CCM Student Bios

Gabi Adams (she/her) 
Senior BFA Acting student from Seattle, Washington

At CCM: Clarice in Frankenstein, Joey in Love and War. Elsewhere: Nicole in The Light Chasers at Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Hermia understudy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Becca Anderson 
Junior Acting student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Lina/Kristine/Wife/1st Coal Heaver in A Dream Play, Janette in The Burials, Maddy in RSVP, Participant in K.I.D.S. Elsewhere: #00 in The Wolves at Mosaic Theatre Ensemble (Washington, D.C.).

Mallory Bolser  
Junior BFA Acting student from Richmond, Indiana

At CCM: Nils in Let the Right One In, Transmigration. Elsewhere: Marilyn/ Carole understudy in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Victor Brame 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Northbrook, Illinois

At CCM: Fletcher in 5 Hot New Ways to Get Vengeance (Transmigration), Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Directing Class One Acts). Elsewhere: Katherine in Taming of the Shrew and Straforel in The Romancers at Thin Ice Ensemble Theatre (Skokie, Illinois).

Staylie Brunner 
Junior Acting student from Villa Hills, Kentucky

At CCM: Aunt Cherie in RSVP, Daughter understudy in A Dream Play, Athenian Chorus Leader 2/Trojan Chorus in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Lillian in XMAS. Elsewhere: Marcy in Dog Sees God at CCM Lab Show (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Madi Burnett 
Junior Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Ensemble in A Dream Play, Officer in Frankenstein, Janne in Let The Right One In.

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  
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Jack in Rogue (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Chris in The Interview at Beth Jacob Synagogue (Dayton, Ohio), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man with Epiphany Players Ministry (Dayton, Ohio), Ensemble in Narnia at The Victoria Theater (Dayton, Ohio).

Brandon Cook  
Senior BFA Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Micke in Let the Right One In, Felix in Frankenstein, Greg in The Burials, CB in Dog Sees God. Elsewhere: Much Ado About Nothing at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, As You Like It at Richmond Shakespeare Festival (Richmond, Indiana).

Gavin Duffy  
Senior BFA Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: William in Frankenstein, Mr. Green in Clue: On Stage, Who Lives on Drury Lane (Transmigration), Beethoven in Dog Sees God (Lab). Elsewhere: Crutchie in Newsies at CAST (Newport, Kentucky), Damien in Sally Salem at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

Gavin Elbert (he/him)  
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Franktown, Colorado

At CCM: Marco in Rogue (Transmigration), Richard/Max in The Lover, Chet in Cowboy #2. Elsewhere: Sheldon in Murder at Forbidden Cavern at Adams Mystery Playhouse (Denver, Colorado), Owen in Eigg: The Musical with April Alsup Productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland), Rolf in The Sound of Music at the PACE Center (Parker, Colorado).

Dinithi Fernando 
Junior BFA Acting student from Independence, Kentucky

At CCM:  Lizardo in Left Sock Club, Dinithi in To Us with Love: For Us, by Us, Understudy in Let the Right One In, Niya in When the Balloon Bursts, Sam in CLARA. Elsewhere: M in PEERLESS at The Human Race Theatre Company (Dayton, Ohio), Dancer with PONES (Highland Heights, Kentucky).

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.

Adrian Graff 
Sophomore BFA Acting Student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

At CCM: Trick in Love and War (Lab). Elsewhere: Butch in Welcome to Dangerville and Oscar Delancey/Ensemble in Disney’s Newsies at Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City, Utah), Stanley/Ensemble in Hello Dolly at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Kurt Kelly in Heathers at Inside Out Theater (Sunrise, Florida).

Lauren Grammer 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Prosper, Texas

At CCM: Player in Transmigration, Wife/Mistress in The Lover. Elsewhere: Anne Boleyn in Queens at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Nico Graves
Sophomore Acting student from Miami, Florida

At CCM: #7 in The Wolves, Mittens in The Doghouse. Elsewhere: Camila/Jose in In the Heights with The Performance Project (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), Deciet in Whatever Lurks Around the Corner, Mr. Sanders in Sanders School of Fear, Virgil in Fanders Fancast, Thomas in The Pain of Assignment.

Nikolas Gray 
Sophomore Acting student from Odesa, Ukraine

At CCM: RSVP (Transmigration). Elsewhere: That Groovy Rotten Smell (short film), Old Friends (short film).

Dash Green 
Junior BFA Acting student from Chatham, New Jersey

At CCM: Torkel/Jimmy in Let the Right One In, Understudy in Clue: On Stage, Transmigration.

