Director’s Note
Every year I get the privilege of witnessing Elon Music Theatre’s creativity, collaboration, innovation, skill, and commitment to growth as the students build Grand Night from the rehearsal room floor up.
Like everything else right now, this spring’s Grand Night looks different, and it has proven our students’ inventive resilience and commitment to learning new things under limiting circumstances.
For this year’s Grand Night, the true directors, creators, arrangers, choreographers, and visual storytellers are our students, and I am glad you’re joining us to celebrate all the ways they are bringing beauty and artistry into this moment. Thank you for sharing this evening with us.
Special Thanks
The Elon Music Theatre Faculty and Staff: Julio Matos, Brian Kremer, Deb Leamy, John McCarty, Haidee Dollak, Tyson Hankins, Lauren Kearns, Bill Webb, and Kimberly Rippy
Production Team
| Artistic Director | Dan Callaway |
| Music Director | Dan Gibson |
| Director of Videography | Willem Butler |
| Piano | Tyson Hankins |
| Drums | Christina Flaherty |
Senior Speeches
Song Credits
Medley from The Prom — First Years
Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin
Direction: Sara LiBrandi and Micah Day
Music Direction: Mallorie Sievert
Choreography: Jaid Green and Zeth Dixon
Videography: Weston LeCrone, McKenna Meeks
Editing: Sara LiBrandi
Sound: Mallorie Sievert and Camille Fundingsland
“Beautiful City” from Godspell
Music and Lyrics: Steven Schwartz
Direction: Kali Clougherty
Music Direction: Gianni Palmarini
Choreography: Jaid Green
Videography: Hector Lopez Sanchez, Weston LeCrone, & Braden Phillips
Editing: Kali Clougherty and Weston LeCrone
Sound: Kaylee Hayden and Gianni Palmarini
“You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Hairspray
Music and Lyrics by Mark Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Direction and Choreography: Cullen Zeno
Music Direction: Hannah Hubbard
Videography: Hunt Hendrix, Collin Kerr
Sound: Michael Gaffney
Lighting: Haley Richey, Riley Gibson
“Meadowlark” from The Baker’s Wife
Music and Lyrics by Steven Schwartz
Direction: Sidney Nicole Wilson
Music Arrangement and Direction: Kevin Lacey
Videography: Sidney Nicole Wilson
Editing: Sidney Nicole Wilson
“Donny Novitski” from Band Stand
Music and Lyrics by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
Direction: Sara LiBrandi
Vocal Arrangement and Music Direction: Mallorie Sievert
Choreography: Jaid Green
Videography: Willem Butler
Lighting: Riley Gibson, Haley Richey, and Jessica Valente
Editing: Sara LiBrandi
Sound: Mallorie Sievert
“The Key Is” from Alice by Heart
Music by Duncan Sheik Lyrics by Steven Sater
Direction: Faythe Kelly and Brooks Andrew
Music Direction: Nathan Meyer and Taylor Mitchell
Videography: Hector Lopez-Sanchez
Editing: Hector Lopez-Sanchez
Sound: Nathan Meyer
Asian Persuasion: A Bruno Mars Mashup
Songs made famous by Bruno Mars
Direction and Music Direction: Stephanie Zaharis
Choreography: Daniel Brackett
Videography: Willem Butler
Editing: Willem Butler
Sound: Andrew High
Hadestown Mashup
Music and Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell
Direction, Musical Direction, Arrangement, and Staging: Travis Flynt
Videography: Mabel Kitchens (Director of Photography), Collin Kerr (Cameraman), Hunt Hendrix (Cameraman), Jesse Newman (Cameraman)
Editing: Mabel Kitchens
Sound: Michael Gaffrey (Mix Engineer), Mabel Kitchens (Recording Engineer)
“Master of the House” from Les Miserables
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics by Alain Boublil
Direction: Zion Middleton
