CCM DANCE SERIES PRESENTS

Little Mermaid

Inspired by the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

 

April 12-14, 2024, Corbett Auditorium

Dance Department Supporter 
The Corbett Endowment at CCM

  • Director| Shauna Steele
  • Choreographers | Shauna Steele, Michael Tevlin, Ihaiah Miller
  • Original Choreographery and Concept| Jennifer Thiemet and Cathy Petraits
  • Repetiteurs | Tricia Sundbeck, Isabele Elefson, Rae Vrbancic
  • Composer| David Arkenstone
  • Lighting Designer | Baron Leon*
  • Media Designer | Andrew Gange*
  • Original Costume Designer | Cathy Petraits
  • Additional Costume and Accoutrements Design | Jayna Fry, Peggie Dona
  • Sound Designer | Bryan Pivaral*
  • Production Stage Manager | Sophia Gamble*
  • Technical Director | Hunter Lee*

*CCM student

Little Mermaid will run approximately 90 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission

About David Arkenstone

David Arkenstone

GRAMMY® nominated artist David Arkenstone has established himself as one of the most engaging and prolific contemporary instrumentalists of our time. This visionary continues to create distinctive tracks that inspire the imagination and evoke every emotion, spanning genres from new age to Celtic, neoclassical to ambient, world music to epic orchestral. Since the release of his acclaimed album Valley in the Clouds in 1987, David Arkenstone has received five Grammy® nominations in 2022, 2020, 2004, 2000, and 1992. With over 1.1 billion streams worldwide, 70+ albums, film and TV scores, gaming scores for World of Warcraft, and NBC Sports themes such as The Kentucky Derby, The British Open, and Premier League soccer, David's music is the soundtrack to millions of listeners’ lives, taking fans of all ages on a fantastic musical journey. We invite you to visit David’s official website www.davidarkenstone.com and join the Arkenfans Community on Facebook. You can also visit David's link tree: https://linktr.ee/davidarkenstone.

About Jennifer Thiemet

Jennifer Weatherburn Thiemet is a former principal dancer with AYBT with extended studies at Canada’s National Ballet School where she trained intensely in the Cecchetti Syllabus and attended the teacher’s training program.  She has studied with such master teachers as Alexandra Danilova, Margaret Saul, Jurgen Schneider, George Verdak, Gus Giordano, & Luigi.  She has performed with Walt Disney productions, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre and was a principal dancer with Lexington Ballet.  During her dance career, she performed the leads in such ballets as The Nutcracker, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Raymonda, and Romeo & Juliet.  Her musical theater productions include West Side Story, Sugar, Bye Bye Birdie, The King and I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and productions with American Cabaret Theater.  She was the winner of the Margaret Sear Rosenblith and Carey Rose Winski Scholarship Awards and was accepted to Interlochen Music Camp.

Mrs. Thiemet’s teaching credentials include Anderson Young Ballet Theatre Academy, School of Lexington Ballet, School for the Performing Arts of Kentucky, and National Academy. She is currently on staff with Anderson University Dance Department.  She has staged many classical ballets (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Pas De Quatre, Coppelia, Raymonda, Alice in Wonderland, and The Nutcracker) and has co-choreographed two world premieres with AYBT: Little Mermaid & The Legend of MuLan.

Cathy Petraits

Catherine Sparks-Petraits is a graduate of Ball State University with a bachelor’s degree in Dance Performance in 1991.  With 37 years of dance training, Catherine danced eight of those years as a professional.  She was an apprentice and then resident guest artist with Dance Kaleidoscope from 1993-2000.  She also performed with American Cabaret Theater from 1992-1996 and Civic Theater in 2002.  As a costumer, Catherine was Assistant Costumer of Dance Kaleidoscope in 1992-1994.  Other companies she has designed for were Ball State University, Jordan Academy of Dance at Butler University, Dance Kaleidoscope, and Anderson University.  Catherine has continually done costuming for AYBT since 1992.  She has staged many classical ballets (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Pas De Quatre, Coppelia, Raymonda, Alice in Wonderland, and The Nutcracker) and has co-choreographed two world premieres with AYBT: Little Mermaid & The Legend of MuLan.

