CCMOnStage MUSICALS Presents
Book by Enda Walsh
Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Originally Produced on Broadway by Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf, The Shubert Organization; Robert Cole, Executive Producer
In association with New York Theatre Workshop
Once was originally produced Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop in December 2011; Jim Nicola, Artistic Director; William Russo, Managing Director
Once was originally developed at the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April 2011; Diane Paulus, Artistic Director; Diane Borger, Producer
Based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Sara Murchison/Dale Smith & Cari Smulyan
Nov. 4-7; Nov. 12-14, 2021, Cohen Family Studio Theater
*CCM Student
Once will last approximately two hours and 10 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.
ONCE is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
By Richard Hess
Once.
Once upon a time.
Once upon a time I saw my first show. It was 1972 and I was 11. The show was Brigadoon, and I was in Kenmore, New York, and the ticket was a birthday present wrapped in a Willy Wonka Scrunch bar from my sister, Diane.
Once upon a time I heard my grandfather sing Paddy McGinty’s Goat at every family gathering when we gathered around the piano, played by Aunt Mary, ending with When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.
Once upon a time I spent a Christmas in Belfast, Northern Ireland — my first Christmas away from my family — with my Irish brother Noel Kiernan and his family. I was a junior in college, and I felt my Irish roots searching for nourishment.
I started teaching high school English and Drama in the 1983-84 school year after graduating from SUNY Fredonia in 1983 with a double major in Theatre Arts and English. After seven years of high school teaching, I became a student again, when I entered the MFA in Directing program in the 1990-91 school year at CCM. I was in heaven. My wife Lauren and I spent three poor, wonderful years in an apartment on Glendora Avenue while Wilson Auditorium became my artistic playground. After graduating in 1993, I was hired to be on the Drama faculty at CCM. With a foot in two departments — Drama and Musical Theater — I became a Professor of Acting, Movement, and Directing to start the 1993-94 school year. I directed plays and musicals with rabid intensity, saying YES to every project in every location. The following year, 1994-95 I was asked to be the Chair of the Drama Department (now called the Acting Department) and I said YES — a position I held for 25 years.
Flash forward to today, and I am still at CCM directing plays and musicals and teaching acting and movement, enjoying a celebration year as I prepare to retire in August of 2022 at the end of this school year. What a journey! I am so grateful to every student with whom I spent time in class or in rehearsal, who allowed me to learn to be a better teacher with each passing year, who attended classes and rehearsals with passion and open hearts and intense creative curiosity.
This is the 33rd musical I have directed at CCM in the past 29 years. I’m often asked, ‘which is your favorite?’ The answer: The one I am currently working on. Directing is such a deep dive that you must fall head over heels in love with the project at hand. Every time. Now Once is my favorite musical. I just love it. It celebrates music and culture, and the coming together of unlikely people and cultures in an unlikely time. It celebrates love. The book is simple and gorgeous. When words fail, the music soars, and dreams ride on the wings of notes with Irish abandonment.
This cast, and this artistic team, has embraced the impossible with this production. So many of the actors on this stage learned to play their instruments for this production, and I am in awe. Guitar, drums, piano, the bodhran, an accordion? They said yes because they love to make music. Many have not been in a show for two years, and for many this is their first on stage production at CCM. They are a fearless group, the perfect group to lead you to Dublin, to introduce you to a broken-hearted Guy who meets an open-hearted Girl. During a pandemic. Once.
This has been a perfect show to be the last musical I direct at CCM. Welcome to the journey.
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
And until we meet again,
May the gods hold you in the palms of their hands.
Slainté.
Special thanks to Lauren Steiger Hess; Nana, Papa, Kitty, Mary and all the singing Baldwins; Barb, Diane, Sue, Peter, Dan and our mother and father, Janet and Edward Hess; Daniel Wisler and Guinness, Sarah Summerwell and Libor Tuček, Jacob Oderberg, Christine Probst and Lenka Norrisova, Carly Stotts and Down Syndrome Louisville, Michele and her brother David G. Kay - accordion, Hayden Floro - drum kit, Riley Rowan - mandolin, Alena Milos - guitar stands.
Ten years ago in Dublin, Ireland.
Jackson Reagin (he/him)
Junior Musical Theatre student from Seattle, Washington
At CCM: Guy in Once, Jay/Cajun in 35mm Elsewhere: Tony in West Side Story with the Rising Star Project at the 5th Avenue Theatre (Seattle, Washington), Roger In Rent, Cinderella's Prince/Wolf/Lucinda in Into the Woods at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Bro in Secret Life of Bros with Cincinnati LAB Theatre.
Gracie Parker
Junior Musical Theatre student from Las Vegas, Nevada
At CCM: The Girl in Once. Elsewhere: Fiona in Brigadoon and Ensemble in Legally Blonde at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Indiana), Morticia in The Addams Family and Cinderella in Into the Woods (Las Vegas, Nevada).
