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.

Mallory Bolser 
Senior BFA Acting student from Richmond, Indiana

At CCM: Raelynn in John Proctor is the Villain, Archidamus in Winters Tale, Nils in Let The Right One In. Elsewhere: Marilyn and Carole understudy in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Cincinnati).

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).

Dinithi Fernando 
Senior BFA Acting student from Independence, Kentucky

At CCM: Mamillius in Winter’s Tale. Elsewhere: M in The Human Race Theatre’s production of PEERLESS.

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.

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 
Junior 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: Barnaby Tucker in Hello Dolly at CDA Summer Theatre (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho), Ensemble in Anastasia at CDA Summer Theatre (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho), Oscar Delancey/Ensemble in Newsies at Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City, Utah), Butch in Welcome to Dangerville at Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City, Utah), Stanley/Ensemble in Hello Dolly at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

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).

Nikolas Gray 
Senior BFA Acting student from Odesa, Ukraine

At CCM: Somebody in Everybody. Elsewhere: Frank in Witch at the Carnegie.

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 
Junior BFA Acting student from Chicago, Illinois

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

Trace Henderson 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

Jordyn Hill 
Senior BFA Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Caroline in Pride and Prejudice, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale, Chief of Police in Clue: On Stage, Evil/swing in Everybody.

Sam Hopper 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Ensemble (Transmigration).

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

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 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Knoxville, Tennessee

At CCM: Understudy 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.

Maria Leigh 
Senior BFA Acting student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

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

Sydnee Metzinger 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Georgetown, Indiana

At CCM: Laurel in Class IV One-Act, Mitzi in Baggage One-Act, Ruth in Marigolds One-Act, Grace in Transmigration 16, Dear Colleagues, Say Something with The Blue Hour, Dorothy in Dearest Capstone. Elsewhere: Persephone in Hadestown: Teen Edition with Redline Performing Arts (Louisville, Kentucky), Kitty/Ensemble in Chicago: Teen Edition with Redline Performing Arts (Louisville, Kentucky). 

Carson Mehlbauer 
Senior BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Swing in Let The Right One In. Elsewhere: Cuddy in Witch (The Carnegie), Ellis in The Light Chasers (Know Theatre of Cincinnati), Ambrose in Hello, Dolly! (The Carnegie).

Ryan Miller 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Indianapolis, Indiana

At CCM: Pride and Prejuidice.

Kathuure Miriti 
Junior BFA Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Cleomones in The Winter's Tale, understudying for Emilia.

Miranda Myers 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Tampa, Florida

Elsewhere: Little Sally in Urinetown at MAD Theater (Tampa, Florida), Ash in Not Your Average Rom-Com (Atlanta, Georgia), Cassi in Ember with New Tampa Players, Callie in Drift with LAB Theater Project (Tampa, Florida), Kaylee in The Prom with MAD Theater (Tampa, Florida).

Bryce Nevison 
Senior BFA Acting student from Huron, Ohio

At CCM: Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Autolycus in The Winter's Tale, Mr. Boddy in Clue, Let The Right One In. Elsewhere: Performed at Cedar Point and the Renaissance Theatre.

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

Amanda Sant 
Senior BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Lord Collins, Lady Anne, and Dave in Emilia, Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing, Singing Telegram Girl in Clue! On Stage, and Evil in Everybody! Elsewhere: Ensemble, Kathy Seldon (U.S.), and Olga Mara in Singing in the Rain with Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet with Warsaw Federal Incline Theater.

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).

Lilia Villaflor 
Senior BFA Acting student from Joliet, Illinois

At CCM: Lady Katherine in Emilia, Bailey Gallagher in John Proctor is the Villain, Stefan in Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Quinn in The Light Chasers (The Know Theater).

Andrea Adams 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: 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).

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.  

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: Dancer in Violet Hahn's "Entity #1" and Maddie Weber's "Bone Deep" in SCS 2025. Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in "Coppèlia" in Spring 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 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

Elsewhere: Bluegrass Youth Ballet Pre-Professional alum (Lexington, Kentucky), Student Company member at Central Kentucky Dance Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky).

Ellamae Brodbeck
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: “Phrases Unfold” in the Student Choreographers’ Showcase, Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker.  Elsewhere: With the Cincinnati Ballet, performed various roles in The Nutcracker, Garland Waltz in The Sleeping Beauty, Fairy Godmother Attendant in Cinderella, Urchin in Aladdin.

