Debbie Wilson has been choreographing and directing musical theater for decades. But her experience lies in myriad arenas, including large-scale choreography for events ranging from the Olympics and Superbowl to the World Cup, Pro Bowl, and San Francisco Black and White Balls.

Debbie’s first love, however, is musical theater where she has performed in, directed and/or choreographed hundreds of productions including: 42nd Street, Pippin, Oklahoma!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Peter Pan, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, West Side Story, Chicago, Follies, Les Miserables, A Chorus Line, Hairspray, and Anything Goes with Chita Rivera.

Debbie is the recipient of sixteen regional theatre awards for choreography, direction, and performance. She has been honored by the Interfaith Bureau of Sacramento and the California Assembly for her work with young people. Her students have gone on to perform on Broadway, in national tours, in international concert tap companies, modern dance companies, on cruise ships, and in TV and film.

Debbie taught for American Musical Theater of San Jose and was dance chairperson for the professional training and summer youth programs for twenty years. She also headed the dance department at Lincoln High Performing Arts Magnet. She has taught for many prestigious youth organizations and has been recognized repeatedly for her excellence and contributions to youth.

Debbie is proud to be a founder of El Dorado Musical Theatre and is its artistic director. She lives in El Dorado Hills with her son Zachary.

Sarah Waymire graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Creative arts, combining excellence in English, Special Arts and Acting. While she attended San Jose State, she began her 25-year journey with a law firm in downtown San Jose, moving from records clerk to paralegal and later becoming a member of the core administrative team. In 2019 Sarah won the Silicon Valley Admin Awards Colleen Barrett Award for Administrative Excellence. This award honors the administrator  that best demonstrates many of the qualities which enabled Colleen Barrett’s rise from legal secretary to President and Chief Operating Officer of Southwest Airlines.

In 2017, Sarah and her family moved to El Dorado Hills. Her involvement in EDMT began as the parent volunteer/show coordinator for SpyQuest and continued in this role for many seasons. In 2020 EDMT made the pivotal move to our new location where Sarah was instrumental in the planning and renovation of our new facility. In 2023, Sarah was appointed CEO by the Board of Directors, bringing her experience and expertise in theatre, organizational change and management, and financial management.

Sarah fosters a collaborative relationship with the Harris Center for Performing Arts, allowing our performers the opportunity to perform on the same stage that hosts touring Broadway shows. At the same time, she looks for ways to expand performance opportunities at our Club EDMT facility through training shows, showcase, the High Voltage Cabaret in the round, and in the fall of 2024, EDMT’s first full length production. Sarah works closely with Debbie Wilson to bring additional opportunities to our performers through EDMT’s Performing Arts Institute (PAI) classes, master classes, touring experiences, and summer camps.

You can find Sarah everywhere from working in her office at EDMT to constructing sets for shows, and walking through the rehearsal studio high-fiving performers with words of encouragement.

Danielle Levy is the CFO of El Dorado Musical Theatre. In this role she is focused on enabling EDMT to realize its goals for artistic excellence, community service, education, and audience engagement. Danielle has a rare blend of experience as a parent coordinator, show producer, backstage crew member, and super EDMT supporter. She began her journey with EDMT in 2007 when her son performed in his first show, Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun.

Since then, she’s had multiple children involved in EDMT programs, spanning 23 shows, 4 seasons of High Voltage (EDMT’s premier performing group) and countless PAI classes.
Fun fact: Danielle was the producer for High Voltage in 2011 when they performed at the Harris Center for the very first time. In fact, that High Voltage performance was the first performance ever staged at the Harris Center – just days before the Chorus Line tour arrived for the Grand Opening.

In addition to her EDMT involvement, Danielle brings three decades of administration and finance experience in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. For the past 22 years, she has been involved in running two international professional non-profit corporations. As CFO and board Secretary she managed the business, finances, and member logistics of these companies, while also operating as Conference Manager for several technical conferences in Silicon Valley, Europe, and Japan.

Danielle is a Sacramento State alumna where as a student she sang with the Sacramento Choral Society under Dr. Donald Kendrick. Danielle is passionate about diet, fitness, and overall wellness. When she’s not at the theater you will probably find her in a yoga class or on a bike in a spin studio.

Zoi Jones’ love for the performing arts began in childhood and followed her through college, where she continued to work with youth in theatre before attending law school. She previously served as the Director of Rucker Theatre Arts, Spring Grove Theatre Arts, and was the founder and director of the Middle School Performing Arts program. Now a full-time attorney practicing personal injury law, Zoi is thrilled that theatre has found its way back into her life—this time through EDMT and alongside her family. Though her role is often behind the scenes, she finds great joy in helping bring stories to life and supporting the next generation of performers.

