Legally Blonde

Emily Stober

Emily is a senior from Hickory, North Carolina and is soaking in every moment of her last Grand Night! Last fall she played Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.

Derick Donato

Derick cannot believe that this is his final Grand Night ever! He is super excited to be performing one last time on an Elon stage. Their current plans include moving to NYC directly after graduation. Many thanks to friends, family, teachers, and mentors for their continued support and guidance. IG: derickgdonato

Kelli Geiger

Kelli Geiger is a senior BFA Acting major and is super excited to be back on the McCrary Stage! Here at Elon, Kelli has been a cast member of Instant Laughter, As You Like It, The Cherry Orchard, and premiere play readings of Sororophobia and Cardboard Boxes by Laney Lynch. Kelli is thrilled to be a part of Legally Blonde, having a blast as she’s stepped into the iconic role of Paulette. She would like to thank her incredibly supportive family, wonderful friends from both Elon and home, and the entire cast and crew who has made this show possible. With peace and love, ENJOY THE SHOW!!!

Niklas Salah

Nik is a senior BFA acting major, and is thrilled to be performing in Elon University’s production of Paradise Lost. His previous credits at Elon include Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde and Danny M2 in The Antipodes. Nik would like to thank all of his Acting Professors, Scott Proudfit, Gretchen Bruesehoff, Professor Liu, and Dr. Shawyer. Thank you for believing in me.

Erik Houck

Erik is super excited to be playing the role of Warner Huntington III in this production of Legally Blonde. Erik is a senior music theatre major here at Elon and has previously been in Myths and Hymns, Bridges of Madison County, and Head Over Heels at Elon. Other Regional productions he’s been in include Roger in ITS’s RENT and Tom of Warwick in the Broadway tour of Camelot. Erik would like to thank the entire production team, especially Prof. Liu for her directorial guidance as well as his mother for all her support!

Mia McManamy

Mia (she/her) is a senior Music Theatre major, Communications minor, and Elon College Fellow from Kansas City, Missouri. Elon credits: Amalia Balash (She Loves Me), Vivienne Kensington (Legally Blonde), Dance Ensemble (Head Over Heels), Ensemble (Myths and Hymns). She wouldn’t be here without the support of her parents, two younger sisters, French Bulldog Louie, and entire extended family. Upcoming: Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along at Elon and Resident Company member at Forestburgh Playhouse, where she will be featured as Katherine Plumber (Newsies) and Philoclea (Head Over Heels). miamcmanamy.com, @mia.mcmanamy

Sarah Fetherston

Sarah is a senior Acting major at Elon University and is thrilled to be playing Brooke Wyndham! Since arriving at Elon, Sarah has been involved in many wonderful productions including Myths and Hymns, Clue, Head Over Heels and Sense and Sensibility. She spent this summer at the Priscilla Beach Theatre and performed as Enid Hoops in Legally Blonde and ensemble in Spamalot! She is also a proud member of the improv group Instant Laughter. Thank you to her family, friends and amazing teachers for all their love and support! Enjoy the show!

Tara Venkataraman

Tara is very excited to be performing in her final Grand Night! Thank you to her friends and family! Love!

Malia Horst

Malia Horst is a Junior Music Theatre major and wants to welcome you to Grand Night 2025!! Past Credits: Margot/ Elle Understudy in Elon’s Fall Production of Legally Blonde, Marian U/S, Chiara U/S, and Ensemble in Elon’s Bridges of Madison County, Cinderella in Into The Woods, and Inga in Young Frankenstein. She was most recently seen in Great Plains Summer Theatre’s productions of Legally Blonde and Hello Dolly! (Chutney/Ernestina Money.) Special thanks to Courtney Liu, Chris Rayis, Haidee Dollack, and all cast and crew for all their hard work throughout this incredible process! Enjoy the show!! 🙂

Charlee Rubino

Charlee Rubino is a Senior majoring in Music Theatre and is thrilled to make her debut in a mainstage production! She extends her heartfelt thanks to her voice teacher, Gretchen, and her family for their unwavering support. Charlee is also an active member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and is excited to channel that spirit as Pilar in Legally Blonde: The Musical. Xoxo!

