CCM PLAY SERIES PRESENTS
Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Written by Sandy Rustin
Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price
Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture
Based on the Hasbro board game
CLUE Original Music by Michael Holland
Feb. 8-10, 2024, Patricia Corbett Theater
*CCM Student
Clue : On Stage will last approximatly 90 minutes, with no intermission
By special arrangement with The Araca Group, Work Light Productions, and Michael Barra/Lively McCabe Entertainment
Clue: On Stage is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
NOTE TO AUDIENCE: The videotaping or audio and/or visual recording of this production is a violation of United States Copyright Law and an actionable federal offense.
Nora Kovasckitz
Senior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Ensemble in Our Town, Billy and Prof. Radleigh in Blue Stockings, Dipsas in "Cincinnati Diyonisa," Lipstick in Trash: The Musical (The Phoenix Project)), Grandma in X-Mas (Transmigration), and Cast Member in Lucky Dee's BnB (Transmigration).
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).
Sydni Charity Solomon
Senior Acting student from Gainesville, Florida
At CCM: Daughter in A Dream Play, Brianna in The Burials. Elsewhere: What the Constitution Means to Me with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Dickless with Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Shaylee Bowman
Senior Acting student from Burlington, Kentucky
At CCM: Lampito in Lysistrata and Popillius in Julius Caesar. Elsewhere: Bella understudy in Gaslight at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
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.
Evan Kupersmith
Junior Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Understudy Cinesias in Lysistrata, Ewan in Frankenstein.
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).
Debra Joan Najor
Junior Acting student from West Bloomfield, Michigan
Elsewhere: Wrote, produced, directed and acted in several locally awarded student films: "The Matriarch," "In a Blackout," "Capeesh," "Liminal," "Everything is Gonna be Okay," 'The Proposal" at the University of Michigan.
Bryce Nevison
Sophomore Acting student from Huron, Ohio
At CCM: Jonny in Let the Right One In, R.S.V.P (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Wax Dolls (Short Film), Swing Host in Snoopy's Dog Days of Summer/Party With Peanuts with Cedar Point's Live Entertainment (Sandusky, Ohio).
Emma Sanchez
Junior Acting student from San Antonio, Texas
At CCM: Myrrhine in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Paige in Love and War, CB’s Sister in Dog Sees God, BIPOC LAB.
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.
Jahmiya Quarles
Junior Acting student from Washington, D.C.
At CCM: Cincinnati Dionysia. Elsewhere: Understudy Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Amanda Sant
Sophomore Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing (Lab), Evil/Swing in Everybody, A Night at La Grand Fromage (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Queen Gertrude in Hamlet with the London Academy of Dramatic Arts (London, England), Curio in Twelfth Night with Kentucky Shakespeare Globe Players (Louisville, Kentucky).
Jordyn Hill
Sophomore Acting student from West Chester, Ohio
At CCM: Gracie in WAX Dolls (short film), Coconut Mall is Burning Down (Transmigration), Somebodies understudy in Everybody.
Dash Green
Sophomore Acting student from Chatham, New Jersey
At CCM: Torkel/Jimmy in Let the Right One In, Coconut Mall is Burning Down (Transmigration).
Katherine Harb
Sophomore Acting student from Ottowa, Canada
At CCM: Transmigration. Elsewhere: Little Women and Gruesome Playground Injuries.
Nikolas Gray
Sophomore Acting student from Odesa, Ukraine
At CCM: RSVP (Transmigration). Elsewhere: That Groovy Rotten Smell (short film), Old Friends (short film).
Pearce Nitta
Second-year MM Wind Conducting student from Las Vegas, Nevada
Pearce Nitta is currently a second-year Masters Student in Wind Conducting, studying under Dr. Kevin Holzman. Originally from Las Vegas, NV, he received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Brigham Young University. He taught high school band for three years in Payson, UT before coming to CCM. In his free time, Pearce enjoys board games and rock climbing.
Geovanny Morales-Santos
Sophomore BM Clarinet student from West Chester, Ohio
At CCM: CCM Wind Symphony, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Chicago, Newsies, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof.
Kerrigan Mandrell
Sophomore BM Violin student from LNashville, Tennessee
Kerrigan Mandrell is a violinist from Nashville Tennessee with a passion for pit and orchestral playing. She is is currently a sophomore at The University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music studying under Kristin Lee. She is a member and principal player of CCM’s Concert Orchestra and an active participant in their chamber music program. Most notably she has played in CCM productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella, UGOP Dido and Aeneas/ Gianni Schicchi. Outside of CCM she has had the privilege to perform Leonard Bernstein’s On The Town, and Rodgers and Hammerstein The Little Mermaid with Audience of One Theater, and Mel Brooks/ Thomas Meehan The Producers with Theater Lab Cincinnati.
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.