Leighton Calfee  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: “The One You Feed” by Shauna Steele, “Antique Music” by Thomas Bell, “Who Is She” (Caitlyn Wehner) Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours in “Coppelia”, “Entity 1” (Violet Hahn) SCS choreographer: “Beneath the Rain.” Elsewhere: BalletMet’s “The Nutcracker”, “ALICE”, “Giselle”, “Don Quixote”, and “Cinderella”

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).

Alicia Davis 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Covington, Kentucky

At CCM: Swanhildias Friend in Coppelia, The One You Feed by Shauna Steele (Dance Works '24). Elsewhere: Take Me Outside by Heather Britt (NKU Dance '24).

Carmen Doll 
Junior Ballet student from Coldwater, Michigan

At CCM: Aurora Borealis by Keenan Pennington.

Julia Elliott 
Freshman Ballet BA student from Louiville, Kentucky

At CCM: “X.”

Katrien Feenstra 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Farmington, Michigan

At CCM: ‘Stretto’ by Matthew Farmer, ‘X’ by Joshua A. Stayton, ‘Pillars of Us’ by Katherine Kraal, Coppelia set by Trisha Bell and Isabele Elefson. Elsewhere: The Majestic Nutcracker set by Tina Bishop.

Mahala Flagg 
Freshman BFA Ballet student Fort Smith, Arkansas

At CCM: Excerpts from La Bayadère. Elsewhere: Pre-professional company dancer in The Nutcracker, The Wizard of Oz, and The Sleeping Beauty at Western Arkansas Ballet (Fort Smith, Arkansas).

Maya Gordon 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Milwaukee, Winscosin

At CCM: A Temporary Existence by Sylvia Quinio, Waltz of the Hours & Czardas in Coppélia, Endless Motion by Cynthua Lutz, Lead in Flames of Paris, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, The Hands that Hold Us Back by Sylvia Quinio.

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: 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).

AJ Gross 
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

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

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.

Violet Hahn 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Fort Wayne, Indiana

At CCM: Matt Farmer's Stretto for CCM's Fall Concert, Celeste Lau's Inhibitions, Sylvia Quinio's UnKNOWN, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours in CCM’s Coppelia. Elsewhere: Arabian Soloist and Spanish Soloist in Project Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Chelsea Dumas’s Exurgency, the Walpurgisnacht solo variation, directed and produced Project Ballet’s 2024 Student Choreography Showcase.

Kyla Hardesty 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Costa Mesa, California

At CCM: “Ancient Music.” Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Spanish Soloist, Lead Candy Cane, Snow and Maid in The Nutcracker and Stepmother in Cinderella at Ballet Repertory Theater (Huntington Beach, California), Clara's Friend and Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker and Boy on the Premises in Fairy Doll at V&T (Laguna Hills, California).

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 and works in the Student Choreography Showcase.

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.

Shaelyn Kuipers 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina

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

Campbell Lee 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Corps de ballet in Jux D'Pose and La Esmeralda, Mersister in Little Mermaid, Corps de ballet in Antique Music Current Styles, Swanhilda's Friend in Coppelia, "How Deep is a Soul?", "The Cost of This World," "Pillars of Us," "Raison d'Etre."

Mary Lee 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

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

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.

Riya Mathur 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: “The One You Feed,” and “Ancient Music.” 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

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 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Ellensburg, Washington

At CCM: “Ancient Music.” Elsewhere: “Fortitude and Ascend” with Milwaukee Ballet Pre-Professional Program (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, Red Queen and Village Maiden in Alice in Wonderland, Sugar Plum Fairy and Snowflake in The Nutcracker with Central Washington Dance Academy (Ellensburg, Washington).  

Kielyn Minton 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Meadowview, Virginia

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

Elsewhere: 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, Star Fairy in Cinderella (with Chattanooga Ballet) 

Taegan Moran 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Barrington, Rhode Island

At CCM: Dancer in "Entity 1" in SCS 2025, "Bone Deep" in SCS 2025, "Coppelia" in 2025, "Who is she?" in SCS 2025, "The One You Feed" in Danceworks 2024. Elsewhere: Soloist dancer in "Coppelia" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the pre-professional company of The State Ballet of Rhode Island (Lincoln, Rhode Island).

