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The Class of 2012

Michelle Berkowitz

Michelle BERKOWITZ
Michelle is from Boca Raton, Florida. She appeared as a soloist for the Florida Theatrical Association Broadway Across America series, as Mama in Cotton Patch Gospel on the Showboat Majestic and Belle in A Christmas Carol at the Little Palm Theatre. At CCM, she was seen in A Little Night Music as Charlotte Malcolm, Evita as The Mistress, Out of This World as Venus, The Human Comedy and Anything Goes. She won a Cincinnati Enquirer Acclaim Award for her performance in A Little Night Music. She performed in Colin Powell’s “Reach for the Stars” Benefit at Florida Atlantic University.

Chris Blem

Chris BLEM
Chris is from Tampa, Florida. He has appeared in “Elmo and the Bookaneers” for Sesame Street Live. At the Little Theatre on the Square he appeared in Cats (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Hair (Margret Mead) and Annie (Drake). At CCM, he has been seen in Hair (Margret Mead), Oklahoma! (Jud), Evita (Peron), The Human Comedy, Rent, Into the Woods (Baker) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Mr. Twimble). He has performed in concerts with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Boston Pops and at Walt Disney World Encore Concert Series. He can be seen in the short films Rehearsing a Dream and Robbie's Story. Chris is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Pierce Cassedy

Pierce CASSEDY
Pierce is from Tallahassee, Florida. At the Little Theatre on the Square, he was seen in Oklahoma! (Will Parker), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Isacaar), Footloose (Lyle), Cats and The Producers. At CCM, he performed in Evita (Che Guevara), The Human Comedy, Rent, Out of this World and Hair. He can be heard on the recording of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: the Musical as Brom Bones. Pierce is an Equity Membership Candidate.

Max Chernin

Max CHERNIN
Max is from Shaker Heights, Ohio. He was seen at the Beck Center for the Performing Arts as Timms in The History Boys, at the Carnegie Center as the King in Big River, on the Showboat Majestic as Matthew in Cotton Patch Gospel and at Mercury Summer Stock in Honk!, Blood Brothers and Blues Clues Live! At CCM, he appeared in Rent (Collins), Falsettos (Mendel), The Human Comedy (Toby), Urinetown (Mr. McQueen), Evita and Make Me a Song. He performed in the workshop productions of Cheer Wars! by Gordon Leary and Karlan Judd and Whisper Love by Andre Catrini.

Victoria Cook

Victoria COOK
Victoria is from Atlanta, Georgia. She appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Urinetown (Penelope), at the Alliance Theatre in Bat Boy (Maggie), at Roswell Playhouse in Ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit) and Laconia Outdoor Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania). At CCM, she appeared in Make Me a Song, Out of this World (Juno), Anything Goes, Evita, Into the Woods (The Witch) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. She has appeared in concerts with the Cincinnati Pops, Voices for Darfur Atlanta, Raise Your Voice and her original cabaret, Vicki and The Boys. She has appeared in the premieres of Other Women and The Case by Andre Catrini.

Alysha Deslorieux

Alysha DESLORIEUX
Alysha is from Plano, Texas. She appeared at Marriott Lincolnshire in Once on This Island (u/s Ti Moune/Andrea) and at Theatre Three in Caroline, Or Change (Radio). At the St. Louis Muny, she performed in Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal) and Bye-Bye, Birdie (Alice) and at Little Theatre on the Square in Footloose (Rusty). At CCM, she was seen in Rent (Joanne), Hair (Dionne), The Human Comedy (Beautiful Music), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Make Me a Song and Spring Awakening (Ilse). She was a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Gershwin: From New York to Paris. Alysha is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Eric Huffman

Eric HUFFMAN
Eric is from Lenexa, Kansas. He performed at North Shore Music Theatre in My Fair Lady, at West Virginia Public Theatre in Fiddler on the Roof and High School Musical, and at Surflight Theatre in On Your Toes (Dmitri), The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster), 42nd Street, High School Musical (Alan) and Cabaret. At Musical Theatre Heritage he was seen as the Tango Dancer in Evita and served as Dance Captain for the show. At CCM, he has performed in Oklahoma! (Will Parker), Out of this World (Mercury), Hello Again (Young Thing), The Human Comedy (Felix), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Anything Goes and Evita. Eric is an Equity Membership Candidate.

Katie Johannigman

Katie JOHANNIGMAN
Katie is from Cincinnati, Ohio. She performed in the national tour of Oliver, Marriott Lincolnshire's The Light in the Piazza and Playhouse in the Park’s A Christmas Carol. At West Virginia Public she appeared in Cats and Chicago. At CCM, she was seen in Into the Woods (Cinderella), A Little Night Music (Petra), Oklahoma!, Under Construction 2, Anything Goes (Chastity), Hair (Chrissy), The Human Comedy, Two Gentlemen of Verona and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. She has performed in concerts with the Cincinnati Pops and the Cincinnati Symphony. Her choreography for Out of This World received a Cincinnati Enquirer Acclaim Award. Katie is an Equity Membership Candidate.

