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Michael Reinhart

Director/Light Design/Scenic Design/Video Projection

Mike Reinhart serves as the Auditorium Director at Merrillville and is a Title 1 Aide at Fieler Elementary. Also the director of Ross Music Theatre and M & M Productions plays and summer musical, Mike is also the technical director for those shows. In addition Mike is the production manager director and editor for M & M Video Productions. Mike has been recording events, corporate videos, training and special interest videos since 1981. Mike has been involved with community and or school live productions since he was 8 years old, starting out on stage in the chorus of his father's production of Flower Drum Song. Since that time he has played a wide variety of parts from Ebenezer Scrooge to Motel the Tailor, in addition to working on hundreds of shows in a technical capacity. Mike attended Valparaiso Technical Institute where he majored in electrical engineering then went to Indiana University where he majored in Theatre/English Education.

Mark Reinhart

Projection Art

Mark, is an artist, singer, actor, and choreographer.  Mark was choreographing RSMT shows in the 70's and 80s  He now lives in California where he runs a graphic arts company. Lasting Impressions was created in 1997 in Burbank, California. After spending many years in the corporate business world, Mark decided it was time to return to what he enjoyed most: art and creative expression. 

His first endeavor was to establish a mail-order catalog for the many note cards he had designed over the years. The mailing list has grown to over 5,000 customers. Recognizing the importance of the internet in reaching a mass market, lasting impressions went online in 1998. Their website has been viewed by countless browsers and brought customers from around the world.

Rachael Lagunes

Rachael is excited to return to the show that was her first show with Ross Summer Music Theatre Hunchback of Notre dame Rachel has been very busy since that first show performing in Little Mermaid as a mersister, Catch Me If You Can as Cheryl Ann, and Merry Halloween at Center Stage Studio Theatre. BA in music — vocal performance from Valparaiso university 2023