The Inaugural Musical Theatre Dance Concert Program

THE DANCE CENTER AND THE MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAM PRESENT

Photo: Julie Lucas

THE INAUGURAL MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE CONCERT February 15–16, 2024

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ABOUT With music from shows like Chicago, Jekyll and Hyde, Moulin Rouge, Lion King, On Your Feet, Kinky Boots, and more, students Aurora Boe (senior) and Raynner Garcia (sophomore) explore Jazz, Latin-Jazz, Ballroom, Ballet, Contemporary, and Hip Hop to create an eye-opening experience that will leave you with a new outlook on Musical Theatre Dance.

CREDITS Where I Wanna Be: Boop the Musical PERFORMERS: Aurora Boe and Raynner Garcia MUSIC: David Foster LIGHTING DESIGN: Destiny Garner

All That Jazz: Chicago PERFORMERS: Abby Baudhuin, MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Jadyn Hogue, Erol Ibrahimovic, Lola Jett-Beachley, Veronica Li, Katelyn Montgomery, Gabi Mora, Vrisa Odedra, Perla Mia Valdez, Ethan Williams, Ava Winfrey MUSIC: John Kander LIGHTING DESIGN: Jack Goodman

Jellicle Cats: CATS PERFORMERS: MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Erol Ibrahimovic, Katelyn Montgomery, Vrisa Odedra, Ethan Williams MUSIC: Andrew Lloyd Webber LIGHTING DESIGN: Cade Riley

Bring on the Men: Jekyll and Hyde PERFORMERS: MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Crystal Herrera, Jadyn Hogue, Lola JettBeachley, Katelyn Montgomery, Gabi Mora, Vrisa Odedra, Perla Mia Valdez MUSIC: Frank Wildhorn LIGHTING DESIGN: Jack Goodman

Tango Roxanne: Moulin Rouge PERFORMERS: Abby Baudhuin, MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Crystal Herrera, Jadyn Hogue, Erol Ibrahimovic, Lola Jett-Beachley, Veronica Li, Katelyn Montgomery, Gabi Mora, Vrisa Odedra, Perla Mia Valdez, Ethan Williams, Ava Winfrey MUSIC: Justin Levine LIGHTING DESIGN: Delani Hamilton

What a Woman Wants: Kinky Boots PERFORMERS: Abby Baudhuin, MJ Bueno, Crystal Herrera, Erol Ibrahimovic, Veronica Li, Katelyn Montgomery, Gabi Mora, Vrisa Odedra, Perla Mia Valdez, Ethan Williams, Ava Winfrey MUSIC: Cyndi Lauper LIGHTING DESIGN: Delani Hamilton

Heaven on Their Minds: Jesus Christ Superstar PERFORMERS: Vrisa Odedra and Ethan Williams MUSIC: Andrew Lloyd Webber LIGHTING DESIGN: Liya Haynes

Shadowland: Lion King PERFORMERS: Abby Baudhuin, Lola Jett-Beachley, Veronica Li, Gabi Mora, Ava Winfrey with the full cast MUSIC: Elton John LIGHTING DESIGN: Liya Haynes

Livin’ in Paradise: Rock of Ages PERFORMERS: Abby Baudhuin, MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Crystal Herrera, Jadyn Hogue, Erol Ibrahimovic, Lola Jett-Beachley, Veronica Li, Katelyn Montgomery, Gabi Mora, Vrisa Odedra, Perla Mia Valdez, Ethan Williams, Ava Winfrey MUSIC: Chris D’Arienzo LIGHTING DESIGN: Jimmy Owen

Rhythm of Life: Sweet Charity PERFORMERS: Abby Baudhuin, MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Crystal Herrera, Jadyn Hogue, Erol Ibrahimovic, Lola Jett-Beachley, Veronica Li, Katelyn Montgomery, Gabi Mora, Vrisa Odedra, Perla Mia Valdez, Ethan Williams, Ava Winfrey MUSIC: Cy Coleman LIGHTING DESIGN: Clara Valladares

Show Me Your Burlesque: Burlesque PERFORMERS: Aurora Boe, MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Crystal Herrera, Ava Winfrey MUSIC: Christina Aguilera, Jess Folley, Todrick Hall, Sia, Diane Warren LIGHTING DESIGN: Jimmy Owen

