WATCH: CCM Musical Theatre class of 2025 Senior Showcase
Explore the Musical Theatre Senior Showcase website to learn more about the class of 2025
UC College-Conservatory of Music's BFA Musical Theatre program launches its 2025 Senior Showcase website, featuring performance videos available to watch on demand. Explore the website to watch performances and get to know the graduating students: ccm.uc.edu/musicalshowcase
Each year, CCM's Musical Theatre program presents Senior Showcases in Cincinnati and in New York. Graduating students showcase their talents in a medley of performances, featuring hits from Broadway, Off-Broadway and pop favorites. Presented on May 12, 2025, the showcase in New York was presented for a live audience including friends, family, faculty members and industry contacts and casting directors.
The Senior Showcase is the capstone experience for all Musical Theatre majors, and it serves as an entry point into the professional world for graduating seniors. The Senior Showcase website allows industry insiders and the general public to see this year's seniors' performances. The website also features bios, headshots and professional contact information for each graduating student.
2025 Musical Theatre Senior Showcase
Presented live and recorded at CCM's Patricia Corbett Theater on March 14-15, 2025.
Presented live at Five Angels Theater at the 52nd Street Project in New York on May 11, 2025.
Musical Selections
- 00:04 Introduction | Class of 2025
- 01:05 “Forget About The Boy” | Annalese Fusaro
- from Thoroughly Modern Millie by Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan
- 02:44 “Settle for Me”| Brian Ho Pui Cheung
- from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger, Jack Dolgen
- 04:03 “Black Velvet”| Annalese Fusaro
- by Christopher Ward and David Tyson
- 05:48 “Just The Way You Are”| Brian Ho Pui Cheung
- by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton, and Khari Cane
- 07:31 “Who I’d Be”| Tomi Newman
- from Shrek: The Musical by Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay-Abaire
- 09:28 “Restless Heart”| JT Langlas
- from Fanny by Harold Rome
- 10:57 “Victoria”| Tomi Newman
- by Jukebox the Ghost
- 12:18 “Let’s Hurt Tonight”| JT Langlas
- by Noel Zancanella, Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Brandon Michael Collins, Steve Wilmot
- 13:40 “Make an Omelette”| Spencer Stanley
- from Something Rotten! by Wayne Kirkpatrick, Karey Kirkpatrick
- 15:15 “My Bus’ness Is Badness”| Dan Klimko
- from Underworld by Jennifer Whyte
- 17:11 “New York State of Mind”| Spencer Stanley
- by Billy Joel
- 19:06 “She’s So High”| Dan Klimko
- by Tal Bachman
- 20:26 “Life I Never Led”| Lucy Alo Acuña
- from Sister Act by Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
- 21:43 “Ohio”| Coty Perno
- from In Pieces by Joey Contreras
- 23:09 “Clean”| Lucy Alo Acuña
- by Taylor Swift
- 25:06 “Flying”| Coty Perno
- by Cody Fry
- 26:54 “Wind in my Hair”| Makayla Lynae Shipe
- from Tangled: The Series by Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
- 28:31 “Fight the Dragons”| Matthew Danforth
- from Big Fish by Andrew Lippa
- 30:27 “I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart” | Makayla Lynae Shipe
- by LeAnn Rimes, Patsy Montana
- 32:10 “Your Man”| Matthew Danforth
- by Chris Stapleton, Chris Dubois, Jace Everett
- 33:31 “Strongest Suit”| Kristen Das
- from Aida by Elton John, Tim Rice
- 35:13 “Dressing Them Up”| Sean Polk II
- from Kiss of the Spider Woman by John Kander, Fred Ebb
- 36:41 “Viola’s Soliloquy”| Kristen Das
- from Twelfth Night by Shaina Taub
- 38:03 “Go the Distance”| Sean Polk II
- from Hercules by Alan Menken, David Zippel
- 39:37 “Crossing a Bridge”| Madison Osment
- from Anastasia by Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens
- 41:14 “Teenage Dirtbag”| Franco Valerga
- by Brendan B. Brown (Wheatus)
- 42:55 “Good Kisser”| Madison Osment
- by Lake Street Dive
- 44:31 “Hero and Leander”| Franco Valerga
- from Myths and Hymns by Adam Guettel
- 46:10 “Shot”| Ry Dever
- by Gracie & Clyde Lawrence (Lawrence the Band)
- 47:38 “Fallin’”| Essence Bell
- by Alicia Keys
- 49:06 “Before It’s Over”| Ry Dever
- from Dogfight by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
- 50:57 “I Didn’t Plan It”| Essence Bell
- from Waitress by Sara Bareilles
- 52:20 “We’re On Our Way”| Class of 2025
- by Spencer Stanley
Creative Credits
- Co-Directors | Eric Byrd and Vincent DeGeorge
- Music Director and Arranger | Julie Spangler
- Percussion | Aaron Coffenberry
- Stage Managers | Kait Naylor, Halena Edwards, Michael Hamburg and Ali Fishbain
- Sound Engineers | Reagan Warvel and Lacey Vailikit
- Repertoire Consultant | Rachel Hoffman
- Camera | Davison Black, Melissa Godoy, Aislinn Moss-Buckley, Derek Stacy, Ben Terribilini
- Editor | Hunter Calderon
- Audio Post-Production Engineer | Simón Sotelo
Acknowledgements
The Musical Theatre Class of 2025 thanks Dean Peter Jutras, CCMpower Board and its members, Curt Whitacre, Becky Butts, Mikki Graff, Rebecca Bromels, Deborah Neiheisel-DeZarn, Jen Lampson, Elaine M. Cox, Annie Bloemer, Sara Gibson, Laura Aldana, Jessica Lucas and Ray Dobson and their team in the CCM Performance Management Office, Vincent DeGeorge, Eric Byrd, Julie Spangler, Ian Axness, Sarah Folsom, Diane Lala, Rachel M. Stevens, Jessica Harris, the MT Faculty, CCM Voice Faculty, all CCM Faculty who taught the Seniors over the last four years, and all of the Seniors’ parents, family, and friends who supported them over the last four years. In loving memory of our teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend Dr. Keyona Willis. “Inhale. Ground. Go.”
About CCM Musical Theatre
CCM set the standard for musical theatre training ... literally. CCM Musical Theatre was the first program of its kind in the US, and it continues to be a leader in the industry. A four-year bachelor of fine arts (BFA) program, it was used by the National Association of Schools of Theatre in formulating the guidelines for the accreditation of Musical Theatre programs nationwide.
The program provides professional conservatory training designed to help singers, dancers and actors become accomplished musical theatre performers. Students participate in a number of productions while in residence and create a freshman and a senior showcase, the latter functioning as their New York debut for agents and casting directors. In addition, students undertake courses in English, history, psychology, dramatic literature, social and ethical issues and the humanities.
CCM Musical Theatre graduates are following careers as performers and creative artists in every facet of the entertainment industry. CCM Musical Theatre graduates are working on Broadway and throughout the nation in such productions as Anastasia, Hamilton, Waitress, The Book of Mormon, Pippin, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Les Miserables, Kinky Boots, Big Fish, Newsies and The Lion King. Students represent CCM in national and international touring productions, in dinner theatres and theme parks, on cruise ships, on television, in talent agencies, as producers and in many of the related entertainment fields.
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Additional Contacts
Curt Whitacre | Director of Marketing/Communications | UC College-Conservatory of Music
whitaccp@ucmail.uc.edu | 513-556-2683
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