Music

"Little Mermaid" to the original music of David Arkenstone

Act 1

  • Overture - “The Malabar Caves”, Citizens of Time
  • Opening Scene - “Across the Great Ocean”, Atlantis
  • Tales of the Mermaid Sisters - “The Festival”, The Celtic book of Days
  • The King and Queen of the Sea - “Ancient Legend”, Chronicles
  • Swimming to the Surface - “Festival of the Goddess”, Atlantis 
  • The Ship Encounter - “Papilion”, In the Wake of the Wind
  • The Sea Witch & the Storm - “The Lions Breath”, In the Wake of the Wind
  • The Prince Drowns - “Water of Life”, Return of the Guardians
  • The Recovery of the Prince - “Southern Cross”, In the Wake of the Wind

Act 2

  • Overture - “Voices of the Anasazi”, Chronicles
  • The Lair of the Sea Witch - “The North Wind”, Chronicles
  • Finding Her/The Village - “Passage”, Chronicles
  • Entering the Palace - “Homecoming”, Quest of the Dream Warrior
  • The Court Scene - “Glory”, Chronicles
  • The Court Dance - “Road to Faire”, Celtic Book of Days
  • Hypnotizing the Prince - “Stepping Stars”, Chronicles
  • The Mermaid Cries - “Emerald Dreams”, In the Wake of the Wind
  • The Spell is Broken - “Explorers”, Citizens of Time
  • Saying Good-Bye - “Sailing”, In the Wake of the Wind
  • Happily Ever After, “Reunion”, Return of the Guardians

The Company

  • The Mermaid | Grace Zamiska^, Caitlyn Wehner+
  • Prince | Erin Decker^, AJ Gross+
  • Sea King | Nick Gundrum
  • Sea Queen | Maddie Talbot^, Bethany Roup+
  • Land Queen | Kelsey Lewis
  • Sea Witch | Isabella Thoroughman^, Hazel Alexander+
  • Minions of the Sea Witch | Hannah Altmiller, Mary Lee, Iliana Rich, Regina Murphy (understudy)
  • Mer Siblings | Sophia Gray^, Katie Griffith^, Katherine Kraal^, Campbell Lee^, Grace Ortega^, Cynthia Lutz^, Shaelyn Kuipers+, Celeste Lau+, Addie McCarter+, Grace Mitchell+, Regina Murphy+, Maddie Weber+
  • The Angelfish | Mia Neslanovic^, Maya Gordon+
  • Sea Horse | Miranda Sharer
  • Starfish | Bryn Cintron
  • Jellyfish Pod/Courtiers | Soyars Green, Katie Griffith+, Shaelyn Kuipers^, Sofia Stitz, Elizabeth Tanner, Anjali Vadlamudi
  • School of Fish | Hazel Alexander^, Elise Arcuri, Lexi Bastin, Bryn Clintron, Sylvia Quinio, Miranda Sharer, Laykin Stoess, Isabella Thoroughman+
  • Ship's Captain | Isabelle Pfleger
  • Ship’s Crew | Grace Baker, Erin Decker, A.J. Gross, Willie Harris Jr., Kelsey Lewis
  • Maids | Elise Arcuri, Lexi Bastin, Bryn Cintron, Erin Decker+, Celeste Lau^, Mia Neslanovic^, Sylvia Quinio, Bethany Roup^, Miranda Sharer, Sofia Stitz, Laykin Stoess, Kelsey Lewis (understudy), Maya Gordon (understudy), Mia Neslanovic (understudy)
  • Courtiers | Willie Harris Jr., Addie McCarter^, Grace Mitchell^, Regina Murphy^, Isabelle Pfleger^, Maddie Weber^, Caitlyn Wehner^, Sophia Gray+, Katherine Kraal+, Campbell Lee+, Cynthia Lutz+, Grace Ortega+, Grace Zamiska+

^Performs Saturday 
+ Performs Friday/Sunday

Cast Profiles

The Mermaid


Caitlyn Wehner

Caitlyn Wehner 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: The Mermaid in Little Mermaid, Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in "Still Waters", Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and "Mozart Mix.” Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet "Walpurgisnacht" at Cincinnati Ballets Professional Training Division, “Spectrum on Broadway” at Joffrey Ballet School (New York City).


Prince

Erin Decker

Erin Decker (they/them)
Junior Ballet student from Naples, Florida

At CCM: "Twilight Tango" by Thomas Bell, Royal Hunting Party and Willi Corps in Giselle restaged by Qi Jiang and Dierdre Carberry, Understudy in Galileo Galilei, "Waltz of the Flowers" by Rae Verbancic, "Still Waters" by Shauna Steele, Swan Lake Corps restaged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in "Juxtapose" by Ihaiah Miller, The Baker and Artist in An American in Paris by Peter Davidson. Elsewhere: Snow White in Snow White with Naples Ballet, Cinderella in Cinderella with Naples Ballet, The Temperament Fairy and Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty with Naples Ballet, Candy Cane and Soldier in The Nutcracker with Miami City Ballet, Dewdrop and Clara in The Nutcracker with Naples Ballet.