Garrett Van Allen
Senior Musical Theatre student from Lexington, Kentucky
At CCM: Adult Man in Spring Awakening, Shakespeare in Something Rotten!, Billy in Once, Ensemble in Pippin, Robin in The Secret Garden, assistant director of Urinetown and Sunday in the Park with George.
Jake Waford
Senior Musical Theatre student from Shelbyville, Kentucky
At CCM: Brad in The Rocky Horror Show, Baker in Into the Woods, Tiny Tom in Urinetown, Ensemble in Yeast Nation. Elsewhere: Georg in She Loves Me at Santa Rosa Summer Rep Theatre.
Jack D’Angelo
Senior Musical Theatre student from Warsaw, New York
At CCM: Hal Hefner in Rocket Science, Jules in Sunday in the Park with George and Da in Once.
Kai Horvit (they/he)
Senior Musical Theatre student from Palm City, Florida
At CCM: The Wolf in Into the Woods, Ensemble in 42nd Street, Choir Member in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ensemble in Guys and Dolls. Elsewhere: Luis in West Side Story, Newsie in Newsies, Ensemble Cover in Mary Poppins at Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre (Logan, Utah).
Peter Neureuther
Junior Musical Theatre student from Harrison, New York
At CCM: Swing in Sunday In The Park In The Park With George, Andrej in Once Elsewhere: Jack Kelly in Newsies at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre (Cincinnati)
Benjamin Cheng
Junior Musical Theatre student from Memphis, Tennesse
Elsewhere: Vocal percussionist and tenor in a cappella group OneVoice at 2018 Emmys Governors Ball, Billy in Billy Elliot, Elmer in Newsies, Pied Piper in Shrek, Eddie in Mamma Mia.
Jeffrey Cornelius (he/him)
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi
Elsewhere: Daniel in Once on this Island, Kristoff in Frozen, and Aladdin in Aladdin.
Zoey Johnson
Senior Musical Theatre student from Overland Park, Kansas
At CCM: Reza in Once, Player 1 in 35MM and Mary/Colin standby in The Secret Garden. Elsewhere: Sister Act at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera & Kansas City Starlight, Kinky Boots, Godspell, A Musical Christmas Carol at Pittsburgh CLO and Cabaret at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut).
Rose Messenger
Senior Musical Theatre student from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
At CCM: The Nurse in Sunday In The Park With George, Mama Murphy in Bright Star, Baruska in Once, Swing in The Rocky Horror Show, Jack’s Mother in Into The Woods, Coach Lumbly in Rocket Science Elsewhere: Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), Missy in Murder Mondays at the Notable Acts Theatre Festival (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada)
Grace Marie Rusnica
Junior Musical Theatre student from Irwin, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Once Ex-Girlfriend, The Girl u/s in Once, Ensemble in Something Rotten, Female Swing in Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Katherine in Newsies at Cincinnati Landmark Productions, Ariel in The Little Mermaid and Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at The Palace Theater (Greensburg, Pennsylvania). Television: American Idol (Golden Ticket Winner, Season 18).
Annalise Prentiss
Annalise Prentiss
Junior Musical Theatre student with a minor in Spanish from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Ivanka in Once, Swing for Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Fulton Theatre, PRiMA Theatre (Lancaster, Pennsylvania).
Nicholas Pattarini
Junior Musical Theatre student from Alexandria, Virginia
At CCM: Younger Brother and Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty, Soldier #1 in Sunday in the Park with George, Standby for The Guy in Once. Elsewhere: Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd at Broadway Method Academy (Fairfield, Connecticut) Ensemble in Rent at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Delaney Benson
Senior Musical Theatre student from Gainesville, Georgia
At CCM: Dance Captain/ Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Celeste #1 in Sunday In The Park With George, Can-Can Dancer in Orpheus, Scarlett in Girls Like That, Swing in 42nd Street.
Elsewhere: Louise in Gypsy with Gulf Coast Symphony (Fort Myers, Florida), Kathy Selden in Singin’ In The Rain with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Gabrielle in Cinderella with the Red Mountain Theatre Company (Birmingham, Alabama), Lucy Van Pelt in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Phoebe D’ysquith in A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder with Starlight Theatre (Rockford, Illinois), Director of The Wolves with the Mosaic Theatre Ensemble.
Franco Valerga
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elsewhere: Sky in Mamma Mia! and Galileo in We Will Rock You.
Featuring the O’Flaherty Family Singers
Delaney Benson, Nick Pattarini, Grace Rusnica, Julia Schick, Spencer Stanley, and Franco Valerga
Music Direction by Jeffrey Cornelius and Jack D’Angelo
The Second Half
Sam David Cohen
Senior Musical Theatre student from Windham, New Hampshire
At CCM: Caldwell B. Cladwell in Urinetown, Abner Dillon in 42nd Street, Mysterious Man in Into the Woods. Elsewhere: Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, William Barfee in Spelling Bee, Harold Hill in The Music Man.
