Meet the Team
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Shayna Ronen
Shayna is a native of Walnut Creek and discovered theater...
Operations Manager
Emily Steiner
Emily fell in love with theatre after seeing her first show, Wicked...
Operational Assistant
Natalie Bartnick
Natalie was born and raised in Danville, and has participated...
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Jarusha Ariel
Jarusha received her BFA in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College...
Media Manager & Homeschool Coordinator
Renée Le Tourneau
Renée originally began volunteering with ICDT! in 2016...
Finance Manager
Donna Le Tourneau
A San Francisco native, Donna has loved musical theatre...
*Shayna & Jarusha are carrying on the Legacy of Edward Belasco. CLICK HERE to read their history and learn where their vision for the Performing Arts Center began!
Meet our Instructors
Benny Garcia
ICDT! Teacher
Benjamin Rafael Garcia developed a passion for theatre...
Micaela Groman
ICDT! Teacher
Micaela Groman has been an active teaching artist in the Bay Area for over a...
Rosie Corr
ICDT! Summer Teacher
Rosie Corr is a student at Pomona College, where she is double majoring...
Joallyn Bohn
Guest Instructor
Joallyn began seriously studying ballroom dancing in 1995, although she had...
Brett Pels
ICDT! Teacher
As a theater kid since elementary school, I vowed I'd never...
Riddhi Kapoor
ICDT! Teacher
Dancing makes me the ‘happiest’ and gives me the adrenalin to learn...
Katie Turley
ICDT! Summer Teacher
Katie Turley earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance with an...
Joe Ayers
Guest Instructor
Joe is an actor, choreographer, director, and teaching artist originally ...
Cristina Grosser
ICDT! Teacher
Cristina has been an Early Educator for the past ten years with a local lab school...
Rāna Rines
ICDT! Teacher
Originally from the Bay Area, Rana began her creative career with The Belasco Theatre...
Joan & Craig
Guest Instructors
Craig and Joan’s professional partnership spans over 25 years...
Lauren Balukjian
Guest Instructor
Lauren Balukjian is an Empowerment Coach for busy, professional...
Eric Fraisher Hayes
ICDT! Teacher
Eric Fraisher Hayes holds an MFA in Acting from the Theatre School at DePaul...
Sarah Schori
ICDT! Teacher
Sarah began her training in her hometown of Moraga at age 4. She trained...
Ariana Grace
Guest Instructor
Ariana Grace began singing and dancing from her first words...
Our Board of Directors
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Shayna Ronen
Jarusha Ariel
Rae Corr
Clay Rosenthal
Shanti Belasco
Jake Nicholson
Our Roots
ICDT! stems from an existing family of theatre lovers bonded by The Belasco Theatre Company where Co-Founders Shayna and Jarusha spent the majority of their childhood. It was through the Belasco experience that their love of theatre grew and the seed of ICDT! was planted. Looking back on the unique experience they were given through Belasco, they know it was an important gift they need to pass on. The friendships and community that develop within a theatre company are so precious, especially in a world where we are linked so tightly with technology rather than ourselves and others. ICDT! is not only looking to develop talented performers, but to give our youth the tools needed to mature into confident, creative adults who will succeed in anything they put their minds to!
Shayna & Jarusha with Edward Belasco, 1997