CCMOnStage MUSICALS Presents
Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
Based on the Universal Pictures film with a screenplay by Richard Danus & Marc Rubel
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Sara Murchison/Dale Smith & Cari Smulyan
Oct. 21-24; Oct. 28-31, 2021, Patricia Corbett Theater
*CCM Student
XANADU 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.
Special thanks to Ashton Francis and our Skate Coaches — Elizabeth Payne, Joshua Castillo and Ada Gee.
Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California, 1980.
Xanadu will last approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
Cassie Maurer
Senior Musical Theatre student from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
At CCM: Urinetown, Jane in The Secret Garden directed by Connor Gallagher, Peggy Sawyer U/S in 42nd Street, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Elsewhere: Jerusha Abbott in Daddy Long Legs (Cincinnati, Ohio), Rapunzel in Into The Woods (Fort Thomas, Kentucky), Brooke, Serena, Kate, Chutney U/S in Legally Blonde, White Christmas, Mary Poppins, Gypsy and Singin’ In The Rain with the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina).
Leo Carmody
Senior Musical Theatre student from Stevensville, Michigan
At CCM: Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods, Swing in The Rocky Horror Show, Ensemble in Guys and Dolls, Ensemble in Urinetown, Choir in Hunchback of Notre Dame. Elsewhere: Tony in West Side Story with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Link Larkin in Hairspray at Mendel Center Mainstage, Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher at Twin City Players.
Tyler Martin
Senior Musical Theatre student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: Daryl in Bright Star, Phantom/ Dr. Frank-N-Furter u/s in The Rocky Horror Show. Elsewhere: Cassidy Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio): Leaf Coneybear in The 25th…Spelling Bee, Hysterium in A Funny Thing...Forum, Josh/ Ensemble in 9 To 5: The Musical, Ensemble in Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical.
Chesney Mitchell
Senior Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi
At CCM: Little Sally in Urinetown, ensemble in 42nd Street, choir in Hunchback. Elsewhere: Little Red in Into the Woods, myself in Girls Like That.
Kassi McMillan
Junior Musical Theatre student from Plantation, Florida
At CCM: Melpomene in Xanadu, Honoria in Rocket Science, Ensemble in 42nd Street Elsewhere: Urleen in Footloose at Great Plains Theatre, Veronica Sawyer in Heathers at The Market Theatre, Alice Murphy in Bright Star with St. Joseph Regional Performing Arts TV: Co-Star in Henry Danger.
Eli Owens
Senior Musical Theatre student from Rochester, New York
At CCM: Guys and Dolls, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 42nd Street, Bright Star, Rocket Science (workshop) with Kevin McCollum, Jack in Into the Woods, Officer Barrel in Urinetown. Elsewhere: Matilda at the Beck Center for the Arts (Cleveland, Ohio).
Haley Root
Senior Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida
At CCM: Celeste #2 in Sunday In The Park With George, Euterpe in Xanadu. Elsewhere: Ella in Cinderella with Summer Repertory Theater (Santa Rosa, California).
Alloria Frayser (she/her)
Senior Musical Theatre student from Elizabethtown, Kentucky
At CCM: Ensemble in 42nd Street, Soupy Sue in Urinetown, Bess Rahner in D’illusion: The Harry Houdini Musical. Elsewhere: Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame with HCS Performing Arts Center (Elizabethtown, KY), Sophie in Mamma Mia with HCS Performing Arts Center (Elizabethtown, Kentucky).
Jamal Stone
Junior Musical Theatre student from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Elsewhere: Theo in D’Illusion, Ren McCormick in Footloose, Jack Kelly in Newsies.
Jenna Bienvenue
Senior Musical Theatre student from Manchester, New Hampshire
At CCM: Colin Craven in The Secret Garden, Ensemble in 42nd Street, Dance Captain in Xanadu, Ensemble in Pippin, Dancer in Nutcracker Swing.
Madison Mosley
Junior Musical Theatre student from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Elsewhere: Rusty in Footloose, Velma in Chicago, Ado Annie in Oklahoma!, Frieda in Carrie.
Sarah Jane Nelson
Senior Musical Theatre student from Milford, Michigan
At CCM: Lucinda in Into the Woods, Ensemble in Bright Star.
Michael E. Lee Jr.
