Mayme Paul-Thompson performed on Broadway in A Chorus Line, The Tap Dance Kid, Little Johnny Jones, and the 1984 TONY Awards.  Off-Broadway, she was in the musical Sugar. She also has National Tours and numerous Regional Theater productions all over the country to her credit.  Mayme has appeared in many commercials, industrials, television shows, and was the lead in the film Stages.  She has worked with Michael Jackson, Donny Osmond, Rob Morrow, Juliet Prowse, Hinton Battle, Savion Glover, David Cassidy, Gregory Hines, Woody Allen, and Danny Daniels to name a few. 

As a Director/Choreographer, Mayme has over 75 musical productions to her credit.  She has directed for professional theaters, community theaters, colleges, and schools.  She was the choreographer for the hit TV series Northern Exposure. Mayme has also  choreographed commercials, industrials, and The Seattle Mariners’ dance team.  As a teacher, Mayme has taught Tap, Jazz, Acting and Musical Theater classes to kids and adults of all ages and continues to teach tap at CDT. For the past 11 years, she has been the Drama Director at Lindero Canyon Middle School. She was recently a finalist for the Bravo Arts Award for her contribution to the Arts in the Conejo Valley. 

Mayme is married to an actor, Randy Thompson, and together they have four great children, a fabulous daughter-in-law, and two dogs!  Mayme formed Gypsy Productions eight years ago, bringing a Summer Camp performing arts experience to aspiring young artists in the Conejo Valley.

Previous Summer Camp Guest Artists:

Jamie Alcroft:  has been doing voice-overs for many years.  His voice can be heard on  national commercials, animated series, and interactive video games.  He is half of the comedy team Mack and Jamie.

Erin Fagundes:  produces and directs productions at Conejo Players and teaches "How to Audition" classes to children of all ages.

Eric Germansky:  is an award winning set designer with many credits in theater, television and film.

Alex Giuffre:  is a professional ballet dancer formerly with Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Ballet Idaho.  She is currently dancing with Montgomery Ballet.

Selena Justice:  studied music, acting and science at BYU.  She works professionally live and in-studio, and teaches voice and piano.  She specializes in classical sight-reading, ear training, improvisation and composition.

Laura Klein: is a musical theater teacher with national and international credits including A Chorus Line.

Angie McKnight: is an accomplished actress herself who has also studied and taught stage make-up.

Heidi Nielson: is a stunt-woman and enjoys teaching stage combat.

Marty Pistone: was a movement teacher for American Conservatory Theater and taught stage combat at Juilliard.  He has staged fight scenes for The San Francisco Ballet and many other productions.

Rodney Sherwood:  is a CODIE Award winner.  He has been a stand-up comic for 14 years, and has performed all over the country.

Steve Staley: is a voice-over actor with many animated series and cartoons to his credit.

Randy Thompson: is an actor who has Guest Starred on Boston Legal, The West Wing, ER,  Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24 and Ally McBeal  to name a few.  Randy was a Stand-up Comic for 12 years and is also an extraordinary set builder.

Doug Traer:  teaches commercial acting classes and runs commercial casting sessions. Sheila Manning, Ross Lacy, Joe Blake and Stuart Stone are a few of the Casting directors he has worked for.

Joanne Wasserman:  is a voice teacher and conductor of an international award winning choral group.