Hannah Toronto
Senior BFA Acting student from McLean, Virginia
At CCM: Swing #3 in A Dream Play, Gretel/Servant in Frankenstein, Somebody in Everybody, Understudy for Beatrice (with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company), Lady Margaret Clifford/Midwife/Man 1 in Emilia. Directing: Assistant Director for Clue, Assistant Director for Witch (Co-production with the Carnegie).
Amanda Sant
Junior BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Singing Telegram Girl in Clue: On Stage, Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing, Evil/Swing in Everybody, Transmigration. Elsewhere: Viola/Olivia Understudy in Twelfth Night at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Olga Mara/Dancer Ensemble/Kathy Understudy in Singing In The Rain at Cincinnati Landmark Productions.
Taylor Helms
First-year Masters Stage Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Props for Suor Angelica, Theory of Relativity. Elsewhere: Scenic Artist for Murder on The Orient Express, Stella Luna, Little Prince, Nate The Great, A Chorus Line, The Chinese Lady, Shane, Origin Story, Ring of Fire, and A Christmas Carol at Playhouse In The Park (Cincinnati). Scenic Artist for Castor and Patience, The Knock, and Madame Butterfly at Cincinnati Opera. Scenic Artist for Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Mamma Mia, Almost Heaven, 42nd Street, and Clue at Cincinnati Landmark Productions.
Jules Cabrera
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Austin, Texas
At CCM: Lighting Designer for The Winter’s Tale, Lighting Designer for An American in Paris & Other Works, Lighting Designer for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Assistant Lighting Designer for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Concert With the Stars 2025 at Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky), Lighting Designer for Up-Close 2024: Nature/Nurture at Mutual Dance Theatre (Cincinnati), Associate Lighting Designer for Amen Corner at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Assistant Lighting Designer for “We Are One- Asylum” Festival with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
Jayna Fry
Third-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
At CCM: Costume Designer for Emilia and The Rape of Lucretia, Assistant Costume Designer for Fellow Travelers and The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Assistant Costume Designer at Festival of International Opera (Urbania, Italy), 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).
Kaitlin Barnett Proctor
Third-year MFA Sound Design student from Butler, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Sound Designer for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Production Sound Engineer for Frankenstein and Once on This Island, A1 for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: A1 for A Wrinkle in Time and Paradise Ballroom at New York Stage and Film (Poughkeepsie, New York), Cinderella and Steel Magnolias at Studio Tenn (Franklin, Tennessee), Sound Designer for The Lightning Thief and Secret Soldiers at Nashville Children's Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee), Little Women, Peter and the Starcatcher, and 42nd Street at Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee), A Christmas Carol at Nashville Repertory Theatre (Nashville, Tennessee).
Emily Kemmerer
Second-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).
Maggie Harris
Second-year MFA Stage Management student from Fayetteville, Arkansas
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Wonderful Town, Rappaccini's Daughter. Elsewhere: ASM for American Idiot, Assassins and Spring Awakening at University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Production Stage Manager for Metal Children at University of Arkansas, PSM for Believe in Stupid Sh*t at Starline Theatre Co.
Kait Naylor
Junior Stage Management student from Loveland, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Dance Works 2024, Assistant Stage Manager for for Angles, Assistant Stage Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Event Manager for BOOM 2024, Assistant Stage Manager for The Rape of Lucretia, Production Assistant for Frankenstein. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for Annie Jr. at the Royal Theatre Company (Mason, Ohio), Production Stage Manager for The Magic Flute at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Production Assistant for Don Giovanni at Cincinnati Opera.
Patrick Johnson
First-Year MFA Stage Management student from Canton, Ohio
At CCM: Sub-Assistant Stage Manager for La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: AEA Production Stage Manager for Forbidden Broadway, Escape to Margaritaville, The Prom, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rock of Ages, and Hand to God at the Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York), AEA Production Stage Manager for Theatre Workshop of Nantucket 2024 Season (Nantucket, Massachusetts) which include the world premiere adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s Winter Street, and Assistant Stage Manager for Head Over Heels at Theatre Horizon (Norristown, Pennsylvania).
Lilly West (she/her)
Freshman BFA Stage Management student from Elgin, Illinois
At CCM: Production Assistant for In the Green and Emilia, Child Supervisor for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for The Cake and The Lightning Thief and Production Stage Manager for Mary Poppins, Frozen Jr. and Absurd Person Singular at Steel Beam Theatre (St. Charles, Illinois), Production Stage Manager for Twelfth Night and Shakespeare's Sonnets in Modern Times at Goodly Creatures Theatre (Elgin, Illinois).
Assistant Production Managers
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).
Bethany Untener
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for John Proctor is the Villain, Assistant Stage Manager for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Assistant Stage Manager for Fall Dance 2023. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Unto These Hills at Cherokee Historical Association (Cherokee, North Carolina), Production Assistant for SpongeBob the Musical Youth Edition and Stage Manager for Kids at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.
Assistant Lighting Designer
Kassidy Schley
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from North Richland Hills, Texas
At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer for Sweet Charity and The Marriage of Figaro, Wonderful Town, Emilia, and Student Choreographers’ Showcase, Programmer for Rappaccini's Daughter and The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Brigadoon, Don Giovanni, Cold Mountain, and Sweeney Todd at the Seagle Festival (Essex County, New York), Assistant Lighting Designer for Julius Caesar at Cincinnati Shakespeare Co.
