Meet The OCPA Team
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JEFF TABLER

CO-FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Jeff graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and holds a degree in cinema from Ithaca College. He has been involved in film and theatre for more than 40 years as a teacher, director, writer, producer, and actor. He also teaches and directs for OCPA.

DENNIS FOSTER

CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

​Dennis also foudned and directed mutiple theatre companies and a magnet school for performing arts in Orgeo and Colordao. He has a bachelor's degree in education from Portland State Universit, with master's coursework in theatre production at Central Washington University. He has over 25 years experience in theatre as a dirextor, producer, and actor. He lives near his two amazing kids in Hillsboro, OR.

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​LAURA DELGADO​

TREASURER

Laura holds a bachelors degree in Theater Arts, from Portland State University. 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.

ANDREA BROCK

Andrea is a co- choir director at South Medford High School,  where she has taught for 22 years.  She has been the musical director for 11 musicals in her time at South Medford High School, including "My Fair Lady", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Guys and Dolls" and "Anything Goes".  She received her Bachelors and Masters in Music from the University of Oregon in Music Education-Choral emphasis, with a secondary emphasis in Collaborative Piano. Andrea was the pianist for the Rogue Valley Chorale for 18 years, and is a board member and instructor for the Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts.  She and her husband, Andrew, are also the music directors at Jacksonville Presbyterian Church. They have three children, Keenan, Molly, and William.

ANDREW BROCK

​Andrew has Master's Degrees in Voice and Music Education from the University of Oregon, and earned his initial Administrator’s License from Southern Oregon University in 2011.  He has performed with Eugene Opera, Eugene Symphony, Oregon Bach Festival (Eugene), University of Oregon Opera Ensemble, Obsidian Opera (Bend) and at the Aspen Music Festival.  Local performances include appearances with Rogue Opera, Rogue Valley Chorale, Camelot Theatre, and Siskiyou Singers. Andrew has directed for OCPA for the past 7 years. ​

TENAYA JACOBSON

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA

​Tenaya is a lover of stories, words, and communication in all their forms, and is passionate about igniting a love for them in others. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from Walla Walla University and a master’s degree in Book Publishing from Portland State University.