CCM musical theatre SERIES Presents

SOMETHING ROTTEN!

Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick

Arrangements by Glen Kelly
Orchestrations by Larry Hochman
Originally produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum
Broadway Global Ventures CMC Mastro/Goodman Jerry & Ronald Frankel Morris Berchard
Kyodo Tokyo Inc. Wendy Federman Barbara Freitag LAMS Productions Winkler/DeSimone
Timothy Laczynski Dan Markely Harris/Karmazin Jam Theatricals Robert Greenblatt
and Jujamcyn Theaters

Developed in association with the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA, David Armstrong,
Executive Producer and Artistic Director, Bernadine Griffin, Managing Director and
Bill Berry, Producing Artistic Director

Oct. 20-23 and Oct. 27-30, 2022, Patricia Corbett Theater

  • Director and Choreographer | Diane Lala
  • Musical Director | Matt Welsh*
  • Scenic Designer | Joshua Gallagher
  • Lighting Designer | Natalia Carlson*
  • Costume Designer | Glenn Breed
  • Sound Designer | Patrick Kiernan*
  • Wig, Hair & Make-Up Designer | Kelly Yurko
  • Production Stage Manager | Morgan Piper*
  • Props Manager | Hattie Fann*
  • Dialect Coach  | Sarah Summerwell
  • Intimacy Director  | Greg Eldridge

*CCM Student

Acknowledgement: Special thanks to Robert Pavlovich for his voice over work as announcer.

SOMETHING ROTTEN is presented through arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Something Rotten! run time is two hours and 10 minutes

The Company

  • Minstrel | Jamal Stone
  • Brother Jeremiah | Jackson Reagin
  • Portia | Alli Bossart ^, Haley Root * 
  • Shakespeare | Garrett Van Allen
  • Nick Bottom | August Bagg *, Nick Pattarini ^
  • Nigel Bottom | Jett Blackorby *, Andrew Burke ^
  • Lord Clapham /Master of Justice | Declan Smith
  • Shylock | Sarah Pansing
  • Bea | Rose Messenger *, Abby Tucker ^ 
  • Nostradamus | Spencer Stanley
  • Ensemble | Delaney Benson, Jenna Bienvenue, Benjamin Cheng, Ryan Dever, Joshua Devine, Alloria Frayser, Nick Gundrum, Nate Jones, JT Langlas, Kassi McMillan, Sarah Pansing, Coty Perno, Grace Rusnica, Sasha Spitz, Julia Yameen
  • Swings | Andy Bakun, Ranease Brown, Grace Capeless, Indya Lincicome
  • Minstrel Understudy | Coty Perno
  • Brother Jeremiah Understudy | Ryan Dever
  • Shakespeare Understudy | Benjamin Cheng
  • Lord Clapham/Master of Justice Understudy| Ranease Brown
  • Shylock Understudy | Joshua Devine 
  • Nostradamus Understudy | Nate Jones
  • Assistant Director | Makayla Shipe
  • Dance Captain | Delaney Benson
  • Tap Captain | Alloria Frayser

* Performs October 21, 22 (evening), 27, 29 (matinee), 30
^ Performs October 20, 22 (matinee), 23, 28, 29 (evening)

Cast Profiles

Minstrel

Jamal Stone

Jamal Stone 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Elsewhere: Theo in D’Illusion, Ren McCormick in Footloose, Jack Kelly in Newsies.


Brother Jeremiah

Jackson Reagin

Jackson Reagin 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Seattle, Washington

At CCM: Guy in Once, Brother Jerimiah in Something Rotten!, Lord Pinkleton in Cinderella, Ensemble/understudy Benji in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen FlahertyElsewhere: Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia), Harry Houdini in RAGTIME in Concert with Cincinnati POPS (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Roger in RENT,  and Cinderella's Prince/Wolf/Lucinda at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).


Portia



Shakespeare


Nick Bottom


Nicholas Pattarini

Nicholas Pattarini 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Alexandria, Virginia 

At CCM: Younger Brother and Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty, Soldier #1 in Sunday in the Park with George, Standby for The Guy in Once. Elsewhere: Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd at Broadway Method Academy (Fairfield, Connecticut) Ensemble in Rent at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).


Nigel Bottom

Jett Blackorby

Jett Blackorby 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jerseyville, Illinois  

Elsewhere: Hooch in Kinky Boots with The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri); Ensemble in Matilda, Footloose, Jersey Boys, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and the Muny 100 Gala with The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri).


