Larry Watts
Director
With more than 20 years of experience, a B.A. in Theater Education from Cal State Fullerton, and having graduated from the American Center for Musical Theater at the Los Angeles Music Center, Larry has directed and designed over 200 productions throughout Southern California and the United States. He has directed and designed for Theater League (national tours), McCoy Rigby Productions, Newport Thater Arts, Huntington Beach Playhouse, Arroyo Repertory Theater, and the Norris Performing Arts Center, to name a few. Some of his favorite productions include Cinderella, Cabaret, Once on This Island, Carnival, and Pirates of Penzance. Larry also maintains a costume business with his partner Tom Phillips and provides costumes throughout the United States. Larry’s goal, in working in youth theater, is to give the students a base for their possible future careers and to help them find a sense of pride and self.
Kathleen Sullivan
Music Director
Kathleen received a B.A. in Music from LMU, studying choral music and conducting, and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from CSU Fullerton. As a performer for over 30 years, she appeared in musicals with many local Civic Light Operas, in concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and OC Performing Arts Center as a staff singer with Pacific Chorale, and throughout the western United States with Opera a la Carte, a Gilbert & Sullivan rep company. Kathleen loves to use her skills and knowledge from the classical, musical theater, and choral worlds to bring out the best in her students, both in private lessons and as musical director of more than 30 productions. Currently she is a parishioner and staff musician at St. Cornelius Church in Long Beach.