CCM Dance SERIES Presents

Dance WOrks

Dec. 1-4, 2022, Patricia Corbett Theater

  • Director | Shauna Steele
  • Sound Designer | Kaitlin Barnett*
  • Lighting Designer | Kristen Peck*
  • Associate Lighting Designers | Natalia Carlson*, William Meckstroth*
  • Production Stage Manager | Jie Min*
  • Dance Physicians & Physical Therapists| Darcy Lei, D.O., Dr. Michael Donaworth, Alan Husarchik ,M.E.d, AT, Heather Graden, AT, PT, Rose Smith, AT, PT, Dan Scheid*

Dance Works will last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission

Acknowledgments

Amber Boyd, Heidi Dunning, Heather Graden, Alan Husarchik, Jonnie Lynn Jacobs Percer, Diana Queen of Diana’s Dancewear, Rose Smith, Jennifer Thiemet, Cathy Petraits, Dale Pickett, Jefferson James, Greater Cincinnati Dance Alliance (GCDA), Novacare.

Dance Selections

Raymonda

  • Choreographers | Tricia Sundbeck, Isabele Elefson
  • Music | Alexander Glazunov, composer 
    • Op. 57 Act 3-Entrée, Op. 57 Act 3-Pas Classique Hongrois, Op. 57 Act 3-Variation 1, Op. 57 Act 1-Variation 1, Op. 57 Act 2-Variation 1, Op. 57 Act 2-Variation 4, Op. 57 Act 3-Variation 3, Op. 57 Act 3-Variation 5, Op. 57 Act 3-Coda
  • Musicians | Alexander Anissimov and Moscow Symphony Orchestra
  • Lighting Designer | William Meckstroth
  • Costume Designers | Isabele Elefson, Tricia Sundbeck, Regina Truhart
  • Leads | Emerson Lecrone (12/1, 12/3), Claire Zakrajsek (12/2, 12/4), Milton Holloway
  • Soloists | Eva Moore, Iliana Rich, Mira Sidhu, Sofia Stitz
  • Corps de Ballet | Hazel Alexander, Hannah Altmiller, Rose Engel, Grace Mitchell, Emilia Mieczykowski, Grace Ortega, Maddie Talbot, Ying Ying Tong, Claire Zakrajsek

Who We Are

  • Choreographer | Shauna Steele
  • Music | Brandenburg, Dirty Orchestra by Black Violin, How to Be a Person, This is My Voice by Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long
  • Lighting Designer | Kristen Peck
  • Costume Designer | Clara Cavins, Shauna Steele
  • Dancers | Featured 12/1, 12/3: Meg Green, Katie Griffith, Shaelyn Kuipers, Celeste Lau, Regina Murphy, Isabella Ramsey, Laykin Stoess, Maddie Weber. Featured 12/2, 12/4: Sophia Gray, Alexander A.J. Gross, Willie Harris Jr., Milton Holloway, Taylor Jacubenta, Garrett Steagall, Ying Ying Tong, Gracie Zamiska

Waltz of the Flowers

  • Choreographer | Rachael ‘Rae’ Vrbancic
  • Music | Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
    • Waltz of the Flowers
  • Musicians | Marinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev
  • Lighting Designer | Kristen Peck
  • Costume Designer | Elizabeth Payne
  • Leads | Celeste Lau (12/1, 12/3) , Emerson Lecrone (12/2), Regina Murphy (12/4)
  • Demi-Soloists | (12/1, 12/3): Hazel Alexander, Sydney D’Orso, Katie Griffith, Isabella Ramsey. (12/2, 12/4): Taylor Jacubenta, Grace Ortega, Isabella Ramsey, Claire Zakrajsek,
  • Corps de Ballet | (12/1, 12/3): Elise Arcuri, Taylor Jacubenta, Shaelyn Kuipers, Regina Murphy, Mandi Weitz, Claire Zakrajsek. (12/2, 12/4): Hazel Alexander, Erin Decker, Cynthia Lutz, Taryn Grassbaugh, Katie Griffith, Maddie Weber
  • Understudies | Hannah Altmiller, Caitlyn Wehner

