JAN DOWNING has successfully coached students of all ages, from beginners to seasoned pros. As a performer she has appeared Off-Broadway at the Chelsea Theater Center (Westside Arts Theater), with The Light Opera of Manhattan and Lamplighters Music Theatre, and on TV's "All My Children." Her experience behind the camera includes heading the Commercial division as a talent agent at Stars, The Agency in San Francisco, casting for theatre, industrials, and voice-overs, and scouting "real people" for many national TV commercials. She trained with New York voice teacher Elizabeth Howell and at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and is a proud graduate of the prestigious Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Musical Theater Workshop. She taught musical theatre at The Girls' Middle School in Mountain View, CA, drama at Building Futures Now in East Palo Alto, and in 2005 she directed "The Little Prince" at the award-winning A Company of Girls in Portland, Maine. Currently, she is launching REMARKABLE GIRLS, a unique all-girl theatre program for ages 9-18 and teaching musical theatre classes in the Bay area.