AJ Gross

AJ Gross 
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Thomas Bell's "Mozart Mix," Rothbart in Sleeping Beauty, Shauna Steele's original works titled "Still Waters" and "Who We Are," Ihiaih Miller's "Jux D'pose," Jiang Qi's "Van Gogh, Iris and the Starry Night" and An American in Paris as the waiter.


Sea King

Nick Gundrum

Nick Gundrum  
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Frug Trio/Ensemble in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Swing, Sea King in Little Mermaid (CCM Dance), Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Swing in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Fiddler on the Roof, Memphis, and 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.


Sea Queen


Bethany Roup

Bethany Roup 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Crestwood, Kentucky

At CCM: Sea Queen in Little Mermaid, Zulma in Giselle, Soloist in Paquita, Soloist in Swan Lake “Pas de Trois,” Soloist in “Cornerstones,” Corps de Ballet in Les Sylphides.


Land Queen

Kelsey Lewis

Kelsey Lewis
Sophomore Ballet student from Glenwood, Illinois

At CCM: Mozart MixElsewhere: “Tailsman Variation,” “Coppelia Suite,” Corps in “Mazurka” and Corps in “Dance of the Hours” with Boston Ballet Professional Division at Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Natick, Massachusetts).


Sea Witch

Isabella Thoroughman

Isabella Thoroughman
Sophomore Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in RaymondaElsewhere: Esmeralda in Esmeralda (CCM Prep), Principal in La Bayadere(CCM Prep), Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and Don Quixote (CCM Prep), Clara, Marzipan, and Flower Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de Ballets in Don Quixote with Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Magic Dress Party Girl and Clara Double in The Nutcracker with Cincinnati Ballet.


Hazel Beatrice Alexander

Hazel Alexander 
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio

At CCM: Soloist in "its not the breathes you take…," Lead in "Jux d’pose," Soloist in Sleeping Beauty Prologue, Dance of the Cygets in Swan Lake, Demi Soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers," Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, "Falling Upwards," Choreographer of Galileo Galilei, Three-time choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of Dear Odette at DanceCincinnati24, Dancer in short film "PAS DE DEUX," Choreographer of "The Selkie" at Dancing Under the Stars (Berlin, Ohio).


Minions of the Sea Witch

Hannah Altmiller

Hannah Altmiller 
Sophomore Ballet student from Springfield, Oregon

At CCM: corps de ballet in Raymonda, Swan Lake Corps in Swan Lake Act 2, Soloist and corps member in "It's Not The Breaths We Take," and corps member in "Jux'd Posed." Elsewhere: Lady Winter and corps de statue in Adventures in Narnia at Dance Veritas (Eugene, Oregon), Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker at SLC Ballet (Salt Lake City, Utah), Dulcinea, Spanish woman and Bridesmaid in Don Quixote.  


Iliana Rich

Iliana Rich  
Senior BFA Ballet student from Taylorsville, Kentucky

At CCM: “Carmina Burana,” "Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “Pas de Quatre” in La Bayadère, An American in Paris, Temperament Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Four Little Swans in Swan Lake, Soloist in Raymonda, Soloist in “Jux d’pose,” “From The Beginning,” “Mozart Mix,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle, “X” and Paquita. Elsewhere: “Tarantella”, “Boom” and “Tapestry” at the DAP Festival (Pietrasanta, Italy), “Sleep Study” and  “Rhapsody in Blue” with Boca Ballet (Boca Raton, Florida), “We Call it Ballet” at Memorial Hall (Cincinnati).


Regina Murphy

Regina Murphy 
Senior BFA Ballet and Communications student from South Bend, Indiana

At CCM: 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, “Pas de Quatre” from La Esmeralda, “Jux d’pose,” Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de ballet in Swan Lake, “The End in the Beginning,” Dewdrop in “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker.


Mer Siblings

Sophia Gray

Sophia Gray 
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Paquita, “Who We Are,” “Mozart Mix,” “Pas de Poisson,” “In the Beginning,” “Home-made, Home-Made! (But aren’t we all?),” “Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid.” Elsewhere: Soloist in Paquita “Pas de Trois Variation 2,” Corps de Ballet and Swanhilda’s Friends & Wedding Suite in Coppélia, Tea & Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker with The Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadére with Philadelphia Ballet Summer Intensive (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).


Katherine Griffith

Katie Griffith 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers", Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swan in Swan Lake, Dame in An American in Paris. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, and Corps de ballet understudy in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).


Katherine Kraal

Katherine Kraal 
Freshman Ballet student from Holland, Michigan

Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Grand Rapids Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Internship with Deos Contemporary Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan).