Gabby Trice
First-year Masters Stage Design student from Blacksburg, Virginia
At CCM: Scenic Design for Everybody and Clue. Elsewhere: Various mural designs for the Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta). Art Dept. Lead for The Mad Hatter Gin & Tea Party (Georgetown, DC). Guest Scenic Design for Dr. Frankenstein at Christopher Newport University (Newport News, Virginia). Scenic Design for Legacy of Light and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters at Synchronicity Theatre (Atlanta), Design for The Little Mermaid at Legacy Theater (Atlanta), Design for Peter & the Starcatcher at Stagedoor Players (Atlanta).
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).
Brian Haack
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from Katy, Texas
At CCM: A1 on A Midsummer Night's Dream, A1 on Blue Stockings, Sub Mix on Sunday In The Park With George, Spot Op Spring Awakening, A1 on A Dream Play, Mic Tech on Once, Sound Designer on The Rape of Lucretia, Sound Designer on Clue: On Stage.
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).
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.
Hattie Fann
Second-year Master’s in Stage Properties student from Woodbury, Tennessee
At CCM: Prop Manager for Everybody, Frankenstein, Something Rotten!. Elsewhere: Assistant Props Manager at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Assistant Props Manager at Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Props Manager at the Cumberland County Playhouse (Crossville, Tennessee).
Ella Gover
Junior Stage Management student from Piqua, Ohio
At CCM: Mic Crew for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Assistant Stage Manager for Spring Choreographers Showcase. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for Seussical Jr. and A Wrinkle in Time at Dayton Live Creative Academy (Dayton, Ohio).
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).
Katie Mogren
Freshman Stage Management student from St. Paul, Minnesota
At CCM: Production Assistant for Clue: On Stage, Wig & Makeup Crew for Rappaccini's Daughter and The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Costume Designer for Frozen Jr. at Ashland Productions (Maplewood, Minnesota). Production Stage Manager for Alice in Wonderland, Devised at Lakeshore Players Theatre (White Bear Lake, Minnesota).
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).
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.
Abby Fluck
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Wayne, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Board Operator for Xanadu, Assistant Master Electrician for Pippin and The Burials, Production Electrician for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Production Electrician 2 for Hughes Project 2.0 Elsewhere: Electrician Apprentice for Grease, Private Lives, Always Pasty Cline, God Of Carnage, An American in Paris, and Murder on the Orient Express at The Cape Playhouse (Dennis, Massachusetts).
Anika Shirvaikar
Junior Stage Management student from Millburn, New Jersey
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for St. Matthew Passion and Love and War (Lab Play), Assistant Stage Manager for She Loves Me, Fellow Travelers and UC CCM Presents Alumnus Stephen Flaherty (Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall), Production Assistant for Julius Caesar and Pippin, Wig and Make Up crew for Sweet Charity, Spotlight Operator for Spring Awakening, Deck Electrician for Danceworks, Wardrobe Crew for Our Town, Scenic Crew for Once and Sunday in the Park with George. Elsewhere: Stage Management Intern at Lollapalooza Music Festival, Assistant Stage Manager for Shipwrecked: An Entertainment at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Production Assistant/Assistant Stage Manager for Thirteen Jr., Seussical Kids, and Something Rotten Jr. at Pixie Dust Players.
Rob Chalk
Freshman Lighting Design and Technology student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Deck Electrician for Sweet Charity, Scenic Crew for Let the Right One In.
Gabriel Raskind
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bellevue, Washington
At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.
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).
Cassidy Kempthorne
Second-year Masters Costume Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Something Rotten, Wardrobe Head for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Draper for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Clara Cavins
Third-year graduate Costume Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Costume Designer for She Loves Me and Still Waters, Design Assistant for Galileo. Elsewhere: Costume Designer at Saint Paul Academy and Summit School (Saint Paul, Minnesota) and Minneapolis Musical Theater, Design Assistant at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (Saint Paul) and Theater Latte Da (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
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).
Clara Cavins
Third-year graduate Costume Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Costume Designer for She Loves Me and Still Waters, Design Assistant for Galileo. Elsewhere: Costume Designer at Saint Paul Academy and Summit School (Saint Paul, Minnesota) and Minneapolis Musical Theater, Design Assistant at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (Saint Paul) and Theater Latte Da (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
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.
Cassidy Kempthorne
Second-year Masters Costume Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Something Rotten, Wardrobe Head for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Draper for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Shelby Allred
Junior Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Set crew in Puffs, Student Technical Director in Indecent with CAST Kentucky Theatre.
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.
Flynn Wilson
Freshman Lighting Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Followspot operator for Let the Right One In.
Elsewhere: Site Ops for Lollapalooza (Chicago, Illinois), Site Ops for Windy City Smokeout (Chicago, Illinois), Graphics Team for NASCAR Chicago Street Race (Chicago, Illinois).
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
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).
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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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