2023 was an amazing year with 239 performances, workshops, and educational programs, but 2024 was even more special with 509 performances, workshops, and programs in NY state, the majority in Chemung and Steuben Counties.
Special thanks to Kim Stanton and Dorisjean Metzger, and many thanks to the educators and organizations I've been fortunate to collaborate with, including: Abby's Paws for a Cause, Southside Community Center, Cameron Dumas, Jennie Lewis, Amy Coston, Emma Howard, and Chemung County Library District staff, the Chemung County Youth Bureau, the Elmira City School District, AIR Chemung Youth Clubhouse, Kimberly Burris and Elmira Economic Opportunity Program, Inc., Megan Gillander and the Oneida Library, Kayla Crane and the Southeast Steuben County Library, Kirsty Harper Buchanan and 171 Cedar Arts Center, Pam Noviello and The Triangle Fund, Jane Joralemon and the Anderson Foundation, Casey Lewis Winston and The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, and the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, RESTORE, and many other schools, educators, and organizations.
And thanks to fellow artists and creators, including Faith Bogdan, Margaret Matthews, Meghan OToole, Jeffrey Mathews, Jess LiBrizzi, Filomena Lisi Jack, Jasmine Cook, Mark Cox, Ann Cady, Michael Czarnecki, Amelia Cueva, Bridget B. van Otterloo, John van Otterloo, Cam Stanton, Sage Ulrich, Emily Swan, Nicolas Dubina, James Lynch, Regan Parshall, Caytlyn Brooke, and many others!
And thanks to the many great students who have been a delight to work with, including the hardworking teen actors from the Teen Acting Lab of Elmira.