Katherine Harb 
Sophomore Acting student from Ottowa, Canada

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

Kiki Hellerman 
Sophomore Acting student from Chicago, Illinois 

Elsewhere: Titus Andronicus with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Theatre, When Beggars Die with Queen Mab’s Players and working as a venue technician with the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

Jordyn Hill 
Junior BFA Acting student from West Chester, Ohio

At CCM: Gracie in Wax Dolls (short film) Understudy/Evil in Everybody, Chief of Police in Clue: On Stage, Transmigration.

Sam Hopper 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Ensemble (Transmigration).

Joysoline Ivory Smith
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Girl/Time in Everybody, Lucky Bee’s BnB (Transmigration), Poet understudy in A Dream Play.

Evan Kupersmith 
Senior BFA Acting student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Professor Plum in Clue: On Stage, Blake in The Light Chasers (co-production with the Know Theater of Cincinnati), Ewan in Frankenstein. Elsewhere: Lyle/Ren understudy in Footloose at Warsaw Federal Incline Theater (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Erin Lynch 
Junior Acting student from Westport, Connecticut

At CCM: Fisherwoman/Chorus in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Trisha in Dog Sees God (Lab).

Carson Mehlbauer 
Sophomore Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Transmigration 2023.

Kathuure Miriti  
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Ensemble in Transmigration

Debra Joan Najor
Junior Acting student from West Bloomfield, Michigan

Elsewhere: Wrote, produced, directed and acted in several locally awarded student films: "The Matriarch," "In a Blackout," "Capeesh," "Liminal," "Everything is Gonna be Okay," 'The Proposal" at the University of Michigan. 

Bryce Nevison  
Junior BFA Acting student from Huron, Ohio

At CCM: Jonny in Let the Right One In, Mr. Boddy in Clue: On Stage and Transmigration. Elsewhere: Wax Dolls (Short Film), Swing Host in Snoopy's Dog Days of Summer/Party With Peanuts with Cedar Point's Live Entertainment (Sandusky, Ohio).

Yodeet Nymberg 
Junior Acting student from Maineville, Ohio

At CCM: Ismania/Chorus in Lysistrata + Trojan Women. Elsewhere: Eve in Medusa in You at Cincinnati LAB Theater, Small Victories with WGC Productions (Podcast).

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

At CCM: Cincinnati Dionysia. Elsewhere: Understudy Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Kenny Rayborn  
Senior BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Agatha in Frankenstein. Elsewhere: Minnie in Flyin’ West at The Falcon Theater (Newport, Kentucky).

Katie Reeser 
Sophomore Acting BFA student from Mount Airy, Maryland

At CCM: Ensemble in Transmigration. Elsewhere: Queen of Hearts in Wonderland with Young Artists of America (Washington, D.C.).

Cassandra Reeves 
Senior BFA Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Kai in The Light Chasers (co-production with the Know Theatre of Cincinnati), De Lacey in Frankenstein, Mother/Blind Man in A Dream Play. Elsewhere: Ophelia in Hamlet and Peter Quince understudy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Amiens and Rosalind understudy in As You Like It at Richmond Shakespeare Festival (Richmond, Indiana), Susan in Sally Salem and the Spooktacular Birthday Extravaganza at Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

Maya Joi Robinson 
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Emma Sanchez 
Junior Acting student from San Antonio, Texas

At CCM: Myrrhine in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Paige in Love and War, CB’s Sister in Dog Sees God, BIPOC LAB.

Amanda Sant 
Sophomore Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing (Lab), Evil/Swing in Everybody, A Night at La Grand Fromage (Transmigration). Elsewhere: Queen Gertrude in Hamlet with the London Academy of Dramatic Arts (London, England), Curio in Twelfth Night with Kentucky Shakespeare Globe Players (Louisville, Kentucky).

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: Haley in Love and War (Lab). Elsewhere: Gloria in Wait Until Dark at Cincinnati Landmark Productions.

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).

Wyatt Toloczko 
Junior Acting student from Shelbyville, Kentucky

At CCM: Spartan Delegate in Lysistrata + Trojan Women, Transmigration. Elsewhere: Disney's Newsies at the Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky).

Hannah Toronto 
Junior Acting student from McLean, Virginia

At CCM: #2 in The Wolves, Swing #3 in A Dream Play and Gretel/Servant in Frankenstein, Somebody in Everybody.

Lily Villaflor
Sophomore Acting student from Joliet, Illinois

At CCM: Transmigration (Coconut Mall is Burning Down).

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).

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.  

Elise Arcuri 
Junior Ballet student from Santa Barbara, California

At CCM: Corps de ballet dancer in Swan Lake Act 2 set by Qi Jiang, "It Would Feel Like This" coreographed by Erin Decker, Corps de ballet dancer in Raymonda set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elfson, Corps be ballet dancer in "Waltz of the flowers" set by Rae Vrbancic, Villager in Giselle act 1 set by Qi Jiang, "The Ideal of Love" coregraphed by Hazel Alexander, "Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid" choregraphed by Gracie Zamiska.