Andrew Burke

Andrew Burke 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: Nigel Bottom in Something Rotten!, Sonny Standby in Xanadu, Ensemble in Cinderella, Jazz Nutcracker, and 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen FlahertyElsewhere: Melchior in Spring Awakening (Houston, Texas), Davey in Newsies with Cincinnati Landmark Productions (Cincinnati, Ohio), Rolf in The Sound of Music at The Carnegie (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Ensemble credits at Theatre Under The Stars (Houston, Texas) and North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Massachusetts).


Lord Clapham /Master of Justice

Declan Smith

Declan Smith 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from West Hartford, Connecticut

At CCM: Melchior in Spring Awakening, Lord Clapham/Master of Justice in Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Ensemble in Bandstand at Playhouse on Park (West Hartford, Connecticut).


Shylock/ Ensemble


Bea



Nostradamus

Spencer Stanley

Spencer Stanley
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from East Lyme, Connecticut

At CCM: Ensemble in Once Elsewhere: Anthony in Sweeney Todd at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), Charlie understudy in Holiday Inn with Goodspeed Opera House (East Haddam, Connecticut) Soloist in Night Fever at 54 Below


Ensemble



Benjamin Cheng

Benjamin Cheng 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Memphis, Tennesse

At CCM: Oscar in Sweet Charity, Eamon in Once, Ensemble (u/s Leading Player) in Pippin, Ensemble (u/s Shakespeare) in Something Rotten!, Ensemble (u/s Topher) in Cinderella, Ensemble (u/s Daniel) in Once On This Island. Elsewhere: Elmer in Newsies with Theatre Memphis, Ensemble (Pied Piper) in Shrek with Theatre Memphis.


Ryan Dever

Ry Dever 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Exeter, New Hampshire

At CCM: Tom Snout in Something Rotten, Footman in CinderellaElsewhere: Bruce Bogrotter in Matilda (Broadway National Tour), Enoch Snow Jr./Featured dancer in Carousel at Opera North (Lebanon, New Hampshire).


Joshua Devine

Josh Devine 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Palmetto, Florida

At CCM: Something Rotten!, Cinderella.



Nick Gundrum

Nick Gundrum 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Swing in CinderellaElsewhere: Ensemble/White Teen in Memphis and Ensemble in The Sound of Music with The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky), Billy Crocker in Anything Goes with Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), New Rochelle Chorus in RAGTIME in Concert with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Cincinnati, Ohio).


Evoto

Nate Jones 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: Robin/understudy Nostradamus in Something Rotten!, Phil in The Wild Party, Ensemble/understudy Jean-Michel in Cinderella, Swing in Sunday in the Park with George, and Swing in Spring Awakening.


JT Langlas

JT Langlas 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

At CCM: Ensemble in Something Rotten, Ensemble in Cinderella, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Featured Ensemble in The 70's On Demand at Kings Island (Mason, Ohio), Ensemble/Swing in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr. at the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Ensemble in Ragtime in Concert with Cincinnati POPS, Bobby/understudy Emcee in Cabaret and Mercy Lewis/Giles Corey in The Crucible at Parallel 45 Theatre (Traverse City, Michigan).


Kassi McMillan

Kassi McMillan (she/her) 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

At CCM: Melpomene in Xanadu, Anna/understudy Ilse in Spring Awakening, Honoria in Rocket Science, and Ensemble in Something Rotten! and 42nd StreetElsewhere: Rusty in Footloose, Learn Your Lessons Well in Godspell, Lorraine Fleming in 42nd Street, and Ensemble in The Sound of Music at the Mac-Haydn Theatre (Chatham, New York), Gina in Henry Danger on Nickelodeon.


Coty Perno

Coty Perno 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Rochester, New York

At CCM: Georg and Dance Captain in Spring Awakening, Jackie and Assistant Choreographer in The Wild Party, Ensemble/ u/s Minstrel in Something Rotten!, Player in Pippin, Ensemble/ Frug Trio/ Daddy Brubeck u/s in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Duke Ellington's Nutcracker SuiteElsewhere: Angel/ Ensemble in Anything Goes at Broadway Method Academy (Black Rock Theatre)


Grace Rusnica

Grace Marie Rusnica 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Irwin, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Wendla in Spring Awakening, Ex-Girlfriend/understudy The Girl in Once, Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Swing in Sunday in the Park with GeorgeElsewhere: Minnie/Somewhere Soloist in West Side Story and Silly Girl in Beauty and the Beast at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri), Katherine in Newsies at Cincinnati Landmark Productions (Cincinnati, Ohio), Ariel in The Little Mermaid at The Palace Theater (Greensburg, Pennsylvania). American Idol Golden Ticket Winner 2020.