Marina Jansen

Marina Jansen is a senior Music Theatre major who is so excited for their last Grand Night! They were recently seen on Broadway in the original cast of How To Dance In Ohio, as Enid Hoops in Elon’s Legally Blonde, and as a dancer on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They’d like to thank their family for supporting them throughout their time at Elon and their pet cat Mango for being awesome. Enjoy the show!

Collin Flanagan

Collin is so excited for his last Elon show! Thanks and love. Prev: Frozen, 9 to 5, Gypsy (MT Wichita), Titanic, 9 to 5, Alice in Wonderland (Maine State MT), Pippin (Renegade Productions)

Ellie Schwartz

Ellie is thrilled to perform in her final Grand Night! Much love to her friends, family, and mentors.

Gavin Miller

Gavin is a sophomore Music Theatre major from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gavin’s previous Elon credits include A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, but you can find him this summer in the resident company at Rocky Mountain Rep! He is ecstatic to make his Music Director and Director debut this year and hopes you enjoy Grand Night 2025!

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Gabriel Logan

Gabriel is so excited for his last Grand Night!

Noah Macam

Noah Macam, a sophomore Dance & Arts Admin double major, is thrilled to be returning to McCrary for the Spring Dance Concert. Elon credits: Legally Blonde (Nikos), A Chorus Line (Mike Costa), Abusua: Dance Concert and Spring Dance Concert. Other credits include On Your Feet, RENT, and Mary Poppins at The Muny. Many thanks to his family & friends, and he hopes you enjoy the show!

Brooke Chamberlin

Brooke is overjoyed to be performing in her second Grand Night! In February, Brooke was seen as Marya Dmitryevna in Elon’s production of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. At Elon, she also served as the Dance Captain and Brooke Wyndham understudy in Legally Blonde, and was a featured vocalist in Myths and Hymns. Thanks to all of our lovely MT faculty and to my peers and friends who make Grand Night so special. Enjoy the show! @brooke_chamberlin

George Zemla

George is so excited to be back for his second year of Grand Night! Previous credits at Elon include Dewey in Legally Blonde and Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher, and you can see him in the upcoming production of Merrily We Roll Along. Shout out to Mom who is currently in Poland: Jesteś swój chłop!

Tinkie Jones

Tinkie Jones is a sophomore from Atlanta, Georgia and is thrilled to be a part of Grand Night! You may have seen her in Legally Blonde or Myths and Hymns. This spring, she will be in Merrily We Roll Along and hopes you come back to see the show! All the love

Charles “Charlie” Castro

Charles “Charlie” Castro is a senior musical theatre major. He is a Miami, Florida native. He is incredibly excited to be performing in his final Grand Night at Elon University! He wants to thank his family and friends for their constant support in all of his artistic endeavors! @itscharlescastro

Sabetha Hersini

Sabetha is a sophomore BFA Music Theatre major from Ithaca, NY. Previous credits include Legally Blonde at Elon University. She is also a member of Elon’s all-female A Capella group the Shirley Tempos. So much love and appreciation to her friends and family that support her. Thank you for being here, and enjoy the show!

Makenzie Pridgen

Makenzie is a sophomore BFA Acting and Arts Administration double major minoring in Business from Baltimore, MD. She is so excited and honored to be a part of her first Elon musical! Her previous Elon credits include John Proctor is the Villain (Nell Shaw US) and Spring Dance Concert 2024 (Dissent/Descent).

Kyle Brady

Kyle Brady is a sophomore Music Theatre major from Winston-Salem, NC. Previous credits include Legally Blonde, Myths and Hymns, and A Chorus Line at Elon University. Thanks for coming and enjoy the show!

Sophie Seitchik

Sophie Seitchik, a junior Dance & Dance Science double major, is thrilled to be returning to McCrary for the Spring Dance Concert. Elon credits: Legally Blonde (Ensemble), Abusua: Dance Concert, Student Choreography Showcase 2023&2024, and Spring Dance Concert. Many thanks to her family & friends, and she hopes you enjoy the show!

Lauren Trethaway

Lauren Trethaway is a proud member of MT. 27, ROLL PHOENIX!! She is excited to share her second annual Grand Night with you all! Lauren’s past Elon productions include As You Like It and Legally Blonde. Lauren will next be featured in Merrily We Roll Along as Gussie Carnegie. She thanks her family and friends for all the love and support!!

