CCM Student Bios

Hadley Bruno
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Seabrook Island, South Carolina

Elsewhere: Costume Designer for John Lennon and Me and Dancing at Lughnasa (Stephen F. Austin State University).

Savannah Brooks
Junior Costume Design and Technology student from Dallas, Texas

At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Xanadu, The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Wardrobe Crew for Cinderella, The Mock Marriage, The Fantasticks, Hello, Dolly at the Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio); Wardrobe Supervisor for Legally Blonde at Grand Prairie Arts Council (Grand Prairie, Texas).

Kaz Chaplain 
Freshman BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Erie, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Wigs and Makeup Crew for Pride and Prejudice. Elsewhere: Young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (Normandy Highschool), Zack Mooneyham in School of Rock (Normandy Highschool), Aaron Schultz in Legally Blonde (Normandy Highschool), Whickersham Brother in Seussical (Normandy Highschool), Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Normandy Highschool).

Emmaline Hirschten 
Freshman BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Indianapolis, Indiana

Elsewhere: Wardrobe Crew for Riverside at the Indianapolis Shakespeare Company (Indianapolis, Indiana).

Norah Jeziorowski 
Sophomore BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Decatur, Georgia

At CCM: Run Crew in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Wardrobe Supervisor for The Magic Flute, Cendrillion, and Elixir of Love with the Janic Opera Company

Maura Kesterson 
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Assistant Costume Designer for Clue, Wardrobe Supervisor for Emilia. Elsewhere: Costume Designer for The Angel's Trumpet and Miami Moves at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Assistant Costume Designer for Tick, Tick… Boom! at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), and The Marvelous Wonderettes at Porthouse Theatre (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).

Wyatt Laminack 
Freshman BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: WHAM Crew for La Finta Giardiniera.

Rachel Luneke 
Senior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Covington, Kentucky

At CCM: Costume Designer for Pride and Prejudice, Assistant Costume Designer for La Finta Giardiniera, Draper for Emilia, Wardrobe Crew Head for Everybody. Elsewhere: Stitcher/Wardrobe for Wolf Trap 2024 summer season (Vienna, Virginia), Stitcher/Wardrobe for Ohio Light Opera 2023 summer season (Wooster, Ohio).

Graceanne Martin 
Freshman BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Wigs and Makeup crew for Pride and Prejudice.

Liz Maxfield (she/they) 
Freshman BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Elsewhere: Costume Designer for the Dent Schoolhouse 2024 Season (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Lexi Revis
First-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Laramie, Wyoming

At CCM: Wardrobe Crew Head for The Winter’s Tale and Wonderful Town, Assistant Costume Designer for Dark Sisters. Elsewhere: Wardrobe Crew for “Radical Humanity” at the University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming).

Julia Schillaci 
Senior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Frederick, Maryland

At CCM: Costume Design Assistant for Winter’s Tale, Wardrobe Supervisor for Hair, Draper for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: First Hand for Singin’ In the Rain, Little Women, and Million Dollar Quartet, and Assistant Costume Designer for Fiddler on the Roof at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, VA).

Megan Vaughn 
Senior Costume Design and Technology student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor for The Secret Garden, Assistant Costume Designer for Bright Star, Wardrobe Head/Dresser for Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Head for The Bartered Bride, Wardrobe Head/Dresser for The Rocky Horror Show, Assistant Costume Designer/Wardrobe Head for Lady Windermere’s Fan, Dresser for Our Country’s Good, Dresser/Stitcher for Guys and Dolls.

Kyle Williams
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Bells, Tennessee

At CCM: Costume Design Assistant for Emilia, Costume Designer for SCS 2025, Draper for Pride and Prejudice, Wardrobe Supervisor for La Finta Giardiniera.

Mattison Andrews 
Senior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Fort Worth, Texas

At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer for Pride & Prejudice and Sweeney Todd, Lighting Designer for The World Goes ‘Round. Elsewhere: Producing Apprentice with Amphibian Stage

Gavin Barrett
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Ridgefield, Connecticut

At CCM: Spot Operator for Wonderful Town, Light Board Operator for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Run Crew/General Electrician for Shakespeare On The Sound (Norwalk, Connecticut), Over-hire at Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, Massachusetts).