Zachary Wilson is the “Swiss Army Knife” of El Dorado Musical Theatre. As his name suggests, he is indeed the son of Creative Director Debbie Wilson, and growing up surrounded by all things theater has given him plenty of opportunities to express his range of interest.

An accomplished performer at the ripe old age of 25, Zachary has been in over 50 shows, taking on increasingly challenging roles demanding all aspects of being a musical theater performer.
He has been taking on different tasks to refine his expertise through Assistant Directing, through various workshops, and as an instructor with the Performing Arts Institute.

But his ever-curious mind has led him into other ways of contributing to EDMT, particularly in the area of projected-background design and operation. He has developed one of the premier background projection systems used in regional theater, and is constantly improving – and pushing the limits of – this artistic work. Zach has worked with Broadway-level technical staff and will undoubtedly continue to develop these skills to the delight of our audiences.

Lately his focus has been on set design and maximizing the interplay of projections with structure. You can see his work on stage with the current show.

Jennifer Wittmayer has been teaching children’s musical theater in the Sacramento Region and Bay Area since 1998, later joining El Dorado Musical Theatre as Vocal Director in 2007. She is thrilled to be continuing her role and to work with the talented young people of EDMT!

She began performing at age six and has been seen on stage in numerous productions including Cathy/The Last Five Years, Ado Annie/Oklahoma and Winnie Tate/Annie Get Your Gun. She holds a BA in Music from Santa Clara University and a Masters in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Jennifer has served as Vocal Director for Children’s Musical Theatre of San Jose and has directed musical theater programs for Fair Oaks and Elk Grove Park Districts.

With EDMT, Jennifer has served as Vocal Director for over 40 shows, including: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Misérables, Crazy for You, Cats, Curtains, Legally Blonde, Singin’ In The Rain, The Addams Family, and many more.

In addition, Jennifer is the Vocal Director for EDMT’s highly acclaimed touring company, High Voltage. She also conducts private vocal instruction.

Karen McConnell has been part of the EDMT costume team since 2006, and she proves on a regular basis why we are lucky to have her skills at hand.
While she has been involved on a volunteer-basis for many years, just recently she took on the role of Costume Designer and was responsible for costuming EDMT’s Disney’s Alice In Wonderland Jr., Willy Wonka, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, and more.

Over the years she has been the Costumer for High Voltage and the Assistant Costumer on several productions including Hairspray and Cats.
Some of her favorite recent designs include Dolly’s iconic red dress in Hello, Dolly!, Morticia’s Transforming Tango dress in The Addams Family, and the Ghosts of Christmas in A Christmas Carol.

When not sewing, she can be found chasing after her glorious granddaughters.

Brittany Lansford has been involved with EDMT in various capacities since its inception in 2001. She performed as lead roles in some of EDMT’s inaugural productions, including Dorothy in the 2004 production of The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella in the 2002 production of Cinderella, and Sharpay in the 2007 production of Disney’s High School Musical, among others. She is thrilled to be back a part of EDMT and feels so honored to be able to do it alongside her daughters.

She is currently the Artistic Manager of the training show program, which is quite full-circle for her as she was on staff as choreographer and vocal director as a teenager for EDMT’s first several seasons of training shows from 2004 -2007. She has served a variety of parent volunteer roles over the past couple of years and is currently the Director of EDMT Rising Star productions.

Scott Rivers began training vocally at the age of 16. He has trained privately with Kathy Wood, Professor Elizabeth Bossard, BYU-Idaho, and locally with Kathy Visher. In addition, he’s participated and soloed with the Sacramento Valley Choral Society.  Currently, his album A Prayer unto Thee(2014) is available for listening on multiple streaming services, including Spotify, Prime Music Unlimited and Apple Music.

His theatre journey at EDMT began over 20 years ago on stage, starring in numerous lead roles, including Harold Hill/The Music Man, Lil’ Abner/Lil’ Abner, Scarecrow/The Wizard of Oz, Albert Peterson/Bye Bye Birdie, and Billy Crocker/Anything Goes.

Scott also works as the makeup designer for EDMT. As a graduate of Brigham Young University-Idaho with a Bachelor of Fine Arts: 3D emphasis, Scott enjoys creating with his hands. He uses his talents to design prosthetics for characters on stage. His recent makeup work has been seen in Beauty and the Beast, the Wizard of Oz, Finding Nemo and the Addams Family. He currently provides private vocal lessons. He loves the process of helping his students develop their voice, learn vocal techniques, and increase their confidence. His hobbies include throwing fine art pieces, singing, and fishing. He resides in Folsom, Ca with his wife, Elizabeth, and two amazing children, Olsen and Lucie.

