The Actor’s Lab calls The Headwater Theater home, an artistic collective nestled near the railroad tracks… close to Portland International Airport, accessible by the 5 Freeway and near the shores of the Columbia River.

Acting instructors at this location: Kristina Haddad, Joseph Bertót and J.D. Lewis are all accomplished veterans in both film and stage. Kristina oversees operations at our Portland, Oregon location. J.D. Lewis makes frequent appearances at the Portland Lab, and is available for Zoom training sessions.

Kristina Haddad – Kristina’s TV and Film credits include: the Adam Sandler film, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, The Conan O’Brien Show, Valley of the Dolls, Blankslate, The Apocalypse Diaries, and Trinkets (Netflix). She has appeared in several award-winning independent films including Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (Sundance Film Festival), A BIG Love Story, and Tracktown (with Rachel Dratch of SNL and Alexi Pappas). Kristina is a series regular in the web series, The Exceptionals, and was recently cast in the Netflix series Trinkets, as well as the SAG-AFTRA series, In the Vault.

Joseph Bertót – Joseph was a recurring character on the Nickelodeon’s hit show, Taina. In Portland he has been cast in Lean On Pete starring Steve Buscemi and Chloë Sevigny, Green Room starring Anton Yelchin and Sir Patrick Stewart, and Brother Nature starring Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan. He also had a recurring role on Grimm (role of Detective Pogue). In 2016, Papa: Hemingway in Cuba was released (starring Giovanni Rabisi, Joely Richardson, and Adrian Sparks as Hemingway), allowing him to take in his mother’s native country.

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