Annie Jr. Creative

Director/Choreographer

Abby Newman

Miss Newman is in her 2nd year of teaching at Woodland and she is so proud to have worked with each of the students in this production. She is so excited to present "Annie Jr." since the original "Annie" was the first show she ever saw and the first show she was ever in. So now you know which show to blame for the theatre-loving existence that she lives in today. At WMS she has directed "Krazy Kamp", "High School Musical Jr.", "Night at the Wax Museum", and now "Annie Jr."! Before moving to back to the Middle Tennessee area, she got her degree at Lee University majoring in Theatre Education and minoring in Musical Theatre. She is so thankful to the Woodland administration and staff for all their support and to you, gracious audience member, for coming to support the arts in education.

Music Director

Mary Bond

This is Ms. Bond's first year at Woodland, and she is thrilled to join the artistic staff and work with Woodland's amazing students! Ms. Bond loves working with singers of all ages, and in addition to her work at Woodland directs the Concert Choir with the Nashville Children's Choir at Belmont University and sings with the Nashville Symphony Chorus. Ms. Bond has a Music Education degree from Xavier University and a Masters in Choral Conducting from Temple University. She is grateful to Miss Newman and the fabulous enrichment teachers at Woodland for showing her the ropes in her first year. She congratulates the students for their hard work and dedication to this production!

Tech Coordinator

Hayden Bice

Mr. Bice is in his second year of teaching at Woodland and is very excited to be helping with another show! He and his backstage crew helped bring you High School Musical and A Night at the Wax Museum, and can’t wait to have yet another fantastic show! Mr. Bice has several years of experience both onstage and backstage, including shows such as "Oliver," "Hello Dolly!," "Little Women," and "Les Miserables." He is so proud of the cast of Annie and can’t wait to see their amazing performances!

Creative Consultant

Eric Calfee

Eric Calfee is so excited to be able to assist with this production of Annie. During the day, Officer Calfee serves as the School Resource Officer at WMS, but having a music degree and musical theater background, is drawn to the Warriors' amazing fine arts program. This is his second year assisting with the WMS spring musical. He is amazed at the amount of talent within this cast and is incredibly excited for you to see the finished product that they will put on the stage.

Crew

Stage Management: Olivia Arrowsmith, Olivia Livingston, Ananya Tiyyagura

Lights: Nikky Johnson, Vaishnavi Yeni Shetty

Sound: Isaac Miller, Leo Ferguson

Spotlight: Shreeya Ankam, Abby Nigro

Costumes: Shreeya Ankam, Elora Ebrahim, Elizabeth Green, Maria Ordonez Carreno, Karthik Shanmuganatham

Makeup: Namrata Jachak, Sam Margolis, Anna Min, Baylor Primrose, Alaina Young

Hair: Evelyn Burnich, Grace Li, Ariana Patel, Allie Scruggs, Emma Young

Concessions: Akhil Chintham, Caleb Fan, Aarush Ganjipally, Kenzie Jones, Campbell Lutz, Anil Veeramachineni

Tickets: Vivian Corn, Amrutha Murahari, Libby Robinson, Simone Stiles

Ushering: Brooklyn Eia, Addison Ifill, Kate Lunday, Lily Rice, Hazel Snyder, Akshitha Swapnesh

Props/Run Crew: Alise D´Aurelio, Myles Harvey, Evelyn Howard, Rowan Kukulka, Rhea Kumble, Brady Leverett, Ava Roshni, John-David Saysombath, Anil Veeramachineni