Swings

Ranease Brown

Ranease Brown 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bridgeport, Connecticut

At CCM: Swing for Jazz Nutcracker and Something Rotten!Elsewhere: Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Bombalurina in CATS with Music Theatre Wichita (Wichita, Kansas), Princess Acrimonia in Princess and Frog with The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio), Mimi in Rent with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).


Grace Capeless

Grace Capeless 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Teaneck, New Jersey

At CCM: Fandango Dancer/Charity u/s in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Nutcracker Suite, Swing in Something Rotten!, Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Duckling Donna in SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical (Gateway Playhouse). Broadway: Young Nala in The Lion King, Lavender in Matilda, Little Nancy in A Christmas Story (OBC), Kayla in Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Young Celise in Godspell. Film/TV: "Lost Girls" (Netflix), "Beaches" (Lifetime), "Landing Up" (Apple TV), "Frozen Fever" (Disney+), 67th Annual Tony Awards (CBS).


Assistant Director

Makayla Shipe

Makayla Shipe 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bryant, Arkansas

At CCM: Ensemble/understudy Marie in Cinderella, Swing/understudy Theo in Pippin, Swing in The Wild Party, and Assistant Director of Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Urleen in Footloose at Cincinnati Landmark Productions (Cincinnati, Ohio).


Dance Captain

Tap Captain

Musical Selections

Musical Numbers

Act 1

  • “Welcome to the Renaissance” | Minstrel, Ensemble
  • “Welcome to the Renaissance Playoff” | Minstrel
  • “God, I Hate Shakespeare” | Nick, Nigel, Troupe
  • “Right Hand Man” | Bea, Nick, Nigel
  • “God, I Hate Shakespeare (Reprise)” | Nick
  • “A Musical” | Nick, Nostradamus, Ensemble
  • “A Musical Tag” | Nick, Nostradamus
  • “The Black Death” | Troupe
  • “I Love the Way” | Portia, Nigel
  • “Will Power” | Shakespeare, Bard Boys, Ensemble
  • “Bottom’s Gonna Be On Top” | Nick, Nigel, Bea, Nostradamus, Shylock, Lord Clapham, Ensemble

Act II

  • “Welcome to the Renaissance Reprise” | Minstrel
  • “Hard to Be the Bard” | Shakespeare, Bard Boys
  • “It’s Eggs” | Nick, Troupe
  • “We See the Light” | Portia, Nigel, Brother Jeremiah, Ensemble
  • “Nigel’s Theme” | Nigel
  • “To Thine Own Self Be True” | Nigel, Troupe
  • “To Thine Own Self Be True (Part 2)” | Nick, Troupe
  • “Right Hand Man Reprise” | Bea
  • “Something Rotten” | Nick, Shakespeare, Troupe
  • “Make an Omelette” | Nick, Nostradamus, Chef Trio, Ensemble
  • “To Thine Own Self (Reprise)” | Nick, Nigel
  • “Welcome to America” | Nick, Nigel, Bea, Portia, Ensemble 

Orchestra

Matt Welsh, music director 
 

  • Matt Welsh, keyboard 1
  • Casey Reed, associate music director/ keyboard 2
  • Jack D’Angelo, keyboard 3
  • Kyle Roemer, drumset
  • Abby Singer-Miller, bass
  • Michael Dorst and Christopher Aldi, guitars
  • Joe Keller, tumpet (Oct. 20-23)
  • Solomon Abang, trumpet (Oct. 27-30)
  • Taryn Rupp, trombone
  • Katherine Frazier and Joe Ulmer, reeds