Campbell Lee

Campbell Lee 
Freshman Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in La Esmeralda, Corps de Ballet in “Jux D’Pose,” "The Cost of This World," "How Deep is a Soul?", "Carmina Burnana," Mer Sister in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Marzipan Soloist, and Flowers Demi Soloist in The Nutcracker  at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre (Alpharetta, Georgia).


Grace Ortega

Grace Ortega 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in “Waltz of the Flowers,” “Still Waters” and Carmina Burana. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, and Corps de ballet understudy in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, OH).


Cynthia Lutz

Cynthia Lutz
Senior BFA Ballet student from Wheaton, Illinois

At CCM: “Flames of Paris Pas de Deux,” "Who We Are,” “Ancient Ritual,” Esmeralda “Pas de Quatre,” Demi-Soloist in Little Mermaid, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake Act 2, Corps de Ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle.


Shaelyn Kuipers

Shaelyn Kuipers 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina

At CCM: Corps de ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Prologue from Sleeping Beauty, soloist in Esmerelda, Mer Sibling in The Little MermaidElsewhere: Snow Queen, Lead Russian, Lead Chinese, Lead Marzipan, and Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker at Albemarle Academy of Dance (Albermarle, North Carolina).


Celeste Lau

Celeste Lau
Junior Ballet student from Bay Area, California

At CCM: Dewdrop in Rachael Vrbancic’s Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Big Swans in Jiang Qi’s Swan Lake Act II, and The End in the Beginning and Still Waters by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: lya Kozadayev’s The Nutcracker, August Bournonville’s Napoli and Gina Patterson’s Seven Deadly Sins at University of North Carolina School of the Arts.


Adrianna McCarter

Adrianna McCarter  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Orem, Utah

At CCM: Mersibling in Little Mermaid, Corps in “Jux d'pose” and Carmina Burana. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in “Oceans and Pearls,” Corps de ballet in Coppelia with Kansas City Youth Ballet (Kansas City, Missouri).



Regina Murphy

Regina Murphy 
Senior BFA Ballet and Communications student from South Bend, Indiana

At CCM: 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, “Pas de Quatre” from La Esmeralda, “Jux d’pose,” Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de ballet in Swan Lake, “The End in the Beginning,” Dewdrop in “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker.


Maddie Weber

Maddie Weber 
Junior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois

At CCM: “Short Story Long,” Prologue of Sleeping Beauty, “Waltz of the Flowers,” Act Two of Swan Lake, “Esmeralda Suite,” “Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “it’s not the breaths you take…” Elsewhere: Cinderella in Cinderella with Chicago Festival Ballet (Naperville, Illinois).


The Angelfish

Mia Neslanovic

Mia Neslanovic 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Corp de Ballet in Esmeralda, "it’s not the breaths we take…,” “where the heart grows,” “inevitable truths” and Angelfish in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty at Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory (Torrington, Connecticut), Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker at Academy of International Ballet (Chester Heights, Pennsylvania).


Senior Portrait

Maya Gordon  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

At CCM: Lead in “Flames of Paris,” Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, Angelfish Soloist and Corps de Ballet in The Little Mermaid, “The Hands that Hold Us Back,” Corps de Ballet in La Esmeralda. Elsewhere: Lead and Corps de ballet in The Adventures of the Cipollino and “Swanhilda’s Friends” at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).


Sea Horse

Miranda Sharer

Miranda Sharer  
Senior BFA Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio

At CCM: Demi-soloist in La Bayadère, Seahorse in Little Mermaid, Demi-soloist in “Its Not the Breathes We Take,” Lilac Attendant in Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Corps de Ballet in “Mozart Mix,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle, Choreographer of “Where the Heart Grows.”


Starfish

Bryn Cintrón

Bryn Cintrón
Freshman Ballet student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…”, “Bare Myself”, “Consternations." Elsewhere: Corps in “Raymonda”, Snow Queen in “The Nutcracker”, “Waltz of the Flowers” Demi-soloist in “The Nutcracker.”


Jellyfish Pod/Courtiers

Soyars Green

Soyars Green 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Richmond, Virginia

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Bayadere, "Who We Are", and “Ode.” Elsewhere: Snow and Flowers Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in “Serenade,” and Parisian in An American in Paris as a Richmond Ballet Trainee (Richmond, Virginia).


Katherine Griffith

Katie Griffith 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers", Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swan in Swan Lake, Dame in An American in Paris. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, and Corps de ballet understudy in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).