Sarah Bartlett 
Junior Ballet student from Baltimore, Maryland

At CCM: Corp de ballet in Giselle, Paquita, La Bayadère, Handel Concerto. Elsewhere: corp de ballet in L’amore, corp de ballet in Vampiri with Étoile Ballet Theatre (Piacenza, Italy).

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
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.”

Alicia Davis 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Elsewhere: Northern Kentucky University Dance 23, Dance 24

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.

Carmen Doll 
Junior Ballet student from Coldwater, Michigan

At CCM: Aurora Borealis by Keenan Pennington.

Maya Gordon 
Freshman Ballet student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in La Esmerelda, “Complicated Grieving,” “The Hands that Hold Us Back”. Elsewhere: Princess Lemon in The Adventures of Cipollino at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy, The Nutcracker at Milwaukee Ballet, Swanhilda’s Friends in Coppélia at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy.

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.

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).

Soyars Green 
Freshman Ballet student from Richmond, Virginia

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Esmeralda, Corps de Ballet in Jux d’pose, “The Condition of The Wild,” “Poetry in Motion.” 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).

Katie Griffith 
Junior 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: Clara and Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet. 

AJ Gross 
Sophomore 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.

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.

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).

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.

Shaelyn Kuipers
Junior Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina

At CCM: Who We Are, “Waltz of the Flowers.” Elsewhere: Maria, Snow Queen, Coffee Corps, Trepak Corps, Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker.

Mary Lee  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

Elsewhere: Russian soloist, Rat Queen and Flower soloist in The Nutcracker at Michigan Ballet Academy (Forest Hills, Michigan), Little Red Riding Hood in “RED” at HIS Dance (Grand Rapids, Michigan).

Kelsey Lewis
Sophomore Ballet student from Glenwood, Illinois

At CCM: Mozart Mix. Elsewhere: “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).

Jennifer Listerman
Junior Ballet student from Chicago, Illinois

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

Cynthia Lutz 
Junior Ballet student from Wheaton, Illinois

At CCM: Falling Upwards, Ethereal Relations, The Unforgotten, corp de ballet in Giselle, “Waltz of the Flowers.”

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).

Emilia Mieczykowski
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Myrtha in Giselle, Tall Swan Soloist in Swan Lake. Elsewhere: Corps in George Balanchine’s Serenade performed with Cincinnati Ballet Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio), soloist in Aladdin performed with Cincinnati Ballet II (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Regina Murphy 
Junior Ballet student from South Bend, Indiana

At CCM: Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps Member in Swan Lake, “The End in the Beginning,” Dewdrop in Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Little Dancer in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty.

Mia Neslanovic
Freshman Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

At CCM: Corp de Ballet in Esmeralda; "it’s not the breaths we take…;" "where the heart grows;" "Bare Myself" Elsewhere: Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty (Nutmeg Ballet); Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker (Academy of International Ballet).

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).

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 
Freshman Ballet student from Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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

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 
Freshman Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Lise Understudy in An American in Paris, "It's Not the Breaths We Take," Little Mermaid, Choreographer of “The Hands That Hold Us Back” (Student Choreography Showcase). Elsewhere: The Nutcracker and Beauty and the Beast with Kentucky Ballet Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky), Lulie in Lulie the Iceberg with Dancers’ Studio (Lexington, Kentucky).

Isabella Ramsey
Freshman Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio

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

Iliana Rich
Junior Ballet student from Taylorsville, Kentucky

At CCM: "Pas" choreographed by Jiang Qi, Demi Soloist in An American in Paris, Soloist in "Jux d’pose" by Ihaiah Miller, Temperament Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Danse des Cygnes Allegro Moderato in Swan Lake, Soloist in Raymonda, "Mozart Mix" by Thomas Bell, Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "From The Beginning" by Jennie Creer-King, Corps de Ballet in Paquita, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele, "Beat as One" by Gracie Zamiska, "Forgive Me Father For (I) Have Sinned" by Hazel Beatrice, "Aurora Borealis" by Keenan Pennington.

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 
Junior Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio

At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, "Mozart Mix," Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "Falling Upwards." Elsewhere: Performed in The Nutcracker at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio), Attended BalletMet Summer Intensive 2018, 2020, 2021.

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.

Laykin Stoess
Junior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: "Home-made, Home-made! (But aren't we all?" by Sydney D'Orso, Giselle staged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in Who We Are by Shauna Steele, It Would Feel Like This by Erin Decker, Beat As One by Gracie Zamiska, Swan Lake Act II staged by Qi Jiang, Juxdpose by Ihaiah Miller, Soloist in Carmina Burana by Shauna Steele, Little Mermaid.

