2019 Associate Instructors
Allison Collins
Bio Coming Soon!
Tom Ringberg
Tom Ringberg is a local actor, fight choreographer, and stunt performer in Minneapolis. Tom graduated from Augsburg College with a degree in Theatre with a focus on performance, directing, and stage combat. Lately Tom has been working as a stunt performer and coordinator for several small films projects around town. As well being the Fight Captain for several productions with the Minnesota Opera.
Jon Rubin
Jonathan Ezra Rubin freelances as a fight & intimacy director throughout the DC-Metro Area. A Recognized Advanced Actor/Combatant with the SAFD, and a Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Choreography (Flying V Fights: Heroes & Monsters, and Flying V Fights: The Secret History of the Unknown World), Jonathan freelances as a fight & intimacy director and has choreographed most of Flying V's shows, as well as at The Studio Theatre, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Adventure Theatre-MTC, Cohesion Theatre Company, 4615 Theatre Company, LiveArtDC, Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Silver Spring Stage, Maryland Shakespeare Company, Lumina Studio Theatre, Goucher College, and more. Jonathan also served as a member of the Steering Committee for the Montgomery County Executive's Ball for the Arts & Humanities in 2015 and 2016, and currently is a member of the Advisory Board for Faction of Fools Theatre Company. He is also a proud Associate Member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national professional theatrical union.
Mason Tyer
Mason Tyer, after completing his B.A. in Performing Arts from Iowa State University, moved to the Twin Cities and began to study stage combat through to becoming an Advanced Actor-Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. Mason is a founding member of Red Dice Collective and a member of Six Elements Theatre, producing theatre founded on exemplary stage combat.
Mason has directed for Arts Nest, Maranatha Christian Academy, 2140 Productions, and Red Dice Collective. He has also performed onstage with Classical Actors Ensemble, Minnesota Opera, Theatre Latte Da, and in the Minnesota Fringe Festival; as well as for local filmwork Over There, Kit's Revenge, and music videos.
Mason has fight directed and taught for the Guthrie, Lyric Arts, Maranatha Christian Academy, Saint Mark's Drama Ministry, Woodbury Community Theatre, and Merrill Community Arts. In addition to being an associate instructor and administrator for Art in Arms, he is currently the stage combat instructor at North Hennepin Community College.
Mason has directed for Arts Nest, Maranatha Christian Academy, 2140 Productions, and Red Dice Collective. He has also performed onstage with Classical Actors Ensemble, Minnesota Opera, Theatre Latte Da, and in the Minnesota Fringe Festival; as well as for local filmwork Over There, Kit's Revenge, and music videos.
Mason has fight directed and taught for the Guthrie, Lyric Arts, Maranatha Christian Academy, Saint Mark's Drama Ministry, Woodbury Community Theatre, and Merrill Community Arts. In addition to being an associate instructor and administrator for Art in Arms, he is currently the stage combat instructor at North Hennepin Community College.