Mia Neslanovic 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At CCM: 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

Elsewhere: Choreographer for Open Stage at The White Theatre at The J.

Caralena Ondre 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Waltz of the flower - corps in The Nutcracker

Grace Ortega 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Spinners in Coppelia, Soloist in X by Joshua Stayton, Ensemble in Stretto, by Matthew Farmer, Pas de Quatre in La Bayadere, Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the Flowers, Still Waters, The One You Feed, and Carmina Burana, Corps de Ballet in Raymond. Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, and Corps de Ballet understudy in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).  

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: Spinner in Coppelia, Antique Music, Current Styles, Ship Captain in Little Mermaid, Beyond the Words, Tyne. Elsewhere: Sugar in The Nutcracker, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella in Cinderella (Harwich, 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 
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.

Kyle Rabey 
Junior Ballet BFA student from Livonia, Michigan

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.

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: 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 The Little Mermaid , “X”, Endless Motion, Mazurka Lead and Spinner in Coppélia. Elsewhere: Marzipan Lead and Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, corps de ballet in Giselle with Hinsdale Ballet Theatre Company (Westmont, Illinois); Lead and Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de ballet in Etudes and Don Quixote with Alma Dance School (Glen Ellyn, Illinois).

Isabella Thoroughman 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky

At CCM: Friend in Coppelia, Sea Witch in Little Mermaid, pas de quatre in La Bayadere, Principal in Tarantella. Elsewhere: Principal in La Bayadere, Esmerelda in Esmeralda.

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 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from West Hartford, Connecticut

At CCM: “Who is She?,” “Beyond the Words,” “X,” “Who We Are.” Elsewhere: Dew Drop Fairy, Snow Queen and Spanish lead in The Nutcracker with the Hartt School Community Division (Hartford, Connecticut), Dancer in Awakening Festival with Ballet Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut).

Charlotte Van Dyke 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Carmel, Indiana

At CCM: "La Bayadere" and "X" by Joshua Stayton in Fall Dance Works. "Tyne," "Endless Motion," and "Entity One" In Student Choreographers' Showcase. Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours in Coppelia. Elsewhere: Central Indiana Dance Ensemble Alumni.

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).

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 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

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

Ashley Zimmer 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Springboro, Ohio

At CCM: Ensemble in “The One You Feed” by Shauna Steele and “X” by Joshua Stayton, Corps de Ballet in Coppélia.

Arden Allmon 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from San Antonio, Texas

At CCM: Fandango Dancer (Sept 28 & 29) in Sweet Charity, Helen in Wonderful Town, Bird Girl/Gertrude understudy in Seussical the Musical at the Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Woman 2 in “Songs for a New World” (independent study concert).

Joey Baciocco 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Folsom, California

At CCM: The Cat in The Hat in Seussical, Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Anything Goes, Chiron/ Ensemble in The Lightning Thief, and Mr. Appopolous in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz and Sasha in Fiddler on The Roof (Shenandoah Summer Music Theater), Issachar in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Willy in Trouble in Hunky Dory (Pickleville Playhouse).

Grace Baker  
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Andy Bakun 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Beaverton, Oregon

At CCM: Boy in Shards Of An Honor Code Junkie, Margaret Mead/Tribe in HAIR, Frank Lippencott in Wonderful Town, Ensemble in Sweet Charity, Swing in Something Rotten, Swing in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Davey in Newsies (MT Wichita).

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 (she/her) 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bethesda, Maryland

Elsewhere: Hope Cladwell in Urinetown at and Rusty in Footloose at The Theatre Lab (Washington, D.C.), Ellie Blake in Freaky Friday at Imagination Stage (Bethesda, Maryland).

Gabby Beredo (she/her) 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Bayonne, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Pepper in Annie at PaperMill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey), Lavender in Matilda the Musical (National Tour).

Vex Blocker 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Acworth, Goergia

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).

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).

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).

Kage Cliburn 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Hernando, Mississippi

Elsewhere: The Little Mermaid (The Muny), The Prom, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Wizard of Oz (Playhouse on the Square), SpongeBob SquarePants in The SpongeBob SquarePants Musical, Jesse Tuck in Tuck Everlasting, and Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can.

