CCM Student Bios

Victor Brame 
Junior BFA Acting student from Northbrook, Illinois

At CCM: Lord Rogero/Dancer in The Winter's Tale, Swing in Witch (Swing). Elsewhere: Swing in Macbeth with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Nick Casey 
Sophomore Acting student from Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Dickon in The Secret Garden (NJYA) , vocalist in Sondheim on Sondheim , performer in Legally Blonde and Les Misérables with Pixie Dust Player.

Patrick Comunale 
Junior BFA Acting student from Centerville, Ohio

At CCM: Antigonus in The Winter's Tale, Jack in ROGUE, Lucky in The Works of Samuel Beckett, Andrew in Throw Whatever in There and Fry That $H!T UP!  Elsewhere: Sharky in The Seafarer with the Gaiety School of Acting (Dublin, Ireland) Amphitruo in Amphitruo at Probasco Auditorium with UC Classics (Cincinnati, Ohio), Chris in The Interview with Beth Jacob Synagouge (Dayton, Ohio), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man with Epiphany Players Ministry (Dayton Ohio), Ensemble in Narnia: The Musical with The Victoria Theater (Dayton, Ohio).

Gavin Elbert 
Junior BFA Acting student from Franktown, Colorado

At CCM: Lee Turner in John Proctor is the Villain, Camillo in The Winter's Tale. Elsewhere: Rolf Gruber in Sound of Music with the PACE Center (Parker, CO), Company Cast Member of Adam's Mystery Playhouse (Denver, CO), Owen in Eigg: The Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, (Edinburgh, Scotland).

Cyrus Fontenot 
Junior Acting student from Houston, Texas 

At CCM: Michael in A Shot Heard in the Dark, Kid No. 3 in the Phoenix Project.

Jackson Frazer 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Understudy for Brandon, Granillo, and Raglan in Rope. Elsewhere: Hanus in "I Never Saw Another Butterfly and the Terezin Promise" (2025 at the New Hazlette Theater in Pittsburgh, PA) and Heinz in "And Then They Came For Me" (2024 at the New Hazlette Theater in Pittsburgh, PA). Recent film credits include "How to Rob a Bank" (2026), "Sticks" (2025), and "Ezra" (2023).

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

At CCM: Lady Lucas in Pride and Prejudice, Swing in Emilia, Calamity Jane/Neelie in Buffalo Talks to The Moon, understudy Antigone in Antigone. Elsewhere: Swing in Twelfth Night with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Sheila in HAIR at Adelphi University (Garden City, New York).

Adrian Graff 
Senior BFA Acting student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

At CCM: Clown in The Winter’s Tale, Mischa Bachinski in Mosaic’s Ride the Cyclone, Trick in Love and War. Elsewhere: Jared in Dear Evan Hansen, Stanley and Ensemble in Hello, Dolly! (The Carnegie); Patrick in The House on Watch Hill (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Gronckle in How To Train Your Dragon: The Musical (The Children’s Theatre Cincinnati); Barnaby in Hello, Dolly!, Ensemble in Anastasia (CDA Summer Theatre); Oscar Delancey and Ensemble in Newsies, Butch in Welcome to Dangerville at (Pickleville Playhouse).

Lauren Grammer 
Junior BFA Acting student from Prosper, Texas

At CCM: Shelby in John Proctor is the Villain, Lady Cordelia/Flora in Emilia, Swing in The Winters Tale, Wife/Mistress in The Lover, What is Behind That Curtain? (Transmigration), Candyland (Transmigration).

Katherine Harb 
Sophomore Acting student from Ottowa, Canada

At CCM: Transmigration. Elsewhere: Little Women and Gruesome Playground Injuries.

Trace Henderson 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

Sam Hopper 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Ensemble (Transmigration).

Adrian Kalish-Demaris 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Newton, Massachusetts

At CCM: U/S Pride and Prejudice, U/S Antigone. Elsewhere: Fred in Present Laughter, Trent Oliver in The Prom, Judge Danforth in The Crucible, Orpheus in Eurydice, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Hugo in Tuck Everlasting.

Annika Kallstrom 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Knoxville, Tennessee

At CCM: Ruby & Debby U/S in Rope, Kitty U/S in Pride and Prejudice.

Whitman Keith 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: understudy for Pride and Prejudice. Elsewhere: Apprentice Ensemble in 42nd Street with The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky).

Peyton Kirby 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Elsewhere: Molly in Peter and the Starcatcher, Velma Kelly in Chicago, Annie Twilloil in The Play That Goes Wrong, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Cinderella in Into the Woods Jr at the School of Creative and Performing Arts. Peyton has also attended theater workshops at Chicago's Second City, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Open Jar Institute in New York City.

Sydnee Metzinger 
Junior BFA Acting student from Georgetown, Indiana

At CCM: Mayme U/S in Intimate Apparel, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Sarah Brown in Buffalo Talks to the Moon, Mrs. Gardiner in Pride and Prejudice, and Greek Chorus in Antigone. Elsewhere: Persephone in Hadestown Teen: Edition, Kitty/Ensemble in Chicago.

Ryan Miller  
Junior BFA Acting student from Indianapolis, Indiana

At CCM: Captain Carter in Pride and Prejudice, Dwayne and Ensemble Member in 9 to 5, Choreographer and Chorus in Antigone.

Kathuure Miriti 
Senior BFA Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Sabrina in Rope, Charlotte in Pride and Prejudice, Producer for CCM Acting’s Blue Hour Project.

Miranda Myers 
Junior BFA Acting student from Tampa, Florida

At CCM: Jack in Buffalo Talks to the Moon. Elsewhere: Rose Bailey and others in It’s a Wonderful Life (The Carnegie ); Little Sally in Urinetown, Cassi in Ember, Kaylee in The Prom (MAD Theatre of Tampa); Callie in Drift, BeeBee in Zombie Beach (LAB Theatre Project).

Luana Nascimento 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Amy Reid 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

At CCM: Esther u/s in Intimate Apparel. Elsewhere: Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods (Dr. Phillip’s Center for the Performing Arts), Berthe in Pippin (The Broward Center for the Performing Arts).

