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Alycyn Keeling

June 27, 2022

Meet the Actors Who Play Father Dupin and Four Congregation Members in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Alycyn Keeling

June 27, 2022

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KELSEY PECK (Congregation Member) Kelsey is a graduate of Lubbock Christian University with a B.A. in music and a master’s in special education. Since graduating, she has been very involved in community theater, participating in over twenty shows such as Grease, Elf, The Little Mermaid, and Cinderella. She is thrilled to be a part of the cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Kelsey is currently an educational diagnostician and a freelance digital artist.

PENELOPE FERRIS (Congregation Member) Penelope is looking forward to her first production with the Wallace Theatre. She was most recently in South Plains College Theatre's production of Working: The Musical. She was involved in Moonlight Musicals’s high school division, Moonlight Directions. Penelope performed her first show there as Jack(Into the Woods Jr.). She performed many musical sets, her favorite being the Disney musical set performing the song “Two Worlds, One Family” as Tarzan. She would go on to be a part of the cast of their summer musicals as Gingy(Shrek:The Musical Jr.), Centipede(James and the Giant Peach Jr.). In 2019, she joined Horizons School of the Arts. She was part of the casts of High School Musical: On Stage as Martha Cox, and Frozen Jr. as Olaf.

Penelope also participated in her theatre at Lubbock-Cooper High School. Her favorite roles include Prentiss(Peter and the Starcatcher), Witch III(Macbeth), Helsa/Dieter Wensel(The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940), Mrs. Western(The History of Tom Jones), and Delightful(Dearly Departed). She also had experience being part of the crew for various productions. She was Assistant Director, set designer, and lighting for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She was sound tech for her sophomore year One Act, Blue Stockings. She did the SFX makeup for the production of The Blackbox and assisted in set design for Dearly Departed.

She has recently finished her last semester at South Plains College, and will be attending McMurry University as a theatre major with a focus in directing and playwriting. Penelope hopes to write and direct her own plays and musicals in the future. She is excited to work with the Wallace Theatre, and being in the cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

SARAH MAYHEW (Congregation Member) An Alabama native, Mayhew earned her BA in Musical Theatre from Birmingham-Southern College in 2020, graduating as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. During the pandemic, she moved across the country to Lubbock, TX to pursue an MFA in Performance and Pedagogy from Texas Tech University. As part of her graduate assistantship, Mayhew teaches Introduction to Acting to non-major students; she also facilitates theatre workshops and camps for children and for adults with aphasia. Mayhew is on the Directing track of her degree and will direct The Five Lesbian Brothers' "The Secretaries" in Spring of 2023 in partial fulfillment of her MFA thesis. On Sunday mornings, Mayhew can be found in the choir loft at First United Methodist Church, where she is employed as a choral singer. She is also a founding member of the Feminist Commune theatre collective, which will be producing "The Vagina Monologues" as a way of raising awareness and funds for women's reproductive rights. Select credits include “Spring Awakening” (Adult Women), “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (Sally Brown), “tick, tick…BOOM!” (Susan), “Sunday in the Park with George” (Yvonne), and “Time Zones Apart” (Jess - world premiere).

CALLIE COMBEST (Congregation) Lubbock native Callie Combest is 35 years old and is an entrepreneur, small business owner and artist in a variety of mediums. Most recently she opened Rock•Paper•Shears Hair Studio and Gallery in downtown Lubbock where she participates monthly in the First Friday Art Trail. Callie was involved in the theater program at Coronado High School, where she won best actress her senior year for her role in “Summer Brave.” She has been part of the Lubbock theater scene for the past few years and has enjoyed playing everyone from (Ouiser Boudreaux) to the (ensemble) of “Sweeney Todd,” among other roles. In her free time, she published a children’s book called “The Adventures of Pinkacorn,” through AuthorHouse which is available on their website or Amazon.

Callie would like to thank her father, Paul, for always believing in her and her assistant Amanda who helps keep her in line!

