Gala Concert - Spring 2022

SCHOOL OF DANCE

SPRING 2022

WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL OF DANCE SPRING GALA The School of Dance Spring Gala is pleased to present you with an evening of dance that features the world premiere one-act story ballet ‘Carmen’ choreographed by Jay (Jong-Hoon) Kim and Guest Choreographer ChungLin Tseng, ‘The World in Reverse’ by Guest Artist Natosha Washington, and choreographic works by our faculty ‘Experiment #84’ by Brent Schneider, and ‘Flower Festival at Genzano’ by Christopher Alloways-Ramsey.

The creation of the ballet ‘Carmen’ is a reinterpretation of the story of Georges Bizet’s opera ‘Carmen’ by ballet faculty choreographer Jay Kim. ‘Carmen’ is the second collaboration

by School of Dance Professor Jay Kim and School of Music Professor Robert Baldwin and comes after their previous successful collaboration of the original choreographic full-length production of ‘Cinderella’ at Kingsbury Hall in 2015. The creation of ‘Carmen’ has been both a fulfilling journey and a challenging undertaking that began with

conversations between Choreographer Professor Kim and The Utah Philharmonia conductor Dr. Baldwin on their desire to create another educational opportunity for both schools’ students before their graduation and immersion into the professional environment. Since there was overwhelming positive feedback received both artistically and educationally after the last creative story ballet ‘Cinderella’, they have been planning ongoing collaboration between the schools.

We are pleased to present to you tonight’s Gala with the collaborative creative force and support of the College of Fine Arts Dean John Scheib, the School of Dance inaugural Director Luc Vanier, the collective contribution of amazing guests and faculty choreographers, and the dedicated work of the MCD production team.

I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to my wonderful colleagues, students, the School of Dance Director Luc Vanier for his consistent dedication to the school over the past six years, and my beloved wife, best friend, and Artistic Advisor Victoria Stocki-Kim. Gala Performance Director Jay (Jong-Hoon) Kim

Flower Festival at Genzano Choreographer: August Bournonville Research & Staging By: Christopher Alloways-Ramsey Cast Rosa: Haley Critchfield Paolo: Benjamin Hannum Corps de Ballet: Tess Albert-Stauning, Sydney Bantrup, Alexandra Cherenson, Hope Farrar, Nikki Ferry, Loren Khan, Rachel Lang, Hailey Peterson, Kate Weeks Lighting Design: Jay Ryan Costume Design: Olivia Mason and Christopher Larson

Flower Festival at Genzano is August Bournonville’s miniature choreographic masterpiece created in 1858. True to Bournonville’s works of the period, Flower Festival at Genzano situates the ballerina and the danseur on equal terms. This equality is rare for the vast majority of the choreographers of the 19th-century. Men had become an afterthought in classical dance, relegated to being a porter for the ballerina and little more. However, through Bournonville’s teaching and choreography, generations of Danish men maintained and progressed the male technique, though isolated mainly in Denmark.

The choreography for the variations is deceptively intricate, highlighting Bournonville’s love of lightening fast batterie for the young man and showcasing the newest ballet trend of mid-19th-century female variations, pointe work.

Flower Festival is a window into Bournonville’s commitment to the slightly earlier Biedermeier era and its concepts of the growing middle class in central Europe. The leads in Flower Festival at Genazo, Rosa, and Paolo, are

young lovers enjoying a bright, happy day in their budding romance.

Please enjoy the vibrant, buoyant innocence of Rosa and Paolo as they fall in love!

Flower Festival at Genzano rehearsals benefited from having Jeff Rogers, Ballet West Academy and Christopher Young as visiting coaches and sharing their Bournonville expertise. This coaching was a fruitful collaboration with outside specialists and exposed our Ballet Program dancers further to the professional ballet world. Thank you to Christopher and Jeff and for your time and generosity!

Experiment #84 (world premiere)

Choreographer: Brent Schneider with generous contributions from the dancers Music: Laurie Anderson, Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson & Peter Gabriel Lighting Design: Jay Ryan Costume Design: Christopher Larson Video and Sound Editing: Brent Schneider Videographer: Ben Sandberg Cast: Jamie Chen, Erin Humiston, Abby Pace, Melanie Plasse, Madeline Nelson, Megan Lynch, Savannah Sherman, Katie Winslow My sincere thanks to the beautiful dancers for their willingness to go on an adventure with me.

