Holly Rose (Founder/Managing Artistic Director): Holly holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Roosevelt University in Chicago and has completed advanced training at the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in NYC. Some credits include performing in A Narrow Bed (Wings Theatre, NYC), dancing alongside Smashmouth (Radio City Music Hall, NYC) and playing “Benten” in the World Premiere of The Kyogen Rope (O’Malley Theatre, Chicago). Some directing credits include I Hate Hamlet (Knutzen Family Theatre), If Spiders Made Honey (Burien Little Theatre), and A Very Lovely Dress (Stone Soup Theatre). She has directed numerous workshops and children’s theatre productions throughout Minnesota, Chicago and NYC as well as at the Knutzen Family Theatre with seasonal classes and creating and directing the Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program. Her most recent achievement is creating Rosebud CTC to ensure that children, teens and adults have the quality theatrical opportunities they deserve.
Lauren Christine Olson (Stage Manager-A Christmas Carol): Lauren graduated with her
BFA in Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle in May 2011.
Most recently, she worked as a directing intern at Shakespeare Santa Cruz on
Danny Scheie’s production of The Comedy of Errors and assistant directed The Beebo Brinker
Chronicles for Cherry Manhattan
Presents in Seattle. 2012 will bring the advent of matter:, an original multimedia theatre production,
as well as a start-up generative theatre company with co-conspirator and fellow
Cornish grad Sara Peterson. With her roots in community theatre in Rochester,
MN, Lauren is thrilled to be back on the community theatre horse giving back
and helping to encourage young theatre artists to follow their dreams as well.
Lexi Coy
(Assistant Stage Manager - A Christmas Carol): Lexi is a Junior at Thomas Jefferson High School and
has been in five shows with Holly. Most recently, she played Sarah Brown in
Rosebud’s production of Guys and Dolls. She was also Josephine Strong in
TJ’s Urinetown: The Musical and Yente the Matchmaker in Rosebud’s
production of Fiddler on the Roof. Enjoy the show!
Jaron Boggs
(Lighting Designer - A Christmas Carol): Jaron is glad to back working with
Rosebud Children's Theatre Conservatory. The past two summers he was proud to a
part of the cast playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and
Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls. Jaron has worked the last two
years on lighting at Thomas Jefferson High School working under Tim Geyer
as the assistant lighting designer. This spring, Jaron will be back at Thomas
Jefferson High School working as stage manager for their spring production
of Aida.
Jaron hopes you enjoy the show.
Brian Soushek (Music Director): Brian is a local musician who has a great passion for worship music and musical theatre. He is the music director at Federal Way United Methodist Church and has worked for the past seven summers with Holly Rose at the Knutzen Family Theatre under the Summer Youth Musical Theatre Program and beginning last year with her new company, Rosebud Children's Theatre Conservatory. Brian also teaches piano and saxophone lessons privately. He composes music in various styles and hopes to continue to spread the good news of the gospel through music in the community.
Shayda Abab (Choreographer): Shayda has been dancing for 20 years and choreographing in the area for about 6 years. She has also had vocal training and was involved in musical theater. She teaches Ballet at South Side Dance Force in Kent and is a proud member of SSSco, a modern dance company.
Sarah Bixler (Director & Stage Manager): Sarah holds a B.A. in Theatre Education from The University of North Texas. She recently directed for Holly in The Big Bad Musical in 2010 at Rosebud Children's Theatre and Robin Hood in 2009 at Knutzen Family Theatre and Spiderwick Chronicles: The Revenge of Ursling and Prince Caspian at Creative Arts and Theatre School in Arlington, Texas. She currently works with Seattle Scenic Studios, and frequently stage manages for Renton Civic Theatre among others. She appreciates the fact that she is lucky enough to have found her true love...theatre.
kie Graybill (Youth Music Director): Jackie has taught piano lessons for 12 years
and manages a piano studio of 25 private students in addition to working
with various after school music programs. She has also taught Music and
Movement classes at Greenwood Elementary as their Artist in Residence.
Jackie enjoys acting locally and some credits include Dracula, Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas
Binge, the Rocky Horror Show, If Spiders Made Honey (which was directed by Holly), Psycho Beach Party and
Christmas with the Crawfords,
all at Burien Little Theatre. She was also named Miss Puget Sound 2006
and finished as a Top 10 finalist at Miss Washington. Jackie was the Music Director for last year's show The Big Bad Musical and is excited
to work with Holly again as the Music Director for No Strings Attached.
Brett Claudio (Stage Manager): Brett has been involved in theatre for 8 years both on- and off-stage. Some of Brett’s favorite roles are Olin Britt in The Music Man, Rick Taylor in Bat Boy: The Musical! and Simeon in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Off-stage, Brett has stage managed The Big Bad Musical with Rosebud Children's Theatre Conservatory and is excited to be back again to stage manage No Strings Attached!
Elizabeth Steininger (Assistant Stage Manager): Elizabeth is a recent graduate of Decatur High School where she was invloved in 7 shows including Hairspray, Batboy! The Musical, and The Weddind Singer. Although
she loves being on stage living in the scene, over the past few shows
she has learned that is much more happy being Assistant Stage Manager
and Props Mistress. She is so exited to be apart of the wonderful team
here at Rosebud and for working with amazingly talented people! Aside
from Theatre, she loves her job at the Pacific Science Center. In the
winter she will be attending Brigham Young University in Hawaii where
she will pursue to be a Marine Biologist.
Danny Vogt (Sound/Lights Designer): Danny has been a theatre technician for Holly Rose since 2007. He has designed sound and illuminated such shows as Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Adventures of a Comic Book Artist, Bye Bye Birdie, The REAL Story of Little Red Riding Hood, The Big Bad Musical, Fiddler on the Roof and others. His favorite thing to do is to make an audience member say "Whoa." Danny
enjoys photography, acting on-screen and on-stage, and is currently
studying Broadcast Communications (with a side of Theatre) at Washington
State University.
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