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2024 Team
Max Lewellen (Artistic Director)
Kayla LC Yee (Co-Lead Management) is super excited to be a part of MoveAbout's Management Team for a third year! She performed in MoveAbout's 2021 production of Bad Auditions By Bad Actors. Kayla has been singing, dancing, and acting for 12+ years, recently performing in SFBATCO & SFArtsEd’s I, Too, Sing America: The Next Gen, and YPTMTC’s production of Legally Blonde as Brooke Wyndham. Aside from performing musical theatre, she’s also involved with her school’s student government!
Violet Maddox (Co-Lead Management) is enthralled to have a hand in this year's Moveabout show as Co-Lead Manager! She performed in Moveabout's 2022 show Enter Macbeth and 2023 show Murder on the Orient Express. Junior year she performed in Lowell's productions of Anonymous as Senator Laius and Urinetown as Hope Caldwell. Also, she wrote, performed, and directed for Lowell's One Act performance. She has been doing musical theater for over 12 years, and recently choreographed for The Little Mermaid Jr. She also has worked as an assistant teaching director at a musical theater summer camp for three years. When not doing activities related to musical theater, Violet enjoys eating limes and lemons.
Danah Aroonchaipirom (Assistant Director)
Ar Tze (Costumer) is excited to be a part of tech for Moveabout this year! As a junior at Lowell, they have worked on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Wizard of Oz, and is this year’s Technical Theater Club president and costume designer and department head for Romeo and Juliet. He has been drawing and fashion designing for about 10 years and outside of costumes, they have experience in props and have dabbled in stage management.
Sadie Oliver (Props Master) is excited to join Moveabout’s Management Team as Prop Manager this year. She is a senior at Lowell and performed as Mary Debenham in Moveabout’s 2022-2023 production of Murder on the Orient Express. Her other previous roles include Glinda in The Wizard of Oz and Calista in Anon(ymous), and she made her student directing debut in Lowell’s production of Urinetown. Outside of theater, Sadie is a member of the Young Women’s Chorus of San Francisco, and has performed with them internationally and in SF.
Imaan Ansari (Photographer/Public Relations) is thrilled to join the MoveAbout team this year! She is a junior at Lowell High School and has done tech for two of their shows. She was on set crew for Anonymous and production crew for Urinetown. She also photographed Urinetown, as well as other events in the theatre, such as band concerts. She enjoys both digital and darkroom photography, which she learned from taking classes from the Youth Art Exchange. Aside from photography, she enjoys doing speech and debate for Lowell’s Forensic Society, rock climbing at Dogpatch Boulders, and eating cheesecake.
Kayla LC Yee (Co-Lead Management) is super excited to be a part of MoveAbout's Management Team for a third year! She performed in MoveAbout's 2021 production of Bad Auditions By Bad Actors. Kayla has been singing, dancing, and acting for 12+ years, recently performing in SFBATCO & SFArtsEd’s I, Too, Sing America: The Next Gen, and YPTMTC’s production of Legally Blonde as Brooke Wyndham. Aside from performing musical theatre, she’s also involved with her school’s student government!
Violet Maddox (Co-Lead Management) is enthralled to have a hand in this year's Moveabout show as Co-Lead Manager! She performed in Moveabout's 2022 show Enter Macbeth and 2023 show Murder on the Orient Express. Junior year she performed in Lowell's productions of Anonymous as Senator Laius and Urinetown as Hope Caldwell. Also, she wrote, performed, and directed for Lowell's One Act performance. She has been doing musical theater for over 12 years, and recently choreographed for The Little Mermaid Jr. She also has worked as an assistant teaching director at a musical theater summer camp for three years. When not doing activities related to musical theater, Violet enjoys eating limes and lemons.
Danah Aroonchaipirom (Assistant Director)
Ar Tze (Costumer) is excited to be a part of tech for Moveabout this year! As a junior at Lowell, they have worked on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Wizard of Oz, and is this year’s Technical Theater Club president and costume designer and department head for Romeo and Juliet. He has been drawing and fashion designing for about 10 years and outside of costumes, they have experience in props and have dabbled in stage management.
Sadie Oliver (Props Master) is excited to join Moveabout’s Management Team as Prop Manager this year. She is a senior at Lowell and performed as Mary Debenham in Moveabout’s 2022-2023 production of Murder on the Orient Express. Her other previous roles include Glinda in The Wizard of Oz and Calista in Anon(ymous), and she made her student directing debut in Lowell’s production of Urinetown. Outside of theater, Sadie is a member of the Young Women’s Chorus of San Francisco, and has performed with them internationally and in SF.