The World In Reverse (world premiere)

Choreographer: Natosha Washington Music: Trevor Price Lighting Design: Jay Ryan Costume Design: Christopher Larson Cast: Brianna Bernhardt, Tess Bernstein, Elijah Cook, Haley DeCamara, Kiya Green, Mara Magistad, Megan McHugh, Mercedes Rice, Olivia Richardson, Ellie Russell, Olivia Schmaltz, Lydia Smith, Mary Timmer, Nick Weaver, Lia Wong “Every night I dream of a place. A world that was made for me. I’m beginning to lose faith in dreams.”

Kellie St. Pierre, thank you for being a dream during this creative process.

You’re the real MVP, sister! Trevor Price, thank you for creating such delicious music. You gave the dancers and I a rich and inspiring foundation in the process of art making. To my wonderful and talented cast, thank you for sharing your magnificent artistry and beauty as humans with me. It has been an absolute honor working with each and every one of you and coming back to my “dance home.”

INTERMISSION

Carmen University of Utah Ballet Co-choreographers: Jay (Jong-Hoon) Kim and Chung-Lin Tseng Seville Acapella Dance Choreographer: Justine Sheedy-Kramer Partnering Co-Coach: Luc Vanier Rehearsal Assistant: Kimberly Fulmer Rehearsal Assistant: Paige Suttich Friday, April 1st Carmen: Aubrie Holman Micaëla: Julia Salter Mercédès: Natalie Taylor Frasquita: Gigi McConnon Saturday, April 2nd Carmen: Annastasia Beller Micaëla: Erin Butts Mercédès: Natalie Taylor Frasquita: Lydia Morris Friday, April 1st & Saturday, April 2nd Gypsy Fortune Teller: Erin Deihl Don José: Devin Hammond Escamillo: AJ Maio Zuniga: Zephan Holt Young Carmen: Emmeline Strong Cavalries & Toreadors: Daniel Cohen, Benjamin Hannum, Derek Martinez,

Samuel Johnson Seville Acapella Dancers: Amanda Ahn, Genevieve Boyle, Addison Goan, Chloe Hebdon, Raquel Miller, Aine O’Sullivan, Meleah Paishon, Haley Parsons, Amanda Peabody, Adelaide Pitcock, Helen Rawls, Daniela Sherman, Amber Walterscheid University of Utah Philharmonia Conductor: Dr. Robert Baldwin Assistant Conductor: Matthew Makeever Violin 1 Concertmaster: Hannah Packard Cameron Jeppson, Elizabeth Curtis, Saide Swain Violin 2 Principal: Olivia Thompson Elizabeth Sims, Abigail Morell Saya Zeleznik, Nicholas Gregor Viola Principal: Jack Johnson Celeste Adams, Lily Kirkpatrick Lillian Ault, Lydia Miller Cello Principal: Benjamin Drysdale Jonathan Lee, Alexandra Call Derek Curtis

Bass Principal: Megan Hall Maeve Barnum Percussion Principal: Jordan Fajardo-Bird Michael Marsden, Olivia Torgersen Monah Valentine, Mariah Maynes Lighting Design: Jay Ryan Costume Design: Christopher Larson Synopsis Carmen’s synopsis is a reinterpretation and transformation of the story of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen choreographed and reimagined by Jay (Jong-Hoon) Kim. Carmen chose a life embodied by free will, pain, and abandoned love unsubordinated or tamed by others, rather than being complacent with general society’s conventional wisdom, even at the crossroads of life and death.

In a town square in Seville, Spain, in the 19th century, Cavaliers and villagers are sadly staring at Carmen, who has collapsed on the town square floor and

is slowly losing her breath. The scenery and story of her life unfolds before her eyes like a panoramic film. In the same moment, Carmen’s fading consciousness stares at the figure of her as a child that appears in the overlapping image of a blurry crowd. She was infinitely happy, free, and fearless throughout her life and to her last breath.

THE CREATORS Christopher Alloways-Ramsey Christopher Alloways-Ramsey is an Assistant Professor of Dance at University of Utah. Prior to completing his MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University, 2019 Christopher graduated cum laude, Harvard University, ALB, June 2003.

