Bright Star by Edie Brickell & Steve Martin

Otterbein University (Westerville, OH), 2023

Unique Elements:

  • Entire production moved from 1,000 seat proscenium style theatre to 240 seat black box 3/4 thrust stage at the start of rehearsal period due to massive flood of proscenium theatre. Full show was redesigned to fit our new performance space and performance dates added to accommodate seating our subscribing audience.

  • Facilitated putting in two unplanned swings after a cast member broke their foot during performances. Added in rehearsals and coordinated meals.

  • Coordinated over hire workers for scenic and costume builds.

DIRECTOR: DAVID HEMSLEY CALDWELL

SCENIC DESIGN: ISAAC RAMSEY

COSTUME DESIGN: ANNA GRYWALSKI

LIGHTING DESIGN: TJ GERCKENS

SOUND DESIGN: KITTY MADER

STAGE MANAGER: ALEX MUNZKE

PHOTO: ISAAC RAMSEY

I, Too, Sing America parts 2 & 3

Opera Project Columbus (Columbus, OH), 2023

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATOR: ED BAK

FEATURING: DIONE PARKER BENNET, SOPRANO; CALVIN GRIFFIN, BASS-BARITONE; JUSTIN T. SWAIN, BARITONE; ED BAK, PIANIST; DR. TONI SMITH, NARRATORRR

PROFESSIONAL RECORDING: SPYROLL STUDIOS

PERFORMED AND RECORDED AT THE LINCOLN THEATRE (COLUMBUS, OH)

PHOTO: STILL IMAGE FROM SPYROLL STUDIOS RECORDING

Unique Elements:

  • Event style production focusing on rediscovering the opera music created by composers of color - Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Shirley Graham Du Bois.

  • The show was professionally recorded by Spyroll Studios and released in parts 2 & 3 on YouTube. The Show will air PBS in summer 2023.

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Dance Concert 2022: Find Me in the Shadows by Stella Kane & Emily Baggarly

Otterbein University (Westerville, OH), 2022

Unique Elements:

  • This is the first dance concert produced by Otterbein University that was originally conceived by a student and to be choreographed by our Choreography II Class.

  • We hired an outside stage manager and alum, Sarah Short to stage manage this production and lead two first year freshmen on their first Assistant Stage Management roles.

  • This production required extensive work with shadows. The entire cast of characters had a “shadow'“ version who would dance upstage of the cyc to represent their inner psyche.

CONCERT CONCEIVED BY: EMILY BAGGARLY

CHOREOGRAPHERS: RACHEL ALLEN, BRITTANY KOSCINSKI, BRADLEY MINARD, KATE MANIUSZKO, VICTORIA MESA

SCENIC DEISGN: ISAAC RAMSEY, MATT KNERR

COSTUME DESIGN: REBECCA WHITE, KATE LARSON

LIGHTING DESIGN: TJ GERCKENS, LUCA FRAGIOTTA, SAGE WUERTZER

SOUND DESIGN: KITTY MADER

STAGE MANAGER: SARAH SHORT

PHOTO: ISAAC RAMSEY

Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer

Otterbein University (Westerville, OH), 2022

DIRECTOR: DR. AVIVA NEFF

SCENIC DESIGN: STEPHANIE GERCKENS

COSTUME DESIGN: MORGAN JOYNER

LIGHTING DESIGN: ANNA WEHRMANN

SOUND DESIGN: KITTY MADER

STAGE MANAGER: LIBBY CARROLL

PHOTO: JOHN HULKENBERG

Unique Elements:

  • First production in our Campus Center Theatre after a lobby renovation that caused the theatre to be unusable, right up until load in.

  • A majority of the design and production team was lead by students including a first time stage manager and assistant stage manager.

  • Extensive gags, fight moments, and intimate moments