Sara Clayborne & Emily Hartka, Directors & Co-Founders
Keith Lee, Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Resident Choreographer
Caitlin Lennon, Director of Repertoire
Ali Brent, Director of Finance
Lori Jablonski, Company Manager
Heather Rogers, CBA Principal
Cordelaine Klyne, Stage Manager & Operations Manager
Claudia Strawderman, Development Manager & Front of House Manager
Ty Cooper Grace, Artistic Associate, Facilities Coordinator, & Choreographer
Brianna Copeland, Marketing & Communications Manager
Kathryn Tokar Conley, CB Moves Coordinator
Kate Arnson-Lauer, Emily Cloyd, Izabelly Gleed, CBA Managers on Duty
Jane Amend, Student Services Coordinator
Hannah Adamczak, Caroline Graham, Stella Graham, Ayana Leblans, Catherine Sperduto, Administrative Assistants
Choreography: Sara Clayborne, Emily Hartka, Ty Cooper Grace, Heather Rogers, Mary Hein, and the Artists of Charlottesville Ballet
Coaching: Sara Clayborne, Emily Cloyd, Mary Hein, Keith Lee, Caitlin Lennon, Anna Sides
CBA Rehearsal Faculty: Kate Arnson-Lauer, Jeanne Berthy, Emily Cloyd, Derek Lauer, Izabelly Gleed, Mari Mori
Costumes: Ty Cooper Grace, Heather Rogers, Derek Lauer, Kate Arnson-Lauer, Izabelly Gleed, Jessica Grant, Cecile Antonov, Lynette Meynig, Emily Reiner, Susan Proctor, Tiffany Rigney, Stephanie Rigney, River Horton, Megan Johnson, Emily Hartka, & Sara Clayborne
Sets/Props: Grosh Backdrops, Adam & Hayley Rose, Kate Arnson-Lauer, Derek Lauer, Ty Cooper Grace, Tom Hartka, Neva Russo, and Team CB
Charlottesville Lighting Design: James Cunningham & Ben Smith
Lynchburg Lighting Design: Alexzandra Gancedo
Stage Manager: Cordelaine Klyne
Back of House Staff: Stella Graham, Bill Hines, Emily Wooters
Program Design: Brianna Copeland
CB Would Like To Thank:
Mari Mori of Central Virginia Ballet, Carolyn Keurajian & Benjamin Rous of Charlottesville Symphony, Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra, Peggy Haas Howell, Victoria Redfearn Cave, Shelby Sender, Marybeth & Bill Shaw, Emily Little, Dawn Rezai, and the families of all performers in The Nutcracker production!
Volunteers (As of 10/8/2025):
Melissa Barrow, Rachel Baylor, Sallie Campanelli, Allison Canter, Allison Correll, Danielle Ehle, Sierra Fowler, Sarah Gillispie, Sue Horne, Paige Hulsizer, Svetlana Huntley, Amber Jones, Melissa Kelly, Laura Krause, Allison Kretlow, Nadia Magula, Whitney Marvel, Jessie Miller, Bree Oldham, Cameron Pasztor, Cibeles Ramos, April Salerno, Matt Salerno, Heather Scaglione, Jennifer Schaeffer, Courtney Schroeder, Joanna Schwartz, Catherine Sheline, Maribeth Simmons-Selking, Wendy Smith, Chaquita Venable, Caroline Walker, Tiffany White, Ashley Wooten
This production would not be possible without the work of many individuals and countless volunteer hours! For more information about volunteering with the Ballet, please visit CharlottesvilleBallet.org/Volunteers.