Also, a special thanks to The Wallace and their incredible team for always making the productions so memorable. It’s a true pleasure to be a part of their vision.

FLETCHER PAPE (Father Dupin/Congregation Member) Fletcher got his start in musical theater growing up in Babylon, New York. In the shadow of the city he cultivated a deep love for the performing arts, following his dream as he studied theater at SUNY Fredonia, continuing into his life in Lubbock, where he lives with his fiance, Isaiah. A singer and actor with well over a decade of experience, Fletcher prides himself on his versatility and wide vocal range. Some of his most memorable roles on stage include “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” (Henry Jekyll), “Jesus Christ Superstar” (Annas), “Hamlet” (Horatio), “Godspell” (Gilmer), “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (Zebulun), and “Seussical” (Thing 2). Fletcher is thrilled to be performing in his first production with the Wallace Theater, and hopes to create a lasting impression, lasting friendships, and lasting memories.

OMAR SAMAD (Daryl) Omar was born and raised in Lubbock, TX; and earned a Communications degree from Texas Tech University in 2020 with a Minor in Acting. Omar came to the Wallace Theater for the very first time just this past autumn to see some friends perform in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” and had such a great time, that they just had to come back for more! Omar is thrilled to be a part of this show, and hopes to help create some magic like that night they saw “Sweeney Todd,” here at The Wallace. Omar has recently been involved in Lubbock Community Theatre’s productions of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” “The 39 Steps,” and “Society Paige.” They’ve also been in Lubbock’s CATS Playhouse’s production of “The Uninvited,” and several plays during their time at Texas Tech University, including “RROAPS/RRADS” and “The BurkTech Players.” Omar is excited to work with some old friends in this production and is so, so grateful for the opportunity to do so.

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Alycyn Keeling

June 23, 2022

Take a Peek Behind the Scenes! Meet the Crew for the Hunchback of Notre Dame

Alycyn Keeling

June 23, 2022

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HOPE SISEMORE (Production Stage Manager) Hope is a Lubbock native and just finished her 11th year as Theatre Director at Trinity Christian School in Lubbock. She earned her BFA in Theatre Education from Hardin Simmons University and spent much of her time there performing, stage managing, and working the costume shop. Since returning to Lubbock she has performed and stage managed with multiple companies in town. Some of her proudest credits include: Elizabeth Proctor in “The Crucible”, Sister Mary Patrick in “Sister Act”, stage managing “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, and many of the shows and competition pieces she has had the opportunity to produce with her students. Hope is excited to get involved with The Wallace and looks forward to collaborating and creating a beautiful work of art.

OLIVER FOLGER (Assistant Stage Manager) is from the Lubbock area and has worked on “Sweeney Todd” at the Wallace as the ASM and “These Shining Lives” with Levelland High School on the Costume team. Oliver is currently playing in the ensemble in “Elephant Man” with Levelland High School. They graduated from Levelland High School Spring '22 and plan on attending West Texas A&M's Theater program to gain their BFA.

VICTORIA PITRE (Music Director) Victoria is a current Doctorate of Musical Arts student pursuing her degree in Choral Conducting at Texas Tech University. She has served in a conducting capacity for TTU ensembles such as Matador Singers, University Singers, and University Choir, as well as assisting in teaching undergraduate conducting courses. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Rollins College, where she began her conducting instruction with Dr. John V. Sinclair. She holds a dual concentration master’s degree in Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance from Houghton College, where she studied conducting with Dr. Daniel David Black. During her graduate work, Victoria was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2017 ACDA Graduate Choral Conducting Competition.

