MICHAEL TURNEY AGENCY - Key Persons


Ashlee Elizabeth Bashore

Ashlee Elizabeth Bashore, better known to most everyone as Lizz, is an actor, director, and educator currently based in Dallas, TX. Her passion is to explore the depths of the human condition in the classroom with her students as well as on stage and film. On stage, Ashlee has performed in over 40 regional theaters from the Philadelphia Tri-State area, Michigan, and across the Dallas-Fort Worth theater community. Before moving to Dallas to work on her MFA in Acting at Southern Methodist University, she founded 23 Piece Productions, a production company focusing on bringing all mediums of art together to explore the human spirit. In her spare time she is typically found teaching Hip-Hop and Shakespeare to America's Youth. In her other, copious amounts of spare time she enjoys writing and working with some of the fine folks of Dallas improv.

Barbara Beaird

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
Ms. B is a native New Englander who has lived in Louisiana since the 70's. She has an extensive background in retail and wholesale work, lives with a houseful of rescue dogs and cats and is a gifted photographer. Her resume includes 10 years with the College Division of Barnes & Noble Bookstores and another 10 with Dee's Photo Supply. She and Michael have worked together on and off for over 20

Calvin Klein

Job Titles:
  • Designers

Carol Collins-Miles

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
Carol Collins-Miles was an international top model and is a performing classical & jazz singer, composer and pop music recording artist. She started her modeling career as Carol Miles, in Houston and Dallas, Texas with the Jeri Halpin and Kim Dawson Agencies, respectively. Later with Ellen Harth Agency in New York, she was invited to Paris to work in the Givenchy cabine. After working with Mary Webb Agency in Los Angeles and meeting Parisians, Chantal Thomass and the great Hubert de Givenchy, she accepted invitations from both to work in Paris. She worked with Elite, Glamour, Zoli and the Agence de Marilyn Gauthier during her nearly two decades stay in Paris. Carol now gives back to our world of fashion by working to groom upcoming talent, while still active from her hometown of Texarkana as a model, singer and philanthropist.

Lizz Bashore

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
Ashlee Elizabeth Bashore, better known to most everyone as Lizz, is an actor, director, and educator currently based in Dallas, TX. Her passion is to explore the depths of the human condition in the classroom with her students as well as on stage and film. On stage, Ashlee has performed in over 40 regional theaters from the Philadelphia Tri-State area, Michigan, and across the Dallas-Fort Worth theater community. Before moving to Dallas to work on her MFA in Acting at Southern Methodist University, she founded 23 Piece Productions, a production company focusing on bringing all mediums of art together to explore the human spirit. In her spare time she is typically found teaching Hip-Hop and Shakespeare to America's Youth. In her other, copious amounts of spare time she enjoys writing and working with some of the fine folks of Dallas improv.