CCM PLAY SERIES PRESENTS
By Nick Dear
From the novel by Mary Shelley
Feb. 9-12, 2023, Patricia Corbett Theater
*CCM Student
Content advisory: This production contains adult content, including scenes depicting physical and sexual violence.
Frankenstein will last approximately two hours with a 15-minute intermission.
Frankenstein promotional artwork by CCM student Hunter Trammell
By Susan Felder
What is it to be human? The synapses of the brain fire, we shudder and we respond from the boxes of experience and images that shape us. Or is there something more? What is innate human nature?
During the summer of 1816, 18-year old Mary Shelley arrived in Geneva with her lover, Percy Shelly, her step-sister, Claire, and Lord Byron. Mary’s beloved father condemned her relationship with the much older Shelley and rejected his daughter. The weather that summer grew dim. Mary writes: “The thunder storms that visit us are grander and more terrific than I have ever seen before.” Forced indoors, they read German ghost stories to pass the time. Lord Byron proposes a challenge, a competition, to write the best ghost story. And in an era defined by scientific advance and exploration, isolated in the splendor of the mountains — from the mind of 18-year old Mary Shelley, Frankenstein is born.
Nick Dear’s adaptation returns in part to the Creature’s point-of-view in this classic story. The play offers questions of the nature of life and creation. In pursuing creation, where are the boundaries? And what are our responsibilities for what we create?
Special thanks (music) to Carson Mehlbauer.
Setting: 1820s Regency Era
Location: Ingolstadt Germany, Geneva Switzerland, Orkney Islands, Polar Ice cap (Arctic Circle)
Katie Kinman
Senior Acting student from Louisville, KY
At CCM: Minnie/Collins/Waiter/Swing in Blue Stockings, Cougar 3/Greek Chorus in Cincinnati Dionysia, Wilfred/King/Hilarion understudy in Giselle. Susannah in X-MAS, Tour Guide Assistant in Dummies (CCM Transmigration).
Gavin Duffy
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: William in Frankenstein, K.I.D.S (Transmigration), Beethoven in Dog Sees God (Lab). Elsewhere: Crutchie in Newsies with CAST NKY (Newport, Kentucky), Damien in Sally Salem and the Spooktacular Birthday Extravaganza with Cincy Fringe Festival.
Hannah Toronto
Junior Acting student from McLean, Virginia
At CCM: #2 in The Wolves, Swing #3 in A Dream Play and Gretel/Servant in Frankenstein, Somebody in Everybody.
Kendal Rayborn
Sophomore Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: BIPOC Theater Lab, 404: Play Not Found (Transmigration).
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).
Brandon Cook
Junior Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Felix in Frankenstein, Greg in The Burials, CB in Dog Sees God (Lab). Elsewhere: Le Beau, Orlando/Silvius understudy in As You Like It with Richmond Shakespeare Festival (Richmond, Indiana).
Chloé Hill
Senior Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Female Creature in Frankenstein, Rebecca in Our Town, Francine in Mom, Come Pick Me Up S@*T HOLY F#$K! Elsewhere: Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Liberty Exhibition Hall (Cincinnati, Ohio), Julie in John Lennon & Me with StageOne Family Theatre (Louisville, Kentucky), Portia in The Merchant of Venice with Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Globeplayers (Louisville, Kentucky).
Gabi Adams
Sophomore Acting student from Seattle, Washington
At CCM: Bessie in Dog House. Elsewhere: Floor 6, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, and A Murder to Solve (short films).
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.
Evan Kupersmith
Junior Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Understudy Cinesias in Lysistrata, Ewan in Frankenstein.
Kiki Hellerman
Sophomore Acting student from Chicago, Illinois
Elsewhere: Titus Andronicus with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Theatre, When Beggars Die with Queen Mab’s Players and working as a venue technician with the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
Madi Burnett
Junior Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Ensemble in A Dream Play, Officer in Frankenstein, Janne in Let The Right One In.
Galen Arnett
Senior Acting student from Winchester, Kentucky
At CCM: Talthybius in Trojan Women, Ralph in Blue Stockings, Howie Newsome in Our Town, Understudy in Frankenstein
Elsewhere: Graham and John in Next Stage 9 (Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative).
Hannah Toronto
Junior Acting student from McLean, Virginia
At CCM: #2 in The Wolves, Swing #3 in A Dream Play and Gretel/Servant in Frankenstein, Somebody in Everybody.
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.
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).
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.
Sarah Patisaul
Senior Stage Management student from Cary, North Carolina
At CCM: PSM for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, PSM for Frankenstein, ASM for The Burials, ASM for Julius Caesar, ASM for Once on This Island, ASM for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, PA for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Spot Op. for Pippin, Dresser for Spring Awakening, Dresser for Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: PSM for Spring Recital at Pirouette Dance Company (Holly Springs, North Carolina), ASM for Little Women and Cabaret at Virginia Theatre Festival (Charlottesville, Virginia), ASM for Fidelio at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio), Swing ASM for Taming of the Shrew at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati, Ohio), PA for Tuck Everlasting at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina), Props Crew for Origin Story at Cincy Playhouse (Cincinnati, Ohio), Fly Op. for Chinese Lady at Cincy Playhouse (Cincinnati, Ohio).
