Meet The Team
Suzanne Jackson
Director
Hi! My name is Suzanne Jackson and I am the founder of The Awakening Arts. I believe that the arts have power to heal and transform and my mission is to awaken the creative potential within in each person. For 32 years, I have had the privilege of teaching thousands of students and accompanying them as they come to understand their own artistic voice. I provide a nurturing environment and dedicated teachers where all are encouraged to strive for excellence in their chosen art form. Each student is valued and brought to a new level in their artistic and life endeavors.
Specialty: Voice, Yoga, Wellness
Becca Jackson
Teaching Artist
Specialty: Acting (Meisner, Stanislavski, Improvisation), Voice
Marc Cobuzzi
Teaching Artist
Marc is a professional actor and dancer based in Boston, MA, and also an alum of The Awakening Arts Studio! He started taking lessons with Suzanne at the age of 12 and has since gone on to receive his B.F.A. in Theatre and Performance with a Dance Minor from Emerson College. Marc has been teaching at Camp Create for several years and is excited to now be a teaching artist for the studio. He has an extensive background in Musical Theatre, and would love to offer college audition preparation classes for young, aspiring performers.
Specialty: Dance (Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Lyrical/Contemporary, Musical Theatre), College/Audition Prep for Musical Theatre
Akhila Yalvigi
Teaching Artist and Tech Extraordinaire
Akhila Yalvigi is a sophomore at Harvard College studying Applied Mathematics and Economics. She studied voice at the Awakening Arts Studio throughout high school and is still nurturing her passion for the vocal arts in college; both through continuing classical study and singing in the Radcliffe Choral Society. She is very excited to be working with the Awakening Arts this summer and hopes that it will inspire as many students as possible!
Specialty: Piano
Ian Fraser
Teaching Artist
Ian Fraser is a New York based Actor, clown, and circus artist. Ian received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in performance from the University of Colorado. Ian's training is mainly centered around the Grotowski Acting Method, where an emphasis is placed on an actors psycho-somatic connection -- their immediate connection between their mind and their body -- in order to strip away inhibitions and inform decisions for their characters. Ian has a passion for physical fitness as it relates to performing, and is a firm believer in the benefits of exploring the link between a persons physicality and their unconscious. Ian's notable work has been done with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Fools and Kings Shakespeare Project, and the Ujaama Black American Theatre Company.
Specialty: Acting (Shakespeare, Grotowski) Fitness for Actors, Red Nose Clown