Joy Lanceta Coronel (BFA Acting, 2008)
Alumni Guest Artist from Louisville, Kentucky
Joy Lanceta Coronel is a speech and dialect coach who has worked alongside Comedy Central, Center Theatre Group, Atlantic Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, American Players Theatre, Ma-Yi Theatre, Williamstown Festival, NAATCO and New Dramatists. She has served as Speech faculty at HB Studio, University of Connecticut, AADA, CCM and the University of Essex. You may find her published articles covering topics like racial identity, cultural sensitivity and inclusive coaching and teaching strategies. www.joylancetacoronel.com
Sami Tamulonis
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Westerville, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Designer for Once, and Lysistrata and Trojan Women, Charge Artist for Galileo Galilei, Charge Artist for Fellow Travelers, Scenic Designer for Agrippina Elsewhere: Scenic Artist for Cinderella, Margaritaville, Leading Ladies, and On the Golden Pond at Cumberland County Playhouse (Crossville, Tennessee).
Aiden Bezark
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Lighting Designer for Once and Into the Woods, Motion Graphics Designer for Wings and Hope after Hate, Assistant Lighting Designer for Pippin, Bright Star, La Clemenza di Tito. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Little Shop of Horrors at Carnegie, Assistant Lighting Designer for Swan Lake and The Nutcracker at the Cincinnati Ballet.
Megan Vaughn
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor for The Secret Garden, Assistant Costume Designer for Bright Star, Wardrobe Head/Dresser for Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Head for The Bartered Bride, Wardrobe Head/Dresser for The Rocky Horror Show, Assistant Costume Designer/Wardrobe Head for Lady Windermere’s Fan, Dresser for Our Country’s Good, Dresser/Stitcher for Guys and Dolls.
Ryan Hurt
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Lincoln, Nebraska
At CCM: A1 of The Rocky Horror Show, Production Sound Engineer of Bright Star, Sound Designer of Clybourne Park, Assistant Sound Designer of Lady Windermere's Fan, Sound Designer of Association of Controlled Dreamers. Elsewhere: Sound Designer of The Niceties at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Sound Designer of Woyzeck at South Dakota State University, A1 of Seussical at South Dakota State University
Colin Gallaher
Third-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Wappingers Falls, New York
At CCM: Make-Up and Wig Designer for Once, Pippin. Elsewhere: Make-Up and Wig Apprentice (2021) at the Santa Fe Opera, Make-Up and Wig Designer for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, Connecticut) (KCACTF award winning), Make-Up and Wig Designer for Uncle Vanya at Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, Connecticut) and Evita at Western Connecticut State University (Danbury, Connecticut).
Kaylin Story
Senior Stage Management student from Buckeye Lake, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Once, Stage Manager for Student Choreographers' Showcase, Assistant Stage Manager for Ariadne Auf Naxos, Assistant Stage Manager for La Rondine, Assistant Stage Manager for The Bartered Bride, Production Assistant for The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Bold Moves Plus at Cincinnati Ballet, Assistant Stage Manager for Die Fledermaus at Opera Project Columbus, Assistant Stage Manager for As You Like It at Actors' Theatre of Columbus.
Simon Knox
Senior Theatre Design and Production student from Madison, Indiana
At CCM: Pippin, 42nd Street, The Secret Garden, Clybourne Park, She Loves Me, The Phoenix Project. Elsewhere: Ragtime, Windfall and Anna in the Tropics at Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor, New York), Pie-Creator for the Broadway tour of Waitress.
Griffin Whitaker
Senior Technical Production student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: Master Carpenter for Clybourne Park, Assistant Technical Director for Opera Gala, Technical Director for Wings, Technical Director for Once, Technical Director for Pippin.
Morgan Piper (she/her)
Senior Stage Management student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Something Rotten!, Giselle, and Dance Works. Assistant Stage Manager for Once, From Broadway With Love, and The Hughes Project. Elsewhere: Cinderella and The Nutcracker with the Cincinnati Ballet, The House of the Negro Insane at the Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia).
Emma King
Senior Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager of Wings, Assistant Production Manager of TDP Projects 2021, Production Assistant of Clybourne Park. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager of Little Shop of Horrors and Newsies with Performing Arts, Inc. (Cincinnati).
Sam Verba
Sophomore Stage Management student from Lebanon, Ohio
Elsewhere: A. Burr and Prop Manager in Hamilton: The Musical with Z Company Arts (Monroe, Ohio), Light Programmer in Electronic Music Group (EMG) under Will Kuhn (Lebanon, Ohio).