Shaelyn Kuipers

Shaelyn Kuipers 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina

At CCM: Corps de ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Prologue from Sleeping Beauty, soloist in Esmerelda, Mer Sibling in The Little MermaidElsewhere: Snow Queen, Lead Russian, Lead Chinese, Lead Marzipan, and Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker at Albemarle Academy of Dance (Albermarle, North Carolina).



Anjali Vadlamudi

Anjali Vadlamudi 
Freshman Ballet student from Ann Arbor, Michigan

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…,” and “Complicated Grieving.” Elsewhere: “Assemblage,” The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sleeping Beauty, Five Dancing Princesses, Coppélia, and Giselle with Ballet Chelsea (Chelsea, Michigan).


School of Fish

Hazel Beatrice Alexander

Hazel Alexander 
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio

At CCM: Soloist in "its not the breathes you take…," Lead in "Jux d’pose," Soloist in Sleeping Beauty Prologue, Dance of the Cygets in Swan Lake, Demi Soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers," Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, "Falling Upwards," Choreographer of Galileo Galilei, Three-time choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of Dear Odette at DanceCincinnati24, Dancer in short film "PAS DE DEUX," Choreographer of "The Selkie" at Dancing Under the Stars (Berlin, Ohio).


Elise Arcuri

Elise Arcuri 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Santa Barbara, California

At CCM: Soloist in La Bayadere, “Who We Are,” Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Corps de ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake Act 2, “Jux d’pose.”


Lexi Bastin

Lexi Bastin 
Freshman Ballet student from Greenwood, Indiana

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take,” “Consternation,” “Where the Heart Grows.” Elsewhere: Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker with Indianapolis Ballet (Indianapolis, Indiana).


Bryn Cintrón

Bryn Cintrón
Freshman Ballet student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…”, “Bare Myself”, “Consternations." Elsewhere: Corps in “Raymonda”, Snow Queen in “The Nutcracker”, “Waltz of the Flowers” Demi-soloist in “The Nutcracker.”


Sylvia Quinio

Sylvia Quinio 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Soloist in “it’s not the breaths we take,” Soloist in Carmina Burana, Soloist in “Who We Are,” Lise Understudy in An American in Paris.


Miranda Sharer

Miranda Sharer  
Senior BFA Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio

At CCM: Demi-soloist in La Bayadère, Seahorse in Little Mermaid, Demi-soloist in “Its Not the Breathes We Take,” Lilac Attendant in Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Corps de Ballet in “Mozart Mix,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle, Choreographer of “Where the Heart Grows.”


Laykin Stoess

Laykin Stoess 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Home-made, Home-made! (But aren’t we all?) by Sydney D’Orso, Giselle, Soloist in Who We Are by Shauna Steele, Beat as One by Gracie Zamiska, It Would Feel Like This by Erin Decker, Swan Lake act II restaged by Qi Jiang, Jux’dpose by Ihaiah Miller, Soloist in Carmina Burana by Shauna Steele, The Little Mermaid.


Isabella Thoroughman

Isabella Thoroughman
Sophomore Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in RaymondaElsewhere: Esmeralda in Esmeralda (CCM Prep), Principal in La Bayadere(CCM Prep), Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and Don Quixote (CCM Prep), Clara, Marzipan, and Flower Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de Ballets in Don Quixote with Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Magic Dress Party Girl and Clara Double in The Nutcracker with Cincinnati Ballet.


Ship's Captain

Isabelle Pfleger

Isabelle Pfleger 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Cape Cod, Massachusetts

At CCM: Carmina Burana, Ship Captain and Courtier in Little Mermaid, “Ancient Ritual.” Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)


Ship’s Crew

Grace Baker

Grace Baker  
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Ensemble/Eileen understudy in Wonderful Town, Swing in Seussical, Swing in Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Baker's Wife in Into the Woods and Katherine Plumber in Newsies with Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center (Midland, Pennsylvania).


Kelsey Lewis

Kelsey Lewis
Sophomore Ballet student from Glenwood, Illinois

At CCM: Mozart MixElsewhere: “Tailsman Variation,” “Coppelia Suite,” Corps in “Mazurka” and Corps in “Dance of the Hours” with Boston Ballet Professional Division at Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Natick, Massachusetts).


Maids

Elise Arcuri

Elise Arcuri 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Santa Barbara, California

At CCM: Soloist in La Bayadere, “Who We Are,” Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Corps de ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake Act 2, “Jux d’pose.”


Lexi Bastin

Lexi Bastin 
Freshman Ballet student from Greenwood, Indiana

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take,” “Consternation,” “Where the Heart Grows.” Elsewhere: Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker with Indianapolis Ballet (Indianapolis, Indiana).


