Theatre Faculty Bios
Bradley J. Behrmann is an actor, writer, and educator from Belleville, IL. He earned a B.Mus. in Music Education from Lawrence University and a MFA in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University. Living a sometimes-bicoastal life, he teaches and performs in New York City and San Diego in addition to Amarillo. His first original musical—Just Pretend—is an adaptation of the Book of Esther and premiered in June 2015. Off Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac. San Diego: Sister Act, Titanic, The Producers. St. Louis: Parade, The Secret Garden, The Tempest. Connect on bradleyj.co.
Leigh Anne Crandall is a graduate of Texas Tech University with an MFA in Design (Costume Design emphasis). Favorite costume design credits include Catch Me If You Can at Tent Theatre, A Doll’s House, Part 2 at Hanover College, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin Jr at the ALT Academy; Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors for Shakespeare in the Canyon; Little Women, We are Proud to Present..., The Nether, Mother Courage and Her Children, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Twelfth Night, at Texas Tech University; and Young Frankenstein, Addam's Family, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Glass Menagerie, and The Last Five Years at Amarillo Little Theatre. Leigh Anne has also had the privilege of working with several prestigious companies including Cirque Du Soleil's "O" in Las Vegas, Forbidden Broadway Chicago and Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago.
Callie Hisek joined West Texas A&M University’s Department of Art, Theatre and Dance in 2016. She received a B.A. in Communication Studies and Theatre, emphasis in Theatre from South Dakota State University in 2005, an M.A. in Theatre, emphasis in Dramaturgy from Villanova University in 2008 and a M.F.A. in Directing from the University of South Dakota in 2014. Callie has spent time working at professional theatres in Vermont, Utah, and South Dakota. Some of her past directing credits include: Ada and the Engine, Over the River and Through the Woods, Pageant Play, Luna Gale, A Flea in Her Ear, The Crucible, School of Rock (all youth production and fourth in the nation), Mary Poppins, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Glass Menagerie, Oliver!, Arcadia, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Seussical the Musical, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Sylvia, and The Philadelphia Story.
Angelo O'Dierno's professional design career began as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, and he has designed ever since. His Lighting Design M.F.A. is from the University of Utah - Salt Lake City. Upon graduation, he spent twelve years, as Technical Director and Lighting Designer for Rock Valley College’s Studio and Starlight Theatres. Afterwards, he accepted the position of Resident Scenic and Lighting Designer for Artists’ Ensemble Theatre and, also, became an adjunct professor, Lead Designer, and Scene Shop Supervisor for the Blizzard and Second Space Theaters at Elgin Community College. Just before coming to WT, Angelo was a tenured Assistant Professor of Scenic and Lighting Design for Rockford University. Angelo is a member of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology and serves on the Lighting Commission as Co-Vice Commissioner for the Lighting Studio (a hands-on Light Lab for Students and Professionals).
Echo Sunyata Sibley is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with an MM in Voice Performance and an MFA in Acting. As an Actor, Singer, Writer and Educator she has presented or performed at various festivals and venues including the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Crisis Art Festival, Lilith Culturale Festival, Festival Internazionale di Valle Christi, SETC, Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point and the Jazz & Wine Festival in Cavi Borgo, Italy. She is a founding member of the international, feminist, clown-noir Troupe, Women From Mars, whose show “Silent Reflections” toured Italy and the US. She taught Acting Techniques for Musical Theatre, Voice & Speech and Acting at Centro Formazione Artistica di Luca Bizzarri in Genova, Italy. As well, she was a Recording Artist, Voice & Acting Coach and the Translator for Orange Home Records in Leivi, Italy for over a decade. She is a member of the Voice & Speech Trainers Association and has been a member of the Golden Key Honor Society and the National Music Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, since 2001.