Katie Reeser 
Junior BFA Acting student from Mount Airy, Maryland

At CCM: Dion/Dancer in The Winter's Tale, Ensemble Member in CCM Acting's Transmigration. Elsewhere: Queen of Hearts in Wonderland with Young Artists of America (Bethesda, MD), Swing for Witch with the Carnegie (in collaboration with CCM Acting) (Covington, KY).

Maddy Joy Richardson 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Understudy for Pride and Prejudice

Maya Joi Robinson 
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Anna Schmitt 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Mrs. Van Buren u/s in Intimate Apparel. Elsewhere: Wendla Bergmann in Spring Awakening (Bunbury Theatre Company), Fate #1 in Hadestown: Teen Edition (Redline Performing Arts).

Olive Spence  
Freshman BFA Acting student from Brooklyn, New York

At CCM: Understudy for Caroline Bingley/Charlotte Lucas/Mrs.Gardiner in Pride and Prejudice. 

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).

Ben Sherman 
Junior Acting student from Colleyville, Texas 

At CCM: Lion in The Phoenix Project and Masked Man in the film project. Elsewhere: Race in Newsies at Lyric Stage in Dallas, Texas.

Sophia Stockton 
Sophomore BFA Acting Student from Bowling Green, Kentucky

At CCM: Beth in John Proctor is the Villain, Mospa/Sicilian Lady in The Winter’s Tale, Haley in Love and War (Lab). Elsewhere: Gloria in Wait Until Dark at Cincinnati Landmark Productions.

Makena Tingle 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Westford, Massachusetts

At CCM: Transmigration 2025. Elsewhere: Understudy in Macbeth at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Playwright of Seven-At-Eleven at Boston Playwrights Theater (Boston Theater Marathon).

Andrea Adams 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Fall Dance Works, Student Choreography Showcase, Coppélia, Corps de ballet in La Bayadère and “Stretto.” Elsewhere: Winter Fairy in Cinderella, and Dewdrop, Arabian Princess, Spanish Lead, and Mirliton Lead in The Nutcracker with New Albany Ballet Company (New Albany, Ohio).

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).

Sophia Black 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Sylvania, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in "Les Sylphides", Sugar Plum Fairy, Clara, and Snowflake in "The Nutcracker Just Desserts", Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in "Coppélia", in 2025. Corps de ballet in excerpts from "La Bayadère", and The One You Feed. Elsewhere: Pre-professional dancer in the Toledo Ballet’s "The Nutcracker", "Cinderella", and "Sleeping Beauty."

Katherine Bracken 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Mazurka, Waltz of the Hours, and Scottish Doll in Coppelia, Snow and Marzipan in Just Desserts, Dancer in BOOM!, Student Choreographer Showcase.

Ellamae Brodbeck
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Student Choreographers Showcase performer, Waltz of the Flowers in Just Desserts, Ensemble member in Respighi Transitions.

Leighton Calfee  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: “The One You Feed”, “Antique Music”, “Who Is She”, Coppelia: Waltz of the Hours + Mazurka, “Entity 1”, Choreographer of “Beneath the Rain”, The Nutcracker Act 2: Peppermint Divertissement + Flower Corps, “Autumn Tree…” Elsewhere: “The Nutcracker”, “Don Quixote”, “Giselle”, “ALICE”, “Cinderella” at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).

Abbey Crane
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: Waltz of the Flowers, "Respighi Transitions," "Ode." Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Dewdrop (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Marzipan lead and corps de ballet (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Soldier Doll (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Snow corps de ballet (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory).

Bryn Cintron 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: Choreographic Contributor for Carmina Burana, Ensemble in "Antique Music, Current Styles", Ensemble in "it's not the breaths we take..." Elsewhere: Snow Queen in The Nutcracker and "Spring Waters Pas" with Pas de vie Ballet (Tallahassee, Florida) and "Celebrating Bach" with Camerata South (Tallahassee, Florida).

Carmen Doll 
Junior Ballet student from Coldwater, Michigan

At CCM: Aurora Borealis by Keenan Pennington.

Julia Elliott 
Sophomore Ballet BA student from Louiville, Kentucky

At CCM: Candy Cane, by Deirdre Carberry, Just Desserts, Waltz of the Hours & Mazurka, Coppelia, “X” by Joshua Stanton Fall Dance Works.

Katrien Feenstra 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Farmington, Michigan

At CCM: ‘Stretto’ by Matthew Farmer, ‘X’ by Joshua A. Stayton, 'Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree' By Shauna Steel, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours in Coppélia restaged by Trisha Bell and Isabele Elefson,  'Act II: The Nutcracker' restaged by Deirdre Carberry, ‘Pillars of Us’ by Katherine Kraal, 'Bone Deep' by Madeline Weber in student Choreographers' Showcase. Elsewhere: The Majestic Nutcracker restaged by Tina Bishop.

Mahala Flagg 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student Fort Smith, Arkansas

At CCM: La Bayadere corps (Dance Works), Mazurka and Waltz of the hours corps (Coppelia) and original work by Shauna Steele "Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree."

Maya Gordon 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Milwaukee, Winscosin

At CCM: Candy Canes in The Nutcracker, "Waltz of the Snowflakes," A Temporary Existence by Sylvia Quinio, Waltz of the Hours & Czardas in Coppélia, Endless Motion by Cynthua Lutz, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, Flames of Paris Pas de Deux.

Taryn Grassbaugh 
Sophomore Ballet student from Holmes County, Ohio

At CCM: Falling Upwards, The Ideal of Love, corps de ballet in Giselle, Waltz of the Flowers.

Soyars Green 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Richmond, Virginia

At CCM: Spanish and Snow in Just Desserts, Dawn and Czardas Lead in Coppelia, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadere, X by Joshua Stayton and Esmeralda. 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).

Sophia Gruber
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Charlotte, North Carolina

At CCM: Flower and Respighi Transitions in Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Tiramisu and Clara’s Friend in The Nutcracker (Charlotte Ballet), Court Lady in Swan Lake (Charlotte Ballet).

Lily Guntz 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Carmel, Indiana

At CCM: "X.” Elsewhere: Dew Drop in The Nutcracker at Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (Westfield, Indiana), alumna of Central Indiana Dance Ensemble.

Ava Gustitus 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Indianapolis, Indiana

At CCM: Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker, “Every Leaf speaks bliss to me fluttering from the Autumn tree." Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Black Swan in Swan Lake, Garland Waltz in Sleeping Beauty, Hen in Carnival of the Animals at Indianapolis School of Ballet.

