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Production Tech

Jordan Lear

Senior

Isabella Torres has been in KTC for five years. She's a powerlifter and a photographer . This year she is serving her second year as the KTC parliamentarian. She has worked on productions such as Robin Goodfellow, Little Women, and last year she worked on Cinderella the musical and Hamlet for one act. This year she has the privilege of working on Footloose the musical. She hopes she is able to teach others more about theater, encourage them to go outside of their boxes, and have a great school year!

Rylie Hogle

Senior

This is Rylie’s second year with the Kaufman Theatre Company. She ran sound for the past musical Footloose. She is excited for the upcoming musical The Little Mermaid. Rylie is graduating a year early. She is also a part of NHS and is thankful for the support from her friends and family for supporting her passion for theater.

Brody Meador

Senior

This may be Brody’s first year in production tech, but it is not his first time in theatre. His notable roles include a member of the Lollipop Guild and Newspaper Boy in The Wizard Of Oz and Robin Hood in Robin Hood. He enjoys building things and he is excited to work on the set for The Little Mermaid.

Riley Ratliff

Senior

Jordan Lear has been involved in Kaufman Theatre Company for 5 years as a technician, stagehand, and costume specialist. Joining with the production of Robin Goodfellow he served as costume manager, following it by serving as stage manager for the production of Lafayette No.1 his second year. He was a stagehand and general technician for Bridge to Terabithia and These Shining Lives in his 3rd year. He dealt with costumes and set construction for Cinderella and costumes in Hamlet for his 4th year. For his 5th year he is currently involved in KTC’s production of Footloose. Throughout these years he has also attended the Texas State Thespian Festival multiple times and has competed twice in the costume design category. While mainly specializing in costumes, he also has a range of other skills that allows him to participate in many parts of technical theatre.

Caden Stiles

Senior

Caden Stiles is in his final year of Kaufman High School. He is so glad to have made it this far. The shows that he started with are Lafayette #1, where he worked set and backstage tech, and Bridge to Terabithea where he helped build the set and ran the sound system. He did the same with These Shining Lives. For Cinderella, he built the set, ran sound and had his first role as the eight foot tall giant. He then helped work on the set for Hamlet. For Footloose, he worked on set and had his second role playing the banjo in cowboy bob’s band. Caden is exhilarated to be a part of theater again as tech and can’t wait to see what his final role will be for his final year of production.

Robert Cortez

Junior

Allison Escareno

Junior

Rylie is in her first year at the Kaufman Theatre Company and she is excited to finally be a part of this company after not having the chance to join. She is also excited to assist backstage with the upcoming show Footloose and she is thankful her friends and family support her passion for theatre.

Syne-Marie Jones

Junior

This is Syné Jones's first year in the Kaufman theatre company. She is very excited to be working on the production of Footloose. She can't wait for the other members to see what she can bring to the table. One of her favorite things to do that can help benefit the company is sewing. In her free time she makes fabric into fashion, along with crocheting beanies. At this time she's making a homemade cosplay of Scaramouche from genshin impact. And if she's lucky she'll make costumes for Footloose. She joined to hang out with her best friend and learn together.

Reagan McNeel

Junior

Abigail Lancaster has just joined the Kaufman Theatre Company. She is very passionate about art and almost anything theatre-related and she’s extremely excited to create things. Her talents include painting, prop design, and costume design. She has a very unique fashion taste, so she likes to think that showing up to school is like a runway show. Her main hobby is cosplaying. One day she would love to learn how to make her very own costumes–Costumes aren't always for Halloween. She is also skilled at wig styling. She would like to thank her friends and family for supporting her work and creative ideas.

Annabelle Corona

Sophomore

This is Lilyana’s 3rd year in theatre! She has performed in 5 productions and is soon to be playing “Wendy Jo” in KTC’s upcoming musical Footloose and is super excited about it! Some of the most loved roles of her’s are Lily St. Regis in Annie, Jane Kropper in Book of Everything and of course her upcoming role Wendy Jo in Footloose! Lilyana has also been in Dance for 5 years, 1 year for ballet and the rest for hip-hop. Lilyana recently joined the high-schools drill team and even got chosen to perform in the 2025 Macy’s Day Parade! Lilyana works hard and tries to accomplish all that she can!

Azael Rocha Martinez

Junior

Annabelle Corona is in 9th grade and this is her second year in theatre. She is in Varsity Production theatre this year. Through the rollercoaster of last year, she was Ensemble in Cinderella and Stage Manager in The Book of Everything, where she won Best Technician Award, and her crew won the Best Tech Crew Award. She recently parlayed her success from being Stage Manager in Junior High to become Co-stage Manager for Varsity in Highschool.

Rafael Nieves

Freshman

Rafael is very excited for his freshman year at Kaufman Theatre Company! He can’t wait to light up the stage for their production of The Little Mermaid. With a solid background in auditorium lighting, he’s all in on sticking with KTC throughout high school. He knows this experience will be a blast and something he’ll look back on fondly after graduation. Rafael is really grateful for this amazing opportunity and appreciates all the support from his family and friends along the way. His sister is also involved in productions with KTC, and her passion motivated him to dive into production tech theatre.

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