Deborah's dream of performing came at age three, when she saw Mary Poppins. Her stage career didn't begin, however, until she was a junior in High School, where she was truly "in the right place at the right time" as a last-minute replacement in Annie Get Your Gun as one of Annie's sisters.

Before that time, Deborah was heard only in the band and orchestra, where she was first chair clarinet for the Pasadena High School Band her junior and senior years. Graduating as Saludatorian, Deborah left sunny Southern California for New England, where she attended Smith College and received her B.A. degree in Psychology with a minor in Music.

After college, she was a Nanny (completing that part of her Mary Poppins dream) while continuing her vocal and performance studies. Eventually, she returned to California, first to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she sang in regional opera companies, and finally, back full-circle to Southern California.

Having been active on the non-singing stage as well as many vocal pursuits, she has performed locally with Orange County Opera, Long Beach Playhouse, Downey Civic Light Opera, Newport Theatre Arts Center, Vanguard Theatre, and The Gourmet Detective murder mystery dinner theatre, as well a little bit of film and video work. Her last major stage appearance was as Sister Margaretta (the "nice" nun!) in Downey Civic Light Opera's "The Sound of Music."

Deborah's current endeavor is as founder and principle performer of Flashback Music Memories, where she specializes in singing songs from the 1920's through 1950's in period attire. Her programs range from the "Roaring 20's" to "Big Band" to "50's Hop." Her primary mission is to provide quality musical entertainment to residents in Senior Assisted Living Homes, bringing joy and memories back through music, song, and dance. You can find out more at www.flashbackmusicmemories.com.

For The Girls Next Door, she's arranged music, created brochures & marketing materials, collaborated on writing scripts, written & published our newsletters, taken care of correspondence & contracts, and created this website. She has been a busy little bee!