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2025 Company
Administrative Team

Dr. Nicholas Morrison
Executive Producer

Leslie Brott
Artistic Producer

Richie Call
Artistic Director

Dennis Hassan
Associate Artistic Director

LuAnn Baker
General Manager

Kelsey Koga
Production Stage Manager

Amy L. Critchfield
Production Manager & Technical Director
Artistic Associates

Vanessa Ballam
Musical Theatre

Amanda Dawson
Dramaturgy

Bruce L. Duerden
Lighting & Sound Design

Jayne Gold
Education & Outreach

Joshua Legate
Projection Design

Philip Lowe
Costume Design

Paul Mitri
Directing

Lydia Semler
Costume Technology

Michael Shipley
Voice, Speech & Dialects

Stephanie R. White
Choreography
Directors

Eric Van Tielen
Bright Star

Paul T. Mitri
Sherlock Holmes

Amanda Dawson
Home, I'm Darling

Vanessa Ballam
Importance of Being Earnest

Kelin Gibbons
Music Director - Bright Star Band

Lizzy Prettyman
Music Director - Special Events

Eric Shorey
Music Director - Bright Star Cast

Michael Shipley
Dialect & Accent Coach

Stephanie R. White
Choreographer & Intimacy Director
Stage Management

Kelsey Koga
Equity Stage Manager

Rachael Concoby
Equity Stage Manager

Carter Hulet
Assistant Stage Manager

EJ Stevens
Assistant Stage Manager

Fern Trousdale
Stage Management Intern
Dramaturgy

Scott C. Knowles, PhD
Bright Star, Darling

Mary Newton
Earnest

Sarah Anne Polizzotto
Sherlock
Design Team

Michelle A. Bisbee
Scenic Design - Sherlock

Bruce L. Duerden
Sound Design - Sherlock, Darling

Emma Fenstermaker
Props Design - Bright Star, Sherlock

Dennis Hassan
Scenic Design - Earnest

Brent Innes
Sound Design - Earnest

Carter Lee
Lighting Design - Darling

Joshua Legate
Lighting Design - Bright Star, Earnest & Projection Design - Sherlock

Emma Lovan
Costume Design - Bright Star

Philip Lowe
Costume Design - Darling & Ernest

Patrick Mathis
Sound Design - Bright Star

Randy Mugleston
Lighting Design - Sherlock

J.S. Peterson
Scenic Design - Bright Star

Lydia Semler
Costume Design - Sherlock

Melinda Weeks
Scenic Design - Darling
Acting Company

Emily Alvey-Despain
Bright Star - Edna, Darling - Understudy Judy/Sylvia, Earnest - Understudy Gwendolen

Niko Barlow
Bright Star - Max, Sherlock - Swing, Earnest - Understudy Algernon

Megan Bedell
Bright Star - Florence, Darling - Understudy Fran/Alex, Earnest - Understudy Cecily

Paddy Berger
Bright Star - Dr. Norquist/Ensemble, Sherlock - King of Bohemia, Earnest - Swing

Leslie Brott
Darling - Sylvia, Earnest - Lady Bracknell

Richie Call
Bright Star - Mayor Dobbs

Micah Coombs
Bright Star - Daddy Murphy/Understudy Mayor Dobbs

Kelsey Crotz
Bright Star - Alice Murphy, Sherlock - Irene Adler

Lee Daily
Bright Star - Daddy Cane/Stanford, Earnest - Rev. Canon Chasuble

Tamari Dunbar
Bright Star - Mama Murphy, Earnest - Miss Prism

Gordon Dunn
Bright Star - Understudy Daddy Cane/Daddy Murphy, Sherlock - Moriarty, Darling - Marcus

Stefan Espinosa
Bright Star - Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Sherlock - Sherlock Holmes, Earnest - John "Jack" Worthing

Sydnee Fulmer
Sherlock - Madge Larrabee, Darling - Judy

Mia Gatherum
Bright Star - Swing, Darling - Alex, Earnest - Cecily Cardew

Colton Iverson
Bright Star - Daryl, Sherlock - James Larrabee, Earnest - Algernon Moncrieff

Lindsey Kelstrom
Bright Star - Ensemble/Understudy Alice/Mama Murphy

Jonah Newton
Bright Star - Swing, Sherlock - Sid/Postboy/Clergy
/Police/Swiss Man, Earnest - Man

Graydee Noyes
Bright Star - Swing, Sherlock - Understudy Sherlock/King of Bohemia, Earnest - Merriman

Lance Rasmussen
Sherlock - Doctor Watson, Darling - Johnny

Marin Robison
Bright Star - Lucy, Sherlock - Understudy Irene/Madge, Earnest - Gwendolen Fairfax

Jared Rounds
Bright Star - Ensemble, Sherlock - Understudy Watson/Moriarty, Darling - Understudy Marcus/Johnny

Joe Smentowski
Bright Star - Billy Cane, Earnest - Understudy Jack

Ariana Whatcott
Bright Star - Margo, Darling - Fran, Earnest - Understudy Bracknell/Prism
Production Team

Byron J. Batista
Wigs & Hair Specialist

JJ Coleman
Lead Carpenter

Lucy Colton
Run Crew

Megan Dixon
Props Assistant

Joseph Golightly
Assistant Technical Director

Clover Kelly
Costume First Hand

William King
Scenic Painter

Wesley Lu
Technical Intern

Maren Lyman
Costume Shop Manager

Austin Nield
Scenic Intern

Jon Roth
Head Electrician

Chloe Satern
Costume Stitcher & Wardrobe
Musicians

Kelin Gibbons
Conductor & Banjo

Karl Gibbons
Guitar

Alexis Haviland
Cello

Richard Kline
Bass

Carolynn Larson
Violinist

Lizzy Prettyman
Keyboard

Daniel Hankins
Drums
Theatre Camp

Jayne Gold
Camp Director

Gem Christiansen
Education Intern

Ella Hassard
Education Intern