Homeschool Performing Arts Program

INSTRUCTORS

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.

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.


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.