Bryn Cintrón

Bryn Cintrón
Freshman Ballet student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…”, “Bare Myself”, “Consternations." Elsewhere: Corps in “Raymonda”, Snow Queen in “The Nutcracker”, “Waltz of the Flowers” Demi-soloist in “The Nutcracker.”


Erin Decker

Erin Decker (they/them)
Junior Ballet student from Naples, Florida

At CCM: "Twilight Tango" by Thomas Bell, Royal Hunting Party and Willi Corps in Giselle restaged by Qi Jiang and Dierdre Carberry, Understudy in Galileo Galilei, "Waltz of the Flowers" by Rae Verbancic, "Still Waters" by Shauna Steele, Swan Lake Corps restaged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in "Juxtapose" by Ihaiah Miller, The Baker and Artist in An American in Paris by Peter Davidson. Elsewhere: Snow White in Snow White with Naples Ballet, Cinderella in Cinderella with Naples Ballet, The Temperament Fairy and Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty with Naples Ballet, Candy Cane and Soldier in The Nutcracker with Miami City Ballet, Dewdrop and Clara in The Nutcracker with Naples Ballet.


Celeste Lau

Celeste Lau
Junior Ballet student from Bay Area, California

At CCM: Dewdrop in Rachael Vrbancic’s Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Big Swans in Jiang Qi’s Swan Lake Act II, and The End in the Beginning and Still Waters by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: lya Kozadayev’s The Nutcracker, August Bournonville’s Napoli and Gina Patterson’s Seven Deadly Sins at University of North Carolina School of the Arts.


Mia Neslanovic

Mia Neslanovic 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Corp de Ballet in Esmeralda, "it’s not the breaths we take…,” “where the heart grows,” “inevitable truths” and Angelfish in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty at Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory (Torrington, Connecticut), Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker at Academy of International Ballet (Chester Heights, Pennsylvania).


Sylvia Quinio

Sylvia Quinio 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Soloist in “it’s not the breaths we take,” Soloist in Carmina Burana, Soloist in “Who We Are,” Lise Understudy in An American in Paris.


Bethany Roup

Bethany Roup 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Crestwood, Kentucky

At CCM: Sea Queen in Little Mermaid, Zulma in Giselle, Soloist in Paquita, Soloist in Swan Lake “Pas de Trois,” Soloist in “Cornerstones,” Corps de Ballet in Les Sylphides.


Miranda Sharer

Miranda Sharer  
Senior BFA Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio

At CCM: Demi-soloist in La Bayadère, Seahorse in Little Mermaid, Demi-soloist in “Its Not the Breathes We Take,” Lilac Attendant in Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Corps de Ballet in “Mozart Mix,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle, Choreographer of “Where the Heart Grows.”



Senior Portrait

Maya Gordon  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

At CCM: Lead in “Flames of Paris,” Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, Angelfish Soloist and Corps de Ballet in The Little Mermaid, “The Hands that Hold Us Back,” Corps de Ballet in La Esmeralda. Elsewhere: Lead and Corps de ballet in The Adventures of the Cipollino and “Swanhilda’s Friends” at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).


Courtiers

Adrianna McCarter

Adrianna McCarter  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Orem, Utah

At CCM: Mersibling in Little Mermaid, Corps in “Jux d'pose” and Carmina Burana. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in “Oceans and Pearls,” Corps de ballet in Coppelia with Kansas City Youth Ballet (Kansas City, Missouri).



Regina Murphy

Regina Murphy 
Senior BFA Ballet and Communications student from South Bend, Indiana

At CCM: 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, “Pas de Quatre” from La Esmeralda, “Jux d’pose,” Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de ballet in Swan Lake, “The End in the Beginning,” Dewdrop in “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker.


Isabelle Pfleger

Isabelle Pfleger 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Cape Cod, Massachusetts

At CCM: Carmina Burana, Ship Captain and Courtier in Little Mermaid, “Ancient Ritual.” Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)


Maddie Weber

Maddie Weber 
Junior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois

At CCM: “Short Story Long,” Prologue of Sleeping Beauty, “Waltz of the Flowers,” Act Two of Swan Lake, “Esmeralda Suite,” “Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “it’s not the breaths you take…” Elsewhere: Cinderella in Cinderella with Chicago Festival Ballet (Naperville, Illinois).


Caitlyn Wehner

Caitlyn Wehner 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: The Mermaid in Little Mermaid, Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in "Still Waters", Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and "Mozart Mix.” Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet "Walpurgisnacht" at Cincinnati Ballets Professional Training Division, “Spectrum on Broadway” at Joffrey Ballet School (New York City).


