CCM Student Bios

Victor Brame 
Junior BFA Acting student from Northbrook, Illinois

At CCM: Lord Rogero/Dancer in The Winter's Tale, Swing in Witch (Swing). Elsewhere: Swing in Macbeth with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Mallory Bolser 
Senior BFA Acting student from Richmond, Indiana

At CCM: lizabeth in Pride and Prejudice, Raelynn in John Proctor is the Villain, Archidamus in Winters Tale, Nils in Let The Right One In. Elsewhere: Marilyn and Carole understudy in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Cincinnati).

Nick Casey 
Sophomore Acting student from Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Dickon in The Secret Garden (NJYA) , vocalist in Sondheim on Sondheim , performer in Legally Blonde and Les Misérables with Pixie Dust Player.

Patrick Comunale 
Junior BFA Acting student from Centerville, Ohio

At CCM: Antigonus in The Winter's Tale, Jack in ROGUE, Lucky in The Works of Samuel Beckett, Andrew in Throw Whatever in There and Fry That $H!T UP!  Elsewhere: Sharky in The Seafarer with the Gaiety School of Acting (Dublin, Ireland) Amphitruo in Amphitruo at Probasco Auditorium with UC Classics (Cincinnati, Ohio), Chris in The Interview with Beth Jacob Synagouge (Dayton, Ohio), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man with Epiphany Players Ministry (Dayton Ohio), Ensemble in Narnia: The Musical with The Victoria Theater (Dayton, Ohio).

Gavin Elbert 
Junior BFA Acting student from Franktown, Colorado

At CCM: Lee Turner in John Proctor is the Villain, Camillo in The Winter's Tale. Elsewhere: Rolf Gruber in Sound of Music with the PACE Center (Parker, CO), Company Cast Member of Adam's Mystery Playhouse (Denver, CO), Owen in Eigg: The Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, (Edinburgh, Scotland).

Dinithi Fernando 
Senior BFA Acting student from Independence, Kentucky

At CCM: Mamillius in Winter’s Tale. Elsewhere: M in The Human Race Theatre’s production of PEERLESS.

Cyrus Fontenot 
Junior Acting student from Houston, Texas 

At CCM: Michael in A Shot Heard in the Dark, Kid No. 3 in the Phoenix Project.

Jackson Frazer 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Understudy for Brandon, Granillo, and Raglan in Rope. Elsewhere: Hanus in "I Never Saw Another Butterfly and the Terezin Promise" (2025 at the New Hazlette Theater in Pittsburgh, PA) and Heinz in "And Then They Came For Me" (2024 at the New Hazlette Theater in Pittsburgh, PA). Recent film credits include "How to Rob a Bank" (2026), "Sticks" (2025), and "Ezra" (2023).

Maeve Gillespie 
Sophmore BFA Acting student from Garden City, New York

At CCM: Lady Lucas in Pride and Prejudice, Swing in Emilia, Calamity Jane/Neelie in Buffalo Talks to The Moon, understudy Antigone in Antigone. Elsewhere: Swing in Twelfth Night with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Sheila in HAIR at Adelphi University (Garden City, New York).

Adrian Graff 
Junior BFA Acting student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

At CCM: Clown in The Winter’s Tale, Mischa Bachinski in Mosaic’s Ride the Cyclone, Trick in Love and War. Elsewhere: Barnaby Tucker in Hello Dolly at CDA Summer Theatre (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho), Ensemble in Anastasia at CDA Summer Theatre (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho), Oscar Delancey/Ensemble in Newsies at Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City, Utah), Butch in Welcome to Dangerville at Pickleville Playhouse (Garden City, Utah), Stanley/Ensemble in Hello Dolly at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

Lauren Grammer 
Junior BFA Acting student from Prosper, Texas

At CCM: Shelby in John Proctor is the Villain, Lady Cordelia/Flora in Emilia, Swing in The Winters Tale, Wife/Mistress in The Lover, What is Behind That Curtain? (Transmigration), Candyland (Transmigration).

Nikolas Gray 
Senior BFA Acting student from Odesa, Ukraine

At CCM: Somebody in Everybody. Elsewhere: Frank in Witch at the Carnegie.

Dash Green 
Junior BFA Acting student from Chatham, New Jersey

At CCM: Torkel/Jimmy in Let the Right One In, Understudy in Clue: On Stage, Transmigration.

Katherine Harb 
Sophomore Acting student from Ottowa, Canada

At CCM: Transmigration. Elsewhere: Little Women and Gruesome Playground Injuries.

Kiki Hellerman 
Senior BFA Acting student from Hoffman Estates, Illinois

At CCM: Lord Carey/Judith in Emilia, Gustav in Frankenstein (upcoming) Antigone in Antigone. Elsewhere: Mutius in Titus Andronicus with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Trace Henderson 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

Jordyn Hill 
Senior BFA Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Hermione in The Winter’s Tale, Caroline in Pride and Prejudice, originating the role of Kelly in Rope. Elsewhere: Mary in It’s A Wonderful Life (Co-production with The Carnegie).

Sam Hopper 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Ensemble (Transmigration).

Adrian Kalish-Demaris 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Newton, Massachusetts

Elsewhere: Fred in Present Laughter, Trent Oliver in The Prom, Judge Danforth in The Crucible, Orpheus in Eurydice, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Hugo in Tuck Everlasting.

Annika Kallstrom 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Knoxville, Tennessee

At CCM: Rope (understudy), Understudy in Pride and Prejudice.

Whitman Keith 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: understudy for Pride and Prejudice. Elsewhere: Apprentice Ensemble in 42nd Street with The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky).

Peyton Kirby 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Elsewhere: Molly in Peter and the Starcatcher, Velma Kelly in Chicago, Annie Twilloil in The Play That Goes Wrong, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Cinderella in Into the Woods Jr at the School of Creative and Performing Arts. Peyton has also attended theater workshops at Chicago's Second City, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Open Jar Institute in New York City.

Maria Leigh 
Senior BFA Acting student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

At CCM: Kitty/Anne in Pride and Prejudice (Mainstage), Bertie/Mary/Bob in Emilia (Mainstage), Van's Sister in Dog Sees God (Lab), Ghost 2 in Unfortunate Mechanism (Radio Play) and devised works, K.I.D.S, Lucky D's B&B, Candyland, Bottled Up, and Tabula Rasa (Transmigration). She has proudly written and directed Love and War (Lab) and When It's More Than Lust (Directing One Acts).

Sydnee Metzinger 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Georgetown, Indiana

At CCM: Laurel in Class IV One-Act, Mitzi in Baggage One-Act, Ruth in Marigolds One-Act, Grace in Transmigration 16, Dear Colleagues, Say Something with The Blue Hour, Dorothy in Dearest Capstone. Elsewhere: Persephone in Hadestown: Teen Edition with Redline Performing Arts (Louisville, Kentucky), Kitty/Ensemble in Chicago: Teen Edition with Redline Performing Arts (Louisville, Kentucky). 

Carson Mehlbauer 
Senior BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, Swing in Let The Right One In. Elsewhere: Martini/Mrs. Hatch/Marty and Music Director in It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play with The Carnegie (co-production with CCM), Cuddy Banks in Witch with The Carnegie (co-production with CCM), Ellis in The Light Chasers with Know Theatre of Cincinnati (co-production with CCM), Ambrose in Hello, Dolly! with The Carnegie.

Ryan Miller 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Indianapolis, Indiana

At CCM: Pride and Prejuidice.

Kathuure Miriti 
Junior BFA Acting student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Cleomones in The Winter's Tale, understudying for Emilia.

Miranda Myers 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Tampa, Florida

Elsewhere: Little Sally in Urinetown at MAD Theater (Tampa, Florida), Ash in Not Your Average Rom-Com (Atlanta, Georgia), Cassi in Ember with New Tampa Players, Callie in Drift with LAB Theater Project (Tampa, Florida), Kaylee in The Prom with MAD Theater (Tampa, Florida).

Luana Nascimento 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Bryce Nevison 
Senior BFA Acting student from Huron, Ohio

At CCM: Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Autolycus in The Winter's Tale, Mr. Boddy in Clue, Let The Right One In, Assistant Director of Rope. Elsewhere: Performed at Cedar Point and The Renaissance Theatre. 

