Costume Designer (Annie)

Choreographer (Annie)
Carey Channing, born and raised in Memphis, TN, earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona. Her professional career began performing in Spectra’s Cabaret for Royal Caribbean. Carey moved to New York City where she danced and assisted for some of the city’s top choreographers. Credits include: National Tours of Hamilton and Elf the Musical. TV/Film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Asi Se Baila (Telemundo), Sidelined (Lifetime), Cirkul national commercial and many others. Carey currently lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL, where she continues working as a dancer, actor, choreographer, and dance educator. Most recently, she choreographed musicals at Florida Children's Theater and Naples Performing Arts Center. Carey is thrilled to be making her choreographic debut at the Mac-Haydn, as Chatham holds a special place in her heart!

Scenic Designer (A Grand Night For Singing, A Bronx Tale, Annie, Escape to Margaritaville)
Alivia Cross is a scenic designer, researcher, and educator creating theatrical spaces that aim to inspire and invigorate all generations. She recently graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with an MFA in scenic design and will begin a PhD in Arts Education this coming fall.  In her creative pursuit, she is driven by a profound passion for storytelling and a desire to engage with broader and surrounding theatrical communities. Selected credits: The Rocky Horror Show ( Penobscot Theatre Co.), Sweeney Todd, Urinetown, Falsettos (Centre Stage), A Christmas Story (Millbrook Playhouse)  Rent, Sound of Music, All Shook up, and Jersey Boys (The Mac-Haydn Theatre). To see more of Alivia’s work, Please visit  aliviacrossscenicartsanddesign.com

Scenic Designer (Guys & Dolls, Jesus Christ Superstar)
Emma Cummings is excited to return to the Mac for her seventh season! She is a multimedia artist and fabricator who has been working in Pittsburgh as a Scenic Artist and Scene Shop Foreman for the last eight years. At MacHaydn theatre, she has designed the sets for Something Rotten, Next to Normal, Pippin, Little Shop of Horrors and The Wedding Singer, as well as building and painting dozens of other productions. Besides designing sets, she specializes in carpentry, painting, and 3D drafting. She has worked on many productions all over the North East including: Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. Her most recent endeavor is developing her personal artwork through paint, collage, and crochet. Check out her portfolio at emmacummingsdesign.com

Director (A Bronx Tale)
Steve Edlund is thrilled to join the Mac-Haydn Theatre family! Many thanks to John Saunders. Steveis proud to be the Associate Director to Jerry Zaks and has been for the past 15 years. In addition to working on the Paper Mill, Broadway and National Tours of A Bronx Tale, other credits include Mrs. Doubtfire (5th Avenue, Broadway, Manchester, West End, First & Second National Tours, and Germany), The Music Man (Broadway), Hello, Dolly! (Broadway & First National Tour), Meteor Shower (Broadway), Sister Act (Broadway, First National Tour), Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Lincoln Center Theatre), Shows For Days (Lincoln Center Theatre) and Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels (Center Theatre Group). @stevedlund

Choreographer (A Bronx Tale, Jesus Christ Superstar)
Kaitlyn is so thrilled to be back at the Mac-Haydn as a choreographer where she was seen last on stage in 2013! Since then, Kaityn's choreography has been seen at Carnegie Hall, ART New York, The United Nations, BC/EFA, Little Theatre On The Square, and in the docuseries, "1300 Miles To Broadway," directed by Kenny Ortega. Kaitlyn has performed on Broadway in Funny Girl, My Fair Lady; Off Broadway: We Are The Tigers (Annleigh); on National Tours: Newsies, White Christmas. Kaitlyn is a teacher at Marymount Manhattan College, Manhattan School of Music and Broadway Dance Center. Huge thanks to John and everyone at the Mac for having me this summer! All my love to Mike, my family, J. Frank and Kuzie! www.kaitlynfrank.com @kaitlyn_frank16

Music Director (Jesus Christ Superstar, Escape to Margaritaville)
Alex Franklin is a vocalist, pianist, music director, orchestrator, and arranger from Westford, Massachusetts. He recently graduated from Berklee College of Music with a double major in Contemporary Writing and Production and Professional Music, with concentrations in Musical Theater Conducting and Recording and Production. His recent music directing credits include "Bare", "Berklee Broadway Band: Unplugged", "Three Courses", "Curtain Up!", "Mine 'Til the End", "Annie", "Seussical", and "Lightning Thief". Alex loves working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment and has experience as a music supervisor/copyist and arranger/orchestrator for various shows, performances, and ensembles. When he is not performing or working on music, Alex loves to challenge his mind with different brain games such as jigsaw puzzles, logic puzzles, or escape rooms.

