OIO Artistic Staff
Artistic Staff 2025
Conductors, Directors and Designers
- Thomas Cockrell, OIO artistic director; music director and conductor, Carmen and Into the Woods
- Kristin Roach, music director and conductor, The Merry Widow
- JJ Hudson, stage director, Carmen, stage skills
- Benjamin Wayne Smith, stage director, The Merry Widow, stage skills
- Sara Widzer, stage director, Into the Woods, stage skills and intimacy training
- Emily Ulibarri and Raymond Ulibarri, choreographers, movement class
- Spencer Musser, scenic designer and technical director
- Richard Dunham, lighting designer
- TBD costume designer
- Erick Vaughn Wolfe, fight choreographer, stage combat workshop
Music Staff
- Brian Osborne, senior coach, Broadway Cabaret music director
- Andrew Voelker, senior coach
- Lorraine Ernest, alumni vocal instructor, May-June
- Bille Bruley, alumni vocal instructor, July
- Zachary Kierstad, Guzal Isametdinova, coach accompanists
Production Staff
- Carol Brian, production stage manager
- Lia Bernhardi, Brianna Wallace, stage managers
- TBD, costumers, technical and lighting staff