Violet Hahn 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Fort Wayne, Indiana

At CCM: Matt Farmer's Stretto, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours in Coppelia, Celeste Lau's Inhibitions, Sylvia Quinio's The unKNOWN, Macarons and Snow Corps in Just Desserts, Alicia Davis's Phrases Unfold, Choreographer for the piece Entity 1.

Kyla Hardesty 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Costa Mesa, California

At CCM: “Ancient Music," Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in Coppelia, Candy Cane and Respighis Transition in "Just Desserts," Student Choreographers' Showcase. 

Adeline Henninger 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: “Stretto.” Elsewhere: Bluegrass Youth Ballet Pre-Professional Dancer (Lexington, Kentucky), Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts Alum.

Chloe King 
Sophomore Ballet student from Media, Pennsylvania

At CCM: The Ideal of Love by Hazel Alexander. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Aurora at Kristina Pulcini Ballet Academy, multiple jazz and modern pieces at Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

Abigail Kolb 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Canton, Michigan

At CCM: "The One You Feed" by Shauna Steele, "Stretto" by Mathew Farmer, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours from Coppélia set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabele Elefson, Macrons from Nutcracker, Mazurka Soloist in Les Sylphides, work by Colleen Barnes and works in the Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: "Immediacy" Christian Burse, "Challengers" Vincenzo Di Primo. 

Katherine Kraal 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

At CCM: Esmeralda, The Littlest Mermaid, X (Joshua Stayton), Stretto (Matthew Farmer) and Coppelia (Tricia Sundbeck & Isabel Elifson), BOOM, Student Choreographers' Showcase, Choreographer for Pillars of Us.

Campbell Lee 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Marzipan and Snow in The Nutcracker, Swanhilda's Friend in Coppelia, Trio in Antique Music, Current Styles, Mersister in Little Mermaid, Corps in La Esmeralda, Corps in Jux D'Pose, How Deep is a Soul?, Cost of this World, Raise d'Etre, Pillars of Us, Beneath the Rain, A Temporary Existence.

Mary Lee 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

At CCM: The Little Mermaid, Coppelia, Student Choreographer's showcase 24-25.

Jennifer Listerman
Junior Ballet student from Chicago, Illinois

At CCM: Les Sylphides, The Space Between, 24/7, Ramifications, Enigma Station.

Riya Mathur 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: The One You Feed, Antique Music/Current Styles, Waltz of the Flowers, Snow Corps, Bone Deep. Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy, Snow Queen, Clara and Lead Marzipan in The Nutcracker with Cleveland Ballet Conservatory (Cleveland, Ohio).

Adrianna McCarter 
Junior BFA Ballet Student from Orem, Utah

At CCM: Mazurka Lead, Spinner, and Unfinished Doll in Coppelia, Lead in The One You Feed by Shauna Steele, Corps de ballet in La Bayadere and Jux D’Pose. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Coppelia and Oceans and Pearls with Kansas City Ballet’s Youth Ballet Company. Corps de ballet in Coppelia and Raymonda with Ballet West Academy.

Chloe McFarland 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Dancer in Beneath the Rain in the Student Choreographer’s Showcase, Dancer in Autumn Tree and Corps in Waltz of the Flowers in Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, and Marzipan in The Nutcracker with Lexington Dance Factory (Lexington); Miss Dance of the Bluegrass 2025 with Dance Masters of the Bluegrass (Lexington); Soloist in abridged Giselle ballet with Lexington Dance Factory (Lexington).

Aidan McKee-Bruns 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Ellensburg, Washington

At CCM: Polonaise and Guest Work in Dance Works, Snow Queen and Toffee in Just Desserts, A Temporary Existence and Bone Deep in SCS, Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in Coppélia, and Ancient Music/Current Styles in Dance Works.

Kielyn Minton 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Meadowview, Virginia

At CCM: flower corps, autumn leaf in Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Snow Queen in Nutcracker and Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (Bristol Ballet) and the Genie in Aladdin (Highlands Ballet Company).

Isabella Moore 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Chattanooga, Tennessee

At CCM: Waltz of the Flowers and Autumn Tree in Just Desserts; Outside of CCM: Marzipan, Snow Demi Soloist, Tea Demi Soloist, and Flowers in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in Curveball, Garland Waltz Demi-Soloist in Sleeping Beauty, Wedding and Mazurka Dancer in Coppélia. Elsewhere: Star Fairy in Cinderella (with Chattanooga Ballet).

Taegan Moran 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Barrington, Rhode Island

At CCM: "The One You Feed" by Shauna Steele in Dance Works 2024, "Who is she?", "Entity One", "Bone Deep" in Student Choreographers' Showcase, Mazurka and Waltz in "Coppelía". "Respighi Transitions," Marzipan in Just Desserts 2025, Polonaise in "Sleeping Beauty" in Dance Works 2026.

Mia Neslanovic 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker Act II, Friends in Coppelia, Corp in Esmeralda, "Antique Music/Current Styles" (Thomas Bell), "it's not the breaths we take..." (Shauna Steele), Angelfish in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker (Academy of International Ballet), Lilac Fairy in Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty (Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory).

Livia Noorollah 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Overland Park, Kansas

At CCM: Student Choreographers' Showcase, Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Choreographer for Open Stage at The White Theatre at The J.

Caralena Ondre 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: 'Flower Corp Act II; the Nutcracker' restaged by Deride Carberry, 'Respighi Transitions' by Thomas Bell.

Keenan Pennington 
Sophomore Ballet student from Little Elm, Texas

At CCM: Choreographer for Aurora Borealis (Student Choreographers’ Showcase 2021). Elsewhere: Pas de Quatre, Paquita, Coppelia, Swan Lake Pas de Trois, Elite Syncopations, Death and a Maiden (Jiang Qi), Shades of Green (Rae Dougherty), The Dream (Amanda Kenner).

Isabelle Pfleger 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Cape Cod, Massachusetts

At CCM: Sapphire in Sleeping Beauty, Tea, snowflake and flowers in Just Desserts, Spinner and Waltz of the Hours in Coppelia, Antique Music in Dance Works, Ship Captain and Courtier in Little Mermaid.

Hannah Pruiett 
Sophomore Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio

At CCM: The Ideal of Love by Hazel Alexander, Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid by Gracie Zamiska. Elsewhere: Company in Beauty and the Beast, The Nutcracker, La Bayadére (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School).

