PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM
INSTRUCTORS

TISHA LOVE BRYANT
Tisha received a BFA in Dance and Theatre from UH Manoa.
She is the president of Spotlight Entertainment Inc. which
develops entertainment and events for corporate clients. Through Spotlight Entertainment Inc. Tisha has produced, directed, and
choreographed for Ala Moana Center’s “Santa’s Light Parade”, “Magic of the Season”, and “A Christmas to Remember”, and for Science City (Kansas City, MO) education facility creating educational shows, and interactive characters and multi-media/stage theatre. She has been Program Director for Diamond Head Theatre’s Musical Theatre Experience for five years.


VANESSA CHONG
Vanessa has a Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree from Santa Clara University, a MBA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a Master of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Vanessa studied Flamenco dance in Cordoba and Seville, Spain; Los Angeles; New York City; San Francisco; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. She choreographed and danced in Carmen during Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 2002 season, and she also danced in Carmen in 1995. Vanessa has been teaching Flamenco at Diamond Head Theatre since 1994.



NANCY JENSEN
Nancy has been dancing since she was 9, and has been teaching since she was 13 years old. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Dance/Kinesiology from California State University at Los Angeles. Nancy has taught at Punahou School and Diamond Head Theatre for over 10 years. In California, she taught at several dance schools and was the owner of Gary & Nancy’s School of Dance (Riverside). She served as Dance Specialist, Cultural Center Director, and.choreographed Valley Folklorico for the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs. Nancy choreographed for Riverside City’s Children and Adult Ballet Co. and City of Los Angeles Children’s Dance and Drama Co. Her dance experience includes Ballet Morelli (Los Angeles), Ballet Theatre U. C. L. A., Hawaii Ballet Theatre, and Mariana Maduell Flamenco Dance Co.


ASHLEY LAYFIELD
Ashley began her performing arts training at Diamond Head Theatre when she was nine years old. She began as a DHT Shooting Star and continued her dance training at the Honolulu Dance Studio, and later at 24-VII Danceforce where she is also a choreographer. She performed in many community theater productions across the island, such as in A Chorus Line at Castle Theater (2005) and Cats at Army Community Theater (2006). In 2007 she was the choreographer for Paliku’s version of Oklahoma! Ashley is also the head dance instructor for Heartbeat, a dance class for the participants of the Special Olympics. Although performing is Ashley’s true joy, she is most proud of being crown Miss Hawai‘i in 2007, which has given her the opportunity to serve her community and to promote her personal goal of enriching the lives of Hawai‘i’s youth through performing arts education.


DEANNA LUSTER
Deanna served as assistant choreographer for Hawaii Opera Theatre’s The King & I, and she directed and choreographed Manoa Valley Theatre’s Footloose. She choreographed and stage managed South Pacific and Whasup’ Fables for Kaimuki High School Performing Arts Center, and choreographed Damn Yankees and Camelot for Army Community Theatre, Fiddler On the Roof for Iolani School, and Konatown Musicians for Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Her performing credits include HOT’s Rigoletto, MVT’s Cabaret, numerous DHT shows such as Phantom, Cinderella, Carousel, Chess, Victor/Victoria and Follies, Dreamgirls at HTC and West Side Story for Castle High School Performing Arts Center. She teaches dance at Kaimuki High School, DHT, Tokai International College and Curtain Up!.


ANNA MOTTELER
Anna began her dance training locally with Nolan Dingman, John Landovsky, Brian DaSylva, and Gary McCurdy. She trained professionally at The Alabama School of Fine Arts, with Dame Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski, while apprenticing with the State of Alabama Ballet. Other professional training includes Chicago City Ballet with Maria Tallchief and North Carolina School of the Arts. Over the past 20 years, she has performed in various productions with Ballet Hawaii, Honolulu Dance Theater, Hawaii Ballet Theater, Diamond Head Theatre, and Tau Dance Theater.



ANN HAMILTON OGILVIE
Ann has a Masters degree in Theatre from ASU with a dual emphasis in Child Drama and Directing. She has performed, directed and taught in Colorado, Arizona and Hawaii, and has over 15 years of training in ballet, tap, modern hula and ballroom. Ann taught drama at La Pietra, where she founded the Fine Arts department. She has also taught Creative Drama at Punahou, St. Andrew’s Priory, Holy Nativity, and a variety of D.O.E. schools. Currently she teaches at Kaiser High School where she advises the Drama Club. Ann has been in over 20 shows at Diamond Head Theatre, the most recent being Anything Goes, as well as being in productions at Manoa Valley Theatre, Army Community Theatre, and Kumu Kahua Theatre. Ann has also performed with an improvisational troupe and worked in episodic television and commercials.