Ella Huestis

Ella Huestis (they/she) is a proud member of MT ’25 and is honored to be performing with this incredible community one last time! Huge thanks to the Huestis family, Summer, Sara, Courtney Liu, Chris Rayis, Haidee Dollak, and everyone who has made this place home. See you in NYC and Roll Phoenix forever!!!! www.ellahuestis.com

Eric Pettit

Eric is a sophomore Music Theatre major hailing from Dayton, Ohio. He was most recently seen on the Elon stage as Mark Anthony in last year’s production of A Chorus Line and is thrilled to return to the McCrary Theatre for Legally Blonde. All love to his parents, friends, and everyone who has gotten him to this point!

Courtney Liu

Courtney Liu is an Assistant Professor of Music Theatre and Director-Choreographer at Elon University. She has performed with the Broadway cast of the Phantom of the Opera, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Queen of the Night, AEA & Disney Developmental labs, the Broadway Dance Lab, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Busch Gardens Theme Parks, the Cincinnati Ballet, and the Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Courtney has taught dance for 20 years and published her pedagogical research in the Journal of Dance Education. Recent choreography credits include Forestburgh Theatre, Playmakers SYC, and the American Dance Festival in collaboration with the Nasher Museum. Courtney received her BA and MFA from Duke University.

Juliette-Elise Hill

Juliette is a sophomore double majoring in Arts Administration and Drama & Theatre Studies with a double minor in Business Administration and Creative Writing. She is thrilled to be on her 4th production as assistant director at Elon University, previous productions being The Antipodes, Legally Blonde, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, and now Grapes of Wrath. She wants to give a big thanks to Professor Julian for this opportunity and for being a great mentor. This experience has been exceptional. Juliette hopes to continue on in a career in the arts and directing after Elon.
Instagram: @juliette_hill05

Owen Parker

Owen Parker is thrilled to assistant direct Legally Blonde! Creative credits include: The Cher Show (1st National), The Addams Family, Little Women, and Legally Blonde National Tours. Regional work: Cape Playhouse. He would love to thank the entire team, especially Prof. Liu for being an incredible director and mentor to him. @owenhparker

Alexandra Joye Warren

Alexandra Joye Warren is a Director/Choreographer, an Assistant Professor at Elon University’s Music Theatre Program, and the Founding Artistic Director of JOYEMOVEMENT.
Alexandra’s choreographic work has been commissioned by and/or presented at the American Dance Festival, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, the North Carolina Dance Festival, Bucknell University, the North Carolina Museum of Art, INSPIRIT dance, NY Live Arts, Gibney, and beyond. She is a contributing author of Dance in Musical Theatre: A History of the Body in Movement, edited by Phoebe Rumsey and Dustyn Marticinch, published by Methuen Drama.
She is a graduate of Spelman College (BA) and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MFA).
@alexandrajoyewarren
https://www.alexandrajoye.com/
https://www.joyemovement.com/

Carrie Plew

Carrie Plew is a Certified Movement Analyst through the Laban Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies. With a BFA in Dance from UNC-Greensboro, and training from WAAPA (Perth. Australia), Carrie has presented choreography in NYC, NC, Washington DC and Australia, performed Off-Broadway and was featured in award-winning film “The Fear Inside”. NY: Maverick Dance Experience, INSPIRIT, Malleable Dance Theater, Sydnie L Mosley Dances. NC: Mark Haim, John Gamble Dance Theater, Jan Van Dyke Dance Group, Horn in the West. Carrie proudly taught at Broadway Training Center, NC Dance Project, Burlington Academy of Dance and Arts, UNC-Greensboro, AppState and ADF Scripps Studios.

Chris Rayis

Chris Rayis (Music Supervisor) As pianist/conductor: Broadway: Frozen. National Tour: Hamilton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Elf, Man of La Mancha. Off-Broadway: Far From Heaven, Cruel Intentions. Film: The Last Five Years. As composer/lyricist: Deep Water Ballad (Elon Cast Recording on streaming & digital), Transcriber of Dreams (Original Cast Recording on streaming & digital), Jenny and the Paper Pirates (commissioned by The American School in Switzerland). Former student of Andrew Lippa and Ricky Ian Gordon. TV: Jeopardy!, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. Proud Assistant Professor and Music Director for Elon University Music Theatre. Belmont ’12. Penn State ’18.

