Little Shop of Horrors Creative

Executive Producer
Abby Counihan '21 (Padua)
This is Abby’s fifth show at SST, and her fourth working with stage management. Abby helps teach the Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager, keeping up communication between the departments, and makes sure everything runs smoothly. All together, Abby has been in over 30 plays. Aside from stage managing, Abby has also acted and directed. Her other hobbies include singing, baking, and journalism. Abby would like to thank Mr. Bogad, the cast, and all of the staff and crew for all of their hard work. Great job everyone!
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Stage Manager
Alison Quinn '23 (Padua)
This is Alison’s sixth show with SST. She has done theatre since I was in first grade. She also plays the clarinet and likes reading. She enjoyed playing Mother Theresa in Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Alison wants to thank my friends and family, but especially Abby Counihan for dealing with my millions of questions.
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Stage Manager
Emma Philiban '22 (Padua)
Emma would like to send a big thank you to her parents for supporting her in her first year of assistant stage managing and making it possible for her to go to the rehearsals.
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Student Director
Olivia Segeda '23 (Padua)
This is Olivia’s 5th show with SST and her directorial debut! One of Olivia’s favorite past roles was Vera in SST’s production of “She Kills Monsters “. Olivia would like to thank her friends, family, and all of the SST community for their support.
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Student Director
Anna Szczerba '23 (Padua)
This is Anna's second show with SST and her first-time student directing. Some of her past roles include ensemble in "Shakespeare in Love" (SST) and Tanya in "Mamma Mia" (Padua Academy). She would like to thank the SST company and her family for being so supportive.
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Student Choreographer
Sam Tuschinski '22 (Padua)
This is Sam's 5th show with SST and she most recently played Agnes in She Kills Monsters. Her dance background encouraged her to join the choreography team for this show and she loves using her graphic design skills to help with marketing. She would like to thank SST for continuing to find ways to produce theatre in this pandemic.
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Choreographer, Dramaturge
Emily Malone '22 (Padua)
Emily started at Sallies in her sophomore year as a crew member for The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Ragtime; Anything Goes at Padua during freshman year. Emily really liked being on deck crew for Ragtime and moving the stairs on wheels all over the stage, often with people on them Emily enjoys volunteering, reading, and dancing; bringing dance experience to this show by helping out with the choreography. Emily would like to thank my parents, sister, and grandparents for support, and Abby Counihan for her absolute awesomeness.
Music Director
Jack Kruckiel '21
Jack Krukiel is a senior at Salesianum and is excited to be a part of his 11th production with SST. He was recently seen in She Kills Monsters (Student Director) and Incident at Vichy (Leduc). He would like to extend a special thanks to Mr. Louden.
Head Producer
Olivia Kessler '24 (Padua)
Little Shop is Olivia's 2nd sallies show, her first was She Kills Monsters where she played Kalliope/Kelly. Her other roles include Elsa in Frozen (Independence School), and Kim Macafee in Bye Bye Birdie (CabSummer). Olivia loved being a producer for Little Shop, and would like to thank Amneris for mentoring her and appointing her as executive producer. She would also like to thank the entire SST company, her friends, her family, her voice teacher, and Sharon McGee.
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Student Choreographer
Amelia Drushler '23 (Padua)
This is Amelia’s first sallies show but was in Mamma Mia last year at Padua Academy. Outside of the theater, she dances. Amelia has been dancing since the age of five at Kathryn Ciminello's School of Dance. Amelia would like to thank everyone in the cast, crew, and staff who helped bring this production together. Amelia would also like to thank her family and friends.
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Production Documentarian
Deron Tchuente '24
Deron worked as a cameraman for “Incident at Vichy” and a video editor for “She Kills Monsters”. Deron is a church pianist and also runs long-distance, solve a 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4 Rubik’s cube in under 7 min. Deron would like to thank everyone for making this awesome production happen and performing to the best of their abilities. Deron would also like to thank Mr. Lock for always being there to help him when he has any problems.
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Production Manager
Grace Donaher '22 (Padua)
Grace was involved with crew for Sallies last show, She Kills Monsters. She has also been involved in Padua’s Anything Goes and Mamma Mia. Grace would like to thank Mr. Lock and the crew for making this an enjoyable experience.
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Lighting Director
Daniel Desmond '22
This is Daniel’s 3rd show with SST and Daniel’s 5th show total. It will be Daniel’s first live show with SST.
Producer
Amneris Romero '23 (Padua)
This is Amneris’s second SST show! She would like to thank the company, her friends, and a special thank you to Grace Donaher, Audrey Counihan, and Olivia Kessler.
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Stage Crew
Stephanie Mezquita '23 (Padua)
This is Stephanie’s first SST show!
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Stage Crew
Audrey Counihan '24 (Padua)
Audrey has been in one other show at Sallies, but she has previously performed in other shows. Audrey has also been dancing for 11 years at Brandywine Center for Dance. She would like to thank her sister for getting her into theatre, her parents, and everyone else on the stage crew.