Sophia Gray

Sophia Gray 
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Paquita, “Who We Are,” “Mozart Mix,” “Pas de Poisson,” “In the Beginning,” “Home-made, Home-Made! (But aren’t we all?),” “Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid.” Elsewhere: Soloist in Paquita “Pas de Trois Variation 2,” Corps de Ballet and Swanhilda’s Friends & Wedding Suite in Coppélia, Tea & Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker with The Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadére with Philadelphia Ballet Summer Intensive (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).


Katherine Kraal

Katherine Kraal 
Freshman Ballet student from Holland, Michigan

Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Grand Rapids Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Internship with Deos Contemporary Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan).


Campbell Lee

Campbell Lee 
Freshman Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in La Esmeralda, Corps de Ballet in “Jux D’Pose,” "The Cost of This World," "How Deep is a Soul?", "Carmina Burnana," Mer Sister in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Marzipan Soloist, and Flowers Demi Soloist in The Nutcracker  at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre (Alpharetta, Georgia).


Cynthia Lutz

Cynthia Lutz
Senior BFA Ballet student from Wheaton, Illinois

At CCM: “Flames of Paris Pas de Deux,” "Who We Are,” “Ancient Ritual,” Esmeralda “Pas de Quatre,” Demi-Soloist in Little Mermaid, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake Act 2, Corps de Ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle.


Grace Ortega

Grace Ortega 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in “Waltz of the Flowers,” “Still Waters” and Carmina Burana. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, and Corps de ballet understudy in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, OH).



Production Staff

  • Assistant Stage Managers | Annalee Crosser, Finley Shields
  • Production Electrician | Riley Rowan
  • Lighting Programmer | Nick Hunley
  • Assistant Production Managers | Annalee Crosser, Katie Reus
  • Costume Coordination | Jayna Fry
  • Associate Costume Coordination | Peggie Dona
  • Costume Shop Graduate Assistants | Clara Cavins, Erin Donnelly, Lauren Fitts, Cassidy Kempthorne 
  • Costume Shop Lab Assistants | Alanna Gorrigan, Rachel Luneke
  • Assistant Lighting Designers | Miya Chambers, Ashton Karp
  • Followspot Operators | El Bowers, Jack Capobianco
  • Media Designer | Andrew Gange
  • Assistant Media Designer | Sydney Riddle
  • Media Programmer | Charlie Raschke
  • Board Operator | Jacob Kaplan
  • Deck Electricians | Raeya Garcia, Brady Smith
  • Production Sound Engineer | Brian Haack
  • Audio 1 | Macay Smith
  • Sound Shop Graduate Assistants | Patrick Kiernan, Kaitlin Barnett, Bryan Pivaral

Production Staff Profiles

Lighting Designer


Sound Designer

Bryan Pivaral

Bryan Pivaral  
Second-year MFA Sound Design student from Miami, Florida

At CCM: A2 for She Loves Me, Sound Designer for Dance Works, Everybody, The Cunning Little Vixen and Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Monitor Mixer/A1 for Indi Friday at 5th & Vine Live with 3CDC (Cincinnati), Sound Designer for Laughs in Spanish at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), A1 for Little Shop of Horrors at Flint Repertory Theater (Flint, Michigan), A1 for Elton John’s Aida, Oliver and A Gentlemen's Guid to Love and Murder at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre (Logan, Utah), Sound Designer for When Five Years Pass and Daughter at California Institute for the Arts (Santa Clarita, California), Sound Designer for The Children’s Hour at Florida International University (Hialeah, Florida).


Production Stage Manager

Sophia Gamble

Sophia Gamble 
Sophomore Stage Management student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky 

At CCM: Production Assistant for Our Town and Sunday in the Park with George.


Technical Director


Assistant Stage Managers

Annalee Crosser

Annalee Crosser  
Senior BFA Stage Management student from Edmond, Oklahoma

At CCM: Production Stage Manager on The Rape of Lucretia, Assistant Stage Manager on Little Mermaid, Assistant Stage Manager on Frankenstein, Assistant Stage Manager on Something Rotten, Production Assistant on The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager on Sweet Charity and Gypsy at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina), Assistant Stage Manager on Don Quixote at Cincinnati Ballet, Stage Management Intern on The Knock at Cincinnati Opera, Assistant Stage Manager on The Bridges of Madison County at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).


Finley Shields

Finley Shields
Second-year MFA Stage Management student from Mission Viejo, California

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Everybody, Assistant Stage Manager for Little Mermaid, Child supervisor for The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for The Threepenny Opera and Stage Manager for Into the Woods at University of the Pacific (Stockton, California).