Directly following her degree work at Houghton College, Victoria was hired on as the Director of Men’s and Women’s Choir and Adjunct Instructor of Voice, in which capacity she served for 3 years. During this time, she also served as a Choral Guest Conductor for the Bi-County Winter Music Festival for the South Jefferson Central School District. In summer of 2019, Victoria was the Musical Director and Pit Orchestra Conductor for the Short Tract Town Theater’s production of Annie. She also served as conductor for Houghton Lyric Theater’s 2018 production of The Old Maid and the Thief, by Gian Carlo Menotti.
Victoria has a passion for healthy vocal production across all genres of singing, incorporating holistic teaching to address the singer as a complete person. An accomplished vocalist with many operatic roles under her belt, she has most recently appeared as “Susanna” in Houghton Lyric Theater’s production of Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro”, and Edith in Opera-Lytes’ production of Pirates of Penzance. She currently maintains a private voice studio and serves as a staff soprano with Covenant Presbyterian Church in Lubbock.

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Alycyn Keeling

June 20, 2022

Meet the Actors Who Play Claude Frollo, Saint Aphrodisius, and Three Congregation Members in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Alycyn Keeling

June 20, 2022

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CHASE GIBSON (Dom Claude Frollo) Born and raised in Lubbock, Texas, Chase is an actor and artist with the start of his career spanning back ten years ago. Fresh out of Monterey Highschool, he was hired to direct two separate musicals, “Les Miserables” and “Into the Woods” with Frenship Highschool. Soon after, Chase auditioned for local professional shows and began attending classes for Commercial Music at South Plains College. Throughout his time in college, he performed and helped with many live concerts, musicals, and projects. All while also being hired on as ensemble, principal roles, front man, sound assistant, grip, makeup, painting and set building for Moonlight Musicals, Horizon School of Arts, Lubbock Community Theater and other separate solo entities. During this, he graduated with his certificate in Commercial Music of two years.

A few of Chase’s favorite roles are Danny Zuko “Grease”, Scarecrow “Wizard of Oz”, and Pirate King “Pirates of Penzance”. He keeps adding to his rep as time and shows come along. Most recently after COVID, Chase had an absolute blast playing Jafar in “Descendants” and ensemble in “Sweeney Todd” and “Cinderella”.

Currently, Chase finds himself getting back into directing, starting with Horizon School of Arts’ “Guys and Dolls Jr.” as assistant director. He is so thrilled to be helping build such an amazing theater community and only has a burning passion to help those thrive around him. Since the age of 7, he still aspires to the best artist he can be, now pursuing show writing along with continuing his path in writing music.

MARY HOGAN is a Lubbock native and Lubbock Christian University graduate. Mary recently performed in The Wallace Theater's production of "Sweeney Todd." Mary has worked with Lubbock Moonlight Musicals both as a performer and scenic painter since 2016, her performances including "A Grand Night for Singing" and the Madrigal Dinner. She was proud to perform at the Organization of American Kodaly Educators national conference as a member of the women's ensemble The Sweet Peas. Mary has also performed in Culture Nerd’s improv roleplay group live streamed on multiple platforms. "

BLANCA DEL LOCO (SAINT APHRODIS/ CONGREGATION MEMBER) Blanca is very excited to be performing in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' with the Wallace Theater. A native of Shreveport,LA, she was involved in the huge arts community such as the Shreveport Opera, Shreveport Little Theatre, Stage Center, Louisiana Film Prize, and many more. In 2019, she relocated to Lubbock to attend Texas Tech University where she trained in Musical Theatre and Vocal Performance. Known for her warm mix and gorgeous classical soprano voice, Blanca's versatility is felt in every performance. Some recent credits includes the Lady in Red in the regional premiere of "For Colored Girls,”(ELAH) Mimi in “Guys and Dolls,”(Boxcar theatricals) Donkey in “Shrek,”(Stage Center) “West Side Story,”(Shreveport Opera) “St Matthew Passion,”( Shreveport Opera) and Carmen in "Carmen Jones” Blanca also enjoys a very healthy concert career and has performed in Long Beach,. CA, New York City, Marfa, TX, and Paris, France. Aside from performing, Blanca is also a Musical Theatre Historian, an independent recording artist, and activist for diversity in musical theatre. She is a member of the Ring of Keys organization located in NYC. This past summer she had the opportunity to train in Marfa Texas in the Marfa intensive with the Texas Tech school of theatre and dance and recently was accepted into the Open Jar Institute for Musical Theatre in NYC. She plans to move to NYC full time and pursue a career in professional musical theatre in the winter.

