In the Know

Cabot Theatre is proud to introduce to you something new to our family: The Leadership Board. The Leadership Board, or 'Board' for short, is a collection of 10 upcoming juniors and seniors chosen by the directors for their dedication to the department, their kindness to others, their alignment with our core values, and their service to others. The Board consists of 5 technicians, 5 performers, and our dance captain.

We hope that having student leadership will allow our students to form even deeper ownership of the department as well as to instill and grow our core values within the existing department and upcoming students. The Board will help organize and carry out extra CT events, gather and communicate information, and help the directors lead the program to success each year.

This year, our board includes upcoming juniors Gracie Williams and Zack Saunders, and upcoming seniors Ashley Drees, Anna Grace Kendall, Grayson Lee, Jake Johnson, Jersey Petross, Kade Soden, LeAnna Rogers, Lindy McLeod, and Maddy Grace.

Dance Captain

Ashley Drees

Ashley is most known for her performance in Matilda the musical as a maggot. She is a beautiful dancer and has been dancing competitively at the Cabot Dance Academy for 15 years.

Technicians

Zack Saunders

Zack started his career in CT just this year, working his very first show, Matilda, as a spot operator. A youngin on the Board, he hopes to make the cross into performance this year and also hone his skills as a technician.

Anna Grace Kendall

Anna Grace finished out her 2021-2022 season as the follow spot operator for Matilda. More than the follow spot though, she is one of our main scenic painters for our sets. She will continue to bring our sets to life next year with her painting skills.

Kade Soden

Kade is most known for his work on the Fly Crew during the CT production of Matilda the musical. He is excited about his technical promotion to stage left stage manager for the upcoming season.

LeAnna Rogers

LeAnna is our props extraordinaire. She can mostly be found by every prop table ever during any CT performance, though, she will be hanging up her props hat for stage right stage manager next season.

Maddy Grace

Maddy has been helping the boys get into makeup for shows almost every season thus far. Next year she will take on a bigger responsibility by assuming the position of stage manager for our productions.

Performers

Gracie Williams

Gracie is most notably known not only for her performance as Lavendar in Matilda the musical but also for her love for the salamander that played the newt - Richard Parker. She also cheers for the Cabot High School cheer squad.

Grayson Lee

Grayson is new to the CT family this year, having moved all the way from California where she has been performing for several years. She is known for her performance in Matilda the musical as Bruce and in Freaky Friday as Ellie.

Jake Johnson

Jake started his career with CT as Chad in CT's High School Musical. This year, his most notable number might be his performance as Rudolpho in Matilda the musical, though we also very much enjoyed him as Eric the maggot as well.

Jersey Petross

Jersey is known for her outstanding performance as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda the musical. She is also a fantastic dancer and has been dancing competitively with Ashley at CDA for 13 years.

Lindy McLeod

Lindy is also a new addition to our family this year, coming to us from Harding Academy in Searcy, Arkansas. She continues her performance career with us with her most known performances as Monica, the quirky best friend in Freaky Friday and Hortensia in Matilda the musical.

We look forward to the life and leadership this Board will bring to CT next season! Be on the lookout for exclusive contect written by The Board!

The long awaited day has come! The day where the Orpheum theatre in Memphis releases the nominations for the 2022 Orpheum HIgh School Musical Theatre Awards. The cast and crew piled up in Blan's room in front of the projection to watch the live announcement together and wow was it an experience. As it is the first year for Cabot Theatre to enter into these awards, we were all nervous, excited, and completely unsure what to expect. The experience delivered. We are proud to announce that Cabot Theatre has received EIGHTEEN different nominations for the HSMTAs! In addition to the two students we get to send to perform in the opening and closing numbers, we also get to send Grayson Lee to perform with the other supporting actress nominations, Alix Brown to perform with the other lead actress nominations, and Abi Roper to perform with the other featured dancer nominations! Finally, our entire cast will get the opportunity to perform a number from Matilda on the Orpheum stage for receiving a nomination for Outstanding Overall Performance.

To say that we are elated and proud is an understatement. We can't wait to share our experiences at the HSMTAs with you! The list of all of our HSMTA nominations can be found below: