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: Newsies, The Music Man, Frozen Jr., Cinderella, SpongeBob Squarepants, Cinderella, Matilda, 42nd Street, Pippin, Oklahoma!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Peter Pan, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, West Side Story, Chicago, Follies, Les Misérables, 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.

Christine Martorana has been a part of EDMT since 2001. She has been involved in the dance and performing world for many decades, teaching and guiding students of all ages. She began her teaching experience in the Bay Area at Hamilton Studio of dance and music, and following a career in sales and marketing, returned to teaching for over 12 years at Center Stage Dance Academy in El Dorado Hills. She created the tap performing companies FanTAPulous and SpecTAPular in 2008 and they now reside at EDMT. She currently teaches tap dance classes for ages 9 – adult at PAI in addition to being EDMT’s costume/prop rental manager.

She resides in El Dorado Hills with her husband Eric and is the proud mother of her three talented adult children; Megan, Emily, and Evan.

Susan Daugherty enjoys sharing her love of dance with all levels and ages. Susan Daugherty has taught dance at U.C. Santa Cruz and numerous studios in the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay Area. As a young dancer, she gained a solid technical background in ballet through her studies with Francisca and Dimitri Romanoff. Later, she had the opportunity to study extensively with some of the leaders in the modern and jazz dance world including, Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, Limon Company and Bill Evan’s Dance Theater.

While earning her B.A. at San Jose State University, Susan performed with the SJSU Resident Dance Company. She has also performed with various musical theater groups and dance companies in the S.F. Bay Area.

To help develop an appreciation for the arts among grade school students, Susan directed and performed with the “Dancing People.” This group was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to bring professional performing arts to the public schools. She is happy to be working with the students at EDMT!