Originally from Orange County California, Ms. Lauren Lim Jackson (CMD, '03) graduated from the Orange County School of the Arts where she was the Academic Valedictorian as well as Valedictorian of her Commercial Dance Conservatory. She later attended Harvard University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology with a secondary in women, gender and sexuality studies. Her Broadway credits include Pretty Woman, Motown, Memphis, Wonderland, and Finian’s Rainbow. Her off-Broadway/Regional/Tour credits include The Wiz (Encores), Chicago (Velma Kelly), Big Fish (Josephine), Ring of Fire (Alpine Theater Project), Rocky Horror Show (Old Globe), and West Side Story (Anita).

Ms. Amelia Barron (MT, ‘09) has been teaching dance and musical theatre in Los Angeles and Orange County for the past 16 years. She is a proud Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) alumna, and now faculty member and Conservatory Manager at OCSA. Ms. Barron has also served on the Artistic Team for the esteemed company Shakespeare Orange County for 7 years.

Ms. Elizabeth Bagnol is a San Francisco native with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Master of Social Work degree from UCLA, where she also studied acting, screenwriting, creative writing, jazz, and ballet. Ms. Bagnol interned as a psychiatric school social worker for LAUSD. She is currently a seasonal Educational Case Manager for OC Foster Youth Services, and owns a private counseling practice as a LCSW specializing in students challenged with ADHD. Ms. Bagnol became a Registered Drama Therapist at SoCal Drama Therapy Centre and participates in playback theatre. She co-directed and wrote an original playwright, Mother Nature and Epic Earthly Battles, with her daughter, Zabby, where current OCSA students participated to benefit villages ravaged by war in Uganda. She participates in theater projects, like Homeward LA, in collaboration with actors to support the homeless and vulnerable populations. Ms. Bagnol has a passion for integrating social emotional learning in an educational curriculum to help students apply mental health and self-care skills before transitioning to independent college and career lives, while helping them explore their gifts, talents, and professional prospects.

Ron Kobayashi is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and has taught since the 1980s both privately and in the classroom. Mr. Kobayashi was recognized as a Role Model and Inspiration for Asians in the Field of Music by the Orange County Asian Business Association in 2005.

Ms. Tamara Paulino studied voice at Carnegie Mellon University and earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Musical Theater from the Boston Conservatory. Her performing endeavors have taken her from many performances at the Three Little Bakers Dinner Theater in her hometown of Delaware, to the national and international tours of Bye Bye Birdie, Nickelodeon’s Rugrats Live, and Dora the Explorer Live, with unprecedented sold out performances at Radio City Music Hall. She feels extremely blessed to have spent ten years performing on stage and touring throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Philippines. She is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association, the union representing professional stage managers and actors.

Trisha Rapier is thrilled to join the teaching staff of the Orange County School of the Arts.  Trisha recently relocated to Southern California from New York City where she worked as a professional actress, singer and dancer for nearly 20 years.  She appeared on Broadway acting opposite Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz (Liza Minnelli u/s and performed) and was the understudy for Victoria Clark and Carolee Carmello in Sister Act (Mary Martin of Tours, and Mother Superior u/s and performed.) She toured the nation in The Who’s Tommy (Mrs. Walker u/s and performed) and continues to tour perform with the Off-Broadway hit Forbidden Broadway where she impersonates Broadway Stars such as Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Idina Menzel, Carol Channing, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Some of her notable Off-Broadway credits are Forbidden Broadway, NEWSical, Her Song at Birdland, Shout! The Mod Musical, Nerds:// A Musical Software Satire (Myrtle), and Golf: The Musical.  Trisha has starred in numerous regional theater productions that include Diana Goodman in Next to Normal, Rose Stopnick in Caroline, or Change, Vicki Nichols in The Full Monty, Eva in Evita ,  Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Ellen in Miss Saigon,  Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls , and Agnes in Agnes of God.  She can be seen on Cartoon Network’s Delocated. 

Mr. Julian Rymar (IM, ‘15) is a Southern California native and proud OCSA Instrumental Music alumnus! He’s a classically trained clarinetist with a Bachelor of Music in performance from DePaul University and a Master of Music in performance, as well as an Artist’s Diploma from California State University, Fullerton. Mr. Rymar’s primary teachers include Burt Hara, Håkan Rosengren, Julie DeRoche, and Anthony Parnther. He’s also worked with many renowned clarinetists such as Steve Williamson, Larry Combs, Andrew Lowy, and Michele Zukovsky among others.

An alumna of OCSA (Musical Theatre, Class of 2002), Ms. Kaitlyn Tice holds a Master of Arts in Shakespeare from The University of Birmingham, UK and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Cal Poly Pomona. She recently spent a year in Stratford-upon-Avon, England studying with the Royal Shakespeare Company where she directed, acted, and studied alongside some of today’s best Shakespeare scholars. Ms. Tice is the Artistic Director of A Muse of Fire, an all woman Shakespeare company. She is a director throughout Southern California, having directed productions with The Shakespeare Institute, Covina Center for the Performing Arts, Cal Poly Pomona, La Mirada High School, Hunger Artists Theatre Company, Art for Art's Sake, and various children's theatres. Ms. Tice is also an actor and has performed all over the world.

Terri has one of the most well rounded careers of anyone teaching in Hollywood today.  From Broadway musicals to starring in television series and films to moving behind the camera as a writer/producer for hour television dramas to directing short films and web series, Terri has learned the skills necessary to be successful in each medium. Teaching has always been a passion for Terri.  Even while she was a working actress in film and TV, she taught for Jeff Corey, one of the most respected acting teachers in Hollywood. 

Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Terri started her show biz career at 15 years old as a scholarship student at the Joffrey Ballet.  She appeared on Broadway in eight shows including “Pippin,” “Working,” “My Fair Lady” and “Dancin.’” The movie “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” brought Terri to Los Angeles. She went on to star as the sexy alien love interest Cathy Frankel in the FOX hit television series “Alien Nation.”  The series was so loved by its fans that FOX make five “Alien Nation” movies of the week for the network. Her television credits include series regular roles in "DEA," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” and "Santa Barbara," and many guest starring roles.   Some her feature films credits are "The Fabulous Baker Boys," "House 4," "The Nest," "Little Miss Millions," and "All That Jazz."