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Stage Crew
Cynthia Broski '23 (Padua)
This is Cynthia’s first show at Sallies, but she has worked on crew before at IHM for “Mary Poppins”!
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Stage Crew
Dominic Reeves '21
This is Dominic’s third show as a crew member with SST! Outside of school, He enjoys playing video games with my friends. He would like to thank Kevin Starnes for introducing him to crew. He might not have enjoyed his senior year as much without crew.
Assistant Lighting Director
Benjamin Trowbridge '22
Benjamin has worked on two previous shows with Salesianum Technical Theater: Incident at Vichy and She Kills Monsters. In addition to being a crew member, Benjamin enjoyed playing a minor role as a guard in Incident at Vichy. He has been working with the lighting crew since the fall and is excited to be working as Assistant Lighting Director once again with Little Shop of Horrors.
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Stage Crew
Gregory Oberholzer '23
This is Gregory’s third Sallies show as a crew member!
Head Sound Techincian
Michael Easterday '21
This will be Michael’s 11 show with SST. He would like to thank everyone that helped him over his 4 years with SST, and especially his friends and families. Michael will be attending Savannah College of Art and Design in the Fall for Sound Design and is very excited for future projects.
Student Director
Sophia Correale '23 (Padua)
This is Sophia’s first production with SST. She is very excited to be a member of this amazing community. Sophia would like to thank her family, friends, fellow student directors, and the rest of the company for supporting her.
Assistant Light Director
Benjamin Trowbridge '23
Benjamin has worked on two previous shows with Salesianum Technical Theater: Incident at Vichy and She Kills Monsters. In addition to being a crew member, Benjamin enjoyed playing a minor role as a guard in Incident at Vichy. He has been working with the lighting crew since the fall and is excited to be working as Assistant Lighting Director once again with Little Shop of Horrors.
Stage Crew
Wyatt Flicker '22
Wyatt has done four shows with Sallies. Outside of theater, he is involved in marching band and tons of other activities at school. Wyatt would definitely like to thank my parents for supporting him and encouraging him to get involved in crew!
Student Producer
Sophie Murray '23 (Padua)
Sophie has participated in varying shows every year for the past 6 years as both an actress, singer, producer, or director. Her favorite part is the community of these plays and musicals. She would like to extend a special thank you to her parents.
Student Technical Director
Noah Brecht '21
Noah’s first show was Ragtime, where he did live sound for the orchestra and made the sound effects. Noah is also student sound and technical director for WSAL (the sallies streaming program). His other hobbies include music production, engineering, and robotics.
Crew Member
Bethany Makori '23 (Padua)
This is Bethany’s first show at Sallies. She liked painting the set because she loves art! She would like to thank everyone on stage crew, the producers, and the actors because they worked really hard on this show.
Dramaturge
Majo James '22
This is Majo’s fifth show at SST. He would like to thank Liz for being a great co-dramaturg, her endless enthusiasm is always a motivation for him to work harder!
Crew Member
Monica Grace '23 (Padua)
This is Monica’s first SST show, but she did Mary Poppins a few years ago. Her highlights of the show were operating a spotlight and helping with props.
Puppet Team/Stage Crew Member
Phoenix Schulden '22 (Padua)
Phoenix is a junior at Padua and has performed in “Metamorphosis” (SST), “Anything Goes” (Padua), and Mamma Mia (Padua). Phoenix is also in Padua's chorus and the Sallies/Ursuline/Padua (SUP) marching band as a member of the color guard. Phoenix wants to thank their family for always having their back and supporting them in my decisions to participate in theatre and the other arts-related activities they’re currently a part of!
Puppet Team
Shane Olexa '24
Shane played the part of Miles in “She Kills Monsters”. He loved playing Simba in the Lion King Jr. and Mike Teavee in Willy Wonka Jr at his grade school. Shane would like to thank his mom, dad, and sister for supporting him.
Dramaturge/Producer
Liz Rolph '23 (Padua)
This is Liz's fifth production with SST, but it is her first one on staff. She is very excited to be working behind the scenes with the staff and crew for "Little Shop of Horrors". Her favorite past roles include the jury foreman in "Ragtime" and most recently Tilly Evans in "She Kills Monsters". Liz would like to thank the cast and crew of "Little Shop of Horrors", who make this show as memorable as it is.
Plant Puppeteer
Ben Lutcher '24
Ben is a freshman at Sallies, and this is his first SST show! However, Ben has done other shows before such as Frozen JR as Kristoff. Ben enjoys singing, swimming, and drawing.
Puppet Team
Robert Gruszka '24
Robert has been in Incident at Vichy as the Waiter and was a part of the videography team for She Kills Monsters. Robert would like to thank his family for always allowing him to pursue his passions and Mr. Lock and Mr. Bogad for pushing him out of his comfort zone and allowing him to become more immersed in SST.
Crew Member
Ryan Spartin '22
This is Ryan’s third show at SST, he has done Shakespear in Love and Ragtime.

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