Joseph Sevillo
Instructor
Joseph Sevillo is a musical theatre professional of 24 years and is a member of the Canadian Actors Equity Association. He is the founding director of RISE Musical Theatre Company and is the Creator of Ma-buhay! A New Musical which is a show being professionally developed for its world premiere at Rainbow Stage in 2023 and for Broadway and beyond. He has been the head teacher for Musical Theatre at SSSOD since 2015 garnering top awards in all musical theatre categories and aids in building the largest musical theatre program in the city. He has performed in professional musicals all across North America as a singer, dancer and actor in such shows as Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, Evita, Billy Elliot, Miss Saigon, Seussical, A Chorus Line, Altar boyz, Cinderella, Fame and Westside Story for Company's such as Rainbow Stage, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Mirvish Productions, Drayton Festival, The Vancouver Opera, The Citadel, Prairie Theatre Exchange and Manitoba Theatre For Young People to name a few. He was an associate choreographer to mentor Patti Caplette for North American tours of Dora The Explorer, Shopkins, Backyardigans, Franklin The Turtle, Toopy and Binoo, Max and Ruby, Bubble Guppies and Strawberry Shortcake. Joseph is passionate about musical theatre and loves to empower, inspire, and elevate his students talents to the professional stage.