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Son of civil rights journalist and Pulitzer-nominated author Marshall Frady, Shannon was born in Atlanta, grew up in New York City, and also lived in Beijing for seven years before returning to the U.S. in 2008. Following 3 years in the U.S. Army he subsequently graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School, and is currently Executive Producer for a documentary covering the 2003 U.S - Chinese collaboration that took down Asia’s biggest heroin cartel. Shannon also works in advertising as a photographer and producer. Past clients include: IBM / Shell Oil / Olay / Microsoft / Swarovski / Malaysia Airlines / Coca Cola / Nestle / U.S. Army / Elle / Cosmopolitan / Harper's Bazaar / The Economist / Esquire

Diánna Martin has been teaching acting for over ten years, having grown up in an entertainment family and been involved in the business primarily as an theatre actor and director for nearly 20 years. Having studied, apprenticed, and then taught for Ernie Martin, her father, she began her own classes for several years when Mr. Martin retired. She has taught at New York Film Academy, Hunter College and has privately coached students when not working on theatrical projects with several theatre companies in NYC. Diánna works with actors to develop a well-rounded technique focusing on scene study, character analysis, monologue study and exercises to help actors to get out of their own way and move forward in their craft.