Christopher danced professionally for Boston Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet West, BalletMet and Alabama Ballet dancing a wide range of roles from the international classical repertoire to the works of independent contemporary choreographers. Christopher received the majority of his classical training from Mira Popovich and Dame Sonia Arova. As an educator, Christopher has been on faculty at University of Utah, American Academy of Ballet, Boston Arts Academy, Boston Ballet, Boston Conservatory, and The Florida Ballet Conservatory. His former students are currently employed world-wide in ballet companies, modern companies, contemporary companies, and on Broadway. Christopher was a 2013 recipient of the Surdna National Artists Teacher Fellowship Award. In 2014-2016, Christopher worked in Cape Town, South Africa as Ballet Master for Cape Dance Company and Head

of the Classical Ballet Department at Cape Academy of Performing Arts. Christopher has been a guest instructor and repetiteur staging classical works and teaching across the United States and internationally.

Dr. Robert Baldwin Robert Baldwin is Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the University of Utah, and Music Director and Conductor for the Salt Lake Symphony. He is also the founding conductor for Sinfonia Salt Lake. In 2019, he was appointed to an adjunct position at the Wuhan University Center for the Arts in Wuhan, China.

Dr. Baldwin has appeared across North America, Europe, and Asia as both a conductor and a performer on viola and viola d’amore. International appearances include the Hunan Symphony and Wuhan University Orchestras in China, Busan Maru International Music Festival in South Korea, Eutin Festspiele in Germany, Kuopio Academy of Music in Finland, and the Hermitage Camerata in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and concerts in London, Vienna, and Salzburg. Closer to home, he has conducted performances with the various regional orchestras and All-State festival orchestras across the U.S.A. His performances have

received international attention and featured on New York’s WQXR Classical Radio and nationally broadcast radio programs, including Performance Today and Highway 89.

Previously, he has held positions at the University of Kentucky, Lexington Philharmonic, New American Symphony, Flagstaff Symphony, and Northern Arizona University. Dr. Baldwin studied conducting in the United States and Saint Petersburg, Russia, and has earned degrees from the University of Northern Colorado (B.M.), the University of Iowa (M.A.), and the University of Arizona (D.M.A.). He makes his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, where, in his spare time, he enjoys reading, writing, and hiking.

He is a published poet as well, his works appearing in recent issues of Utah Life, Grey Sparrow Journal, Haiku Journal, and Poetry Quarterly. Thirty, his first chapbook of poetry, will be published in 2022.

Jay (Jong-Hoon) Kim Professor Kim is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Dance Ballet Program at the University of Utah. He earned his M.F.A. from the University of Utah, B.F.A. from the Sejong University, and is an ABT® Certified Teacher in Pre-Primary

through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. His professional career includes dancing across 13 countries and 150 cities on the world’s major stages as a Soloist and Principal with Universal Ballet Company, Korean National Ballet, Korean Ballet Theatre, and Dayton Ballet Theatre.

He has been awarded nine grand Prix and gold medals in international competitions in Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, and Korean Traditional Dance categories.

Professor Kim’s choreographic works include a full-length Cinderella production, Transcendence, Reflections, Sentience, Metamorphosis, Reciprocity, Remembrance, Enraptured, Binari, Etudes, The Human Experience, and Elegy that have been performed internationally in Spain, Korea, and Costa Rica and nationally in Michigan, Nevada, Texas, and Utah.

Brent Schneider Brent Schneider, MFA, is a Professor in the School of Dance at the University of Utah where he has been teaching across the curriculum for 29 years. He served the College of Fine Arts for six years as Associate Dean for Faculty, Student and Academic Affairs 2007-2013 and two years as Acting Chair of the former Department of Ballet. He has now happily returned

to full-time teaching in the School. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Utah, Professor Schneider taught for seven years at Weber State University. He performed for seven years with Repertory Dance Theatre, where he also served as a teacher, rehearsal assistant, and marketing and booking director. He has performed and choreographed in many dance styles including modern, folk, ballroom, musical theatre, tap, jazz and ballet. He has created works for companies and performed internationally in Taiwan and Costa Rica. His current research interests revolve around the evolution of dance and technology.

Justine Sheedy-Kramer Justine Sheedy-Kramer is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the University of Utah School of Dance. She teaches Character Dance, Ballet, Pointe, and Music courses and contributes to various productions as a choreographer. She received her M.F.A. and B.F.A. degrees from the University of Utah, during which she established collaborative projects between the Ballet Program and School of Music.

In addition to teaching and performing with various arts programs in Connecticut, Texas, Utah, and Washington, Justine has also toured nationally and internationally

with Character Dance Ensemble and Eastern Arts as both a dancer, researcher, and choreographer, and continues to be involved with these organizations.

