LizBeth Lucca (Class Leader) is a graduate of the Professional Actors Conservatory in Los Angeles.  Other training includes improvisation with The Groundlings and Theater Sports, Shakespeare at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, and training at the American Center for Music Theater, UCI and Cal State Long Beach.  She has directed 20 operatic productions throughout Southern California and has sung over 25 roles.  She has performed with such companies as Opera Pacific, West Coast Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera and Bel Canto Opera.  She is the Artistic Director for Repertory Opera Company and a Staff Stage Director at the Shaker Mountain Opera Festival.