EMILIA

Gabrielle Mignonne 
Senior BFA Acting student from Seattle, Washington

At CCM: Clarice in Frankenstein, Emilia in The Winter’s Tale, Joey in Love and War. Elsewhere: Nicole in The Light Chasers, Hermia U/S in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Becca Anderson (they/them) 
Senior BFA Acting student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Nell in John Proctor is the Villain, Usher/God/Understanding in Everybody, Lina/Kristine/1st Coal Heaver in A Dream Play, Janette in The Burials, #00 in The Wolves. Elsewhere: Ida Jackson understudy & Others in The Amen Corner at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Benvolio understudy in Romeo and Juliet at Oak Park Festival Theatre (Oak Park, Illinois).

Joysoline Ivory Smith (she/her)
Senior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Girl/Time in Everybody, Teapot in Who Lives on Drury Lane (Transmigration), Jasmine in “Walking in the rain” (capstone film project by CCM Media Production), Kennedy in "Sonder" (CCM BIPOC Affinity group film project). Elsewhere: Supernumerary Aida (Cincinnati Opera), ensemble member in Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic, produced by Cincinnati State in conjunction with the sign language department and deaf association.

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).  

Yodeet Nymberg 
Senior BFA Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Ismania in Lysistrata + The Trojan Women, Somebody in Everybody, Roberta in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Emilia 3 in Emilia. Elsewhere: Understudy in A Christmas Carol at Playhouse in the Park (Cincinnati), Nina in Small Victories (Podcast Drama).

Jahmiya Quarles 
Senior Acting student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Clue: On Stage and Emilia. Elsewhere: Understudy Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati, Ohio).

J.J. Sanchez 
Senior BFA Acting student from San Antonio, Texas

At CCM: Mirrhine in Lysistrata/Trojan Women, Cook in Clue: On Stage, Paige in Love and War (CCM Acting Lab Show), CB's Sister in Dog See's God (CCM Acting Lab Show), Strong Bear in Strong Bear (Cincinnati Fringe Festival).

Palini Sunkara  
Senior BFA Acting student from Suwanee, Georgia

At CCM: Somebody in Everybody, Cougar/Greek Chorus in Lysistrata + The Trojan Women, To Us, With Love: For Us By Us (BIPOC Theatre Project), Claire in All On the Table (CCM Radio Play). Elsewhere: L in Peerless with Human Race Theatre Company (Dayton, Ohio).

Kiki Hellerman 
Junior BFA Acting student from Chicago, Illinois

At CCM: Zayd in Quiet The Kids Are Talking!, Riley in MOM COME PICK ME UP SH@T HOLY F@CK!, and Ensemble in WOMP WOMP (Transmigration) Gustav in Frankenstein, Caleb/Leroy in Love and War (Lab), Evelyn in To Those Listening Back Home (CCM Radio Play) Director for Stop Kiss (Directing One Acts). Elsewhere: Mutius/Emilius in Titus Andronicus at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Maria Leigh 
Junior BFA Acting student from Grand Rapids, MI

At CCM: Van’s Sister in Dog Sees God (Lab), Ghost 2 in Unfortunate Mechanism (Radio Play), K.I.D.S., Lucy D’s B& B, and Candyland (Transmigration), Writer/Director for Love and War (Lab) and When It’s More Than Lust (Directing One Acts).

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.

Lilia Villaflor 
Junior BFA Acting student from Joliet, Illinois

At CCM: Bailey Gallagher in John Proctor is the Villain, Stefan in Let the Right One In, Coconut Mall is Burning Down and Rogue (Transmigration), Quinn in The Light Chasers (Co-production with the Know Theatre of Cincinnati).

Lauren Grammer 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Prosper, Texas

At CCM: Shelby in John Proctor is the Villain, Swing in The Winter’s Tale, Player in Transmigration, Wife/Mistress in The Lover. Elsewhere: Anne Boleyn in Queens at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland).

Kathuure Miriti  
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Ensemble in Transmigration

Iris Shipley
Freshmen BFA Acting Student form Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Adam in Love and War. Elsewhere: Little Comet in Momentum: We are Stars at the Davidson Theatre (Columbus, Ohio).

Maeve Gillespie 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Garden City, New York

At CCM: Understudy in Emilia. Elsewhere: Orsinio/Maria/Antonio Understudy in Twelfth Night at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Solo Singer in Futurefest at 54 Below (NYC), Berthe in Pippin at Long Island Musical Theatre Festival (Garden City, New York).

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  
Second-year MFA Stage Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Scenic Designer for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Emilia and Coppélia. Elsewhere: Scenic Artist at Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Opera and 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 Emilia, In The Green, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Witch (Co-production with The Carnegie), Production Sound Engineer for Frankenstein and Once on This Island, A1 for 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Sound Designer for Camelot with Human Race Theatre Company (Dayton, Ohio),  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), 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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.