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.

Annie Dauk 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Louisville, Kentucky

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

Josh Devine 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Palmetto, Florida

At CCM: Tribe/Berger understudy in Hair, Officer Lonigan in Wonderful Town, Ensemble/Herman understudy in Sweet Charity, Ensemble in Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Swing in Mythic at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Wickersham 1/The Grinch in Seussical at the Carnegie, Kenickie in Grease, Asher in Joseph, Hortensio/u/s Bill in Kiss Me Kate, Ensemble in Wedding Singer at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts.

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

At CCM: Girl in Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, Ensemble in Sweeney Todd, Tribe in Hair, Ensemble in Wonderful Town, Swing in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Alyssa Greene in The Prom at MTKC Pro (Kansas City, Kansas) Featured Dancer in My Fair Lady at Theatre in the Park (Shawnee, Kansas).

Hannah Ervin
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Minneapolis, Minnesota

At CCM: Aunt March in Little Women, Natalie Goodman in Next to Normal. Elsewhere: RUTKA at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, Arista in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Tina in Escape to Margaritaville at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, Zaneeta Shinn in The Music Man at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Tina in Escape to Margaritaville at Old Log Theatre.

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).

Zach 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).

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 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Tucson, Arizona

At CCM: Swing in The Lightening Thief. Elsewhere: Tin Man in Wizard of Oz at Saguaro City Music Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), Voice of Audrey II with Saguaro City Music Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), Angel in Kinky Boots with Paradise Valley Community College (Phoenix, Arizona), Robin in Pooh at Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), Choir Boy in Tosca with Arizona Opera Company (Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona).

Nick Gundrum  
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Frug Trio/Ensemble in Sweet Charity, Dancer in Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Swing, Sea King in Little Mermaid (CCM Dance), Ensemble in Something Rotten!, Swing in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Fiddler on the Roof, Memphis, and The Sound of Music with The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky), Billy Crocker in Anything Goes with Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut), New Rochelle Chorus in “RAGTIME in Concert” with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Jack Haroutunian 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Billerica, Massachusetts 

At CCM: Luke/Ares/Dance Captain/Fight Captain/Grover understudy in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Ensemble/Margaret Mead understudy in Hair, Ensemble/Chick Clark understudy in Wonderful Town, Swing/Pir Singer in Seussical (Co-Production with The Carnegie), Featured Performer in BOOM, Tower Power in Sweet Charity.  Elsewhere: Roger in Grease (The Carnegie), Captain/Lord Evelyn Oakley understudy in Anything Goes (The Carnegie), Ensemble in Elf Jr. (TCT Cincinnati), Swing/Pit Singer in Seussical (The Carnegie).

Elizabeth Hall 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia

Elsewhere: Tricia/Pre-Professional Ensemble in The 50th Anniversary of a Chorus Line with City Springs Theatre Company (Sandy Springs, Georgia). 

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 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Jutta in In the Green, Ensemble/Mama understudy in Once on This Island, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Celie in The Color Purple at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), 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 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Fairfield, Connecticut

At CCM: Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty, Rosie, Ensemble, (Ursula understudy) in Sweet Charity, Violet, Ensemble in Wonderful Town, Clarisse, Mrs. Dodds, Ensemble, (Annabeth understudy) in The Lightning Thief, Virtue, Dance Captain in Anything Goes. Elsewhere: Susan & Others in Tick…Tick…BOOM!, Ensemble, (Janet understudy) in The Rocky Horror Show, Frenchy in Grease with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Ensemble in Singin’ in the Rain with Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).

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.

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

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

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

At CCM: Medusa, Janis Joplin, Ensemble, Katie Gardner understudy in Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson Musical. Elsewhere: Cinderella in Into The Woods with Encore Entertainers (Los Angeles, California) Indy, Young Hannah and Ensemble in Trouble the Water with Theatricum Botanicum (Los Angeles, California), Fairy and Mustard Seed understudy in Midsummer Night’s Dream with Theatricum Botanicum (Los Angeles, California), Janet Van De Graaff in Drowsy Chaperone with Encore Entertainers (Los Angeles, California), Velma in Chicago with Encore Entertainers (Los Angeles, California).