Katie Reeser 
Junior BFA Acting student from Mount Airy, Maryland

At CCM: Dion/Dancer in The Winter's Tale, Ensemble Member in CCM Acting's Transmigration. Elsewhere: Queen of Hearts in Wonderland with Young Artists of America (Bethesda, MD), Swing for Witch with the Carnegie (in collaboration with CCM Acting) (Covington, KY).

Maddy Joy Richardson 
Freshman BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Understudy for Pride and Prejudice

Maya Joi Robinson 
Junior Acting student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Amanda Sant 
Senior BFA Acting student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Lord Collins, Lady Anne, and Dave in Emilia, Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing, Singing Telegram Girl in Clue! On Stage, and Evil in Everybody! Elsewhere: Ensemble, Kathy Seldon (U.S.), and Olga Mara in Singing in the Rain with Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet with Warsaw Federal Incline Theater.

Olive Spence  
Freshman BFA Acting student from Brooklyn, New York

At CCM: Understudy for Caroline Bingley/Charlotte Lucas/Mrs.Gardiner in Pride and Prejudice. 

Iris Shipley
Freshmen BFA Acting Student form Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Adam in Love and War. Elsewhere: Little Comet in Momentum: We are Stars at the Davidson Theatre (Columbus, Ohio).

Ben Sherman 
Junior Acting student from Colleyville, Texas 

At CCM: Lion in The Phoenix Project and Masked Man in the film project. Elsewhere: Race in Newsies at Lyric Stage in Dallas, Texas.

Sophia Stockton 
Sophomore BFA Acting Student from Bowling Green, Kentucky

At CCM: Beth in John Proctor is the Villain, Mospa/Sicilian Lady in The Winter’s Tale, Haley in Love and War (Lab). Elsewhere: Gloria in Wait Until Dark at Cincinnati Landmark Productions.

Makena Tingle 
Sophomore BFA Acting student from Westford, Massachusetts

At CCM: Transmigration 2025. Elsewhere: Understudy in Macbeth at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Playwright of Seven-At-Eleven at Boston Playwrights Theater (Boston Theater Marathon).

Lilia Villaflor 
Senior BFA Acting student from Joliet, Illinois

At CCM: Lady Katherine in Emilia, Bailey Gallagher in John Proctor is the Villain, Stefan in Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Quinn in The Light Chasers (The Know Theater).

Andrea Adams 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Fall Dance Works, Student Choreography Showcase, Coppélia, Corps de ballet in La Bayadère and “Stretto.” Elsewhere: Winter Fairy in Cinderella, and Dewdrop, Arabian Princess, Spanish Lead, and Mirliton Lead in The Nutcracker with New Albany Ballet Company (New Albany, Ohio).

Hannah Altmiller 
Senior Ballet student from Springfield, Oregon

At CCM: Sea Witch Minion in The Little Mermaid, Spinner in Coppelia, Red Riding Hood in Sleeping Beauty.

Lexi Bastin 
Freshman Ballet student from Greenwood, Indiana

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…,” “Consternation,” “Where the Heart Grows.” Elsewhere: Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker with Indianapolis Ballet (Indianapolis, Indiana).

Sophia Black 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Sylvania, Ohio

At CCM: Corps de Ballet in "Les Sylphides", Sugar Plum Fairy, Clara, and Snowflake in "The Nutcracker Just Desserts", Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in "Coppélia", in 2025. Corps de ballet in excerpts from "La Bayadère", and The One You Feed. Elsewhere: Pre-professional dancer in the Toledo Ballet’s "The Nutcracker", "Cinderella", and "Sleeping Beauty."

Katherine Bracken 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Mazurka, Waltz of the Hours, and Scottish Doll in Coppelia, Snow and Marzipan in Just Desserts, Dancer in BOOM!, Student Choreographer Showcase.

Ellamae Brodbeck
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Student Choreographers Showcase performer, Waltz of the Flowers in Just Desserts, Ensemble member in Respighi Transitions.

Leighton Calfee  
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: “The One You Feed”, “Antique Music”, “Who Is She”, Coppelia: Waltz of the Hours + Mazurka, “Entity 1”, Choreographer of “Beneath the Rain”, The Nutcracker Act 2: Peppermint Divertissement + Flower Corps, “Autumn Tree…” Elsewhere: “The Nutcracker”, “Don Quixote”, “Giselle”, “ALICE”, “Cinderella” at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).

Abbey Crane
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: Waltz of the Flowers, "Respighi Transitions," "Ode." Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Dewdrop (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Marzipan lead and corps de ballet (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Soldier Doll (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory), Snow corps de ballet (Cleveland Ballet Conservatory).

Bryn Cintron 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: Choreographic Contributor for Carmina Burana, Ensemble in "Antique Music, Current Styles", Ensemble in "it's not the breaths we take..." Elsewhere: Snow Queen in The Nutcracker and "Spring Waters Pas" with Pas de vie Ballet (Tallahassee, Florida) and "Celebrating Bach" with Camerata South (Tallahassee, Florida).

Alicia Davis 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Covington, Kentucky

At CCM: Mazurka in Les Sylphides, Soloist in “Veritas” by Shauna Steele, Choreographer of “Phrases Unfold” SCS 2025, Spanish and Snow corps in “Just Desserts”, Swanhildias Friend in “Coppelia”, Soloist in “The One You Feed” by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: Soloist in “Almost There” by Hee Ra Yoo SDP International Festival: Seoul, South Korea, “O’Keeffe: Kiss The Sky” by Jessica Lang: Cincinnati Opera, Choreographer of “Phrases Unfold”: The Ballet Alliance: Reno, Nevada.

Carmen Doll 
Junior Ballet student from Coldwater, Michigan

At CCM: Aurora Borealis by Keenan Pennington.

Julia Elliott 
Sophomore Ballet BA student from Louiville, Kentucky

At CCM: Candy Cane, by Deirdre Carberry, Just Desserts, Waltz of the Hours & Mazurka, Coppelia, “X” by Joshua Stanton Fall Dance Works.

Katrien Feenstra 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Farmington, Michigan

At CCM: ‘Stretto’ by Matthew Farmer, ‘X’ by Joshua A. Stayton, 'Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree' By Shauna Steel, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours in Coppélia restaged by Trisha Bell and Isabele Elefson,  'Act II: The Nutcracker' restaged by Deirdre Carberry, ‘Pillars of Us’ by Katherine Kraal, 'Bone Deep' by Madeline Weber in student Choreographers' Showcase. Elsewhere: The Majestic Nutcracker restaged by Tina Bishop.

Mahala Flagg 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student Fort Smith, Arkansas

At CCM: La Bayadere corps (Dance Works), Mazurka and Waltz of the hours corps (Coppelia) and original work by Shauna Steele "Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree."

Maya Gordon 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Milwaukee, Winscosin

At CCM: Candy Canes in The Nutcracker, "Waltz of the Snowflakes," A Temporary Existence by Sylvia Quinio, Waltz of the Hours & Czardas in Coppélia, Endless Motion by Cynthua Lutz, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, Flames of Paris Pas de Deux.

Taryn Grassbaugh 
Sophomore Ballet student from Holmes County, Ohio

At CCM: Falling Upwards, The Ideal of Love, corps de ballet in Giselle, Waltz of the Flowers.

Soyars Green 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Richmond, Virginia

At CCM: Spanish and Snow in Just Desserts, Dawn and Czardas Lead in Coppelia, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadere, X by Joshua Stayton and Esmeralda. Elsewhere: Snow and Flowers Corps de Ballet in "The Nutcracker", Corps de Ballet in “Serenade,” and Parisian in “An American in Paris" as a Richmond Ballet Trainee (Richmond, Virginia).

AJ Gross 
Senior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: Thomas Bell's "Mozart Mix," Rothbart in Sleeping Beauty, Shauna Steele's original works titled "Still Waters" and "Who We Are," Ihiaih Miller's "Jux D'pose," Jiang Qi's "Van Gogh, Iris and the Starry Night", An American in Paris as Jerry, The littlest mermaid as the Prince, Coppelia as the role of Franz and "Just Desserts" as the role of Cavalier.

