JUNIE B.'s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL

Book & Lyrics by Marcy Heisler, Music by Zina Goldrich Adapted from the Junie B. Jones series of books by Barbara Park Directed by Nancy Schaeffer

by: Karen Almond

The Rosewood Corporation

The Holloway Family Foundation

The M.R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation

The Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation, Inc. Harold Simmons Foundation Sharron Hunt

Lara and Stephen Harrison Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation

Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District TXU Energy Frost Bank Joan Becker

Capital for Kids

Texas Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts

The Koz Foundation Stephen M. Seay Foundation Margot B. Perot Maintenance Inc. Central Market Green Mountain Energy DCT’s official renewable energy partner

The Carlson Foundation

The March Family Foundation Laurie Sands Harrison

The Rosewood Corporation Anonymous Family Elizabeth & Bart Showalter Karen & Ken Travis The Hersh Foundation Everett & Becky Spaeth

Fichtenbaum

Charitable Trust Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Crawley Family Foundation

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EQUITY

Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component

and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing

plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.

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GARRETT

COLLINS

MICHAEL ALONZO** Sheldon Potts/Mrs. Gutzman/Matador

Michael Alonzo bursts with joy to be here! He holds a BA in Music from the University of North Texas. Credits include South Pacific at TUTS; Mamma Mia! and …Forum at Lyric Stage; Legally Blonde, 42nd Street, and 9-to-5 the Musical at GSM; Fun Home, Titanic in Concert, and Aida at Uptown Players; and Mariachi Girl at DCT. He sends love to Kevin and his family.

GUSTAVO PEREZ DIAZ** Herb/Daddy/Matador

Gustavo is excited to be back at DCT! He was previously seen in Schoolhouse Rock Live! (Joe). His performing experience is with the Opera Theater of St Louis’ Artist in Training program. He continued his opera theater studies at the University of Missouri-St Louis. Gustavo performed extensively throughout the St. Louis area in both Operatic and Theater perfomances – some roles include Rocky Horror Picture Show (Rocky), The Elixir of Love (Nemorino), Die Fledermaus (Alfred), and Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker).

THI LE*

Junie B. Jones

Thi Le is delighted to return to Dallas Children’s Theater for Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School! Her previous work includes productions with Uptown Players, Dallas Children’s Theater, Brick Road Theatre, Imprint Theatreworks, The Firehouse Theatre, WaterTower Theatre, and Lyric Stage. Most recently, Thi appeared in Uptown Players’ Kinky Boots (Ensemble); Lyric Stage’s Cabaret (Frenchie) and Mamma Mia! (Lisa); and Dallas Children’s Theater’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lucy). Thi loves creating art and having the opportunity to tell someone else’s stories, and she strives to inspire others to do the same. Follow her on social media: @littleteacup37

ANIA LYONS*

May/Mrs. Weller/El Toro Fabuloso and Dance Captain

Ania Lyons is so happy to return to the DCT stage after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Susan) and Dragons Love Tacos (Blue Dragon)! She returned to LIVE THEATRE in Dallas Theater Center’s A Christmas Carol (Female Swing) and Theatre Three’s touring production of The Music Man (Zaneeta Shinn). Ania has also worked onstage and backstage with other DFW theaters such as Prism Movement Theater, Uptown Players, Casa Mañana, Lyric Stage, and more.

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MADISON POLOZOLA

Lucille/Mother/Gus Vallony

Madison Polozola is so excited to be making her Dallas Children’s Theater debut! She recently graduated from the Oklahoma City University School of Theatre where she worked on Swimming in the Shallows (Barb) and My Dearest Partner of Greatness (Lady Macbeth), as well as Cinderella (Winnifred) at the Oklahoma Children’s Theatre. She would love to thank her family and Jason for their constant love and support!

KARL SCHAEFFER*

Mr. Scary/Grampa Miller/Principal/Matador

Karl has appeared in many DCT productions including the 2021-2022 season show Dragons Love Tacos. Additional credits include Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook; Treasure Island Reimagined!; Blue; Skippyjon Jones; Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat; Night of the Living Dead; Pinkerton!!!; The Emperor’s New Clothes; Babe, the Sheep-Pig; Holes; The Mummy’s Claw; Pecos Bill; The Island of the Skog; Frankenstein; The Stinky Cheeseman…; Honus & Me; Junie B. Jones & a Little Monkey Business; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever; The Pied Piper’s Magic; Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!; Go, Dog. Go!; Charlotte’s Web; Balloonacy; and Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium. He also performed with Dallas Theater Center, Shakespeare Dallas, and Theatre Three. Karl is an Artist-In-Residence at DCT and teaches video acting classes for the DCT Academy.