Chung-Lin Tseng Mr. Tseng is the founding Artistic Director of Ballet Frontier of Texas. His productions of Ballet Frontier’s Nutcracker and Pinocchio gained the company recognition with the Star-Telegram and D-Magazine as one of the best productions in the Dallas, Fort Worth area. In July 2017, Mr. Tseng’s choreographic work was presented at a Gala performance in Seoul, South Korea, gaining the recognition of an international audience.

Taiwan-born Chung-Lin Tseng accepted a full scholarship to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he developed a strong background in classical ballet and partnering techniques. Mr. Tseng danced with the Universal Ballet Company of Seoul for six years. He danced in 11 full-length and 19 one-act ballets as a soloist and gained recognition on the international stage, performing in over 100 cities and 16 countries worldwide. Also, Mr. Tseng developed several essential roles for the company, such as Von Rothbart from the Mariinsky Theatre production of Swan Lake, Hilarion in Giselle, and the Korean King

in Shim Chung. In 1998, Mr. Tseng joined Texas Ballet Theater, where he performed as a principal dancer under the direction of Ben Stevenson and Benjamin Houk. His featured roles included Balanchine’s Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Allegro Brillante, the Poet in La Sonnambula, the Waltz Boy in Serenade, and others. In the classical repertoire, he has appeared as Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Second Act), the Sugar Plum Fairy’s Cavalier in The Nutcracker, the male lead in Paquita, in Mr. Stevenson’s Four Last Songs and Cinderella.

In 2000, Mr. Tseng won the Achievement Award awarded by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Mr. Tseng began his choreographic work as a student under the supervision of Aaron Wan. He continued developing his talent choreographing for Universal Ballet and other professional groups in Taiwan and Italy under the leadership of Roy Tobias.

He has presented two full-length evenings of his choreography in Fort Worth with dancers from Texas Ballet Theater, and the Star-Telegram selected his works as one of the “Ten Best Performing Events” of the year in 2002.

In summer 2004, Mr. Tseng staged the full-

length production of La Sylphide for the Kaohsiung City Ballet in Taiwan. Mr. Tseng was appointed Visiting-Artist-In-Residence at Southern Methodist University, Division of Dance, in 2004. From 2005 to 2006 has taught as adjunct faculty at Texas Christian University, Department of Ballet and Modern Dance.

Natosha Washington Natosha Washington is a professional choreographer, director and avid educator who is passionate about all inclusive learning. Washington received the 2015 Sorenson Legacy Award for Best Secondary Dance Educator in Utah, and most recently nominated for Salt Lake City School District’s 2020 Teacher of the Year Top Four.

Washington received her BFA from the University of Utah in Modern Dance (2004) and Associate Degree of Fine Arts from Ricks College (1999). During her time at the U, Washington’s work received the Best Performance award at the 2004 American College Dance Association’s National Festival at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., and was featured in Dance Magazine (2004). Washington co-directed the Utahbased company, RawMoves, that received a 2005 Slammy Award for Best New Dance Company. Washington, a full-time dance

teacher at Judge Memorial Catholic High School (2005-2012), created a program for young men to dance, starting with 18 it developed to 44 young men.

Washington also taught at Northwest Middle School (2012-2018) creating the school’s “Celebration of Dance.” The program consisted of 400+ students celebrating school pride and diverse cultures through dance. In 2018, Washington expanded the West High Dance program two class sizes, adding 60+ students. Also, she is developing a new educational program in collaboration with Weber State Professor jo Blake geared towards first-generation students to receive a degree of higher education.

As a choreographer, Washington’s work has been seen internationally (China, Russia, New Zealand, Fiji, Brazil), professionally (Repertory Dance Theatre), collegiate (University of Alabama, Utah Valley University) and secondary school companies, including her own, The Penguin Lady Dance Collective. Natosha Washington is a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah who is currently the Performing Arts Department Chair and Dance Company Director at West High School.

