Mr. B is thrilled to be the Director of this thriving program and is so excited to see these students continue to grow! In previous lives he worked as the Theatre Conservatory Director at the Nashville School of the Arts and Theatre Teacher at McGavock High School. Even further back he worked at Studio Tenn Theatre Company, Nashville Children's Theatre, and Father Ryan High School as both Teaching Artist and Theatre Technician. He is blown away by these students each and every day and he can't wait to show them off to you!

Rose Hellmers, winner of the 2024 American Prize in Conducting, 2024 TnMEA Young Music Educator of the Year, and 2023 CMA Music Teacher of Excellence, is the Director of Choirs at Ravenwood HS, where she conducts four choirs that consistently receive the highest scores at district, state, and national competitions. This year, they performed as the Featured Choir at Carnegie Hall and last year, they performed at the state Conference. In the past 4 years, she has over-doubled the size of the choir program. She serves as the district PLC Team Lead, Tri-M advisor, and teaches AP Music Theory, with a 100% AP exam pass rate. Hellmers serves as Music Director for Ravenwood’s musicals, winning Spotlight awards for Best Vocals and nominations for Best Orchestra. Hellmers also serves as Assistant Conductor of the Nashville Symphony Chorus, where she has prepared many major works and conducted at TnACDA. Previously, Hellmers was Director of Choirs at Portage Northern MS/HS (selected for MiACDA) and the founding Strings Director at Harding Academy. She serves on the state TnACDA board, has had 5 student teachers, and presented at numerous conferences. Hellmers received a full scholarship for her MME/BM from Vanderbilt University. She currently resides in Nashville with her husband, Carl and her dog, Judy. Please see https://sites.google.com/view/ravenwoodchoirs/ for more information.

Lyss Edmondson is a Ravenwood Theatre Alumni class of 2013. Their favorite role they played in high school was Hedy LaRue in How to Succeed in Business. Their love for directing began right here at Ravenwood. They went on to receive their BA in Theatre from Samford University and then their MFA in Directing from Arizona State University. While in graduate school Lyss studied Theatre History, Devising, Intimacy Choreography, Civic Practice, and the Critical Response Process. Lyss is so grateful to work with such passionate and talented young people. Special thanks to Mr. B for inviting Lyss to be a part of this Raptor season, it has been an absolute joy to collaborate with you! Much love to their spouse and middle school sweetheart Mr. Edmondson; thank you for taking a chance on me <3!

Wil Edmondson is a Ravenwood Theatre Alumni class of 2012. His favorite role he played was Bud Frump in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”. He first became involved in theater at Woodland Middle school back in 2007, thanks to Margie Chaney and Jim Jenkins. He received his undergraduate degree in Anthropology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Go Vols!) and his Masters of Education from Middle Tennessee State University. Wil is now a world history teacher here at Ravenwood. He is also the assistant speech and debate coach. Wil would like to extend a huge thank you to Mr. B for giving him a chance to collaborate and create in the RHS theater again. It has been a pleasure to work with this cast and crew and he’s so proud of all they’ve achieved. Last but not least, Wil would like to express his deepest gratitude for his spouse Mx. Lyss.

Anna Feitel is having no regrets about being a Stage Manager for Mamma Mia! at Ravenwood High School. This is her sixth show at Ravenwood and fourth as a Stage Manager. Mamma Mia! has always been a dream show of hers, so you better like it a lot. She wants to thank the cast and crew of this show for their dedication and her best friend Abby for all of the memories they have made together over the past two years; there ain't no mountain high enough to keep her from getting to Abby. Anna will miss Abby and Chase so much, so it’s a good thing we're taking them to the “farm upstate” instead of college! Anyway, enjoy the show!!

Jack Poladian is having the time of his life being a Stage Manager for Mamma Mia! at Ravenwood High School. This is his sixth show with Ravenwood, and second as Foreman. He would like to thank the cast and crew for all of their hard work, and Raptor Theatre for the additional stress they have added to his junior year. Jack is super sad to see Abby and Chase go to college, so instead Jack is taking them to a “farm upstate” where they will frolic in the fields forever.