Shelby Allred
Senior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Stitcher for Clue: On Stage, Crafts Artisan for Cunning Little Vixen and Once on this Island, Assistant Costume Designer for The Rape of Lucretia, Wardrobe Lead for Everybody. Elsewhere: Assistant Costume Designer and Shop Manager for the College Light Opera Company (Falmouth, Massachusetts), Stitcher for Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (Arrow Rock, Missouri), Staff Technical Director at Turpin High School (Cincinnati, Ohio).
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.
Rachel Luneke
Junior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Covington, Kentucky
At CCM: Stitcher for Once on This Island, The Cunning Little Vixen, Clue: On Stage, The Little Mermaid, Wardrobe Crew Head for Everybody and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Stitcher for Seven Deadly Sins, Così fan tutte, La Bohème, and Silent Night with Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, Virginia), Stitcher for Camelot, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, No No Nanette, HMS Pinafore, Arizona Lady, and Orpheus in the Underworld at Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio).
Cassie Smith
Senior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Arlington, Virginia
At CCM: Assistant Costume Designer for Once on this Island and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Stitcher at Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) and Assistant Costume Designer for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).
Julia Schillaci
Junior BFA Costume Design student from Frederick, Maryland
At CCM: Wardrobe Crew Head for The Cunning Little Vixen and Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Assistant Costume Designer for Fiddler on the Roof and Stitcher for Fiddler on the Roof, The Drowsy Chaperone, and The Wizard of Oz at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).
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.
Meredith Randall
Senior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Costume Designer for Dark Sisters, Wardrobe Supervisor for Wonderful Town, Wardrobe Supervisor for Let the Right One In, Assistant Costume Designer for Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Costume Crafts Apprentice at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Wardrobe Head & Stitcher for Otterbein Summer Theatre (Westerville, Ohio).
Jacob Gers
Freshman BFA Sound Design student from Greensboro, North Carolina
Elsewhere: Sound Designer/A1 for Anastasia: The Musical and Production Sound Engineer for Something Rotten! at Weaver Theatre (Greensboro, North Carolina), Sound Designer/A1 for Pride & Prejudice at Well-Spring Theatre (Greensboro, North Carolina), Sound Designer/A1 for The Lion King Jr. at Tamarack Camps (Ortonville, Michigan).
Abigail Fluck
Senior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Wayne, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Production Electrician for Let the Right On In and Once On This Island, Associate Lighting Designer for Fall Dance Works and Assistant Lightning Designer for Clue: On Stage and Cinderella. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Miami Dance Spring Concert, Laser Designer for LAFC Post Game Pride Night, Pyrotechnic Designer for MLB Little League Classic.
Ella Rosoff
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Bethesda, Maryland
At CCM: Everybody, Once on This Island, Wonderful Town, Emilia and Coppelia.
Assistant Production Electrician/ Board Operation
Lia Lubinsky
Sophomore BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Westerville, Ohio
At CCM: Run Crew for Clue: On Stage and Spot Operator for Rappaccini’s Daughter. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Bye Bye Birdie at Westerville Civic Theatre (Westerville, Ohio).
Assistant Technical Director
Willow Heichel
Junior BFA Technical Production student from Granville, Ohio
At CCM: Head carpenter for Once On This Island, Assistant Technical Director for Emilia, Run crew for Something Rotten!, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Cinderella, Fellow Travelers, Deck electrician for The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Scenic Carpenter at Flat Rock Playhouse (Flat Rock, North Carolina), Carpenter and Welder at Stages St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri).
Jaime Boeskool
Sophomore BFA Technical Production student from Nashville, Tennessee
At CCM: Run Crew for Let the Right One In, The Rape of Lucretia, Once on This Island and Clue: On Stage.
Liz Mitan
Senior BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Charge Artist for Let the Right One In, Rappaccini’s Daughter, Clue: On Stage, Frankenstein and She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Scenic Artist at The Ohio Light Opera
Josie Heys
Freshman Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Wilmington, Ohio
At CCM: Wigs, Hair, and Makeup crew for The Winters Tale. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Chicago and Into the Woods at Bare Boards Theatre Co. (Wilmington, Ohio).
Hadley Klusman
Freshman BFA Technical Production student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Scenic Crew for The Winter’s Tale.
Carmella Somich
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: Wigs Hair and Make-up Crew for The Winter’s Tale, Spotlight Operator for Dance Works 2024.
Assistant Sound Designer/Composer
Lucia Thill
Senior BFA Sound Design student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Sound Designer for An American in Paris + Other Works, Production Sound Engineer for The Cunning Little Vixen, Production Sound Engineer for Everybody, A2 for Spring Awakening, Assistant Sound Designer for The Dialogues of the Carmelites. Elsewhere: Associate Sound Designer for Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B at The Human Race Theater (Dayton, Ohio), Assistant Sound Designer and A2 at The Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York).
Production Sound Engineer
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).
Reagan Warvel
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Wig and Make-Up Running Crew
Ella Hamlin
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from St. Louis, Missouri
At CCM: Wardrobe for In the Green, Spotlight Operator for Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Deck Electrician for Aida, Projections Operator for Steel Magnolias, Spotlight Operator for Newsies at STAGES St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri).
Ryan Peerless
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Follow Spot Operator for In the Green, Wardrobe Crew for La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Jill Schlax
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Yarmouth, Maine
At CCM: Light Board Operator for In the Green. Elsewhere: Follow Spot Operator for Ragtime and Light Board Operator for Guys and Dolls with Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina).