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Steve Krempasky

Set Designer

Steve Krempasky is the Executive Director of SHOP FARRAGUT, promoting retailers, restaurants and service providers in the Town of Farragut.  Additionally, he is President of MASSKUS Productions, a special events consulting agency. During his career, Steve has over 350 theatrical and corporate stage credits.  He designed HVA’s Anything Goes last year and recently designed Treasure Island for Bearden High School.  He also completed productions of Finding Nemo with the Holston Show Choir and is currently completing The Music Man at Seymour High School. He is looking forward to working on Fiddler on the Roof with The Wordplayers’ production at the Clarence Brown Theatre this summer.  Steve is a “Fellow” of the American Association of Community Theatre with over 40 years of industry service.

Caryss Johnson

Lighting Designer

Caryss Johnson is a local freelance designer finishing up her AFA in Theatre Design Tech at Pellissippi. She took part in puppet design in the production of Peter and the Wolf at Pellissippi, receiving a KCACTF nomination for her puppet designs. She has worked on shows with the Knoxville Opera, the Wordplayers, River and Rail, and others.

Joshua Leslie

Lighting Designer

Josh Leslie is a Technical Theatre Major at Pellissippi State Community College. He is excited for this show because of all the tasks that he must manage. Some recent shows that he has worked on include Footloose produced by the Wordplayers, Peter and the Wolf produced by Pellissippi State, A Case for The Existence of God, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Fat Ham produced by River and Rail Theatre Company.

Ara Berrio

Ara Berrio is a junior at HVA. This is her second musical playing for the pit. She is a saxophone player in the Hardin Valley Wind Ensemble and the Spirit of the Valley marching band. Later in life she wants to carry her achievements through college and make a career out of what she loves.