Jules Cabrera 
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Austin, Texas

At CCM: Lighting Designer for The Winter’s Tale, Lighting Designer for An American in Paris & Other Works, Lighting Designer for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Assistant Lighting Designer for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Concert With the Stars 2025 at Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky), Lighting Designer for Up-Close 2024: Nature/Nurture at Mutual Dance Theatre (Cincinnati), Associate Lighting Designer for Amen Corner at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Assistant Lighting Designer for “We Are One- Asylum” Festival with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.

Jack Capobianco 
Freshman Lighting Design student from Ashburn, Virginia

At CCM: Light Board Operator for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Follow Spot Operator in The Littlest Mermaid.

Rob Chalk 
Freshman Lighting Design and Technology student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Deck Electrician for Sweet Charity, Scenic Crew for Let the Right One In.

Miya Chambers 
Senior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Alpharetta, Georgia

At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer for The Littlest Mermaid, Dark Sisters, Tiresias/Mahagonny, and Sweeney Todd at CCM and is the Designer for Student Choreographers Showcase 25/26. Elsewhere: Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and the Assistant Lighting Designer at the Seagle Festival.

Sophia Ciranni
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Newark, Delaware

At CCM: Light Board Operator for Student Choreographer’s Showcase.

Lucy Dunn (they/them) 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Baltimore, Maryland

At CCM: Scenic Crew for The Winter’s Tale and a Spotlight Operator for La Finta Giardinara.

Will Everson 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from St. Louis, Missouri

At CCM: Programmer for Cendrillion, Lighting Designer for Buffalo Talks to The Moon, Assistant Lighting Designer for Antigone, Media Op for Sweet Charity, Assistant Production Electrician for Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Production Electrician/Deck Chief for Wonderful Town, Assistant Lighting Designer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Assistant Lighting Designer for Hair. Elsewhere: Electrician at Opera Theater of St. Louis (Summer 2023 & 2024) and Technician at Bandit Lites (Summer 2025).

Leo Goffinet 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Indianapolis, Indiana

At CCM: Deck Crew for A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Elsewhere: Light Operator for Sweeney Todd, Light Operator for Shrek Jr. (Footlite Musicals).

Ella Hamlin 
Sophomore BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from St. Louis, Missouri

At CCM: Spotlight Operator for Wonderful Town, Lighting Board Operator for Student Choreographer's Showcase Spring 2025. Elsewhere: Deck Electrician for Opera Theatre of St. Louis 2025 Festival Season, Deck Electrician for Aida, Projections Operator for Steel Magnolias, Spotlight Operator for Newsies at STAGES St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri).

Laura Hanks  
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Hilliard, Ohio

At CCM: Production Electrician for La Finta Giardiniera, Production Electrician for Rappaccini's Daughter, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Programmer for Bourbon and Beyond and Louder than Life Festivals 2024, Deck Electrician for Illinois at Bard SummerScape (Red Hook, New York).

Nathaniel Hedges 
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from San Francisco, California

At CCM: Graduate Assistant, Associate Lighting Designer for Danceworks 2024, Production Manager for Blink “Insane51” mural 2024, Assistant Lighting Designer for Spring Choreographers’ Showcase, Assistant Lighting Designer for The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: 11 years as a Creative Director in San Francisco, California.

Lucas Inman 
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Saginaw, Michigan

At CCM: Lighting Designer for Wonderful Town, Associate Media Designer for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Lighting Desinger for Dayton Philharmonic Rock Orchestra Concerts (Dayton, Ohio), Assistant Lighting Designer for Dial M for Murder at Playhouse in the Park (Cincinnati), Lighting Designer for Insane 51 Mural at BLINK Festival 2024, Assistant Media Designer for Copeland: Symphony of Light with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Ryan Johnson 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Jacob Kaplan 
Sophomore BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Dallas, Texas

At CCM: Electrics Crew for Let the Right One In and The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for County Fair with North Texas Performing Arts Collegiate Pursuits (Plano, Texas) and Oliver at Outcry Community Theater (Plano, Texas).

Bri Kelly 
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Gaithersburg, Maryland

Elsewhere: Assistant sound designer and A1 on Jekyll and Hyde an Immersive Musical Thriller, A1 on Always, Patsy Cline with Free Range Humans (Fredrick, Maryland), A2 on Cabaret with Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina),  Sound Designer and Audio engineer on Pippin with The Free Theatre (Gaithersburg, Maryland), A1 on Romeo and Juliet with The Endangered Species Theatre Project (Fredrick, Maryland).