Sylvia Quinio 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky 

At CCM: Marzipan in Nutcracker, Alicia Davis’ Phrases Unfold, Spinners in Coppélia, Lead in Joshua’s Stayton’s X, Matthew Farmer’s Stretto, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, soloist in Shauna Steele’s Carmina Burana, soloist in Shauna Steele’s it’s not the breaths we take, Lise Understudy in Peter Davidson’s An American in Paris.

Isabella Ramsey
Freshman Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio

Elsewhere: Snow Princess, Dewdrop and Spanish in The Nutcracker with Toledo Ballet (Toledo, Ohio).

Rosemary Scarpelli 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Libertyville, Illinois

At CCM: Choreographer for “Beyond the Words,” Dancer in “Inhibitions” (Student Choreographer’s Showcase), “The One You Feed,” “Antique Music/Current Styles,” “Stretto,” Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in Coppelia, Toffee and Waltz of the Snowflakes in Just Desserts.

Gemma Smith 
Sophomore Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Home-made, home-made! (But aren’t we all?) by Sydney D’Orso, The Unforgotten by Mandi Weitz Elsewhere: Summer intensives at Cincinnati Bellet, Oregon Ballet, BalletMet.

Elizabeth Tanner 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Glen Ellyn, Illinois 

At CCM: White Cat in Sleeping Beauty, Snow Corp and Spanish in The Nutcracker, “A Temporary Existence”, Mazurka Lead and Spinner in Coppélia, “Endless Motion”, “X”, Corps de ballet in The Little Mermaid, “Carmina Burana”, “The Hands That Hold Us Back”, “How Deep Is a Soul?”, “it’s not the breaths we take”, Corps de ballet in La Esmeralda. Elsewhere: Leads and Corp in “The Nutcracker”, “Giselle”, “Don Quixote”, “Etudes” (Westmont and Glen Ellyn, IL).

Madeline Tinkler
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: “Beneath the Rain” by Leighton Calfee, Respeighi Transitions by professor Thomas bell, Flowers in The Nutcracker. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker, Edward Liiangs Alice, Shades corps de ballet in La Bayadare at BalletMet.

Isabella Thoroughman 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky

At CCM: Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabele Elefson, Dew Drop in Deirdre Carberry's The Nutcracker, a Friend in Coppelia, and Pas de Quatre in La Bayadere.

Ying Ying Tong
Sophomore Ballet student from Hong Kong, China

At CCM: Lead in In the Beginning, Peasant Pas de Trois in Giselle, Falling Upwards, Corps de Ballet in Paquita. Elsewhere: Odile in Swan Lake, Esmeralda in Esmeralda Excerpt, Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen in The Nutcracker (Interlochen, Michigan).

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).

Serena van der Hulst 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from West Hartford, Connecticut

At CCM: Marzipan and Snowflake Corps in Just Desserts, Echoes of Will, Entity One, Who is She?, and Beyond the Words in the Student Choreographers Showcase, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours Corps in Coppelia, “X” by Joshua Stayton in Danceworks.

Charlotte Van Dyke 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Carmel, Indiana

At CCM: "X" by Joshua Stayton, and "La Bayadere," in Dance Works 2024, "Tyne," "Endless Motion," and "Entity One" in Student Choreographer's Showcase, Waltz and Mazurka in "Coppelía," Tea, Flowers, "Respighi Transitions" in "Just Desserts," Ruby in "Sleeping Beauty" in Dance Works 2025.

Dominic Vennemann 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Taylor Mill, Kentucky

At CCM: Dance Works, Student Choreographer’s Showcase, Coppelia, “The One Who Feeds” “Antique Music”, “Beyond the Words”, corp for Mazurka, Czardas, Spinners. Elsewhere: Dancer at Studio Dee (Fort Wright, Kentucky).

Summer Warfield
Freshman Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Autumn tree, Flower in "Just Desserts."

Antonio White
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Principal roles in Emeralda, La Bayadere, Coppellia, Giselle and Nutcracker. Elsewhere: Danced and performed in spring productions with Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts and Dela Dance Center.

Ashley Zimmer 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Springboro, Ohio

At CCM: Dewdrop fairy in Just Desserts, Pas de deux in Echoes of Will, soloist in Every Leaf Speaks Bliss To Me, Fluttering From The Autumn Tree, Featured dancer in BOOM, Mazurka and Waltz of The Hours in Coppélia, Ensemble in The One You Feed and X.

Arden Allmon 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

At CCM: Annabeth in The Lightning Thief, Helen in Wonderful Town, Swing in Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Chastity (u/s Erma) in Anything Goes at The Carnegie, Bird Girl 2 (u/s Gertrude) in Seussical at The Carnegie, Dotty in Trouble in Hunky Dory at Pickleville Playhouse, Swing in Joseph…Dreamcoat at Pickleville Playhouse

Joey Baciocco 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Folsom, California

At CCM: Tommy Albright in Brigadoon in Concert, The Cat in the Hat in Seussical, Leaf Coneybear in Spelling Bee, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Anything Goes, Taylor Guten Lovetime in The Oppenheimer Musical. Elsewhere: Marius in Les Misérables and Lord Farquaad in Shrek The Musical at Timber Lake Playhouse, The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz at Shenandoah Summer Music Theater.

Grace Baker  
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Ensemble (u/s Reno) in Anything Goes, Silena in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Sweet Charity (swing), Wonderful Town (ensemble u/s Eileen), Seussical (swing). Elsewhere: Rachel in Escape to Margaritaville and Liz (u/s Velma) at the New London Barn Playhouse, Jan in Grease at The Carnegie.

Ryan Behan 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

At CCM: Arpad in She Loves Me, Raccoon in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Ren McCormack in Footloose at Prescott Park Arts Festival (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Mark Anthony in A Chorus Line at The Palace Theatre (Manchester, New Hampshire) and The Seacoast Repertory Theatre (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Olaf in Frozen at The Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, Maine).

Maddie Belanoff 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Bethesda, Maryland

At CCM: Ensemble (u/s Johanna) in Sweeney Todd, Swing in HAIR.

Gabby Beredo
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Bayonne, New Jersey

At CCM: Swing in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Delia in Kimberly Akimbo, Audrey in Don't Say Good Luck.

