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 Strategic Advisor

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           

Abigayle Christian, Seasonal Event Truck Driver

CharlottesvilleFamily Bumble Bee Mascot: Ellie Vazquez

Choreography: Sara Clayborne, Emily Hartka, Ty Cooper Grace, Heather Rogers, Mary Hein, and the Artists of Charlottesville Ballet

Coaching: Sara Clayborne, Emily Corrigan, Mary Hein, Keith Lee, Caitlin Lennon, Anna Sides

CBA Rehearsal Faculty: Kate Arnson-Lauer, Jeanne Berthy, Emily Corrigan, Derek Lauer, Izabelly Gleed, Mari Mori 

CBA Staff: Jane Amend, Sophia Haupt, Zohra Hunter, Derek Lauer, Tabitha Newman, Adriana Portwood, Audrey Sikes-Dorman, Abby Stiffler, Rachel Turner

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 and Sophia Haupt 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, Michael Lotter, Emily Little, Dawn Rezai, Mike Garrett, Chimm, 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.