Production Electrician


Lighting Programmer


Assistant Production Managers


Annalee Crosser

Annalee Crosser  
Senior BFA Stage Management student from Edmond, Oklahoma

At CCM: Production Stage Manager on The Rape of Lucretia, Assistant Stage Manager on Little Mermaid, Assistant Stage Manager on Frankenstein, Assistant Stage Manager on Something Rotten, Production Assistant on The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager on Sweet Charity and Gypsy at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina), Assistant Stage Manager on Don Quixote at Cincinnati Ballet, Stage Management Intern on The Knock at Cincinnati Opera, Assistant Stage Manager on The Bridges of Madison County at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).


Associate Costume Coordination

Peggie Dona

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.


Assistant Lighting Designers

Miya Chambers

Miya Chambers 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Alpharetta, Georgia

At CCM: Light Board Operator for The Rape of Lucretia, Spot Operator for Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Littlest Mermaid. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Little Shop of Horrors at Utah Festival of Music (Logan, Utah).


Ashton Karp

Ashton Karp 
Junior Lighting Design student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: She Loves Me, 2023 Student Choreographers Showcase. Elsewhere: The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).


Followspot Operators

Elora Bowers

El Bowers 
Junior BFA Stage Management student from West Chester, Ohio

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for The Marriage of Figaro, Assistant Stage Manager for Choreographers’ Showcase 2024, Assistant Stage Manager for Gianni Schicchi and Dido and Aeneas, Assistant Stage Manager for The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee.


Jack Capobianco

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.


Media Designer


Assistant Media Designer


Deck Electricians

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Raeya Garcia  
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Austin, Texas

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen and Duke Ellington's Jazz Nutcracker, Production Assistant for Agrippina and A Dream PlayElsewhere: Production Stage Manager for Chicago and Million Dollar Quartet and Assistant Stage Manager for Newsies and Legally Blonde at Interlakes Summer Theatre (Meredith, New Hampshire), Assistant Stage Manager for Million Dollar Quartet and Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, Pennsylvania).


Production Sound Engineer


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CCM winter apparel available for purchase online

November 27, 2024

Show your school spirit this spring with official CCM apparel! New UC College-Conservatory of Music apparel is available for purchase online. CCM's latest quarter zip and crewneck sweatshirt designs can be ordered online now through Dec. 8, 2024. You can preview both items below.

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Giving Tuesday: Support CCM health and wellness

November 26, 2024

For the UC College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) community, Giving Tuesday offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact by supporting Student Health and Wellness. As our students dedicate themselves to the arts – pursuing rigorous schedules filled with practice, performance, and academic study – their mental and physical well-being is crucial.

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CCM hosts Moveable Feast gala fundraiser on Jan. 24, 2025

Event: January 24, 2025 12:00 AM

UC College-Conservatory of Music hosts its Moveable Feast fundraising gala live and in-person on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Presented by CCMpower, a dedicated volunteer group of friends, advocates and alumni, Moveable Feast 2025: A Tempo generates essential support for the next generation of performing and media artists at CCM.

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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 Supporter
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
The Corbett Endowment at CCM
Dance Department Supporter
All-Steinway School Supporter
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel
Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Supporter
William L. Gasch Endowment Fund for Dance Excellence
CCM Dance Department Supporter
J. Brett Offenberger, MD and Mr. Douglas E. Duckett;
Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer 
Greg Mathein 
Jim & Linda Miller 
George & Caroll Roden
Musical Theatre Department Supporters
Gearsupply.com AV Marketplace
Theater Design & Production Supporter
The Estate of Genevieve Smith
Opera Production Supporter
Bacchus Legacy Foundation
TAPAA Guest Director Supporter
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
Opera D’Arte Supporter
Estate of Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Elizabeth C.B. Sittenfeld
Elizabeth Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Ariel Quartet Supporters
Friedlander Family Fund
Karl Zipser
Chamber Music at CCM
Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Choral Studies Supporters
Anonymous
Classical Guitar Supporter
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Philharmonia Supporters
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Starling Pre-Collegiate Supporter
Starling Strings Supporter
Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
Organ Department Supporters
Keyboard Club of Cincinnati
L. Ried Schott
Piano Department Supporters
Kevin and Nancy Rhein
Wind Studies Supporters
Willis Music/ Buddy Rogers Music
LINKS Instrument Donation Supporter
Strader Fund of the Greter Cincinnati Foundation
CCM Innovation Supporter


Sponsors listed as of August 1, 2024

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 Tuesday-Friday from 1-5 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

Corbett Auditorium emergency exits are located at the back left and right of the balcony level, the back left and right of the main floor level, and at the left and right at the front of the stage.

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.