Sophia Gruber
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Charlotte, North Carolina

At CCM: Flower and Respighi Transitions in Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Tiramisu and Clara’s Friend in The Nutcracker (Charlotte Ballet), Court Lady in Swan Lake (Charlotte Ballet).

Lily Guntz 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Carmel, Indiana

At CCM: "X.” Elsewhere: Dew Drop in The Nutcracker at Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (Westfield, Indiana), alumna of Central Indiana Dance Ensemble.

Ava Gustitus 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Indianapolis, Indiana

At CCM: Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker, “Every Leaf speaks bliss to me fluttering from the Autumn tree." Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Black Swan in Swan Lake, Garland Waltz in Sleeping Beauty, Hen in Carnival of the Animals at Indianapolis School of Ballet.

Violet Hahn 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Fort Wayne, Indiana

At CCM: Matt Farmer's Stretto, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours in Coppelia, Celeste Lau's Inhibitions, Sylvia Quinio's The unKNOWN, Macarons and Snow Corps in Just Desserts, Alicia Davis's Phrases Unfold, Choreographer for the piece Entity 1.

Kyla Hardesty 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Costa Mesa, California

At CCM: “Ancient Music," Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in Coppelia, Candy Cane and Respighis Transition in "Just Desserts," Student Choreographers' Showcase. 

Adeline Henninger 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: “Stretto.” Elsewhere: Bluegrass Youth Ballet Pre-Professional Dancer (Lexington, Kentucky), Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts Alum.

Chloe King 
Sophomore Ballet student from Media, Pennsylvania

At CCM: The Ideal of Love by Hazel Alexander. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Aurora at Kristina Pulcini Ballet Academy, multiple jazz and modern pieces at Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

Abigail Kolb 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Canton, Michigan

At CCM: "The One You Feed" by Shauna Steele, "Stretto" by Mathew Farmer, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours from Coppélia set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabele Elefson, Macrons from Nutcracker, Mazurka Soloist in Les Sylphides, work by Colleen Barnes and works in the Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: "Immediacy" Christian Burse, "Challengers" Vincenzo Di Primo. 

Katherine Kraal 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

At CCM: Esmeralda, The Littlest Mermaid, X (Joshua Stayton), Stretto (Matthew Farmer) and Coppelia (Tricia Sundbeck & Isabel Elifson), BOOM, Student Choreographers' Showcase, Choreographer for Pillars of Us.

Shaelyn Kuipers 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina

At CCM: Soloist in Autumn Leaf (Steele), Demi Soloist in Esmeralda (Sundbeck), Demi Soloist in Swan Lake (Qiang), ensemble in Coppelia (Sundbeck), Spanish in The Nutcracker (Carberry). Elsewhere: Snow Queen, Russian, Lead Mirliton in The Nutcracker, Ensemble in other recitals.

Campbell Lee 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Marzipan and Snow in The Nutcracker, Swanhilda's Friend in Coppelia, Trio in Antique Music, Current Styles, Mersister in Little Mermaid, Corps in La Esmeralda, Corps in Jux D'Pose, How Deep is a Soul?, Cost of this World, Raise d'Etre, Pillars of Us, Beneath the Rain, A Temporary Existence.

Mary Lee 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Grand Rapids, Michigan

At CCM: The Little Mermaid, Coppelia, Student Choreographer's showcase 24-25.

Kelsey Lewis
Sophomore Ballet student from Glenwood, Illinois

At CCM: Mozart Mix. Elsewhere: “Tailsman Variation,” “Coppelia Suite,” Corps in “Mazurka” and Corps in “Dance of the Hours” with Boston Ballet Professional Division at Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Natick, Massachusetts).

Jennifer Listerman
Junior Ballet student from Chicago, Illinois

At CCM: Les Sylphides, The Space Between, 24/7, Ramifications, Enigma Station.

Riya Mathur 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Cleveland, Ohio

At CCM: The One You Feed, Antique Music/Current Styles, Waltz of the Flowers, Snow Corps, Bone Deep. Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy, Snow Queen, Clara and Lead Marzipan in The Nutcracker with Cleveland Ballet Conservatory (Cleveland, Ohio).

Adrianna McCarter 
Junior BFA Ballet Student from Orem, Utah

At CCM: Mazurka Lead, Spinner, and Unfinished Doll in Coppelia, Lead in The One You Feed by Shauna Steele, Corps de ballet in La Bayadere and Jux D’Pose. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Coppelia and Oceans and Pearls with Kansas City Ballet’s Youth Ballet Company. Corps de ballet in Coppelia and Raymonda with Ballet West Academy.

Chloe McFarland 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Dancer in Beneath the Rain in the Student Choreographer’s Showcase, Dancer in Autumn Tree and Corps in Waltz of the Flowers in Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, and Marzipan in The Nutcracker with Lexington Dance Factory (Lexington); Miss Dance of the Bluegrass 2025 with Dance Masters of the Bluegrass (Lexington); Soloist in abridged Giselle ballet with Lexington Dance Factory (Lexington).

Aidan McKee-Bruns 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Ellensburg, Washington

At CCM: Polonaise and Guest Work in Dance Works, Snow Queen and Toffee in Just Desserts, A Temporary Existence and Bone Deep in SCS, Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in Coppélia, and Ancient Music/Current Styles in Dance Works.

Kielyn Minton 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Meadowview, Virginia

At CCM: flower corps, autumn leaf in Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Snow Queen in Nutcracker and Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (Bristol Ballet) and the Genie in Aladdin (Highlands Ballet Company).

Isabella Moore 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Chattanooga, Tennessee

At CCM: Waltz of the Flowers and Autumn Tree in Just Desserts; Outside of CCM: Marzipan, Snow Demi Soloist, Tea Demi Soloist, and Flowers in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in Curveball, Garland Waltz Demi-Soloist in Sleeping Beauty, Wedding and Mazurka Dancer in Coppélia. Elsewhere: Star Fairy in Cinderella (with Chattanooga Ballet).

Taegan Moran 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Barrington, Rhode Island

At CCM: "The One You Feed" by Shauna Steele in Dance Works 2024, "Who is she?", "Entity One", "Bone Deep" in Student Choreographers' Showcase, Mazurka and Waltz in "Coppelía". "Respighi Transitions," Marzipan in Just Desserts 2025, Polonaise in "Sleeping Beauty" in Dance Works 2026.

Mia Neslanovic 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker Act II, Friends in Coppelia, Corp in Esmeralda, "Antique Music/Current Styles" (Thomas Bell), "it's not the breaths we take..." (Shauna Steele), Angelfish in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker (Academy of International Ballet), Lilac Fairy in Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty (Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory).

Livia Noorollah 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Overland Park, Kansas

At CCM: Student Choreographers' Showcase, Just Desserts. Elsewhere: Choreographer for Open Stage at The White Theatre at The J.

Caralena Ondre 
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: 'Flower Corp Act II; the Nutcracker' restaged by Deride Carberry, 'Respighi Transitions' by Thomas Bell.

Grace Ortega 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: Macarons in The Nutcracker, Spinners in Coppelia, Soloist in X by Joshua Stayton, Ensemble in Stretto, by Matthew Farmer, Pas de Quatre in La Bayadere, Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the Flowers, Still Waters, The One You Feed, and Carmina Burana, Corps de Ballet in Raymonda. Elsewhere: Featured dancer in Almost There by Hee Ra Yoo for the SDP International Festival (Seoul, South Korea). Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, and Corps de Ballet and Cygnets in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).

Keenan Pennington 
Sophomore Ballet student from Little Elm, Texas

At CCM: Choreographer for Aurora Borealis (Student Choreographers’ Showcase 2021). Elsewhere: Pas de Quatre, Paquita, Coppelia, Swan Lake Pas de Trois, Elite Syncopations, Death and a Maiden (Jiang Qi), Shades of Green (Rae Dougherty), The Dream (Amanda Kenner).

Isabelle Pfleger 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Cape Cod, Massachusetts

At CCM: Sapphire in Sleeping Beauty, Tea, snowflake and flowers in Just Desserts, Spinner and Waltz of the Hours in Coppelia, Antique Music in Dance Works, Ship Captain and Courtier in Little Mermaid.