Leah Berry
Senior Stage Management student from Lexington, Kentucky
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager The Rocky Horror Show, Student Choreographers Showcase; Project Manager for Light in the Piazza, Little Shop of Horrors and,The Laramie Project; Assistant Production Manager for CCM 21-22 Season. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager Holiday Inn, Flashdance, Mamma Mia!, and Matilda with Surflight Theatre (Beach Haven, New Jersey); Assistant Stage Manager James and the Giant Peach with Lexington Children's Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky).
Emma King
Senior Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager of Wings, Assistant Production Manager of TDP Projects 2021, Production Assistant of Clybourne Park. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager of Little Shop of Horrors and Newsies with Performing Arts, Inc. (Cincinnati).
Kate Ingram
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Associate Lighting Designer for Giselle, Assistant Lighting Designer of Once. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer of Something Rotten!, staff electrician/board operator of A Chorus Line and Spongebob The Musical at Plays-in-the-Park (Edison, New Jersey).
Emily O’Donnell
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Wig and Makeup Crew for 42nd Street, Dresser for The Secret Garden.
Erin Donnelly
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Costume shop assistant at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), costume alternations for Royal Caribbean productions, including Mamma Mia! and Cats.
Arcadia Paff
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Running Crew in Legally Blonde with CYPT, Assistant Lighting Designer in Shrek with CAST, Light Board Operator in Spring Awakening with CAST, Lighting Designer in Puffs with CAST, Lighting Designer and Projections Operator in Big Fish with CAST.
Bri Kelly
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Gaithersburg, Maryland
Elsewhere: Assistant sound designer and A1 on Jekyll and Hyde an Immersive Musical Thriller, A1 on Always, Patsy Cline with Free Range Humans (Fredrick, Maryland), A2 on Cabaret with Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina), Sound Designer and Audio engineer on Pippin with The Free Theatre (Gaithersburg, Maryland), A1 on Romeo and Juliet with The Endangered Species Theatre Project (Fredrick, Maryland).
Kyle Strickland
Junior Lighting Design and Technology student from Plano, Texas
At CCM: Light Board Operator in Choreographers’ Showcase. Elsewhere: Deck Electrician in ALIEN/NATION with Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, Massachusetts).
Nate Miller
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Lighting Tech with I.A.T.S.E. Local 5 at the Cincinnati Opera.
Gabby Ullman
Junior Technical Production student from Scottsdale, Arizona
At CCM: Master Carpenter for Galileo Galilei and Assistant Technical Director for She Loves Me. Elsewhere: she’s worked on installations for Disney World, and built for news studios and Super Bowls.
McKenna Brennan
Senior Technical Production student from Los Alamitos, California
At CCM: Automation Op on Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Crew on 42nd Street, Master Carpenter on Little Shop of Horrors, Automation Op on Light in the Piazza.
Mia Adrian
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Shelby Allred
Sophomore Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Set crew in Puffs, Student Technical Director in Indecent with CAST Kentucky Theatre.
Annalee Crosser
Sophomore Stage Management student from Edmond, Oklahoma
At CCM: 2nd Assistant Stage Manager for L'Amant Anonyme, Production Assistant for The Marriage of Figaro Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for The Bridges of Madison County with Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia), Assistant Stage Manager for Once Upon a Mattress at Lyric Thelma Gaylord Academy (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
Peggie Dona
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Set/Props Running Crew for Our Town, Costume Running Crew and Set construction Crew for Xanadu.
Iz Dillon
Sophomore Technical Direction student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Frankenstein, Run Crew for Xanadu and Blue Stockings, Wigs and Makeup for Once, Spotlight Crew for She Loves Me.
Abby Fluck
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Wayne, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Board Operator for Xanadu, Assistant Master Electrician for Pippin and The Burials, Production Electrician for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Production Electrician 2 for Hughes Project 2.0 Elsewhere: Electrician Apprentice for Grease, Private Lives, Always Pasty Cline, God Of Carnage, An American in Paris, and Murder on the Orient Express at The Cape Playhouse (Dennis, Massachusetts).
Sophia Gamble
Sophomore Stage Management student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Production Assistant for Our Town and Sunday in the Park with George.
Hannah Kate Hawver
Sophomore Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia and Choreographer's Showcase; Production Assistant for Xanadu, Orpheus in the Underworld and Galileo Galilei; Deck Electrician for Something Rotten and Dance Works 2023
Ashton Karp
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Kingwood, Texas
At CCM: Our Town.
Bri Kelly
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Gaithersburg, Maryland
Elsewhere: Assistant sound designer and A1 on Jekyll and Hyde an Immersive Musical Thriller, A1 on Always, Patsy Cline with Free Range Humans (Fredrick, Maryland), A2 on Cabaret with Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina), Sound Designer and Audio engineer on Pippin with The Free Theatre (Gaithersburg, Maryland), A1 on Romeo and Juliet with The Endangered Species Theatre Project (Fredrick, Maryland).