Vex Blocker 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Acworth, Goergia

At CCM: Ensemble in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, "BOOM" (CCM Lighting). Elsewhere: Lucy Van Pelt in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Mosaic Theatre).

Alexander Bowman
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Bangkok Thailand

At CCM: Lost Child of God #2 in The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, Ensemble in Sweeney Todd, Ensemble / u/s Tommy in Brigadoon, Kit Kat Club Member in Cabaret.

Hannah Bourgeois 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

At CCM: Mouth in In the Green, Tower Power in Sweet Charity, Man 1 in “Songs for a New World” (independent study concert). Elsewhere: Caterpillar 2 in Alice by Heart (UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble), Rewind Cathy in The Last Five Years.

Ranease Brown 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bridgeport, Connecticut

At CCM: Swing for Jazz Nutcracker and Something Rotten!. Elsewhere: Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Bombalurina in CATS with Music Theatre Wichita (Wichita, Kansas), Princess Acrimonia in Princess and Frog with The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio), Mimi in Rent with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

Dominic Carroll  
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Chelmsford, Massachusetts

At CCM: Ensemble/Appopolous/Wreck understudy in Wonderful Town, Wickersham 2 and General Genghis Khan Schmitz in Seussical (co-production with The Carnegie), Dancer in BOOM!. Elsewhere: Moonface Martin in Anything Goes at The Carnegie, Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer musical, Tulsa in Gypsy and Florizell in The Winter's Tale at Scranton Shakespeare Festival (Scranton, Pennsylvania).

Kage Cliburn 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Hernando, Mississippi

At CCM: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Elsewhere: The Little Mermaid (The MUNY), The Prom (Playhouse on the Square), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Playhouse on the Square), Matilda (Playhouse on the Square), The Wizard of Oz (Playhouse on the Square), Anything Goes (The Carnegie). 

Maxwell Cohen 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Miami Beach, Florida

Jeffrey Cornelius (he/him) 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi

Elsewhere: Daniel in Once on this Island, Kristoff in Frozen, and Aladdin in Aladdin.

Ryan Crosby 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Austin, Texas

Elsewhere: The Prom (Ensemble, Nick & Kevin U/S); A Christmas Carol 2023 (Student Dance Captain); 2022 (Peter Cratchit); 2021 (Turkeyboy); and The Sound of Music (Friedrich) at ZACH Theatre.

Annie Dauk 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Jean in Brigadoon, Angel/Purity understudy/Hope in Anything Goes, Thalia/Ensemble in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Ensemble/Helen understudy in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Ensemble in Singin' in the Rain (SSMT), Marian in The Music Man (Trinity DOTA), Hope Cladwell in Urinetown (YPAS).

Ellie Eisele 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Kansas City, Kansas 

At CCM: Meg in Brigadoon, Fraulein Kost in Cabaret, Girl in The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, Ensemble in Sweeney Todd, Tribe/Black Boys Trio in HAIR, Ensemble in Wonderful Town, Swing (Logainne, Olive, Rona, Marcy) in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Alyssa Greene in The Prom, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Principal Soloist in An Evening with Marc Shaiman at MTKC PRO (Kansas City, Kansas).

Gavin England
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Haverhill, Massachusetts

Elsewhere: Alfred in Alice By Heart with ActingOut Theatre Company Inc. (Lawrence, Massachusetts), SpongeBob in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical with ActingOut Theatre Company Inc (Lawrence, Massachusetts), Butch in A Chorus Line with Palace Theatres (Manchester, New Hampshire).

Julianne Ferreira da Silva
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Stansbury Park, Utah

At CCM: Eye in In the Green, Swing in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Natalie Goodman in Next to Normal with Ensemble Theatre (Cincinnati, Ohio), Young Jen in Watch Hill with Ensemble Theatre (Cincinnati, Ohio), Jane Doe with Mosaic (Cincinnati, Ohio) Dorcas/Milly us with Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City, Utah), Cinderella in Into the Woods with Courage Theatre (Salt Lake City, Utah).

Zach "Zoo" Finkelstein 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Elsewhere: The Bodyguard (Broward Center for Performing Arts), BAA Off-Broadway Showcase, The Addams Family (Western High School).

Valeria Franco
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Toronto, Ontario

At CCM: Vocal Chorus in Brigadoon.

Caira Fisher-Rogers 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Columbus Ohio

At CCM: The Lightning Thief. Elsewhere: The Color Purple at The Carnegie Theatre, Pamela in Head Over Heels at ITF, and Ensemble in Ragtime at Columbus Children's Theatre

Wesley Geary 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Tucson, Arizona

At CCM: Ensemble in Brigadoon, Ensemble in Sweeney Todd, Swing/Pit Singer in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Elsewhere: Paul Deng in The House On Watch Hill with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors and Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz with Saguaro City Music Theatre (Tucson Arizona)

Jack Haroutunian 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Billerica, Massachusetts 

At CCM: Roger Davis in RENT, Herr Schultz in Cabaret, Luke/Ares/Dance Captain/Fight Captain (Grover U/S) in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Mr. MacLaren/Ensemble in Brigadoon, Ensemble (Margaret Mead U/S) in HAIR, Ensemble (Chick Clark U/S) in Wonderful Town, Featured Performer in BOOM. Elsewhere: Damian in Mean Girls (Pittsburgh CLO), Jean-Michel in La Cage aux Folles (The Carnegie), Roger in Grease (The Carnegie), Captain (Lord Evelyn Oakley U/S) in Anything Goes (The Carnegie), Ensemble in Elf Jr. (TCT Cincinnati), Swing/Pit Singer in Seussical (The Carnegie).

Elizabeth Hall 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Swing/Pit Singer in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Elsewhere: Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz with City Springs Theater Company.

Chris Hayes 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Las Vegas, Nevada

At CCM: Swing/Pit Singer in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Debut). Elsewhere: Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Chip Tolentino/Olives Dad in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Damian Hubbard in Mean Girls, The Wolf/Steward in Into the Woods, Dennis in All Shook Up (Dynamic Productions) Jack Kelly In Newsies, Simba in the Lion King (Broadway Kids Academy).

Jonathan Hobbs 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Ensemble and Hud understudy in HAIR, Ensemble and Agwe understudy in Once on this Island. Elsewhere: Callum in Judith, Deliver Us with One Off Productions, Ensemble and Beast/Gaston understudy in Beauty and the Beast with The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.