The School of Dance acknowledges and thanks the following donors for their generous support during fiscal year July 1, 2020- June 30, 2021 INVESTORS $15,000+ Anonymous Dick and Timmy Burton Foundation The Huntsman Foundation Jon M.* and Karen H. Huntsman Paul and Cheryl Huntsman CONTRIBUTORS $2,500 - $14,999 The Brass Ring Foundation Gordon and Connie Hanks Melinda Nordeng Anne Riffey John and Martha Veranth, PhD BENEFACTORS $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous Arkansas Community Foundation Sean Carter Jerome and Abby Fiat Robert and Leigh King Krystkowiak Seven Duncan Maio, JD and Kristen Westmoreland Jean Sabatine Brent Schneider and Kim Blackett Michael Steiner and Sheila Ainlay Luc Vanier and Elizabeth Johnson PATRONS $500 - $999 Thomas and Sidney Armstrong Rae Barnes Daynes Music Company Gerald and Susan Daynes Jr. Armand Harris Jr. Sybil D Huskey & Mike Lavine Angela Kourtoglou Andrea Lunsford FRIENDS $200 - $499 William Barry and Lisa Banitt Jonathan Scoville and Tandy Beal Michael and Jennifer Boyle Ellen Bromberg Scott and Sarah Brown Chipotle Mexican Grill

Eastern Arts Society Edward Folts Eric and Pamela Handman Dr. Dianne Howe John and Janet Kazwell Maureen McGill Raymond* and Patricia Rubley Jr. Jamie and Stephanie Schuette The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Yujiro Shimogori J. Christopher Smith, MD Glenda Staples Andrew and Alice Bassler Sullivan Wendy Thompson Thomas M Welsh FANS up to $199 Anonymous Grant and Maria Ahn Ashley Akhavan Keith Andersen Robert and Maria Apgar Christine Baczek Dirk and Deborah Balfanz Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Frederick and Alice Barber Colleen Barnes Cindy Barrus Cheryl Baumann Michelle Bickel Christine Blanck Karen Blatnik Nansi Wattenburg Bohne Joan Brown Lisa Buth Cafe Zupas Deb Calbane Priscilla Campbell, CPA Earl Catterton and Kim Sargent Bethany Chaney Ashley Chin-Mark Michael and Kristina Christopherson Jeff Clapp and Diane Malloy

FANS CONT. Sara Clauss Mick and Lisa Conlin Bri Cooley Alice Cox Nancy Cox Timothy and Karla Cox Austin and Hannah Davis Natalie Desch John Diehl and Gabrielle Lynch Diehl Casey Duncan Orvil Elia Jennifer Elder Matthew and Pamela Fellerhoff Tracy Fernholz Laja Field Thomas and Rebecca Flanagan Peter Flowers and Hazel Legaspi Anthony and Tina Fonzo Ariana Christine Fonzo Norma Gabriel Anne Van Gelder Andrea Gossels Brian and Mary Haan Robert Haise Douglas and Norine Halbe Kristine Halverson David and Charlotte Hamblin Jennifer Hancock Ellen Harrison Brian Hartmann Dianne Shelden Howe Trust Timothy and Jane Howes George Huang and Alping Jiang Satu Hummasti James Hunt, MD Margaret Jurado Kristina Karg Douglas and Julie Kirchner Kurt and Theresa Klein Megan Kleinman Marsha Knight Stephen Koester Gary and Kristine Kolbeck Hasko Kramer and Justine SheedyKramer Mary Liggett Michael Lisonbee and Helen Nichols Kathleen Mattingly, PhD Kenneth Mccullough Lorita McLeod Christine McMillan Brodie Mead James Merlette

Meredith Metzger, PhD Lisette Miles Ashley Mitchell Peter and Daysha Moes Kim Morris and Rheba Vetter, PhD Emily Mostue Andrea Nelson Jacob and Catherine Nelson Greg and Sue Novak Joan Ortloff Kimberly Ortloff Karen O’Sullivan Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. Connie Plato Sharon Popielews Serena Quaglia Mark and Carrie Rackow Christopher and Jill Randall John Reeves Diane Reilly Giovanni Rodriquez and Laura Pratt Eric Schuh Julie Schwartz Maureen Scott Gregory and Janet Shaw Isabel Shimanski Kotaro Shimogori and Mary Thompson Jody and Maureen Skinner Grant Smith, PhD Tawnya Sluka Venus Stafford Swen and Aimee Swenson, JD Judith Tangen Joanna Tarantola Sherrie Taylor Frank and Caroline Tepley Dennis and Margaret Tesch Texas Roadhouse Glenda Thompson Jennifer Thompson Larissa Trout Karen Tucker Rollie Wagstaff Michael and Meghan Wall Richard Walsh and Carolyn Hunter Walsh Ron and Trish Weeks Jen Weiler Keith West Krista Widdison Lawrence and Maida Withers Robert and Joanne Wood, MD David and Steffenie Yates Susan Zook

