Mr. Paul has served as Director of the Musical Theatre Conservatory since 2003, which also housed what is now the Acting Conservatory until 2013. He created comprehensive Musical Theatre and Acting curriculums, as well as performance programming for 7th through 12th grades. Additionally, Mr. Paul continues to bring in an impressive roster of talented artist teachers and world renowned guest artists.

Mr. Paul co-taught with artists-in-residence Bill Irwin and Rachel Rosenthal for the California State University, Long Beach summer arts program, and is featured in Who’s Who Among American Teachers and Who’s Who in American Education. Through his professional performances, Mr. Paul won awards for Sweeney Todd, Merlin, Marat/Sade, and La Cage Aux Follies, as well as receiving directing/production awards for Psycho Beach Party; The Marriage of Bette and Boo; The Wiz (twice, once for Orange County School of the Arts). He has also won awards for the Orange County School of the Arts productions of Working, Cinderella, and All Shook Up.

Mrs. Rymar serves as producer of the Musical Theatre Conservatory’s productions, as well as overseeing the production and booking of the a cappella singing group, OCSA Unplugged. She’s directed Urinetown, Titanic, Changing Minds (West Coast Premiere), Once Upon A Mattress, Once on this Island, Honk!, Seussical, Babes in Arms, Rumors and Bigger than Life. Outside of the Musical Theatre Conservatory, she has directed for various one-act festivals, Quilters, Carousel, and Once Upon a Mattress.
 
As a guest artist liaison, she has booked various industry professionals for masterclasses, Q&A sessions, and collaborative performances with our students. She created and still produces and directs our Performing with the Pros program, which is an exciting performance series that gives students the opportunity to rehearse, collaborate, and perform side-by-side with entertainment industry professionals. Through this program, students have had the unique opportunity to share the stage with Broadway stars, such as Tony-nominated Broadway performers Susan Egan and Liz Callaway, Tony-Award winners Alice Ripley and Jason Robert Brown, as well as Eden Espinosa, Krysta Rodriguez, Danny Gurwin, Anne Runolfsson, David Burnham, Teri Bibb, Karen Culliver, and Lindsay Mendez.

She performed with many musical groups throughout California, including lead vocals in several Top 40, Rock, and R&B groups. Ms. Tobiska was a featured solo artist on the NBC television special, Performance, hosted by Peter Marshall, and she has recorded studio work with arranger Jimmy Haskell. She appeared as Jimmy's Mum in the world premiere production of Quad, a fully-staged musical tribute to The Who's album, Quadrophenia. She appeared in her one woman cabaret act ISNG4U at venues in Hollywood and Orange County. She has produced, directed, and performed in the Music at The Chance series at the Chance Theater in Anaheim.

Ms. Tobiska is proud to be a 2012 National Artist Teacher Fellow. She is a faculty member for the Pacific Symphony’s Arts X-Press Summer program, where she teaches drama. She is also a successful private voice and performance coach. Ms. Tobiska is the sole proprietor of Nova Arts and Stellar Productions, an arts teaching, coaching, and producing business.

Since 2007, Ms. Barron has been directing, choreographing and producing shows in Orange County at Orange Coast College, Orange County School of the Arts, Huntington Central Park and Grand Central Art Center. She is a part of the Artistic Team for esteemed company, Shakespeare Orange County and helped launch Temptation!, an original musical adaptation with Peter Uribe. Ms. Barron is an accomplished vocalist and has had the privilege to study and work with some of the top names in Musical Theatre and Jazz. Some of her favorites include Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line), Matthew Morrison (Glee, Light in The Piazza), Susan Egan (Beauty and the Beast, Hercules), Danny Gurwin (A New Brain, The Scarlett Pimpernel) and Jeff Hamilton (The Jeff Hamilton Trio, Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra). Ms. Barron also has been featured on a number of award-winning albums and in music videos.

Mrs. Carlson is an active performer, vocal coach, and choreographer in the Southern California musical theatre scene. She currently sings and plays in four bands and in the acapella group, WestBeat, produced by 3-D Theatricals. She gigs regularly as a classical and jazz vocalist. She has had the great pleasure of touring and singing in some of the world’s finest venues, including the Hollywood Bowl, the Vatican, and Carnegie Hall. Regional credits include 3DT’s Parade, The Sound of Music (Sister Sophia) and The Wizard of Oz, McCoy/Rigby’s Cats and Miss Saigon, FCLO’s Jane Eyre (Original Cast – Mary Rivers) and Brigadoon, and SCLO’s Joseph. Other favorites include Jekyll & Hyde (Emma), A Man of No Importance (Adele), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), and Hay Fever (Sorel). Mrs. Carlson lives in the South Bay with her husband, composer/musician Matt, and is honored and blessed to be able to perform and teach the arts for a living. Mrs. Carlson has been teaching at OCSA since 2000.