Lizzie Tanner  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Glen Ellyn, Illinois

At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Esmeralda, “it’s not the breaths we take”, “How Deep Is a Soul?”, “The Hands That Hold Us Back”, “Carmina Burana”, Corps de ballet in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Marzipan Lead and Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de ballet in Giselle at Hinsdale Ballet Theatre Company (Westmont, Illinois); Lead and Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de ballet in “Etudes” and Don Quixote at Alma Dance School (Glen Ellyn, Illinois).

Isabella Thoroughman
Sophomore Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Raymonda. Elsewhere: 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.

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).

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 
Sophomore Ballet student from Beavercreek, Ohio

At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in “Still Waters,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake and “Mozart Mix.”

Lucille Acuña
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Cerritos, California

Elsewhere: Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Long Beach's JewelBox non-profit organization (2019) and Eponine in Les Miserables at ABC Unified School District's production (2020).

Arden Allmon 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from San Antonio, Texas

At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.

Joey Baciocco 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Folsom, California

At CCM: The Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical, Mr. Appopolous in Wonderful Town, Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dancer in BOOM!. Elsewhere: The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz and Sasha in Fiddler on the Roof at Shenandoah Summer Music Theater (Winchester, Virginia).

Grace Baker 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Elsewhere: Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Katherine Plumber in Newsies, Madame Baurel in An American in Paris, and Julie Jordan Standby in Carousel at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center (Midland, Pennsylvania).

Andy Bakun 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Beaverton, Oregon

At CCM: Swing in Something Rotten, Swing in Cinderella.

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).

Essence Bell
Junior Musical Theatre student from Rockford, Illinois

Elsewhere: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown with Starlight Theatre (Rockford, Illinois).

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).

Grace Capeless 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Teaneck, New Jersey

At CCM: Fandango Dancer/Charity u/s in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Nutcracker Suite, Swing in Something Rotten!, Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Duckling Donna in SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical (Gateway Playhouse). Broadway: Young Nala in The Lion King, Lavender in Matilda, Little Nancy in A Christmas Story (OBC), Kayla in Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Young Celise in Godspell. Film/TV: "Lost Girls" (Netflix), "Beaches" (Lifetime), "Landing Up" (Apple TV), "Frozen Fever" (Disney+), 67th Annual Tony Awards (CBS).

Dominic Carroll  
Sophomore 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: Tulsa in Gypsy and Florizell in The Winter's Tale at Scranton Shakespeare Festival (Scranton, Pennsylvania).

Brian Cheung 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Suzhou, China

At CCM: Male Swing in She Loves Me, Otto in Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Label•less at Playhouse in the Park (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Monique Churchill  
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Stockton, California

At CCM: Ensemble in Sweet Charity, Swing in Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Swing, Storyteller and Erzulie/Andrea understudy in Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Lauren in Kinky Boots, Ensemble and Sarah Brown understudy in Guys & Dolls at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

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.

Matthew Danforth 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Demarest, New Jersey

Kristen Das 
Senior BFA Acting student from St. Charles, Illinois

At CCM: Sam and Madeline True understudy in The Wild Party, Andrea in Once on This Island, Ensemble in She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Pearl in The SpongeBob Musical at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Ensemble and Magenta understudy in The Rocky Horror Show at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Soloist in Label•Less at Playhouse in the Park.

Ry Dever 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Exeter, New Hampshire

At CCM: Tom Snout in Something Rotten, Footman in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Bruce Bogrotter in Matilda (Broadway National Tour), Enoch Snow Jr./Featured dancer in Carousel at Opera North (Lebanon, New Hampshire).

Josh Devine 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Palmetto, Florida

At CCM: Something Rotten!, Cinderella.

Ellie Eisele 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Kansas City, Kansas

Elsewhere: Alyssa Greene in The Prom, Belle in Beauty and the Beast at MTKC Pro (Kansas City, Kansas). Elsewhere: Roxie Hart in Chicago at Broadway Theatre Project (Tampa, Florida)  Maureen in Rent, Demeter in Cats, and Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof at Starstruck Theatre (Stuart, Florida), Mimi in Guys and Dolls at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky) and Eponine in Les Misérables with StarBrite Productions (Tour).

Julianne Ferguson 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Stansbury Park, Utah

Elsewhere: Cinderella in Into the Woods, Beth March in Little Women, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Ross in Macbeth with Tooele Valley Theatre (Tooele, Utah), Katherine Howard in Six (Teen Edition) with Courage Theatre (West Valley, Utah), Esther Whitfield in Farewell to Eden with Prospero Arts Theatre (Ogden, Utah).

Annalese Fusaro 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Fredericksburg, Virginia

CCM: Swing in Duke Ellington's Jazz Nutcracker, Ensemble/understudy Ilona in She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Maggie Winslow in A Chorus Line at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Ensemble in RAGTIME in Concert with the Cincinnati POPS (Cincinnati, Ohio), Jo in Little Women, Eponine in Les Misérables, and Dragon in Shrek the Musical (CYT).