Jack Langlinais 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Pride and Prejuidice.

Lia Lubinsky 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Westerville, Ohio

At CCM: Clue! Rappaccini's Daughter, The Winter's Tale, Wonderful Town, Emilia, Coppélia.

Isaac Ludlam 
Freshman Lighting Design and Technology student from Flower Mound, Texas

Adam Markus 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Austin, Texas

At CCM: Production Electrician for HAIR, Media for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, PE for Fall Danceworks 2024, PE for In the Green, PE for Student Choreographers’ Showcase 2024, Assistant Production Electrician for Let the Right One In, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Rape of Lucretia.

Erin Mormile 
Freshman BFA Stage Management from Cincinnati, OH

Maddi Myer 
Sophomore Lighting Design student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: Assistant Media Designer and Media Programmer for Sweet Charity, Board Op for Spring Awakening, Follow Spot Op for Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Media Board Op for Spiritus/Virgil’s Dance and Media Tech for The Overview Effect at Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia).

Ben Niemczyk  
First-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Hartland, Wisconsin

At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer 2 for La finta giardiniera, Lighting Designer for Dance Works, Lighting Designer for Coppelia. Elsewhere: Lighting Technician at Lighthouse Productions (Green Bay, Wisconsin), Lighting Designer for Amelie, Dance Works 2023, “Afterimages” 2023 and As We Climb at University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisconsin).

Arcadia Paff 
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Elsewhere: Running Crew in Legally Blonde with CYPT, Assistant Lighting Designer in Shrek with CAST, Light Board Operator in Spring Awakening with CAST, Lighting Designer in Puffs with CAST, Lighting Designer and Projections Operator in Big Fish with CAST.

Jacob Pasiuk 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Little Mermaid, Tuck Everlasting and Mary Poppins with Bunce Performing Arts (Maple Grove, Minnesota). Lighting Designer for Mamma Mia! with White Bear Lake Community Theater, The Shape of Things and Tiny Beautiful Things with Century Community College, The Larkin Dance Studio recitals, Urban Dance Company recitals, and White Bear Dance Studio recitals (White Bear Lake, Minnesota). Associate Lighting Designer for Jesus Christ Superstar with Century Community College (White Bear Lake, Minnesota).  

Kristen Peck
Second-year Masters Lighting Design student from Fontana, California

At CCM: The Burials, Danceworks 2022. Elsewhere: God of Carnage at The Wayward Artist (Santa Ana, California), Titus Andronicus at Southern California Shakespeare Festival (Pomona, California), Heathers, Bee-luther-hatchee, Real Women Have Curves at California State Polytechnic University (Pomona, California).

Ryan Peerless 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Follow Spot Operator for In the Green, Wardrobe Crew for La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

Ian Rafalo 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Deck Electrician for Pride and Prejuidice.

Charlie Raschke 
Senior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Raleigh, North Carolina 

Elsewhere: Cincinnati Opera, Seagle Festival, Theatre Raleigh, Carolina Ballet, North Carolina Opera, and Scapino Ballet. Some of his favorite credits include the world premiere of “Peace of Clay”, “Anima Obscura” at the Scapino Ballet, the world stage premiere of “Sanctuary Road” at the North Carolina Opera, as well as “Cold Mountain” and “Mayo” at The Seagle Festival.

Ella Rosoff 
Junior Lighting Design and Technology student from Bethesda, Maryland

At CCM: Associate Lighting Designer for Student Choreographers’ Showcase, Assistant Lighting Designer for Wonderful Town, Lighting Programmer for Emilia, and Assistant Production Electrician for Coppelia.

Jill Schlax  
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Yarmouth, Maine

At CCM: Light Board Operator for In the Green. Elsewhere: Follow Spot Operator for Ragtime and Light Board Operator for Guys and Dolls with Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head, South Carolina).

Kassidy Schley 
Senior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from North Richland Hills, Texas

At CCM: Lighting Designer for Antigone, Associate Lighting Designer for The Nutcracker and Student Choreo Showcase 2025, The Lightning Thief, Wonderful Town, Emilia, The Winter’s Tale, Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Associate Lighting Designer for Rigoletto and Fiddler on the Roof at the Cincinnati Opera, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, The Tempest at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Little Women at Cincinnati Playhouse, Snow White at Cincinnati Ballet.

