Squad Goals Creative

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Director
Jordyn Purtle
Jordyn is ecstatic to be directing Squad Goals for her Senior year. In the past she has directed a scene from Clue: On Stage, and has also been seen on the Bryant Theatre Company stage as Mrs. Phelps (Matilda), Cherry Valance (The Outsiders), and Gwendolyn Fairfax (The Importance of Being Earnest). Later this fall you can find her on the Wildwood stage during their production of Newsies. She would like to thank Jeremy Clay for this opportunity and her amazing cast and crew for all of the hard work that they’ve put in this past month. Enjoy the show!
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Artistic Director
Mr. Jeremy Clay
Jeremy Clay has over 30 years of experience as an actor and director, plus 25 years as an educator. This is his tenth year with Bryant Schools, directing a theater company run by his students and managing the Bryant Fine Arts Center. Most recently onstage here at the Royal as Plankton in SpongeBob the Musical and St. Aphrodisius/King Louis XI in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Stage Manager
AJ Johnson
“Squad Goals” is senior AJ Johnson’s 8th show with the Bryant Theater Company. However, he is making his debut in stage managing and is grateful to be facing new challenges with such a talented cast and crew.
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Assistant Stage Manager
Luke Anderson
Luke Anderson, from Arkansas. This is the first year of theater that Luke is doing, and they are excited to work with everyone else in this community. He plans to go into Pulaski Tech then move to the University of Arkansas in his second year through his fourth, going into Culinology with pride. This is the first play he is helping with, and he is excited to help and give support to anyone else in stage.
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Head of Props
Mili Utsey
Mili Utsey is a first year theatre student, she’s worked two shows so far; Matilda (Wham) and Squad Goals (Props). She’s excited for the memories she’s going to create this last year of high school and all the experience she’s going to gain.
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Head of Lighting
Jessika Shelton
This is Jess’s 3rd year doing tech for Bryant Theatre Company, and she is thrilled to return as the lighting head for Squad Goals. Her previous credits include lighting assistant (The Little Mermaid), costume assistant (The 39 Steps), sound designer (The Outsiders), and lighting designer (Matilda). She wants to thank everyone on the cast and crew for working so hard on this show, and hopes you enjoy!
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Head of Costumes
Ainslee Theodore
Ainslee, also known as Thei, is a Senior at Bryant High school and is thrilled to be working as the head of costumes for Squad Goals! She has been in theatre for four years now, having started with Shrek the Musical. Thei’s very first technical job was being on the costume crew for The 39 Steps last year, and she is excited to start her Senior year by working on costumes once again!
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Sound & Lighting Assistant
Roe
Roe has worked in the Bryant high school theatre's 2023-2024 program. While new to the scene, he is excited to work on this production of Squad Goals.
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Head of Publicity
Delaney Self
Delaney is a senior at Bryant High School and head of publicity for Squad Goals. She has played Brenda and been on props for Our Place, head of costumes for The Importance of Being Ernest, ensemble and assistant stage manger for The Little Mermaid, set crew for The 39 Steps, Sandy and costumes for The Outsiders, and head of WHAM for Matilda. She is so excited to work with this cast and crew and to put on an amazing show!
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Wigs, Hair, and Makeup (WHAM)
Kyndall Romes
Kyndall is from North Little Rock , Arkansas. She is doing WHAM and is on tech crew for Squad Goals. She has been in theatre for 3 years. She was in Matilda and played a Big Kid, Loud Dancer, and Nurse. And this is her 2nd show with Bryant Theatre.
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Publicity Assistant
Juliana Holley
This is junior Juliana Holley’s second year on tech for Bryant Theater Company, and her first time on the publicity team. She is excited to continue working with this talented team to bring great theater to Bryant.
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Head of Sound
Ocean Pikey
Ocean “Fin” Pikey Is from Bryant Arkansas. She was previously apart of the costume crew for Matilda at the Bryant High school. She is also excited to continue doing theater work.
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Props
Braden Winchell
Brasen Winchell is ecstatic to be returning to Bryant High School! Brasen was most recently seen in She Kills Monsters at The Weekend Theater. He would like to thank everyone for their support, as well as the cast and crew for creating such a wonderful experience.
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WHAM
Madilyn Ellison
Madilyn is apart of the WHAM production for our comedic one act Squad Goals! She was apart of the WHAM and set crew for the production of Matilda the musical. She hopes you enjoy the show and have a few laughs with family or friends.
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WHAM
Isabela Botello
Isabela is in WHAM in Squad Goals and is excited to be a part of this production and to grow and learn from this experience.
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Emily Carden
Emily Carden is a sophomore at Bryant High School and this is her second show with the Bryant Theatre Company. She first worked on WHAM with the musical production of ‘Matilda’ and is currently helping on costumes with Squad Goals.

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Squad Goals by Don Zolidis

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