Play Creation is instructed by Ava Varszegi

Ava Varszegi (she/her) is an illustrator and educator based in Providence, RI. Although she primarily teaches visual arts, she got her start teaching at the Children’s Circus of Middletown, where she taught unicycling, art, and clowning. She started attending the Children’s Circus as a camper at the age of nine , and later started touring with their Circophony traveling circus troupe, both run by Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown, CT. She has a BFA from RISD, and certificates from RISD Continuing Education in Graphic Design and Natural Science Illustration.

Matthew Bretschneider (he/him) is Artistic Director of Studio Playground and an Adjunct Professor at Boston University. He has performed with the Huntington Theatre Company, The Flea Theater, Theatre Row, The New Ohio, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Kitchen Theatre Company, and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Television Credits include Law & Order: SVU and The Path. Matthew received his MSW from Rhode Island College School of Social Work and received a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Matthew has taught physical theater for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Jacqueline M Walsh School for the Arts, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island, Suffolk University, and Salve Regina University.