Production Staff

  • Technical Director | Thomas Iodice 
  • Assistant Stage Managers | Annalee Crosser and Rachel Ledington 
  • Production Assistant | El Bowers 
  • Assistant Production Managers | Emma King and Katie Reus
  • Costume Rental Coordinators | Joy Galbraith, Dean Walz
  • Assistant Lighting Designers | William Meckstroth and Riley Rowan 
  • Wardrobe Supervisor | Amira Rowe 
  • Wardrobe Crew Head | Lauren Wooten and Cassidy Kempthorne  
  • Wardrobe Crew |  Raeya Garcia, Katlin Mier, Kait Naylor, Moira Seger, Jordan Shaw, Bethany Untener   
  • Production Electrician | Vincent Vandeleest 
  • Programmer | Tal Kochav 
  • Board Operator | Kassidy Schley 
  • Deck Electricians | Hannah Kate Hawver 
  • Followspot Operators | Michael Donahue and Maddi Myer
  • Electrics Crew | CCM Lighting Design & Technology Students
  • Electrics Show Assistants/Lighting Graduate Assistants | Jessica Drayton and Alaina Pizzoferrato 
  • Assistant Technical Director | Lukas Hummeldorf 
  • Lead Carpenter | Benji Lookatch 
  • Set Construction Crew | Matti Andrews, Abigail Barrientes, Jeffrey Bell, Will Blank, El Bowers, Danny Callahan, Anna Camerer, Nick Feldmann, Raeya Garcia, Gabe Gardner, Alanna Gorrigan, Laura Hanks, Willow Heichel, Mary Hopkins, Lily Landoch, Rachel Luneke, Kaitin Nicole Mier, Maddi Myer, Kait Naylor, Arcadia Paff, Orion Petzel, Charlie Raschke, Evan Reinhart, Paloma Robles, Julia Schillaci, Kassidy Schley, Jordan Shaw, Emma Shreve, Morgan Terry, Bethany Untener, Reagan Warvel
  • Scenic Charge Artist | Ali Flanagan 
  • Scenic Artist’s Assistant | Sami Tamulomis, Suzanne Barnes
  • Paint Crew | Sean Haffey, Liz Mitan, Melanie Reitman, Mia Adrian
  • Scene Shop Assistants | Mckenna Brennan, Maya Eberhardt, Gabby Ullman, Thomas Iodice, Grace Mayo, Logan Vanderpool, Lukas Hummeldorf, Nick Hunley, Benji Lookatch, Izzy Dillon
  • Set/Props Running Crew | Megan Baron, Jeffrey Bell, William Blank, Willow Heichel, Mary Hopkins, Arcadia Paff, Charlie Raschke, Paloma Robles, Morgan Terry
  • Assistant Sound Designer | Brenden Friedel 
  • Production Sound Engineer | Frank Jernigan 
  • A1 | Dani Silver 
  • A2 | Chris Berger
  • Mic Tech Crew | Nick Feldmann and Reagan Warvel 
  • Sound Board Operator | Brady Smith
  • Sound Load in/Out | Kaitlin Barnett, Chris Berger, Nick Feldmann, Brenden Friedel, Frank Jernigan, Patrick Kiernan, Dani Silver, Brady Smith, Reagan Warvel, Aaron Woodstein
  • Sound Shop Graduate Assistants | Kaitlin Barnett, Patrick Kiernan, Bryan Pivaral, Aaron Woodstein
  • Wig, Hair and Make-Up Assistant Designer | Colin Gallaher
  • Wig and Make-Up Running Crew | Inha Choi, Dinithi Fernando, Bryce Nevison
  • Wig and Make-Up Graduate Assistants | Colin Gallaher ,Tiara Jones, Shannon Dolinar   

Production Staff Profiles

Lighting Designer


Sound Designer

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).


Production Stage Manager

Morgan Piper

Morgan Piper (she/her) 
Senior Stage Management student from Chicago, Illinois

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Something Rotten!, Giselle, and Dance Works. Assistant Stage Manager for Once, From Broadway With Love, and The Hughes Project. Elsewhere: Cinderella and The Nutcracker with the Cincinnati Ballet, The House of the Negro Insane at the Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia).


Technical Director

Thomas Iodice

Thomas Iodice 
Senior Technical Production student from Fairfax, Virginia

At CCM: Technical Director for Something Rotten!, Assistant Technical Director for The Marriage of Figaro.


Assistant Stage Managers

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).


Rachel Ledington

Rachel Ledington 
Senior Stage Management student from Round Rock, Texas

At CCM: Fellow Travelers, Student Choreographers' Showcase, Somrthing Rotten!, L'amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: TEXAS Outdoor Musical at the Pioneer Amphitheater, The National Bible Bee and Kids Act Out at Liberty Exhibition Hall.


Production Assistant

Elora Bowers

Elora Bowers 
Sophomore Stage Management student from West Chester, Ohio

At CCM: Production Assistant for Something Rotten, Costume Crew for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Assistant Stage Manager for Dido and Aeneas and Gianni Schicchi, Scenic Crew for Spring Dance, Deck Electrician for Sweet Charity.