Nick Gundrum 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Swing in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Ensemble/White Teen in Memphis and Ensemble in 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 (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Jack Haroutunian
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Billerica, Massachusetts

Jonathan Hobbs
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Washington DC

Elsewhere: Chorus and soloist in The Creation Oratotio (Washington DC), Simplethings band (Washington DC), The Messiah Oratorio (Silver Spring, Maryland).

Jordyn Jones (they/she)  
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Ensemble in Once on This Island, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Caterpillar in Alice by Heart (UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble), Fiona in Shrek The Musical and Annabeth in The Lightning Thief with Vienna Youth Players (Vienna, Virginia), Ensemble in RENT at Middlesex Community College (Bedford, Massachusetts).

Annika Jonker (she/her)
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Fairfield, Connecticut

At CCM: Rosie/Ensemble/understudy Ursula in Sweet Charity, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Quartet/Ensemble in Anything Goes at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), St. Jimmy in American Idiot at Broadway Method Academy (Fairfield, Connecticut).

Amelia Lamb (she/her) 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Rocky River, Ohio

Elsewhere: Ensemble in Ragtime in Concert with Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

JT Langlas 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

At CCM: Ensemble in Something Rotten, Ensemble in Cinderella, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Featured Ensemble in The 70's On Demand at Kings Island (Mason, Ohio), Ensemble/Swing in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr. at the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Ensemble in Ragtime in Concert with Cincinnati POPS, Bobby/understudy Emcee in Cabaret and Mercy Lewis/Giles Corey in The Crucible at Parallel 45 Theatre (Traverse City, Michigan).

Indya Lincicome 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: 30 years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Swing in Something Rotten!.

Dan Klimko 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Cranford, New Jersey

At CCM: Ensemble/Younger Brother understudy in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Ensemble/Kodaly understudy in She Loves Me, Ensemble/Sebastian understudy in Cinderella.

Chloë Lezotte 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Bend, Oregon

At CCM: Swing in Little Women. Elsewhere:  Ilse in Spring Awakening at the Trentino Music Fesival (Mezzano, Italy), Cinderella in Into the Woods and Cosette in Les Miserables at Summit Musical Theatre (Bend, Oregon).

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: Ti Moune in Once On This Island, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Norma in Hands on a Hard Body at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors at New Stage Theatre (Jackson, Mississippi).

Tomi Newman  
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Choreographer for Alice by Heart, Jo March in Little Women, Fandango Dancer in Sweet Charity, Swing in Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: The Prom and Rock of Ages at Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York), Kinky Boots at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

Madison Osment  
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Anaheim, California

At CCM: Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Swing and Adult Woman understudy in Spring Awakening, Swing in She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Director of Alice By Heart (UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble), Tammy in Escape to Margaritaville, The Prom, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Rock of Ages at Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York), Guys and Dolls and Singin’ in the Rain at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Ragtime: Concert Version at the Cincinnati Pops, The Hunchback of Notre Dame at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (La Mirada, California).

Anargha Pal 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Alpharetta, Georgia

At CCM: Understudy Vittorio Vidal in Sweet Charity, Singer in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty.

Coty Perno 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Rochester, New York

At CCM: Georg and Dance Captain in Spring Awakening, Jackie and Assistant Choreographer in The Wild Party, Ensemble/ u/s Minstrel in Something Rotten!, Player in Pippin, Ensemble/ Frug Trio/ Daddy Brubeck u/s in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite. Elsewhere: Angel/ Ensemble in Anything Goes at Broadway Method Academy (Black Rock Theatre)

Sean Polk II
Junior Musical Theatre student from Upper Marlboro, Mayrland

At CCM: Head Waiter/understudy Sipos in She Loves Me, Oscar/understudy Mr. Black in The Wild Party, Ernst in Spring Awakening, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty. Elsewhere: Tom Collins in Rent at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Ensemble in RAGTIME in Concert with Cincinnati POPS (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Gabriel Raskind 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bellevue, Washington

At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.

Maya Sharma 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Delray Beach, Florida

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

Makayla Shipe 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bryant, Arkansas

At CCM: Ensemble/understudy Marie in Cinderella, Swing/understudy Theo in Pippin, Swing in The Wild Party, and Assistant Director of Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Urleen in Footloose at Cincinnati Landmark Productions (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Sydney Short 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Wilmington, North Carolina

Elsewhere: Wendla in Spring Awakening, Jo in Little Women, Rizzo in Grease, and Rusty in Footloose at Opera House Theatre Company (Wilmington, North Carolina).