Hannah Pruiett 
Sophomore Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio

At CCM: The Ideal of Love by Hazel Alexander, Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid by Gracie Zamiska. Elsewhere: Company in Beauty and the Beast, The Nutcracker, La Bayadére (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School).

Sylvia Quinio 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky 

At CCM: Marzipan in Nutcracker, Alicia Davis’ Phrases Unfold, Spinners in Coppélia, Lead in Joshua’s Stayton’s X, Matthew Farmer’s Stretto, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, soloist in Shauna Steele’s Carmina Burana, soloist in Shauna Steele’s it’s not the breaths we take, Lise Understudy in Peter Davidson’s An American in Paris.

Kyle Rabey 
Senior Ballet BFA student from Livonia, Michigan

At CCM: Dance Works (including Flames of Paris excerpts), Coppélia (Franz's Friends), and Just Desserts (Cavalier).

Isabella Ramsey
Freshman Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio

Elsewhere: Snow Princess, Dewdrop and Spanish in The Nutcracker with Toledo Ballet (Toledo, Ohio).

Rosemary Scarpelli 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Libertyville, Illinois

At CCM: Choreographer for “Beyond the Words,” Dancer in “Inhibitions” (Student Choreographer’s Showcase), “The One You Feed,” “Antique Music/Current Styles,” “Stretto,” Waltz of the Hours and Mazurka in Coppelia, Toffee and Waltz of the Snowflakes in Just Desserts.

Gemma Smith 
Sophomore Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Home-made, home-made! (But aren’t we all?) by Sydney D’Orso, The Unforgotten by Mandi Weitz Elsewhere: Summer intensives at Cincinnati Bellet, Oregon Ballet, BalletMet.

Elizabeth Tanner 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Glen Ellyn, Illinois 

At CCM: White Cat in Sleeping Beauty, Snow Corp and Spanish in The Nutcracker, “A Temporary Existence”, Mazurka Lead and Spinner in Coppélia, “Endless Motion”, “X”, Corps de ballet in The Little Mermaid, “Carmina Burana”, “The Hands That Hold Us Back”, “How Deep Is a Soul?”, “it’s not the breaths we take”, Corps de ballet in La Esmeralda. Elsewhere: Leads and Corp in “The Nutcracker”, “Giselle”, “Don Quixote”, “Etudes” (Westmont and Glen Ellyn, IL).

Madeline Tinkler
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio

At CCM: “Beneath the Rain” by Leighton Calfee, Respeighi Transitions by professor Thomas bell, Flowers in The Nutcracker. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker, Edward Liiangs Alice, Shades corps de ballet in La Bayadare at BalletMet.

Isabella Thoroughman 
Senior BFA Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky

At CCM: Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabele Elefson, Dew Drop in Deirdre Carberry's The Nutcracker, a Friend in Coppelia, and Pas de Quatre in La Bayadere.

Ying Ying Tong
Sophomore Ballet student from Hong Kong, China

At CCM: Lead in In the Beginning, Peasant Pas de Trois in Giselle, Falling Upwards, Corps de Ballet in Paquita. Elsewhere: Odile in Swan Lake, Esmeralda in Esmeralda Excerpt, Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen in The Nutcracker (Interlochen, Michigan).

Anjali Vadlamudi 
Freshman Ballet student from Ann Arbor, Michigan

At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…,” and “Complicated Grieving.” Elsewhere: “Assemblage,” The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sleeping Beauty, Five Dancing Princesses, Coppélia, and Giselle with Ballet Chelsea (Chelsea, Michigan).

Serena van der Hulst 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from West Hartford, Connecticut

At CCM: Marzipan and Snowflake Corps in Just Desserts, Echoes of Will, Entity One, Who is She?, and Beyond the Words in the Student Choreographers Showcase, Mazurka and Waltz of the Hours Corps in Coppelia, “X” by Joshua Stayton in Danceworks.

Charlotte Van Dyke 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Carmel, Indiana

At CCM: "X" by Joshua Stayton, and "La Bayadere," in Dance Works 2024, "Tyne," "Endless Motion," and "Entity One" in Student Choreographer's Showcase, Waltz and Mazurka in "Coppelía," Tea, Flowers, "Respighi Transitions" in "Just Desserts," Ruby in "Sleeping Beauty" in Dance Works 2025.

Dominic Vennemann 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Taylor Mill, Kentucky

At CCM: Dance Works, Student Choreographer’s Showcase, Coppelia, “The One Who Feeds” “Antique Music”, “Beyond the Words”, corp for Mazurka, Czardas, Spinners. Elsewhere: Dancer at Studio Dee (Fort Wright, Kentucky).

Summer Warfield
Freshman Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Autumn tree, Flower in "Just Desserts."

Maddie Weber 
Senior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois

At CCM: Friend in Coppelia, Lily in Vincent Iris & The Starry Night, Peppermint and Snow in Just Desserts, Soloist in It's Not The Breaths We Take, Corps de Ballet in Fairies, Swans and Still Waters. Elsewhere: Dancer in Trio in Fractured Realm at Seoul Performing Arts Festival (Seoul, South Korea), soloist in Tarantella and Tabula Rasa at DAP festival (Pietrasanta, Italy).

Caitlyn Wehner 
Junior BFA Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio

At CCM: The Mermaid in Little Mermaid, Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in "Still Waters", Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and "Mozart Mix.” Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet "Walpurgisnacht" at Cincinnati Ballets Professional Training Division, “Spectrum on Broadway” at Joffrey Ballet School (New York City).

Antonio White
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Principal roles in Emeralda, La Bayadere, Coppellia, Giselle and Nutcracker. Elsewhere: Danced and performed in spring productions with Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts and Dela Dance Center.

Ashley Zimmer 
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Springboro, Ohio

At CCM: Dewdrop fairy in Just Desserts, Pas de deux in Echoes of Will, soloist in Every Leaf Speaks Bliss To Me, Fluttering From The Autumn Tree, Featured dancer in BOOM, Mazurka and Waltz of The Hours in Coppélia, Ensemble in The One You Feed and X.

Arden Allmon 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

At CCM: Annabeth in The Lightning Thief, Helen in Wonderful Town, Swing in Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Chastity (u/s Erma) in Anything Goes at The Carnegie, Bird Girl 2 (u/s Gertrude) in Seussical at The Carnegie, Dotty in Trouble in Hunky Dory at Pickleville Playhouse, Swing in Joseph…Dreamcoat at Pickleville Playhouse

Joey Baciocco 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Folsom, California

At CCM: The Cat in The Hat in Seussical, Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Anything Goes, Chiron/ Ensemble in The Lightning Thief, and Mr. Appopolous in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz and Sasha in Fiddler on The Roof (Shenandoah Summer Music Theater), Issachar in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Willy in Trouble in Hunky Dory (Pickleville Playhouse).

Grace Baker  
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Sweet Charity (swing), Wonderful Town (ensemble u/s Eileen), Seussical (swing). Elsewhere: Grease (Jan) at The Carnegie.

Andy Bakun 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Beaverton, Oregon

At CCM: Boy in Shards Of An Honor Code Junkie, Margaret Mead/Tribe in HAIR, Frank Lippencott in Wonderful Town, Ensemble in Sweet Charity, Swing in Something Rotten, Swing in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Davey in Newsies (MT Wichita).

Ryan Behan 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

At CCM: Arpad in She Loves Me, Raccoon in Cinderella. Elsewhere: Ren McCormack in Footloose at Prescott Park Arts Festival (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Mark Anthony in A Chorus Line at The Palace Theatre (Manchester, New Hampshire) and The Seacoast Repertory Theatre (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Olaf in Frozen at The Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, Maine).

Maddie Belanoff (she/her) 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bethesda, Maryland

Elsewhere: Hope Cladwell in Urinetown at and Rusty in Footloose at The Theatre Lab (Washington, D.C.), Ellie Blake in Freaky Friday at Imagination Stage (Bethesda, Maryland).

Gabby Beredo (she/her) 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Bayonne, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Pepper in Annie at PaperMill Playhouse (Millburn, New Jersey), Lavender in Matilda the Musical (National Tour).

