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Zach Arnold is in his senior year as an Acting major at E&H. He spent the summer at Johnny Appleseed Outdoor Drama. While primarily a spotlight operator, Zach also helped out maintaining the theatre’s seats and facilities in general and performing Ohio folk songs before the actual show began. Zach was so dedicated to his job, which he got through the Outdoor Drama Auditions in Chapel Hill, NC, that he missed the first week and a half of classes at Emory to stay at the theatre and help with the strike of the show.
Melvin Dillon spent his second summer as a member of the Player Company at the historic Barter Theatre, the State Theatre of Virginia. In two summers he has played a plethora of roles, including Phil, in Jack and the Beanstalk, Howie Kemp, in Ramona Quimby, Iron, in The Pied Piper of Hamlin, and the title role in Honk! A Musical Tale of the Ugly Duckling with the players. Melvin also saw the mainstage in his time at Barter going on as Charmoule in Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Prince of Wales and Jessup in The Scarlet Pimpernel. Melvin was also a member of the 2005 Barter Improv Troupe, performed on the annual Midnight Cabaret as well as several Tom Celli Cabaret nights, and directed the premiere of his original play Management (Working Title). Currently, he is understudying the Fall 2005 season.
Morgan Gengo, spent her summer playing the role of Sophie in the Johnny Appleseed Outdoor Drama in Mifflin, Ohio. While there she received her recognition as an actor combatant with the Society of American fight Directors and Choreographers (SAFD). She is now trained in rapier and dagger, quarterstaff, and unarmed combat. Morgan will finish her degree in the Spring, but is currently taking a semester off. She is doing a short tour of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with the theatre at Lime Kiln in Lexington, VA. The tour performs at various schools, the theatre itself, and other locations around Lexington.
Meghan Kelleher returned to the Mill Mountain Theatre in her hometown of Roanoke, VA where she has done numerous shows in the past. This summer she was an acting intern, as well as theatre instructor in the theatre’s education program which encompasses children ages 7-18. Her onstage credit was Vibrata in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Meghan was also extremely busy understudying, including Phillia and Domina in Forum and Patty, Jan, Marty, and Cha Cha in Grease.
Kate Morton has also spent two summers at the Barter Theatre. While last summer she served as a Stage Management intern working on 5 productions, this summer she was honored to be an actor in the Barter Player Company, as well as serve as the Assistant Stage Manager. Performance credits included: Silver, in The Pied Piper of Hamlin, Betty Anne in the staged reading of Little Sorrows¸ member of the 2005 Barter Improv Troupe, Annie in the Cell Block Tango in the Midnight Cabaret, and soloist on the Tom Celli Potluck Cabaret Night. Technical responsibilities included: stagehand for Gigi, spot op for Singin in the Rain, ASM for Ramona Quimby, and wardrobe supervisor for the Player show, The Emporer’s New Clothes.
Devan Stevens is a Senior Directing Major at E&H. For the past two summers, he has done work with the Outdoor Drama Unto These Hills, located in Cherokee, NC. While there he has worked as a dancer, actor/technician, assistant stage manager, and was honored to direct his own production of Peter Coy’s This Is Our House.
Cody Murphy is a Junior Musical Theatre major from Etowah, TN. He spent the summer working at the outdoor drama, Texas Legacies, in Canyon, TX. He played various roles which included acting, singing, and dancing. In his spare time, Cody was the musical director for an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Cody got hired at the annual Outdoor Drama Auditions last Spring in Chapel Hill, NC.