Tradition: On Your Feet PERFORMERS: Jadyn Hogue, Lola Jett-Beachley, Ava Winfrey, Vrisa Odedra, Katelyn Montgomery, Erol Ibrahimovic, Gabi Mora, Abby Baudhuin, Emma Close, Perla Mia Valdez, Veronica Li, and Crystal Herrera MUSIC: Emilio Estefan and Gloria Estefan LIGHTING DESIGN: Al Popelka

Mega Mix: On Your Feet PERFORMERS: Abby Baudhuin, Aurora Boe, MJ Bueno, Emma Close, Raynner Garcia, Crystal Herrera, Jadyn Hogue, Erol Ibrahimovic, Lola Jett-Beachley, Veronica Li, Katelyn Montgomery, Gabi Mora, Vrisa Odedra, Perla Mia Valdez, Ethan Williams, Ava Winfrey MUSIC: Emilio Estefan and Gloria Estefan LIGHTING DESIGN: Mazzy Sacia

INAUGURAL MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE CONCERT TEAM STUDENT PRODUCER: Aurora Boe STUDENT PROGRAM CURATORS: Aurora Boe and Raynner Garcia STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS: Aurora Boe, Raynner Garcia, Ava Winfrey, Lola Jett Beachley, Ethan Williams, Vrisa Odedra STAGE MANAGER: Whitney Ratliff SOUND PRODUCTION: Aurora Boe and Christopher Ihrig FACULTY MENTOR AND COORDINATOR: Wilfredo Rivera Special Gracias to Theatre Dept. Frances Maggio, Heather Gilbert & David Castellanos and Dance Dept. Meredith Sutton, Kevin Rechner & Roell Schmidt

THE DANCE CENTER PRODUCTION CREW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kevin Rechner MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR: Jane Jerardi

BIOS Hi, I’m Abby Baudhuin! I’m from St. Louis Park, Minnesota and my favorite color is yellow. This is the first show I’ve been a part of at CCC! My only dance experience comes from school musicals and the dance class I’m taking at Columbia. I love singing and giving tv show recommendations (you should watch Schmigadoon). This show has definitely been a challenge for me as a beginner dancer. I originally auditioned thinking I wouldn’t get in but would learn from the audition so I’m really glad that I’ve gotten the opportunity to both improve my dancing as much as I have and to work with this amazing and incredibly talented group of people. Also, I got to dance to Aaron Tveit singing El Tango de Roxanne so that was pretty awesome.

Aurora Boe (she/her) is a BA Musical Theatre student here at Columbia College Chicago. You might have seen her on the CCC stage with Sunday In the Park with George as Dot, or in the 2021 MT New Stew. Aurora has been performing since a young age and within the last 4 years has taken on choreographing, and teaching dance. Choreography credits include: The Fantasticks (CFTA Murfreesboro, TN), Hunchback of Notre Dame (CFTA Murfreesboro, TN), Kinky Boots (CFTA Murfreesboro, TN), Nemo Jr.- Mean Girls Jr.- and Cinderella Jr. (Center stage academy Murfreesboro, TN). Coming from a theatrical family Aurora wants to thank her parents and community for always encouraging her creativity and pushing her to pursue multiple forms of performance.

MJ Bueno, an international student from Medellin, Colombia, is in her sophomore year, majoring in BA Musical Theatre with a dance minor at Columbia College of Chicago. Excited about her debut at the college, MJ, a skilled dancer, singer, and actress, brings a dynamic blend of talents to the stage.

MJ is really grateful to have the chance to be part of the first (of hopefully many more) Musical theatre dance concert. As a Musical Theatre major who’s predominately a dancer, this was a great opportunity for MJ to finally get to dance to some of my favorite musical songs with no limitations. This show will be MJ’s first Columbia College production and she will never forget this wonderful experience.

Emma Close (she/her) is a senior BFA Acting major minoring in Dance. She is so incredibly thrilled to be a part of the beginning of this new tradition and so happy to return to her home style of Musical Theatre. Her most recent dance credits with Columbia include Kayla Hansen’s I Would Like to Say… Time Keeps Moving and Emma Draves’ Avogadro’s Constant. She is so thankful and excited she gets to dance with this amazing ensemble! Emma hasn’t gotten to do musical theatre dance since 2019, so finding a little loophole opportunity to be involved with the musical theatre community at this school just makes her time here a little more whole.