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.
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
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).
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
Senior 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.
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.
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 Figaro. Elsewhere: Draper for SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical, Beauty and the Beast and Rock of Ages, Costume Advisor for Tarzan and Anastasia
Baron Leon
Third-year Masters Lighting Design student from Orlando, Florida
At CCM: Lighting Designer for Fellow Travelers, 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, She Loves Me, L'amant Anonyme, and Dance Works 2021, Assistant Lighting Designer for Frankenstein and Xanadu. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Orpheus in the Underworld at Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas), Dido and Aeneas at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Newsies at Emerald Coast Theatre Company (Walton County, Florida), Sleeping Beauty at Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Sound of Music at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Assistant Lighting Designer for Ring of Fire at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Carmina Burana at The Cincinnati Ballet.
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).
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).
Meredith Buckley
Third-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Bloomington, Indiana
At CCM: Our Town and The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: The Comedy of Errors and the original production Snug (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Little Shop of Horrors and Little Women (Indiana University).
Clara Cavins
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Costume Design for She Loves Me. Elsewhere: First Hand at Santa Fe Opera, Wardrobe Technician at The Guthrie Theater, Costume Design at Saint Paul Academy, Minneapolis Musical Theater, Design Assistant at Theater Latte Da, The Ordway Center.
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).
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 Frankenstein. Elsewhere: 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).
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.
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.
Andrew Gange
Senior Lighting Design and Technology student from Flower Mound, Texas
At CCM: Associate Lighting Designer for Fairies, Swans, and Still Waters, Disguise Programmer and Content Creator for Frankenstein, Assistant Media Designer for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Disguise Programmer and Content Creator for The Hughes Project 2.0, Assistant Lighting Designer for She Loves Me, Assistant Lighting Designer and Programmer for The Burials, Assistant Lighting Designer for Galileo Galilei. Elsewhere: Associate Designer/Design Intern at Mandylights (Sydney, Australia).
Lily Landoch
Sophomore Stage Management student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for An American in Paris and Clue, Production Assistant for Spring Awakening and Dialogues of the Carmelites, Wardrobe Crew for Frankenstein and She Loves Me, Spotlight Operator for Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Pippin and The Producers at North Shore Center for Performing Arts (Skokie, Illinois).
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.
Nate Miller
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Lighting Tech with I.A.T.S.E. Local 5 at the Cincinnati Opera.
Sophia Gamble
Sophomore Stage Management student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Production Assistant for Our Town and Sunday in the Park with George.
Emily Mallendick
Junior Stage Management student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Everybody, Assistant Stage Manager for Spring Awakening and Dialogues of the Carmelites. Production Assistant for The Burials and Blue Stockings. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for Be More Chill and Stage Manager for Rent with Stone Productions (Toledo, Ohio).
Jessica Ann Drayton
Master’s Lighting Design student from Powder Springs, Georgia
At CCM: Cinderella, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dialogue of the Carmelites. Elsewhere: As you Like it and Trouble in Mind with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Jersey Boys with Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina), Secret Garden with TheaterLab Dayton (Dayton, Ohio), Ariodante with Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Sleepy Hollow with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio), Young Frankenstein with Circle Theater (Fort Worth, TX), Into the Breeches with Stagewest Theatre (Forth Worth, TX), Pleasure Trials with Amphibian Stage (Fort Worth, TX), Fierce! with Cincinnati Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Eugene Onegin with Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Dallas, Texas).
Baron Leon
Third-year Masters Lighting Design student from Orlando, Florida
At CCM: Lighting Designer for Fellow Travelers, 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, She Loves Me, L'amant Anonyme, and Dance Works 2021, Assistant Lighting Designer for Frankenstein and Xanadu. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Orpheus in the Underworld at Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas), Dido and Aeneas at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Newsies at Emerald Coast Theatre Company (Walton County, Florida), Sleeping Beauty at Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Sound of Music at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Assistant Lighting Designer for Ring of Fire at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Carmina Burana at The Cincinnati Ballet.
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).
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.
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.
Eli Suarez (he/him)
Junior Lighting Design and technology student from Dublin, Ohio
At CCM: Lighting Programmer for Haunted House Experience, The Laramie Project, Once, and She Loves Me, Assistant Lighting Designer for Pippin, Production Electrician for The Burials, She Loves Me, and Danceworks 2022. Elsewhere: Lighting programmer for Carrie, Spamalot, and Mamma Mia! at Short North Stage (Columbus, Ohio), Assistant Lighting Designer for Comics Come Home 26 at TD Garden Arena (Boston, Massachusetts).
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 Clue. Elsewhere: Carpenter at Cortland Repertory Theatre (Cortland, New York).
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
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).