Mozart Mix

  • Choreographer | John Thomas Bell
  • Music | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
    • Serenade for Strings in G. No.13, Violin Concerto from Sinfonia, Sketches for a Ballet (Tambourin), Sechs Landlerisch Tanze, Overture in D, Serenade in G (Rondo)
  • Musician | Café Mozart, Weiner Mozart Ensemble, Capecapella Istropolitana and Paaul Kantschieder, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
  • Lighting Designer | Natalia Carlson
  • Dancers | Section 1: Rose Engel, Sophia Gray, Kelsey Lewis, Grace Mitchell, Miranda Sharer, Caitlyn Wehner. Section 2: Willie Harris Jr., Garrett Steagall, Alexander A.J. Gross, Morgan Montour, Iliana Rich, Mira Sidhu, Gracie Zamiska. Section 3: Sophia Gray, Gracie Zamiska (12/1, 12/3), Caitlyn Wehner, Miranda Sharer (12/2, 12/4), Section 4: Morgan Montour, Section 5: Garrett Steagall (12/1, 12/3), Alexander A.J. Gross (12/2), Willie Harris Jr. (12/4), Section 6: Ensemble

Company Profiles

Raymonda

Leads

Emerson Lecrone

Emerson Lecrone
Senior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Principal in Raymonda staged by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elefson, principal in "Waltz of the Flowers" original choreography by Rachael Vrbancic, Friend in Giselle act 1 staged by Qi Jiang, soloist in Paquita staged by Dierdre Carberry, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: Raymonda, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, Sugarplum.




Soloists

Eva Moore

Eva Moore 
Senior Ballet student from Richfield, Ohio

At CCM: Soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas in Giselle, Excerpt of Paquita, In The Beginning, Falling Upwards, Handel Concerto, Kingdom of Shades, In Transit, Faux Pas. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Joffrey Ballet (Chicago, Illinois).



Sofia Stitz

Sofia Stitz 
Senior Ballet student from Dumont, New Jersey

At CCM: Odette in Swan Lake, soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas soloist in Giselle, soloist in Paquita, soloist in La Bayadere, “Kingdom of Shades,” “Still Waters,” “From the Beginning,” “Enigma Station,” and Handel Concerto.


Corps de Ballet

Hazel Beatrice Alexander

Hazel Alexander 
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio

At CCM: Demi Soloist in Waltz of the Flowers, Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, Falling Upwards, Le Bayadère, Death and the Maiden, Duende, Choreographer of Galileo Galilei. Choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of The Selkie at Dancing Under the Stars (Painesville, Ohio).


Hannah Altmiller

Hannah Altmiller 
Sophomore Ballet student from Springfield, Oregon

Elsewhere: Lady Winter and corps de statue in Adventures in Narnia at Dance Veritas (Eugene, Oregon), Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker at SLC Ballet (Salt Lake City, Utah), Dulcinea, Spanish woman, and Bridesmaid in Don Quixote.  



Grace Mitchell

Grace Mitchell 
Senior Ballet student from Darien, Connecticut

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Raymonda, La Bayadere and Les Sylphides, Soloist in “Mozart Mix,” Wilis & Villager in Giselle, demi-soloist in Paquita.


Emilia Mieczykowski

Emilia Mieczykowski
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Myrtha in Giselle, Tall Swan Soloist in Swan Lake. Elsewhere: Corps in George Balanchine’s Serenade performed with Cincinnati Ballet Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio), soloist in Aladdin performed with Cincinnati Ballet II (Cincinnati, Ohio).


Grace Ortega

Grace Ortega 
Sophomore Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the FlowersElsewhere: Second Movement in Western Symphony, Swanhilda's Friends in Coppelia


Madelin Talbot

Madelin Talbot 
Senior Ballet student from Zanesville, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Dancer in Handel’s Concerto. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Walpurgisnacht (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19), Corps de ballet in Etudes (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19) at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).