Lighting Designer

Director (A Grand Night For Singing)
Eoghan is back for his 6th season at the Mac! He has been with the Mac since 2019, putting on favorites like Jersey Boys, Something Rotten, The Sound of Music, A Chorus Line, Forever Plaid, Xanadu, Sunset Boulevard, Ragtime, and Oklahoma. For the past two years, Eoghan has had the honor of working as an ASM on The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes. Other NYC area credits: A Chorus Line, Rock of Ages, West Side Story (Argyle Theatre), Steel Magnolias (Gallery Players), The Floorshow (Combustion Collective), and many shows with the Actors Studio Drama School (Pace University). Select regional credits: The Book Club Play (Theatre SilCo); Mamma Mia, Matilda, Footloose, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket). When not stage managing or production managing, Eoghan works as an event manager and leathercrafter in the NYC area. Eoghanhartley.com

Director (Escape to Margaritaville)
Clint Hromsco is an actor, director and puppeteer based in NYC. He has directed and choreographed productions at Ogunquit Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, LTOTS, MTC, VCT, and WriteAct Rep. Clint won the 2022 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award for Best Direction of a Musical for La Cage Aux Folles. His production of Frankenstein the Musical, which ran for 3 years at St. Luke's Off-Broadway, was selected to perform at the 2019 Broadway in Bryant Park series. Clint has performed in 5 national tours, at countless regional theatres and in several NYC productions. He has also been featured in several NYC, regional and international commercials, print ads and TV shows. His work can be seen in Before I Go, starring Annabella Sciorra, currently streaming on Amazon Prime and in the film Resilient, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the NY International Film Festival and the Vegas Movie Awards. BFA Acting, Dance minor from Ithaca College. www.clinthromsco.com @chromsco

Costume Designer (A Grand Night For Singing, Jesus Christ Superstar, Escape to Margaritaville)
Sam is currently a rising Senior at the University at Albany, she is excited to join Mac-Haydn for her second season this time as the costume shops cutter/draper along with the Costume Designer for A Grand Night For Singing and Escape to Margaritaville . Previous design credits include: The Rocky Horror Show (Associate Costume Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor), Lend Me A Tenor (Costume Designer) Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein (Assistant Costume Designer), The Fantasticks (Assistant Costume Designer). Sam has also worked as Wardrobe Supervisors for shows such as: The Rocky Horror Show, Taming of the Shrew, The Glass Menagerie, and Kismet. Sam is excited to show her work this season and wants to thank her friends and family for their continuous support of her work!

Asst. Choreographer (Guys & Dolls)
Samantha (Sam) Littleford is a New York City–based performer and choreographer. Her regional credits include The MUNY, Goodspeed Opera House, The Old Globe, John W. Engeman Theatre, The Indianapolis Symphony, and others. She served as choreographer for the New London Barn Playhouse’s production of "Rent" last year, and most recently choreographed their season-kickoff "StrawHat Revue". Sam proudly wears multiple hats both on and off the stage, straddling the worlds of performance and choreography with equal passion. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre from Penn State University and is a proud founding member of BroadwayVox, a company dedicated to changing Musical Theatre education and training in NYC. Big thanks to Mandy for bringing me along, and to my sweet Joey for the constant love and support! @samanthalittleford

Music Arranger & Director (Beehive the 70s Musical)
George Luton is an internationally regarded musical theatre composer, conductor, and accompanist. Their original musicals have been launched Off-Broadway through the York Theatre's GenYork concert series (More Than This World), at Lincoln Center through the NYPL Across a Crowded Room program (Face to Face, Helen & Cassandra: Gifts of the Gods), at Theatre Now (Roommate Horror Story, Moon Illusion), and at the Tank NYC (Alice, Of Sleepless Nights, PreScripted). George also serves as a music director and arranger for shows in development at Off the Lane, Columbia University School of the Arts, Prospect Theatre Company, and more. They are a composer-lyricist at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, an arranger for the Amazon Prime show Hazbin Hotel, and a music director and pianist for the improvised musical comedy show Broadway's Next Hit Musical. They are delighted to be making their MacHaydn Theatre debut this season!

