*Please note all classes are 3 month commitments. (12 sessions, 1 class per week, for 12 weeks)
Zahf Paroo has been working as professional actor, host, voice-over and sketch comedy artist since 1995.
Through his long and diverse career Zahf has worked with some truly amazing actors while honing his craft. He’s had the opportunity to work in Sci-fi (Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Gallactica, Fringe, Andromeda, Continuum, Defying Gravity) as well as working in comedy (Scary Movie, The Big Year, Psych, A Guy Thing, Say it isn’t So, Scooby Doo 2, Package Deal). He has also enjoyed a dramatic career (Edgemont -The Next Generation, Firewall, Motive) and most most recently, broken into the fantasy realm in Seventh Son as the beastly, blue-skinned, four-armed “King of Swords” ‘Virahadra’.
Zahf is also an accomplished theatre performer, and among his many theatrical roles, spent a year on Broadway, in the original cast production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Bombay Dreams”. Zahf’s role included playing an astounding 14 characters in the production.
*Please note all classes are 3 month commitments. (12 sessions, 1 class per week, for 12 weeks)
Bronwen Smith comes to Vancouver Acting School with a combination of years of experience and an unwavering passion for the craft of acting. Her training includes studying at Studio 58, Gastown Actors’ Studio, working with Larry Moss and attending Canada’s National Voice Intensive. Comfortable on both stage and screen, her credits are diverse and span theatre, film, and television. Her performances on stage in Twelfth Night, Problem Child and ‘Night, Mother are just a few that have garnered her praise from critics and audiences alike. Her roles on screen range from locally produced independent shorts and features to popular TV series and films. Bronwen’s favourite credits include roles on Smallville, Supernatural and Gunless. Kids of all ages will recognize her as Mrs. Jefferson, Rowley’s mom, in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.