Indya Lincicome 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida

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

Peyton Kern  
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Cooksville, Maryland

At CCM: Marmee in Little Women.

Chloë Lezotte
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Bend, Oregon

At CCM: Jutta in In the Green, 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).

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).

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.

Gabriel Raskind 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bellevue, Washington

At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.

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).

Maya Sharma 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Delray Beach, Florida

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

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

At CCM: Ensemble/Ruth understudy in Wonderful Town, Swing in Little Women. Elsewhere: Cheshire Cat in Alice by Heart (UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble), Ensemble in Les Miserables at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri), Mayzie in Seussical at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Wendla in Spring Awakening, Rusty in Footloose, Rizzo in Grease at Opera House Theatre Company (Wilmington, North Carolina), Bebe Benzenheimer in A Chorus Line with the Thalian Association (Wilmington, North Carolina).

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.

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).

Abigayle Stokes 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Soloist for “Jazz on Broadway: A Celebration.” Elsewhere: Apprentice at Musical Theatre Wichita (Wichita, Kansas), Laurie in Brighton Beach Memoirs at AthensWest Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky), Ensemble/Chava understudy in Fiddler On the Roof, Soloist in “Concert Under the Stars,” Gracie Shinn in The Music Man and Ensemble in “Concert With the Stars” at The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky).

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).

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 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Claude in Hair, Mitch Mahoney in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ensemble/Understudy Papa Ge in Once on This Island, Ensemble in Wonderful Town, and Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Seaweed in Hairspray at Theatre By the Sea, Ensemble/Gator Understudy in Memphis at The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky).

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

Elsewhere: Production Tenor in Singin’ in the Rain with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

Carlos Ahrens  
First-year AD Opera student from Orlando, Florida

At CCM: Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,  Dr. Baglioni in La Hija de Rappacini, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, First Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: King of El Dorado/ Baron in Candide at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Trentino Music Festival (Trentino, Italy), Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man at Charlottesville Opera (Charlottesville, Virginia).

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.

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).

Kade Bennett 
First-year MM Voice student from Mapleton, Utah

At CCM: Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Marcello in La Bohème at Mediterranean Opera Studio & Festival (Sicily, Italy) and Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah), Vater in Hänsel und Gretel at Utah Valley University, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at Utah Valley OperaFest (Provo, Utah).

Jack Bunch 
Freshman BFA Voice student from Loveland, Ohio

Levi Capesius 
First-year MM Voice student from Algona, Iowa

At CCM: Francis Flute/Thisby in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Speed Dater #12 in Speed Dating Tonight with Lyric Opera of the North (Duluth, Minnesota), Ben in The Telephone, Bob in The Old Maid and The Thief with Bemidji Opera Theatre (Bemidji, Minnesota), Mr. Gray in Gentlemen’s Island, Mr. Angel in The Impresario with Wartburg College Opera (Waverly, Iowa).

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

Natalie Corrigan
First-year MM Voice student from Novi, Michigan

At CCM: Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte), Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Opera d’Arte) Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera d’Arte), Dritter Knabe in Die Zauberflöte (Opera d’Arte) and Soeur Antoine in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Mother Goose (cv) in The Rake's Progress and Ruthie/Shamana 1 in The House on Mango Street at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Bradamante in Alcina, L’Ecureuil in L’Enfant et les sortilèges and La Badessa in Suor Angelica at Chautauqua Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York).

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.

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).

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. 

Helele Fan 
Second-year DMA Voice student from Chongqing, China

At CCM: Almera in Dark Sisters, Flower in La Hija de Rappaccini, The Angel in Hildegard  (Fusion) Elsewhere: Lucia in The Rape of Lucrecia (scenes) at Manhattan School of Music, Marzelline in Fidelio (scenes), Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro at Manhattan School of Music (New York).

Gretha Fergus 
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wallingford, Pennsylvania

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

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

At CCM: Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Forester's Wife in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: L’enfant in L’enfant et les sortileges at Hartt Opera Theatre, Mrs. Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly at Connecticut Opera, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus at HOT, Ma Moss in The Tenderland at HOT, Twiteratti in Kardashian the Opera at Hartford Theatre Opera, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel at Tidewater Opera initiative.