NATALEE SANCHEZ(Congregation Member) Natalee is so excited to be in her first production with The Wallace! Some of her favorite and most recent credits include Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Tibbs (The Unreturning), Evie (Descendants), Cinderella (Into the Woods jr.), and Matilda Blackwell (The Sweet Science of Bruising). Her dance credits include The Lubbock High School Gold Dust Pom Squad and Assistant Choreographer for both The Pajama Game and Beauty and the Beast. Natalee was also in the Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2019 as part of Spirit of America.

Not only is Natalee an active member onstage, but she has also tried her hand in technical theatre, such as makeup as seen in Little Shop of Horrors with Community Theatre, The Unreturning, and Chemical Imbalance at Lubbock High. She has also been a Historian for her Thespian Troupe, managing all of the theatre social media pages for Lubbock High School.

Natalee is a recent graduate of Lubbock High School. While at Lubbock high, she was an international qualifier for Thespians in the category Solo Musical her junior and senior year, had four honorable mentions for both roles Matilda Blackwell and Tibbs in her UIL One Act Play Competition, and along with Honorable Mention, Natalee and her team have won third place in state for two years in a row in the UIL One Act Play Competition. She will be attending Pace University in New York City this fall to continue her theatre journey as an Arts and Entertainment Management major. There, she hopes to become a producer for either film or Broadway. Natalee is very grateful to be joining The Wallace and hopes one day she can work with them again in the future. Natalee hopes you will enjoy this timeless tale as much as she does.

KENSLY PECK (Congregation) Kensly is thrilled to be back with the Wallace Theatre to join the ensemble of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” She is a graduate from Lubbock Christian University with a degree in Biology, and a graduate from Wayland Baptist University with a Master’s in Educational Diagnostics. While in college, she fell in love with musical theatre with productions such as “The Boyfriend” and “Will Rogers Follies.” Currently, she is teaching science and theatre at Smyer High School. In her spare time, she serves as the President Elect of The Lubbock Chorale and the Vice President of LCU’s Friends of the Arts. Kensly has appeared in various productions in Levelland and Lubbock, including “Sweeney Todd,” “The Little Mermaid”, “Elf”, “Titanic”, “Grease”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Mamma Mia”, and “The Music Man.”

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Alycyn Keeling

June 13, 2022

Meet the Actors Who Play Esmeralda, Captain Phoebus De Martin, Clopin Trouillefou, Quasimodo, and Jehan Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Alycyn Keeling

June 13, 2022

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MALLORY FLORES (Esmeralda) Mallory is originally from Spring Branch, TX, but has spent the last 13 years in and around the Lubbock area. In 2012, she graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a B.S. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. In 2017, she received an M.S. in Speech- Language Pathology. She is currently a Speech and Language Pathologist for a pediatric therapy clinic in Lubbock. Mallory began acting and singing at a very young age, and has performed locally in a variety of musicals such as “Les Misérables”, “Grease”, “Annie”, “Elf The Musical”, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”, and, most recently, as the Beggar Woman in The Wallace Theater’s production of “Sweeney Todd”. Mallory loves being able to tell stories through singing and is excited to join The Wallace for another outstanding production.

KEEGAN PECK (Captain Phoebus) Keegan was born and raised in Midland, TX. In 2010, he received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and a B.A. in Engineering from Lubbock Christian University. In 2013, he received an M.S. in Leadership from Lubbock Christian University. He started performing in college and has performed in musicals such as “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Oklahoma,” “Les Misérables,” “Grease,” “The Music Man,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Elf: The Musical,” and “The Little Mermaid.” Keegan is the lead vocalist of the “The Keegan Peck Quartet” and has released two singles and an album featuring talented local musicians. He works as an engineer at EPI Communications Consultants.

ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ (Clopin Trouillefou) - Alejandro Hernandez is an entertainer of all sorts from the West Texas area. Having been involved in many areas of entertainment from acting and music to puppeteering and stunt work, it’s safe to say Alejandro is an avid performer. He got his first taste of the limelight playing the guitar in the church band with his grandparents, Gumecindo and Guadalupe Hernandez, at five years old. Since then, Alejandro sought any and every opportunity to get on stage.

Alejandro attended West Texas A&M University and studied Musical Theatre Performance before coming back to Lubbock and integrating himself into the local theatre scene. From Lubbock Moonlight Musicals to the Cactus Theater, Alejandro has performed in many, many productions. Some of his favorites include “You Can’t Take It With You” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman in the role of Ed Carmichael, “Barefoot in the Park” by Neil Simon in the role of Paul Bratter, and “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim in the role of the Big Bad Wolf.

In 2016, Alejandro semi-retired from stage acting to pursue a career in playing live music at Louie Louie’s Dueling Piano Bar. Though he did not play the piano when he signed on, Alejandro’s dedication to the craft gave him the drive to learn as much as he could. However, he says he is indebted to the incredible musicians that pushed him to be the best he could and took the time to teach him everything he knows or could possibly want to know about live music.

Recently, Alejandro has been keeping busy since getting back into acting and joining the Wallace for their inaugural musical production of “Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”. He also lent his comedic chops to the roles of James Cagney at the LHUCA Firehouse for the Wallace’s showing of “Shakespeare In Hollywood” and Rusty Nail in the CATS Playhouse Melodrama in the Park “The Treasure of Shiver River, or It’s Hard to Steer Cattle When Their Horns Are Frozen.” Alejandro says that he is incredibly humbled to join the Wallace once again for one of his favorite musicals and some of his favorite people. He assures, it won’t be the last.

TRAVIS BURGE (Quasimodo) This is Burge’s second production with The Wallace Theater, and he is very excited to be fulfilling a dream role with this production as Quasimodo. Burge is a veteran Musical Theatre actor, director, and educator. He studied Musical Theatre Performance at Wayland Baptist University and Texas Tech University. He studied ballet for 6 years with Ballet Lubbock under Yvonne Racz-Key. Burge now serves as Director of LCT’s Horizon School of the Arts with Lubbock Community Theatre, a College Preparatory Theatre Program for high school students. Burge has performed with several local and regional theatre companies. Favorite Credits include: Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Enjolras in Les Miserables, Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, Jaime in The Last Five Years, and most recently Beadle Bamford in the Wallace’s Sweeney Todd. Directorial credits include: Beauty and the Beast Jr., Into the Woods Jr., Shrek Jr., How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, High School Musical, Godspell, Descendants the Musical, Assistant Director of TTU Opera Theatre's The Merry Widow, and is currently directing an upcoming production of Freaky Friday the Musical with Lubbock Community Theatre.

DANTZ DEBUSK (Jehan Frollo/Congregation member) Dantz was introduced to theatre in middle school a little over 10 years ago and has loved it ever since. He found that acting was his favorite artistic way to express himself and continues to pursue it. He graduated from Pampa Texas in 2016 and moved to California to attend the American Academy of Dramatic arts. He later became apart of a theatre in North Hollywood called Loft Ensemble and was apart of many productions over the course of 4 years. His favorite and most meaningful role was playing “Brooks Brown” in “The Columbine Project” He says this role changed him as a performer but more importantly as a person. The stories of everyone involved, meeting the person he played and the cast and crew will always have a special place in his heart. Since moving back to Lubbock he has been apart of two shows with the Lubbock Community Theatre. A Musical called “Descendants” where he played a nutty chemistry professor named “Maurice” and a play called “The 39 Steps” which is a comedic twist on the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name. He played the role of “Richard Hannay” and says he loved every minute of it. He wants to thank the director of “The 39 Steps” Patrick for allowing him to be apart and collaborate with such an amazing team and artists. Dantz is extremely excited to be apart of the production “The Hunchback of Norte Dame” After seeing the musical “Sweeney Todd” at the Wallace Theatre he knew he had to be apart in any way he could. He was so excited and very happy to have been apart of the Wallace’s production “Shakespeare in Hollywood” The level of professionalism and artists he got to collaborate with was everything he hoped for. He also wants to thank his family for their support, his middle school director Lou Lindsey for introducing him to theatre and his high school director Matthew Prather for inspiring him to always pursue acting.