Morgan Terry
Freshman Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Crew for Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Spot Op for Jersey Boys and Deck/Scenic Crew for White Christmas at Fulton Theatre (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
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
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).
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
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).
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.
Simon Knox
Senior Theatre Design and Production student from Madison, Indiana
At CCM: Pippin, 42nd Street, The Secret Garden, Clybourne Park, She Loves Me, The Phoenix Project. Elsewhere: Ragtime, Windfall and Anna in the Tropics at Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor, New York), Pie-Creator for the Broadway tour of Waitress.
Mia Adrian
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Melanie Reitman
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
At CCM: Scenic Running Crew for Xanadu, Blue Stockings, and Pippin, 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).
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.
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 Clue. Elsewhere: Carpenter at Cortland Repertory Theatre (Cortland, New York).
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
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.
Hunter Lee
Junior Technical Production student from Amelia, Ohio
At CCM: Deck Electrician for Pippin, Head Carpenter for Xanadu, Production Assistant for The Good Trouble Project.
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 Cinderella. Elsewhere: 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).
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).
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.
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.
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.
Kaitlin Barnett
First-year Master’s Sound Design and Technology student from Butler, Pennsylvania
At CCM: A1 for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Cinderella and Steel Magnolias at Studio Tenn (Franklin, Tennessee), 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).
Brady Smith
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Amelia, Ohio
At CCM: Debut production in Our Town.
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).
Bryan Pivaral
First-year Master’s Sound Design and Technology student from Miami, Florida
At CCM: A2 for She Loves Me Elsewhere: Sound Designer for Daughter and When 5 Years Pass at California Institute of the Arts (Santa Clarita, California). Sound Designer for Pipeline, Italian Futurist Project, Red Velvet and Children's Hour at Florida International University (Miami, Florida).
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).
Tiara Jones
Second-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 and Blue Stockings, Assistant Designer for Frankenstein, Pippin and 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: 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.
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).
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.
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 Frankenstein. Elsewhere: Costume Crafts Apprentice at Glimmerglass Festival Opera (Cooperstown, New York).
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.
Mia Adrian
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
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.
Maddy Byrnes
Senior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Prop Master for Magic Flute, Assistant Prop Master for Xanadu, Prop Master for L'Amant Anonyme.
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
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 Agrippina. Elsewhere: Props Crew for the Celebrate Cedar Point Spectacular Parade and Night Show (2022) and Summer-bration (2023) at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio).
Sage Shepard
Senior Stage Management student from Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Clue, Fairies, Swans and Still Waters and The Wild Party. Assistant Stage Manager for Sweet Charity, Cincinnati Dionysia, Sunday in the Park with George, and Le Nozze de Figaro. Production Assistant for Ariadne Auf Naxos. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for ALICE (in wonderland) at Cincinnati Ballet (Cincinnati, Ohio), Stage Management Intern for Chicago, Camelot and Mary Poppins at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri).
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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.
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.
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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Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 1-5 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for all ticketed performances. MasterCard, Visa and Discover cards are accepted.
Convenient parking is available in the CCM Garage at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue. Additional parking is available in garages throughout the UC campus. Any questions concerning on-campus parking should be directed to UC Parking Services at 513-556-2283.
If you find that you cannot attend your performance, your tickets may be donated for tax credit as a charitable contribution. Simply notify the Box Office prior to the performance to release your seats, and give your name and address. A tax donation receipt will be mailed to you.
If you have lost an item, contact lost and found at 513-556-9413.
The House Manager has been instructed to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times that are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times. Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted.
The video or audio recording of performances is prohibited.
The use of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is prohibited. Please leave them with the House Manager.
Smoking and refreshments are not permitted in the theater. Effective May 1, 2017, smoking and tobacco use (including chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes) shall be prohibited by students, staff, faculty, visitors, vendors and contractors at all times in or on University of Cincinnati properties, including events on university property during non-school hours. This includes all shelters, indoor and outdoor theaters and athletic facilities, bridges, walkways, sidewalks, residence halls, parking lots, and street parking and garages owned by the university.
Telex listening devices are available for checkout during performances in both Patricia Corbett Theater and Corbett Auditorium. Please inquire at the Box Office.
Wheelchair seating is available in both Corbett Auditorium and Patricia Corbett Theater. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made with the Box Office when ordering tickets. These seats are subject to availability.
The Box Office can accommodate groups for major productions and concerts. Preview and benefit performances are also available for some productions. For more information, call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.
CCM's faculty and staff and its state-of-the-art facilities make possible the professional training and exceptional education on which CCM believes the future of the arts relies. The school's roster of eminent faculty regularly receives distinguished honors for creative and scholarly work, and its alumni have achieved notable success in the performing and media arts. More than 150 internationally recognized faculty members work with students from around the world, specializing in eight areas of study.
Performance dates and repertoire are subject to change. View CCM's current calendar of events.
The purpose of these performances is educational, and they are part of a University of Cincinnati academic program.
