Soprano Kate McCormick has been performing and teaching voice in the Bay Area for the last seven years. Among her favorite roles: Edna in A Christmas Carol at San Jose Repertory Theatre, the title role in the 2010 National Tour of Strega Nona the Musical with Maximum Entertainment New York, Blue Girl in Shout the Mod Musical and Euterpe in Xanadu with the Retro Dome, Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray with Cabrillo Stage, Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Broadway by the Bay, and Franca Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza with Palo Alto Players. Ms. McCormick has her Masters degree in Vocal Performance from the Boston Conservatory, and is a professor of voice and theatre at Santa Clara University. Ms. McCormick is a vocal coach and music director at San Jose Repertory Theatre, City Lights, Broadway By the Bay, and throughout the Bay Area. Ms. McCormick also performs with her band “Party of Three” and on tour as a backup vocalist for Ben Folds. Proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

Cynthia Pariente is thrilled to be working with Diablo Theatre Company this summer! As a choreographer, she worked on the productions of The Wiz and Seussical, and most recently assisted with 9 to 5 and Legally Blonde for Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. Cynthia has been dancing throughout the Bay Area for the last 20 years, and has performed in over thirty musicals onstage. Favorites include Chicago (Liz), Hairspray (Brenda), West Side Story (Anita), Little Shop of Horrors (Ronette), and Cats (Demeter). This summer, Cynthia will be assisting and performing in Cabrillo Stage’s Anything Goes.

Cynthia graduated from San Jose State University (SJSU) with her bachelor’s degree in dance and a minor in child development. At SJSU, Cynthia was actively involved with the dance department and was a member of the San Jose State Spectrum Dance Team. While earning her degree, she was selected as one of the San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush Cheerleaders and recently completed her third season with the team. During her tenure as a Gold Rush Cheerleader, Cynthia was been blessed with the opportunities to interact within the community and perform at Candlestick Park in over thirty home games, including this past season’s NFC Championship Game against the New York Giants. Along with these experiences, she traveled to Osaka, Japan and London, England to promote the Gold Rush, the 49ers and the National Football League.

Isaiah is very excited to share his passion of dance with others. As a musical theatre dancer, Isaiah has been exposed to many genres of dance such as, jazz, modern, West African, Afro-Haitian, and ballroom. He has performed, assistant choreographed, and has been the dance captain for many productions across the Bay Area. Some of his favorite roles include; Seaweed in Hairspray, Gary Coleman in Avenue Q, and Ren in Footloose. During middle school and high school Isaiah was very active in the dance and drama departments. He choreographed many numbers for the Advance Dance class at Benicia Highand also volunteered at Benicia Middle School as choreographer and a director. During his senior year of high school, Isaiah was offered to choreograph the Spring musical Beauty and the Beast (which was a hit!). He is very thrilled to teach others what he loves most!
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” -Mikhail Baryshnikov

Adam Barry is thrilled to be spending the Summer educating, inspiring, and spreading the power and magic of theater to the youth at Diablo Theater Company. While this is Adam’s first time working with DTC, he is certainly no stranger to Bay Area theater companies and stages, having begun his work in theater at Children’s Musical Theater of San Jose many years ago. Most recently, he reprised the role of Man 1 in the third incarnation of Becoming Britney with The Retro Dome in San Jose, which made it’s West Coast debut in Walnut Creek with CenterREP in 2010. An experienced local performer, other recent production credits include Gypsy (Tulsa) with Symphony Silicon Valley, The Secret Garden (The Fakir) with TheatreWorks, the regional premiere of Xanadu (Sonny Malone) with The Retro Dome, and RENT (Angel) with City Lights Theater Company. In addition to being an instructor with DTC, Adam is elated to simultaneously be rehearsing the role of Mike in A Chorus Line with Cabrillo Stage in Santa Cruz, while also singing with the recently-formed vocal trio Party of Three. He hopes that his love and passion for performing arts will create an unforgettable Summer for these young performers, and arm them with knowledge and experience they can take well into their artistic futures. Adam is a proud member of the Actor’s Equity Association.