Griffin Simmons  
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Albertville, Alabama

At CCM: Swing/Dance Captain in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ensemble/Understudy Frank Lippencott & Officer Lonigan in Wonderful Town, Woof Understudy/Tribe Member in HAIR, Dancer in BOOM!, and Assistant Movement Coach for Clue: On Stage. Elsewhere: Nigel/Dormouse/Dance Captain in Alice By Heart (UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble), Edward Tulane in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and Jay in Disney’s Descendants: The Musical at The Lighthouse Theatre Company (Albertville, Alabama), Ryan in Disney’s High School Musical: On Stage! at The Whole Backstage Theatre (Guntersville, Alabama).

Declan Smith 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from West Hartford, Connecticut

At CCM: Melchior in Spring Awakening, Lord Clapham/Master of Justice in Something Rotten! Elsewhere: Ensemble in Bandstand at Playhouse on Park (West Hartford, Connecticut).

Spencer Stanley
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from East Lyme, Connecticut

At CCM: Ensemble in Once Elsewhere: Anthony in Sweeney Todd at Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), Charlie understudy in Holiday Inn with Goodspeed Opera House (East Haddam, Connecticut) Soloist in Night Fever at 54 Below

Franco Valerga (he/him) 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Buenos Aires, Argentina

At CCM: Swing in Once, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Evan Hansen Alternate in Dear Evan Hansen (Teatro Metropolitan) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Soloist with The American Pops Orchestra at Lincoln Center.

Wayden Wagoner (she/they)  
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Loogootee, Indiana

At CCM: 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).

Sam Yousuf (he/him) 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Mitch Mahoney in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Ensemble/Gator US in Memphis at The Lexington Theatre Company.

Manfred Anaya
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Los Angeles, California

Elsewhere: Galstone in La Traviata at Dayton Opera (Dayton, Ohio), Tchaplitsky (cover) in The Queen of Spades at Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Rose’s Fiancé in Awakenings and Scott Smith (cover) in Harvey Milk at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (Saint Louis, Missouri), Telamone in Ercol su’l Termodonte with Pacific Opera Project (Los Angeles, California).

Malone Blaich 
First-year Artist Diploma in Opera student from Kansas City, Missouri

At CCM: Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Chorus/Jenny/Reporter 1/Woman 1 in The Righteous (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Chorus in Lucia di Lammermoor and Madama Butterfly with Cincinnati Opera; Tatyana in Eugene Onegin (partial), Norma in Norma (partial), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (partial) with Heidelberg Summer Opera (Heidelberg, Germany); Cendrillon in Cendrillon and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Pepperdine University (Malibu, California).

Lucy Evans  
Second-year AD Opera student from Bellingham, Washington

At CCM: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Isabella in La Hija de Rappaccini, Agrippina in Agrippina, Madame in Bulrusher (Opera Fusion: New Works) and Uta Hagen in Robeson (Fusion). Elsewhere: Rosina (cover) in The Barber of Seville and Marie de Medici in Galileo Galilei with Opera Theatre of St Louis (St Louis, Missouri), Alto soloist (cover) in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Maddalena in Rigoletto with Holy City Lyric Arts and Opera (Charleston, South Carolina), La Messaggera and La Ninfa in L'Orfeo, Agent 1 in M. Butterfly (World Premiere) and Kitchen Girl (cover) in Rusalka with Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Albany Symphony (Albany, New York).

Caleb Glickman 
First-year Artist Diploma Opera Coaching student from Los Angeles, California 

At CCM: MM in Orchestral Conducting, Music Director of L’Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: Assistant conductor at Pittsburgh Festival Opera.

Emma Marhefka 
First-year Artist Diploma student from Allentown, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers, Chorus in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Frasquita in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Younger Alyce in Glory Denied with Knoxville Opera (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Opera Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia).

John Mburu 
First-year Artist Diploma student in Opera from Warwick, Virginia

At CCM: Parson in The Cunning Little Vixen, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Pallante in Agrippina, Paul Jr. in Robeson (Opera Fusion: New Works), Pope  Urban VIII in Galileo Galilei, Logger in Bulrusher (Opera Fusion), Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York) , Chorus in Aida with Cincinnati Opera, Prisoner 1 in Fidelio with Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Bob The Old Maid and the Thief with the Lee University Opera Theatre (Cleveland, Tennessee).

Ryan Wolfe
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Arlington Heights, Illinois

At CCM: Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Cardinal 3/Priest/Father in Galileo Galilei, Kecal in The Bartered Bride, Giove in La Calisto. Elsewhere: Sen. Potter’s Asst./Bookseller/French Priest/etc. in Fellow Travelers, Narumov in Pikova Dama, Papageno cover in Die Zauberflöte (Des Moines Metro Opera), Le fauteuil/un chêne in L’enfant et les sortilèges at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore at Chautauqua Institution.