Ying Ying Tong
Sophomore Ballet student from Hong Kong, China

At CCM: Lead in In the Beginning, Peasant Pas de Trois in GiselleFalling Upwards, Corps de Ballet in Paquita. Elsewhere: Odile in Swan Lake, Esmeralda in Esmeralda Excerpt, Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen in The Nutcracker (Interlochen, Michigan).



Who We Are

Dancers


Katherine Griffith

Katie Griffith 
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: “Falling Upwards,” “Who We Are,” Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in “Waltz of the Flowers”, Lilac Fairy Corps in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swans in Swan LakeElsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).


Laykin Stoess

Laykin Stoess
Junior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: "Home-made, Home-made! (But aren't we all?" by Sydney D'Orso, Giselle staged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in Who We Are by Shauna Steele, It Would Feel Like This by Erin Decker, Beat As One by Gracie Zamiska, Swan Lake Act II staged by Qi Jiang.


Maddie Weber

Maddie Weber 
Junior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois

At CCM: “Short Story Long,” Prologue of Sleeping Beauty, “Waltz of the Flowers,” Act Two of Swan Lake, “Esmeralda Suite,” “Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “it’s not the breaths you take…” Elsewhere: Cinderella in Cinderella with Chicago Festival Ballet (Naperville, Illinois).


Sophia Gray

Sophia Gray 
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Paquita, “Who We Are,” “Mozart Mix,” “Pas de Poisson,” “In the Beginning,” “Home-made, Home-Made! (But aren’t we all?),” “Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid.” Elsewhere: Soloist in Paquita “Pas de Trois Variation 2,” Corps de Ballet and Swanhilda’s Friends & Wedding Suite in Coppélia, Tea & Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker with The Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadére with Philadelphia Ballet Summer Intensive (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).



Garrett H.T. Steagall

Garrett H.T. Steagall 
Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Soloist in Cornerstone choreographed by Shauna Steele, La Bayadère soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Napoli soloist staged by Tricia Sundbeck.


Ying Ying Tong
Sophomore Ballet student from Hong Kong, China

At CCM: Lead in In the Beginning, Peasant Pas de Trois in GiselleFalling Upwards, Corps de Ballet in Paquita. Elsewhere: Odile in Swan Lake, Esmeralda in Esmeralda Excerpt, Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen in The Nutcracker (Interlochen, Michigan).


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Gracie Zamiska 
Senior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Canary Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Soloist in “In The Beginning/Who We Are,” Pas de Deux in “Mozart Mix,” Wili/Villager in Giselle, Demi-Soloist in Paquita, Corps Member in “Falling Upwards,” Corps Member in La Bayadere, Soloist in “Handel’s Concerto.” Elsewhere: Flower Corps in The Nutcracker with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio), Soloist in Paquita Act and Ensemble Member in The Wizard of Oz with Performing Arts Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky).


Waltz of the Flowers

Leads

Emerson Lecrone

Emerson Lecrone
Senior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Principal in Raymonda staged by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elefson, principal in "Waltz of the Flowers" original choreography by Rachael Vrbancic, Friend in Giselle act 1 staged by Qi Jiang, soloist in Paquita staged by Dierdre Carberry, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: Raymonda, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, Sugarplum.


Demi-Soloists

Hazel Beatrice Alexander

Hazel Alexander 
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio

At CCM: Demi Soloist in Waltz of the Flowers, Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, Falling Upwards, Le Bayadère, Death and the Maiden, Duende, Choreographer of Galileo Galilei. Choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of The Selkie at Dancing Under the Stars (Painesville, Ohio).



Katherine Griffith

Katie Griffith 
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: “Falling Upwards,” “Who We Are,” Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in “Waltz of the Flowers”, Lilac Fairy Corps in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swans in Swan LakeElsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).


