Something Rotten (2026)
Lerner Blackbox, Fall 2026
PRODUCTION TEAM
Directors — Julian Rodriguez, Jackson Palmer
Producers — Amelia Thomas, Elaine Huang
Choreographers — Norah Mukana, Gabby Shahaf
Music Directors — Fanglin Yuan, Jessica Nwosu
Stage Manager — Nadia Chantal Lam
CMTS Community Production Manager— Cai Dewrell
Sound Designer — Venska Pongoh
Lighting Designer — Frankie Fidler
Lighting Operator — Meredith Rouse
Props/Costumes/Set Designer — Susannah Abel-Zucker
Photographer — Cooper John Antczak
Pit
Conductor, Keys 1 — Fanglin Yuan
Keys 2 — Rachel Lyons
Keys 3 — Max Kleban
Bass — Eshan Kabir
Drums/Percussion — Julian Jimenez-Pardo
Violin — Minji Kim
Flute — Ariana Banez
Clarinet/Saxophone — Brandon Fu
Trumpet — Katharine Wilhelm
Trombone — Andre Perlman
CAST
Nick — Emerson Antunes Black, David Solano, Ryan Ingram, Emorie Hayes, Juliet Scott
Nigel — Ben Miner, Kayler Kim, Nathan Shurts
Shakespeare — Liza Grimes, Nathan Villa, Wren Pfetcher, Frankie Fidler, Jorim Chua
Bea — Marina Chamedes, Leticia Valdetaro
Portia — Rose Tuttle, Sabine John
Nostradamus — Abby Neate
Brother Jeremiah — Ethan Epstein
Lord Clapham — Sara Rose
The Minstrel — Isabella St. Juste
Shylock — Adrien Honig
Chefs — Molly Hahn, Alexi Arocho, Damilola Bankole, Kaylee Gadepalli, Ben Miner, Victoria Gonzalez
Troupe — Zach Louizos, Sage Starkovitch, Vivianne Arnold, Isabella Yang, Natalie Stephens, Sophie Yung, Lily Siris, Ella Leferman
ENSEMBLE
Sonia Skolnik
Kaylee Gadepalli
Yiyun Chen
Amelia Reichert
Cecilia Sandoval-Strausz
Leela Iyer
Alexi Arocho
Ilhaam Jama
Laine Koo
Victoria Gonzalez
Sage Starkovich
Evey Sanders
Aries Aguilar
Danielle Lindsay
Gaby Garibaldi
Mackenzie Duff
Aurora Song
Grace Marie Miller
Sylvia Beckwith-Brown
Photo credits: Cooper John Antczak