Vex Blocker 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Acworth, Goergia

Hannah Bourgeois 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

At CCM: Mouth in In the Green, Tower Power in Sweet Charity, Man 1 in “Songs for a New World” (independent study concert). Elsewhere: Caterpillar 2 in Alice by Heart (UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble), Rewind Cathy in The Last Five Years.

Ranease Brown 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Bridgeport, Connecticut

At CCM: Swing for Jazz Nutcracker and Something Rotten!. Elsewhere: Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Bombalurina in CATS with Music Theatre Wichita (Wichita, Kansas), Princess Acrimonia in Princess and Frog with The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio), Mimi in Rent with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

Grace Capeless 
Senior Musical Theatre student from Teaneck, New Jersey

At CCM: Fandango Dancer/Charity u/s in Sweet Charity, Ensemble/Asaka u/s in Once On This Island, Dancer in Nutcracker Swing, 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Kimberly Akimbo (First National Tour), Disney’s The Lion King (Broadway), Matilda (Broadway), A Christmas Story (OBC), Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Dominic Carroll  
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Chelmsford, Massachusetts

At CCM: Ensemble/Appopolous/Wreck understudy in Wonderful Town, Wickersham 2 and General Genghis Khan Schmitz in Seussical (co-production with The Carnegie), Dancer in BOOM!. Elsewhere: Tulsa in Gypsy and Florizell in The Winter's Tale at Scranton Shakespeare Festival (Scranton, Pennsylvania).

Monique Churchill  
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Stockton, California

At CCM: Gertrude McFuzz “Seussical”, Eye/Volmar “In The Green”, Alice Spencer “Alice By Heart”, ensemble “30 Years of Stephen Flaherty” at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Kathy Selden “Singin’ in the Rain” at SSMT, Sandy Dumbrowski “Grease”, Lauren “Kinky Boots” at The Carnegie

Kage Cliburn 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Hernando, Mississippi

Elsewhere: The Little Mermaid (The Muny), The Prom, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Wizard of Oz (Playhouse on the Square), SpongeBob SquarePants in The SpongeBob SquarePants Musical, Jesse Tuck in Tuck Everlasting, and Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can.

Maxwell Cohen 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Miami Beach, Florida

Jeffrey Cornelius (he/him) 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi

Elsewhere: Daniel in Once on this Island, Kristoff in Frozen, and Aladdin in Aladdin.

Annie Dauk 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Louisville, Kentucky

At CCM: Angel/Purity understudy/Hope in Anything Goes, Thalia/Ensemble in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, Ensemble/Helen understudy in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Ensemble in Singing in the Rain (SSMT), Marian in The Music Man (Trinity DOTA), Hope Cladwell in Urinetown (YPAS).

Josh Devine 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Palmetto, Florida

At CCM: Tribe/Berger understudy in Hair, Officer Lonigan in Wonderful Town, Ensemble/Herman understudy in Sweet Charity, Ensemble in Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Swing in Mythic at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Wickersham 1/The Grinch in Seussical at the Carnegie, Kenickie in Grease, Asher in Joseph, Hortensio/u/s Bill in Kiss Me Kate, Ensemble in Wedding Singer at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts.

Ellie Eisele 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Kansas City, Kansas 

At CCM: Girl in Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, Ensemble in Sweeney Todd, Tribe in Hair, Ensemble in Wonderful Town, Swing in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Alyssa Greene in The Prom at MTKC Pro (Kansas City, Kansas) Featured Dancer in My Fair Lady at Theatre in the Park (Shawnee, Kansas).

Hannah Ervin
Senior Musical Theatre student from Minneapolis, Minnesota

At CCM: Sheila Franklin in HAIR, Aunt March in Little Women. Elsewhere: RUTKA at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, Arista in The Little Mermaid, and Tina/Ensemble in Escape to Margaritaville at Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts. Zaneeta Shinn in The Music Man at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. Tina/Ensemble in Escape to Margaritaville at the Old Log Theatre.

Julianne Ferguson 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Stansbury Park, Utah

Elsewhere: Cinderella in Into the Woods, Beth March in Little Women, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Ross in Macbeth with Tooele Valley Theatre (Tooele, Utah), Katherine Howard in Six (Teen Edition) with Courage Theatre (West Valley, Utah), Esther Whitfield in Farewell to Eden with Prospero Arts Theatre (Ogden, Utah).

Zach "Zoo" Finkelstein 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Elsewhere: The Bodyguard (Broward Center for Performing Arts), BAA Off-Broadway Showcase, The Addams Family (Western High School).

Caira Fisher-Rogers 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Columbus Ohio

At CCM: The Lightning Thief. Elsewhere: The Color Purple at The Carnegie Theatre, Pamela in Head Over Heels at ITF, and Ensemble in Ragtime at Columbus Children's Theatre

Wesley Geary 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Tucson, Arizona

At CCM: Swing in The Lightening Thief. Elsewhere: Tin Man in Wizard of Oz at Saguaro City Music Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), Voice of Audrey II with Saguaro City Music Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), Angel in Kinky Boots with Paradise Valley Community College (Phoenix, Arizona), Robin in Pooh at Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), Choir Boy in Tosca with Arizona Opera Company (Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona).

Nick Gundrum  
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio

At CCM: Anthony in Sweeney Todd, Ensemble in And the World Goes 'Round, Mayor/Wickersham in Seussical, The Wreck/dance captain in Wonderful Town, Sea King in Little Mermaid, Dancer in Nutcracker Swing, Frug Trio/Ensemble in Sweet Charity, Swing in R&H Cinderella, and Ensemble in Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Ensemble/asst. dance captain in Mamma Mia! with Theatre Aspen. Ensemble/dance captain in Fiddler on the Roof, Ensemble in Memphis, and Ensemble in The Sound of Music with The Lexington Theatre Company. Billy Crocker in Anything Goes with Black Rock Theater (Fairfield, Connecticut).

Jack Haroutunian 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Billerica, Massachusetts 

At CCM: Luke/Ares/Dance Captain/Fight Captain/Grover understudy in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Ensemble/Margaret Mead understudy in Hair, Ensemble/Chick Clark understudy in Wonderful Town, Swing/Pir Singer in Seussical (Co-Production with The Carnegie), Featured Performer in BOOM, Tower Power in Sweet Charity.  Elsewhere: Roger in Grease (The Carnegie), Captain/Lord Evelyn Oakley understudy in Anything Goes (The Carnegie), Ensemble in Elf Jr. (TCT Cincinnati), Swing/Pit Singer in Seussical (The Carnegie).

Elizabeth Hall 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia

Elsewhere: Tricia/Pre-Professional Ensemble in The 50th Anniversary of a Chorus Line with City Springs Theatre Company (Sandy Springs, Georgia). 

Chris Hayes 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Las Vegas, Nevada

At CCM: Swing/Pit Singer in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Debut). Elsewhere: Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Chip Tolentino/Olives Dad in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Damian Hubbard in Mean Girls, The Wolf/Steward in Into the Woods, Dennis in All Shook Up (Dynamic Productions) Jack Kelly In Newsies, Simba in the Lion King (Broadway Kids Academy).

Jonathan Hobbs 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Ensemble and Hud understudy in Hair, Ensemble and Agwe understudy in Once on this Island. Elsewhere: Callum in Judith, Deliver Us with One Off Productions, Ensemble and Beast/Gaston understudy in Beauty and the Beast with The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.

Jordyn Jones 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Washington, D.C.

At CCM: Jutta in In The Green, Ensemble in Hair, Ensemble (Understudy Mama Euralie) in Once On This Island. Elsewhere: Celie in The Color Purple at The Carnegie.

Annika Jonker 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Fairfield, Connecticut

At CCM: Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty, Rosie, Ensemble, (Ursula understudy) in Sweet Charity, Violet, Ensemble in Wonderful Town, Clarisse, Mrs. Dodds, Ensemble, (Annabeth understudy) in The Lightning Thief, Virtue, Dance Captain in Anything Goes. Elsewhere: Susan & Others in Tick…Tick…BOOM!, Ensemble, (Janet understudy) in The Rocky Horror Show, Frenchy in Grease with The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Ensemble in Singin’ in the Rain with Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).

Edin Kebede 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from New Albany, Ohio

At CCM: Tribe, Sheila understudy in HAIR. Elsewhere: Joanne in RENT, Ensemble in 30 years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall.

