If you had the chance to see Big River this summer, we're sure you'll agree it was one of our finest productions. Great music, great cast, and a truly wonderful theatrical event.
Kudos to John Shearin (Director), Tommi Overcash Galaska (Associate Director), Robert C. Alpers (Scenic Designer), Jeffery Phipps (Costume Designer), Jay Herzog (Lighting Designer), Brian P. Smith (Sound Designer), Jonathan Sitton (Music Director), Scott Carter (Orchestra Director/Conductor), Reid Parker (Technical Director), and Jeni L. Parker (Paint Charge). Special thanks also to Dawn M. Choate (Stage Manger) and Jamie Makley (Company Manager).
Additional kudos to our Equity Guest Artists Kenneth Cavett (Pap Finn), A'Lisa Miles (Alice), and Tyrone Robinson (Jim). We thank our other visiting cast members David Aston-Reese (The King), Cameron Dashiell (Ensemble), Regina Harbour (Sally Phelps), Travis Kendrick (Ensemble) and Steve Zimmerman (Silas Phelps).
We were very proud of the onstage work of our faculty including John Carlson (Andy/Sheriff Bell), Gregory Funaro (The Duke), and Natalie Stewart (Miss Watson/Strange Woman).
We would be remiss if we didn't mention the work of many of our current students and recent grads including Von Lewis (Huckleberry Finn), Wesley Curtis (Tom Sawyer), Zachery Schwartz (Arkansas singer), Lauren Wenick (Mary Jane Wilkes) and our other students Malcolm Alvin Armwood, Kate Blain, Andrew Britt, Jason L. Brown, Anne-Marie Bullock, Jim Dodosky, Charles Dixon, Kyle Langworthy, Erinn Nelson, Ann Northern, Tim Price, Jawanda Waters, and Thomas Weaver.
Filling out the ensemble were the children Adam Dietrich, Anna Lee Thralls, Turner Sitton, Barrett Woodruff, and especially Megan McLawhorn (Alice's Daughter).
We also want to thank our full-time staff Dayton Vesper (Orchestra Pianist/Accompanist), Delta Childers (Costume Shop Supervisor), Lisa Marie Hagen (Patron Services), and Karen Jarman (Administrative Assistant).
Finally, none of this would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work by:
| Orchestra |
Christina Haake, James Old, Jesse Rackley, Brian Rodesch, Daniel Shearin,
John Alexander Smith, Jamie Wilken, Rachel York |
| Costumes |
Amina T. Edmonson, Ashley Rogers, Anna Stainback, Bruce Young |
| Lighting & Sound |
Brandon Ingle, Stuart Lannon, Stephanie Neer, Brian P. Smith, Mike Steiner,
Kristin Tyler |
| Front of House |
Angie Nelson, Michael Anthony Pacheco, Richard Turski, Shivani Vyas,
Adam Whaley |
| Paints & Properties |
J. David Galloway, Courtney Gomez, Ashlynn Petty, Susan Sanders,
KatyBeth Schmid, Amanda Shearin, Devon Yeager |
| Scenic Carpenters |
Ted Griffith, Tim McCalister, Grayson Sandford, Darrellyn Schroeter |
| Stage Management |
Sara Eaton, Katy Swann, Kevin Eure |
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Photo by William Meetze