Raynner Garcia, an Afro-Dominican raised in Bronx New York, is a singer, dancer, actor, and choreographer whose influence comes from his Hispanic culture and the world around him. He is a recipient of the Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Series Award From the Manhattan Association Of Cabaret, served as Production Assistant with Cabaret On The Couch, and has been seen in the New York & Orlando Salsa congress. Raynner is a current BFA Student at Columbia College Chicago in Musical Theatre Performance. Recently he was the Choreographer for the Musical Theatre New Student Showcase and Featured Choreographer & Performer in Student Performance Night at The Dance Center as the first non-dance major to perform.

Crystal Herrera is a proud first-generation Latina from the Southside of Chicago. She was bestowed the honor and privilege of being a part of a talented and inspiring ensemble in creating beautiful dance pieces and giving them life.

Jadyn Hogue is a Musical Theatre BA minoring in education and this this show is a great way to express love for dance in different variations and with good people!

Erol Ibrahimovic feels so blessed to be a part of such an amazing ensemble! He’s been dancing since he was 12 years old, becoming passionate about tap and jazz/contemporary. Erol made his regional theatre debut this past August, tapping up a storm in The Producers at Music Theatre Works.

He has worked professionally in various theaters in the Chicago theatre district, as well as performing in Milwaukee. This show highlights how a dancer doesn’t need to feel limited in a style that highlights their personal strengths, but instead proves how they can adapt to be versatile in many different mediums and expand their repertoire with a well-rounded and diverse set of skills. Erol wants to send an enormous thank you to his Mom, family, friends, Infinity Arts Academy for helping him discover his dancing abilities, and Columbia College for always pushing him to grow and fight for his spot in this world. Love you Aurora and Rayner!

Lola Jett-Beachley has been dancing for fourteen years and just moved to Chicago from Pittsburgh.

They are studying dance at Columbia and hope to pursue a career in performance and choreography.

It is so wonderful to be doing styles they haven’t done before or done as much as they’d like to. This is one of the main reasons they came to Columbia!

They are so happy that in one show they get to showcase such a wide range of my dancing ability.

It has been wonderful meeting everyone and seeing everyone’s different strengths. They really feel like that rehearsals have been a place where they can learn from my castmates, and we all want to help each other be the best we can!

Veronica Li is a Musical Theater Major minoring in Entrepreneurship and is passionate about music, traveling, dancing, exploring, and business!

She appreciates being cast for this project and cooperate with a creative, talented, and amazing team. Additionally, she is learning the dance techniques, putting herself in different musical dance pieces, thinking about the characters, and cooperate skills during the rehearsals. Even though it is a challenge for her and everyone in this production, she enjoys the process that we create it together. She love the every dance piece that our choreographers picked, which includes multiple dance styles.

Theatre is something Katelyn Montgomery has been a part of since early age. She has been in various productions throughout elementary, middle and high school including Godspell with istage, Heathers with Encore, Billy Elliot with Porchlight, and many more! Katelyn is grateful to be a part of something that got her back into her body and the joy of movement! Theatre has always been important to her and getting to have it back in her lifestyle while not being a theatre major has meant so much to her.

Hi I’m Gabi Mora and I’ve been dancing for about 16 years (and plan to make it my major). Most recently I was in the Musical Theater New Stew here at Columbia. This dance concert is just my second show here. I am from Michigan but moved here for school! I am so excited to be able to be a part of this! This show means a lot to me because I love dancing and getting to share all these styles with the audience. I got to create beautiful dances with my friends and building that community was such a gift.

Vrisa Odedra is a Musical Theater major and has enjoyed meeting new people from all backgrounds at Columbia and getting to work side by side with some of the upperclassman!

Wilfredo Rivera is a rare Latino artist serving as a full-time director, choreographer & arts leader. Wilfredo was born in Honduras, trained with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and was a founding member of River North Dance Chicago.

Mr. Rivera was honored with the 2009 Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation Choreography Award, a 2001 After Dark Award, nominated for a 3ARTS Award in 2017 & 2018 & recipient of a 2021 Black Album Mixtape Award for his multicultural work. In Chicago, Mr. Rivera’s concert work has been featured at The Auditorium Theatre, The Harris Theater, The Chicago Symphony Center with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, DuSable Museum, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Links Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, and Mayne Stage, among others.

