CCM OPERA SERIES PRESENTS
Composed by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan, after the play by André Obey
Nov. 16-19, 2023, Patricia Corbett Theater
*CCM student
Content advisory: For mature audiences, contains scenes of self-harm and sexual violence.
By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
The composer Benjamin Britten, a registered conscientious objector and Christian pacifist, returned to Great Britain with his partner, Peter Pears, after a three year long self-imposed exile in the United States during 1939-42 at the peak of World War II. It was after witnessing the devastation of London and the British countryside that he began to write two of his greatest and most challenging pieces: The War Requiem and The Rape of Lucretia.
The Rape of Lucretia was his first chamber opera. In it Britten uses virtuosic vocal writing and eerie orchestral textures to weave together a hard-hitting, atmospheric theatre work that sounds and feels unlike anything else in the repertory. The story is framed by the observation and narration of a male and female chorus serving much the same role as in a Greek tragedy but in this context looking at the tragedy through Britten’s very personal Christian lens. The male and female chorus sing, “While we as two observers stand between this present audience and that scene, we'll view these human passions and these years through eyes which once have wept with Christ's own tears.”
The dramatic strength of this opera lies in its fearless treatment of taboos and the most primal means of human expression. Ronald Duncan based his English libretto on André Obey’s play Le Viol de Lucréce which in turn, was based on the 142-volume History of Rome, by the historian Livy tells the tragic story of the rape of a Roman noblewoman Lucretia by the heir apparent of the invading Etruscan military regime, Tarquinias. It was Lucretia’s martyrdom that resulted in the founding of the Republic of Rome.
The Rape of Lucretia does not back away from clearly detailing unbearable abuses of power, war, sexual violence, misogyny, xenophobia and martyrdom. The female chorus begins by stating: "It is an axiom among kings, to use a foreign threat to hide a local evil.” Britten views the story both as historical narrative and as an allegory to address the continued violence against women, colonialism, war, social, political and religious struggles still unfortunately part of the human condition.
The chorus "observers" are only tasked by Britten to recount the story. Despite this directive, they still attempt to stop Tarquinius's act of violence. Unfortunately, their attempt to change the course of history is thwarted, and they are tragically unable to prevent the inevitable crime. They can only repeat their endless narrative to each “present day audience.”
Seen in allegorical terms, this production explores the Pagan symbolism while asking the question: how can we of faith now stand and watch without feeling complicity? Is forgiveness or redemption humanly possible? Can Christianity or any other religion help us to understand or stop the cycle of continued violence against women, the resurgence of racism, xenophobia, war and domestic gun violence? It is these questions that make this magnificent allegorical work even more relevant in our current times of violence at home and abroad.
It must be our mission as artists in society to face these challenges with diligence and depth of study coupled with a commitment to our audience to fiercely and courageously engage as artists in all aspects of the human condition. In this production we do not shy away from the reality of good and evil portrayed in Duncan’s and Britten’s allegory of “the white dove and the poisonous viper." In our present complex world where wars still rage, Britten asks us to look with “eyes wide open” and consider with our hearts and good faith how to stop the endless cycle of violence and war and live to our greater potential as artists and human beings.
If you or someone you know is a victim of violence or experiencing a mental health related crisis the links below will direct you to resources that can help:
Contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you are experiencing mental health-related distress or are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support: call or text 988; chat at 988lifeline.org. Connect with a trained crisis counselor. 988 is confidential, free, and available 24/7/365. Visit the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for more information at 988lifeline.org.
- Darya Zholnerova, Director and Robin Guarino, Dramaturg
* Performs Thursday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 18
^ Performs Friday, Nov. 17 and Sunday, Nov. 19
Salleigh Harvey
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance student from Fountain Inn, South Carolina
At CCM: Ensemble in The Highlands (Opera Fusion: New Works), Cricket/Owl in The Cunning Little Vixen, Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Ottone in Agrippina, Madame de Croissy in Dialogues des Carmélites.
Elsewhere: Ensemble in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Old Baroness (cover) in Vanessa with Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, South Carolina), Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods with Furman Lyric Theatre (Greenville, South Carolina).
Tess Klibanoff
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Rochester, New York
At CCM: Agrippina in Agrippina, Mère Marie in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Dorothée in L'Amant Anonyme, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Carmen in Carmen (CCM Bootcamp), Djamileh in Djamileh (CCM Bootcamp), Suzy in La Rondine. Elsewhere: Chorus in La Bohème, chorus in Aida, chorus in Pirates of Penzance at Cincinnati Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio), Turnspit in Rusalka with Luke Housner Summer Opera (virtual), Zerlina in Don Giovanni with New York Lyric Opera (New York, New York).
Erik Nordstrom
Second-year Artist Diploma student in Opera from Saint Paul, Minnesota
At CCM: Revírník in The Cunning Little Vixen, Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia, Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers, Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Younger Galileo in Galileo Galilei, Ophémon in L’Amant Anonyme, Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: El Dancaïro in Carmen with Virginia Opera (Norfolk, Virginia), Samuel in Pirates of Penzance with Kentucky Opera (Louisville, Kentucky), Marullo in Rigoletto with Central City Opera (Central City, Colorado).