Benji Lookatch
Sophomore Technical Production student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Something Rotten and Cinderella, Wardrobe Crew for Our Town, Scenic Crew for The Marriage of Figaro, L'Amant Anonyme and Galileo Galilei.
Emily Mallendick
Sophomore Stage Management student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Dialogues of the Carmelites and Spring Awakening. Production Assistant for Blue Stockings and The Burials. Deck Electrician for Cincinnati Dionysia and Frankenstein. Wig and Makeup Crew for The Marriage of Figaro, Scenic Crew for Xanadu and Pippin Elsewhere: Stage Manager for Rent with Stone Productions (Toledo, Ohio).
Nate Miller
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Lighting Tech with I.A.T.S.E. Local 5 at the Cincinnati Opera.
Liz Mitan
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Arcadia Paff
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Running Crew in Legally Blonde with CYPT, Assistant Lighting Designer in Shrek with CAST, Light Board Operator in Spring Awakening with CAST, Lighting Designer in Puffs with CAST, Lighting Designer and Projections Operator in Big Fish with CAST.
Meredith Randall
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Wardrobe Crew Head for Cinderella, Wardrobe Crew Head for Fellow Travelers.
Melanie Reitman
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
At CCM: Scenic Running Crew for Xanadu, Blue Stockings, and Pippin, Assistant Scenic Designer/Scenic Charge Artist for A Dream Play. Elsewhere: Props Crew for the Celebrate Cedar Point Spectacular Parade and Night Show at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio).
Anika Shirvaikar
Sophomore Stage Management student from Millburn, New Jersey
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for She Loves Me and Thirty Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Production Assistant for Julius Caesar and Pippin, Wardrobe Crew for Our Town, Scenic Crew for Once and Sunday in the Park With George. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Thirteen Jr., Seussical Kids, and Something Rotten Jr. with Pixie Dust Players (Rahway, New Jersey).
Brady Smith
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Amelia, Ohio
At CCM: Debut production in Our Town.
Declan Smith
Freshman Musical Theatre student from West Hartford, Connecticut
CCM: Lord Clapham/Master of Justice in Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Jamie in The Last Five Years,, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest at Conard High School (West Hartford, Connecticut).
Lucia Thill
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Our Town. Elsewhere: Wizard of Oz at Southwest Community Education (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Sam Verba
Sophomore Stage Management student from Lebanon, Ohio
Elsewhere: A. Burr and Prop Manager in Hamilton: The Musical with Z Company Arts (Monroe, Ohio), Light Programmer in Electronic Music Group (EMG) under Will Kuhn (Lebanon, Ohio).
Lauren Wooten
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from West Chester Township, Ohio
Ali Flanagan
Senior Theater Design and Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Cinderella, Frankenstein, Something Rotten!, Blue Stockings, Once, The Laramie Project, L’Amant Anonyme, The Good Trouble Project. Elsewhere: Treasure Island and Anything Goes at Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen, Michigan).
Anna Campisano
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Scenic Charge for Pippin, Xanadu, The Magic Flute and The Light in the Piazza. Scenic Painter for Blue Stocking, Once, The Laramie Project, The Secret Garden, Clybourne Park, 42nd Street, Lady Windemere's Fan and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Paint Shop Assistant from the 2021-22 season. Elsewhere: Scenic Paint Overhire for Cincinnati Playhouse (Spring 2022), Scenic Painter for Cinderella and The Tempest at Interlochen Center of the Arts (Summer 2021) and Scenic Paint Intern of Williamstown Theatre Festival (Summer 2019).
Suzanne Barnes
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati Ohio
At CCM: Co-scenic charge artist for L’Amant Anonyme, assistant scenic designer for Pippin, props manager for Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Assistant scenic charge artist and props artisan for Twelfth Night at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Maddy Byrnes
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Prop Master for Magic Flute, Assistant Prop Master for Xanadu, Prop Master for L'Amant Anonyme.
McKenna Brennan
Senior Technical Production student from Los Alamitos, California
At CCM: Automation Op on Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Crew on 42nd Street, Master Carpenter on Little Shop of Horrors, Automation Op on Light in the Piazza.
Aaron Graham
Senior Technical Production student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Little Shop of Horrors (2020), Master Carpenter for The Bartered Bride (2019). Elsewhere: Carpenter for Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (2018-19), Carpenter for Glimmerglass Opera Festival Summers (2019,2020,2021), Carpenter for Weston Playhouse (2018).
Thomas Iodice
Senior Technical Production student from Fairfax, Virginia
At CCM: Technical Director for Something Rotten!, Assistant Technical Director for The Marriage of Figaro.
