MENTOR PERFORMERS

Lori Ann McCabe

Dee Dee Allen

Lori Ann recently directed the regional premiere of Waitress at The Legacy Theatre. She also directed The Last Five Years at HCFTA and has assistant directed at Legacy, Muni and Sangamon Auditorium. She loves performing, singing, and recently appeared on The Legacy stage as Helen Sinclair in Bullets Over Broadway in addition to singing the music of Linda Ronstadt in The Linda Ronstadt Songbook. She vocal directed Sisters of the Moon - The Steve Nicks Songbook and is vocal director for the upcoming Billy Joel Songbook this May at The Legacy. She has appeared as Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!; Paulette in Legally Blonde, and Mama in Summer of Love (The Legacy). She has portrayed Patsy in Always, Patsy Cline over the years at many theaters, including The Legacy, HCFTA, JTG, TIP, and The Little Theatre on the Square in Sullivan. Other favorite roles include Ursula in The Little Mermaid, The Witch in Into the Woods (Muni); Mama Rose in Gypsy (TIP); Miss Hannigan in Annie (STC); and Mama Morton in Chicago (Muni and HCFTA). She also starred in Follies in Concert, Smokey Joe's Café, Nunsense, Pump Boys & Dinettes and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (HCFTA).

Craig Williams II

Barry Glickman

Craig fell in love with the arts at an early age and has shared his passion with the Springfield community for more than 20 years. As a director, he led the Springfield High School theater department through 8 years of growth in student involvement, program enrichment, and production quality, culminating in the receipt of the Kevin Lehman award for outstanding leadership service in extra-curricula. Craig has directed, acted, and designed for more than 75 productions through the Springfield Theatre Centre (STC), Springfield High School (SHS), The Muni, and the Hoogland Center for the Arts. He has also served as a member of several nonprofit boards including STC, Springfield Area Arts Council, Springfield Urban League, Copper Coin Ballet, and most recently as President of The Muni Board of Managers.

In his full-time career, Craig works for the State of Illinois SAP team as finance functional expert and enjoys traveling with his husband, Ryan.

Favorite Theater credits, include: Springfield High School’s All Shook Up, The Wiz, Cats, Hairspray, and Ragtime; Snow White, 9 to 5, and Chicago at STC; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Wiz, The Last Five Years, and Songs for a New World at Hoogland Center for the Arts; and Disney’s High School Musical, Hairspray, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Dreamgirls, Disney & Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, EVITA, The SpongeBob Musical for Muni.

Carly Shank

Angie Dickinson

Carly serves as Director of Local Arts and Arts Education programs at the UIS Performing Arts Center and has directed and performed on many local stages. She earned her undergraduate degree in Theatre at Northwestern University and traveled as an actor with Metro Theater Company for a few years following college. But prior to all that, she was the singing and dancing girl from Riverton who found her forever home in the Springfield arts community. She looks forward to working with the young artists of the Hoogland Education program, the current singing and dancing kids, and working with them to continue to create a welcoming community for all.

Kenneth Z. Kendall, MFA

Trent Oliver

Kenneth is ecstatic to be working with this amazing group of humans! His work as a dialect coach, fight choreographer, and director, has been seen around town at the Hoogland, STC, Spencer, the Legacy, and TIP. As an actor in Chicago, he worked with The Goodman, StageLeft, The Bailiwick, Madison Rep, Michigan Shakespeare, and many others. Kenneth was a theatre professor for almost a decade at different institutions in Colorado and Illinois, has been teaching acting and dialects privately for a number of years, and recently taught the Greek Theatre course for Hoogland Ed. He holds a BA in Musical Theatre from Weber State University, an MFA in Classical Acting from Roosevelt University, and a Certificate in Shakespeare from Cambridge University (UK). Endless thanks to S, M&M, and the flock!

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