Jacob Priddy 
First-year Masters Orchestral Conducting student from Louisville, Kentucky

Elsewhere: The Office the Musical Parody (Off Broadway), Associate Music Director/Keys 1 for A Christmas Story (National Tour), Jersey Boys, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, DISNEY's Newsies at Theatre by the Sea (Matunuck, Rhode Island), Jersey Boys ar Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, Maine), Vocal Director for Celebrity Cruise Lines and RWS Entertainment Group.

Erin Alcorn (she/her) 
Second-year DMA Voice student from Coppell, Texas

At CCM: Miss Lightfoot in Fellow Travelers, Soloist in Beethoven’s Mass in C for CCM Chorale and Orchestra, Soloist in Eric Whitacre’s Goodnight Moon for CCM Wind Symphony. Elsewhere: Musetta (cover) in La Boheme for Cincinnati Opera, Adina in The Elixir of Love, Francine in Monkey and Francine for Tri-Cities Opera, Adina in The Elixir of Love for The Dallas Opera Outreach, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro for Oberlin Opera Theater, Zerlina in Don Giovanni for UNT Opera, La Bergère in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortileges for Oberlin Opera.

Lauren Albano 
Junior Vocal Performance student from New Orleans, Louisiana

At CCM: La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Chorus in Dialogues des Carmélites, Chorus in Orpheus in the Underworld. Elsewhere: Belinda in Dido and Aeneas and Laetitia in The Old Maid and The Thief with The New Orleans Center of Creative Arts, Helga in Friedl and Chorus in Carmen with New Orleans Opera.

Kaylyn Taylor 
Second-year DMA Voice student from Las Vegas, Nevada

At CCM: Poppea in Agrippina, Gabriel in The Creation. Elsewhere: Poppea in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte with Utah State Opera (Logan, Utah), Maria/Liesl (cover) in The Sound of Music with Music Theatre West (Logan, Utah), Susanna/Barbarina (cover) in Le nozze di Figaro with Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre (Logan, Utah).

Caitlin Chisham 
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wichita, Kansas

CCM: Policewoman and Judge in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Elsewhere: Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors with University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri), Marie in Le Fille du Regiment with Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lennox, Massachusetts), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Brevard Music Institute (Brevard, North Carolina), Chorus in Pirates of Penzance with Opera Kansas (Wichita, Kansas).

Torie Davis 
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Toledo, Ohio

At CCM: La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Spirit in Dido and Aeneas, Love Police in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera D’Arte. Elsewhere: Chorus in Carmen, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Macbeth and La Bohème with Toledo Opera, Grace Davis in Street Scene at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio), Mystery in The Fairy Queen at the University of Toledo, Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica with Resonanz Opera (Mentor, Ohio).

Corbin DeSpain
Second-year Voice student from Lubbock, Texas

At CCM: Gobin in La Rondine, Galileo in Galileo Galilei. Elsewhere: Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Texas Tech Univeristy, Camille in The Merry Widow with Texas Tech University, Member of The Union (Breath Collective) in Cincinnati with Trevor Kroeger, Tenor Soloist with The Lubbock Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra of Colorado, Chorus of the Big Bend, San Antonio Chamber Choir and Red Shift Choir in Baton Rouge Louisiana.

Victoria Ellington  
First-year DMA Voice student from Washington D.C. studying with Elliot Madore

At CCM: Esmeralda in The Bartered Bride,  L’Eternità in La Calisto. Elsewhere: Rachel in Harriet Tubman with Cleveland Opera Theater (Cleveland, Ohio), La Feé in Cendrillon with Oberlin Opera Theater, Mammy/Janet in Dessa Rose with Oberlin Theater, Lady in Blue in For Colored Girls with Oberlin Theater (Oberlin, Ohio), first prize winner in the George Shirley Vocal Competition. 

Madison Finke 
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Norfolk, Virginia

At CCM: Forester's wife in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: L'enfant in L’enfant et les Sortileges and Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus with Hartt Opera (Hartford, Connecticut), Mrs. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Connecticut Lyric Opera (Hartford, Connecticut), Chorus in Le nozze di Figaro with Virginia Opera (Norfolk, Virginia).

Reed Gnepper 
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Toledo, Ohio

At CCM: Pásek/Komár in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: L'amante in Amelia al ballo and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Juilliard School. Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden at The Chautauqua Institute (Chautauqua, New York). Choruses for Lucia di Lammermoor and Il barbiere di Siviglia with Cincinnati Opera.

Gretha Fergus 
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wallingford, Pennsylvania

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

Andrew Hallam 
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Detroit, Michigan

At CCM: Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen, Mr. Baron in Lincoln in the Bardo (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Dr. Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore and Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land with Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas), Leporello in Don Giovanni with Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with University of Michigan Opera Theatre (Ann Arbor, Michigan).

