Scott Rogers: (Head Instructor) has coached principal actors, for over 3000 hours on the sets of national television shows. He has produced, cast and/or directed more than 100 professional productions and written, directed, and produced dozens of TV commercials.  He was the full-time, on-set Acting Coach for more than 20 episodes of the Fox-TV series North Shore and was also the Acting Coach for more than 20 episodes of the TV show Baywatch: Hawaii (where he was kept very busy).  Scott was formerly under exclusive contract as an acting coach with 20th Century Fox Studios.

During the last 15 years, Scott has been hired by actors, studios, and production companies to Coach/Produce/Direct hundreds of working actors including: Donna Mills (Knotts Landing), Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law), Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue), Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Pat Morita (Karate Kid), Brooke Burns (Dog Eat Dog), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Charles Grodin, Catherine Oxenberg, Susan Blakesley, Richard Kline, Vincent Gardenia, Charles Grodin, Florence Henderson, Robert Reed, John Astin, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Ted Lange (Love Boat), Denver Pyle (Dukes of Hazard), Timothy Bottoms, Tony Bennett & many others.

Scott is a member of Actors Equity Association, AFTRA and sits on the Board of Directors for the Hawaii branch of the Screen Actors Guild and is a former board member of Theatre L.A. He's taught acting to hundreds of actors, in classes all over the world. He has auditioned more than 15,000 actors for various productions. After more than 20 years of coaching/teaching, his students and former students appear on TV, Film, & on Broadway, daily.

James McCarthy: (Media Coach, Acting Teacher), James earned a Masters in Education from Harvard University, with a special emphasis in training individuals for performance. James' innovative approach to media training and public speaking has earned praise from college presidients, internationally recognized scientists and civic leaders. He has significant teaching experience at every level of the educational system, and was a co-founder of Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia. James has extensive television, stage, writing, directng and composing credits. He's currently featured opposite Kiefer Sutherland, in the film "To End All Wars". James has taught drama to children throughout Oahu under the artist-in residence program for the D.O.E. He has also taught acting to adults and teens for many years. James can currently be seen starring with Keifer Sutherland in the feature film To End All Wars.

Margaret South: (Screenwriting), co-Founder with Bette Midler and Bonnie Bruckheimer of All Girl Productions, is an experienced feature film producer who has developed scripts for Disney, Fox and Tri-Star Studios as well as numerous independent companies. Her passion and focus in the process of film making has always been writing and writers. She produced the feature films Beaches, For The Boys and Man of the House. In Television, Margaret was Executive Consultant for the HBO series Maximum Security (Ron Howard, Executive Director), helping to originally develop the show and then shepherding the scripts through production. She has also served as a Consultant for ABC Daytime Television.

As a screenwriter, Margaret, with Bette Midler, co-wrote A View From a Broad. She also wrote Chicken Parisienne, which garnered her finalist recognition in the Chanticleer Films Competition. During her years in Hollywood, Margaret has developed material with writers and directors, Garry Marshall, Alfred Uhry, Neal Jimenez, Becky Johnston, Jack Rosenthal, Marshall Brickman, Mark Stein, Joyce Eliason, Mark Rydell, Mary Agnes Donahue, Paul Rudnick, Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield, and others.

She was a panelist for the screenwriting seminar at the Hawaii International Film Festival. You can learn more by visiting Margaret's website

Jeanne Rogers: (Children’s acting teacher) — A New York actress Jeanne, has trained at the world renowned Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York, where she studied under legendary acting teacher, Sanford Meisner.

A professional actress for 30 years, Jeanne performed in leading roles opposite many well-known actors such as Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Ted Lange, Michael Learned, Margaret Hamilton and many others.

Jeanne has had extensive experience in teaching children’s drama classes, on a regular basis, at the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Temple Emanu-El, Marianas Bahai School in Guam and the non-profit Free Arts Clinic in Los Angeles. Jeanne currently teaches drama at the Waldorf High School, in Kahala.

Andy Bumatai: (Stand-Up Comedy Specialist)

Comedy Albums: Stand up Comic 1984-1994, 1995 (CD) (Voted best comedy album for 1995), Hello, My Name is Captain Cook - 1982, All in the Ohana (audio track) - 1981 (Voted best comedy album for 1981), Live in Waikiki - 1980 (Voted best comedy album for 1980), Hawai`i's First Stand Up Comic - 1979

TV: BumaVision - 2003 Starring "Multiple roles" (Hawai`i only), BayWatch - 2001 Supporting "Jimmy Confair", Pacific Blue - 1999 "Blue Hawaii" Supporting "Sgt. Aikau", "New" Hawaii Five-O - 1997 (Pilot) Series Regular "Danno", Marker - 1995 Series Regular "Pipeline" (13 episodes), Byrds of Paradise - 1994 Supporting "Tony Argabrita", Raven - 1992-93 Reoccurring "B.K.", (appeared in 20 episodes), Miss America Behind the Crown - 1992 (TV movie) Supporting "Nuu's Brother" , RipTide - 1986 "The Frankie Kahana Show" Guest Star "Frankie Kahana", Hawaiian Heat -1984 Supporting, All in the Ohana - 1980 Starring "5 roles" (Hawai`i only), School Daze - 1979 Starring "Andy Bumatai" (Hawai`i only),

Film: The Procrastinators - 2002 (Short film) Starring "Dude", A Man Called Sarge - 1990 Supporting role "Bearpaw", Aloha Summer - 1988 Supporting role "Kimo Kepoo", Whoopee Boys - 1986 Supporting role "Roy Raja"

Video: School Daze 20th Anniversary - 2000 (updated with new footage)

All in the Ohana - 1999 (reissue)