Carmella Somich
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: Wigs Hair and Make-up Crew for The Winter’s Tale, Spotlight Operator for Dance Works 2024.

Emily Spiering 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Milford, Ohio

Kyle Strickland 
Junior Lighting Design and Technology student from Plano, Texas

At CCM: Light Board Operator in Choreographers’ Showcase. Elsewhere: Deck Electrician in ALIEN/NATION with Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, Massachusetts).

Hayden Valkema 
Sophomore BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Plainfield, Illinois

At CCM: Scenic Crew for Let The Right One In, Assistant Production Electrician for An American In Paris, Scenic Crew for The Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Production Electrician for Once on This Island, Lighting Programmer for The Winter's Tale, Lighting Programmer for BLINK! 2024.

Audrey Visscher 
First-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Piscataway, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time with Burbage Theatre Company (Pawtucket, RI); Assistant Lighting Designer for The Mystery of Edwin Drood with Goodspeed Musicals (East Haddam, CT);  Lighting Designer for Polaroid Stories & Lighting Designer for Silent Sky with University of Rhode Island (Kingston RI).

Jack Walter 
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Canton, Ohio

At CCM: Lighting Board Op for La Finta Giardiniera, Scenic Crew for In the Green, Deck Electrician for Emilia, Wardrobe Crew for A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Flynn Wilson 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Portage, Indiana

At CCM: Board Operator for Clue: On Stage, Spot Operator for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Lighting Technician at Miami F1 with 4Wall (Miami, Florida), Stage Manager at Gallagher Way with DUFF (Chicago, Illinois) Rigging Technician at Robinhood for 4Wall (New York, New York).

Claire Bonnette (she/her) 
Second-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Ozark, Missouri

At CCM: Make-up and Wig Designer for Sweet Charity, Make-up and Wig Artist for Clue: On Stage, Assistant Make-up and Wig Designer for Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Spring Awakening Hair and Make-up Designer for Spring Awakening at Drury University (Springfield, Missouri).

Emily Kemmerer
Second-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Wooster, Ohio

At CCM: Wig Stylist and Wig and Make-up Supervisor for Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Assistant Wardrobe Manager at The Glimmerglass Festival for 2023 season (Cooperstown, New York). Wardrobe Supervisor at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for 2023 season (Cincinnati, Ohio). Wardrobe Supervisor at Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre for 2022 season (Grand Lake, Colorado).

M O’Donnell 
Second-year MFA student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Wig, Hair, and Makeup Designer for Dark Sisters, Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design Assistant for Winter's Tale, Wonderful Town, and Emilia. Elsewhere: Wig and Makeup Second Assistant for The Barber of Seville, The Knock, and Once Upon A Mattress at Central City Opera House (Central City, Colorado).

Hank Burns-Pavlik 
Junior BFA Sound Design and Technology student from Farmington, Michigan

At CCM: PSE on Dark Sisters, ASD on La Finta Giardiniera 
Elsewhere: Sound Design on "Cosi Fan Tutte," A2 on "My Fair Lady" and "Siddhartha, She" at Aspen Music Festival and School (Aspen, CO), Audio Crew and House Engineer at Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, SC).

Kayla Chen 
Junior Sound Design student from East Brunswick, New Jersey

At CCM: Assistant Sound Designer for She Loves Me, Assistant Designer/A2 for The Burials, Mic Tech for Pippin. Elsewhere: Sound Technician/A2 Sub for A Little Night Music with Barrington Stage Co. (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), A2 for The Nutty Professor and A2 for The Cher Show with The Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, Maine).

John Dougherty 
Sophomore BFA Sound Design student from Fort Thomas, KY

At CCM: A1 on Pride and Prejudice, Mic Tech on A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mic Tech on  Wonderful Town, Run Crew on Dark Sisters, Run Crew on La Finta Giardarina.

Mia Elias
Freshman BFA Sound Design student from Dallas, Texas

At CCM: Pride and Prejudice

Nick Feldmann 
Junior BFA Sound Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Sound Designer for Dark Sisters, A1 for Wonderful Town, Associate Sound Designer for The Winter’s Tale Sound Designer for Student Choreographers’ Showcase, A2 for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Assistant Designer/A1 for American in Paris. Elsewhere: Audio Engineer for Country Crossroads at Kings Island, Sound Designer for Burning Down the House and Finding Neil Patrick Harris at Cincinnati Lab Theatre.