Hashini Amarasinghe

Hashini is overjoyed to be Assistant Music Directing and playing Violin in Legally Blonde! Last winter, she Assistant Music Directed A Chorus Line, and she hopes to continue taking on this position at Elon. Enjoy the show! Keep an eye out for a head popping up from the pit 🙂

Sadie Margolis

Sadie Margolis, a senior Vocal Performance major, is thrilled to make her debut as Assistant Music Director! After a fulfilling summerstock season at The Barn Theatre in Michigan, she’s excited to work behind the table. Blending opera, musical theatre, and pop, Sadie fuses traditional and fresh techniques onstage. Recently, she served as Music Director for her on-campus a cappella group, the Shirley Tempos, and was elected Chorister of the Zeta Zeta chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity. She thanks Chris, Hashini, Tyson, and the entire orchestra for making this such a POSITIVE experience!

Kayla Higbee

Kayla Higbee (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in Theatrical Design and Technology. She has a BA in English from Centre College and an MFA in Production Design & Technology from Ohio University. Professionally, she has worked with Berkshire Theatre Group as wardrobe supervisor and Texas Shakespeare Festival as assistant costume designer. She was also resident costume designer and costume shop supervisor at Centre College for four years. At Elon, she is part of the Performing Arts Inclusivity Committee and serves as an Elon College Fellows mentor for multiple disciplines in Theatrical Design & Technology.

R. Mitchell Fore

After university appointments in Arkansas and New York, Mitch spent 26 years on the performing arts faculties at UNC Greensboro, retiring in 2015. A native Virginian, this is the second time he’s come out of retirement, and is enjoying his interactions with student and faculty colleagues at Elon.

Becca Wycoff

Becca Wycoff is excited to be the stage manager for this fabulous production of Legally Blonde! She is a senior double majoring in Theatrical Design and Technology and Media Analytics. Her past stage management experience at Elon includes John Proctor is the Villain, Fall Dance Concert, and Spring Dance Concert Becca could not have asked for a better production or more wonderful group to wrap up her time at Elon. She sends a huge thank you to the incredible cast, crew, and creative team for their hard work and dedication, and for making every moment of this process so rewarding.

Margo Buchanan

Margo Buchanan (she/her) is a senior at Elon double majoring in political science and theatrical design and technology with a concentration in technical direction. She’s very excited to be the assistant technical director for Legally Blonde! Most recently, she worked at the Heidelberg Theater as a metalworking intern and at the Santa Fe Opera as a stage crew apprentice. Previous Elon credits include Spring Awakening (asst. technical director), Clue (asst. props manager), and Bridges of Madison County (asst. technical director).

Kayla Jordan

Kayla Jordan is a senior at Elon with a double major in Theatrical Design and Technology as well as Drama and Theatre Studies. Most recently, she has worked as a dramaturg on The Antipodes, as the props manager for Legally Blonde, and as a props artisan for Spring Awakening. She is so excited to be the Lead Dramaturg for Paradise Lost, and so happy that her final Elon production has been such a great experience.

Tyson Hankins

Tyson Hankins is one of the full-time staff accompanists for the music theatre program at Elon University. A classically trained pianist, Tyson is able to play a multitude of genres ranging from classical to pop and everything in between. Since beginning work here in 2006, he has accompanied many musical productions at Elon University, as well as numerous musical productions for community theatre and professional organizations in the area.

Ana Sofía Hernández López

Ana Sofía Hernández López is a first-year Elon Music Theatre international student, originally from Querétaro, Mexico. Some of her past performances include: Vanessa (In The Heights), Ensemble, u/s Rosie/Pepper (Mamma Mia!), Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz) and Lily St. Regis (Annie). She also served as the Dance Captain for the Musical Theater company: “Tecnológico de Monterrey, campus Querétaro”. Ana is so grateful and excited to be here at Elon!