Stella FitzGerald 
First-year MM Voice student from Austin, Texas

At CCM: Presendia in Dark Sisters. Elsewhere: Lucrezia in Lucrezia and Chorus in Don Giovanni at Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, California), Nancy in Albert Herring with Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Illinois), Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Miami Music Festival (Miami, Florida).

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.

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

At CCM: Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, Flower 3 in La Hija de Rapaccini. Sister Gertrude in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Nicolette (cover)/Chorus in The Love for Three Oranges and Chorus in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), 3rd Spirit in The Magic Flute with Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Chorus in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera.

Andrew Hallam 
Second-year MM Voice student from Detroit, Michigan

At CCM: Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream (upcoming), Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen, Mr. Baron in Lincoln in the Bardo. Elsewhere: Dr. Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'amore and Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land at Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas), Leporello in Don Giovanni at Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan).

Harrison Hancock 
First-year MM Voice student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: King in Dark Sisters, Soloist in Ein Deutsches Requiem 
Elsewhere: Chorus in Der Fliegande Holländer, Chorus in The Cunning Little Vixen at Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, Elder McLean in Susannah and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with University of Kentucky Opera Theater, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Utah Valley Operafest (Provo, Utah).

Tanya Harris 
First-year AD Opera student from Salinas, California

At CCM: Eliza in Dark Sisters, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Jeannette in L’amant anonyme, Chorus in Le nozze di Figaro, Yvette in La rondine. Elsewhere: Annina in La Traviata and Chorus in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Chorus in Porgy and Bess with Des Moines Opera (Indianola, Iowa).

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.

Ryan Henry 
First-year Artist Diploma student from McAllen, Texas

At CCM: Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dr. Rappaccini in La Hija de Rappaccini, Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, Tommy McIntyre in Fellow Travelers, Chorus in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Sciarrone in Tosca, Chorus in La Traviata and Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Yamadori/Yakuside in Madama Butterfly with Kentucky Opera (Louisville, Kentucky), Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Bernardo in West Side Story with Indianapolis Opera.

Kaylan Hernandez 
Second-year MM Voice student from Miami, Florida

At CCM: Beatriz in La Hija de Rappacini, Arminda in La finta giardiniera, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: Mabel (cover)/Chorus in The Pirates of Penzance and Chorus in Pagliacci at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York).

Alex Herron
Junior BFA Voice student from East Hampstead, New Hampshire

At CCM: Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro and Macheath in The Beggar’s Opera with Hofstra Opera Theater (Long Island, New York).

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 
Freshman BM Voice student from Flower Mound, Texas

Cameron Howard 
First-year MM Voice student from Irvington, Kentucky

Elsewhere: Little Bat in Susannah, Sandmann in Hänsel und Gretel and Ezekiel Cheever in The Crucible with University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, Le petit vieillard in L'enfant et les sortilèges with Chautauqua Opera Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York).

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).

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).

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).

Lucas Maceroni 
Junior BFA Voice student from Royal Oak, Michigan

At CCM: Chorus in Dido & Aneas (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte), Maestro Spinnelloccio in Gianni Schicchi (d’Arte) Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro (d’Arte).

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

At CCM: The Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen, Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Frasquita in Carmen at Des Moines Metro Opera (Des Moines, Iowa), Younger Alyce in Glory Denied at Knoxville Opera (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Opera Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at Opera Tampa (Tampa, FL).

Natalie Marshall  
Freshman BFA Voice student from Reading, Pennsylvania

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).

Léa Nayak 
First-year MM Voice student from San Francisco, California

At CCM: Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte), Belinda in Dido & Aeneas (d’Arte), Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld (d’Arte). Elsewhere: Chorus in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), Le feu in L'enfant et les sortilèges with Chautauqua Opera Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York).

Shir Ordo 
First-year MM Voice student from Tel Aviv, Israel

At CCM: Soloist in “Halloween: Dreams and Nightmares” with the CCM Philharmonia, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (scenes) and Annio in La Clemenza di Tito (scenes). Elsewhere: Margot Frank in Anne Frank (world premiere) Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea and Arsamene in Xerxes at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana), Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito with FAVA Opera, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Vienna Tel Aviv Vocal Connection, Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette with Tel Aviv Summer Opera. Soloist in F. Mendelssohn “Lobgesang” with Musica Sacra, Soloist with Moyen Age.

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

Samantha Pape
Junior BM Voice student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte).