Jacob Gers 
Sophomore BFA Sound Design student from Greensboro, North Carolina

At CCM: Head of Sound for Student Choreographers' Showcase, A1 for Student Choreographers' Showcase, A1 for Cendrillon, RF Technician for In the Green. Elsewhere: Supervisor of Theatre at Tamarack Camps (Ortonville, Michigan), Sound Engineer at Well-Spring Theatre (Greensboro, North Carolina), Sound Designer for The Nutcracker with Le Jeune Dance Co. (Blue Ash, Ohio).

Daniel Massey 
Second-Year MFA Sound Design student from Columbia, Illinois

At CCM: Sound Designer for BAAM, Production Sound Engineer for Hair. Elsewhere: Production Audio for Public Obscenities at TFANA (Brooklyn), Production Audio for Multiple Productions at the Signature Theatre (New York), Assistant Sound Designer for Night of the Iguana at the Signature Theatre (New York), Assistant Director of AV at the Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Sound Designer for Wizard of Oz at Children’s Theatre Cincinnati.

Emma Miller
Sophomore Sound Design student from Marysville, Ohio

At CCM: Assistant Designer for Dance Works 2024, Mic Tech for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Once on This Island. Elsewhere: A2 at Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, Pennsylvania).

Val Molloy 
Sophomore BFA Sound Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Mic Tech for Sweet Charity, A1 for Rappaccini's Daughter Elsewhere: A/V Technician for Hamlet at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Park Tour).

Brady Smith 
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Amelia, Ohio

At CCM: Debut production in Our Town.

Ember Tra 
Freshman BFA Sound Design and Technology student from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 

At CCM: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (Playback Operator).

Reagan Warvel
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Lacey Vailikit 
Junior BFA Sound Design and Technology student from Fairfax, VA  

At CCM: The Lightning Thief (A1), Hair (A2), In the Green (Assistant Sound Designer), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mic Crew), Student Choreographers’ Showcase 2024 (A1), Clue: On Stage (Scenic Crew), Sweet Charity (Wigs and Makeup Crew). Elsewhere: A1 for Singin' in the Rain, Little Women, Million Dollar Quartet (Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre); A1 for Seussical (The Carnegie); Audio and Projections Engineer at Berkshire Theatre Group (Pittsfield, Massachusetts).

Ryan Bradbury  
Sophomore BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Dallas, Texas

Regan Densmore 
Third-year MFA Stage Design student from Calabash, North Carolina

At CCM: Set Designer for Hair, The Winter’s Tale, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Set Designer for King James at the Warehouse Theatre and Paint Charge at the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute.

Madeline Field 
Sophomore BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Chicago, Illinois

At CCM: Assistant Props Manager for In the Green, Run Crew for Clue: On Stage, Wigs Crew for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: 2024 Technical Apprentice for Oak Park Festival Theater.

EJ Goodman  
Sophomore BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Run crew for Let the Right One In, secondary assistant scenic designer for The Rape of Lucretia.

Taylor Helms  
Second-year MFA Stage Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Scenic Designer for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Emilia and Coppélia. Elsewhere: Scenic Artist at Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Opera and Cincinnati Landmark Productions.

Josie Heys
Freshman Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Wilmington, Ohio

At CCM: Wigs, Hair, and Makeup crew for The Winters Tale. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Chicago and Into the Woods at Bare Boards Theatre Co. (Wilmington, Ohio).

Owen Keeler 
Sophomore BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art from Farview, Tennessee

At CCM: Wardrobe crew for Wonderful Town, Wardrobe crew for Dark Sisters,  Assistant Set Designer for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.

Joseph Schmitt (they/them) 
Junior BFA Stage Design, Props, and Scenic Art student from Louisville, KY 

At CCM: The World Goes 'Round (Scenic Designer), Rope (Scenic Charge), Dark Sisters (Scenic Charge), Wonderful Town (Assistant Scenic Designer), Clue! (Assistant Scenic Designer). Elsewhere: 2025 Scenic and Props Intern at Cincinnati Opera (Cincinnati, OH), 2024 Production Intern at Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville, KY).