Grace Ortega

Grace Ortega 
Sophomore Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the FlowersElsewhere: Second Movement in Western Symphony, Swanhilda's Friends in Coppelia



Corps de Ballet

Elise Arcuri

Elise Arcuri 
Junior Ballet student from Santa Barbara, California

At CCM: Corps de ballet dancer in Swan Lake Act 2 set by Qi Jiang, "It Would Feel Like This" coreographed by Erin Decker, Corps de ballet dancer in Raymonda set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elfson, Corps be ballet dancer in "Waltz of the flowers" set by Rae Vrbancic, Villager in Giselle act 1 set by Qi Jiang, "The Ideal of Love" coregraphed by Hazel Alexander, "Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid" choregraphed by Gracie Zamiska.


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Mandi Weitz 
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de ballet in Les Sylphides. Elsewhere: Various performances with the Dayton Ballet company including corps de ballet in Swan Lake.



Hazel Beatrice Alexander

Hazel Alexander 
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio

At CCM: Demi Soloist in Waltz of the Flowers, Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, Falling Upwards, Le Bayadère, Death and the Maiden, Duende, Choreographer of Galileo Galilei. Choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of The Selkie at Dancing Under the Stars (Painesville, Ohio).


Erin Decker

Erin Decker (they/them)
Junior Ballet student from Naples, Florida

At CCM: Paquita staged by Dierdre Carberry, "Twilight Tango" by Thomas Bell, Giselle staged by Dierdre Carberry and Qi Jiang, Aurora Borealis by Keenan Pennington, "Home-Made Home-made, (but aren't we all?)" by Sydney D'Orso. Elsewhere: Cinderella, Clara, soloist roles in The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty; George Balanchine's The Nutcracker with Miami City Ballet.


Cynthia Lutz

Cynthia Lutz 
Junior Ballet student from Wheaton, Illinois

At CCM: Falling Upwards, Ethereal Relations, The Unforgotten, corp de ballet in Giselle, “Waltz of the Flowers.”


Taryn Grassbaugh

Taryn Grassbaugh 
Sophomore Ballet student from Holmes County, Ohio

At CCM: Falling Upwards, The Ideal of Love, corps de ballet in Giselle, Waltz of the Flowers.


Katherine Griffith

Katie Griffith 
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: “Falling Upwards,” “Who We Are,” Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in “Waltz of the Flowers”, Lilac Fairy Corps in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swans in Swan LakeElsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).


Maddie Weber

Maddie Weber 
Junior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois

At CCM: “Short Story Long,” Prologue of Sleeping Beauty, “Waltz of the Flowers,” Act Two of Swan Lake, “Esmeralda Suite,” “Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “it’s not the breaths you take…” Elsewhere: Cinderella in Cinderella with Chicago Festival Ballet (Naperville, Illinois).


Mozart Mix


Sophia Gray

Sophia Gray 
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Paquita, “Who We Are,” “Mozart Mix,” “Pas de Poisson,” “In the Beginning,” “Home-made, Home-Made! (But aren’t we all?),” “Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid.” Elsewhere: Soloist in Paquita “Pas de Trois Variation 2,” Corps de Ballet and Swanhilda’s Friends & Wedding Suite in Coppélia, Tea & Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker with The Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadére with Philadelphia Ballet Summer Intensive (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).


Grace Mitchell

Grace Mitchell 
Senior Ballet student from Darien, Connecticut

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Raymonda, La Bayadere and Les Sylphides, Soloist in “Mozart Mix,” Wilis & Villager in Giselle, demi-soloist in Paquita.


Miranda Sharer

Miranda Sharer 
Junior Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio

At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, "Mozart Mix," Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "Falling Upwards." Elsewhere: Performed in The Nutcracker at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio), Attended BalletMet Summer Intensive 2018, 2020, 2021.


Garrett H.T. Steagall

Garrett H.T. Steagall 
Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Soloist in Cornerstone choreographed by Shauna Steele, La Bayadère soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Napoli soloist staged by Tricia Sundbeck.