Ms. Dugaw’s singing experience includes classical and musical theatre performances, as well as jazz and commercial music styles. She has appeared in principal and supporting roles with San Diego Opera, Opera Pacific, Long Beach Opera, and Guild Opera. Other performances include choral works, cabaret performances, and in a jazz trio. She is a member of the Music Teacher’s Association of California and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She also maintains a private piano and voice studio in Costa Mesa, where she teaches students age five to 75 in varied styles ranging from pop, rock, R&B and jazz to musical theatre and classical.

Mr. Garritano’s performance credits include: Will Parker in Oklahoma! (Welk Resort Theater, Performance Riverside, DCLO), Cosmo in Singin’ in The Rain (Candlelight Pavilion, Performance Riverside), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, NY), Sam in Crazy For You (Musical Theater West), Benny in Guys and Dolls (Performance Riverside), Gus in Babes in Arms (SCLO), The Drowsy Chaperone (3D Theatricals), Annie Get Your Gun (CLOSBC), On Your Toes (Reprise! Broadways Best), 42nd Street (FCLO), Pajama Game (Musical Theater West), and as a dancer for The Los Angeles Opera’s Idomeneo.

She has also directed theater, Bridge and Frank and Ava, which won Best of Fringe in 2003. Currently she is directing a documentary on the global issue of sex trafficking.

Today, Kelly balances her acting and directing career while passing on her craft on to future generations, at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film & Media Arts, Santiago Canyon College, and NOCCCD, and now is thrilled to be back to teach at OCSA. Kelly says, “I am passionate about encouraging young directors and actors in becoming artists and in bringing a new level of truth to their work.”

Her Musical Theatre Conservatory choreography credits include Seussical the Musical, Guys and Dolls, Cinderella, Babes In Arms, Little Women, Chess, Once On This Island, Broadway’s New Millennium, All Shook Up (2011 JRAY Award for Choreography), and The Wiz.

Mrs. Johnson’s professional credits include: The Car Plays, The Car Plays Interchange (La Jolla Playhouse), Tartuffe, understudy for Pride and Prejudice (South Coast Repertory), The Odd Couple (North Coast Repertory), Lucia di Lammermoor (LA Opera), To Kill a Mockingbird (Long Beach Playhouse), The Crucible (MOXIE), Pirates of Penzance (Lyric Opera San Diego), and Blamed: An Established Fiction, which was performed in San Diego and Tijuana as a part of the San Diego International Fringe Festival and won for Best Drama.

As a pianist and composer, Mr. Kobayashi has performed and recorded in a variety of musical settings. He has performed with Mel Torme, Peter Frampton, Margaret Whiting, Tom Scott, Kenny Burrell, Peter White, Jerry Van Dyke, comedian Bob Saget, and Paula Kelly Jr., as well as the Modernaires. Additionally, Ron and his band have shared the stage with David Sanborn, the rock group Berlin, Eddie Palmieri, David Benoit, Cirque Du Soleil, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Mr. Kobayashi’s jazz trio has recorded five CDs and one DVD to date, receiving airplay around the world. In 1992, he performed for President Bill Clinton. Additionally, in 1996 his jazz trio was awarded Outstanding Jazz Group in Orange County by the Orange County Weekly. And in 2012, they were nominated for Best Jazz by the Orange County Music Awards. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Kobayashi's television appearances have included: featured performer on The Johnny Yune Television Show, the Jerry Lewis Telethon, and several appearances on the TVONE series Life After. For five years, he served as Music Director for the Annual Hollywood Diversity Awards, where stars, including Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, and George Lopez were honored. Several cuts from his Trio’s discs were used in the Gary Busey movie, Sam and Janet.

Mr. Levy also works as a freelance musician with steady engagements at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Pelican Hill Resort, and many other venues. He currently serves as Orchestra Director at the Center for Spiritual Living Newport-Mesa and leads a Saturday jazz worship service at St. Mark Presbyterian in Newport Beach. Mr. Levy collaborates with many great vocalists and instrumentalists, including songwriters Paul Williams, Eric Marienthal, Barbara Morrison, and Karen Gallinger. Mr. Levy’s orchestral compositions have been performed by South Coast Symphony, Irvine Valley College Orchestra, Orange Coast College Symphony, and the International Chamber Orchestra.

Among her favorite roles are the title role in Peter Pan, Rizzo in Grease, The Witch in Into The Woods, DeLee in Smokey Joe’s Café, for which she won the Theater League Award and received a Patte nomination, The Waitress in Working, Joan in Dames at Sea, and Patsy in Crazy For You.

Ms. Smith spent 10 years in Taos, New Mexico producing, performing, and directing at the Taos Center for the Arts and the Metta Theater. She has also taught classes at Taos Filmmakers Initiative, Goldenwest College, and California State University, Fullerton, among others.

He has written several screenplays, as well as the book, music, and lyrics for his original, historically based musical called Amarna that was produced in 2012 by Stellar Theatricals. He also wrote music, lyrics, and arrangements for the original musicals Band vs. Brand in 2013 and Beyond This in the summer of 2014. Mr. Tobiska also plays keyboards and sings with the Silva Brothers Band around the Southern California area. He is currently writing a new score for the original musical, Music from the Basement.