Junior Musical Theatre student from Saint Louis, Missouri
Elsewhere: Audrey 2 in Little Shop of Horrors at Carnegie Theater, Footloose at the Muny, Jesus in Godspell, Martin Vanderhof in You Can’t Take It With You, Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher.
Alli Bossart
Senior Musical Theatre student from Huntington Beach, California
At CCM: Player/Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain in Pippin, Kira/Clio Standby in Xanadu, Lorraine in 42nd Street, Dancer in Nutcracker Swing. Elsewhere: Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act, Ensemble in Cinderella with Summer Repertory Theatre (Santa Rosa, California), Ensemble in The Music Man in Concert with The Pacific Symphony (Costa Mesa, California).
Andrew Burke (he/him)
Junior Musical Theatre student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: Sonny Standby in Xanadu, Swing in Jazz Nutcracker, Little Boy/Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty Elsewhere: Davey in Newsies with Cincinnati Landmark Productions, Rolf in The Sound of Music The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Mamma Mia, All Shook Up, Sleeping Beauty, A Christmas Story with Theatre Under The Stars (Houston, Texas).
Tate McElhaney
Senior Musical Theatre student from Latrobe, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Boatman in Sunday in the Park with George, Danny standby in Xanadu. Elsewhere: Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd and Herr Schultz in Cabaret at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Santa Rosa Summer Rep (Santa Rosa, California).
“Xanadu,” “All Over The World,” “The Fall,” “I’m Alive,” “Evil Woman,” “Don’t Walk Away” and “Strange Magic” written by Jeff Lynne, published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
“Magic,” “Suddenly,” “Dancin’,” “Suspended In Time,” “Whenever You’re Away From Me,” “Fool” and “Have You Never Been Mellow” written by John Farrar, published by John Farrar Music.
Ian Axness
Second-year MM Orchestral Conducting student from Los Angeles, California
Axness is a conductor, coach, and collaborative pianist. At CCM: From Broadway With Love (CCM Philharmonia). Elsewhere: Orpheus in the Underworld (Juilliard), La Bohème (Mannes), Beardo (Pipeline Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street), Pericles (Two River Theater, NJ), Lyrics & Lyricists (92nd Street Y), Carousel (New York Philharmonic), Flora the Red Menace (Oberlin College). Teaching artist with The Performing Arts Project, Bridge Arts Ensemble and NY City Opera. BA from Oberlin College.
August Bagg
Senior Musical Theatre student from Los Angeles, California
At CCM: Benjy/Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Franz/Dennis in Sunday in the Park With George, Assistant Director of Xanadu, Taylor Hunter Cooper in Rocket Science. Elsewhere: Mark in Rent, Jack/Steward in Into The Woods, and Ned in George Remus at The Carnegie (Covington, KY) Aaron in 38 Minutes and Alex in Elderhood at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (Los Angeles, California).
Alaina Pizzoferrato
Third-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Lemont, Illinois
At CCM: Lighting Designer for Xanadu, Sunday in the Park with George and The Light in the Piazza.
Jason Bowden
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Carrollton, Texas
At CCM: Media Programmer and Content Creator for “The Hughes Project,” Projection Designer and Media Programmer for “The Laramie Project.” Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Leon Bridges TV Specials with XR Studios (Los Angeles, California) Scenic/Projection Designer for “Cheer in Every Room” with Lightborne Communications (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Brittannie McKenna Travis
Third-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Indianapolis, Indiana
At CCM: Costume Designer of Fellow Travelers, Blue Stockings; Costume Coordinator of Xanadu; Wardrobe Supervisor of Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Dialogues of the Carmelites. Elsewhere: Costume Designer of Sidra Bell’s Work Within Dreams with Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana); 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival National Costume Design Award Recipient for In the Heights (Washington D.C.); 2022 Costume Design Intern at Television Academy Foundation – Emmy’s (Los Angeles, California).
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.
Emma Heath
Senior Stage Management student from Cary, North Carolina
At CCM: Production Stage Manager on Xanadu, Production Stage Manager on Spring Dance 2021, Production Stage Manager on Hope After Hate, Assistant Stage Manager on A Midsummer Night's Dream, Assistant Stage Manager on Partenope, Production Assistant on Government Inspector. Elsewhere: Production Intern at The Cincinnati Ballet.
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.
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.
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.
Haileigh Warren
Third-year MFA Stage Management student from Tulsa, Oklahoma
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Fall Dance Travelogue and Xanadu. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager/Intern at Cincinnati Ballet for "Cincinnati Made" and the "Kaplan New Works Series."
