Justin Amellio Ashbrook

Justin Amellio-Ashbrook currently serves as Associate Professor of Theatre at Indiana University South Bend where he specializes in musical theatre performance, directing and acting. A proud graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s M.F.A. program in Theatre Pedagogy – Movement/Musical Theatre track - and an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, his goal is to help students reach their full potential as performing artists. His pedagogy is led by the belief that a sound craft and technique of acting is the basis of all aspects of authentic performance. Utilizing a psycho-physical approach to the Stanislavski acting methodology, he teaches students to cultivate a keen awareness of their instrument that extends into a fully realized and unique modality of ch