UPDATES
This just in...she's going back!!!
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Gillian was given just about the best birthday present ever — she will be headed back to Montgomery to join the Ensemble of Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of Frozen this holiday season!
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This role is particularly special to her, as she will also be covering Anna. She first saw Frozen on tour at Atlanta's Fox Theater, and promptly told her parents afterward that her dream track would be Ensemble and Anna cover. Disney dreams come true!
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Frozen will be directed by Quin Gresham and choreographed by Sam Hay, and will run November 26 - January 4. Gillian is so thrilled to make her first trip to Arendelle!
The Wizard of Oz was truly the gift that kept on giving! This summer, Gillian was given the incredible responsibility of covering 14 tracks — the entire ensemble. While this was a huge task, it was also one of the best learning experiences both as an artist and as a person. This was only her second time swinging, but the experience has cemented her love for this important and exhilarating job.
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During the last two weeks of the run, Gillian was able to take over one of her tracks for the rest of her time in Montgomery, and completed the run having swung on for 23 of 40 performances!
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Costume Design by Theresa Ham, Wig Design by Angie Wright
Gillian is positively over the rainbow to finally announce her summer plans — she is so excited to join the company of The Wizard of Oz at Alabama Shakespeare Festival as a Swing!
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Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson and choreographed by Jessica Chen, The Wizard of Oz will run July 9th - August 17th.
See you in the Emerald City!
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She graduated!!! On May 11th, 2025, Gillian officially graduated from Syracuse with my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with a minor in Public Communications Studies. She is eternally grateful for the past four years she has spent at Syracuse, and the opportunities it gave her to also study in both London, England and New York City.
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Special shoutouts are in order for her family (on your left!), her advisor and professor Brian Cimmet, her voice teacher Marina DeRatmiroff, and SU Drama's beloved department chair Ralph Zito — her success at Syracuse is so much in part to their belief in her potential from day one.
This March, Syracuse Drama Class of 2025's Senior Showcase debuted, digitally and in person at Theater 555! After a whirlwind four years, Gillian is so excited to officially enter the industry with her incredible senior class.
Catch her performing "You've Got Possibilities" from It's A Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (her college prescreen song, in the full circle moment of the century), and as part of the group dance choreographed by Kiira Schmidt-Carper to "What is Love" by Janelle Monáe!
Photo via Brenna Merritt
Gillian was privileged to have been accepted to Syracuse Drama's annual Sorkin Week immersion program, now in it's 20th year through the generosity of Syracuse Drama alum Aaron Sorkin. She and 13 other Drama seniors flew to Los Angeles this spring break to meet with industry professionals in performance, representation, casting, and production. She tried her first ever In N Out burger, and even got to see the set of her current favorite show, Abbott Elementary!
This year, Gillian made the big move to the Big Apple to participate in the Tepper Semester at Syracuse University, where she is overjoyed to be able to learn from such incredible artists including Daisy Prince, Lance Horne, Paul Davis, Erica Jensen, Brian McManamon, and
Ben Holtzman!
This holiday season, Gillian officially joined the incredible Syracuse Stage and #swingnation families in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, directed by Melissa Rain Anderson and choreographed by Jessica Chen! She debuted two out of three main tracks, with three *and a half* swing-ons (ask her about that story!)
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Costume Design by Ryan J. Moller, Wig Design by Bobbie Zlotnik
Gillian made her professional debut this past summer as a member of Cortland Repertory Theatre's 2024 Performing Intern program! She joined the companies of My Fair Lady, Escape to Margaritaville, and Beauty and the Beast, and was also honored to work on Beauty and the Beast as the production's Fight Captain!
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Costume and Wig Design by Jimmy Johnsmeyer