Morgan Montour

Morgan Montour
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Death and the Maiden choreographed by Qi Jiang, La Bayadere staged by Deirdre Carberry, Paquita soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Falling Upwards set to an award-winning composition by Aya Yoshida choreographed by Shauna Steele, dancer in Giselle, dancer in Student Choreographers' Showcase.



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Gracie Zamiska 
Senior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Canary Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Soloist in “In The Beginning/Who We Are,” Pas de Deux in “Mozart Mix,” Wili/Villager in Giselle, Demi-Soloist in Paquita, Corps Member in “Falling Upwards,” Corps Member in La Bayadere, Soloist in “Handel’s Concerto.” Elsewhere: Flower Corps in The Nutcracker with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio), Soloist in Paquita Act and Ensemble Member in The Wizard of Oz with Performing Arts Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky).


Production Staff

  • Technical Director | Gabby Ullman
  • Assistant Stage Managers | Deborah Heyl, Emma King
  • Production Manager | Jen Lampson
  • Assistant Production Manager | Emma King
  • Program Manager | Deborah Neiheisel-DeZarn
  • Costume Graduate Assistant for Dance | Clara Cavins
  • Costume Shop Manager | Reba Senske
  • Costume Shop Foreman | Laura Molander
  • Draper | Gina Truhart
  • Stitchers | Abby Powers, Amira Rowe, Corey Cochran, Nato Hermann, Savannah Brooks Emily O'Donnell, Natalie Zimmerman, Cassie Smith, Lauren Wooten, Meredith Randall Peggie Dona, Shelby Allred, Natasha Cox, Erin Donnelly, Miranda Cotman, Lauren Fitts Jayna Fry, Cassidy Kempthorne
  • Production Electrician | Eli Suarez
  • Assistant Production Electrician | Janay Sukkarieh
  • Programmer | Oliver Hunt
  • Board Operator | Janay Sukkarieh
  • Deck Electricians | Annalee Crosser, Anika Shirvaikar
  • Follow Spot Operators | Sophia Gamble, Charlie Raschke
  • Assistant Sound Designer | Bryan Pivaral
  • Production Sound Engineer | Patrick Kiernan
  • Audio Engineer | Frank Jernigan
  • Sound Board Operator | Frank Jernigan
  • Sound Load in/Out | Aaron Woodstein, Bryan Pivaral, Patrick Kiernan, Kaitlin Barnett, Alec Group, Dani Silver, Corbin Hopkins
  • Sound Shop Graduate Assistants | Aaron Woodstein, Bryan Pivaral, Patrick Kiernan, Kaitlin Barnett

Production Staff Profiles

Sound Designer

Kaitlin Barnett

Kaitlin Barnett 
Second-year Masters in Sound Design student from Butler, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Sound Designer for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Production Sound Engineer for Frankenstein, A1 for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen FlahertyElsewhere: A1 for A Wrinkle in Time and Paradise Ballroom at New York Stage and Film (Poughkeepsie, New York), Cinderella and Steel Magnolias at Studio Tenn (Franklin, Tennessee), Sound Designer for The Lightning Thief and Secret Soldiers with Nashville Children's Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee), Little Women, Peter and the Starcatcher, and 42nd Street at Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee), A Christmas Carol with Nashville Repertory Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee).


Lighting Designer

Kristen Peck

Kristen Peck
Second-year Masters Lighting Design student from Fontana, California

At CCM: The Burials, Danceworks 2022. Elsewhere: God of Carnage at The Wayward Artist (Santa Ana, California), Titus Andronicus at Southern California Shakespeare Festival (Pomona, California), Heathers, Bee-luther-hatchee, Real Women Have Curves at California State Polytechnic University (Pomona, California).


Associate Lighting Designers

Will Meckstroth

William Meckstroth 
Senior Lighting Design student from Kensington, California

At CCM: Lighting Design for Undergraduate Opera 2024, Media Designer for Sweet Charity, Assistant Lighting Design for Something Rotten!, Frankenstein, and Danceworks. Elsewhere: LD for Romeo and Juliet at Silicon Valley Shakespeare (San Jose, California), Design Intern at HLB Lighting Design (Denver, Colorado).



