Our Teachers
Meet our staff

Mimi Chen
Mimi Chen (SAG-AFTRA) is a long-time actor, having been part of productions of David and Lisa, Carmen, in the Bridgewater play productions and also in Los Angeles working with Firerose Productions in plays such as Teahouse of the August Moon and Memoirs of a Ninja. She was cast in a recurring co-star role for a CBS network sitcom (We Are Men) and has been spotted in various commercials for Google, Subaru and Capital One. She also has had side gigs as a voice actor, voice dubbing K-Dramas and Asian Animation projects, and has produced over 200 radio commercials. She is a long time member of the Decameron Hollywood Project producing One Minute Play Festivals being held in Los Angeles at the Whitefire Theater, The Namba Center in Ventura and Tokyo. She has taught musical theater at the Stella Adler Theater in Hollywood, as well as other types of performing art classes for After School Programs in Oxnard. Ms Chen has trained at various institutions, including Juilliard, Alvin Ailey, and The Jose Limon School as well as studied with famed acting coaches Brian Reise and Diane Christensen.

Emily Hall
Emily Hall is a CMA teacher and resident voice coach for the Ventura Studio. Emily is the director of Ojai’s Madrigali renaissance choir and vocal director of OYES productions and the show choir. She has been the vocal director and a performer at numerous Ventura County theaters. Emily received her B.M. in vocal performance from the University of Redlands.

Roberta Holt
Roberta Holt is a passionate and experienced dance instructor with a strong background in choreography and dance curriculum development. She traveled around the country to gain various styles of dance training including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Phoenix to name a few. She toured with multiple dance companies around LA and Ventura Counties. She earned her BA in Performing Arts from CSUCI and has over 8 years of experience teaching dance in schools, after school programs and intensive camps for K-12. She received an Education Specialist Credential from CSUN and works with our county’s at-risk youth as a teacher and dance instructor for grades 9-12.

Adam Tune
Adam grew up listening to his dad play trombone in orchestras and big bands, and started playing clarinet in elementary school. In his teens, he started learning guitar and writing his own songs, and by his senior year in high school, he produced an album for his solo project and distributed CDs. Adam studied Composition and Arranging at Azusa Pacific University, where he was a Music Theory TA and tutor. He's motivated by an intense curiosity and passion for music. He's never found a chord or scale he didn't find intriguing.