Tampa Bay Performing Arts Academy is the place to be if you love to sing, act or dance. Try out your acting skills in one of our musical theater classes, or form your own singing quartet! Need a few vocal lessons before your school talent show or help with your stage presence? TBPAA is beginning its 15th season of Children and Youth Theater in Palm Harbor. We perform all of our productions on our
own in house stage. Our teachers come from a variety of backgrounds and our classes take the youngest beginners (age 5) to the advanced teen (up to 17) and help them develop and enhance their talents. Each year we produce 4-5 Junior/Student Productions and 4-5 Musical Revues. We believe the best teacher is being live on stage in front of a live excited audience. TBPAA has taken groups of students to Atlanta, Georgia to participate in the Junior Theater Festival for over 10 years. Two of our students were selected by Disney to perform Disney's Broadway Junior productions in New York City in front of Grammy and Academy-award winning composer Steven Schwartz (composer of Wicked, Pippin Godspell)! and our Tech Team won first place in the 2020 Festival against 100's of tech teams from around the world. The TBPAA Encore Performance Team brings their talents to the Florida Community. Each year they develop a non-stop high energy show and go on the road. For the past few years they team has performed at Disney Springs, Universal City Walk, The Florida State Fair and the Florida Strawberry Festival. Here at TBPAA, we take great pride in our shows, but our focus is on instilling confidence along with a passion for the performing arts into our students. Instilling that passion comes easily to our teachers (who all have been performers!):
Creative Director and Founder, Lisa Nicole Cane, comes from the world of the Recording Arts. Lisa is currently a BMI Songwriter and Publisher, voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (GRAMMY AWARDS) since 1999 and a member of the National Association of Teacher’s of Singing. Her music has been featured on iTunes, Pandora, Amazon Music, Spotify and more since 2001. As a musical theater director, Lisa was awarded the Freddie G Fellowship Award at the International Junior Theater Festival 2019, and is featured on the Music Theater International (MTI) website. She is currently serving as Countywide At-Large Member Pinellas County School Board, the 27th largest in the nation. Lisa is married and has four children ages 7-14. Kimberly Kreiner-Snyder joined TBPAA after moving from Orlando to the Tampa Bay area. A veteran performer with Walt Disney World, she brings the sparkle of Disney to productions at TBPAA. Kimberly holds a degree in Musical Theater and most recently performed in a production of Beauty and the Beast. She is married and has a daughter, age 6. Kevin Prina is an accomplished actor, singer and musician. Kevin is a Florida state certified music teacher with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from Illinois State University and a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from The University of Illinois. He has worked for seventeen years in the field of education as a private and public music educator, with experience in K-12 ESE. Kevin has taught Choir, Voice, Orchestra, and Keyboard at Pinellas High Schools and was a Vocal Instructor and Stage Director at the University of Illinois. He has served as Assistant Music Director/Pianist at Ruth Eckerd Hall and has also been a Pit Musician at the Marcia P Hoffman School of the Arts. Weston Wright joined TBPAA as an 8-year old and has been with us ever since. After aging out of the program, Weston joined our staff and began serving as our in-house acting coach and a musical theater director. Weston was recognized at the International Junior Theater Festival three times for Outstanding Male Performance. He has co-directed Seussical KIDS, Disney's Jungle Book KIDS, and Roald Dahl's W***y Wonka KIDS and assisted in directing Disney's Cinderella KIDS, Peter Pan JR, Wizard of Oz JR, and is currently working on Alice in Wonderland JR. Weston teaches a walk-in Acting Workshop to help students perfect their roles and an Acting class to develop skills. In addition to teaching, Weston is our in-house Master of Ceremonies and is instrumental as our Special Effects and Set Manager. Throughout the year, TBPAA also hosts a variety of workshops on various aspects of the performing arts industry. Check back for more information!!!