MARLA ACEVEDO

Understudy

Marla is thrilled to be returning to DCT. Her credits include the DCT National Tour of Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly (Butterfly) and Jungalbook (Perchy). Her TV credits include the upcoming show I’m a Virgo and USA Network’s Queen of the South (Maya). Marla is represented in L.A., NYC, GA, TX and CA. She also has a YouTube channel where she vlogs her journey as an actress. She is grateful to be here and for everyone making this possible. Ig@marla_acevedo_aruna

DRAKE WILLIS Understudy

Drake is stoked to be at DCT and a part of this production! He is currently serving a production apprenticeship at DCT while he completes his BFA in Acting and Directing at SFASU. He also assists with DCT Musical Theater classes. Their most recent work on the stage includes Our Town (George) and Ajax in Iraq (Ajax), as well as Assistant Directing for The Taming of the Shrew.

MEET THE ARTISTIC / PRODUCTION STAFF

ROBYN FLATT

DCT Founder and Executive Director

Robyn Flatt co-founded DCT in 1984 with start-up funds of $500. Under her artistic leadership, the theater’s creative and operational stature has grown over the past 38 years to reflect its current annual budget of more than $4 million. Her theatrical career has brought her acclaim as a professional director, actor and lighting designer. During her tenure as a member of the Dallas Theater Center Resident Company, she served as Assistant Artistic Director and Director of Theater-in-the-Parks. She holds a MA degree from Baylor University and studied under Paul Baker, Juana Laban, and Hanya Holm. Ms. Flatt’s many acting credits include two roles she created for award-winning world premiere productions: Dewey Dell in Journey to Jefferson and Martha Ann Sickenger in Preston Jones’ The Oldest Living Graduate. Her directing credits at DCT include several world premiere adaptations by Linda Daugherty of Steven Kellogg’s stories which have also toured nationally. Other critically acclaimed productions include: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Miracle Worker, And Then They Came For Me, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, Treasure Island Reimagined!, and Yana Wana’s Legend of the Bluebonnet. She has served on the boards of AATE, ASSITEJ/USA, and CTFA. She is a recipient of The 500, Inc.’s prestigious Ken Bryant Visionary Award, Dallas Historical Society’s 1999 Excellence in Community Service for Creative Arts, the 2002 Leon Rabin Standing Ovation Award, and the Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award. Ms. Flatt is a member of the College of Fellows of American Theatre and served 5 years as Treasurer of the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. She was nominated by The Dallas Morning News arts staff for the Texan of the Year Award in both 2010 and 2015, and was honored in 2016 with the Orlin Corey Award for Artistic Excellence from the American Alliance for Theater and Education.

NANCY SCHAEFFER

Artistic Director, Production Director and Choreographer

Nancy has directed numerous DCT productions including Dragons Love Tacos; Schoolhouse Rock Live!; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Ella Enchanted: The Musical; Magic Tree House’s Holiday Musical: A Ghost Tale for Mr. Dickens; Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium; Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook; Teen Brain: The Musical; Skippyjon Jones; Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale; Go, Dog. Go!; Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat; Pinkalicious, The Musical; How I Became a Pirate; dont u luv me?; Madeline’s Christmas; EAT (It’s Not About Food); Goodnight Moon; The Secret Life of Girls; and 12 productions of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Nancy also directed DCT’s highly successful touring production of The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fair(l)y (Stoopid) Tales which toured the U.S. and then traveled to Shanghai, China, playing at the 2006 Shanghai International Children’s Culture and Arts Expo. Nancy has directed for The Dallas Opera and Shared Stories for the Sixth Floor Museum. She has also directed the Christmas Celebration for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She serves as DCT’s Education Director and Artistic Director.

