CCM PLAY SERIES Presents
By August Strindberg
Translated by Harry G. Carlson
Nov. 3-6, 2022, Cohen Family Studio Theater
*CCM Student
“A Dream Play (Carlson, trans.)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
A Dream Play's run time is 100 minutes with no intermission.
Rebecca Bromels, Susan Felder, k Jenny Jones, Ann Kilkelly, Robert Leonard, Amy Luce, Patricia Raun, Brant Russell, D’Arcy Smith, Randy Ward
Sydni Charity Solomon
Junior Acting student from Gainesville, Florida
At CCM: Brianna in The Burials, Ghost 3 in Unfortunate Mechanism (CCM Radio Play), Ensemble in Our Town, 12 in Wanderland (Phoenix Project), Ensemble in 404: Play Not Found (Transmigration Festival) Elsewhere: Filomena/Emilia understudy in The World is Ending and Maybe That's Kinda Hot.
Nathan Flesh
Junior Acting student from South Bend, Indiana
At CCM: Lawn-Chair guy in Midsummer Night's Dream and Chaz in the Phoenix Project. Elsewhere: Calvin in Wrinkle in Time and Ralph in Lord of the Flies (South Bend Civic Theater).
Lydia Noll
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: The Officer in A Dream Play, Chloe in The Burials, Amanda in Quiet! The Kids are Talking (Transmigration 2021), The Pheonix Project, Sara in Phantasmagoria (Transmigration 2020). Elsewhere: Ashley Killjoy in Texas Annie: The Legend of the Moan Ranger (Cincy Fringe 2022), Lucy in Daughter of War (Cincinnati Lab Theatre), Oakley/Casting Director/Stunt Coordinator in "The Blood of the Goat" (film), Will in "The Dirty People" (film).
Ava Panagopoulos
Senior Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: CCM Acting Transmigration 2020 show Rotten Kids of Witchwood Pine. Elsewhere: Lord Aster in Peter and The Starcatcher and Stage Manager of Our Town at The Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) in Louisville, Kentucky.
Nick Casey
Sophomore Acting student from Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Elsewhere: Dickon in The Secret Garden (NJYA) , vocalist in Sondheim on Sondheim , performer in Legally Blonde and Les Misérables with Pixie Dust Player.
Luke Danni
Junior Acting student from Naples, Florida
At CCM: Holmes in Blue Stockings, Farmer McCarty in Our Town, Up Yours (Transmigration Festival), Theo in Liminal (CCM Film Lab), Mr. V in Wanderland (Phoenix Project). Elsewhere: Yonkers in Gypsy at Theatrezone (Naples, Florida), Oscar Delancey in Newsies at the Florida Repertory Theatre (Fort Myers, Florida), Tom Snout in Something Rotten at Sugden Theatre (Naples, Florida).
Cassandra Reeves (she/her)
Sophomore Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Mother/Blind Man in A Dream Play, Sunny in The Doghouse. Elsewhere: Susan in Sally Salem and the Spooktacular Birthday Extravaganza with The Cincy Fringe Festival (Cincinnati, Ohio), Wendla in Spring Awakening with The Cincinnati Actor's Studio (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Becca Anderson
Sophomore Acting student from Washington, DC
At CCM: Janette in The Burials, #00 in The Wolves with UC’s Mosaic Theatre Ensemble, Research Participant in K.I.D.S (Transmigration).
Austin James Cleri
Senior Acting student from Trumbull, Connecticut
At CCM: Kenneth in Clybourne Park, Parker in Lady Windermere's Fan and Simon Stimson in Our Town.
Madison Burnett
Sophomore Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Staylie Brunner
Sophomore Acting student from Villa Hills, Kentucky
At CCM: Marcy in Dog Sees God (CCM Lab Show), Lillian in X-Mas (Transmigration 2022), Athenian Chorus Leader 2/Chorus in Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + Trojan Women.
Joysoline Ivory-Smith
Sophomore Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Hannah Toronto
Sophomore Acting student from McLean, Virginia
At CCM: #2 in The Wolves, Socko/Clarice in Up Yours!, Swing #3 in A Dream Play. Short films: And…Action, Wax Dolls, and Burnt Out.
Debra Joan Najor
Sophomore Acting student from West Bloomfield, Michigan
Elsewhere: Wrote, produced, directed and acted in several locally awarded student films: "The Matriarch," "In a Blackout," "Capeesh," "Liminal," "Everything is Gonna be Okay," 'The Proposal" at the University of Michigan.
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).
Miranda Cotman
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Westerville, Ohio
At CCM: Design Assistant for Blue Stockings, Draper for She Loves Me Elsewhere: Firsthand at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Firsthand & Stitcher at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
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).
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.
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.
Indy Caramelli
Junior Stage Management student from Austin, Texas
At CCM: Various dance, opera and musical theatre productions Elsewhere: Austin Actors Studio and Liberty Exhibition Hall
Sophia Gamble
Sophomore Stage Management student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Production Assistant for Our Town and Sunday in the Park with George.
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).
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.
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).
Abby Powers
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Jamestown, Ohio
At CCM: Wardrobe Head for L'Amant Anonyme, Wardrobe Head for Sunday in the Park with George, Costume Design Assistant for A Dream Play Elsewhere: Stitcher for Enchanted April, Much Ado About Nothing and Metromaniacs at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, New Jersey)
Bella Pfeiffer
Junior Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: ALD for Choreographers Showcase, ALD for Sunday in the Park with George, Laser Designer for The Hughes Project 2.0 Elsewhere: Lighting and Laser Designer with Image Engineering (Baltimore, Maryland).
Jayna Fry
First year MFA Costume Design student from Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
Elsewhere: Many shows in various Utah theaters
Nato Hermann
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Wardrobe Apprentice in Chicago with Theatre Aspen (Aspen, Colorado), Wardrobe Apprentice in Rock of Ages with Theatre Aspen.
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 for Jason Aldean tour, Dude Perfect tour and Shinedown tour at Bandit Lights (Knoxville, Tennessee), Assistant Lighting Designer for New Works 2022 with The Cincinnati Ballet.
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).
El Bowers
Freshman Stage Management student from Liberty Township, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for 101 Dalmatians at Rise Up Performing Arts (Hamilton, Ohio).
Willow Heichel
Freshman Technical Production student from Granville, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic crew for Something Rotten Elsewhere: Deck Electrician for Crazy for You with the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina).
Bethany Untener
Freshman Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + The Trojan Women.
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.
Maya Eberhardt
Senior Technical Direction student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director of Pippin, Master Carpenter of The Laramie Project. Elsewhere: Welder at STAGES St. Louis, Stagehand at Bogart's (Cincinnati), Carpenter at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.
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.
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).
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.
Lukas Hummeldorf
Junior Technical Design and Production student from Covington, Kentucky
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Something Rotten!, Master Carpenter for Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Intern Technical Director for Indecent and Big Fish at the Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre (Covington, Kentucky), and the Shop Foreman for Radium Girls and Tuck Everlasting at Notre Dame Academy (Covington, Kentucky). Overhire with IATSE Local 5, and carpenter with CVG Made.
Nick Hunley
Junior Technical Production student from Worthington, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Cinderella, Programmer for Sunday in the Park with George, Head Carpenter for Pippin. Elsewhere: Stage Crew Lead at The Santa Fe Opera, Stage Crew Apprentice at The Santa Fe Opera
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.
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.
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.
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.
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