Andrea Tibbs-Fouts
Managing Director 

Vocal Instructor,  Musical Theater Instructor, Certified Kindermusik® Instructor 

Andrea Fouts received her B.A. from Chapman University where she received a vocal performance scholarship and also studied in the school of Film and Television.  She has been the Executive Director of the Yorba Linda Spotlight Youth Theater Company since its founding in 2003 and has directed several large-scale musicals including Beauty & the Beast, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat,  High School Musical On Stage, Seussical, Li'l Abner, Footloose, Bye Bye Birdie and Snow White.  Mrs. Fouts has also been a Musical Theater Adjudicator for the Theater Arts Festivals at Fullerton College and Cal State Long Beach.  She is the primary grades vocal music teacher at two elementary schools in the Placentia-Yorba Linda School District. 

Read a welcome from Mrs. Fouts

Having recently moved to California from Texas, Sarah is happy to have found a home at Encore with all of the wonderful students and teachers! She has studied piano and voice for over 17 years, and has performed in numerous piano and voice recitals, concerts, musicals, and operas across the United States and overseas. Sarah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Vocal Music Education from Louisiana State University, where she worked as a student teacher for The Baton Rouge Center for Visual & Performing Arts. She is currently working toward the completion of her Master’s degree in Operatic Vocal Performance at California State University, Fullerton.

Kimberley Leseney

Kimberly Leseney has been teaching and directing the Drama Department at Brea Olinda High School for the past six years.   She graduated from California State University Fullerton with a degree in Theatre Arts and devoted her studies to directing and theatre education.  She then went on to get her Teaching Credential and Master’s Degree in Education from Concordia University.  While at Concordia, she completed her thesis project focusing on the benefits of being involved in a high school drama program.  In the summer of 2008 she was happy to join the Encore team as the summer camp Director, drama instructor, and production Director.  Miss Leseney strongly believes that all students can benefit from being involved in a drama program whether it be through improving their acting skills, learning to speak in front of an audience, conquering stage fright, working as a team, or improving their self-esteem.  She welcomes all students and always has a role for them to play.  Miss Leseney feels blessed to actually have a job that she enjoys.  Her favorite part of her job is seeing her students perform on stage in front of a live audience and the rush and happiness it brings them when the crowd gives them a loud roaring laugh or a round of applause.   She prides herself in giving every student the opportunity to gain the experience of performing on the stage in front of a live audience

Megan Truckey

Piano Teacher, Vocal Instructor

Megan has been singing her entire life and has a true passion for sharing this gift of music with others. When she was younger, she was a part of the Southern California Children’s Chorus and studied voice and piano. Megan has participated in numerous vocal ensembles, choirs, musicals and solo projects throughout the years. In 2004, Megan represented Villa Park, CA as the Female Broadway Singer of the Year. She has participated in choir tours to Hawaii, Romania, South Korea and the Pacific Northwest. Megan graduated from Azusa Pacific University with her Bachelor’s degree in Music in May of 2008.

Melissa Staab

Dance Teacher, Choreographer, Glee Ensemble Co-Director

A Southern California native, Melissa comes to us from Ventura County after completing her degree from the University of CA, Irvine with a BA in Drama with an emphasis on Musical Theatre and Directing. Melissa began dancing and performing at the young age of 4, and has been gracing regional, community, and school stages for over 20 years. Specializing in musical theatre dance and jazz, Melissa is a true triple-threat who loves to sing and act as well. In addition, her passions lie behind the scenes as a successful Director, Stage Manager, and Choreographer. Melissa came to Encore Academy and Spotlight Theatre Company in May of 2009, where since she has Choreographed “Beauty & the Beast”, “Grease”, “Charlie Brown”, and “Into the Woods”, Stage Managed “Snow White” and “Alice in Wonderland”, and Directed “Into the Woods, Jr.”, to name a few. Additionally, Melissa has taught a Dance for Musical Theatre Class, and Co-Directs/Choreographs for the Encore Glee Ensemble Show Choir. Currently, Melissa works as a Stage Manager for the Disneyland Resort in Disney Performing Arts, as a Youth Education Series Facilitator, and in the past as a Parade Performer for many of the classic Disney Parades. She is delighted to be part of the Encore family, and cannot wait to work with all the young performers out there!

Amalia Cisneros

Piano Teacher 

Ms. Cisneros believes that studying piano should be a mix between education and enjoyment! Ms. Cisneros has been performing and studying piano for over 13 years.  In that time, her love for music grew and she began playing clarinet, flute, and percussion.  Currently, Amy is a Music student at California State University, Fullerton, where she is nearing completion of her degree in Piano Pedagogy.  Besides studying and performing piano, She has been teaching piano students at various studios for 5 years.  She is thrilled to be teaching at Encore where she can continue to instill the love music in children of all ages.

Brittany Deneau

Receptionist, Broadway Junior Instructor

The stage is Ms. Deneau’s home away from home!  She has over 13 years experience performing on stage in musicals all over Orange County.  Brittany has been seen in several  civic light opera, community theater, and college productions.  A few of her favorite past shows include, “Cabaret”,  “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, “Hair”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Cinderella”  and “The Nerd”.  Besides her experience on stage, Ms. Deneau also has over 10 years of vocal training under her belt.  She is excited to be instructing the littlest bunch of performers at Encore.  The Broadway Jr. class incorporates three aspects of theater she loves:  singing, acting, and dance!

Mary Honore

Piano Teacher, Vocal Instructor, Musical Theater Instructor