Founder & CEO
Robin Braun has served as the Executive Artistic Director of Inside Out Theatre since she co-founded the company in 1998. She earned a B.F.A. in Theatre/performance and a M.Ed. in Mental Health and School Counseling and has combined both degrees with the goal of using the performing arts as a tool for personal and social change. She has written 18 musicals and facilitated the creation and production of over 60 original works with her students. Ms. Braun has worked extensively in the South Florida community partnering with numerous organizations and schools to reach out into the community. Ms. Braun trained as an actress, singer and dancer and worked professionally in San Francisco and Chicago. Since moving back to Florida where she was born and raised, she has worked as a teacher, counselor, artist, and director and was honored to receive a 2004 “Outstanding Mother of the Year” Award from Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies for “bringing inspiration to children through the arts” and a 2005 “Community Involvement Award” from the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators for “outstanding efforts to promote peace and tolerance in the community”. Robin is most proud to receive Broward County’s 2016 “Teaching Artist of the Year”. She believes the positive outlet for self expression that the arts provide combined with character education are an integral part of a young person’s development and she receives great satisfaction when her students gain confidence and a sense of empowerment from the process of creating, bonding and working together in a positive and supportive environment.
MARISOL MORALES
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Marisol Morales’ career has taken her to Europe and throughout the United States. She has appeared in revivals of Cats, West Side Story, Oliver, Kismet, A Chorus Line and South Pacific. Her career has allowed her to work with known directors like Bob Fosse, Jerry Zaks, Mark Morris, Richard Casper, Bob Fitzsimmons, Roy Smith, Joey McKneely, and Eric Simonson. She traveled throughout Europe with jazz bands and sang jazz and pop music in clubs in the New York area. Marisol began teaching voice at the Berklee School of Music affiliate in Barcelona, Spain and started “The Voice Studio” in New York before coming to South Florida. She works with all levels of students in musical theatre, from beginners through professionals. After 20 years of performing throughout the world, Marisol decided to take a break and raise a family. Marisol started directing shows for Inside Out Theatre Company in 2004, and she regards working with their young actors as one of her most gratifying achievements in Florida. Together with the other experienced professional teachers and Inside Out Theatre, she helps the students expand their lives through the Performing Arts: building character, developing their confidence, and, most importantly, discovering and experiencing the joy of the stage.
IDALMY VANDEPAS CARCACHE
COREOGRAPHER
Idalmy Vandepas Carcache – Choreographer (Ms. Idy) is a proud graduate of New World School of the Arts (C/O 2014) and has received a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in Music Theater. Some of her past professors include Elizabeth Malm, Chesne Ryman, James Randolph, Gail Garrisan, Jeff Hess, David Kwiat, and Stuart Meltzer. She has performed in a number of productions such as Into the Woods, Spring Awakening, Enemy of the People, Cabaret, etc. She has also choreographed numerous others, which include In the Heights, Separated at Curse, Make Me A Song, Fame, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Seussical. Besides being a professional performer, she thoroughly enjoys teaching and mentoring students of all ages. What she enjoys most about teaching is sharing the knowledge that she has been given from her own mentors with other individuals who are just as passionate and dedicated as she is. She believes that Inside Out Theatre is a great and safe place to progress not only as performers, but as young professionals and individuals who will discover their “own voices”
ANDREA CHIQUITO
RESIDENT STAGE MANAGER
Andrea Chiquito was born and raised in Venezuela and has been a part Inside Out Theatre Company for almost 10 years, currently serving as the company’s resident Stage Manager. She graduated from FAU in 2021 with a BA in Theatre.
Ms Chiquito enjoys all areas of theatre and is proud to contribute in all aspects of production at IOTC, including stage managing, lighting, costumes, props, projections, marketing and social media managing. She especially enjoys working with actors of all ages and learning from the unique perspectives and experiences that each stage of life brings. Ms Chiquito believes that theatre is about more than creating a production but about creating a safe space where people of all ages can grow, learn and share their passion for the arts.
KARLY COHEN
COREOGRAPHER
Karly Cohen is South Florida based and has been dancing for fourteen years, training across a wide array of styles including contemporary, musical theatre, jazz, acro, lyrical, ballet, and hip hop. A competitive dancer since the age of eleven, Karly graduated high school from Somerset Arts Conservatory in 2023.
Her passion for dance extends into both performance and education. She serves as a proud company member of The Âme Project, a dance film company dedicated to creating truthful art inspired by the human experience, which has showcased live and filmed works in numerous festivals worldwide.
Alongside performing, Karly is deeply committed to sharing her love for the arts as an educator. She teaches dancers aged three through teenagers at both Dancing Plus-where she received her own training-and Inside Out. Now in her third season with Inside Out, Karly is honored to work alongside a team of extraordinary mentors and artists. She deeply loves and strongly believes in Inside Out as a transformative space for young artists to grow, explore, and develop as both performers and human beings. Grateful for the life-changing impact of her own mentors, Karly strives to inspire her students with that same lifelong passion and love for theatre and dance.