ADAM C. WRIGHT Music Director

Adam is a local composer, vocal arranger, orchestrator, and performer. He has been music directing in the Dallas Metroplex since 1997, including the U.S. premieres of Soho Cinders and Closer to Heaven at Uptown Players, as well as productions at Theatre Three, Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas. Previous productions at DCT include Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; Junie B. Jones; Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly; The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley; and Fancy Nancy: The Musical. Original projects include Fire and Blood with book and lyrics by Andy Long, which premiered in October 2013 at Richland College; A Taste of Beauty; Project Youth; Another Night at the Crescent; Isabella’s Treasure; and a stage adaptation of If a Frog Had Wings, a children’s book by Beth Ryan and Michael Albee. Adam is on the teaching faculty of Dallas Children’s Theater, and is an accompanist and co-teacher for the musical theater classes at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Richland College, Mountain View College, and KD College. He was Betty Buckley’s Dallas rehearsal pianist for her 2012 cabaret show The Other Woman: The Vixens of Broadway.

MEET THE ARTISTIC / PRODUCTION STAFF

MARCY HEISLER Lyricist/Author

ZINA GOLDRICH Composer

Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich have been collaborating together since 1993. They were the first women ever honored with the Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting, and Heisler was honored with the 2012 Kleban Prize for Outstanding Lyrics. Current projects include EVER AFTER, (Alliance Theatre), Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School (Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway), Hollywood Romance (Scott Sanders Productions) and a musical adaptation of a Universal Studios romantic classic (Universal Stage Productions). In 2012, Goodspeed Opera House premiered The Great American Mousical, based on the bestselling book by author/director Julie Andrews. In 2016, Goldrich and Heisler continued their collaboration with Andrews, contributing songs to her Netflix series Julie’s Green Room. They earned 2009 Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Lyrics and Music for their musical Dear Edwina, a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Theatreworks USA’s JUNIE B. JONES (based on the popular children’s book) and a Helen Hayes Award nomination for their Kennedy Center production of SNOW WHITE ROSE RED (and FRED). They have provided original songs for The Disney Channel, Disney Interactive and Feature Animation projects, Disney Theatricals, PBS, Nickelodeon, and others. As performers, they have toured domestically and internationally with The Marcy and Zina Show. November 2009 marked the release of MARCY AND ZINA: The Album on Yellow Sound Label. They are both active members of The Dramatist Guild, and have served as contributing writers to Dramatist magazine.

NATALIE ROSE MABRY

Scenic/Video Designer

Natalie (she/they) is a Trans-Queer White Scenographer. They graduated from SMU with a MFA in May. She just opened a new play at The Rep of St. Louis & is excited to be back in Texas, and Dallas Children’s Theater especially. Natalie seeks to make space accessible for Queer and BIPOC designers. Website: Natalierosemabry.Art IG: Nrmabryartistry

TROY CARRICO

Lighting Designer

Troy is excited to be designing Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School! He has been working around the DFW area including In The Heights and A Christmas Carol at Dallas Theater Center, Little Shop of Horrors at Theatre Three, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at WaterTower Theatre. He was also on tour with The Secret Comedy of Women from 2019-2022. Here at DCT he has designed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Secret Life of Girls; and the Musical Theater Showcase as well as stage managing Ghouls & Graveyards.

MARCO SALINAS

Sound Designer

Marco has designed many, MANY shows for DCT over the last 22 years. He is also a recipient of numerous awards for his sound design work in the Dallas/Fort Worth theater scene, and has designed for shows as far away as New York City and even Ireland. He is also the Director of Educational Tours with Shakespeare Dallas where he writes and directs local area tours that teach children and teens about William Shakespeare.

SALLY FIORELLO

Props Design

Sally is a Master Puppeteer, director and designer with the critically acclaimed Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts. She has designed and performed in over 45 original puppet productions including such DCT favorites as The Nutcracker and The Tale of Peter Rabbit. For Dallas Children’s Theater, she has served as a director, designer and consultant for numerous productions and performed roles in The Velveteen Rabbit (Mistress); The Mummy’s Claw (Rula); hard 2 spel dad (Mrs. Donahue) and many others. Sally is a recipient of the Dallas-Forth Worth Theatre Critics Forum Award.

THE ARTISTIC /

LYLE HUCHTON

Costume Designer

Lyle has been a working costumer in the Dallas area for over 30 years. He has designed over 30+ shows for Dallas Children’s Theater. Some of his favorites include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Ella Enchanted: The Musical; Treasure Island Reimagined!; Jungalbook; James and the Giant Peach; Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; Pinkalicious, The Musical; and Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale. Other regional credits include The Dallas Opera, Dallas Theater Center, Shakespeare Dallas, San Antonio Opera, and The Dallas Arboretum’s The 12 Days of Christmas. National tours for HIT Entertainment include Barney Live! and The Wiggles. He also worked on the locally produced PBS television show Barney and Friends, receiving two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Costume Design/Styling. He is in his 9th year as the Resident Costume Designer/ Costume Shop Manager here at Dallas Children’s Theater.