Production Stage Manager

Jie Min

Jie Min 
Third-year Masters in Stage Management student from Harbin, China

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Rappaccini's Daughter and Fall Dance Works 2022, Assistant Stage Manager for Cinderella, Spring Dance Works 2023, L'Amant Anonyme, and Fall Dance Works 2021. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Mozart Opera Rock Tour (China), Assistant Stage Manager for Lohengrin and Our Town at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater (Logan, Utah). Assistant Stage Manager for Ushuaia Blue and Babel at Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia), Co-director and Media Designer for Am I Still Alive and Film Producer for A Painting at Beijing Dance Academy (Beijing, China), Executive Director and Dance Choreographer of Celebrate the Spring Festival Gala at China Central Television (Beijing, China).


Technical Director

Gabby Ullman

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.


Assistant Stage Manager/ Assistant Production Manager

Emma King

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). 


Costume Graduate Assistant for Dance

Clara Cavins

Clara Cavins 
Third-year graduate Costume Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota

At CCM: Costume Designer for She Loves Me and Still Waters, Design Assistant for Galileo. Elsewhere: Costume Designer at Saint Paul Academy and Summit School (Saint Paul, Minnesota) and Minneapolis Musical Theater, Design Assistant at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (Saint Paul) and Theater Latte Da (Minneapolis, Minnesota).


Stitchers

Abby Powers

Abby Powers 
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Jamestown, Ohio

At CCM: Costume Designer for Everybody, Costume Design Assistant for A Dream Play, Wardrobe Supervisor for The Rape of Lucretia and Cinderella, Stitcher for Clue, Fellow Travelers, and FrankensteinElsewhere: Stitcher/Dresser at North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Massachusetts), Stitcher at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, New Jersey), Costumes PA for I-35 and Bang Bang (Film).


Amira Rowe

Amira Rowe 
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Associate Costume Designer for Sweet Charity, Wardrobe Supervisor for Something Rotten and Spring Awakening, Assistant Costume Designer for Frankenstein, Wardrobe Head for Xanadu and The Marriage of FigaroElsewhere: Draper for SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical, Beauty and the Beast and Rock of Ages, Costume Advisor for Tarzan and Anastasia


Corey Cochran

Corey Cochran 
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Fort Worth, Texas

At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Xanadu and Marriage of Figaro, Craft Artisan for Lysistrata and She Loves Me. Assistant Designer for Spring AwakeningElsewhere: Wig/Makeup Designer and First Hand for Pippin, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Robber Bridegroom and Ain't Misbehavin' at Timber Lake Playhouse (Carroll County, Illinois), Stitchers Apprentice for The Sound of Music, Costume Design Apprentice for La Boheme, Candide, Romeo & Juliet, Rinaldo and The Rip Van Winkles, Costume Designer for Love & War at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York).


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Nato Hermann 
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Milliner and Assistant Costume Designer for Sweet Charity, Dyer for Spring Awakening, Crafts for Cinderella, Milliner for FrankensteinElsewhere: Costume Crafts Apprentice at Glimmerglass Festival Opera (Cooperstown, New York).


Savannah Brooks

Savannah Brooks
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Dallas, Texas

At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Xanadu, The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Wardrobe Crew for Cinderella, The Mock Marriage, The Fantasticks, Hello, Dolly at the Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio); Wardrobe Supervisor for Legally Blonde at Grand Prairie Arts Council (Grand Prairie, Texas).


Emily O'Donnell

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.


Cassie Smith

Cassie Smith 
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Arlington, Virginia

At CCM: Wardrobe Crew Head for Sweet Charity, Dialogue of the Carmelites and She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Assistant Costume Designer for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and Wardrobe Crew for Jersey Boys at Shenandoah Summer Music Theater.


