Staff

JO ANNE LAMUN (Producer/Director)

(B.S. Northwestern University, M.A. University of Colorado) is producer and director of the Peanut Butter Players. She is the author of eleven children’s musicals and has spent her professional career working in theatre.

DON WAGNER (Musical Director)

(BA Cincinnati Bible College) is musical director of all PBP productions and summer camps. He teaches private voice and piano lessons, accompanies UNC vocal classes and numerous local theatre groups.

CARISSA SOTO RODRIGUEZ (Choreographer)

Carissa is a PBP alum from the 90's who performed in many Sum-Fun and Lunch Bunch shows. She returned to the PBP family to introduce her daughter to the wonders of the stage. Carissa has choreographed and co-choreographed many musicals including Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Hello Dolly, the Lunch Bunch productions; The Jungle Book, High School Musical & Snow White 2000, Sum-Fun productions; Me For President, Mark Twain, Peter Pandemonium, Hans Christian Andersen as well as PBP sum-fun camps. She studied under Tony Award winning choreographers; Savion Glover & Henry LeTang as well as Fred Kelly, Leonard Reed & Cholly Atkins. Carissa has a B.A. from Metro State in Spanish and Elementary Education. She is currently teaching 3rd grade and began a drama club at her school in 2011, where they performed a bilingual production of The Wizard of Oz.

JENNIFER CARRIER (Drama Counselor)

Jennifer grew up in Pbp summer shows, summer workshops and the Lunch Bunch and is now a professional actress in the local theatre scene. She graduated from Shorter College in Atlanta with a degree in musical theatre and performed extensively in Georgia. Her PBP credits include Wizard of Oz, Here's Love, Barnum, Snoopy!, Annie, Snow White 2000, Little Miracles, Aesop's Falables, How to Eat Like a Child, Wind in the Willows and Charlotte's Web. She performs throughout Colorado and recently played Maisie in Seussical in Denver. Jennifer is a drama counselor.

BRIAN CRONAN (Dance Counselor)

Brian is a graduate of many years of PBP shows, the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Musical Theater, and numerous professional roles with Boulder's Dinner Theatre, Candlelight Theatre and others. He recently played Barnaby in BDT's Hello, Dolly and performed in Chorus Line in Greeley. He started performing as Cricket in Pinocchio when he was six and his many credits include Annie, Peter Pandemonium, Anne of Green Gables, Wizard of Oz, Barnum, Narnia, Into the Woods, Charlie Brown, Winnie the Pooh, Little Miracles, Wind in the Willows and Snoopy! Brian loves sharing his love of the theatre with our students.

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DAWN J. LONOWSKI (Dance Instructor)

Dawn is trained in Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tumbling, Gymnastics, Choreography and Improvisation. She has also studied Klein Technique/Bartenieff/Laban Analysis/Kinesiology/PNF/Injury Prevention, Mind/Body/Spirit Movement and Bodywork Practices. As a Health & Wellness Educator, she volunteers teaching Holistic Health to the public. Dawn teaches the DANCE TOTS, Dance Sampler Classes and Hip Hop at Harlequin Center for the Performing Arts.