About Us

Brandee began her professional stage career in regional theatre and national tours, then made her way to directing and choreographing for major civic light operas and Los Angeles area theaters, garnering great reviews and many awards. Other performing credits include television and film, most recently in 2022’s “Spirited,” the musical holiday film starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Farrell and Octavia Spencer.

Brandee holds a masters degree in Dance and a bachelors degree in Acting and Directing, both from CSULB, and has taught tap at Chapman University for 26 years, where she advises the on-campus tap dance ensemble (CUTE) and produces a tap and rhythm show each year. Last spring, Brandee was the artistic director of Chapman's first-ever tap festival, featuring Chloe Arnold's Syncopated Ladies and other world-renowned guest artists. Besides teaching at Chapman, she is currently on the musical theatre faculty at CSU Fullerton. In her 32 years in OC public arts education, she was a founder of the HBUHSD’s performing arts magnet school; began a high school theatre and dance program in SAUSD and wrote and implemented a dance curriculum for TUSD. Golden West College awarded her a Pillar of Achievement for her work in arts education in Huntington Beach, and she was recognized as a Teacher of the Year for this work.

A highlight of Brandee’s academic career was being named Dance Magazine’s 2015 Dance Teacher of the Year for Higher Education for her work at Chapman University