EVA CHASTAIN*

Stage Manager

Eva is excited to Stage Manage her first production with DCT! Her most recent credits include Dear Jack, Dear Louise, The Christmas Shoes, and Apollo 8 at A.D. Players; and Alley Theater’s 72 Miles to Go and Torera. Other credits include The Wiz, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Balloonacy at Children’s Theatre Company. Eva holds a BFA in Stage Management from Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts. She is a recipient of Dallas Summer Musicals’ award for best crew and technical execution. Eva dedicates this performance to her former dean, Peter Sargent.

AT HOME ACTIVITY

JUNIE B.’S

SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL Fun To Do

What do you call the feeling Junie B. named El Toro Fabuloso? Whether your stress or anger feels like a bull or a butterfly, we all experience these moments just like Junie B. The real trick (as Junie B. discovers) is how to calm that feeling before it messes things up!

Try making a Zen Meditation Jar for another way to help calm yourself when El Toro Fabuloso rears their angry head.

TAKE

SPOTLIGHT ON The Student Matinee Performance Series

• Each year, thousands of students take a field trip to DCT to see a show.

• Some children are seeing a professional production for the very first time.

• More than 75% come from schools located in areas rated as economically challenged.

• DCT provides deep discounts for these tickets so that cost is not a barrier to them having this experience.

• In Dallas, no other arts organization is able to provide a Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) aligned Fine Arts experience to the volume of children that DCT does every year.

“Every grade level at our school tries to attend a “fine arts” field trip and since I am the field trip coordinator for my grade level I always choose a theatrical performance. The kiddos sit in front of screens for too much of their lives and expect that to be the only form of entertainment when there is so much else out there. There are a lot of parents who do not take children to the theater whether because of cost or knowledge. I believe it is so important for kids to know about the theater and to develop an appreciation for the arts. Yes, we make sure we read the story to the students and connect it with the TEKS but my ultimate goal is that the students walk away excited about the idea of the theater.”

Jessica Black, Ethridge Elementary

Photos by Lawrence Jenkins and DCT staff

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DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER THANKS YOU!

List reflects gifts received through September 1, 2022.

On behalf of the 250,000+ children and families served annually, we gratefully acknowledge our donors who through their contributions made it possible for DCT to present over 500 performances of high quality, professional theater for youth and families. Although program space limits our ability to publicly recognize only donors of $500 and above, we deeply and sincerely appreciate every contribution. As ticket sales cover only half our costs, your annual financial support is critical to introducing North Texas children to the magic of live theater. Should you wish to be added to this extraordinary list of donors or suggest corrections to our list, please contact the DCT Donor & Corporate Relations Department at (214) 978-0110 and THANK YOU!

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

$100,000 +

Cares Act/American Rescue Plan

City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture

William Randolph Hearst Foundation

March Family Foundation

Texas Instruments Foundation

PRODUCING PARTNER

$50,000-$99,999

The Carlson Foundation

Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee

Lyda Hill Philanthropies

The Shubert Foundation

CENTERSTAGE SPONSOR

$25,000-$49,999

American Endowment Foundation/ Lara & Stephen Harrison Anonymous

The Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation

Communities Foundation of Texas/ North Texas Giving Day Fund

The Dallas Foundation/Jean Baptiste (Tad) Adoue III Fund

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The Rosewood Foundation

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SEASON BENEFACTOR

$10,000-$24,999

Jennifer & Peter Altabef Capital for Kids

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Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation

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Maintenance, Inc.

Morgan Stanley GIFT/The Karen and Ken Travis Fund

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Stephen M. Seay Foundation

Becky & Everett Spaeth

Texas Commission on the Arts

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$500-$999

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On a Sunday after church in a bustling, ethnically and culturally diverse American city, CJ and his Nana board the public bus for their weekly trip across town to help out at a soup kitchen. Along the way, CJ notices the many differences among people and asks tons of curious questions: Why don’t we have a car? How come that man can’t see? How come it’s always so dirty over there? How?...Why?