Musical Direction: Daniel Rabinowitz and Zion Middleton
Choreography: Faythe Kelly
Videography: Sara LiBrandi
Editing: Sara LiBrandi
Sound: Cara DiPietro
“A Whole New World” from Aladdin
Music by Alan Menken
Direction: Kamal Lado and Kevin Lacey
Music Direction: Kevin Lacey
Choreography: Kamal Lado
Videography: Willem Butler
Editing: Willem Butler
“A Night to Remember” from High School Musical 3
Songwriters: Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, David Lawrence, Faye Greenberg
Direction: Hannah Hubbard
Choreography: Kayla Jacobs and Alex Segarra
Music Direction: Jaelyn Alexander
Videography: Willem Butler and McKenna Meeks
Editing: McKenna Meeks
Sound: Jaelyn Alexander
“Burn/World Burn” from Hamilton and Mean Girls
“Burn” music and lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda
“World Burn” music and lyrics by Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin
Direction, Music Direction, and Arrangement: Cara DiPietro
Videography: McKenna Meeks
Editing: McKenna Meeks
Sound: Cara DiPietro
“Mr. Sandman”
Songwriter: Pat Ballard
Direction: Hannah Hubbard and Daniel Rabinowitz
Musical Direction and Arrangement: Daniel Rabinowitz
Choreography: Hannah Hubbard
Videography: David D’Ardenne
Editing: David D’Ardenne
Sound: Hannah Hubbard
“Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”
Songwriter: Sonny Bono
Direction: Hannah Ellowitz, Kamal Lado, and Willem Butler
Music Direction: Nathan Keffer
Choreography: Kamal Lado and Timothy Brausch
Videography: Willem Butler
Editing: Willem Butler
Sound: Nathan Keffer
“A Musical” from Something Rotten
Music and Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Direction: Hannah Hubbard and Kali Clougherty
Musical Direction: Kaylee Hayden
Choreography: Hannah Hubbard
Videography: Katie Norman
Editing: Caleb Martin
Sound: Kaylee Hayden
“For Now” from Avenue Q
Music and lyrics by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez
Direction: Oliver Davids
Musical Direction: Matt Seib
Choreography: Oliver Davids
Videography: Oliver Davids and Eddie Falshaw
Editing: Oliver Davids and Eddie Falshaw
Sound: Oliver Davids
“I Will Turn to You”
Music by Dan Gibson Lyrics by Christopher Staskel
Seniors
| Stephanie Ainsworth |
| Katie Brnjac |
| Oliver Davids |
| Cara DiPietro |
| Eddie Falshaw |
| Haile Ferrier |
| Audrey Flowers |
| Travis Flynt |
| Meredith Fox |
| GraceAnn Kontak |
| Kevin Lacey |
| Kamal Lado |
| Sarah Liddy |
| Dariana Mullen |
| Braden Phillips |
| Daniela Rodrigo |
| Evan Schacter |
| Matt Seib |
| Andrey Vdovenko |
| Christine Wanda |
| Sidney Wilson |
| Stephanie Zaharis |
Juniors
| Jaelyn Alexander |
| Daniel Brackett |
| Timothy Brausch |
| Willem Butler |
| Kali Clougherty |
| Brendan Coulter |
| Andy Edelman |
| Hannah Ellowitz |
| Anna Hertel |
| Hannah Hubbard |
| Kayla Jacobs |
| Nathan Keffer |
| Weston LeCrone |
| McKenna Meeks |
| Tyler Okunski |
| Gianni Palmarini |
| Alexandra Pouloutides |
| Daniel Rabinowitz |
| Julianne Roberts |
| Skyler Sajewski |
| Alexander Segarra |
| Audrey Trullinger |
| Kenny Wells |
| John Zamborsky |
| Cullen Zeno |
Sophomores
| Brooks Andrew |
| Kelly Belarmino |
| Jaron Cole |
| Abigayle Harnum |
| Kaylee Hayden |
| Faythe Kelly |
| Jacqueline Mate |
| Nathan Meyer |
| Zion Middleton |
| Taylor Mitchell |
| Sayo Oni |
| Sujaya Sunkara |
| Renell Taylor |
| Giselle Watts |
First Years
| Tristan Altobelli |
| Jacob Atkins |
| Caroline Borio |
| Micah Day |
| Zeth Dixon |
| Camille Fundingsland |
| Jaid Green |
| Anne-Sophie Hill |
| Elsa Keefe |
| Hannah Kevitt |
| Sara LiBrandi |
| Mary Kate McDonald |
| Candace Rhodes |
| Mallorie Sievert |