Jarrett Hazelton
Sophomore Voice student from Waterford, Michigan studying with Daniel Weeks

At CCM: Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld, Armored Man 1 in The Magic Flute.

Sydney Horan
Freshman Vocal Performance and Music Education student from West Palm Beach, Florida

Elsewhere: Palm Beach Opera Studio Artist alum.

Haksung Lee 
First-year DMA Voice student from South Korea.

At CCM: Valcour in L'amant Anonyme, Prunier in La Rondine, Fenton in Falstaff, Priest in The Magic Flute (Canceled due to Covid-19), Spring Gala Concert 2021, Fall Gala Concert 2020, Chorus in The Bartered Bride. Elsewhere: Alcindoro, Benoît in La Bohme (Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, South Korea), Adam in Die Schöpfung (Korea National University of Arts), Chorus in Tosca (Korea National Opera).

Lukas Maceroni
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Royal Oak, Michigan

Elsewhere: Michigan School Vocal Music Association Solo and Ensemble Outstanding Soloist (2022), MSVMA All State Honors Choir (2022)

Natalie Mastali
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Orlando, Florida

Elsewhere: Merit Winner for YoungArts, Washington National Opera Institute alum.

Ariana Maubach
Second-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Toronto, Canada

At CCM: Dorothée in L'Amant Anonyme. Elsewhere: Chorus in La bohème with Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, South Carolina), Filippyevna cover in Eugene Onegin at Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, California), Madame scenes in Bulrusher with Cincinnati Opera Fusion (Cincinnati, Ohio), Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, Lucrezia in Lucrezia, The Abbess in Suor Angelica at the Glenn Gould School (Toronto, Canada).

Cora-Melin Mikat 
Senior Vocal Performance student from Brighton, Michigan

At CCM: Erster Knabe in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: Fortuna, Pallade, and Damigella in L’incoronazione di Poppea with Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Illinois), Chorus in L’enfant et les sortilèges with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Cincinnati, Ohio), Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe with Detroit Opera (Detroit, Michigan).

Samantha Pape
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Houston, Texas

Elsewhere: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Pirates of Penzance, Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio.

Lily Scalisi 
First-year Vocal Performance student from Alexandria, Louisiana

At CCM: Datel (Woodpecker) and Heuschreck (Grasshopper) in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: La Zia Principessa in Puccini's Suor Angelica at Opera Seme (Arezzo, Italy), Suor Zelatrice in Suor Angelica, Dorabella (cover) in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas and Nireno in Giulio Cesare at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Lousiana).

Morgan Small 
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Highland Park, Illinois

At CCM: Rooster/Jay in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Cunegonde in Candide, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel, Milk Maid/Ensemble in La bohème with Northwestern University Opera Theatre (Evanston, Illinois), Oberto in Alcina with Saluzzo Opera Academy (Saluzzo, Italy).

Laura Stanell
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Harleysville, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Angel/Maiden in The Maid of Orleans with the Russian Opera Workshop at the Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia), Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica with Bel Canto in Tuscany (Greve, Italy).

Cole Stephenson
Second-year MM Voice student from Des Moines, Iowa

At CCM: Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Badger in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni at Savannah Voice Festival (Savannah, Georgia), Carl Olsen in Street Scene at Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa)

Diamond Sparks
First-year MM Voice student from Birmingham, Alabama

At CCM: Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with the University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama), Suzy cover in La Rondine, chorus member for La Rondine, L’elisir d’amore, Tosca, and Carmen with Mobile Opera (Mobile, Alabama), Marcelina in Le nozze di Figaro with Vienna Summer Festival (Vienna, Austria).

William Tanski 
First-year Master’s Vocal Performance student from Grantham, New Hampshire

At CCM: Schoolmaster in The Cunning Little Vixen, The Doodling Pennsylvanian in Lincoln in the Bardo (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte with Northwestern University Opera (Evanston, Illinois).

Holly Thomas 
First-year AD Opera student from Nashville, Tennessee

At CCM: Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Serpetta in La Finta Giardiniera, Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Sister St. Charles in Les Dialogue des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Casilda in The Gondoliers, Chrysaea in The Arcadians and Liesl in The Sound of Music at Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio), Liesgen from “Coffee Cantata” at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Lisa cover in La Sonnambula at Teatro Nuovo (New York City), Celia in Lucio Silla at Chicago Summer Opera, Rose in Ruddigore and Fanchette in Les Mariage aux Lanternes at University of Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee).

Jiayin Wang 
First-year Masters Vocal Performance student from Beijing, China

Leah Yackanech
Freshman Vocal Performance student from Rockville, Maryland

At CCM: Ensemble in Dido and Aeneas and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi with Opera d’Arte.

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).