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“Welcome to Dallas Children’s Theater. Enjoy the show!” - Robyn Flatt, Executive cDirector

DCT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Jim Markus*

CHAIRMAN: Todd Ranta*

VP DEVELOPMENT: Michael DeLuke*

VP EDUCATION: Helen Harris-Allen*

VP FACILITIES: Everett Spaeth*

VP FINANCE/TREASURER: Lauren Herrington*

CO- VP GOVERNANCE/NOMINATING: Camelia Shoemaker*

CO- VP GOVERNANCE/NOMINATING: Martha Barrios*

CO- VP SOCIAL OUTREACH: Mar Howard*

CO- VP SOCIAL OUTREACH: Stephanie Jeffery*

SECRETARY: Julie Parolisi*

ARTISTIC LIAISON: Emily Jefferson

Morgan Bennett

Chuck Blanchard

Sara Borrelli

Laura Jane Durfee

Jennifer Fargo Sarah Freedman

Christy Gammill

Lara Wilhelm Harrison*

Scott Hudson

Josh Johnston

Amanda Kendall

Anna Kurian

Lisa Lee

Jacqueline Mackewicz

DCT STAFF

Corale Madden

Elissa M. McClure

Beth Minton Leah Mora*

Tim Mullins

Stephanie Nelson*

LaToyia Pierce

Jennifer Garratt Saltsman

Amanda Schnetzer

Shanti Shahani de Venegas

Evan P. Singer

Michael Stockham

Jasmine Tobias

Kyle Turner

DCT BOARD OF ADVISORS

Jennifer Altabef

Lorlee Bartos

Joan Becker

Nancy Carlson

Mary Covington

Yvonne Crum

Paul Daugherty

Betsy Fijolek

Jane Kennedy Greene

Rocky Howard

Sharron Hunt

Vibeke Jarnum

Emily Jefferson

Margaret Keliher

EMERITUS MEMBERS

Tara Lewis*

Peter Martin

Karol Omlor

Teresa Parravano

Christa Sanford

Sally Schopmeyer

Elizabeth Showalter

Everett Spaeth

Deborah Stanford

Laurie-Jo Straty

Craig Sutton

Bill Travis Karen Travis

CHAIR EMERITUS: Melissa Deakins

CHAIR EMERITUS: Laurie Sands Harrison

CHAIR EMERITUS: Julie H. Kosnik

CHAIR EMERITUS: Carole Jordan

CHAIR EMERITUS: Carol March*

BOARD LIAISON

Mickie Bragalone – Office of Cultural Affairs

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robyn Flatt ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Nancy Schaeffer ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Artie Olaisen SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PHILANTHROPY : Sandra Session-Robertson

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR : Coy Covington

FINANCE

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & HUMAN RESOURCES: Dennis O’Riley

FINANCE MANAGER: Jim Amrhein FINANCE ASSISTANT : Donna Keeler

DEVELOPMENT

GRANTS MANAGER: Joey Hamilton DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT - RECORDS AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATION: Elizabeth Ross

NATIONAL TOUR

PRODUCING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL TOUR S : Sally Fiorello

EDUCATION EDUCATION DIRECTOR : Nancy Schaeffer EDUCATION COORDINATOR : Terry Feagin PROJECT INCLUSION COORDINATOR : Gina Waits

MUSICAL THEATER CONSERVATORY: K. Doug Miller EDUCATION ASSOCIATE: Ryan Ramirez

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

ACTING / VIDEO: Karl Schaeffer

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

DIRECTOR OF TICKETING & PATRON SERVICES : Steve Jones

BOX OFFICE ASSOCIATE: Joanna Coogan

BOX OFFICE : Rachel Wells

FIELD TRIP COORDINATOR: Marianne Kolar

FACILITIES

NETWORK SYSTEMS ADMIN. / IT / FACILITIES: Aaron Rodriguez

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PRODUCTION MANAGER / RENTAL COORDINATOR: Janel Villatoro

ASSISTANT/EDUCATION PRODUCTION MANAGER/FACILITIES ASSISTANT : John Micheal Moss II

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Josh Smith

RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER / COSTUME SHOP MANAGER: Lyle Huchton

SOUND ENGINEER: Brian Christensen

RESIDENT SOUND DESIGNER: Marco Salinas

MASTER ELECTRICIAN: Troy Carrico

LEAD CARPENTER: Isabel McNeil

STAFF CARPENTER: Marily Gonzalez PRODUCTION AND RENTAL ASSISTANT: Maddie Collins