About Us

Lisa Poelle is an experienced leader and administrator with over 30 years in corporate management, marketing, community affairs and family education. In addition to her work at Time Warner and the Children’s Musical Theatre San Jose, she owned and operated Work & Family Focus, providing consultation on family-supportive programs to corporations, working parents and non-profit organizations. Earlier in her career, she worked as a college professor and as a parent educator for a multi-disciplinary mental health agency.

Other past experiences include leadership positions within government and politics. Ms. Poelle holds a Master's Degree in Human Development. Her two grown children, Travis and Tyler, started performing on stage at a very early age, and today they are both professional working actors.

Mr. Parise, has been with Camp Broadway since 1998 and has helped to create and shape all of the Camp Broadway programs including "On With The Show" for Bravo Television, "Aaccentuate The Positive" for the Johnny Mercer Foundation, and "Adventure Theatre" for the Royal Caribbean cruise line. In 2002 Camp Broadway was invited to participate in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Mr. Parise choreographed for 3 years. After those successes, Camp Broadway was chosen to open the parade for the next 3 years. In 2008, Camp Broadway will close the parade with "I Believe In Santa Claus", once again choreographed by Tony. Tony began his career as a performer appearing in the National tour of A Chorus Line , and on Broadway in 42nd Street, Me And My Girl, and City Of Angels.

Mr. Parise has directed and/or choreographed Mame (Sandy Duncan), Hello Dolly! (Madeline Kahn), Where's Charley? (Emily Loesser), Oliver (Ellen Greene), Grease! (Cindy Williams), Me And My Girl (Tim Curry), and choreographed Bernadette Peters in both her Carnegie Hall and Radio City debuts.

Off-Broadway credits include, The A Train Musicals, Pageant, Pirates of Penzance and Balancing Act.

Internationally, Mr. Parise has staged companies of 42nd Street in London, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea, Me And My Girl in Mexico City, Anything Goes in Berlin, and has choreographed for Italian TV in Milan.

Teaching credits include master classes with such organizations as: Amda, Boston Ballet, New Zealand School of Dance, The Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, and the Professional Childrens' School.

Timothy Smith is a graduate of James Madison University in Virginia, with a BS in Telecommunications. He has been performing on Broadway for the past 12 years. Timothy has been part of 6 original Broadway companies, two of which hold Grammy Awards. His credits include Grease, Annie Get Your Gun w/ Bernadette Peters, Elton John's Aida, Dream, Brooklyn and the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity, in which Timothy played opposite Christina Applegate. He was last seen in the Broadway hit Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Timothy is currently expanding his experience by developing television and film for SONY PICTURES TELEVISION. He is also the co-creator and director of a new play, Mother Of Mine by Erin Leigh Peck, which will be going into production in 2008.

Before becoming Programs Director at Camp Broadway, Tiffany served as Company Manager on the 2006 Summer Tour.

A native of California, she earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University Long Beach in 2002.

Tiffany is proud to be a part of the Camp Broadway family where she can combine her love of theatre and working with children.

Adam Aguirre is a recent graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in Government and Theatre.

In college, he was primarily an actor in Georgetown Theatre Program productions such as Our Country’s Good, The Winter’s Tale, The Balcony, Dream Boy and many more.

At Georgetown, he served as the Associate and Executive Producer of a student-run theatre company and was a member of the College Academic Council. He is the recipient of the Misty Daily Award for Achievement in Theatre as well as awards for Outstanding Male Performance in 2005 and 2006 and Outstanding Contribution to the Theatre Community in 2006. He is happy to join the Camp Broadway team in promoting the performing arts as a vehicle for lifelong learning.