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ALLISON KELLER is the music teacher at Mineral Point Elementary School. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Instrumental and General Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2021. This is her third production as technical director. Her previous productions as technical director include Into the Woods and Big Fish. She has enjoyed working with the high school students in the cast and crew as well as the director team on this year’s production of Seussical. “As someone who spends my days making music with elementary-aged children, I enjoy getting to work with older student musicians during each year’s production. One of my favorite parts of being the technical director is getting to watch the show from the tech booth. I love getting to see the growth that occurs from our first rehearsal at the opera house to our closing show.”

ASHLEY CALDERON-MCHUGH is enjoying her tenth year as the Choral and Musical Theatre Director, and Vocal Lesson and General Music Teacher at Mineral Point Unified Schools, for which she was a recipient of the 2023 Kohl Educational Fellowship. She has advised, choreographed, and musically directed The Addams Family, Shrek the Musical, Once Upon A Mattress, Les Misérables: School Edition, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Chicago: High School Edition, The Drowsy Chaperone, Into the Woods, Big Fish, and now Seussical. Calderon-McHugh also serves as a Music Theory Adjunct Instructor for UW-Oshkosh, Cantabile Director for Platteville Children’s Choir, Board Member for Mineral Point Opera House, Master Adjudicator and State Honors Choir Coach for WSMA, Vocal Faculty for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Drumline Coach for MPHS Marching Band, and private voice lesson teacher. Before coming to Wisconsin, she was an Adjunct Instructor at New York University Steinhardt while earning a Masters in Classical Voice and an Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy. Calderon-McHugh also earned a Masters in Vocal Performance and a Bachelors in K-12 Music Education from Eastern Illinois University. She has performed most recently with Madison Symphony Chorus, Pop Factory Players, Characters2Life, and Madison Sings. Calderon-McHugh is looking forward to performing with Brew City Opera at the MP Opera House with her MPHS Choir students! AshleyECMcHugh.weebly.com

BLAIR KOTT is a costume designer and performer from Platteville, WI. In addition to working with the students of MPHS, she serves as the costume designer and core company member of the Galena Shakespeare Festival, and assistant to the costume designer at UW-Platteville. Her most recent projects include Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Galena Shakespeare Festival, and The Clockmaker’s Daughter with the Platteville Summer Arts Festival.

CHAD WALTER "As my second year as set director, I look forward to putting my 25 years of construction knowledge to use. Although I tend to wear a lot of hi-vis shirts, I enjoy working behind the scenes making the simple and complex props that bring the show alive."

DANIEL NORDSTROM is excited to help Mineral Point Musical Theater with their production of Seussical. Daniel has enjoyed performing in theater while in high school and has especially enjoyed his recent adventure as Set Assistant Director.