Grace Mayo
Senior Technical Production student from Dublin, Ohio
At CCM: Technical Director for Cinderella, Assistant Technical Director for Galileo Galilei and Dance Works 2021-22, Head Carpenter for The Good Trouble Project. Elsewhere: Technical Director for The Addams Family and Smokey Joe's Café, Assistant Technical Director for Legally Blonde, Cinderella, The Comedy of Errors, and Brigadoon, Carpenter for Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Indiana).
Stephanie O’Rear
Senior in Technical Production student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: Technical Director for Xanadu, Galileo; Assistant Technical Director for The Good Trouble, The Magic Flute; Master Carpenter for 42nd Street, The Secret Garden. Elsewhere: Intern at Scenic Solutions.
Janay Sukkarieh
Senior Technical Production student from Irvine, California
At CCM: Master Carpenter for Opera Gala, Scenic Carpenter for CCM’s 2019-20 season. Elsewhere: 2021 Stage Crew at the Santa Fe Opera, Production Assistant at South Coast Repertory, Lighting Assistant for The Britney Runs a Marathon Movie Premiere.
Logan Vanderpool
Senior Technical Production student from Fairfield, Ohio.
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Xanadu, Master Carpenter for Say What You Want to Say, Scenic Crew for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Rocky Horror show, Secret Garden. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Cinderella at Trollwood Performing Arts School.
Anika Shirvaikar
Sophomore Stage Management student from Millburn, New Jersey
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for She Loves Me and Thirty Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Production Assistant for Julius Caesar and Pippin, Wardrobe Crew for Our Town, Scenic Crew for Once and Sunday in the Park With George. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Thirteen Jr., Seussical Kids, and Something Rotten Jr. with Pixie Dust Players (Rahway, New Jersey).
Alena Milos
Senior Sound Design student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: Sound Designer for Dialogues of the Carmelites, A1 for Pippin, Assistant Sound Designer for Blue Stockings, Co-Sound Designer for Boom 2022, PSE for Assistant Sound Designer for The Laramie Project, A2 for The Secret Garden, A2 for The Rocky Horror Show. Elsewhere: A2 for Little Shop of Horrors and Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise, Idaho), Mix Engineer for The 39 Steps at Great Lakes Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio), Mix Engineer for Bands in Residence at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio).
Dani Silver
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from East Brunswick, New Jersey
At CCM: A1 for Something Rotten, Production Sound Engineer for Giselle, Assistant Sound Designer for Pippin, A1 for Once, Production Sound Engineer for Our Town Elsewhere: A1 for A Chorus Line, The SpongeBob Musical, Something Rotten; A2 for America the Beautiful, Rock, Roll and Soul, and Showtune at Plays-in-the-Park (Edison, New Jersey).
Aaron Harris Woodstein (they/them)
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Sound Designer for Our Town, Unfortunate Mechanism (CCM Radio Play) and The Missing (Radio Play). Elsewhere: Sound Designer for It’s a Small World at Bristol Valley Theater (Naples, New York), Macbeth and Twelfth Night at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York, New York), Casa Valentina with Pride Films and Plays (Chicago, Illinois), The Peacebook Festival 2019 and The Light 2019 with Collaboraction (Chicago, Illinois), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Saint Sebastian Players (Chicago, Illinois).
Michael Donahue
Junior Sound Design student from Norwalk, Connecticut
At CCM: Production Sound Engineer for Dialogues des Carmelites, Production Sound Engineer for The Burials, Assistant Sound Designer for Orpheus in the Underworld. Elsewhere: A2 for Kinky Boots, Something Rotten and Mamma Mia with Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York).
Brian Haack
Third-year Sound Design and Technology student from Katy, Texas
At CCM: Load-in/out Crew for Brightstar, Prep and Sound Board Operator for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Boom Operator for E-Media short film project.
Mia Teboe
Junior Sound Design and Technology student from Lebanon, Ohio
At CCM: Production Sound Engineer for She Loves Me, A1 for 35MM: A Musical Exhibition, Assistant Sound Designer for Sunday in the Park With George, Submix/Soundscape Tracking Operator for Pippin, Mic Tech for Once, Associate Audio Engineer for Musical Theatre Senior Showcase 2021. Elsewhere: A1 for The 70s on Demand! at Kings Island.
Alex Brock
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Greenfield, Indiana
At CCM: Production Sound Engineer for 42nd Street, Assistant Designer for The Bartered Bride. Elsewhere: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theater, Bay Street Theater, Syracuse Stage, Chautauqua Theater Company and New York Stage and Film.
