Creative Team Profiles

Lisa Renée has been in the entertainment business since age five. As Entertainer, Instructor, Dance Captain, Choreographer, and Director she has enjoyed working for numerous Dance and Musical Theatre companies across the United States.

Lisa Renée was a Performance Coach, Workshop Clinician, Staging Specialist, Choreographer and Casting Director for Walt Disney World for over 12 years; choreographing for Disney’s Special Events and Conventions; workshops and auditions; and staging numerous production Shows, Parades, and Television. Some of her Disney professional production experience includes Beauty and the Beast live on stage, Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue, American Idol experience and Disney’s Christmas Day Parade for Television taping working with such stars as Carrie Underwood, Jonas Brothers, David Cook, Jordin Sparks, and Celine Dion.

Lisa Renée has performed, choreographed and directed for an extensive list of Equity musicals alongside of Jonathan Freeman (Broadway & voice of Jafar), Lindsey Korman (Passions), Sebastian LaCause (Showgirls, Boogie Nights), Donna Marie Asbury and Ruth Williamson (Broadway, Television & Film). Her favorite roles include dancing the Cyd Charise roles and tap in Singin’ in the Rain, Graziella in Westside Story, and A Little Night Music as Anne Egerman and Annie as Lily St. Regis both to which she received Best Supporting Actress.

Lisa Renée was a scholarship student at both Pennsylvania Ballet and Richmond Ballet companies and has taken Honors Invitational Master Classes from Robert Joffery, Richard Englund, Lupe Serrano, David Howard, and Bruce Marks to name a few. She has danced professionally with Fort Wayne Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theater, Tapestry Dance Company and Ballet Austin. Lisa Renée has performed Principle and Soloist roles in over 15 years in the Nutcracker, as well as Soloist and Featured roles in well-known classics as Cinderella, Coppélia, Swanlake, Les Sylphides, Graduation Ball and Giselle. Previous to moving to Orlando, Lisa Renée was a Foy aerialist, featured dancer and vocalist in Branson performing for the award winning Dino Productions, Legends in Concert and Andy Williams. After three seasons, she joined the award winning Crystal Cruises’ 6 Star Luxury Cruise Line as a vocal soloist, adagio artist and featured dancer.

Lisa Renée has a BA in Performing Arts with honors from Butler University; major in Dance and minors in Music and Theater. While attending Butler, Lisa Renée studied private voice and piano, performed with the University’s Madrigal Singers, performed in Chicago with the Jordan Jazz Singers, and toured Europe performing with its Concert Chorale. She was active in the theatre program and played one of her favorite roles as Laurey Williams, in Oklahoma!

Lisa Renée is certified in Dance Education with honors from Southwest Texas State University and London and England’s Royal Academy of Dance. She holds active status in Florida’s Dance Education certification for grades K-12, attended the Dance Masters Association Teacher's Training School program in New York and has served as a judge for their local scholarship program held in Orlando.

Lisa Renée's administrative, choreographing and teaching experiences have been ongoing for over 24 years in numerous dance studios, professional dance companies, and entertainment convention companies throughout the United States. Her credits include teaching in the public and private school systems for Indiana, Texas, Missouri and Florida. She has been a dance docent educator for Texas Elementary school systems; has taught workshops, seminars, and dance & music classes for musical theatre camps and camps for children-at-risk.

Lisa Renée is actively involved in Liturgical Dance Ministry at St. Luke’s UMC in Orlando, FL, and has been an active dance liturgist in Conference Convocation for UMC; IN-KY Conference UCC; University UMC in Austin, TX; and First Wayne Street UMC, Altersgate UMC, and First Presbyterian Churches in Fort Wayne, IN.

Lisa Renée has either choreographed, directed and/or produced over 10 children’s musicals including Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat, Willy Wonka, Peter Pan, Annie (thrice), Hairspray, Disney’s ArtistoCats, Disney's 101 Dalmatians, and Bugsy Malone (twice). She continues to freelance as a performer, choreographer and associate director for dance and theatre companies alike. Lisa Renée is blessed to be Artistic Director and Choreographer for Premiere Youth Theatre working with children preschool to professional.

Andrew has performed professionally on-stage, film and commercials for over 23 years. He is a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division and has danced with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Orlando Ballet, and Tallahassee Ballet in various Principle, Soloist, and Corps de Ballet roles.

While living in NYC, he performed with the National Touring Company of 42nd Street. Regional Equity Musical Theater credits include Bobby in Crazy for You, Bernardo in West Side Story, and Don Lockwood in Singin’ the Rain. Andrew can be seen in 20th Century Fox’s The Siege staring Bruce Willis and Denzel Washington; and You’ve Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Andrew was Co-Founder and Executive Director for South Georgia Performing Arts School and South Georgia Ballet Company which produced several full length ballets and musical theatre productions.

Prior to moving to the Orlando area, Andrew was Dance Captain, Vocal Soloist, Featured Dancer and Deputy Cruise Director for the 6 star luxury cruise line, Crystal Cruises. Most recent local Musical Theatre performances include Buffalo Bill in Annie Get Your Gun and Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods both with Ice House Theatre in Mount Dora; and Little Shop of Horrors with Theatre Works Florida.

Andrew earned his BSBA in Marketing from the University Of Central Florida School Of Business, and is a Personal Banker. Andrew enjoys freelancing as both performing arts educator and performing artist.

Sandy grew up in a family of professional musicians so music has always been an important part of her life. She has been teaching both piano and voice for over 30 years and still loves it! She began studying piano at the age of 5. She started accompanying choral groups in the 4th grade. She accompanied all of the choirs in high school and continued in college as a piano performance major. While attending the University of California at Fullerton, she added another passion to her studies, theatre arts. So her interests in music expanded to include theatre .

After leaving school, she moved to Los Angeles to start her career. She did numerous stage productions and got her Actors Equity card in an off-Broadway production that had moved to LA. She then did musical direction for that show in San Francisco. After forming friendships with the New York cast, she decided to make the move to the East Coast. In NYC she continued her career in theater, but kept being drawn back into music. So she returned to teaching and accompanying, as well as vocal coaching.

After marrying, she and her husband decided to move to Connecticut to raise a family. There she maintained a successful music studio and accompanied for several schools. She studied with, and accompanied for members of the NYC opera. She also has served as Music Minister for churches in the area and developed a love for conducting choirs. All of these pursuits have only made her love of the performing arts stronger!

Victoria "Tori" has been working in film and theater for over eight years. She has an M.F.A in Film Production and a B.A in Theater. While working in Chicago and throughout the Midwest, Tori had the privilege to act and teach with theaters such as Notre Dame Shakespeare Company, South Bend Civic Theater and Adventure Stage Chicago, recently named one of the top 20 children’s theaters in the country, by American Theater Magazine. Currently, she is working as a Video Instructor at the Orange County Library System. Tori is excited to have the opportunity to be working with Premiere Youth Theatre! We welcome her to our Creative Team of professional performing artists!