Livi Perrone
Co-Founder, Creative Director

Livi Perrone is the head program director for all workshops and intensives. Her first original work titled “Wondering About Olive” was produced in New York City when she was thirteen years old. Since then she has written a number of adapted plays and musicals for young performers. Throughout her career as a professional artist, she has received training in film and TV, in addition to her extensive musical theatre background.

Laurie Perrone
Co-Founder, Producer

Laurie is co-founder and producer for Riverside Theatre Arts. Perrone is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is the costume designer for Riverside and has also worked on local school and community productions. Laurie's primary goal for Riverside Theatre Arts is to provide a high standard of theatrical experience for children in Orange County, N.Y.

Luis Villabon
Director, Choreographer

Luis Villabon is a bilingual actor/singer/dancer/director/choreographer/voice-over artist. New York theatre stage credits: Broadway: Peter Pan (Cathy Rigby).

First National/International Tours: Jesus Christ Superstar; Seussical, The Musical; A Chorus Line; Grease. 

Regional stage credits: La Cage Aux Folles; Into The Woods; Hello, Dolly!; Once On This Island; A Chorus Line; West Side Story; Crazy For You; Follies; The Music Man; Kismet; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Lion In Winter; On Golden Pond. 

Film/TV credits: Pan Am; 30 Rock; Julia & Julia (Meryl Streep/Nora Ephron); The Wolf of Wall Street (Leonardo DiCaprio/Martin Scorsese).