Ryan Hurt
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Lincoln, Nebraska
At CCM: A1 of The Rocky Horror Show, Production Sound Engineer of Bright Star, Sound Designer of Clybourne Park, Assistant Sound Designer of Lady Windermere's Fan, Sound Designer of Association of Controlled Dreamers. Elsewhere: Sound Designer of The Niceties at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Sound Designer of Woyzeck at South Dakota State University, A1 of Seussical at South Dakota State University
Patrick Kiernan
Second-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Kingston, New York
Elsewhere: Off-Broadway productions of A Salute to the Brave (world premiere) and She Stoops to Conquer (The Actors Company Theater); Simon Dawes Becomes a Planet (Time Shared Productions); Richard III, As You Like It, Around the World in 80 Days (world premiere), Julius Caesar (co-design, Matt Webb), Stuart Little, The Shakespeare, Stealer (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Henry VI Part One, Breach (Baldwin Wallace University); The Hunting of the Snark (The Players NYC/University of Michigan).
Aaron Harris Woodstein (they/them)
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Sound Designer for Our Town, Unfortunate Mechanism (CCM Radio Play) and The Missing (Radio Play). Elsewhere: Sound Designer for It’s a Small World at Bristol Valley Theater (Naples, New York), Macbeth and Twelfth Night at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York, New York), Casa Valentina with Pride Films and Plays (Chicago, Illinois), The Peacebook Festival 2019 and The Light 2019 with Collaboraction (Chicago, Illinois), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Saint Sebastian Players (Chicago, Illinois).
Hannah Kate Hawver
Sophomore Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia and Choreographer's Showcase; Production Assistant for Xanadu, Orpheus in the Underworld and Galileo Galilei; Deck Electrician for Something Rotten and Dance Works 2023
Iz Dillon
Sophomore Technical Direction student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Frankenstein, Run Crew for Xanadu and Blue Stockings, Wigs and Makeup for Once, Spotlight Crew for She Loves Me.
Suzanne Barnes
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati Ohio
At CCM: Co-scenic charge artist for L’Amant Anonyme, assistant scenic designer for Pippin, props manager for Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Assistant scenic charge artist and props artisan for Twelfth Night at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Paige Baumann
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Lighting designer for The Magic Flute, associate lighting designer for Student Choreographers' Showcase and assistant lighting designer for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Elsewhere: Assistant lighting designer for Pippin, Bonnie & Clyde, Mamma Mia!, Sylvia and The 39 Steps with Summer Repertory Theatre Festival (Santa Rosa, California).
Benjamin Beardon
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Santa Clarita, California
At CCM: Scenic Designer for Light in the Piazza; Assistant Scenic Designer for Clybourne Park, 42nd Street, Yeast Nation, Our Country’s Good, Godspell. Elsewhere: Props Intern and Scenic Artist for Ariadne Auf Naxos, Romeo and Juliet, Porgy and Bess, Marriage of Figaro, Blind Injustice at Cincinnati Opera (Cincinnati, OH); Costume Intern and Dresser for A Christmas Carol, The Snow Geese, Burt & Me at Meadow Brook Theatre (Rochester, Michigan).
Maddy Byrnes
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Prop Master for Magic Flute, Assistant Prop Master for Xanadu, Prop Master for L'Amant Anonyme.
Noam Denenberg
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Washington D.C.
At CCM: The Laramie Project, props mastered Xanadu, and scenic assisted Bartered Bride, La Clemenza Di Tito, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Our Country’s Good, and The Turn of The Screw. Elsewhere: Moana Jr., Descendants, Frozen Jr., Mulan Jr., and Aladdin Jr. with Rock Ridge Performing Arts and freelancing as an interior designer.
Madisen Frazier
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Gainsville, Florida
At CCM: Props Master for Punk Rock, The Marriage of Figaro, Galileo. Elsewhere: Props Designer for Hello Dolly and Crazy for You at the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina), Props Artisan for Perchance to Dream, Music in the Air, The Devil’s Rider, Pirates of Penzance, Into the Woods, South Pacific, and Girl Crazy at the Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, OH).
Brian Haack
Third-year Sound Design and Technology student from Katy, Texas
At CCM: Load-in/out Crew for Brightstar, Prep and Sound Board Operator for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Boom Operator for E-Media short film project.
Sean Haffey
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mentor, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Designer for The Laramie Project, Prop Master for Little Shop of Horrors, Hope After Hate. Elsewhere: Set Advisor for The Secret Life of Bros at Cincinnati Lab Theatre.
Rachel Ledington
Junior Stage Management student from Round Rock, Texas
At CCM: Magic Flute. Elsewhere: Little Mermaid at Zilker Hillside theatre, Kids Act Out productions at Liberty Exhibition Hall.
Sarah Patisaul
Junior Stage Management student from Cary, North Carolina
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Frankenstein, Assistant Stage Manager for The Burials, ASM for Julius Caesar, Production Assistant for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Spotlight Operator for Pippin. Elsewhere: PSM for the Spring Recital with Pirouette Dance Company (Cary, North Carolina) ASM for Little Women at the Virginia Theatre Festival (Charlottesville, Virginia) ASM on Fidelio with Queen City Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Katie Reus
Junior Stage Management student from St. Louis, Missouri
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for A Dream Play, Assistant Stage Manager for Giselle, Blue Stockings, Dance Works (Fall 2021), Student Choreographer's Showcase 2021, Production Assistant for From Broadway with Love.
