LATTE Theater

08/26/2026

08/25/2026

Meet the Presenter, ANGELA RAK
Stage Combatant

Angela Rak is a Chicago based actor and teaching artist. She studied theatre and creative writing at North Park University, and now teaches through her stage combat teaching company Counterfeit Combat, as well as with Sarah Hall Theatre Company. Though Angela didn’t start acting until she was a teenager, she now loves working with young people to help them find what they love and grow in those areas!

Presenting:
Stage combat and choreography

08/25/2026

Meet the Presenter
Tristin Hall
Stage Combatant

Tristin is a born and raised Chicagoan and Advanced Actor Combatant with the SAFD. Currently, Tristin is working towards getting certified in Intimacy Direction and becoming a Certified Teacher with the SAFD. She fell in love with Stage Combat Sophmore year of school at Columbia College where she worked with Fight Master David Woolley, CT and Master Teacher (BASSC) John McFarland, CT David Yondorf, and CT and Intimacy Coordinator Rachel Flesher. Since then Tristin has traveled around the country interning and attending various SAFD workshops- last summer her adventures took her to London where she interned for the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat National Workshop. She is an actor and choreographer around Chicago, one of the founding members of Point Theatre Project, and creator of Gladiator Fight Night- an event where stage combatants compete as gladiators to see who will win the favor of the crowd and the Emperor for the evening. 

Recent choreography credits include: Human Resources (Theatre Evolve), Assisted Sam Hubbard with Yen (Raven Theater) and Too Heavy for Your Pocket (Timeline Theater), Some Like it Red and Munsterspiel (The Plagiarists), assisted Rachel Flesher with Sickle (Red Theater), and numerous projects at Columbia College. Acting Credits include Lisa in Falling (Interrobang Theater), Carrie in Carrie and Francine (Haven Theater), Jo-Jo  the Bald Faced Liar in Dog Act (Columbia College), and Phineas in A Separate Peace (Point Theatre Project).  Thanks to the family, friends, and mentors who have been there every step of the way! 

Presenting:
Stage Combat and Choreography

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08/25/2026

Meet the Presenter
Director/Producer/Founder of LATTE
FELICIA PFLUGER

Presenting:
The Empathy Movement Method – Command the stage. Bring nuance and power to your stage performance! Empower your scene partners like a pro. From breath work to micro expressions.

Felicia founded, developed, and shaped LATTE for 17 years for young adults creatives. With a varied background in theater, dance, song, script, and ghost writing, teaching, teen and elder counseling, life coaching, as well as education, Felicia enjoys empowering these young adult artists in LATTE to challenge themselves. She utilizes her lifetime love of “all things stage” to inspire, having acted, directed, and produced theater for over 30 years, and teaches through master classes around the country. 

With lighthearted fun, Felicia uses her acting training program, the Pfluger Empathy Movement Method, to help actresses and actors holistically while accomplishing professional-level theatricality. Building upon the tenets of the method, she incorporates emotional wellness, physiological awareness, collaborative leadership, and empathy-building, which radiates into healthy, sustainable growth, on and off stage.

Felicia utilizes full-length professional stage-works, supporting college and high school students through personal and professional development, all while protecting their psyche and having a lot of fun in the process! We are happy that Mrs. Pfluger is the heart of LATTE. 

Also, a Chicago playwright, Felicia’s stage adaptations and works include: 12 Angry Jurors, The Philadelphia Story, Little Women, An Ideal Husband, Anne of Green Gables, Pride and Prejudice, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Much Ado About Nothing, and Spoon River Anthology. Her original works include Common Ground, The Porch Light, and Dearest Soldier - Love in War.