MEET THE TCO TEAM
INSTRUCTORS
Each of our instructors come with an extensive pedigree from both a performance and instructional background. They bring deep professionalism and knowledge to every class and individual student.
Each of our instructors come with an extensive pedigree from both a performance and instructional background. They bring deep professionalism and knowledge to every class and individual student.
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RAMONA MALLORY
DIRECTOR OF TCO & ACTING AND MUSICAL THEATRE INSTRUCTOR 
Ramona began her professional career at the age of 12. Her career has developed on parallel tracks; working on Broadway and as regional actress, with over 1,500 performances to date in both dramas and musicals, and as an educator, choreographer, director, film producer, and creative developer. |
TYRONE WILSON
SHAKESPEARE & THE CLASSICS INTRUCTOR 
Tyrone Wilson is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. He has taught at Middlebury College, Southern Oregon University, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts.He has appeared in several films including Privilege, Stone Soup and The Super.Theatre audiences have seen Tyrone in the European Tours, Off Broadway and numerous Regional Theatres. In 26 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mr. Wilson has performed in over 50 plays creating nearly 100 different characters. |
REBECCA CLARK CAREY
VOICE AND TEXT INTRUCTOR 
Rebecca is head of voice and text at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where she has coached over 50 productions, including 22 Shakespeare plays. She has also coached at the Guthrie, American Repertory Theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Broadway. In London, she has taught at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Central School of Speech and Drama. |
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PAUL COSCA
MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY INSTRUCTOR 
Paul is an actor, director, instructor, playwright, and fight choreographer, as well as the founder of theatre companies in Chicago and Portland. He is the author of many original works, most recently a full-length musical. |
MIKEE NADORA
DANCE INSTRUCTOR 
Mikee is a professional dancer with more than 20 years of experience. She is trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, musical theater, and hip hop. Her pre-professional training includes NW Fusion at Westside Dance and Gymnastics Academy, Blazer Dancer Intensives, as well as RAW Dance Crew at MVP Dance Elite. She has competed regionally and nationally and has been in various concerts, commercials, and stage productions. She has taught at studios across the Portland-Metro Area, but currently resides at MVP Dance Elite. |
N. ELEANOR CAMPBELL
SCREENWRITING INTRUCTOR 
N. Eleanor Campbell is a native Portlane screenwritter whose passion lies in expanding queer representation in episodic television. She has a bachelor's degree from Carleton College where she first fell in love with screenwriting. After completing a brief theatre analysis program in London, Eleanor returned to Portland. She is a member of the Couch Collective whose mission is to uplift diverse voices through film. SH eis proudest of her work writing and producing Kai Tillman's "Hey, Man" which is currently in post-production. |
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ASHLEY CORKETT
DANCE INSTRUCTOR 
Ashley has been dancing since the age of 3, and began teaching at 16. She has taught a wide variety of dance styles including Jazz, Contemporary, Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, Hip-Hop and Choreography at various national and international workshops and intensives, and in the Portland area where she is currently a competitive choreographer, instructor and NASM certified personal trainer and youth exercise specialist. |
ALISSA LARSON
YOUTH THEATRE INSTRUCTOR 
Alissa’s love for acting began 15 years ago with live theatre through her elementary school programs and grew into both the teacher and learner. She’s worked with local theatres in the Rogue Valley singing, acting, dancing, stage managing, choreographing, and directing, and currently is studying full-time in New York City at the Institute for American Musical Theatre to pursue a professional acting career. |