Amelia Lamb (she/her) 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Rocky River, Ohio

Elsewhere: Ensemble in Ragtime in Concert with Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Joelle Lewis 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Los Angeles, California

At CCM: Medusa, Janis Joplin, Ensemble, Katie Gardner understudy in Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson Musical. Elsewhere: Cinderella in Into The Woods with Encore Entertainers (Los Angeles, California) Indy, Young Hannah and Ensemble in Trouble the Water with Theatricum Botanicum (Los Angeles, California), Fairy and Mustard Seed understudy in Midsummer Night’s Dream with Theatricum Botanicum (Los Angeles, California), Janet Van De Graaff in Drowsy Chaperone with Encore Entertainers (Los Angeles, California), Velma in Chicago with Encore Entertainers (Los Angeles, California).

Indya Lincicome 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Tallahassee, Florida

At CCM: 30 years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, Swing in Something Rotten!.

Peyton Kern  
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Cooksville, Maryland

At CCM: Marmee in Little Women.

Chloë Lezotte
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student from Bend, Oregon

At CCM: Jutta in In the Green, Swing in Little Women. Elsewhere:  Ilse in Spring Awakening at the Trentino Music Fesival (Mezzano, Italy), Cinderella in Into the Woods and Cosette in Les Miserables at Summit Musical Theatre (Bend, Oregon).

Elysa Matula 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Nashville, Tennesse

At CCM: Swing in Hair the Musical. Elsewhere: Munchkin, lullaby league in THE WIZARD OF OZ, at the Nashville Symphony (Nashville) Young Eponine in Le Mis at the Nashville Symphony (Nashville).

Carter Minor 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from New Albany, Ohio

At CCM: Swing in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: TJ in Sister Act, Urchin (Ronette) in Little Shop of Horrors, Otto/Moritz Understudy in Spring Awakening and Jack in Into the Woods with Short North Stage (Columbus, Ohio), Grover in Percy Jackson the Lightening Thief with Sticking Place Productions (Columbus, Ohio).

Erin Morton 
Junior Musical Theatre student from Jackson, Mississippi

At CCM: Shadow in In the Green, Ti Moune in Once on This Island, Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall, Constance in Ride the Cyclone (CCM Mosaic). Elsewhere: Caterpillar/Butterfly in Alice in Wonderland and Norma in Hands on a Hard Body at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors at New Stage Theatre (Jackson, Mississippi).

Anargha Pal 
Sophomore Musical Theatre student from Alpharetta, Georgia

At CCM: Understudy Vittorio Vidal in Sweet Charity, Singer in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty.

Gabriel Raskind 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Bellevue, Washington

At CCM: Swing in Sweet Charity.

Jack Ryan
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Weston, Florida

Elsewhere: 2025 Recipient of Florida's Carbonell Award, Arts for Life Award, and the Wick Theatre Talent Award.

Ayla Schwartz 
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Montclair, New Jersey

Elsewhere: Alice in Alice by Heart with Vanguard Theatre Company (Montclair, New Jersey), Eurydice in Hadestown with Vanguard Theatre Company (Montclair, New Jersey), Little Red in Into the Woods with the Patchogue Theatre (Patchogue, New York), Young Elsa in Frozen: The Broadway Musical (OBC).

Maya Sharma 
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Delray Beach, Florida

Elsewhere:  National High School Musical Theatre “Jimmy” Award finalist.

Sydney Short 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Wilmington, North Carolina

At CCM: Ensemble/Ruth understudy in Wonderful Town, Swing in Little Women. Elsewhere: Cheshire Cat in Alice by Heart (UC Mosaic Theatre Ensemble), Ensemble in Les Miserables at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri), Mayzie in Seussical at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky), Wendla in Spring Awakening, Rusty in Footloose, Rizzo in Grease at Opera House Theatre Company (Wilmington, North Carolina), Bebe Benzenheimer in A Chorus Line with the Thalian Association (Wilmington, North Carolina).

Griffin Simmons 
Junior BFA Musical Theatre student in Albertville, Alabama

At CCM: Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Sailor in Anything Goes, Tribe Member; Woof Understudy in HAIR, Ensemble; Frank/Officer Lonigan Understudy in Wonderful Town, Swing/Dance Captain in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Assistant Movement Coach for Clue: On Stage, Featured Dancer in BOOM! Elsewhere: Mingo in Crazy For You (Music Theatre Wichita), Mike (Newsie)/Morris Delancey in Newsies (Music Theatre Wichita), Ensemble; Ogie understudy (Music Theatre Wichita), Nigel/Dormouse/Dance Captain in UC Mosaic’s Alice By Heart.

Declan Smith 
Senior Musical Theatre student from West Hartford, Connecticut

At CCM: Melchior in Spring Awakening, Baker in Wonderful Town, Lord Clapham/Master of Justice in Something Rotten, Mr Laurence in Little Women, Swing in Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Ensemble in Bandstand (Playhouse on Park).

Abigayle Stokes 
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: Erma Latour in Anything Goes (Co-Production with The Carnegie), Swing in The World Goes Round & Swing in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Ensemble in 42nd Street, Ensemble in Joseph…Dreamcoat, Ensemble/Chava Understudy in Fiddler on the Roof, Featured Ensemble in Concert With the Stars, Soloist in Concert Under the Stars (The Lexington Theatre Company), Chorus in Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now! (National Tour Stop/Lexington Opera House) & Laurie in Brighton Beach Memoirs (AthensWest).

Nyla Thomas
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Cincinnati, Ohio

Matthew Williamson (he/him)  
Freshman BFA Musical Theatre student from Wilmette, Illinois

Elsewhere: Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors with Interlochen Shakespeare Festival (Interlochen, Michigan).

Way Wagoner
Junior Musical Theatre student from Loogootee, Indiana

At CCM: Character 7 in The World Goes 'Round, Shadow/Sigewize in In the Green, Swing in Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Cut Dancer/Tina in A Chorus Line with Footlite Musicals (Indianapolis, Indiana), Ensemble/Rudolpho in Matilda with Actors Community Theatre (Jasper, Indiana).

Sam Yousuf 
Senior BFA Musical Theatre student from Atlanta, Georgia

At CCM: Claude in Hair, Mitch Mahoney in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ensemble/Understudy Papa Ge in Once on This Island, Ensemble in Wonderful Town, and Ensemble in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall. Elsewhere: Seaweed in Hairspray at Theatre By the Sea, Ensemble/Gator Understudy in Memphis at The Lexington Theatre Company (Lexington, Kentucky).

Jameson Zoller  
Sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky

At CCM: Swing in Wonderful Town. Elsewhere: Gabe in Next to Normal with Ensemble Theatre, Featured Performer in Country Crossroads with Kings Island, Featured Tenor in Singin’ in the Rain with The Carnegie.

Carlos Ahrens  
First-year AD Opera student from Orlando, Florida

At CCM: Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,  Dr. Baglioni in La Hija de Rappacini, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, First Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: King of El Dorado/ Baron in Candide at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Trentino Music Festival (Trentino, Italy), Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man at Charlottesville Opera (Charlottesville, Virginia).

Ahhyun Baek 
Second-year AD Opera student from Seoul, South Korea

At CCM: Titania in A Midsummer Night‘s Dream, Frantik in The Cunning Little Vixen, Sister Valentine in Dialogues des Carmelites.

Sabina Balsamo 
First year DMA Voice student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Ada in Cold Mountain excerpts in the Higdon Festival, Mamselle in Sleepers Awake with OF:NW. Elsewhere: Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera Fort Collins), Margery Mansfield in Welcome to the Madness (Opera Steamboat), Angustias in The House of Bernarda Alba (Cleveland Opera Theater), Rose in At the Statue of Venus, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Boulder Opera), Clara in It’s a Wonderful Life, Governess in The Turn of the Screw (Eklund Opera).

Kade Bennett  
Second-year MM Voice student from Mapleton, Utah

At CCM: Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Marcello in La Bohème at Mediterranean Opera Studio & Festival (Sicily, Italy) and Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah), Vater in Hänsel und Gretel at Utah Valley University, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at Utah Valley OperaFest (Provo, Utah).

