(Photo credit: Kristin Hullihan)

Santa Fe Opera has released the names of the 82 members of its 2024 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians.

Each season, Santa Fe Opera’s technical apprentices perform essential backstage functions within one of eight distinct crews: Audio/Visual, Costumes, Electrics, Production/Music Services, Properties, Scenic Art, Stage Operations and Wigs and Makeup. The crews carry out daily changeovers to maintain the season’s repertory schedule and fill positions crucial to the live-running of productions. In addition to involvement in mainstage opera presentations, the technical and singing apprentices will produce two evenings of Apprentice Scenes on August 11 and 18.

The following were selected from a pool of over 1,000 national and international applications.

Audio/Visual

Anjelica Jones, Chicago, Illinois
Meara Kronsperger, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joshua Moore, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Brooke Sauerwein, Houston, Texas

Costumes

Morgan Bailie, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Jordan Billiot, New Orleans, Louisiana
Emily Cosma, Richmond, Virginia
Claire Elise, Anderson, South Carolina
Gabrielle Farnsworth, Lubbock, Texas
Travis Gawason, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Ava Greer, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Emma Rose Harrison*, Dixon, New Mexico
Caifeng Hong, Dalian, China
Robin Klemaszewski, Tempe, Arizona
Lilli Lemberger, Houston, Texas
Grigorii Malakhov*, Poland
Ashley Morgan, Madison, Wisconsin
Lily Ochoa, San Antonio, Texas
Eden Resnik, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Alex Rockey*, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Sophie Shahan, Norwood, North Carolina
Tyler Swartz, Mountain View, California
Emma Van Horn, Phoenix, Arizona
Macey Veeder-Shave, Hyde Park, New York
Annie Wang, Azusa, California
Mila Livoni Zidel, Chicago, Illinois

Electrics

Frida Capitán Parra, Austin, Texas
Julian Cordova, Clermont, Florida
Micah Dominguez-Schatz*, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Rubysella M. Erickson*, Houston, Texas
Emily Jones, Wichita, Kansas
Mathilda Kleinhans, McFarland, Wisconsin
Leo Levine, Bethesda, Maryland
Eli McEwan, Libertyville, Illinois
India Silverman, Redmond, Washington
E. Lieu Wolhardt, Hong Kong, China

Production/Music Services Crew

Katie Barnes, Macedon, New York
Trista Cae Davidson, Durant, Oklahoma
Julia Griffith, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Oscar Hough, Houston, Texas
Elijah Hughes, Woodstock, Georgia

Properties

Natalia Baez Ortiz, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Vance Cook*, Gilbert, Arizona
Kayla Cotter, Springfield, Missouri
Liliana Cudly, Fremont, Nebraska
Noah Davidson, Lockport, Illinois
Dallas Fadul, San Diego, California
Annabelle Gauthier, Dexter, Michigan
Hunter Hubler, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Saige Kanik, Weston, Connecticut
Lydia Konings*, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ivy Lariviere, Stillwater, Minnesota
Erin McNeley-Phelps*, Lenexa, Kansas
Zoe Steenwyk, Mebane, North Carolina
Kira Weaver, Cleveland, Ohio

Scenic Art

Angel Cortez, Santa Maria, California
Rylan Marincovich, Shawnee, Kansas
Adrian Merson, Charlotte, North Carolina

Stage Crew

Anthony Arzate, Santa Ana, California
Kay Burley, Sterling Heights, Michigan
Matt Carroll, Aldie, Virginia
Mike Cooprider*, Hutchinson, Kansas
Mike Hanlon, Washington DC
Turner Laxson, Fort Worth, Texas
Brenda Mendez-Maria, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Josie Mueller, Orlando, Florida
Amelia Routhier, San Antonio, Texas
Anna Ryabova, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reid Stadelman, Beloit, Wisconsin
Mitchel Statler, Fresno, California
Nicholas Thomas, Emporia, Kansas
Andrea Tuthill*, Amherst, Massachusetts
Dameon Vasquez, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ellora Venkat, Calabasas, California
Eli Wallow*, San Carlos, California
Robert Webb, Thomson, Georgia
Desmond Wood, Clemmons, North Carolina
Nathaniel York, Aurora, Colorado

Wigs and Makeup

Sarah Burstock, Leesburg, Virginia
Sophie Lin*, Taipei, Taiwan/New York
Tzu-Hsuan (Celine) Lin, Taiwan
Joshua Wisham*, Colorado Springs, Colorado

*Denotes second-year apprentice