Cast, Characters and Artists
Principal Cast
Ellie Dehn – Rusalka
Maxim Aksenov – Prince *
Nancy Maultsby – Ježibaba
Robert Pomakov – Vodnik *
Kirsten Chambers – Foreign Princess *
Ashley Yvonne Wheat – 1st Wood Sprite ~
April Martin – 2nd Wood Sprite ~
Samantha Gossard – 3rd Wood Sprite ^
Derrek Stark – Voice of a Huntsman ~*
Artistic and Production Staff
Alexander Polianichko – Conductor *
Eric Simonson – Director *
Erhard Rom – Set Designer
Kärin Kopischke – Costume Designer
Robert Wierzel – Lighting Designer *
Alison Hanks – Wig and Make-up Designer
Wendall K. Harrington – Projection Designer *
Erik Pearson – Associate Projection Designer *
David Justin – Dance Choreographer *
Milos Repicky – Czech Diction, Musical Preperation *
Mark Ferrell – Chorus Master
Mark Ferrell – Rehearsal Accompanist
Elena Lence Talley – Music Librarian
John Story – Sound Designer *
Deb Morgan – Props Master
Mary Traylor – Costume Coordinator
Karen Billingsley – Wig and Make-up Assistant
Colleen May – Wig and Make-up Crew
Nate Wheatley – Assistant Lighting Designer
Sarah Zsohar – Figaro Simultext System Operator
Sadie DeSantis – Stage Manager
Kelly Schmidli, Julia Tyson – Assistant Stage Managers
Gen Goering – Head Scenic Artist
Melvin T. McClenahan – Head Carpenter
Stephen Cochran – Head Propsman
Chris Tyrone – Head Electrician
James Vinzant – Head Flyman
Phil Rebel – Head Sound Engineer
Shawn Martin – Head Video Engineer
Jan Toombs – Wardrobe Supervisor
Desiree Baird Story – Wardrobe Assistant
Chorus
Soprano
Emily M. Bennett
Victoria Botero
Lindsey Bush
Catherine Dowling *
LaTeesha M. Jackson
Sarah LaBarr
Mezzo-Soprano
Elaine Fox
Alice Anne Light *
Sarah Lockwood
Kathryn Long
Mackenzie Phillips
Julia Scozzafava
Tenor
Matthew Foerschler
Alexander Goering
Trent J. Green
Jedd C. Schneider
Kevin Smith
Jake Thede
Bass-Baritone
Matt Black
Benjamin Murbach
Terence Murphy
William H. Perry
Rhys Lloyd Talbot ~
Nathan Whitson
Supernumeraries
Beau Crowder
Ernesto Suarez
Dancers
Lilliana Hagerman *
Naomi Hergott *
Elysa Hotchkiss *
Whitney Huell *
Geoffrey Kropp *
Dillon Malinski *
Charles Martin
Logan Pachciarz
The Kansas City Symphony
First Violins
Justine Lamb-Budge
Gregory Sandomirsky
Anne-Marie Brown
Anthony DeMarco
Susan Goldenberg
Tomoko Iguchi
Lisa Jackson
Dorris Dai Janssen
Vladimir Rykov
Alex Shum
Second Violins
Kristin Velicer
Nancy Beckmann
Kathy Haid Berry
Stephanie Cathcart
Mary Garcia Grant
Kevin Hao
Francesca Manheim
Violas
Christine Grossman
Jessica Nance
Kent Brauninger
Sean Brumble
Marvin Gruenbaum
Jenifer Richison
Cellos
Susie Yang
Alexander East
John Eadie
Allen Probus
Double Basses
Evan Halloin
Brandon Mason
Richard Ryan
Flutes
Michael Gordon
Shannon Finney
Diane Schick
Piccolo
Diane Schick
Oboes
Kristina Fulton
Adam De Sorgo
Kenneth Lawrence
English Horn
Kenneth Lawrence
Clarinets
Raymond Santos
Gabriel Campos Zamora
John Klinghammer
E-Flat Clarinet
Gabriel Campos Zamora
Bass Clarinet
John Klinghammer
Bassoons
Ann Bilderback
Marita Abner
ContraBassoon
Thomas DeWitt
Horns
Alberto Suarez
David Sullivan
Elizabeth Gray
David Gamble
Stephen Multer
Trumpets
Julian Kaplan
Philip Clark
Keith Benjamin
Trombones
Roger Oyster
Porter Wyatt Henderson
Adam Rainey
Bass Trombone
Adam Rainey
Tuba
Steven Seward
Timpani
Timothy Jepson
Percussion
Christopher McLaurin
Joseph Petrasek
Harp
Deborah Wells Clark
* Lyric Opera Debut
~ UMKC Apprentice
^ Former Lyric Opera Apprentice