Imaan Ansari (Photographer/Public Relations) is thrilled to join the MoveAbout team this year! She is a junior at Lowell High School and has done tech for two of their shows. She was on set crew for Anonymous and production crew for Urinetown. She also photographed Urinetown, as well as other events in the theatre, such as band concerts. She enjoys both digital and darkroom photography, which she learned from taking classes from the Youth Art Exchange. Aside from photography, she enjoys doing speech and debate for Lowell’s Forensic Society, rock climbing at Dogpatch Boulders, and eating cheesecake.
PAST TEAMS
The Importance of Being Earnest --
2013 -- Fort Mason, SF
2023
Artistic Director: Bina Herron Geller
Lead Management: kayla LC Yee
Assistant Director: Max Lewellen
Assistant Management: Becca Trillin-Lee
2022
Artistic Director: Ember Draffin
Lead Management: Isidore Lu
Assistant Director: Bina Herron Geller
Assistant Management: Kayla LC Yee
2021
Martine Kolderup-Lane, Artistic Director
Francesca Ficano, Lead Management
Ember Draffin, Assistant Director
Isidore Lu, Assistant Management
2020
Emma Greene, Artistic Director
Francesca Ficano, Lead Management
Martine Kolderup-Lane, Assistant Director
2019
Isabelle Bushkov, Artistic Director
Emma Greene, Assistant Director
Adrian Jones, Stage Management
2018
Cleo Blackketter, Artistic Director
Isabelle Bushkov, Assistant Director
Charlotte Schwartz, Management and Marketing
2017
Kate Adler, Artistic Director
Cleo Blackketter, Assistant Director
Charlotte Schwartz, Management and Marketing
2016
Kali Kecskemeti, Artistic Director
Kate Adler, Assistant Director
Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Management and Marketing
2015
Avery Chung-Melino & Kali Kecskemeti, Artistic Directors
Jerry Ng, Marketing
Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Management
Rachael No, Technical Director
2014
Elisa Vidales & Lauren Taylor, Artistic Directors
Alexandra Beem & Avery Chung-Melino, Management and Marketing
Praise Ching, Technical Director
2013
Elisa Vidales & Lauren Taylor, Artistic Directors
Cecily Montgomery, Management and Marketing
2012
Natalie Girshman & Margot Pierluissi, Artistic Directors
Cecily Montgomery, Management and Marketing
2009-2011
Freddy Edelhart, Founder and Director
Artistic Director: Bina Herron Geller
Lead Management: kayla LC Yee
Assistant Director: Max Lewellen
Assistant Management: Becca Trillin-Lee
2022
Artistic Director: Ember Draffin
Lead Management: Isidore Lu
Assistant Director: Bina Herron Geller
Assistant Management: Kayla LC Yee
2021
Martine Kolderup-Lane, Artistic Director
Francesca Ficano, Lead Management
Ember Draffin, Assistant Director
Isidore Lu, Assistant Management
2020
Emma Greene, Artistic Director
Francesca Ficano, Lead Management
Martine Kolderup-Lane, Assistant Director
2019
Isabelle Bushkov, Artistic Director
Emma Greene, Assistant Director
Adrian Jones, Stage Management
2018
Cleo Blackketter, Artistic Director
Isabelle Bushkov, Assistant Director
Charlotte Schwartz, Management and Marketing
2017
Kate Adler, Artistic Director
Cleo Blackketter, Assistant Director
Charlotte Schwartz, Management and Marketing
2016
Kali Kecskemeti, Artistic Director
Kate Adler, Assistant Director
Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Management and Marketing
2015
Avery Chung-Melino & Kali Kecskemeti, Artistic Directors
Jerry Ng, Marketing
Lydia Jenkins-Sleczkowski, Management
Rachael No, Technical Director
2014
Elisa Vidales & Lauren Taylor, Artistic Directors
Alexandra Beem & Avery Chung-Melino, Management and Marketing
Praise Ching, Technical Director
2013
Elisa Vidales & Lauren Taylor, Artistic Directors
Cecily Montgomery, Management and Marketing
2012
Natalie Girshman & Margot Pierluissi, Artistic Directors
Cecily Montgomery, Management and Marketing
2009-2011
Freddy Edelhart, Founder and Director