Welcome to Ravenwood's wonderful production of Mamma Mia! This show was such an honor for Isa to work on; she poured her heart and soul into trying to make this the best it can be and she hopes that it all pays off. She wants to thank all of her family and friends, along with her three amazing directors for all their help and support. She will miss all of the seniors greatly, especially Chase and Abby Enjoy the show!!

This is Abby's fifth and final show at Ravenwood. She has greatly valued her time on the crew for Raptor Theatre productions and will miss every single one of her booth babes when she goes off to college, just as soon as she gets back from this “farm upstate” Jack, Anna, and Isa have been promising a Juno watch party and a frosty bev.

Chase is super happy to have worked on Mamma Mia, his fifth and final show at Ravenwood! He would like to thank his family and directors for their support. He is going to miss Raptor Theater but Anna, Jack, and Isa have promised him a trip to a " farm upstate" with Marvel Rivals so he is pretty stoked. Enjoy the show

Landen is honored to be serving as an Assistant Stage Manager on his third and final show here at Ravenwood. His time with the Raptor Theatre program has been full of good memories and even better friendships. While he is sad to be leaving, he has declined the offer to go to the "farm upstate" with Abby and Chase to instead attend college at Auburn University. He's put a lot of effort into this show, so you better like it. If you don't, please feel free to text him with any critiques at (555)-2368

You will see jolly good dancing in this show. If you like the sick moves this cast drops, know that was all Ashley’s original work. Yuh that’s right. She clocked in to the locked in factory and grew all of the groovy moves for this epic show straight from her thinker. This is Ashley’s 5th show with RHS Theatre and she was like super mega hype to be a part of it. You may have seen her previously as the Fox/Footman in Cinderella, Snout/Wall in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, or as Shoemakers Elf in Shrek.This is her 3rd time serving as a choreographer, but this is the first musical she has choreographed entirely herself. It was big work, but she was a big girl and got it done.

Leila is definitely glad to be doing mamma mia, but she’s not as enthusiastic as her castmates. She's very happy to be a part of it, but she’s not THAT happy. She's neutral. she might have fun. she might not. you might have fun watching her, you might not. Either way, it’s a thing she did, and it’s a thing she feels remarkably neutral about. She was asked to make a booklet thing, and she made it. What more could she want? She didn’t do a bad job, but it’s not anything special. She did fine. She hopes you enjoy this show she is very neutral about.

Hey! This is Michaela and Anna’s last show at Ravenwood and we are really happy you get to see it. Top 3 things to know about the booth: we have a really bad doordash addiction, we will forever love township and, and Arlo has a disco crazy lights obsession. Arlo, Brady, and Avery say: “We will forever cherish our seniors and wish the future of the booth luck because we don’t know what we’ll do without our queens.” (Jk lol they aren’t leaving if we have anything to say about it)

The sound team is happy to welcome you to the production of Mamma Mia; we hope you enjoy the show. Ava is excited to attend the University of Oklahoma for sound design in the fall. Abby and Ava wish their trainees the best of luck in everything they do, in theater and in life.

Front of House welcomes you to Mamma Mia! We had the time of our life working on this show, and we hope you have as much fun as we do! So grateful for the help of Rylee and Addie, way back since Shrek :). We have truly laid all our love into this production, so thank you for spending your money, money, money and your time with us tonight.

we love hair. we love makeup. *snaps*

painting is super duper uber fun

Build crew is stoked about this production. The have put their blood, sweat, and tears into this set and they hope it makes the performance even better. Enjoy the show!

The costumes department is super excited for such a fun show. They had a wonderful time putting together all of the dazzling costumes on stage. Abigail is sad to leave but is proud of her team and their hardwork. They hope you are amazed with the bright costumes and hope you enjoy the show!

This year's prop team is so jovial. They have all enjoyed working on the show. From the drinks to the diary we've enjoyed the variety this show brought. After many productions here Audrey is off to college either in Ohio or Minnesota. We hope you enjoy the show and the little things that help to make it more real.