Moira Seger (she/they)
Junior BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Scenic Designer for Dark Sisters, Props Manager for La finta giardiniera, Props Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Scenic Designer for The Rape of Lucretia, Scenic Charge for Everybody. Elsewhere: Props Artisan for The Sound of Music, The Count of Luxembourg and Guys and Dolls at Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio).

Ella Stumpf 
Sophomore BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Scenic Design Assistant for Let the Right One In and La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Props Designer for Alice in Wonderland Junior, Scenic Designer for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus the Musical and Shop Assistant and ASM for Seussical Junior at Woodford Theatre (Versailles, Kentucky).

Gabby S. Trice 
Second-year MFA Stage Design student from Blacksburg, Virginia

At CCM: Scenic Design for La finta giardiniera, Everybody and Clue. Elsewhere: Scenic Design for As You Like It at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, New Jersey), Art Dept. Lead for Mad Hatter’s (Gin &) Tea Party (Washington, DC), Various mural designs for the Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, Georgia), Scenic Design for Legacy of Light and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters at Synchronicity Theatre (Atlanta), Design for The Little Mermaid at The Legacy Theater (Atlanta), Design for Peter & the Starcatcher with Stagedoor Players (Atlanta).

Sarah Anderson 
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dance Works and John Proctor Is the Villain, Production Assistant for Once on This Island, Wardrobe Crew for Clue: On Stage, Scenic Crew for Everybody.

Leah Berry 
Senior Stage Management student from Lexington, Kentucky 

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager The Rocky Horror Show, Student Choreographers Showcase; Project Manager for Light in the Piazza, Little Shop of Horrors and,The Laramie Project; Assistant Production Manager for CCM 21-22 Season. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager Holiday Inn, Flashdance, Mamma Mia!, and Matilda with Surflight Theatre (Beach Haven, New Jersey); Assistant Stage Manager James and the Giant Peach with Lexington Children's Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky). 

El Bowers 
Junior BFA Stage Management student from West Chester, Ohio

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for The Marriage of Figaro, Assistant Stage Manager for Choreographers’ Showcase 2024, Assistant Stage Manager for Gianni Schicchi and Dido and Aeneas, Assistant Stage Manager for The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee.

Indy Caramelli
Junior Stage Management student from Austin, Texas

At CCM: Various dance, opera and musical theatre productions Elsewhere: Austin Actors Studio and Liberty Exhibition Hall

Ela Congleton 
Sophomore BFA Stage Management from Lexington, KY 

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Student Choreographer's Showcase, Production Assistant for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: Production Assistant for 42nd Street and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky)

Matilda Dalton  
Freshman BFA Stage Management student from Perrysburg, Ohio

At CCM: Production Assistant for La Finta Giardiniera.

Bethel Daniel 
Freshman BFA Stage Management from Denver, Colorado

Halena Edwards 
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Memphis, Tennessee

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for La finta giardiniera, Production Assistant for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Carmen Jones at Hattiloo Theatre (Memphis, Tennessee).

Ali Fishbain 
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Madison, Wisconsin

At CCM: SM on CCM Freshman MT ‘28 Showcase, SM on CCM Senior MT/Acting ‘25 Showcase, Hänsel und Gretel, SM on CCM Moveable Feasts 2025, ASM on The Witch (CCM + The Carnegie), ASM on Le Nozze Di Figaro, PA on The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: ASM on Hadestown (Children’s Theater of Madison), PSM on Beetlejuice Jr. (Children’s Theater of Madison), SM on CHMF (Rohs Cafe, Cinci).

Raeya Garcia  
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Austin, Texas

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen and Duke Ellington's Jazz Nutcracker, Production Assistant for Agrippina and A Dream Play. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for Chicago and Million Dollar Quartet and Assistant Stage Manager for Newsies and Legally Blonde at Interlakes Summer Theatre (Meredith, New Hampshire), Assistant Stage Manager for Million Dollar Quartet and Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, Pennsylvania).

Laila Gose 
Freshman Stage Management student from Canal Winchester, Ohio

Michael Hamburg  
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for In the Green, Production Assistant for Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for The Rocky Horror Show at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Assistant Stage Manager for PLAYLIST, 60th Anniversary Celebration at Cincinnati Ballet, Assistant Stage Manager for TICK, TICK... BOOM!, Kinky Boots, Into the Woods, RENT, George Remus: A New Musical at The Carnegie.

