THEATRE

Roxane has been a working professional artist (Actress, Singer, Dancer, Director, Choreographer) for over 40 years and a teaching artist (Acting, Voice, Dance, Musical Theatre, Directing, Audition Coach) for 31 years. Favorite credits as a performer include BROADWAY: Chicago (Velma, Mama Morton) INTERNATIONAL TOURS: Chicago (Velma, Dance Capt), West Side Story (Anita), A Chorus Line (Cassie, Morales) BROADWAY WORKSHOPS: Like Water for Chocolate (Gertrudis), The Poet Matador (Alma) REGIONAL THEATRE: Bad Hombres- Good Wives, Manifest Destinitis, In the Heights, Real Women Have Curves, The Women at the San Diego REP; Dames at Sea(Mona), Fox on the Fairway (Muriel), Moonlight Over Buffalo (Ethel), at North Coast Rep; El Henry (Chiqui), The Who’s Tommy (original cast), Figaro Gets a Divorce (original cast) at the La Jolla Playhouse. Favorite Film and TV credits include - Law and Order SVU, As the World Turns (recurring role), The Lady and the Tiger (Co Director, Choreographer in Shanghai, China), Dozens of music videos for Canum Productions as Director and/or Choreographer. Favorite credits as a Teaching Artist include Broadway Classroom, NYU, SDSU, University of the Arts (Philadelphia), ASU as well as guest lecturing at UCSD, the August Everding Akademie (Munich, Germany) and various institutions across the U.S. and Europe. Roxane has done workshops all around the word that specialize in all things A Chorus Line, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, How to Audition for Musical Theatre, How to learn Choreography Quickly, and How to Teach Musical Theatre for High Schoolers. Roxane has a B.A. in Theatre from UCSD and an M.F.A. in Musical theatre from San Diego State University. Roxane is the proud mother of Lucas and the proud chair of the Theatre Department at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SDSCPA) specializing in Musical Theatre.

Colette is an accomplished actor and vocalist in the San Diego community performing at Starlight Bowl and as a guest soloist at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. Her achievements embrace cabaret performance, musical theatre, voice-over acting, voice coaching, improv, church soloist, arts educator, and theatrical producing and directing. Colette is currently doing her own one-woman cabaret events each year and is a church soloist. Colette earned her Bachelor’s Degree in performing arts at SDSU and her Master’s Degree in Education from National University.

Jason has a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting. He has worked at Theatres and Shakespeare Festivals across the country for over twenty-five years and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association (Union for Professional Actors and Stage Managers). With over ten years of classroom experience and 20+ years of teaching experience, Jason crafted a pre-conservatory scope and sequence tha makes University and Conservatory concepts and curriculum comprehensible and applicable for a young artist in development. As a lifelong learner in all aspects, he hopes to foster that same curiosity, passion, and drive for every student at SDSCPA.

Rayme, the Vocal Performance and a Musical Theatre teacher at SCPA. Having lived in NYC for close to 2 decades, he coached singers preparing for Broadway auditions as well as workshopped several musical adventures of his own. Moving to San Diego he continued coaching professional and budding professional performers in the area as well as showcasing his original song writing in a plethora of Cabaret shows throughout San Diego, Los Angeles and New York. He is an award winning director/musical director/choreographer from a long list of musicals throughout San Diego in youth theatre productions, community theatres and professional events. Since being a part of SCPA he has proudly musical directed “A Chorus Line” and has taken on the two hats of directing/musical directing “Legally Blonde”, “Billy Elliot” and “Addams Family” in the Florence Johnson Grand Theatre. His passion for writing songs doesn’t stop there. His first published book was a co-creation of craft making entitled, “Designing with the Divas”. (Bluegrass Publishing) On his own, he wrote his first novel, “Dinner for God” (Publishing Unleashed) that garnered 5 awards in the independent book writing genre. He is currently working on a sequel to this book entitled, “Dessert for God”. Other works he is currently working on are two children’s stories and taking another children’s story by a known author and turning it into a stage musical.

Dance has been a fundamental part of Michelle’s life for over 40 years. Technically, academically, professionally and competitively she has studied in ballet, jazz, modern, hip-hop, musical theater, Latin and standard ballroom, Polynesian, and Philippine folk dance. 30+ years have been dedicated as a student, teacher, company dancer, former board member and Vice-President of the non-profit organization, Samahan Filipino American Performing Arts and Education Center, which celebrates their 50 year anniversary in 2024. She is a founding member (dancer and musician) of the Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble, which focuses on traditional music and dance from the Southern Philippines. Michelle continues to develop her knowledge of folk arts and culture through field research, dialoguing with colleagues, collaborating with kindred folk dance companies and participation in workshops with master artists and educators. Michelle has had the privilege to share the rich cultural diversity of the Philippine islands with the students at UCSD. She believes that cultural arts is a living and breathing art form and directly corresponds to positive community enhancement. Michelle is well-rounded as a dancer, choreographer, director, hot pilates and yoga instructor. She graduated from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and went on to receive her BA in Dance from UC Irvine. While at UC Irvine, she was a member of the late Donald McKayle’s student dance company, Etude Ensemble and hip hop crew Kaba Modern. Being a member of Actor’s Equity Association (AEA) for 26 years, a highlight of her performing arts career has been performing in The Lion King musical over 2,500+ times on Broadway, with the 1st and 2nd National tours & Las Vegas production. Other select professional credits include: Fame (1st National tour), Swing (Broadway National Tour & Japan), Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away (BNT & Japan), Evita (SD Rep), Sinatra, Dance With Me (Las Vegas); movies: Enchanted and Memoirs of a Geisha. She was also a dance finalist on Bravo TV's Step It Up & Dance.