Jordyn Jones 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Jutta in In The Green, Ensemble in HAIR, Ensemble (Understudy Mama Euralie) in Once On This Island. Elsewhere: Celie in The Color Purple at The Carnegie.

Edin Kebede 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from New Albany, Ohio

At CCM: Tribe, Sheila understudy in HAIR. Elsewhere: Joanne in RENT, Ensemble in 30 years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall.

Simran Khanna
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Vocal Chorus in Brigadoon.

JJ Korkin
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Jupiter, Florida

At CCM: Mrs. Harcourt (Standby) in Anything Goes. Elsewhere: 2025 Jimmy Awards Finalist for her performance as The Drowsy Chaperone, Soloist in Songs For A New World, Caroline/Amy in The Theory of Relativity at Palm Beach Dramaworks (West Palm Beach, Florida).

Royce Lemons
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Charlotte, North Carolina

At CCM: Choral Member and Tenor ensemble swing for Brigadoon in Concert. Elsewhere: Beautiful: The Carol King Musical at Shenandoah’s Summer Musical Theatre Company.

Joelle Lewis 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Los Angeles, California

At CCM: Medusa, Janis Joplin, Ensemble, Thalia u/s, Katie Gardner u/s in The Lightning Thief . Elsewhere: Indy, Young Hannah in Trouble The Water with Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles, Joey in Enemy of The People with Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles, Cinderella in Into The Woods with Encore Entertainers in Los Angeles, Velma in Chicago with Encore Entertainers in Los Angeles.

Caris Leong
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Honolulu, Hawaii

Elsewhere: Matilda in Matilda, Oliver in Oliver, Fairy Ballerina in Cinderella, Dance ensemble in Kiss Me Kate, Featured tap ensemble in White Christmas, Bookworm/Ensemble in Grease, Francisca in West Side Story with Diamond Head Theatre (Honolulu, Hawaii).

Morgan Lindell
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Darien, Connecticut

At CCM: Ensemble in Brigadoon, Swing in Sweeney Todd, Ensemble in The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie. Elsewhere: Kristin in The House on Watch Hill (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati), Colette in La Cage Aux Folles (The Carnegie), Ensemble in Rent (Black Rock Theatre).

Elysa Matula 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Nashville, Tennesse

At CCM: Swing in Hair the Musical. Elsewhere: Munchkin, lullaby league in THE WIZARD OF OZ, at the Nashville Symphony (Nashville) Young Eponine in Le Mis at the Nashville Symphony (Nashville).

Carter Minor 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from New Albany, Ohio

At CCM: Swing in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: TJ in Sister Act, Urchin (Ronette) in Little Shop of Horrors, Otto/Moritz Understudy in Spring Awakening and Jack in Into the Woods with Short North Stage (Columbus, Ohio), Grover in Percy Jackson the Lightening Thief with Sticking Place Productions (Columbus, Ohio).

Erin Morton 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi

At CCM: Shadow in In the Green, Ti Moune in Once on This Island, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall, Constance in Ride the Cyclone (CCM Mosaic). Elsewhere: Caterpillar/Butterfly in Alice in Wonderland and Norma in Hands on a Hard Body at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors at New Stage Theatre (Jackson, Mississippi).

Max Patrick
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Bogart, Georgia

At CCM: Chorus in Brigadoon In Concert, Lost Child of God #1 in The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, Dancer in Untitled: A Theatre Dance Work. Elsewhere: The Purser in Anything Goes with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Lord Farquaad in Shrek with Oconee Playhouse (Walkinsville, Georgia), John the Baptist with Oconee Playhouse (Walkinsville, Georgia).

J Perry
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Nixa, Missouri

At CCM: Tobias in Sweeney Todd, swing in HAIR.

Gabriel Raskind 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bellevue, Washington

At CCM: Sweet Charity (Swing), Wonderful Town (Ensemble), Seussical (Swing). Elsewhere: Crazy For You (Moose, Ensemble), Newsies (Albert, Ensemble), Something Rotten! (Robin, Ensemble) at Music Theatre Wichita.

GG Roberts-Nguyen
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from New York, New York

Elsewhere: Link Larkin in Hairspray Jr., Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act Jr., Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls Jr., Jack in Into the Woods Jr. with Broadway Bound Workshop (New York).

Jack Ryan
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Weston, Florida

Elsewhere: 2025 Recipient of Florida's Carbonell Award, Arts for Life Award, and the Wick Theatre Talent Award.

Ayla Schwartz 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Montclair, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Alice in Alice by Heart with Vanguard Theatre Company (Montclair, New Jersey), Eurydice in Hadestown with Vanguard Theatre Company (Montclair, New Jersey), Little Red in Into the Woods with the Patchogue Theatre (Patchogue, New York), Young Elsa in Frozen: The Broadway Musical (OBC).

Benjamin Schultz
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from San Jose, California

At CCM: Dippy in Anything Goes.

Maya Sharma 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Delray Beach, Florida

Elsewhere:  National High School Musical Theatre “Jimmy” Award finalist.

Sydney Short 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Wilmington, North Carolina

At CCM: Ensemble/Ruth understudy in Wonderful Town, Jo/Marmee cover in Little Women, Woman 1 in The World Goes 'Round. Elsewhere: Ensemble in Les Miserables at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri), Mayzie in Seussical at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Marty in Grease.

Griffin Simmons 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student in Albertville, Alabama

At CCM: Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Sailor in Anything Goes, Tribe Member; Woof Understudy in HAIR, Ensemble; Frank/Officer Lonigan Understudy in Wonderful Town, Swing/Dance Captain in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Assistant Movement Coach for Clue: On Stage, Featured Dancer in BOOM! Elsewhere: Mingo in Crazy For You (Music Theatre Wichita), Mike (Newsie)/Morris Delancey in Newsies (Music Theatre Wichita), Ensemble; Ogie understudy (Music Theatre Wichita), Nigel/Dormouse/Dance Captain in UC Mosaic’s Alice By Heart.

