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).

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  
Freshman BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Decatur, Georgia

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 
Junior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Covington, Kentucky

At CCM: Stitcher for Once on This Island, The Cunning Little Vixen, Clue: On Stage, The Little Mermaid, Wardrobe Crew Head for Everybody and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Stitcher for Seven Deadly Sins, Così fan tutte, La Bohème, and Silent Night with Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, Virginia), Stitcher for Camelot, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, No No Nanette, HMS Pinafore, Arizona Lady, and Orpheus in the Underworld at Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio).

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  
Junior BFA Costume Design student from Frederick, Maryland

At CCM: Wardrobe Crew Head for The Cunning Little Vixen and Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Assistant Costume Designer for Fiddler on the Roof and Stitcher for Fiddler on the Roof, The Drowsy Chaperone, and The Wizard of Oz at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).

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.

Mattison Andrews 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Ft. Worth, Texas

At CCM: Lighting Designer for John Proctor is the Villain and For Angels, Assistant Lighting Designer for In The Green, The 25^th…Spelling Bee and Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Into the Woods and Magic Flute at the Trentino Music Festival (Mezzano, Italy), Lighting Designer for Beauty & The Beast, High School Musical Jr. at Madeira Arts Center (Madeira, Ohio), Assistant Lighting Designer for Cendrillon and Turn of the Screw at Trentino Music Festival, Assistant Lighting Designer for New Works Festival at Cincinnati Ballet.

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 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Alpharetta, Georgia

At CCM: Light Board Operator for The Rape of Lucretia, Spot Operator for Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Littlest Mermaid. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Little Shop of Horrors at Utah Festival of Music (Logan, Utah).

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 
Freshman Lighting Design and Technology student from St. Louis, Missouri

At CCM: Media Technician in Sweet Charity, Scenic crew in Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Electrician at Opera Theater of St. Louis (St. Louis Missouri), Lighting Designer of The Adams Family with Spotlight Productions (St. Louis, Missouri).

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

At CCM: Wardrobe for In the Green, Spotlight Operator for Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: 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.

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).

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

At CCM: Run Crew for Clue: On Stage and Spot Operator for Rappaccini’s Daughter. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Bye Bye Birdie at Westerville Civic Theatre (Westerville, Ohio).

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.

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.

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).

Charlie Raschke 
Junior Lighting Design student from Raleigh, North Carolina

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

At CCM: Everybody, Once on This Island, Wonderful Town, Emilia and 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 
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from North Richland Hills, Texas

At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer for Sweet Charity and The Marriage of Figaro, Wonderful Town, Emilia, and Student Choreographers’ Showcase, Programmer for Rappaccini's Daughter and The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Brigadoon, Don Giovanni, Cold Mountain, and Sweeney Todd at the Seagle Festival (Essex County, New York), Assistant Lighting Designer for Julius Caesar at Cincinnati Shakespeare Co.

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.

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.

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
First-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Wig and Make-Up Design Assistant for The Winter's Tale.

Hank Burns-Pavlik 
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Farmington Hills, Michigan

At CCM: A1 for Clue: On Stage, Mic Tech for Sweet Charity and Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Audio Apprentice at Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, South Carolina), Live Audio and Recording Apprentice at Brevard Music Center Festival (Brevard, North Carolina).

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 
Freshman Sound Design student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Scenic Crew for La Finta Giardiniera, Mic Technician for Wonderful Town, Sound Crew for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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  
Freshman BFA Sound Design student from Greensboro, North Carolina

Elsewhere: Sound Designer/A1 for Anastasia: The Musical and Production Sound Engineer for Something Rotten! at Weaver Theatre (Greensboro, North Carolina), Sound Designer/A1 for Pride & Prejudice at Well-Spring Theatre (Greensboro, North Carolina), Sound Designer/A1 for The Lion King Jr. at Tamarack Camps (Ortonville, Michigan).

Daniel Massey 
First-year MFA Sound Design student from Columbia, Illinois

Elsewhere: Production Audio for Public Obscenities at TFANA (Brooklyn, New York), Production Audio for All the Devils Are Here at the Daryl Roth 2 (New York) Production Audio for The Seven Year Disappear, and All of Me 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).

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.

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

Lacey Vailikit 
Sophomore BFA Sound Design and Technology student from Fairfax, Virginia

At CCM: A2 for Hair, Assistant Designer for In the Green, A1 for Seussical (Co-production with The Carnegie), Mic Crew for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A1 for Student Choreographers’ Showcase, Wigs and Makeup Crew for Sweet Charity, Scenic Crew for Clue: On Stage. Elsewhere: 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 
Second-year MFA Stage Design student from Calabash, North Carolina

At CCM: Scenic Designer for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Winter's Tale and Hair. Elsewhere: Set Designer for King James at The Warehouse Theatre (Greenville, North Carolina), Paint Charge for Sweet Charity and Gypsy at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute, Scenic Artist for Rutka: A New Musical and The Christmas Carol at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

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).

Joseph Schmitt  
Sophomore BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Assistant Scenic Designer for Clue: On Stage. Elsewhere: Production Intern at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville, Kentucky), Set Consultant for Julius Caesar with Kentucky Shakespeare Globe Players (Louisville, Kentucky).

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 
Freshman BFA Stage Management student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Production Assistant for A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Matilda Dalton  
Freshman BFA Stage Management student from Perrysburg, Ohio

At CCM: Production Assistant for La Finta Giardiniera.

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 
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Madison, Wisconsin

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Hänsel and Gretel, Assistant Stage Management for The Witch (co-production with The Carnegie), ASM for Le Nozze Di Figaro, Production Assistant for The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for Clifton Heights Music Festival and Jazz Musical Theatre Performance at Rohs Café (Cincinnati).

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.

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).

Jordan Shaw 
Junior Stage Management student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Coppelia. Assistant Stage Manager for Once on This Island and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Production Assistant for Fellow Travelers. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for THE STORK FILES with Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Assistant Stage Manager for Annie, Nunsense, and Jesus Christ Superstar with Porthouse Theatre (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).

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 
Junior BFA Technical Production student from Zionsville, Indiana

At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Hair, Scenic Designer for Hänsel und Gretel, Assistant Technical Director for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Head Carpenter for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Assistant Technical Director for J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Head Carpenter for Everybody. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Bright Star, American Mariachi and The Book of Will at PCPA-Pacific Conservatory Theatre (Santa Maria, CA). Technical Apprentice for Steel Magnolias, Legally Blonde, and Come from Away at Theatre Aspen (Aspen, CO).

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.