Theater & Movement choreography includes productions for Goodman Theatre, Bailiwick Theatre, Metropolis Arts Center, Columbia College Chicago, American Theater Co., Porchlight Theater, The Artistic Home, Aerial Dance, Pegasus Players, American Players Theater & Forward Theater in WI. He recently choreographed La

Havana Madrid written & starring Sandra Delgado and produced by Teatro Vista. His evening length work American Catracho, an exploration of the immigrant experience, debuted in 2019 at The Auditorium Theatre. He is the Artistic Director & CEO of the critically acclaimed Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (CRDT), a Chicago based touring ensemble celebrating its 25th Anniversary this season. Rivera also serves as Practitioner in Residence, dance focus and Musical Theater Program Coordinator for Columbia College Chicago’s Theatre Dept. For more info visit www.cerquarivera.org

Perla Mia Valdez, a 19-year-old native of Miami, Florida, is currently enrolled at Columbia, where she’s pursuing a degree in communications.

Despite her academic focus, she has always fostered a passion for the arts and remains committed to integrating this interest into her life.

Theatre has taught Perla so much about myself and the world around her. It has allowed her to explore different perspectives and emotions, and has given her a voice to express myself in a way that is both powerful and meaningful. This show means being able to express herself with no limits through the thing she loves the most theatre.

Born and raised in St. Louis, Ethan Williams is an actor, singer, and dancer. He is a freshman student studying Musical Theatre. This is his second show at Columbia following the Musical Theatre New Stew.

He’s an alumni member of the Muny Teen Troupe since 2022 and he’s excited to be part of this show!

Ethan is grateful to be a part of it is so special and it’s been so inspiring and very exciting getting to work with so many other dancers.

Hi! My name is Ava Winfrey, and I am a First Year Dance Major here at Columbia! I was born and raised here in Chicago and have been dancing since I was three years old. I have trained in a couple different forms of dance (Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop to name a few). I’m very grateful to have worked on this wonderful piece with everyone and watch us all grow over the course of this past semester!

PRODUCTION BIOS Destiny Garner is a lighting designer who is currently pursuing a BA in Theatre Design and Technology at Columbia College Chicago. Destiny has worked on many projects, resulting in high-quality and excellent productions over the 2022-2023 semesters. She has had a natural interest in technical theatre since she began high school, and it all began when she fell in love with her high school’s rendition of Mamma Mia. When not working on school performances, Destiny spends her time reading Black literature, watching Korean dramas, and volunteering for a non-profit organization that focuses on the needs of women and girls in the Greater Chicago metropolitan area.

Jack Goodman (he/him/his) is a Chicago-based lighting designer in his senior year at Columbia. Previous SPN Credits include: Unconditional Love, To, Too, Two, and To Understand. Theatre Design credits at Columbia include Dance Nation, Home Is Where the Heart Is, Language of Angels, and Forever and a Day/On the Inside. www.jackgdesigns.com At just 20 years old, Liya Haynes (Columbia ‘25) worked with a number of theater and production organizations to bring quality theater shows and performances all over Chicago. Starting at 14, they’ve grown a natural love for theater production and design, and will be graduating in 2025 with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago. When not working on shows or productions, Liya spends her time writing out their novels, playing Assassin’s Creed, or engaging in political education sessions to learn how to better serve their community through the arts.

Delani Hamilton (they/she) is a Senior with a Theatrical Directing major and a minor in Lighting Design. During their time at Columbia, Delani has been involved with Feathers and Teeth (Lighting Designer), The Successful Life of 3 (Director), The Amateurs (Assistant Director), On the Town (Assistant Director), and Phaedra’s Love (Lighting Designer). Outside of Columbia, she was the Assistant Director for Was Dinner Good Dear Sister in Steppenwolf’s 2023 LookOut program. This semester, Delani is excited to finish off her college career directing a play by Maria Irene Fornes, Tango Palace.