Sage Shepard
Junior Stage Management student from Cornwall Bridge
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for The Wild Party and Dance Works, Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia, Sunday in the Park with George, and Le Nozze de Figaro, Production Assistant for Ariadne Auf Naxos Elsewhere: Stage Management Intern for Chicago, Camelot and Mary Poppins at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri)
Samuel Wilson
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Master Electrician and Programmer for Wings, Master Electrician and Programmer for Magic Flute, Assistant Master Electrician and Programmer for The Good Trouble Project, Spot Op. for 42nd Street. Elsewhere: Programmer for Shrek at Performing Arts Inc, Lighting Design Intern for Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre, Live Entertainment Tech for Kings Island.
Jie Min
Second-year MFA Stage Management student from Harbin, China
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Dance Works 2022, Assistant Stage Manager for L'Amant Anonyme, Assistant Stage Manager for Dance Works 2021 Elsewhere: ASM for Ushuaia Blue, ASM for Babel at Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia), Co-director and Media Designer for Am I Still Alive, Film Producer for A Painting at Beijing Dance Academy (Beijing, China), Executive Director and Dance Choreographer of Gala Celebrate the Spring Festival at China Central Television (Beijing, China).
We will continue to announce our 2021-22 schedule of public performances in two-month intervals — audiences will learn more about our programming for November and December events in October! Performance information and updates will be shared on the CCM website and in our Next OnStage e-newsletter.
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April 22, 2025
UC College-Conservatory of Music student Erin Morton, a junior pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre, performs a cover of Radiohead's "Creep" and goes viral.
Event: April 24, 2025 8:00 PM
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) invites audiences to experience a bold and joyful revival of "HAIR," the groundbreaking rock musical that defined a generation. Directed by Vincent DeGeorge with musical direction by Steve Goers, CCM's production of "HAIR" brings the revolutionary spirit of the 1960s to life for a new generation.
April 17, 2025
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) celebrates alumnus Michael Canu (BFA Musical Theatre, '20), who stars as Romeo in the national tour of "& Juliet." Canu was recently featured on Local 12 News, where he shared his experience with the groundbreaking production and what it means to perform in his hometown.
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Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 12:30-6 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for all ticketed performances. MasterCard, Visa and Discover cards are accepted.
Convenient parking is available in the CCM Garage at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue. Additional parking is available in garages throughout the UC campus. Any questions concerning on-campus parking should be directed to UC Parking Services at 513-556-2283.
If you find that you cannot attend your performance, your tickets may be donated for tax credit as a charitable contribution. Simply notify the Box Office prior to the performance to release your seats, and give your name and address. A tax donation receipt will be mailed to you.
The health and safety of our community remains our top priority. Based on current conditions, performance venues will be reduced to 50% capacity and all individuals, including audience members and performers, are required to wear facial coverings indoors, following guidelines from the CDC and UC's physician-led COVID response team. Additional measures may be in place as conditions develop based on guidance from the CDC and UC's physician-led COVID response team. Visit the UC Public Health website and CCM's COVID-19 website for additional information and updates.
If you have lost an item, contact lost and found at 513-556-9413.
The House Manager has been instructed to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times that are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times. Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted.
The video or audio recording of performances is prohibited.
The use of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is prohibited. Please leave them with the House Manager.
Smoking and refreshments are not permitted in the theater. Effective May 1, 2017, smoking and tobacco use (including chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes) shall be prohibited by students, staff, faculty, visitors, vendors and contractors at all times in or on University of Cincinnati properties, including events on university property during non-school hours. This includes all shelters, indoor and outdoor theaters and athletic facilities, bridges, walkways, sidewalks, residence halls, parking lots, and street parking and garages owned by the university.
Telex listening devices are available for checkout during performances in both Patricia Corbett Theater and Corbett Auditorium. Please inquire at the Box Office.
Wheelchair seating is available in both Corbett Auditorium and Patricia Corbett Theater. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made with the Box Office when ordering tickets. These seats are subject to availability.
The Box Office can accommodate groups for major productions and concerts. Preview and benefit performances are also available for some productions. For more information, call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.
CCM's faculty and staff and its state-of-the-art facilities make possible the professional training and exceptional education on which CCM believes the future of the arts relies. The school's roster of eminent faculty regularly receives distinguished honors for creative and scholarly work, and its alumni have achieved notable success in the performing and media arts. More than 150 internationally recognized faculty members work with students from around the world, specializing in eight areas of study.
Performance dates and repertoire are subject to change. View CCM's current calendar of events.
The purpose of these performances is educational, and they are part of a University of Cincinnati academic program.
