Rising: Reconnecting After a Storm

Rising: Reconnecting After a Storm - March 02 - March 04, 2023

Newton South High School

Crew Who's Who

Meghan Rose

Director

Meghan Rose performed 300 shows in the Broadway National Tour of Annie as Lily St. Regis and Star To Be. BFA in Musical Theatre from Brind Conservatory at UArts. TV projects include CBS's Elementary, Hulu's The Path, and Law & Order: SVU. Break a leg to the entire cast & crew. Love to her husband Braxton and littles, Grayson & Lincoln.
Elliot Heywood

Stage Manager

This is Elliot's first time being Stage Manager, and she thinks she's Rising to the occasion (if she does say so herself).
Ryan Spruck

Technical Director

Mr. Spruck graduated from Alfred University with a degree in Technical Theatre. He was the Technical Director of Theatre at Elmira College, and then North Shore Music Theatre. Mr. Spruck loves sailing and playing musical instruments like the guitar, bowed psaltry, hammered dulcimer, and playing modern board games like Agricola, Antiquity, Carcassonne, and Vinhos.
Paige Perkinson

Costume Supervisor

Perk teaches Acting, Costume Design, and Public Speaking at NSHS. Professional acting credits include Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Macbeth & The Comedy of Errors. Also, The Three Musketeers (Greater Boston Stage), Allegiance (Speakeasy Stage), and Arabian Nights (Central Square Theatre – IRNE Award). She holds a BFA from Boston University’s School of Theatre.
Jeff Knoedler

Producer

Mr. K is worried that when people find out what an awesome job he has, they will take it away. Shhh. He grew up on a farm in Nebraska and desperately rode east until he came to Boston. He has been a Theatre teacher at NSHS for 20 years. BS in English/Theatre Ed. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. MA in Theatre Ed. from the Chicago College of Performing Arts.