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.
Hannah Kate Hawver
Sophomore Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Elsewhere: Ring Them Bells and Sunny and Sandy Save Christmas at Long Bay Theatre, High Steppin’ Country at Lakewood Campground.
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).
Baron Leon
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Orlando, Florida
Elsewhere: Disney Contemporary Resort’s New Years’ Eve Pixar Party, the University of Mobile’s The Secret Garden, Emerald Coast Theatre’s Constellations, and Everblue Arts’ Band Geeks.
Natalia Carlson
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Lighting Designer for the CCM Prep Youth Ballet Concert, Rise (CCM Idea Lab) , Multiplicity (CCM Idea Lab), Associate Lighting Designer for Giselle, Assistant Lighting Designer for Galileo Galilei and Xanadu Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for the Miami Dance Theater (Oxford, Ohio) and The Andree Expedition with the Cincinnati Song Initiative, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Pirates of Penzance, Aida, Bal de Triomphe & The Toast and Morris & Friends with the Cincinnati Opera, Lighting Second Assistant at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, Massachusetts).
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).
Iris Harmon
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Wardrobe Head for 42nd Street, Costume Design Assistant for The Rocky Horror Show, Costume Designer for Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Stitcher for Book of Mormon National Tour (Aronoff), Dresser for Mean Girls 1st National Tour (Aronoff), Principal Dresser for Hello, Dolly! National Tour (Aronoff), Principal Dresser for Les Misérables National Tour (Aronoff), Costume Designer for Berlin Opera Academy, Wardrobe on the film Bones and All, Wardrobe Assistant for Hostess commercial.
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.
Brady Smith
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Amelia, Ohio
At CCM: Debut production in Our Town.
Dionte Mercado
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Alpharetta, Georgia
At CCM: Master Electrician for Xanadu and Pippin. Lighting Programmer for Spring Dance. Elsewhere: Electrics Apprentice for Santa Fe Opera 2021 Season.
Sydney Riddle
Junior Lighting Design and Technology student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Head Media Tech/Operator for Galileo Galilei, Assistant Lighting Designer for L'Amant Anonyme, Assistant Lighting Designer for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, and Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Warehouse crew member at Bandit Lites for Jason Aldean tour, Dude Perfect tour and Shinedown tour, Assistant Lighting Designer for New Works 2022 with The Cincinnati Ballet.
Oliver Hunt
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Milton, Georgia
At CCM: Projections Designer for The Magic Flute, Programmer for Xanadu, Media Programmer for Fall Dance, Content Creator for Sunday in the Park With George. Elsewhere: Production Sound, Video and Lighting Technician for Interlochen Center for the Arts, summer 2021.
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, PE for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, PE2 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).
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.
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).
Roza Gavriilidis
Senior Stage Management student from Norwalk, Connecticut
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Partenope, Production Assistant for Bartered Bride.
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.
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.
Izzy Dillon
Sophomore Technical Production student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: Our Town.
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, PE for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, PE2 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
Elsewhere: Ring Them Bells and Sunny and Sandy Save Christmas at Long Bay Theatre, High Steppin’ Country at Lakewood Campground.
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.
Meredith Randall
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Melanie Reitman
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
At CCM: Scenic running crew for Xanadu, Blue Stockings and Pippin. Elsewhere: Props for 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
Elsewhere: Ren in Footloose and Robert in The Drowsy Chaperone at Conard High School (West Hartford, Connecticut), Nick Bottom in Something Rotten!, Jamie in The Last Five Years with Benjamin Rauch at West Hartford Summer Arts Festival.
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
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.
Ali Flanagan
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Anderson Township, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Charge for Good Trouble, Scenic Charge for The Laramie Project, Prop Master for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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).
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.
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.
Izzy Dillon
Sophomore Technical Production student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: Our Town.
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).
Meredith Randall
Sophomore Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Melanie Reitman
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
At CCM: Scenic running crew for Xanadu, Blue Stockings and Pippin. Elsewhere: Props for Celebrate Cedar Point Spectacular Parade and Night Show at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio).
Declan Smith
Freshman Musical Theatre student from West Hartford, Connecticut
Elsewhere: Ren in Footloose and Robert in The Drowsy Chaperone at Conard High School (West Hartford, Connecticut), Nick Bottom in Something Rotten!, Jamie in The Last Five Years with Benjamin Rauch at West Hartford Summer Arts Festival.