Julia Johanos

Julia JOHANOS
Julia is from Louisville, Colorado. She performed at the Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater in Chess (Florence), Beauty and the Beast and Guys and Dolls. At CCM, she has been seen in Oklahoma! (Laurey), Out of this World (Helen), Falsettos (Dr. Charlotte), Rent, Hair, Evita, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Good News (Meg) and The Human Comedy. She can be heard on the recordings To Be or Not To Be a Pirate?, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and City Dreams. She performed in the workshop productions of North and South and A Soldier’s Christmas. Julia is an Equity Membership Candidate.

Nick Laughlin

Nick LAUGHLIN
Nick is from Fairfield, Ohio. At Wagon Wheel Theater, he performed in Big River (Huck), State Fair (Harry), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip), The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack), Lend Me a Tenor (Bellhop), Godspell, All Shook Up (Dennis) and Cats (Mungojerrie). At CCM, he appeared in Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim), A Little Night Music (Henrik) and Hair. He was seen at Kings Island in “Down on the Country Road.”

Graydon Long

Graydon LONG
Graydon is from Perrysburg, Ohio. At the St. Louis Muny, he performed in Kiss Me, Kate, Singing in the Rain and Bye-Bye, Birdie. At CCM, he appeared in Falsettos (Marvin), Rent (Benny), Out of this World (Jupiter), Coram Boy (Sir William), Evita, Hair, The Human Comedy and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He was seen in Giselle as Hilarion and can be heard on the recording of Whisper, Love by Andre Catrini. He has performed in A Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein with the Toledo Symphony. Graydon is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

John Riddle

John RIDDLE
John is from Vermilion, Ohio. At the St. Louis Muny he was seen in The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric), Legally Blonde (Aaron) and Titanic (Wallace Hartley). At Pittsburg CLO, he performed in Jesus Christ Superstar. At CCM, he appeared in Oklahoma! (Curly), Evita (Magaldi), A Little Night Music (Carl Magnus), Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Prince) and Bat Boy (Rick/Lorraine). He was seen as a soloist with the Cincinnati Pops in An American in Paris. John is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Michelle Rombola

Michelle ROMBOLA
Michelle is from Buffalo, New York. At the St. Louis Muny she appeared in Legally Blonde (Kate/Chutney), The Little Mermaid (Audrina), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Mrs. Bixby/Ensemble), Beauty and the Beast, The Sound of Music and Damn Yankees. At CCM, she was seen in Oklahoma! (Ado Annie), Into the Woods (The Baker’s Wife), A Little Night Music (Mrs. Segstrom), Evita (Eva u/s) and Anything Goes (Virtue). Michelle is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Michael Schwitter

Michael SCHWITTER
Michael is from Oradell, New Jersey. He was seen as Gabe in the regional premiere of Next to Normal at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Love Changes Everything: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jesus Christ Superstar at Pittsburg CLO, and Make Someone Happy: The Music of Jule Styne at Commonwealth Theatre Company. At CCM, appeared in Hair, Urinetown, Evita and Anything Goes. He has performed in concerts at the Weill Recital Hall, Music and Art Institute in Tolentino, Italy and at Paper Mill Playhouse. Michael is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Patrick Sheldon

Patrick SHELTON
Patrick is from Seattle, Washington. He appeared at The Village Theatre in Aida and The Who’s Tommy. At CCM, he was seen in Rent (Seasons of Love Soloist), Oklahoma! (Ike Skidmore), Out of this World (Niki Skolianos), Hair, The Human Comedy and Evita. He can be heard on the recording of Whisper Love by Andre Catrini.

For further information about the Class of 2012 or the CCM Musical Theatre Program, please contact Patti Hall at 513-556-5803 or at hallpt@ucmail.uc.edu.

Saturday Night

"The best musical performances to be seen in Cincinnati are on the CCM stage."

Cincinnati Enquirer

 

 

 

 

 

 
The CCM Musical Theatre Showcase introducing the
Class of 2012

CHICAGO

March 12
Biograph Theatre
7:00 p.m.

CINCINNATI

March 30 & 31
Patricia Corbett
Theatre
8:00 p.m.

NEW YORK

April 10
Ailey Citigroup
Theatre
3:00 & 6:30 p.m.

For reservations or further information
about attending the Showcase, please
contact Patti Hall at 513.556.5803.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credits

Top: Natasha Ashworth, Josh T. Smith, Ryan Breslin, Max Chernin, Melvin Logan, Mia Gentile, Alysha Deslorieux and Graydon Long in Rent.

Bottom: Leigh Ann Larkin in Saturday Night