TAMMY PESSAGNO
Dance Faculty

Tammy began her theatrical career as a dancer at the age of 7 with the Salt Lake City Ballet Company. As a young teen she began teaching and choreographing for her hometown high school and college musicals. She moved to San Diego and attended U.S.I.U where she performed at Starlight amphitheater in such musicals as Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun and Pajama Game. After college Tammy joined the pre-Broadway tour of Little Johnny Jones starring Donny Osmond.

Other credits include the Broadway bound Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Nancy in High Button Shoes, American Backstage Musical at the Goodspeed Opera House. Tammy was last seen on stage in EFX playing opposite David Cassidy. Directing and Choreography credits include Industrial shows for Paul Michell Systems, IBM, AT&T, The Red Cross and Saber Computers.

Theatrical productions include: Damn Yankees, Guys & Dolls, 110 In The Shade, Cinderella, Annie Get You're Gun, Cabaret, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Nevada Conservetory) Beauty and the Beast, Honk, Jekyll & Hyde, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. Little Women (Las Vegas Academy)Ragtime for the International Thespian Society's 75th Anniversary Festival at the Las Vegas Academy for the Performing Arts. Tammy is married to actor Rick Pessagno, together they have two grown daughters, Katie and Hannah; their proudest productions of all.