Lauren Wooten

Lauren Wooten 
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from West Chester, Ohio

At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Something Rotten and Lysistrata + Trojan WomenElsewhere: Craftsperson and Wardrobe Crew for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival


Meredith Randall

Meredith Randall 
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio

At CCM: Assistant Costume Designer for Sweet Charity, Wardrobe Supervisor for Let the Right One In, and Wardrobe Head for Cinderella and Fellow TravelersElsewhere: Wardrobe Head and Stitcher for I Do! I Do! and Baby at Otterbein Summer Theatre (Westerville, Ohio).


Peggie Dona

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.


Shelby Allred

Shelby Allred
Junior Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Elsewhere: Set crew in Puffs, Student Technical Director in Indecent with CAST Kentucky Theatre.


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Natasha Cox
Third-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from South Orange, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Designer for A Doll's House: Part Two with PURE Theatre (Charleston, South Carolina), True West with PURE Theatre (Charleston, South Carolina), Fool For Love with PURE Theatre (Charleston, South Carolina), Student Choreographer Concert with College of Charleston, (Charleston, South Carolina) Enron with College of Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina).


Erin Donnelly

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.


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Max Cotman (they/them)
Third-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Westerville, Ohio

At CCM: Costume Designer for A Dream Play, Draper for Cinderella, Draper for Frankenstein, Draper for She Loves Me, Craft Artisan for Spring Awakening, Asst. Costume Designer for Blue Stockings. Elsewhere: Firsthand on Candide at Glimmerglass Festival Opera (Cooperstown, New York), Firsthand on Sound of Music at Glimmerglass Festival Opera (Cooperstown, New York), Draper on The Jungle Book at Glimmerglass Festival Opera (Cooperstown, New York).


Jayna Fry

Jayna Fry 
Second-year Master’s Costume Design student from Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada

At CCM: Assistant Costume Designer for Fellow TravelersElsewhere: Costume Shop Floor Manager at Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Resident Assistant Costume Designer and Costume Designer for Camp Rock jr. and Annie jr. at Hale Center Theater (Orem, Utah).


Production Electrician

Eli Suarez

Eli Suarez 
Senior Lighting Design student from Dublin, Ohio

At CCM: Lighting Programmer for The Laramie Project, Once, She Loves Me, Frankenstein, and Once on This Island, Production Electrician for The Burials, Danceworks, Media Programmer for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Comics Come Home 26 and 27, Lighting Programmer for Carrie the Musical and Spamalot at Short North Stage (Columbus, Ohio).


Assistant Production Electrician/ Board Operator

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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.


Programmer

Sydney Hunt

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.


Deck Electricians

Annalee Crosser

Annalee Crosser 
Junior Stage Management student from Edmond, Oklahoma

At CCM: PSM for The Rape of Lucretia, ASM for Something Rotten and Frankenstein, PA for Le Nozze di Figaro and L'Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: SM Intern for The Knock at Cincinnati Opera,  ASM for The Bridges of Madison County at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).


Anika Shirvaikar

Anika Shirvaikar 
Junior Stage Management student from Millburn, New Jersey

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for St. Matthew Passion and Love and War (Lab Play), Assistant Stage Manager for She Loves Me, Fellow Travelers and UC CCM Presents Alumnus Stephen Flaherty (Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall), Production Assistant for Julius Caesar and Pippin, Wig and Make Up crew for Sweet Charity, Spotlight Operator for Spring Awakening, Deck Electrician for Danceworks, Wardrobe Crew for Our Town, Scenic Crew for Once and Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Stage Management Intern at Lollapalooza Music Festival, Assistant Stage Manager for Shipwrecked: An Entertainment at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Production Assistant/Assistant Stage Manager for Thirteen Jr., Seussical Kids, and Something Rotten Jr. at Pixie Dust Players.


Follow Spot Operator

Sophia Gamble

Sophia Gamble 
Sophomore Stage Management student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky 

At CCM: Production Assistant for Our Town and Sunday in the Park with George.


Production Sound Engineer

Patrick Kiernan

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).