Jack Bunch 
Sophomore BM Voice student from Loveland, Ohio

At CCM: Sandman in Hänsel Und Gretel.

Levi Capesius 
Second-year MM Voice student from Algona, Iowa

At CCM: Billy in Mahagonny Songspiel, Le Fils (The Son) in Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Le Journaliste in Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Ensemble in Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Francis Flute (Thisby) in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: Jew #2 in Salome with Cincinnati Opera, Ensemble Tenor in Sleepers Awake with Cincinnati Opera Fusion: New Works, Don Basilio and Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro with Northern Lights Music Festival Opera (Minnesota), Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus with Lyric Opera of the North, and Speed Dater #12 in Speed Dating Tonight with Lyric Opera of the North (Minnesota).

Caroline Carter 
Second-year MM Voice student from Dallas, Texas

At CCM: Bessie in Mahagonny Songspiel, Dorothée in Cendrillon, Margravine/Clementia/Voice of Living Light in Hildegard (Opera Fusion). Elsewhere: Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Canto Vocal Programs (Herndon, VA), Mrs. Herring in Albert Herring with Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH), Ernestina in L’occasione fa il ladro with Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, OH).

Sofiya Chvojka 
Freshman BM Voice student from Morinville, Alberta, Canada

At CCM: Clori in L’Egisto, Ensemble in Hansel und Gretel.

Natalie Corrigan
First-year MM Voice student from Novi, Michigan

At CCM: Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte), Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Opera d’Arte) Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera d’Arte), Dritter Knabe in Die Zauberflöte (Opera d’Arte) and Soeur Antoine in Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Mother Goose (cv) in The Rake's Progress and Ruthie/Shamana 1 in The House on Mango Street at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Bradamante in Alcina, L’Ecureuil in L’Enfant et les sortilèges and La Badessa in Suor Angelica at Chautauqua Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York).

Yi Ding 
First-year DMA Voice student from Kaifeng, China

At CCM: Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: The First Lady in The Magic Flute with Metauro Opera (Columbus, Ohio), Tirésias in Les Mamelles des Tirésias, Blanche de la Force in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, First wood sprite in Rusalka with Peabody Institute (Baltimore, Maryland), Mimì in La Bohème, Gianetta in L'Elisir d'Amore with China Conservatory of Music (Beijing, China).

Gretha Fergus 
Sophomore Vocal Performance student from Wallingford, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Pinellino in Gianni Schicci and Greek Chorus in Dido and Aeneas.

Edward Ferran 
First-year MM Voice student from Kalamazoo, Michigan 

At CCM: Herald in Cendrillon, Chorus/Beadle/Pirelli (Cover) in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Squinky in The House on Mango Street at The Glimmerglass Festival, Nemorino (cover) in L'elisir d'amore at Charlottesville Opera, Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man at Charlottesville Opera, Ferrando in Così fan tutte at New England Conservatory of Music, Arthur (cover) in Die Juxheirat with Ohio Light Opera, Count von Asterberg/ Hugo Detlef (cover) with Ohio Light Opera, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus at New England Conservatory of Music.

Stella FitzGerald 
Second-year MM Voice student from Austin, Texas

At CCM: Prince Charmant in Cendrillon, Presendia in Dark Sisters. Elsewhere: Lucrezia in Lucrezia and Chorus in Don Giovanni at Music Academy of the West, Nancy in Albert Herring with Chicago Summer Opera, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel at Miami Music Festival.

Junyue Gong 
Second-year AD Opera student from Chengdu, China

At CCM: Madame de la Haltière in Cendrillon, Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Bianca in The rape of Lucretia, Hippolyta in A midsummer night’s dream. Elsewhere: Carmen in Carmen with Opera in the Ozarks, Chorus in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera, 3rd Spirit in Magic Flute with Queen City Opera, Chorus in  Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera.

Andrew Hallam 
First-year AD Opera student from Detroit, Michigan

At CCM: Jimmy in Mahagonny, Le Roi in Cendrillon, Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nardo in La finta giardiniera, Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Actor 8 in All is Calm (Kentucky Opera), Ibn-Hakia in Iolanta (Queen City Opera), Mr. Baron in Lincoln in the Bardo (Opera Fusion: New Works).

Harrison Hancock 
Second-year MM Voice student from Lexington, Kentucky

At CCM: King in Dark Sisters, Soloist in Ein Deutsches Requiem. Elsewhere: Chorus in Der Fliegende Holländer at Des Moines Metro Opera, Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni at University of Kentucky Opera Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky) Elder McLean in Susannah at UKOT, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Utah Vocal Arts (Orem, Utah) Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with UKOT.

Tanya Harris 
First-year AD Opera student from Salinas, California

At CCM: Eliza in Dark Sisters, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Jeannette in L’amant anonyme, Chorus in Le nozze di Figaro, Yvette in La rondine. Elsewhere: Annina in La Traviata and Chorus in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Chorus in Porgy and Bess with Des Moines Opera (Indianola, Iowa).

Alex Herron
Junior BFA Voice student from East Hampstead, New Hampshire

At CCM: Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro and Macheath in The Beggar’s Opera with Hofstra Opera Theater (Long Island, New York).

Sydney Horan 
Junior BM Music Education and Voice student from West Palm Beach, Florida

At CCM: Gheradino and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas,  Flower girl and Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte).

Elaina Hill 
Sophomore BM Voice student from Dallas, Texas

At CCM: Chorus in Hansel und Gretel. 

Cameron Howard 
First-year MM Voice student from Irvington, Kentucky

Elsewhere: Little Bat in Susannah, Sandmann in Hänsel und Gretel and Ezekiel Cheever in The Crucible with University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, Le petit vieillard in L'enfant et les sortilèges with Chautauqua Opera Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York).

Matthew Juhlin 
First-year MM Voice student from St. Louis, Missouri

At CCM: Le Surintendant des plaisirs in Cendrillon, and covering Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: The Pilot in The Little Prince, Top in The Tenderland, Don Pizarro in Fidelio, Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Chorus in Pagliacci with Ozarks Lyric Opera (Springfield, Missouri). Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore, Chorus in Cendrillon, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, and Simone in Gianni Schicchi with Missouri State University Opera (Springfield, Missouri).

Donghoon Kang 
First-year DMA Voice student from Seoul, Korea.

Elsewhere: Schaunard in La Bohème with Opera Orlando, Angelotti in Tosca with Glimmerglass Festival, Leporello in Don Giovanni with Merola Opera, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore with Hansol Music (New York), Vodník in Rusalka, Der Tod in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Capulét in Roméo et Juliette, Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Manhattan School of Music, Nicandro in Atalanta, Herr Reich in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor with Juilliard.

Madison Kavanaugh 
First-year MM Voice student from Bossier City, Louisiana

Elsewhere: Madame de Croissy (Cover) in Dialogues des Carmelites at Wolf Trap Opera, Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro at Wolf Trap Opera, Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte at the Turner-Fischer Center for Opera, Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the Turner-Fischer Center for Opera

Olivia Knutsen 
First-year DMA Voice student from Brooklyn, New York

At CCM: Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Flower in Rappaccini's Daughter, Sister Anne of the Cross in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Monica in The Medium and Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).

Seoyong Lee 
Second-year DMA Voice student from Seoul, South Korea

At CCM: Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Harasta in The Cunning Little Vixen, Ginger Chap in Lincoln in the Bardo (Fusion). Elsewhere: Colline in La Bohème, Vollman in Lincoln in the Bardo, Pepito in Pepito at Chautauqua Opera (Chautauqua, New York), Woodcutter in In a Grove at Northwestern University Opera Theatre (Evanston, Illinois), Death in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Puppet Master in Postcard from Morocco, Jimmy in Mahagonny Songspiel at Eastman School of Music (Rochester, New York).

Lucas Maceroni 
Senior BM Voice student from Royal Oak, Michigan

At CCM: Chorus in Dido & Aneas, Maestro Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicchi, Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro, Vater in Hänsel und Gretel, Hipparco in L’Egisto.

Ethan Maher 
Freshman BM Voice student from Endicott, New York

Natalie Marshall  
Sophomore BFA Voice student from Reading, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Hansel und Gretel.