Abigayle Kate Gatton Stokes 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Maggie in Brigadoon, Neighbour in RENT, Dancer in Untitled, Erma in Anything Goes, Female Cover in The World Goes Round, Swing in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Chava in Fiddler on the Roof, Ensemble in Hello Dolly! & Elf (Music Theatre Wichita), Ensemble in 42nd Street &  Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ensemble/Chava Understudy in Fiddler on the Roof, Featured in Concert With the Stars (The Lexington Theatre Company).

Nyla Thomas
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Brigadoon, The World Goes ’Round (Swing). Elsewhere: Cocalist at Kings Island (Mason, Ohio), The Wizard of Oz (Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati).

Jayden Vega
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Tampa, Florida

Elsewhere: '25 nominee, '26 semifinalist at the Jimmy Awards, Scut Farcus in A Christmas Story: The Musical, Michael in Elf: The Musical, Nathan in The Full Monty, with Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre.

Maddie Weisbach
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from South Orange, New Jersey

At CCM: Brigadoon In Concert (Chorus, swing).

Je’Vaughn Williams 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from St. Petersburg, Florida

Elsewhere: Charlie Brown in You’re Good Man Charlie Brown (Mosaic Theatre).

Matthew Williamson (he/him)  
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Wilmette, Illinois

Elsewhere: Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors with Interlochen Shakespeare Festival (Interlochen, Michigan).

Vincent Wilson
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Monroe Township, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Gomez Addams in The Addams Family, Jekyll/Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde, Ren Mcormack in Footloose with The Villagers Theatre, Finch in Newsies with Mayo Performing Arts Center, Soloist in New Voices Concert with The Paper Mill Playhouse.

Way Wagoner
Junior Musical Theatre student from Loogootee, Indiana

At CCM: Character 7 in The World Goes 'Round, Shadow/Sigewize in In the Green, Swing in Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Cut Dancer/Tina in A Chorus Line with Footlite Musicals (Indianapolis, Indiana), Ensemble/Rudolpho in Matilda with Actors Community Theatre (Jasper, Indiana).

Jameson Zoller  
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Sailor in Anything Goes, Swing in The World Goes Round, Swing in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Gabe in Next to Normal at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Etienne in La Cage Aux Folles at the Carnegie, Vocalist in Hollywood Hits at Kings Island.

Sabina Balsamo 
First year DMA Voice student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Ada in Cold Mountain excerpts in the Higdon Festival, Mamselle in Sleepers Awake with OF:NW. Elsewhere: Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera Fort Collins), Margery Mansfield in Welcome to the Madness (Opera Steamboat), Angustias in The House of Bernarda Alba (Cleveland Opera Theater), Rose in At the Statue of Venus, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Boulder Opera), Clara in It’s a Wonderful Life, Governess in The Turn of the Screw (Eklund Opera).

Jack Bunch 
Sophomore BM Voice student from Loveland, Ohio

At CCM: Sandman in Hänsel Und Gretel.

Sofiya Chvojka 
Freshman BM Voice student from Morinville, Alberta, Canada

At CCM: Clori in L’Egisto, Ensemble in Hansel und Gretel.

Yi Ding 
First-year DMA Voice student from Kaifeng, China

At CCM: Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: The First Lady in The Magic Flute with Metauro Opera (Columbus, Ohio), Tirésias in Les Mamelles des Tirésias, Blanche de la Force in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, First wood sprite in Rusalka with Peabody Institute (Baltimore, Maryland), Mimì in La Bohème, Gianetta in L'Elisir d'Amore with China Conservatory of Music (Beijing, China).

Gretha Fergus 
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wallingford, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Pinellino in Gianni Schicci and Greek Chorus in Dido and Aeneas.

Edward Ferran 
First-year MM Voice student from Kalamazoo, Michigan 

At CCM: Herald in Cendrillon, Chorus/Beadle/Pirelli (Cover) in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Squinky in The House on Mango Street at The Glimmerglass Festival, Nemorino (cover) in L'elisir d'amore at Charlottesville Opera, Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man at Charlottesville Opera, Ferrando in Così fan tutte at New England Conservatory of Music, Arthur (cover) in Die Juxheirat with Ohio Light Opera, Count von Asterberg/ Hugo Detlef (cover) with Ohio Light Opera, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus at New England Conservatory of Music.

Junyue Gong 
Second-year AD Opera student from Chengdu, China

At CCM: Madame de la Haltière in Cendrillon, Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Bianca in The rape of Lucretia, Hippolyta in A midsummer night’s dream. Elsewhere: Carmen in Carmen with Opera in the Ozarks, Chorus in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera, 3rd Spirit in Magic Flute with Queen City Opera, Chorus in  Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera.

Andrew Hallam 
First-year AD Opera student from Detroit, Michigan

At CCM: Jimmy in Mahagonny, Le Roi in Cendrillon, Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nardo in La finta giardiniera, Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Actor 8 in All is Calm (Kentucky Opera), Ibn-Hakia in Iolanta (Queen City Opera), Mr. Baron in Lincoln in the Bardo (Opera Fusion: New Works).

Jack Hicks
First-year MM Voice student from Bernardsville, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Sang the Prologue in The Turn of the Screw as Peter Quint cover, Chevalier de la Force cover and L’Aumonier in Les Dialogues des Carmélites at the Juilliard School, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola and Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin as a Studio Artist at Wolf Trap Opera in summer 2026.

Sydney Horan 
Junior BM Music Education and Voice student from West Palm Beach, Florida

At CCM: Gheradino and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas,  Flower girl and Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte).

Elaina Hill 
Sophomore BM Voice student from Dallas, Texas

At CCM: Chorus in Hansel und Gretel. 

Matthew Juhlin 
First-year MM Voice student from St. Louis, Missouri

At CCM: Le Surintendant des plaisirs in Cendrillon, Ensemble/Sweeney Todd cover in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: The Pilot in The Little Prince, Top in The Tenderland, Don Pizarro in Fidelio, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Chorus in Pagliacci with Ozarks Lyric Opera (Springfield, Missouri), Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore, Chorus in Cendrillon, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Simone in Gianni Schicchi with Missouri State University Opera (Springfield, Missouri).

Donghoon Kang 
First-year DMA Voice student from Seoul, Korea.

Elsewhere: Schaunard in La Bohème with Opera Orlando, Angelotti in Tosca with Glimmerglass Festival, Leporello in Don Giovanni with Merola Opera, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore with Hansol Music (New York), Vodník in Rusalka, Der Tod in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Capulét in Roméo et Juliette, Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Manhattan School of Music, Nicandro in Atalanta, Herr Reich in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor with Juilliard.