Katherine Craig started taking tap classes when she was 11 years old and couldn’t get enough of it! She had the privilege of studying under Ms. Christine for many years and performing in the original SpecTAPular group. She began her involvement with EDMT in 2006, performing in over 15 shows. Taking on roles such as Annie Oakley/ Annie get your Gun, Belle/Beauty and the Beast, and Reno Sweeney/ Anything Goes. She also performed with EDMT’s original High Voltage group, performing in places like Disneyland and the State Capital. She now resides in Placerville with her husband and 4 children but has never lost her love of theater and all things performing! She is so excited to be back at EDMT working with all of the kids!

Kat DeLapp is thrilled to be returning to EDMT this winter! Kat joins the EDMT Creative Team with 25 years experience as a performer, director, voice teacher, and Theatre Educator working in NYC, the Bay Area, and Roseville at West Park High School. She has directed shows such as Beauty and the Beast, The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and Guys and Dolls. Some of her favorite roles include Mrs. Potts and Madame de la Grand Bouche (Beauty and the Beast), Mrs. Banks (Mary Poppins), and of course Jacks Mom in EDMTs recent production of Into the Woods. She is looking forward to sharing in the magic of the season with the community!  @westparkplayers

Ashley Slavin has grown up performing with El Dorado Musical Theatre since 2011. She has performed in over 30 musicals and was a former High Voltage member. The past two years she has been getting her BFA in musical theatre and minor in dance at Chico State. She came home for the semester to choreograph Mary Poppins, and she is also the choreographer for EDMT’s tour group, High Voltage. Next semester she hopes to transfer to Sac State to continue her education. Notable past roles include The Ghost of Christmas Past (A Christmas Carol), Mrs.Potts (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast), and Narrator (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).

Ashley’s training includes 13 years of jazz and vocal lessons, 8 years of acting classes, 5 years of tap, and 4 years of ballet. Before going to college, Ashley was a PAI instructor, acting teacher for summer camps, training show choreographer and director, and High Voltage assistant. Last summer, Ashley had the opportunity to work as a Teaching Assistant for Broadway at Music Circus Kids and Teens program.

When not performing, Ashley loves to workout. She loves to lift weights and run. She recently became a certified personal trainer. She also loves to teach spin and her cardio dance class, High Fitness. She is currently preparing for her third half marathon. And when not working out, she loves to have fun with makeup and hair, take pictures, make people laugh, and spend time with her friends and family.

Maddie Jantzen is an EDMT alumna who performed in 25 shows with the company from 2014 to 2023. Notable roles include Angel Soprano & Simeon’s Wife (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Mrs. Potts (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast), Mrs. Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol), Marian Paroo (The Music Man), Crazy Marie & Fairy Godmother (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella).

Maddie has 10 years of ballet, jazz, tap, acting, and vocal training under her belt. Having performed in 25 shows with the company, she possesses a unique understanding of a young performer’s path to success. Her experience also includes two years on EDMT’s premiere performing ensemble, High Voltage, and four years on EDMT’s Tap Company. She has studied under true professionals in masterclasses with both EDMT and Broadway at Music Circus. She is thrilled to share her knowledge and experience with her students and performers, and feels blessed to be able to play a part in their theatre journey.

Chris Hobbs manages El Dorado Musical Theatre’s website. She is a long-time member of the EDMT community who has contributed to the excellence of EDMT as a show producer, High Voltage producer, backstage coordinator, parent coordinator, and High Voltage costumer. Chris first walked through our doors in 2012 when her daughter, Emily Hobbs, appeared in her first production, the EDMT Training Show: Goldie Rocks and the Three Bears. Since that first production, and throughout every production since, Chris has been captivated by the dedication and support provided by both the production staff and EDMT families. Chris works hard to ensure that all elements of the organization that happen off stage run smoothly and efficiently, allowing our performers to shine on stage.

Chris has a Bachlor’s Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Education. She spent most of her professional career as a Business Applications Systems Manager for the American Diabetes Association. Her passion for soccer led her to play for 35 years and coach for nine. While raising her girls, she satisified her desire to work outside the house by volunteering at Bright Beginnings Preschool, Gold Ridge Elementary, Folsom High School, as well as EDMT. Chris has a passion for learning and travel. She is a few courses away from a degree in Psychology and Nutrition. Her latest educational adventure resulted in her becoming a Certified Biofeedback Specialist. She is facinated by the power of the mind-body connection. Her love of travel has taken her to 22 countries and 48 states. Chris’s daughter, Jenny, graduated from SDSU in 2024 with a degree in Interior Architechure.  Her daughter, “Hobbs,” is a senior at Syracuse University in the BFA Musical Theatre program.