Zoë Meier-Juhlin 
First year MM Voice student from St. Louis, Missouri 

At CCM: Spirit No. 1/Chorus in Cendrillon, Johanna in Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Laurie Moss in The Tenderland with Ozarks Lyric Opera, Chorus in The Little Prince with Ozarks Lyric Opera, Rose in Ruddigore with Missouri State University Opera, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Ozarks Lyric Opera, Noreen Horan in Doubt with Union Avenue Opera.

Léa Nayak 
Second-year MM Voice student from San Francisco, California

At CCM: Lucinda in Dark Sisters, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Belinda in Dido & Aeneas, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld. Elsewhere: The Jay in The Cunning Little Vixen (DMMO), Chorus in Der fliegende Holländer (DMMO), Chorus in Il barbiere di Siviglia (DMMO), Le feu in L’enfant et les sortilèges (Chautauqua Opera Conservatory).

Jack O'Leary   
First-year MM Voice student from Havertown, Pennsylvania

At CCM: Gendarme in Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Elsewhere: Ensemble and Harry Higgins Cover in My Fair Lady with Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, NY), Arpad Laszlo in She Loves Me with Opera Saratoga, Russell Paxton/Ringmaster in Lady in the Dark with the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory (Chautauqua, NY), Capitán in Florencia en el Amazonas with Eastman Opera Theatre (Rochester, NY).

Carlos Pagan Vazquez
Freshman BFA Voice student from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico

Samantha Pape
Junior BM Voice student from Houston, Texas

At CCM: Climene in L'Egisto, Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi, Chorus in Dido and Aeneas and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Chorus in Cincinnati Opera’s production of Tosca, Carleen in scenes from A Nearer Mother, presented by the CoOPERAtive Intensive at Westminster Choir College.

Ian Pathak  
First-year MM Voice student from Springfield, Virginia

At CCM: Podestà in La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Ferrando (cover) in Così fan tutte and Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls with Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, New York), Schoolteacher in The Pigeon Keeper, Mercure in Orphée aux enfers, Willie in Hobson's Choice, and Schoolmaster/Mosquito in The Cunning Little Vixen with University of Michigan Opera (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Bogdanovitch in The Merry Widow with Toledo Opera (Toledo, Ohio), and Chorus in Aida in Concert with Detroit Opera (Detroit, Michigan).

Søren Pedersen
First-year AD Opera student from San Diego, California.

At CCM: Tarquinius (The Rape of Lucretia), Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Rappaccini (Rappaccini’s Daughter), and Le Mari (Les Mamelles de Tirésias). Elsewhere: Schaunard in La Bohème with San Diego Opera, Soloist in Handel's Messiah with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Clara Reeves 
First-year AD Opera student from Greenville, North Carolina

At CCM: Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lišák (Fox Gold-Stripe) in Cunning Little Vixen, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere: Slave in Salome with Cincinnati Opera, Countess Almaviva CV in Le nozze di Figaro, Madame Lidoine CV in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Mimì CV in La bohème with Wolf Trap Opera

Alan Rendzak 
Second-year MM Voice student from Wildwood Crest, New Jersey

At CCM: Inman in scenes from Cold Mountain (Jennifer Higdon). Elsewhere: Morales in Carmen at Northern Kentucky University, Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi at Opera Lucca, Vicar in Albert Herring at Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, OH), and Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro at Prague Summer Nights (Prague, CZ).

Eric Riedel 
First-year MM Voice student from Bethel, Ohio

At CCM: Snout (Wall) in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: Paul in Paul's Case at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Monsieur Vogelsang in The Impresario at Miami University (Oxford), Neos in The Seven Sisters at Miami University (Oxford), Fabrizio Nacarelli in The Light in the Piazza at Miami University (Oxford).

Sarah Rosales 
First-year MM Voice student from Cedar Rapids, Indiana

Elsewhere: Ensemble in The Barber of Seville, Isabella Stewart Gardner (cover) in American Apollo at Des Moines Metro Opera, Alicía in The House on Mango Street and Ensemble in The Rake’s Progress at The Glimmerglass Festival, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at Cedar Rapids Opera.

Will Ryan 
First-year Artist Diploma Opera student from Brentwood, Tennessee

At CCM: Hařasta in The Cunning Little Vixen, Officer in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Bartolo (cover) in Le Nozze di Figaro at Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Sarastro in The Magic Flute at University of Tennessee Opera Theatre (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Flora’s Servant in La Traviata at Cincinnati Opera.

Kayla Sconiers 
Second-year MM Voice student from Lakeland, Florida

At CCM: Dorothée in Cendrillon, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Elsewhere: Anne in To Hell and Back, Oberto in Alcina, Paula (cover) in Florencia en el Amazonas at Eastman Opera Theatre (Rochester, New York), Studio Artist at Music Academy of the West.

Morgan Small 
First-year AD Opera student from Highland Park, Illinois

At CCM: Thérèse/Tirésias in Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, Jay/Rooster in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: La Fée in Cendrillon, Adina (cover) in L’elisir d’amore both with Brevard Janiec Opera Company (Brevard, North Carolina), Anna in The Post Office with Cincinnati Opera Fusion: New Works, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Cunegonde in Candide, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel all with Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), and Oberto in Alcina with Saluzzo Opera Academy (Saluzzo, Italy).

Calista Smith 
First-year MM Voice student from Houston, Texas

Elsewhere: Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, ‘German woman’ in Jimmy Lopez’s Bel Canto, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Oberto in Alcina, Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, and as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Mass in C Major. Smith won an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition and the American Opera Society of Chicago Award in honor of Joyce Van Cura.

Vivien Stringfellow 
First-year MM Voice student from Stow, Massachusetts

Elsewhere: Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice, Mad Margaret in Ruddigore, Captain Frands von Frauenliebe in The Beautiful Bridegroom, Wheelwright/Wolf in Les Malheurs d’Orphée and in the ensemble of Die Zauberflöte, La belle Hélène, and La Traviata.

Sydney Sorbet 
Second-year MM Voice student from Convington, Louisiana

At CCM: Prince in Cendrillon, Ruth in Dark Sisters. Elsewhere: Woodpecker in The Cunning Little Vixen (Des Moines Metro Opera), Mother/Giant’s Wife in Jack and the Beanstalk (Opera Louisiane), Nettie Fowler in Carousel (LSU Opera), Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte (LSU Opera), Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea (Red River Lyric Opera), and La Badessa in Suor Angelica (Music on Site, Inc.).

Noyi Soto-Anglade 
Sophomore BM Voice student from Lakewood, Colorado

At CCM: Chorus in Hänsel und Gretel. Elsewhere: Spirit in Die Zauberflöte at Boulder Opera (Boulder, Colorado)

Sara Springett
Freshman BM Voice student from Spring, Texas

At CCM: Clori in L'Egisto. Elsewhere: Noble Page in Tannhäuser at the Houston Grand Opera.

Nia Spaulding 
Second-year MM Voice tudent from Berkeley, California

At CCM: Public Opinion in Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld” (Opera d’arte), Zita in Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” (Opera d’arte), 2nd Witch in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” (Opera d’arte), Contessa in Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” (Opera d’arte), Arminda in Mozart’s “La finta Giardiniera,” Noémie in Massenet’s “Cendrillon,” Soprano soloist in Brahm’s “Ein deutsches Requiem.”  

Ariana Troxell-Layton 
Second-year MM Voice student from Kuna, Idaho

At CCM: Lucinda in Dark Sisters by Nico Muhly. Elsewhere: Marie in Cendrillon by Viardot (Manhattan School of Music), Nerone in L'incoronazione di Poppea (Manhattan School of Music).

Alea Louise Vernon
First-year MM Voice student from New Haven, Connecticut

At CCM: Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel (Undergraduate Opera d’Arte), Cobweb in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Eurydice in Orpheus in The Underworld (Opera d’Arte), Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte (Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati, Ohio) Adele in Die Fledermaus at Berlin Opera Academy (Berlin, Germany).

Leah Yackanech 
Senior BM Voice student from Rockville, Maryland

At CCM: Taumann in Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck. Elsewhere: Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Metauro Opera), Music On Site, Scenes, Chorworks Young Artist Program Scenes.

Clark Xiong 
Junior BM Voice student from Shanghai, China

At CCM: Sandman in Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck.