In April 2024, I participated in my final show as a part of Big Sky's High School Thespian group in Mamma Mia! We performed over the course of my final two, sold out nights in the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center.
This year, I played Donna Sheridan, a spunky, sexy, hard-working woman of the Mediterranean with all of my other beloved castmates. This role was perhaps my favorite and most fitting role of my theater years, and had one of the funnest nights of my life singing my heart out to ABBA's classics with my wonderful friends.
Photo courtesy of Sara Meredith
Photo courtesy of Sara Meredith
In December of 2023, our company produced our second ever Christmas musical, Irving Berlin's White Christmas for yet another two sold out, full house nights.
I played the role of Betty Haynes, the eldest and most up-standing member of the Haynes Sisters act. I celebrated an incredible White Christmas with my company members on the second and final night on December 16th.
In the spring of 2023, our company produced Roger & Hammerstein's Cinderella for another two sold out, full-house nights.
I played the crazy beggar woman Marie, who is later revealed to be Cinderella's fairy godmother in disguise for the second and final night on May 16th.
Photo courtesy of Sara Meredith
Photo courtesy of Sara Meredith
In the Christmas of 2022, our company produced ELF: The musical for two sold out, full-house nights.
I played Mrs. Emily Hobbs, Buddy's mother, on the second and final night on December 11th.
I had also designed the storyboards used in one of the final scenes of the show. I worked on a very tight deadline (starting 5 hours before the show debuted), but managed to get them all finished! A large part of the cast, specifically the chorus, helped me ink in those big backgrounds with a few mega Sharpies. Other than that, the boards were designed and drawn by me. I didn't have the time to do any first passes or preliminary sketches, so it was whatever came to my brain first that ended up on the boards. I'm pretty proud of them, though! It was definitely a highlight of the production for me.
In the Spring of 2022, our company produced Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! for three sold out nights.
I played Laurey Williams, the apprehensive belle of the southern plains, for the first of three nights on April 5th
Photo courtesy of Gabrielle Gasser
Photo courtesy of Sara Meredith
In our first show since the COVID-19 pandemic, our company performed Legally Blonde: The Musical in the Spring of 2021 for two socially-distanced, sold-out shows.
I played Paulette, Elle's emotional support hairdresser, on the second and final night on May 26th.
In my final middle school production, I played Mrs. Honey in Matilda for the second and final night in June of 2019.
Photo courtesy of Sara Meredith
Photo courtesy of Sara Meredith
In my first ever production within Big Sky, I played Teenage Fiona, a Duloc Dancer, and a Knight in Shrek: The Musical.
While performing on both nights, I played Teenage Fiona on the final night in June of 2018.