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

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