Jane Jerardi serves as the Media/Technology Coordinator for the Dance Center, providing video documentation for both the Presenting Series and its academic programs. As a part of its faculty, she teaches video for dance and choreography courses. In her role, she has documented and edited over 250 performances, workshops, and events, providing essential documentation to artists and adding to the Dance Center’s leading, regional archive of materials dating from 1980 to the present. An artist working in the media of performance, choreography, and video installation, her work has been presented at galleries and theaters in Chicago, New York, and Washington, DC. Jimmy Owen is a Junior Theatre Tech and Design major with a focus in Lighting Design and Technology. Previous work at Columbia includes: When The Party’s Over, Medea, Musical Theatre New Stew, and other various events and dance pieces.

Al Popelka is a third year Lighting Tech & Design major at Columbia, and their most recent project was the lighting design for Columbia’s 2023 production of Lost Girl.

They would like to thank their professors and everyone who has continued to support them!

Whitney Ratliff (she/her) is a Stage Management student at Columbia College Chicago. This is her first show as a stage manager and was also the Assistant Stage Manager for Prequel to Animal Farm last semester. She is excited to get to work on this new show and thanks Columbia for giving her this opportunity Kevin Rechner has been Production Manager and Technical Director for the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago since 1996. He has a bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Illinois State University and spent 3 years in Paris, France studying Movement Theatre with Jacques Lecoq and Daniel Stein. He has created four solo performance works including I AM HUGO and performed in Emily Johnson’s Thank You Bar at the Dance Center. Technically, he has worn many hats for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Daniel Stein, Akira Kasai, Kota Yamazaki, Momenta!, Hedwig Dances, Urban Bush Women, HT Chen and Dancers, Natya Dance Theatre, Mordine and Company Dance Theatre, The Seldoms and many more. Kevin’s work with Lucky Plush Productions includes Cinderbox 18, The Sky Hangs Down Too Close, Punk Yankees, The Better Half, Cinderbox 2.0, Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of Superstrip, and Rink Life. Recent lighting designs include Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, and Junie B. Jones, The Musical for The Young People’s Theatre of Chicago.

Caden Riley (he/him) is a junior Lighting Design major from the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Credits include Lighting Designer for Valleyfair Amusement Park, Lighting Designer for On The Town, and previous SPNs. Caden also works actively in the Chicago area running lasers and lights for nightclubs and bars.

Mazzy Sacia is a lighting designer who is currently attending Columbia College Chicago for her BA in Theatre Technology and Design.

Clara Valladares (she/her/hers)is a senior year lighting and costume design major from Las Vegas, Nevada. Her most recent projects at Columbia College Chicago include How the Light Gets In (Lighting Designer) and On the Town (Costume Designer).

Her next (and last!) project with the school will be The Bluest Eye (Lighting Designer).

ABOUT THE DANCE CENTER Home to the academic Dance Department and the Dance Presenting Series, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago values embodied human expression and nurtures an expansive understanding of dance from the established to the experimental.

Centering pluralism, the Dance Center aims to be a nucleus for innovation and creativity—on stage, in the classroom, and beyond.

By partnering with local, national, and international dance artists dedicated to transforming the field, the Dance Presenting Series offers live performances and other shared opportunities for students, faculty, artists, and audiences to connect, witness, research, experiment, practice, imagine, and grow.

We cultivate an environment and culture that prioritizes respect for self and others, and advances an anti-racist, equitable, and just society.

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THE JAZZ CONTINUUM WITH LaTASHA BARNES March 7–9, 2024

THE DANCE CENTER Founder Shirley Mordine

Matthew Hollis

Chair of Dance Lisa Gonzales

Mary Klonowski

Associate Chair Dardi McGinley-Gallivan

Michael McGinn

Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts Dr. Rosita M. Sands

Jimmy Payne

Faculty Bevara Anderson Lisa Gonzales Susan Imus Darrell Jones Dardi McGinley-Gallivan Kelsa “K-Soul” RiegerHaywood Dr. Ayo Walker Jessica Young Adjunct Faculty T. Ayo Alston Keesha Beckford Malik Camara Zineb Chraibi Shaker Cohlmia Allen Desterhaft Emma Draves Colleen Halloran Carrie Hansen Daniel “BRAVEMONK” Haywood Gina Hoch-Stall