Carlos Ahrens
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Orlando, Florida
At CCM: First Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Rinuccio in Gianni Schiccci
Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflaüte with the Trentino Music Festival (Fiera, Italy), Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte, Mayor in Albert Herring, Old Man in L'enfant et les sortilèges and Apollo in Semele at Vanderbilt Opera Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee), Don Curzio in Le Nozze Di Figaro at Prague Summer Nights (Prague, Czechia )
Henry Benson (he/him)
Second-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Marinette, Wisconsin
At CCM: Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers, Fenton in Falstaff, Nemorino in the 2021 Italian Opera Gala. Elsewhere: 2023 Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival, 2021 Artist in Residence with Dayton Opera, Tenor II in The Tibetan Book of the Dead at Eastman Opera Theatre.
Lauryn Davis
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Musetta in La Bohème with Atlanta Concert Opera (Atlanta,Georgia), Margaret in The Light in the Piazza with Kennesaw State Opera Theatre (Kennesaw, Georgia).
Ryan Henry
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from McAllen, Texas
At CCM: Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Tommy McIntyre in Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro at Georgia State University, Falstaff in Falstaff at Festival of International Opera Italia (Urbania, Italy).
John Potvin
Second-year Vocal Performance student from Aiken, South Carolina
At CCM: Pallante in Agrippina, 2nd Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Estonian Frank/Interrogator/Senator Joseph McCarthy in Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Gloster Heming in The Mother of Us All with Chautauqua Opera (Chautauqua, New York), Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni and The Baker in Into the Woods with Furman Lyric Theater (Greenville, South Carolina).
John Mburu
First-year Artist Diploma student in Opera from Warwick, Virginia
At CCM: Parson in The Cunning Little Vixen, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Pallante in Agrippina, Paul Jr. in Robeson (Opera Fusion: New Works), Pope Urban VIII in Galileo Galilei, Logger in Bulrusher (Opera Fusion), Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York) , Chorus in Aida with Cincinnati Opera, Prisoner 1 in Fidelio with Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Bob The Old Maid and the Thief with the Lee University Opera Theatre (Cleveland, Tennessee).
Diamond Sparks
First-year MM Voice student from Birmingham, Alabama
At CCM: Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with the University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama), Suzy cover in La Rondine, chorus member for La Rondine, L’elisir d’amore, Tosca, and Carmen with Mobile Opera (Mobile, Alabama), Marcelina in Le nozze di Figaro with Vienna Summer Festival (Vienna, Austria).
Junyue Gong
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance student from Chengdu, China
At CCM: Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Flower 3 in La hija de Rappaccini, Sister Gertrude in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Nicolette cover in The Love for Three Oranges and Chorus in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera (Des Moines, Iowa).
Olivia Knutsen
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance from Brooklyn, New York
At CCM: Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Sister Anne of the Cross in Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Monica in The Medium and Spirit 1 in Orfeo with Northwestern Opera Theater (Evanston, Illinois), Gretel in Hansel und Gretel and Laetitia in The Old Maid and The Thief with Northwestern Opera Project (Evanston, Illinois), La Sagesse in Armide with Miami Music Festival (Miami, Florida).
Holly Thomas
Second-year Master’s in Vocal Performance student form Nashville, Tennessee
At CCM: Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Sister St. Charles in Dialogues Des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Liesgen in Bach’s Coffee Cantata at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio), Lisa cover in La Sonnambula at Teatro Nuovo (Montclair, New Jersey), Celia in Lucio Silla at Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Il), Rose in Ruddigore, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Fanchette in Le Mariage aux Lanternes at the University of Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee).
William Langley, alumni guest conductor
Stephen Hardie, graduate assistant conductor (conductor on Nov. 19)
Associate Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, William R. Langley, began his career as an orchestral conductor at age sixteen. In 2009 he founded the Wolf River Chamber Orchestra and in 2011 the Memphis Repertory Orchestra. The MRO served as the Orchestra in Residence at the Buckman Performing Arts Center where they gave over forty- five performances during their residency.
An avid performer, the young Maestro has appeared as guest conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Starling Chamber Orchestra, Blueshift Ensemble, Concert:Nova, and All of the Above ensemble. In 2017 he made his opera debut with the CCM Opera Theatre where he conducted a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide as a part of their "Bernstein at a 100" centennial celebration and has since gone on to work with the opera companies of Cincinnati (as the John L. Magro Resident Conductor 2021-2022) workshopping, covering, and performing various operas since 2018 and in Naples (Florida) covering Ramon Tebar and making his debut in Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied (2022). Recent opera appearances include his return to CCM Opera leading productions of Gregory Spears’s Fellow Travelers and Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. Langley has recorded albums with the Memphis Repertory Orchestra (Dvorak + Tchaikovsky and“Voyagers : Scheherazade + Mitton”) and All of the Above Ensemble (Double Portrait), the latter of which led to his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in the fall of 2018.