Corbin Hopkins
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from Austin, Texas
At CCM: A2 for The Rocky Horror Show, PSE for Midsummer, and Asst. Sound Designer for Wings.
Brenden Friedel
Junior Sound Design and Technology student from Orlando, Florida
At CCM: Something Rotten!, Xanadu, Dance Works, and Orpheus in the Underworld Elsewhere: Mamma Mia and Much Ado About Nothing at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (Reno, Nevada), Audio Engineer at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (Orlando, Florida).
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).
Geoffrey Mintz
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from Perrysburg, Ohio
At CCM: Sound Designer for Light in the Piazza, Sound Designer for Exposure Therapy, Production Sound Engineer for BOOM (2020). Elsewhere: Area Supervisor for Bands in Residence 20-21 (Cedar Point), Lead Tech for Nashville Hits and Fangtastics (Cedar Point).
Alec Group
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Sound Board Operator for Dance Works (Fall 2019), Mic Crew for The Secret Garden, Production Sound Engineer for Little Shop of Horrors, Sound Designer for Dance Works (Spring 2021). Elsewhere: Sound Engineer for The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.
Kayla Chen
Junior Sound Design and Technology student from East Brunswick, New Jersey
At CCM: Assistant Designer/A2 for The Burials, Mic Tech for Pippin, Submix for Xanadu. Elsewhere: Sound Technician/A2 Sub for A Little Night Music, A2 for The Nutty Professor, A2 for The Cher Show.
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.
Kayla Chen
Junior Sound Design and Technology student from East Brunswick, New Jersey
At CCM: Assistant Designer/A2 for The Burials, Mic Tech for Pippin, Submix for Xanadu. Elsewhere: Sound Technician/A2 Sub for A Little Night Music, A2 for The Nutty Professor, A2 for The Cher Show.
Alec Group
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Sound Board Operator for Dance Works (Fall 2019), Mic Crew for The Secret Garden, Production Sound Engineer for Little Shop of Horrors, Sound Designer for Dance Works (Spring 2021). Elsewhere: Sound Engineer for The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.
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
Corbin Hopkins
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from Austin, Texas
At CCM: A2 for The Rocky Horror Show, PSE for Midsummer, and Asst. Sound Designer for Wings.
Geoffrey Mintz
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from Perrysburg, Ohio
At CCM: Sound Designer for Light in the Piazza, Sound Designer for Exposure Therapy, Production Sound Engineer for BOOM (2020). Elsewhere: Area Supervisor for Bands in Residence 20-21 (Cedar Point), Lead Tech for Nashville Hits and Fangtastics (Cedar Point).
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).
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).
Sophia Gamble
Sophomore Stage Management student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Production Assistant for Our Town and Sunday in the Park with George.
Liz Mitan
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Corey Cochran
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from North Richland Hills, Texas
Elsewhere: Hair, Wig, and Makeup Designer, First Hand to the Costume Shop for Pippin, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Robber Bridegroom, Ain’t Misbehavin’, the Buddy Holly Story at Timber Lake Playhouse (Mount Carroll, Illinois).
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: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Julius Caesar. Elsewhere: The Tempest at Burning Coal Theatre Company (Raleigh, NC) and Assistant Stage Mamager on Tuck Everlasting at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina).
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
Elsewhere: Co-director, Stage Manager and Video Editor of staged short play Am I Still Alive (2019) and Film Producer in dance short film A Painting (2019) at BDA; Executive Director and Dance Choreographer of Gala Celebrate the Spring Festival (2021) at China Central Television.
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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Event: March 2, 2023 12:00 AM
Join the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music for an absolutely magical production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s musical Cinderella on March 2-5 in CCM’s Patricia Corbett Theater. Get your tickets now through the CCM Box Office!
Event: February 16, 2023 12:56 PM
CCM Opera continues its season with Agrippina, Handel’s early masterpiece. Fueled by political intrigue, historical characters and a dogged pursuit of power, the razor-sharp satire runs in the Cohen Family Studio Theater Feb. 16-19. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
Event: February 9, 2023 12:00 AM
The UC College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Play Series brings a classic tale of ambition and alienation to life with Nick Dear’s Frankenstein, a stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel. The production runs from Thursday, Feb 9 through Sunday, Feb 12 in the Patricia Corbett Theater. Tickets are available now through the CCM Box Office.
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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.