Assistant Production Managers

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). 


Katie Reus

Katie Reus
Senior Stage Management student from St. Louis, Missouri

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for A Dream Play, Assistant Stage Manager for GiselleBlue Stockings, Dance Works (Fall 2021), Student Choreographer's Showcase 2021, Production Assistant for From Broadway with Love.


Assistant 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).


A headshot of Riley Rowan

Riley Rowan 
Junior Lighting Design and Technology student from Virginia Beach, Virginia

At CCM: Programmer for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, and Our Town, Production Electrician for Sunday in the Park with George, Asst. Production Electrician for Dance Works, Programmer for Little Shop of Horrors.


Wardrobe Supervisor

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


Wardrobe Crew Head

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


Wardrobe Crew

Bethany Untener

Bethany Untener
Sophomore Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Assistant Production Manager for Hughes Project 2.0, Production Assistant for Cincinnati Dionysia. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for Suessical Kids with Cincinnati Children’s Theatre


Deck Electrician

Hannah Kate Hawver

Hannah Kate Hawver 
Junior Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

At CCM: PA for Xanadu, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Galileo Galilei, Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia, Student Choreographer's Showcase (2023), and Sweet Charity, PSM for Gianni Schicchi + Dido and Aeneas, and American in Paris + Other Works. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Indiana), Assistant Stage Manager at Gulfshore Playhouse (Naples, Florida), Assistant Stage Manager at Long Bay Theatre Company (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina).


Followspot Operators

Michael Donahue

Michael Donahue 
Senior Sound Design student from Norwalk, Connecticut

At CCM: Sound Designer for Dido and Aeneas & Gianni Schicchi, Production Sound Engineer for Dialogues des Carmelites, Production Sound Engineer for The BurialsElsewhere: Sound Designer/A1 for Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, Matilda, Spamalot, and Clue with Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York).


Electrics Show Assistants/Lighting Graduate Assistants

Alaina Pizzoferrato

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.


Assistant Technical Director

Lukas Hummeldorf

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.


Lead Carpenter

Benji Lookatch

Benji Lookatch 
Junior Technical Direction student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for The Rape of Lucretia and Once on This Island, Head Carpenter for Something Rotten! and CinderellaElsewhere: Carpenter and Run Crew for Oliver, Verdi's Aida, Elton John's Aida, and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder at Utah Festival Opera and Music Theater (Logan, Utah).


Set Construction Crew

Elora Bowers

Elora Bowers 
Sophomore Stage Management student from West Chester, Ohio

At CCM: Production Assistant for Something Rotten, Costume Crew for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Assistant Stage Manager for Dido and Aeneas and Gianni Schicchi, Scenic Crew for Spring Dance, Deck Electrician for Sweet Charity.


Willow Heichel

Willow Heichel
Sophomore 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).


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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.


Bethany Untener

Bethany Untener
Sophomore Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Assistant Production Manager for Hughes Project 2.0, Production Assistant for Cincinnati Dionysia. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for Suessical Kids with Cincinnati Children’s Theatre


Scenic Charge Artist

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Ali Flanagan
Senior Theater Design and Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Cinderella, Frankenstein, Something Rotten!, Blue Stockings, Once, The Laramie Project, L’Amant Anonyme, The Good Trouble Project. Elsewhere: Treasure Island and Anything Goes at Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen, Michigan).


Scenic Artist’s Assistant

Suzanne Barnes

Suzanne Barnes
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Props manager for 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦, 𝘈 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺, and 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. Co-scenic charge artist for 𝘓'𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘦 and 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯. Scenic Charge artist for 𝘓𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢 / 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯. Elsewhere: Asst. scenic charge artist for 𝘛𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 at The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Props intern for the Cincinnati Opera's 2023 Summer Festival.


Sami Tamulonis

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).


Paint Crew

Sean Haffey

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.


Liz Mitan

Liz Mitan 
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio

At CCM: Scenic Charge for Let The Right One In, Frankenstein, She Loves Me and Gianni Schicchi.


Melanie Reitman

Melanie Reitman 
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Buffalo Grove, Illinois

At CCM: Assistant Scenic Designer/Scenic Charge Artist for A Dream Play and Props Manager for AgrippinaElsewhere: Props Crew for the Celebrate Cedar Point Spectacular Parade and Night Show (2022) and Summer-bration (2023) at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio).


Mia Adrian

Mia Adrian
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio

At CCM: Our Town.