Jane Jerardi Hau Kum Leung Kneip Pamela McNeil Emily Stein Trae Turner Meghann Wilkinson Thomas Zwergel Staff Michael Caskey Music Director, Accompanist Coordinator Dan DiLuciano Director of Facilities and Operations Raynner Garcia Box Office/Reception Caity Gee Administrative Assistant/ Communications Ize Heinzen House Manager Jane Jerardi Media/Technology Coordinator Ambe’r Johnnson Box Office Associate Angelika Lewis Box Office Associate Pamela McNeil Academic Manager

Mia Nelson Box Office/Reception Disha Patel Box Office/Reception Kevin Rechner Technical Director and Production Manager Roell Schmidt Dance Presenting Series Producing Director Meredith Sutton Dance Presenting Series Artistic Director

ABOUT THE COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO THEATRE DEPARTMENT The Theatre Department’s mission is to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive education in the practices and processes of creating theatre and live performance. Columbia offers a number of programs designed to suit your particular interests, including Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees as well as minors in Acting, Stage Combat, Theatre Directing, and Playwriting, and Devising for Collaborative Performance. The Musical Theatre programs at Columbia College Chicago help artists succeed in a competitive industry by fostering concrete professional skills with a variety of performance experiences The department actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion as vitally important to the making of theatre and the educational experiences of its students, and seeks to root out discrimination of all kinds in classes and productions.

THEATRE DEPARTMENT FACULTY Chair Jimmy Noriega

Associate Chair Susan Padveen

Associate Chair Wendy Webber

Faculty

Michael Brown

Thomas Dixon

Paul Amandes

Rachel Bunting

Ariane Dolan

Brittany Anderson

Noelle Bushman

Alison Dornheggen

Erin Annarella

Dale Calandra

Brian Duncan

Erin Barnett

Philip Caldwell

Andrea Dymond

Quenna Barrett

Megan Carney

Jennifer Ellison

Carson Becker

David Castellanos

Laura Ferdinand

Karen Berger-Nolte

Jeremy Cohn

Mikhail Fiksel

Jonathan Berry

Behzad Dabu

David Fiorello

Magica Bottari

Enneressa Davis

Annie Fischer

Kristi Bramlett

Kate DeVore

Lillian Frances

Trey Brazeal

Jessica Dean Turner

Ray Frewen

Daryl Brooks

Nykol Dedreu

Nelli Fritjofson

Marc Frost

Thomas Mula

Emilio Williams

Heather Gilbert

Ashley Neal

Celeste Williams

Susan Gosdick

Clare Nolan

Albert Williams

JulieAnn Graham

William O’Connor

Gabrielle Wilson

Julie Granata-Hunicutt

Scott Olson

David Woolley

John Green

Grace Overbeke

David Yondorf

Jeffrey Griggs

Gina Patterson

Julie Young

Kal Grissom

Jacqueline Penrod

Glenese Hand

Michael Pogue

Staff

Jerrell Henderson

Janice Pytel

Norm Holly

Aaron Reese-Boseman

Kayla Algee Audience Services Manager

Jennifer Hubbard

Daniel Rivera

Sami Hussain Ismat

Wilfredo Rivera

Izumi Inaba

Tommy Rivera-Vega

Joe Janes

Barbara Robertson

Nicole Jasper

Kailey Rockwell

Precious Jennings

Grant Sabin

Donterrio Johnson

Richard Schiraldi

Rasean Johnson

Jaq Seifert

Dawn Renee Jones

Brian Shaw

Lori Klinka

Stephanie Shaw

Anne Libera

James Sherman

Frances Maggio

April Sigman-Marx

Rachael Mason

Catherine Slade

Cyndi Maxey

Laura Sturm

Timothy McCain

Carolyn Sullivan

Emily McConnell

Elizabeth Swanson

John McFarland

Suzanne Thompson

Kathleen McKellaston

Kendra Thulin

Michelle Medvin

Amy Toruno

Sandor Menendez

Shanna Van Derwerker

Aram Monisoff

Richard Walker

Mariah Bennett Props Designer Mary Butler Director Academic Operations Nelli Fritjofson Lighting Supervisor kClare McKellaston Costume Manager Trisha Miller Administrative Assistant Kevin Rolfs Scene Shop Supervisor Grant Sabin Technical Director Erica L. Sandvig Production Manager Josef Szaday Director of Technology

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