The Fountain, Theatricum Botanicum, Theatre Roscius, Theater of NOTE, Sacred Fools, Project Nongenue, Bocón Arts, The Unusual Suspects, The Blank, the Curtis Theatre, and Ghost Road Theater Ensemble. Internationally, she studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic arts, and has performed at the Grotowski Laboratorium in Wroclaw, Poland and the Eastern Front Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her movement and intimacy work has appeared on stages across the country, including Soho Rep and The Getty Villa. She holds her BFA in Acting from Boston University, and her MFA from Loyola Marymount University, where she currently lectures in Movement and Pedagogy. She is Resident Teaching Artist at Center Theatre Group, where she develops and implements theatre curriculum for learners of all ages. She also holds a CMA (Certified Movement Analyst) with the Laban/Barteneiff Institute of Movement Studies, and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and SAG-AFTRA.

Education

Boston University

BFA

Acting

2008

Loyola Marymount University

MFA

Performance Pedagogy

2021

Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies

Certified Movement Analyst (CMA)

Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis

2023

Industry Expertise

Education/Learning
Training and Development
Performing Arts

Affiliations

  • SAG/AFTRA
  • Actor's Equity Association (AEA)
  • The Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME)
  • International Somatic Movement Educator (ISMETA)