Drama Director, Lighting & Sound Designer
Jodi Mealeyis the choir teacher at NRHS, where she directs the Concert Choir, Chorale (Treble Choir), Jazz Choir, and Show Choir. This is Mealey’s 22nd year teaching music, theater, and dance (NY, CO, WI) and her 10th in the District. She graduated from Viterbo University in LaCrosse and has since continued taking music and theater classes at both the University of St. Mary's and the UW-Madison. Mrs. Mealey has been involved with the NRHS musical productions since 2009 including: Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, White Christmas, Cinderella, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Addams Family, Seussical, and (the Jerry Award nominated NRHS production), Ranked. In addition to teaching, Mealey also performed professionally for many years. She sang lead roles in operas and musicals, and even toured the Hawaiian Islands as a singer/dancer on the S/S Independence cruise ship. She was also a featured performer with the touring performance troupe, "Kids from Wisconsin," where she met her trumpeter husband, Matt, who teaches alongside her at the high school. Together, they have three amazing children (18, 16, & 14) who all sing and play the trumpet.
Set Construction
Jeremy Vogleris in his 8th year teaching at New Richmond High School, but has been teaching for total of 25 years. He has a Bachelor's degree in Technology Education from UW-Stout and a Masters in Educational Administration K-12 Principalship from UW-Superior. He teaches numerous classes which include: Intro to Engineering, Manufacturing and Design, Wood Tech, Cabinet and Furniture Making, Construction, and Graphic Communications. Previously, Mr. Vogler helped create the sets for plays and musicals at Spooner High School, and the NRHS Fall musical, Ranked - so he is very excited to bring his expertise to the stage at New Richmond High School.
Music Composer
Kyle Newmasterhas been providing music for film, television, games, and the concert stage for over 15 years. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and earned a Master's degree in Composing for Contemporary Media from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. For his full bio go to: kylenewmaster.com
Stage Manager
Shelby Peperis a senior, grateful for her final show! She loves working with the cast and crew to make each show come to life. Shelby is also involved in Earth First, Orchestra, and varsity ESports. She plans to major in Wildlife Care at Unity Environmental College after graduating, and can’t wait to see where life takes her after that! She wants to thank her family, her friends, and Mrs. Mealey, but especially her mom for the never-ending support throughout the years. Shelby hopes you enjoy the show as much as she has!
Assistant Stage Manager / Costumes
Faith Shaferis a junior who is very excited to be part of the production team for the play. She has been a part of the crew for over a year and worked backstage for Ranked, Show Choir, Seussical, and Puffs.
Assistant Stage Manager / Props
Dani Frenchis a sophomore who is very excited to be a part of the production team for this play, as they have be a part of the crew for over a year now and have worked backstage for Ranked, Show Choir, Seussical, and Puffs.
Program Cover & Poster Art Designer
Aria Mealeyis a freshman who is happy to have been given the opportunity to create the program cover design, and the Dolphin Girl comic book poster. They plan to pursue a degree in animation after graduation.
Props Creator
Katelynn DoehrmannKatelynn is a junior who loves to help out with the creation of props. She made several props for "The Con," including the Sharkasauras Rex poster and the gaming wheels.
Original Creative Team
Playwright - Tracy Wells
Tracy has loved seeing stories come to life on stage for as long as she can remember. In high school, she was able to tread the boards herself in a few starring roles in her drama department. Alas, like her character in A Chorus Line, Kristine, she couldn’t really sing, so she learned the value of a great non-musical script and the way that a play can touch the lives of an audience through the writers’ words and the what the actor brings to the stage.
It wasn’t until years later that Tracy tried her hand at writing. Her husband Eric is a middle school and high school theater director and he needed large cast plays to use with his students. After writing an adaptation of O. Henry’s, “The Gift of the Magi”, Tracy decided to send it in for publication. Thus, a new career in playwriting was born. Tracy now has more than one hundred and fifty published plays with several publishers and her plays have been produced in all fifty states as well as internationally. In addition to her work for schools and community theatres, Tracy writes Christian plays and skits and is a writer for the Christian comedy duo, The Skit Guys. Tracy continues to write plays for the youth and Christian market and resides with her husband and two children in Metro Detroit.
