Raul "Nox" Alvarado
Coordinator and Producer
AI, AAC, and Head Babboon.
Raul holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from St Leo's University as well as an AS in Microbiology (Virology) Worcester State University and is a retired US Navy combat vet ( FCC (SW / AC / VBSS) 1990 - 2004) who served in 3 wars and various international operations.
Raul has competed in HEMA tournaments in the US, been a Fight chorographer for Sherwood Forest Faire for 5 years, Fight Director for the New Braunfels Renaissance faire for 2 years, runs a competitive LARP league, and he is the Coordinator and Co Producer of Capital Combat. Raul has created fight choreography for the Long Center Sunday Brunch in 2023 and various theater companies in the Austin area in 2024. The works he has had a hand in creating choreography for include; The Three Musketeers (UIL) , Mas que Pantalone’s, as well as his own adapted play of Romeo Verses Juliet.
George Appling
Producer and coordinator
AI, AAC, and Head Babboon.
George is an Advanced Actor Combatant with the SAFD. He is the Co-Deputy Fight Director at the Sherwood Forest Faire and a graduate of the Central Illinois Stage Combat Teacher Trainer.
Tobie Minor
site coordinator and producer
AI, AAC.
Toby has been teaching Stage Combat and employed as the Drama Director at Texas State University since 2012. He is an award-winning actor and fight choreographer all around Austin, including Austin Shakespeare, the ZACH Theater, the Austin Playhouse, and the Creede Repertory Theatre.
D Granke
Fight director, Intimacy director
Dan is a Director, Fight Director, Intimacy Director, and Movement Specialist based in Tampa, FL.
Their Intimacy Direction has appeared at Urbanite Theatre, American Stage, Tampa Repertory Theatre, and St. Petersburg Shakespeare Festival. Their Fight Direction has appeared at Joe's Pub, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, American Stage, Jobsite Theatre, Studio at Tierra Del Sol, St Petersburg Opera, Studio 620, Three Bone Theatre, and Unto These Hills Outdoor Drama.
They have directed for Stageworks, Tampa Shakespeare Festival, TRT2, Theatre USF, and they are the current director of Unto These Hills.
They hold a BFA from the University of Michigan, and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and currently teach movement and acting at the University of South Florida. They are a Certified Intimacy Director and Lead Instructor with Intimacy Directors International, and a Certified Teacher and Fight Director with the Society of American Fight Directors.
Skye Bronfenbrenner
Certified teacher and fight director
Skye Bronfenbrenner (she/her) is a fight and intimacy director currently serving as Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts with specialities in Movement and Theatrical Intimacy Education at Marymount Manhattan College.
She holds and MFA in Theatre from the University of Houston where she was also taught Movement for the Actor in the BFA program. She has taught movement and stage combat for Houston Grand Opera's Butler Studio and YAVA programs, Rice University, the Hight School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and as a teaching artist for the Alley Theatre. As a fight and intimacy director, her work has been seen at the Houston Grand Opera, Catastrophic Theatre, Rec Room Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, the University of Houston, and Rice University; and as a performer she has toured with the national tours of Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, and the international tour fo Shrek the Musical.
Skye believes in making bold and visceral work safely and that theatre is above all a collaborative process.
Patrick "Pat" Kelly
Certified teacher, Stunt Coordinator, and fight director
Patrick (he/him) has studied Jun-fan Kickboxing, Wing Chun Gung Fu, Muay Thai, Savate, Escrima, Silat, Hapkido, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Fencing, Archery, and tactical firearms.
Patrick worked on the Stunt/Fight Team for the Vikings and Vikings: Valhalla television series. He served as consultant and action designer for The Wick Lab, a metabolic and injury analysis for the John Wick movie franchise. He has served as Stunt Coordinator for several feature films including So Cold The River, Runner, and The Duel, starring Dylan Sprouse, in addition to docu-dramas, stage productions, music video and mo-cap. Patrick is currently the Director of Martial Arts at Indiana University.
Tom Ringburg
certified teacher and martial artist
Tom Ringberg is a local Fight/ Stunt Coordinator and Choreographer, and Stunt performer in the Twin Cities area. Tom has been training in the art of Stage Combat and Stunt work for the last 10 years and has a background in Martial Art primarily in Tae kwon Do were he earned his 3rd degree black belt. Tom graduated from Augsburg University with a degree in Theatre with focuses in performance, directing, and Stage Combat.
Tom has been a stunt performer for several film productions such as Memorial Day, Over There, and Harbinger to name a few. Tom has also worked with the Minnesota Opera as a Fight Choreographer for their productions of Rigoletto and The Fix. He has also been hired by Minnesota Opera to be the Fight Captain and Fight Performer for several productions such as Tosca, Carmen, Romeo and Juliet, and Silent Night.
Tom also works as a Weapons Technician and Armorer for several films and TV shows in Minnesota. Tom's newest adventure is joining Intimacy Directors International and being accepted into their apprenticeship of becoming certified Intimacy Choreographer.
A Ray
certified teacher
A-Ray (he/him) is an actor, director, fight director, motion capture performer and educator who works from coast to coast. He is a Certified Fight Director and Certified Stage Combat Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors that holds a BA in Theatre from The University of Kentucky and an MA in Theatre from Louisiana Tech University where he studied performance and stage movement and currently teaches acting and directing. He also teaches stage combat at the University of Kentucky Fine Arts Institute.
On top of that he teaches stage combat and directs fights in New York, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Florida. He also spends time in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Wisconsin and New York working as a motion capture performer and fight coordinator.
He is one of the lead motion capture performers for the Agents of Mayhem, We Happy Few, Saint’s Row and Borderlands video game franchises. He also works as a motion capture actor for Penn and Teller.
Da'Mon Stith
associate instructor and martial artist
Da’Mon (he/him) is the President of the Historical African Martial Arts Association (HAMAA) and has been studying various martial arts from around the world for over thirty years. With multiple decades of research, and teaching under his belt, he has been able to bring his expertise to the El Rey Network, appearing on Man At Arms, and on the History Channel’s Forged in Fire and Forged in Fire: Knife or Death.
A well traveled instructor through his school Guild of the Silent Sword, he has worked across the United States and gone as far as the United Kingdom to share his skills in the warrior arts and culture of the Sahel, Sahara, and the Horn of Africa.
Daniel Savage
associate instructor and martial artist
With 16 years of jiu-jitsu and submission grappling experience, and over a decade as both an instructor and competitor, Daniel brings a deep, practical understanding of no-gi grappling. His goal is to make high-level jiu-jitsu safe and accessible to everyone, regardless of background or experience. He hopes students leave his classes with a love for the art and the skills to be safe, thoughtful training partners.
Stacy Carmichael
archery instructor
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Griffin Heinzman
Guest Teacher
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Carolyn "Faerie" Amber
Executive Assistant
Alyssa Koreneff
Armorer
Justin Gibbons
Teaching Assistant
Jacklyn Westbrook
Teaching Assistant
Wayne Hannan
Teaching Assistant
Mason
Teaching Assistant
Brandi Farber
Teaching Assistant
Sofie Dagen
PA