Scene Shop Assistants

McKenna Brennan

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.


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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

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

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

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

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

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

Nick Hunley 
Senior Technical Production student from Worthington, Ohio

At CCM: Techncial Director for Let The Right One In, Assistant Technical Director for Cinderella, Programmer for Sunday in the Park with George, Head Carpenter for Pippin, Assistant Production Electrcian for Spring Dance. Elsewhere: Laser Design and Programming Intern at Image Engineering (Baltimore, MD), Stage Crew Lead at The Sante Fe Opera (Santa Fe, NM), Stage Crew Apprentice at The Santa Fe Opera.


Benji Lookatch

Benji Lookatch 
Junior Technical Direction student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for The Rape of Lucretia and Once on This Island, Head Carpenter for Something Rotten! and CinderellaElsewhere: Carpenter and Run Crew for Oliver, Verdi's Aida, Elton John's Aida, and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder at Utah Festival Opera and Music Theater (Logan, Utah).


Izzy Dillon

Iz Dillon 
Junior Technical Production student from Carmel, Indiana

At CCM: Head Carpenter for Frankenstein and Fellow Travelers, Assistant Technical Director for Let The Right One In and ClueElsewhere: Carpenter at Cortland Repertory Theatre (Cortland, New York).


Assistant Sound Designer

Brenden Friedel

Brenden Friedel 
Senior Sound Design student from Orlando, Florida

At CCM: Sound Designer for Sweet Charity, Associate Sound Designer for Something Rotten!, Production Sound for Fellow Travelers, Spring Awakening and 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen FlahertyElsewhere: Sound Designer for Ragtime at Flint Repertory Theatre (Flint, Michigan), A2 with Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (Incline Village, Nevada).


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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).


Sound Board Operator

Brady Smith

Brady Smith 
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Amelia, Ohio

At CCM: Debut production in Our Town.


Sound Shop Graduate Assistants

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).


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).


Wig, Hair, and Make-Up Assistant Designer

Collin Gallaher

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).


Wig and Make-Up Graduate Assistants

Tiara Jones

Tiara Jones
Third-year Master’s Makeup and Wig Design student from Alexandria, Virginia

At CCM: Wig and Makeup Designer for She Loves Me, Sunday in the Park with George, Fellow Travelers, Lucretia, Once on this Island, Blue Stockings, Assistant Designer for Frankenstein, Pippin, Our Town, Pre-Show Artist for Xanadu, The Marriage of Figaro, Something Rotten, Lysistrata and The Trojan Women, Makeup Artist for CCM Idea Lab and 1966 Film. Elsewhere: The Flying Dutchman, Rusalka, Pelleas et Melisande, Die Miestersinger, Maria Stuarda, and Tosca at the Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at the Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Carmen, The Sound of Music, The Jungle Book, Tenor Overboard, Holy Grail and The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson with the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Designer in the Annual DAAP Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, recipient of the Albert C. Yates Fellowship.

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CCM will share its spring 2023 schedule of performances and public events in November.


CCM News

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CCM student wins USITT Make-up Design Award

April 5, 2024

The UC College-Conservatory of Music is thrilled to congratulate current masters student Tiara Jones, who was recently named winner of USITT’s Make-Up Design Award. Jones was recognized as part of the USITT24 Conference and Stage Expo in Seattle, Washington.

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CCM Dance Series presents "Little Mermaid" April 12-14

April 4, 2024

UC College-Conservatory Music presents "Little Mermaid" on April 12-14, 2024 in Corbett Auditorium. Directed by Shauna Steele, the performance features music by David Arkenstone. Tickets on sale now through the CCM Box Office.

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Get to know CCM’s newest faculty and staff members

March 29, 2024

UC’s College-Conservatory of Music will welcome a variety of new faculty and staff members to its roster of distinguished performing and media arts experts this fall. The following new appointments have been announced as of Aug 15, 2023. Additional new hires will be announced later this summer.

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CCMpower

CCMpower is a volunteer group of fans, advocates and alumni dedicated to empowering students and fueling the future of the arts through scholarship opportunities and more.

The competitive scholarships CCMpower provides help attract and retain the best and brightest students, nurture professional development opportunities and – in turn – continue CCM’s tradition of excellence for the next generation of student-artists. Join or renew your CCMpower membership today to help provide critical scholarship funds.

Join or renew your CCMpower member today to help provide critical scholarship funds. Visit foundation.uc.edu/ccmpower to learn more.

 


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.