Costume Designer (Guys & Dolls)
Bethany Marx is an Associate Professor of Theatre specializing in Costume Design at SUNY Oneonta in Upstate New York. She has been designing costumes for select Mac-Haydn productions since 2017, including Hello, Dolly!, Oklahoma, Mamma Mia, The Wedding Singer, She Loves Me, Urinetown, Next to Normal, 42nd Street, Footloose, Rent, and Something Rotten. Bethany has also designed for Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, the Virginia Shakespeare Festival, the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre, and others. She holds a BFA from the University of Evansville in Evansville, IN and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Bethany is also a competitive cosplayer and enjoys traveling and adventuring with her husband and daughter. She runs a children's party entertainment company serving the capital region and central NY.

Sound Designer
Sean McGinley is excited to be spending another summer at the Mac-Haydn Theatre. He has had the pleasure of being the resident designer here for the last three years. Some of his favorite designs include Something Rotten, Jersey Boys, Xanadu and West Side Story; which won him a Berkie for Best Sound Design. Sean received his Bachelors for music industry and recording technology from York College of PA. His sound designs have been heard all over the country, most recently GableStage, The Naples Players, Playhouse on Park, Gulfshore Playhouse, TheatreZone, and Millbrook Playhouse. As always Sean would like to thank his new bride Alivia and his family for their continued support of his dream. for more information on Sean please visit seanmcginleysounddesign.com or follow @seansounds101

Director/Choreographer (Guys & Dolls)
Mandy is so excited to be back at the Mac-Haydn! Previously at the Mac, she choreographed Something Rotten! which she received the Berkie award for Best Choreography, and 42nd Street which was nominated for one!  Some favorite directing credits include: Matilda and Legally Blonde.  Some favorite choreographer credits include: Beauty and the Beast, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, State Fair, White Christmas, Sound of Music, Wedding Singer, Cinderella, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Newsies.  Mandy is passionate about educational theater and has helped build musical theater programs abroad in Shanghai. China and Lima, Peru. Up next: Mandy is directing Dear Jack, Dear Louise at Metropolis Theater in Chicago.  Proud AEA member.  Thanks to everyone at the Mac for bringing me back into the fam! @mandyinmotion www.mandymodic.com

Director (Jesus Christ Superstar, Annie, The Last Five Years)

Costume Designer (A Bronx Tale, The Last Five Years)
Sasha Sklar is a costume craftsperson, shop manager and designer originally from Moscow, Russia and calling Washington DC home. Recently graduated from the College of William and Mary, they are a recipient of the 2024 Catron Grant for Artistic Development and the 2025 Kennedy Center American College Festival Region IV Jane Childs Design/Tech/Management Legacy Award for their Costume Design of the debut production, The Greenhouse by J. Harvey Stone. Most recently, they have spent time working in the Costume Shop at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, creating costume pieces for the iconic Howl-O-Scream Mazes, Christmas Town Shows and the fan-favourite Celtic Fyre performances. In their free time, they are taking dance classes or hanging out at home with their two gray cats: Freyja and her daughter, Ernie.

Music Director (A Grand Night For Singing, Guys & Dolls, A Bronx Tale, Annie, The Last Five Years)
Evelyn Tomaro is an NY/NJ based music director, keyboardist, and conductor specializing in Musical Theater. Evelyn began studying piano at the age of three and graduated from Berklee College of Music this past May with a BM in Professional Music and a minor in Musical Theater Conducting.  Favorite music direction credits include Dogfight, Sunday in the Park with George, 13 the Musical, and The Prom. She has also played keys for countless shows including Into the Woods, Anastasia, Pippin, Sweet Charity, SpongeBob, and The Drowsy Chaperone. She made her 54 Below Debut as the music director and piano conductor for Acts of Love: The Songs of Jason Robert Brown this past January. Evelyn is thrilled to be joining the Mac-Haydn Theatre community this summer!

Choreographer (A Grand Night For Singing)
Anthony Michael Velez is a NYC-based performing artist/educator. When he’s not auditioning, Anthony works at Broadway Bound Kids as a Teaching Artist. He has worked at CAMP Inc. twice before as an Immersive Performer for the  Bluey x Camp and Trolls x Camp Experience. He recently completed a 3-Month Intensive Dance Program at Peridance in NYC. He has performed in 4 seasons here at the Mac-Haydn and is so grateful to be returning for this incredible season! Anthony would like to thank his family and friends for always supporting his passion for the arts and education.

Choreographer (Escape to Margaritaville)