Maggie Harris 
Second-year MFA Stage Management student from Fayetteville, Arkansas

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Wonderful Town, Rappaccini's Daughter. Elsewhere: ASM for American Idiot, Assassins and Spring Awakening at University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Production Stage Manager for Metal Children at University of Arkansas, PSM for Believe in Stupid Sh*t at Starline Theatre Co.

Chloe Hessling  
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Lebanon, Ohio

At CCM: Production Assistant for Everybody. Elsewhere: Stage Manager and Props Manager for The Enchanted Bookshop at Springboro Community Theatre (Springboro, Ohio), Stage Manager for Captain Louie Jr. and Mean Girls Jr. at Yellow Brick Theatre Company (Dayton, Ohio).

Andrew Hille 
Freshman BFA Stage Management student from Fairview Park, Ohio

At CCM: Run ASM for Seussical, Production Assistant for The Winter’s Tale, Child Supervisor for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Patrick Johnson
First-Year MFA Stage Management student from Canton, Ohio

At CCM: Sub-Assistant Stage Manager for La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: AEA Production Stage Manager for Forbidden Broadway, Escape to Margaritaville, The Prom, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rock of Ages, and Hand to God at the Forestburgh Playhouse (Forestburgh, New York), AEA Production Stage Manager for Theatre Workshop of Nantucket 2024 Season (Nantucket, Massachusetts) which include the world premiere adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s Winter Street, and Assistant Stage Manager for Head Over Heels at Theatre Horizon (Norristown, Pennsylvania).

Lily Landoch  
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Chicago, Illinois

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for In the Green, Assistant Stage Manager for Clue: On Stage, Dark Sisters, and An American in Paris & Other Works, Production Assistant for Spring Awakening and Dialogues of the Carmelites. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for Legally Blonde and Newsies, Assistant Stage Manager for Chicago and Million Dollar Quartet at Interlakes Summer Theatre (Meredith, New Hampshire), Assistant Stage Manager for Pippin and The Producers at Music Theater Works (Skokie, Illinois).

Katie Mogren 
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from St. Paul, Minnesota

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Coppélia and The Winter's Tale, Production Assistant for Clue: On Stage, Wig & Makeup Crew for Rappaccini's Daughter and The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The SpongeBob Musical and Costume Designer for Frozen Jr. at Ashland Productions (Maplewood, Minnesota), Production Stage Manager for Alice in Wonderland with Lakeshore Players Theatre (White Bear Lake, Minnesota).

Kait Naylor  
Junior Stage Management student from Loveland, Ohio

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Dance Works 2024, Assistant Stage Manager for for Angles, Assistant Stage Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Event Manager for BOOM 2024, Assistant Stage Manager for The Rape of Lucretia, Production Assistant for Frankenstein. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for Annie Jr. at the Royal Theatre Company (Mason, Ohio), Production Stage Manager for The Magic Flute at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Production Assistant for Don Giovanni at Cincinnati Opera.

Jordan Shaw 
Senior Stage Management student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Pride and Prejudice, Production Stage Manager for Coppelia, Assistant Stage Manager for Once on This Island and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Stage Management Intern for Lollapalooza 2025, Assistant Stage Manager for Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar for Porthouse Theatre (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).

Ella Schrecker 
Freshman BFA Stage Management from Charleston, South Carolina

At CCM: Production Assistant for Pride and Prejudice. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Fiddler on the Roof and Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Musical with Charleston Stage (Charleston, South Carolina).

Finley Shields 
Second-year MFA Stage Management student from Mission Viejo, California

At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for The Winter’s Tale, Everybody and for Little Mermaid, Child supervisor for The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for The Threepenny Opera and Stage Manager for Into the Woods at University of the Pacific (Stockton, California).

Bethany Untener 
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for John Proctor is the Villain, Assistant Stage Manager for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Assistant Stage Manager for Fall Dance 2023. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Unto These Hills at Cherokee Historical Association (Cherokee, North Carolina), Production Assistant for SpongeBob the Musical Youth Edition and Stage Manager for Kids at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.

Sam Verba 
Sophomore Stage Management student from Lebanon, Ohio

Elsewhere: A. Burr and Prop Manager in Hamilton: The Musical with Z Company Arts (Monroe, Ohio), Light Programmer in Electronic Music Group (EMG) under Will Kuhn (Lebanon, Ohio).