Sang Bin Park
First-year MM Voice student from Seoul, South Korea

At CCM: Nardo in La finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro at Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Illinois), Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni at Vienna Summer Music Festival (Tampa, Florida), Schaunard in La Bohème at Mannes School of Music (New York City).

Ian Pathak  
First-year MM Voice student from Springfield, Virginia

At CCM: Podestà in La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Ferrando (cover) in Così fan tutte and Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls with Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, New York), Schoolteacher in The Pigeon Keeper, Mercure in Orphée aux enfers, Willie in Hobson's Choice, and Schoolmaster/Mosquito in The Cunning Little Vixen with University of Michigan Opera (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Bogdanovitch in The Merry Widow with Toledo Opera (Toledo, Ohio), and Chorus in Aida in Concert with Detroit Opera (Detroit, Michigan).

Clara Reeves
Second-year MM Voice student from Greenville, North Carolina

At CCM: Lišâk in The Cunning Little Vixen, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Winnie in Two Corners (Opera Fusion). Elsewhere: La Contessa (cover) in Le nozze di Figaro and Madame Lidoine (cover) in Dialogue of the Carmelites with Wolf Trap Opera (upcoming), Mimì (cover) in La bohème with Wolf Trap Opera, Eurydice in scenes from Orfée et Eurydice with Wolf Trap Opera, Chorus in La bohème and Così fan tutte with Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, Virginia).

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).

Natalie Romanick 
Second-year MM Voice student from Long Grove, Iowa

At CCM: Eliza in Dark Sisters, Beatriz in La hija de Rappaccini. Elsewhere: Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Opera Workshop (Stevens Point, Wisconsin).

Will Ryan 
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Brentwood, Tennessee

At CCM: Hařasta in The Cunning Little Vixen, Officer in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Bartolo (cover) in Le Nozze di Figaro at Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Sarastro in The Magic Flute at University of Tennessee Opera Theatre (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Flora’s Servant in La Traviata at Cincinnati Opera.

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).

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

At CCM: 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  
Second-year MM Voice student from Highland Park, Illinois

At CCM: Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, 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 at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois),  Oberto in Alcina with Saluzzo Opera Academy (Saluzzo, Italy).

Sydney Sorbet 
First-year MM Voice student from Covington, Louisiana

At CCM: Ruth in Dark Sisters. Elsewhere: Mother/Giant’s Wife in Jack and the Beanstalk at Opera Louisiane (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea at Red River Lyric Opera (Wichita Falls, Texas), La Badessa in Suor Angelica at Music on Site, Inc (Wichita, Kansas), Nettie Fowler in Carousel, Julia Child in Bon Appétit, and Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Noyi Soto-Anglade 
Freshman BM Voice student from Denver, Colorado

Elsewhere: Spirit in Die Zauberflöte at Boulder Opera (Boulder, Colorado)

Laura Stanell
Senior BFA Voice student from Harleysville, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Mother in Hänsel und Gretel, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld with Undergraduate Opera d’Arte. Elsewhere: Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica at Bel canto in Tuscany (Greve in Chianti, Italy), Lisa (study cover) in La Sonnambula at Teatro Nuovo (New York, New York)

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 
Second-year MM Voice student from Fairfield, Alabama

At CCM: Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Chorus in Don Giovanni and Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with The University of South Alabama Opera Theater (Mobile, Alabama).

Nia Spaulding 
First-year MM Voice student from Berkeley, California

At CCM: Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Chorus in La Traviata with Cincinnati Opera, Chorus in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Chorus in La Bohème with Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, California), La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with International Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico).

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: Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Serpetta in La finta giardiniera, Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Sister St. Charles in Les Dialogues 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).

Alea Louise Vernon
First-year MM Voice student from New Haven, Connecticut

At CCM: Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte), Cobweb in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Eurydice in Orpheus in The Underworld (Opera d’Arte), Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte (Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio) Adele in Die Fledermaus at Berlin Opera Academy (Berlin, Germany).

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

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.

Leah Yackanech 
Junior BFA Voice student from Rockville, Maryland

At CCM: Ensemble in Dido and Aeneas and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi. Elsewhere: Ensemble in Notes on Viardot, Nella in Gianni Schicchi and Niece 1 in Peter Grimes with MusicOnSite (Wichita, Kansas).