About the creative team
Julia Ogilvie - Writer, Director
Julia is actor, director and writer originally from Hawai'i. Acting work includes Timon of Athens (Off-Broadway at Theater For A New Audience & The Shakespeare Theater Co. in D.C), That Beautiful Laugh (Off-Broadway at La MaMa); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Shakespeare Theater Co. in D.C. and The Macau Arts Festival in China). She can be seen in the Disney+ show Doogie Kamealoha M.D. and on Magnum P.I. on CBS. She has performed sketch comedy at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC, music comedy at The Comedy Store in LA, and stand-up comedy at The Blue Note in Honolulu. She has taught acting for Yale University, Rutgers University, University of Hawai’i, The Juilliard Drama Outreach Program at Snow College, and has directed and taught for The American Conservatory Theatre’s Graduate Acting Program. Julia is a Presidential Scholar in The Arts award recipient, and trained at The Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York City, and holds a B.F.A. in drama from The Juilliard School.
Reuben Allen - Composer
Rueben’s compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Kenny Barron Quintet at the Village Vanguard, the Houston Symphony Orchestra with The Suffers, the Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble, and the Eastman Saxophone Project. Reuben’s string quartet arrangement of Aaron Copland’s Hoe Down was performed in Statuary Hall following the Inauguration of President Obama in 2013. As a composer for film, he created music to the documentary "Lives Visible" which explores the history of Chicago's lesbian community and contributed to the feature film "The Second Sun" as co-composer, arranger and orchestrator. Reuben has been honored to share the stage with Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Bernard Purdie, John Boutté, and Bob Brookmeyer, and has performed at the New Orleans, Torino, and Stanford Jazz Festivals as well as at venues including The Blue Note and Dizzy's Club in New York City. Reuben earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Jazz Performance and Composition/Arranging respectively, as well as the Artist Diploma in Jazz Studies from Juilliard.
Ann Hamilton Ogilvie - actoR
Ann has taught creative drama and acting to kindergarten through 12th graders for over 20 years. She has also performed in Hawaii's theatre community for over 40 years. Highlights include Anything Goes, Mame, Annie Get Your Gun & 42nd Street at Diamond Head Theatre, and Stepping Out & Dames at Sea at Manoa Valley Theatre. She can also be seen on the final season of the original Hawaii 5-0 with Jack Lord. Ann holds a masters degree in theatre from Arizona State University.
Anthony Nagatani - Editor
Anthony has worked as an editor for the past 15 years. Credits include Jay Leno’s Garage on CNBC, Peacock's Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives, HBO's The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2020, A&E’s Storage Wars, Oxygen's Preachers of L.A. & Preachers of Detroit, History Channel’s The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man, and MTV’s The Hills, The City & Laguna Beach.