In demand as a cover conductor, Langley has been a frequent cover with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, and Cincinnati covering such conductors as Sir Donald Runnicles, Louis Langrée, Carlos Kalmar, Juanjo Mena, Jonathon Heyward, Ramón Tebar, Peter Oundjian, Nathalie Stutzmann, Nicola Luisotti, Xian Zhang, and Miguel Harth-Bedoya, to name a few.
Langley holds a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in Cincinnati where he studied under the tutelage of Maestro Mark Gibson. He was selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the American Austrian Foundation to be awarded one of two esteemed Ansbacher Fellowships for Young Conductors with the opportunity to study in Austria at the 2019 Salzburger Festspiele.
Langley, who “conducts with considerable theatricality, elicited a dramatic performance from the orchestra.” (Jon Sparks/Commercial Appeal), was the subject of a featured article entitled “Young Conductor Realizing Dreams” in the Commercial Appeal as well as the Memphis Flyer’s cover story “20 < 30” as one of “20 young Memphians shaping the city’s future”.
Stephen Hardie
Second-year DMA Orchestral Conducting student from Melbourne Australia
At CCM: Assistant conductor with Philharmonia and Concert Orchestra. Elsewhere: Performances with the University of Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Nova Sinfonia (Melbourne), Bayside Chamber Orchestra (Melbourne).
Daria Zholnerova
Second-year Artist Diploma in Opera Directing student from Saint Petersburg, Russia
At CCM: Stage Director for Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Stage Director for Two Remain (Out of Darkness) with Unlikely Opera House (Saint Petersburg, Russia).
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).
Jayna Fry
Second-year Master’s Costume Design student from Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
At CCM: Assistant Costume Designer for Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: 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).
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.
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.
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).
Mia Adrian
Junior Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Our Town.
Deborah Heyl
Second-year Master’s in Stage Management student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Agrippina, Fall Dance 2022, 30 Years of Stephen. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for She Loves Me at South Park Theatre (South Park, Pennsylvania), Production Stage Manager for The White Rose at Prime Stage Theatre (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Ali Fishbain
Freshman Stage Management student from Madison, Wisconsin
At CCM: Production Assistant for The Rape of Lucretia.
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.
Moira Seger (she/they)
Sophomore Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Charge for Everybody, Assistant Scenic Designer for The Rape of Lucretia, Props Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Props Artisan for Camelot, H.M.S. Pinafore, and Orpheus in the Underworld with The Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio).
Shelby Allred
Junior Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Set crew in Puffs, Student Technical Director in Indecent with CAST Kentucky Theatre.
Adam Markus
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Austin, Texas
At CCM: Assistant Production Electrician for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Electrician for Million Dollar Quartet and Annie with Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, PA).
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).
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).
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 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).
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.
Kassidy Schley
Sophomore Lighting Design student from North Richland Hills, Texas
At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer for Sweet Charity, Lighting Technician/Board Op for Something Rotten, Lighting Technician/Follow Spot Op for 2023 Fairies, Swans and Still Waters. Elsewhere: Deck Electrician for Opera Theatre of St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri).
Miya Chambers
Sophomore Lighting Design student from Alpharetta, Georgia
At CCM: Light Board Operator for The Rape of Lucretia.
Morgan Terry
Sophomore Technical Production student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Let the Right One In, Automation Programmer and Operator for Clue: On Stage. Elsewhere: Scenic Carpenter for Honky Tonk Angels, Baskerville, Annie, Million Dollar Quartet, and On Golden Pond with Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, PA).
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).
Benji Lookatch
Junior Technical Production 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)
Jack Capobianco
Freshman Lighting Design student from Ashburn, Virginia
At CCM: Light Board Operator for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Follow Spot Operator in The Littlest Mermaid.
Halena Edwards
Freshman Stage Management student from Memphis, Tennessee
At CCM: Production Assistant for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for The Addams Family Young @Part at Theatre Memphis
Ali Fishbain
Freshman Stage Management student from Madison, Wisconsin
At CCM: Production Assistant for The Rape of Lucretia.
Michael Hamburg (he/him)
Freshman Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Kinky Boots, RENT, Into the Woods, and George Remus: A New Musical and Music Operator for Guys and Dolls at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
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.
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
Senior 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).
Morgan Terry
Sophomore Technical Production student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Let the Right One In, Automation Programmer and Operator for Clue: On Stage. Elsewhere: Scenic Carpenter for Honky Tonk Angels, Baskerville, Annie, Million Dollar Quartet, and On Golden Pond with Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, PA).
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).
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).
Claire Bonnette
First-year Masters in Make-Up and Wig Design student from Ozark, Missouri
At CCM: Wig and Makeup Assistant Designer for Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Spring Awakening and An Ideal Husband with Drury University Theatre (Springfield, Missouri).
Emily Kemmerer
First-year MFA Make-up and Wig Design student from Wooster, Ohio
At CCM: Wig Stylist and Wig and Make-up Supervisor for Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Assistant Wardrobe Manager at The Glimmerglass Festival for 2023 season (Cooperstown, New York). Wardrobe Supervisor at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for 2023 season (Cincinnati, Ohio). Wardrobe Supervisor at Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre for 2022 season (Grand Lake, Colorado).
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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.
