Indiana Thespians were one of the first school groups in the country to produce Suffs through MTI’s “The Young are at the Gates” Grant. This production was also chosen as a main stage production for the International Thespian Festival. I was

Anything Goes Spring 2026 The Carmel High School Performing Arts Department presented Anything Goes as their spring musical for 2026. I was able to act as the technical director, scenic designer, and projection designer for the show. The set for this production

In the Winter of 2026, Carmel High School produced Treasure Island written by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Bryony Lavery. The Creative Team included: Director: Maggie Cassidy Scenic Design/TD: Andrew Okerson Lighting Design: Jadon Hegnauer Sound Design: Ally Brooks Costume Design:

DRACULA What makes Dracula such a captivating monster? Why do we gravitate toward his power and control over his victims? Carmel High School’s production of Dracula sought to answer these questions and challenge some of them. This performance swapped the gender of

Carmel High School’s spring musical in 2025 was Big Fish. As the Sound Designer and Technical Director, I had quite a large job ahead of me. We were fortunate enough to rent to original Broadway set and props designed by Julian Crouch

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream but it is set in the American South at the turn of the previous century. Instead of Athens, Greece, we visit Athens, Georgia. The fairy realm is represented by a circus world in our production. The

This Classic Noel Coward production was great fun. This was a fringe production that also traveled to play competitions. We decided to try to do it simply, then built an entire unit set that we could set up and tear

Carmel High Schools 2024 production of Rodger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the Broadway version. This was a crazy fun production. We worked with ZFX to fly the Fairy Godmother, we got access to the Carriage from the International Tour of the

Carmel High School’s 2024 Production of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, adapted by Kate Hamill. Scenic Design: Andrew Okerson Costume Design: Ball State University

A classic comedy! This was at Carmel High School on the main stage. That show has to go up in less than 14 school days, so we have to work quickly to build at such a large scale. The cast