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Alycyn Keeling

June 9, 2022

Take a Peek Behind the Scenes! Meet the Crew for the Hunchback of Notre Dame

Alycyn Keeling

June 9, 2022

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ANNA HOGAN (Director, Artistic Director) Anna’s professional directing resume spans large musicals like “Urinetown: The Musical” with Duke's Eye Productions (The Peoples Improv Theater, NYC), avant-garde new work like “Friendly's Fire” with Rising Sun Performance Company (NYC Premiere, The Theatre at the 14 St Y, NYC), intimate pieces like “Éléphant” with Rising Sun Performance Company (World Premiere, “Outstanding Direction” Winners, The Flamboyán Theater, Encore at the Kraine Theater, NYC), and more recently the immersive, sold-out production of “Sweeney Todd” and Ken Ludwig’s “Shakespeare in Hollywood” at The Wallace Theater where she now serves as Artistic Director.

Anna passion lies in developing new work such as the NYC workshop of “A Self Help Guide to Killing Your Boss,” a new musical by Justin Smalls and Caroline Dunaway (Alchemical Theater Lab) and the premiere workshop of “Hold My Spot” by Amir Muhammad (Latea Theatre) — the latter of which she was nominated for “Outstanding Direction of a Staged Reading” & “Outstanding Use of Multimedia” at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity in New York City.

Anna has assistant directed numerous professional directors, including her most recent endeavor with Obie-winning playwright and Oscar Nominee José Rivera on his World Premiere of “Lovesong, Imperfect.”

Anna received a BA in Musical Theater from West Texas A&M University. She continued her acting education in New York City under the mentorship of The Juilliard School of Drama alumnus Joseph Muzikar with an emphasis on classical texts and styles. Recent performance credits include the role of Cassie Flowers in the Off-Broadway Premiere of “The Long Rail North” by Michael Hagins.

Anna’s film work has received international acclaim, featuring a "Best Lead Actress" nomination from the Nice International Film Festival. Anna has credits as First and Second Assistant Director on several feature films, including “Yellow Fever” which starred Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls) and Jenna Ushkowitz (Glee).

Anna is a proud member of the League of Professional Theatre Women and a current proud member of NYC’s Rising Sun Performance Company. www.Annamhogan.com

SHARON HOLTON (Costume Designer) The Wallace Theater’s production of The Hunchback of

Notre Dame marks Sharon’s second costume design work with the Wallace Theater. Self taught, Sharon has been the principal costume designer for Texas Tech University Opera for over twenty years. Sharon has designed costumes for over fifty productions which include over thirty productions during her ten years with Lubbock Moonlight Musicals. Sharon has designed individual costumes in productions with Lubbock Community Theater, the CATS Theater and the Garza Theater. Notable among those are her designs for Tarzan, Fiddler on the Roof, Sweeney Todd, Pirates of Penzance, Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story, La Boheme, and CATS. Much love to Bob Holton, Gerald Dolter, and Anna Hogan. Sharon wishes to dedicate her designs for The Hunchback of Notre Dame to the memory of Texas Tech University Opera set designer Tim Walsh who she worked with for over twenty years.

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