Katherine is thrilled to be on costume crew at RHS for the second year in a row! She has enjoyed working on the outfits for this production as well as working with the cast & fellow crew members. Katherine wishes the whole team a terrific performance!

Allison is thrilled to join stage crew as the head seamstress for Heartwood in her senior year. She has known how to sew for a decade. She is well known for accidentally pinning her fingers. Don’t worry, all ten phalanges are still in tact. Allison would like to thank the amazing cast and crew for being welcoming and wonderful to work with.

Samantha is delighted to be a part of her 7th production as a senior at RHS. She has previously worked as an assistant stage manager in Mamma Mia! and Senior One Acts 2022, and as the Props Master in Puffs. Samantha would like to congratulate the directors, her fellow stage managers, cast, and crew on all the hard work they put into the production! She hopes the audience enjoys the show!

Avery is so excited to join Heartwood as an ASM for her eighth show as a junior at RHS. She has previously worked on the Senior One Act “Wheelchair Blues” as an Assistant Stage Manager and has been a part of stage crew for many other shows, including Puffs. Avery would like to thank Ms. Sussman and Ms. B for being such wonderful leaders and directors throughout the process of putting on this show, as well as her other stage managers for being so amazing to work with. Break a leg, cast and crew!

Iyla is delighted for her 4th production with RHS. She has worked in the props department for two years and has been Props Master for Mamma Mia! and Senior One Acts. This year she faced her biggest challenge yet in constructing puppets (but rest assured, no puppets were harmed in the making of this show). Overall, Iyla is so glad to have been a part of this cast and crew, and though she joined the RHS drama family just last year, she is grateful to all who have welcomed her.

Leah Lichtenfeld is excited to be working as the sound designer for this year’s fall drama. Previously, she has worked on the 2020, 2021, and 2022 Senior One Acts shows as a sound designer and editor. She has also worked on the RHS fall dramas Romeo and Juliet and Puffs, and the RHS Spring Musical Mamma Mia! as the sound designer and operator. Leah is thankful for all of the amazing people she’s worked with in the RHS Drama Department and is delighted to spend her senior year with them!

Katie is so excited and proud to be a Co-Set Designer for her sophomore year fall drama production. She has previously worked on the RHS sets of Puffs and Mamma Mia! as a crew/running crew member. Katie would like to thank her family for their support and Faith Setlight for being the best Co-Set Designer and partner in crime. Katie had so much fun working on the set for production and hopes that everyone enjoys the show! (Especially the set!!!)

Anna is so excited to be a part of another great production as a senior at RHS. She previously worked as a production assistant on Romeo and Juliet and an assistant stage manager for the outdoor production of Puffs. She loves being part of such an amazing team and can't wait to work with them again. Anna wants to thank the cast and crew for all their hard work, along with the other amazing SMs and ASMs. Anna has loved working on this production and hopes the audience enjoys!

Faith is thrilled to be a Co-Set Designer for this year’s fall drama. She has previously worked on the set for Puffs and briefly for Mamma Mia!. She’d like to thank her parents for supporting her, and her fellow Co-Set Designer, Katie Reagan, for making this the funnest and funniest journey ever and for being the other half of their dynamic duo. Faith has had the best time getting to work with everyone during the make of this production, and she hopes that everyone enjoys the show as much as she does.

Sivapriya Yallapragada is so excited to be a part of this year’s fall drama. This is her third high school theater production, and first fall drama as a co-assistant stage manager. When not at rehearsal, Sivapriya works in her role as Social Media Director and Secretary of the Rise Youth Council, and loves to read in her free time. Siva wants to thank the directors, cast, and crew for making this journey possible. She is so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this RHS production, and is looking forward to many more!