SCHOOL OF DANCE FACULTY Luc Vanier – Professor, Director, School of Dance Pamela Geber Handman – Professor Brent Schneider – Professor, Modern Dance Recruitment Director Eric Handman – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Graduate Studies Satu Hummasti – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies Jay Kim – Associate Professor, Associate Director for Faculty, IBSI Director Melonie Murray – Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs Christopher Alloways-Ramsey – Assistant Professor, Ballet Recruitment Director Melissa Bobick – Assistant Professor Natalie Desch – Assistant Professor Molly Heller – Assistant Professor Pablo Piantino – Assistant Professor, Assistant Director for Student Support Cole Adams – Professor (Lecturer), Production Director, Lighting Designer Maggie Wright Tesch – Professor (Lecturer), UBSI Director Mary Ann Walton Lee – Associate Professor (Lecturer), Artistic Director Tanner Dance Daniel Clifton – Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Modern Dance Minor Advisor Christine McMillan – Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Ballet Program Head Sara Pickett – Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Modern Dance Program Head Ben Sandberg – Assistant Professor (Clinical), A/V Specialist Isaac Taylor – Assistant Professor (Clinical), Technical Lighting Director Cherylyn Lavagnino-Mallon – Visiting Professor Joselli Deans – Visiting Associate Professor Alexandra Barbier – Morales Fellow Jennie Creer-King – Adjunct Professor Jessica Boone – MFA Candidate Virginia Broyles – MFA Candidate Kimberly Fulmer – MFA Candidate Stephanie García – MFA Candidate Austin Hardy – MFA Candidate Irishia Hubbard – MFA Candidate Joshua Mora – MFA Candidate Thea Patterson – MFA Candidate Tyler Schnese – MFA Candidate Kellie St. Pierre – MFA Candidate Samantha Stone – MFA Candidate Jacque Bell – Adjunct Associate Professor Tom Welsh – Adjunct Associate Professor Rosie Banchero – Adjunct Assistant Professor Lynne Larson – Adjunct Assistant Professor Christine Moore – Adjunct Assistant Professor Penny Saunders – Adjunct Assistant Professor Justine Sheedy-Kramer – Adjunct Assistant Professor Jasmine Stack – Adjunct Assistant Professor Monica Stephenson – Adjunct Assistant Professor Sean Carter – Associate Instructor E’lise Jumes – Associate Instructor Solange Gomes – Distinguished Alumni

Bené Arnold - Distinguished Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna Ellen Bromberg – Distinguished Professor Emerita Jacqueline Clifford - Professor Emerita Abby Fiat - Professor Emerita Phyllis Haskell - Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna Stephen Koester - Professor Emeritus Loabelle Mangelson - Clawson, Professor Emerita Shirley Ririe - Professor Emerita Donna White - Professor Emerita Joan Woodbury - Professor Emerita Barbara Hamblin - Associate Professor Emerita, Distinguished Alumna Sharee Lane - Associate Professor Emerita Conrad Ludlow - Associate Professor Emeritus Jon Scoville - Associate Professor Emeritus

ADMINISTRATION Will Maguire- Administrative Officer Sean Carter - Administrative Assistant

COSTUME SHOP Christopher Larson – Costume Shop Director Rachel Hayes – Head Draper / Cutter Olivia Mason – First Hand Annie Phan – Costume Shop Technician Sofia Marie Lusitana – Student Employee Also Including: Frances Geerling, Katie Winslow, and Jeff Black.

ACCOMPANISTS Wayne Coons – Associate Instructor, Head Musician Vilena Barekyan – Associate Instructor, Accompanist Svetlana Vasilenko – Associate Instructor, Accompanist Gerard Black – Accompanist Mark Chaney – Accompanist Max Hall – Accompanist David Herrmann – Accompanist Tristan Moore – Accompanist Brian Pappal – Accompanist Tatsiana Rasmussen – Accompanist Sarah Richards – Accompanist John Rukavina – Accompanist Stephen Valdean – Accompanist Wachira Waigwa-Stone – Accompanist

PT/ATC Trina Bellendir – Physical Therapist Christopher Michaels – Athletic Trainer

PRODUCTION Jay Ryan – Technical Director & Light Design Ben Sandberg – Video Director Rebecca Johnson – Stage Manager Luna Esmerode, Nick Gilleland, Riley HackfordPeer, Caleb Holt, Zephan Holt, Olivia Huseonica, Megan Lynch, Abby Pace – Stage Crew Arin Lynn, Meredith Wilde, Courtney Landry – Videographers

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