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Annabelle Monte (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer Annabelle Monte is a junior at Rock Ridge High School. She is ecstatic to serve as Rock Ridge Performing Arts CEO this year. During her first two years serving RRPA, Annabelle has performed onstage in shows including Matilda, Big Fish, Bring It On, the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and many others. She looks forward to performing in Treasure Island, Rent: School Edition, Frozen, and other RRPA productions. Annabelle has also worked as a special effects designer for Matilda, Big Fish, and Bring It On, as well as a lighting designer for Bring It On. Annabelle is a member of the RRPA Cappies Team, earning the "Best Upcoming Critic Award" in 2023, and looks forward to another incredible season with Blue Ridge Cappies. She serves as the Marketing Chair for Rock Ridge Sing's Choir Board and is a member of Chamber Choir. Annabelle supports the broader student body as their Executive Vice President. This year, she is excited to further engage with the school community and hopes to do her best to create, innovate, and inspire. |
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Kaylie Rivers (She/Her)
Chief Content Officer Kaylie Rivers is a junior at Rock Ridge High School. She is the Chief Content Officer or Head of Marketing for Rock Ridge Performing Arts and is hoping to pursue TV/Film as her future career. She has participated in nine of our high school productions and has performed in all of our Broadway Bound Camps/summer programs. She also participated in Rock Ridge Sings and Rockapella for two years. She was on the Marketing Committee for Rock Ridge Sings during her sophomore and now her junior year as well as Chamber Choir. She is thrilled to continue being a part of Rock Ridge Performing Arts and can’t wait for her future year at Rock Ridge. |
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Tom Soricelli (He/Him)
Chief Operations Officer Tom is the Chief Operating Officer for RRPA. He has a focus in technical theater, such as sound design and build crew, but also loves to act. Tom takes pride in both his performance and technical skills revolving around theater, and is thrilled to be taking that insight into his leadership position. He’s most proud of his sound design for The Trench, which due to everyone’s hard work, won many state awards. Additionally, he has won a cappies award for his sound work for Big Fish. Tom is excited to see the future of this company and see what great things he can help produce. |
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Hayley Sutton (She/Her)
Chief Membership Officer Hayley is a Senior and has been performing at Rock Ridge since she was in sixth grade. She’s been competitively dancing since the age of two and has worked with the Joffrey Ballet School, Joffrey Dance Center, and Platinum National Dance Competition. She is currently auditioning to pursue musical theatre in college. She can’t wait to play Maureen this year in Rent! |
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Olivia McMahon (She/Her)
Special Events Coordinator Olivia is so proud to be in her senior year at Rock Ridge! She has been in many productions with RRPA including the Trench, Matilda, Big Fish, etc., as well as assistant directed for Bring It On and directed for 21 Chump Street! She hopes to continue her love of theatre in college next year. |
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Palmer Jolly (He/Him)
Middle School Liason Palmer is sophomore at Rock Ridge Highschool and was first exposed to Musical Theater through the Rock Ridge Performing Arts summer camp, Broadway Bound. He immediately discovered his passion and decided to pursue it further from there. Following that he starred in shows “Willy Wonka JR.” and “Bring It On” and is deciding to pursue it in the future. |
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Ryan Hart (He/Him)
Member At Large Ryan Hart has been in many different theatre plays and musicals throughout his middle and high school career. His first musical was with Stone Hill Dramatic Arts where he played the character Uncle Henry in their production of The Wizard of Oz. He starred in one other with Stone Hill Dramatic Arts before he graduated middle school and that was Willy Wonka Jr. where he played the role Augustus Gloop. After he finished middle school he joined Rock Ridge High School’s Theater 1 class and starred in the one act they performed titled Our Place. Ryan Hart also starred in one other Rock Ridge High School musical called Bring It On! In that he played the role of Carter while also being the understudy for the role of Twig. He also interned at Rock Ridge Performing Arts’ summer camp program called Broadway Bound. |
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Pranjal Deshmukh (She/Her)
Member At Large Pranjal Deshmukh has been part of the RRPA program for three years. Pranjal started her journey in RRPA in the production of Matilda in her Freshman year and continues to be part of many productions in the company. You might have seen her in Big Fish, Bring it On, and 21 Chump Street. Pranjal is also part of the RRPA Lighting Team and is one of the Lead Lighting Designers. She can't wait to design the RRPA production of Treasure Island and RENT this year. She is excited to be part of the leadership team and continue to be part of the RRPA family for years to come. |
