OREGON CONSERVATORY
OF PERFORMING ARTS
Southern Oregon's Original Year-Round Theatre Conservatory for Youth
MAGIC OF THEATRE INSTRUCTORS
AND STAFF
Andrew Brock currently teaches music and conducts chorus at Talent Elementary School and is an adjunct professor of music at Southern Oregon University. Andrew has master’s degrees in voice and music education from the University of Oregon. He has performed with the Eugene Opera, Eugene Symphony, Rogue Opera, Obsidian Opera (Bend), University of Oregon Opera Ensemble, Rogue Valley Chorale, and the Siskiyou Singers.
Laura Delgado, holds a bachelors degree in Theater Arts, from Portland State University, in technical theater work. She joined the OCPA staff family in the summer of 2007 as props master and lighting designer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and has been our Stage Manager for numerous camps ever since. Laura has also been stage manager for numerous shows with such groups as Shoestring Productions, Randall Theater Company, Portland State University and Rogue Community College. Besides stage management she's designed and built scenery for Rogue Opera's Taking Opera to the Schools Program, Portland State's Second Stage Graduate Projects; designed and built props for PSU's production of Haroun and the Sea of Stories and designed lighting for multiple productions at PSU and Shoestring Productions.
Jill Fjeldheim has performed mime, clowning, and circus arts in numerous venues including The American Mime Theatre in NYC, Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus National Tour, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Green Show. For the past 11 years she has been an Artist in Residence in schools in Southern Oregon and has collaborated with ScienceWorks Hands on Museum in Ashland to create shows and lesson that teach science curriculum using movement theatre. She is excited to don the baggy pants and share this amazing art form with OCPA!
Liisa Ivary is a member of Actor’s Equity Association in her 7th season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She is also a director and choreographer as well as a certified fitness trainer (Amercian Council on Exercise.) She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Liisa has been a part of OCPA over the past 8 years as a choreographer and director as well as a teacher. She has done extensive teaching, directing and choreographing for several other youth programs in the Rogue Valley and other educational institutions throughout the country (locally--OSF workshops, SOU, Ashland High School, N. Medford High School, among others.) She is also the mom of an active 9-year-old boy who loves plays.
Marcia Katzmar has taught singing in public and private schools for more than 25 years. She holds a master’s degree in music education and has worked in many shows involving youth. Marcia joined the OCPA staff in the summer of 2001 as has served as the musical director for OCPA’s productions of Treasure Island, The Wizard of Oz, Godspell, and Charlotte's Web.
Don Meeker, earned bachelor's degrees in Music Performance and Education at Southern Oregon University. He has taught music to students kindergarten through high school for many years. He is the current director of Rogue Valley Harmonizers and has directed other community and church choirs as well. He has produced over a dozen musicals to include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Wizard of Oz, Annie Get Your Gun, Beauty and the Beast, Bye Bye Birdie and Finnian’s Rainbow. He has performed in many musicals including Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, The Secret Garden and The King and I. Don enjoys playing the guitar and garden construction.
Patsy Meeker, holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre with an emphasis in Dance and Costume Design and a masters degree in Teaching. She was the director of Southern Oregon Performing Arts Center where she produced, designed and choreographed many productions including The Secret Garden, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid. She choreographed for North Medford High School for over a decade and currently works on productions at South Medford High School. She also did freelance design in Las Vegas. Patsy has appeared in productions including Oliver! and Annie Get Your Gun as well as numerous dance shows. She teaches all forms of dance including ballet, tap, pointe, jazz, and musical theatre. Patsy enjoys watercolor, pottery, gardening, and writing.
Danielle Pecoff is a recent graduate of the Southern Oregon University Theater Arts Department. She has worked as a director/assistant director on seven projects including SOU's production of Icarus. She served as the Assistant Director for OCPA's West Side Story and Oliver musical theater camps. She worked as understudy during OSF's 2010 season as well as taught workshops for their education department. She has performed in over 30 productions.
David Salsa is a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's acting company. He is appearing as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as the new site specific project WillFul. Previous roles at OSF include: Felix (Paradise Lost) and Conrad (Much Ado About Nothing). He also appeared in the productions of Don Quixote, Clay Cart, and A View From the Bridge. David also worked at Oregon Stage Works, Playhouse On Park in Connecticut and in Pennsylvania at the Equalogy Theater. Film work includes; Calvin Marshal, My Name is Bruce, Conversations With God, Iron Man, and The Flip Side. He has worked as an educator with OSF, and in the same capacity at the University of Portland where he received his BA. He received an MFA from New School Drama in New York.
Tyrone Wilson, a member of Equity, joined OCPA as an instructor with the Magic of Theatre summer camps and has directed The Wizard of Oz, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Liar, and Tartuffe. He brings years of acting skills and diverse educational abilities to OCPA. Tyrone holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama. He continues to act with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, of which he has been a part for the past 17 years as an actor as well as a teacher with its educational program. Tyrone has also directed at Ashland and Phoenix High Schools as well as an instructor at both schools and with the Road Scholar and Siskiyou Center Senior Programs at SOU.
