STAFF
2026 Staff & Faculty
MELISSA CHARLES
Producing Artistic Director
MARK WILLIAMS
Teaching Artist, Director, YAS! Performing Arts Coordinator
MOLLY BETTIGA
YAS! Assistant Team Manager
GWYNETH FAHY
Teaching Artist | Choreographer
JULIE MINOR
Teaching Assistant | Office Assistant
MATTHEW CHARLES
YAS! Driver/Media Relations Consultant
JOSEPH PINCOCK
Summer Intern
KATIE WALL
Associate Artistic Director
JUSTIN SMUSZ
Stage Manager: Frozen
JOE VENA
YAS! Team Manager/ YAS! TV Director
SARAH LINDSAY MERRIMAN
Teaching Artist | Director | Choreographer
COOPER CHARLES
YAS! Assistant | Pre-Pro SM
AVEN BUCHANAN
Summer Music Directing Intern
DAHLIA BECKER
Summer Choreography Intern
XAVIER TAYLOR
Resident Music Director
CHLOE ANDERSON
Teaching Artist | Music Director
KATHRYN SALEM
Director: Junior Stars
CHRIS MORLEY
Teaching Artist (YAS!)
LAURA MAWYER
House Manager | Costume Designer (Something Rotten JR)
ANYA ROTHMAN
Director: Guys & Dolls, JR!, Broadway Stars, Demon Hunter in a Day, Choreographer: Something Rotten, JR!
MACY STANCIL
Summer Social Media and Sponsorship Intern
KAREN SCHLICHT
Office Manager | Costume Designer (Elf JR)
CLAIRE CHANDLER
Director: Something Rotten JR and Twelfth Night
SOREN CORBETT
Teaching Artist | Director (JTF ATL)
IZAIAH RICHARDSON
Lead Driver/YAS! Assistant
TRACIE STEGER
Lighting Designer
AMY PAULSON
Summer Stage Management Intern
SALLY KASHATUS
Stage Manager: Something Rotten, JR!
