2022 Season Creative Team
VANESSA ALLEN
CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR
The Music Man, Get Ready: The Music of Motown
SCOTT PATRICK BELL
DIRECTOR / MUSIC DIRECTOR
Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond, Under Pressure: The Music of Queen & David Bowie
DARIUS COLQUITT
DIRECTOR
Get Ready: The Music of Motown
EMILY DIENER
DIRECTOR
Magic Circle
Dogs Love Cupcakes:
The Incredible True Story of the Life and Times of Jeff
ELLIE FRANCES
CO-DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER
Rent, Little Shop of Horrors
WILL GEARRING
DIRECTOR
The Music Man
KATHY GIBSON
DIRECTOR
Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond
BRANDON HARRIS
CO-DIRECTOR
Divine Divas: Iconic Women of Pop
MARCUS JORDAN
CO-DIRECTOR / VOCAL DIRECTOR
Rent, Little Shop of Horrors
TOM KAECHELE
DIRECTOR
The Play That Goes Wrong
LISA KNIGHT
DIRECTOR
Soul Groove: The Hits of Soul & R&B
CARRIE McNULTY
DIRECTOR
On Golden Pond
DEBRA PERRY
MUSIC DIRECTOR / CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR
Rent, The Music Man, Get Ready: The Music of Motown, Divine Divas: Iconic Women of Pop, Soul Groove: The Hits of Soul & R&B
TORREY THOMAS
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER
The Music Man
JENNA GROOMS
CO-DIRECTOR
The Music Man
ALICIA ROSARIO
CO-DIRECTOR
Divine Divas: Iconic Women of Pop
BRENDAN VINCENT
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Little Shop of Horrors
YESENIA COTTO
CO-DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER
Get Ready: The Music of Motown
MIEKE MOLL
CHOREOGRAPHER
The Music Man
CHRIS GROOMS
CO-DIRECTOR
The Music Man
Circle Theatre Staff
jerry vesbit
Circle Theatre Liaison & Box Office Security Manager
Izzy Dowell
Marketing & Outreach Intern, CIRCLE POP UP CONCERT DIRECTOR
Shannon Heldt
Experience Intern
Box Office Staff
Zach Avery
Hunter Denkema
Grace Giroux
Jordan Malone
Hannah Morey
Meridian Pearson
Board of Directors
Executive Board
LYNN ATKINS-RYKERT
PRESIDENT
Coordinator, Aquinas College
Derek Call
PAST PRESIDENT
Director of Operations and Production/Special Events, ArtPrize
MARK SCHMIDBAUER
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Conferencing and Event Services, Aquinas College
JEFF KEMPERMAN
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Assistant Prosecutor, Kent County Prosecutors’ Office
BOB LOWRY
TREASURER
Retired Director – Global Audit Services, Steelcase Inc.
SARA DART
SECRETARY
Community Liason
Board Members
STATHI AFENDOULIS
Owner, Afendoulis
Cleaners and Tuxedos
Founder and Executive Director, Lainie’s Angels
Rebecca Dickenson
Residential Real Estate Agent, Cheryl Grant Real Estate
Shelly Irwin
Host and Producer, WGVU NPR/PBS
R. Scott Keller
Partner, Warner Norcross & Judd
Lisa M. Knight
CEO of DV Apple Logistics and COO Public Thread
Jeffrey Augustine Songco
Multidisciplinary Artist
LOU VANDERHAVE
Retired Educator