Lilly West (she/her) 
Freshman BFA Stage Management student from Elgin, Illinois

At CCM: Production Assistant for In the Green and Emilia, Child Supervisor for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for The Cake and The Lightning Thief and Production Stage Manager for Mary Poppins, Frozen Jr. and Absurd Person Singular at Steel Beam Theatre (St. Charles, Illinois), Production Stage Manager for Twelfth Night and Shakespeare's Sonnets in Modern Times at Goodly Creatures Theatre (Elgin, Illinois).

Ibn Whitfield 
Freshman Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohi

Elsewhere: Disney’s Descendants and All About Susie at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.

Jaye Bloemeke 
Sophomore BFA Technical Production student from Alpharetta, Georgia

At CCM: Carpenter for Wonderful Town, Props Manager for Hänsel und Gretel.

Jaime Boeskool  
Sophomore BFA Technical Production student from Nashville, Tennessee

At CCM: Run Crew for Let the Right One In, The Rape of Lucretia, Once on This Island and Clue: On Stage.

Ryan Buckley  
Sophomore BFA Technical Production student from Worthington, Ohio

At CCM: Head Carpenter for Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Carpenter at Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield, Massachusetts).

Willow Heichel 
Junior BFA Technical Production student from Granville, Ohio

At CCM: Head carpenter for Once On This Island, Assistant Technical Director for Emilia, Run crew for Something Rotten!, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Cinderella, Fellow Travelers, Deck electrician for The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Scenic Carpenter at Flat Rock Playhouse (Flat Rock, North Carolina), Carpenter and Welder at Stages St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri).

Odin Hirsch 
Freshman BFA Technical Production student from Elyria, Ohio

At CCM: Scenic Automation for La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Technical Director for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with the Lorain County Children's Pioneer Theatre (Elyria, Ohio).

Corvo Hopkins 
Sophomore Technical Production student from Littleton, Colorado

At CCM: Scenic Run Crew for Something Rotten!, Frankenstein, and Cinderella. Elsewhere: Scenic Designer and Technical Director for Bye Bye Birdie and Lion King Kids, Assistant Technical Director for Legally Blond and Rent, Scenic Designer, Technical Director, and Projections Designer for Frozen Kids, and Props Master for Annie at Performing Arts Academy (Highlands Ranch, Colorado), Technical Director for The Shadow Box at Wheatridge Theater Company (Wheatridge, Colorado).

Hadley Klusman
Freshman BFA Technical Production student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Scenic Crew for The Winter’s Tale.

Ava Morsch (she/her)  
Freshman BFA Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Evan Reinhart 
Senior BFA Technical Production student from Zionsville, Indiana

At CCM: Student Choreographers' Showcase, The Nutcracker, Dance Works, Assistant Technical Director for Hair, Rappaccini’s Daughter, J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Scenic Designer for Hänsel und Gretel, Head Carpenter for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Everybody. Elsewhere: Properties Carpenter Apprentice at The Santa Fe Opera. Technical Apprentice at Theatre Aspen, Carpenter at PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre (Santa Maria, California).

Paloma Robles
Junior BFA Technical Direction student from Franklin, North Carolina

At CCM: Assistant Technical Director and Head Carpenter for A Midsummers Night's Dream, Automation Programmer and Operator for Wonderful Town, Head Carpenter for The Cunning Little Vixen, Automation Operator for Agrippina. Elsewhere: Staff Carpenter at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Run Crew for Le Jeune Dance (Blue Ash, Ohio).

Red Stotler 
Freshman BFA Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Scenic Run Crew for Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Construction Crew for Mean Girls with Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre (Cincinnati).

Morgan Terry 
Junior BFA Technical Production student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Wonderful Town, Head Carpenter for Let the Right One In, Automation Programmer and Operator for Clue: On Stage. Elsewhere: Rigger and Carpenter at Stages St. Louis 2024, Scenic Carpenter with Totem Pole Playhouse 2023.

Blake Yavuz  
Sophomore BFA Technical Production student from Los Angeles, California

At CCM: Carpenter for Let the Right One In, Clue: On Stage, The Cunning Little Vixen and Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Little Shop of Horrors, The Play that Goes Wrong, Cabaret, The Agitators.