Sound Load in/Out

Aaron Woodstein

Aaron Harris Woodstein (they/them)
Third-year MFA Sound Design and Technology student from Chicago, Illinois 

At CCM: Sound Designer for Our TownUnfortunate 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

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).


Kaitlin Barnett

Kaitlin Barnett 
Second-year Masters in Sound Design student from Butler, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Sound Designer for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Production Sound Engineer for Frankenstein, A1 for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen FlahertyElsewhere: A1 for A Wrinkle in Time and Paradise Ballroom at New York Stage and Film (Poughkeepsie, New York), Cinderella and Steel Magnolias at Studio Tenn (Franklin, Tennessee), Sound Designer for The Lightning Thief and Secret Soldiers with Nashville Children's Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee), Little Women, Peter and the Starcatcher, and 42nd Street at Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee), A Christmas Carol with Nashville Repertory Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee).


Alec Group

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.


Dani Silver

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 LineThe SpongeBob Musical, Something Rotten; A2 for America the Beautiful, Rock, Roll and Soul, and Showtune at Plays-in-the-Park (Edison, New Jersey).


Corbin Hopkins

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.


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CCM News

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Know Theatre and CCM co-produce "The Light Chasers" world...

March 25, 2024

UC College-Conservatory of Music and Know Theatre of Cincinnati co-produce an epic, world premiere theatrical adventure based on the album "Light Chasers" by indie orchestral-rock band Cloud Cult. Featuring CCM student actors and Know Theatre professionals, the production runs April 5-28, 2024 at Know Theatre; tickets on sale now.

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Ariel Quartet welcomes Pavel Vinnitsky in "Best of Brahms"...

March 22, 2024

The Ariel Quartet presents its final CCM concert of the 2023-24 season at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 in Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. The program includes two of the most beloved works in the chamber music canon: Beethoven’s intense Op. 59 No. 1 and Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, featuring faculty artist Pavel Vinnitsky. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.

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CCM Musicals Series presents Caribbean fairy tale 'Once On This...

Event: March 28, 2024 8:00 PM

UC College-Conservatory of Music presents "Once On This Island," a Caribbean-set retelling of "The Little Mermaid," on March 28-30 at Patricia Corbett Theater. From the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (BM Composition, ’82), the musical shares the story of one small firl who finds love in a world of prejudice.

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Sponsors

Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust
Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
The Corbett Endowment at CCM
Dance Department Sponsor
All-Steinway School Sponsor
Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc.
Community Partners
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel
Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Sponsor
Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer 
Greg Mathein 
Gary & Barb Cummins 
Jim & Linda Miller 
George & Carroll Roden
Musical Theatre Department Sponsors
Genevieve Smith
Opera Production Sponsor
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
Opera D’Arte Sponsor
An Anonymous Donor
Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Elizabeth C.B. Sittenfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Ariel Quartet Sponsors
Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Choral Studies Sponsors
Anonymous
  Classical Guitar Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Orchestral Sponsor
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor
Starling Strings Sponsor
Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
Organ Department Sponsors
Keyboard Club of Cincinnati
Louis and Susan Meisel
Piano Department Sponsors
Kevin and Nancy Rhein
   Wind Studies Sponsor
Buddy Rogers Music
LINKS Sponsor
Sponsors listed as of Sept. 7, 2023

General Information


Land Acknowledgment

The Cincinnati area and the land that the University of Cincinnati has been built on is the native homeland of the Indigenous Algonquian speaking tribes, including the Delaware, Miami, and Shawnee tribes.


Box Office

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.

  • Location: CCM Atrium Lobby next to Corbett Auditorium
  • Telephone: 513-556-4183
  • Email: boxoff@uc.edu
  • Mail: CCM Box Office, P.O. Box 210003, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003

Parking

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.


Tax Credit

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.


Lost and Found

If you have lost an item, contact lost and found at 513-556-9413.


House Policies

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.


Cameras, Phones and Recording Devices

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

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.


Hearing Enhancement

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

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.


Group Sales

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 Faculty and Staff

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.


Know Your Exit

Map depicting exits from Patricia Corbett Theatre

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.