BILL OGILVIE
Bill is a dedicated actor, stage director and drama educator responsible for numerous large-scale productions of plays and musicals in Hawaii. Training in New York City included theatre/film acting at H/B Studios, theatre voice with Kristen Linkzater, musical theatre voice with Ron Clairmont, and stage combat with B.H. Barry. Opportunities have lured him to various nightclubs and theatres in Puerto Rico, New York, summer stock, bus and truck tours, “Hawaii 5-0”, “Magnum P.I.”, “Jake and the Fatman”, Booga Booga, many many commercials, directing at Diamond Head Theatre and Manoa Valley Theatre, as well as provides long and short-term Creative Drama residencies at various private and public high, middle and elementary schools. Bill also has privately coached several of Hawaii’s foremost public speakers, ranging from high-level executives to 8-year-old aspiring orators. For more information, visit www.billogilvie.com.


NANILISA PASCUA
Nanilisa received her BA in Music from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has sung with many choirs and has been seen in numerous productions in Honolulu. Nanilisa is a music educator in the parochial school system and teaches private voice lessons at the Craig Young School of Music. She recently served as musical director for Manoa Valley Theatre’s Footloose, appeared as Stella Deems in Diamond Head Theatre’s Follies, and in Lee Cataluna’s musical Ulua at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Nanilisa is the musical director for DHT’s highly successful Musical Theatre Experience summer program, and for Kaimuki High School Performing Arts Center’s seasonal student productions, most recently South Pacific. Nanilisa has also been musical director for the DHT Shooting Stars since its inception.


JOHN RAMPAGE
John is well known to Honolulu audiences, having most recently directed and/or choreographed Into the Woods, La Cage aux Folles, Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, Peter Pan, Follies, Mame, Cinderella and Phantom. Prior to that, he directed and choreographed the musical Nine, a recipient of seven Po‘okela Awards. A 30-time Po‘okela Award winner, John’s work for Diamond Head Theatre includes directing, choreographing and starring in Cabaret. John has also directed and choreographed DHT’s productions of The Pirates of Penzance, Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and Crazy for You, as well as Manoa Valley Theatre’s productions of Into the Woods, Grand Hotel, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Cabaret. In addition, he has headed award-winning productions of Cabaret, Anything Goes, La Cage aux Folles and Gypsy at LCC. John continues to teach musical theatre at Queen Emma Dance, Inc. and DHT. John is the recipient of the Hawaii State Theatre Council 2006 Pierre Bowman Award.

WILLIE SABEL
Willie relocated to Hawaii from Wisconsin and is employed as Diamond Head Theatre’s Technical Director. His design credits in Hawaii include You Somebody, Sweet Charity, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Beauty and the Beast, Hello Dolly!, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Lend Me A Tenor. While in Wisconsin, Willie taught technical theatre in the Appleton School District, at the University of Wisconsin Fox Valley, and for the Renaissance School for the Arts. His recent Midwest design credits include Pippin, The Foreigner, On Golden Pond, and I Hate Hamlet.

TRACEY VILLIGER
Tracey has been involved with theater for most of her life. A trained dancer hailing originally from Essex, England, she has attended theatrical college in Surrey, England and taught Musical Theater at the Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Connecticut. Tracey has performed in regional equity theater in Florida and Connecticut, at Diamond Head Theatre, and on Scandinavian Cruises in the Bahamas and Europe. A licensed Physical Therapist, she has taken a personal interest in survivorship after her battle in 2006 with breast cancer. Tracey is also passionate about Attitudinal Healing and is actively a facilitator on the Windward side. She is married to sax player, Scott and they have two children, Chelsey and Ross.


CARYN YEE
Caryn has been dancing since she was 5, getting her start in Kailua and at Punahou Dance School. Her training continued at Dupree Dance Academy and Edge in Los Angeles. Caryn has performed in numerous productions, including Crazy For You, The Will Roger’s Follies, 42nd Street and Anything Goes at Diamond Head Theatre. She choreographed tap production numbers for DHT’s Follies and Anything Goes, as well as various DHT Shooting Stars and The Movement Center performances. She has taught at Diamond Head Theatre, The Movement Center, Punahou Dance School, Dupree, Edge and other dance studios in Honolulu and Los Angeles.


SARA YEO
Sara is a graduate student at the University of Hawaii. She has been in several Diamond Head Theatre productions including Follies, Anything Goes, Seussical and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Sara has also served an assistant tap instructor at DHT, and is often helping with the tap choreography for the DHT Shooting Stars.







EMMETT YOSHIOKA
Known affectionately as Hawaii’s “Mr. Music,” Emmett is a musician, composer, conductor, teacher and Honolulu entrepreneur. He began his musical career with piano lessons at the age of five and soon became a piano prodigy, performing on Hawaiian radio and television. Emmett attended the University of Southern California, where he received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in composition. A Po‘okela Award-winner for Diamond Head Theatre’s smash hits including The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy For You, Cabaret, The Pirates of Penzance, Evita, Guys & Dolls, and Funny Girl, Emmett holds a special place at Diamond Head Theatre for his auditioning, arranging and conducting skills. Emmett currently teaches privately students of all ages in various music disciplines at his home in Honolulu.