Madison Kavanaugh 
First-year MM Voice student from Bossier City, Louisiana

Elsewhere: Madame de Croissy (Cover) in Dialogues des Carmelites at Wolf Trap Opera, Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro at Wolf Trap Opera, Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte at the Turner-Fischer Center for Opera, Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the Turner-Fischer Center for Opera

Olivia Knutsen 
First-year DMA Voice student from Brooklyn, New York

At CCM: Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Flower in Rappaccini's Daughter, Sister Anne of the Cross in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Monica in The Medium and Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).

Seoyong Lee 
Second-year DMA Voice student from Seoul, South Korea

At CCM: Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Harasta in The Cunning Little Vixen, Ginger Chap in Lincoln in the Bardo (Fusion). Elsewhere: Colline in La Bohème, Vollman in Lincoln in the Bardo, Pepito in Pepito at Chautauqua Opera (Chautauqua, New York), Woodcutter in In a Grove at Northwestern University Opera Theatre (Evanston, Illinois), Death in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Puppet Master in Postcard from Morocco, Jimmy in Mahagonny Songspiel at Eastman School of Music (Rochester, New York).

Ethan Maher 
Freshman BM Voice student from Endicott, New York

Natalie Marshall  
Sophomore BFA Voice student from Reading, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Hansel und Gretel.

Zoë Meier-Juhlin 
First year MM Voice student from St. Louis, Missouri 

At CCM: Spirit No. 1/Chorus in Cendrillon, Johanna in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Laurie Moss in The Tenderland with Ozarks Lyric Opera, Chorus in The Little Prince with Ozarks Lyric Opera, Rose in Ruddigore with Missouri State University Opera, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Ozarks Lyric Opera, Noreen Horan in Doubt with Union Avenue Opera.

Jack O'Leary   
First-year MM Voice student from Havertown, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Gendarme in Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Elsewhere: Ensemble and Harry Higgins Cover in My Fair Lady with Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, NY), Arpad Laszlo in She Loves Me with Opera Saratoga, Russell Paxton/Ringmaster in Lady in the Dark with the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory (Chautauqua, NY), Capitán in Florencia en el Amazonas with Eastman Opera Theatre (Rochester, NY).

Carlos Pagan Vazquez
Freshman BFA Voice student from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico

Samantha Pape
Junior BM Voice student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: Climene in L'Egisto, Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Chorus in Cincinnati Opera’s production of Tosca, Carleen in scenes from A Nearer Mother, presented by the CoOPERAtive Intensive at Westminster Choir College.

Clara Reeves 
First-year AD Opera student from Greenville, North Carolina

At CCM: Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lišák (Fox Gold-Stripe) in Cunning Little Vixen, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: Slave in Salome with Cincinnati Opera, Countess Almaviva CV in Le nozze di Figaro, Madame Lidoine CV in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Mimì CV in La bohème with Wolf Trap Opera

Eric Riedel 
First-year MM Voice student from Bethel, Ohio

At CCM: Snout (Wall) in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: Paul in Paul's Case at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Monsieur Vogelsang in The Impresario at Miami University (Oxford), Neos in The Seven Sisters at Miami University (Oxford), Fabrizio Nacarelli in The Light in the Piazza at Miami University (Oxford).

Sarah Rosales 
First-year MM Voice student from Cedar Rapids, Indiana

Elsewhere: Ensemble in The Barber of Seville, Isabella Stewart Gardner (cover) in American Apollo at Des Moines Metro Opera, Alicía in The House on Mango Street and Ensemble in The Rake’s Progress at The Glimmerglass Festival, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at Cedar Rapids Opera.

Kayla Sconiers 
Second-year MM Voice student from Lakeland, Florida

At CCM: Dorothée in Cendrillon, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Anne in To Hell and Back, Oberto in Alcina, Paula (cover) in Florencia en el Amazonas at Eastman Opera Theatre (Rochester, New York), Studio Artist at Music Academy of the West.

Morgan Small 
First-year AD Opera student from Highland Park, Illinois

At CCM: Thérèse/Tirésias in Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, Jay/Rooster in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: La Fée in Cendrillon, Adina (cover) in L’elisir d’amore both with Brevard Janiec Opera Company (Brevard, North Carolina), Anna in The Post Office with Cincinnati Opera Fusion: New Works, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Cunegonde in Candide, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel all with Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), and Oberto in Alcina with Saluzzo Opera Academy (Saluzzo, Italy).

Calista Smith 
First-year MM Voice student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: 3rd Spirit/Chorus in Cendrillon, Soloist/Ensemble in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Oberto in Alcina, soprano solo in Beethoven’s Mass in C Major (Northwestern University), German woman in Jimmy Lopez's Bel Canto and covered Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro (Aspen Music Festival), Shepherd in Tosca at Wolf Trap Opera.

Vivien Stringfellow 
First-year MM Voice student from Stow, Massachusetts

At CCM: Ensemble in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice, Mad Margaret in Ruddigore, Captain Frands von Frauenliebe in The Beautiful Bridegroom, Wheelwright/Wolf in Les Malheurs d’Orphée, Ensemble in Die Zauberflöte, La belle Hélène, La Traviata.

Claire Strong
First-year MM Voice student from Mobile, Alabama

At CCM: Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Chorus in Tosca and Chorus in King Roger with Des Moines Metro Opera, Fanny Brice in Funny Girl with Alabama School of the Arts, Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance with The Alabama School of the Arts, Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito with the Alabama School of the Arts, Lugrezzia in Lo Frate ‘Nnamorato with Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Ms.Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief with The Alabama School of the Arts, Miss Quickly in Falstaff and La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with The Festival of International Opera, and The Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe in The Alabama School of the Arts.

Noyi Soto-Anglade 
Sophomore BM Voice student from Lakewood, Colorado

At CCM: Chorus in Hänsel und Gretel. Elsewhere: Spirit in Die Zauberflöte at Boulder Opera (Boulder, Colorado)

Sara Springett
Freshman BM Voice student from Spring, Texas

At CCM: Clori in L'Egisto. Elsewhere: Noble Page in Tannhäuser at the Houston Grand Opera.

Clark Xiong 
Junior BM Voice student from Shanghai, China

At CCM: Sandman in Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck.