Summer Production Staff-2026
Lauren Ogden Director Lauren has been involved with the program since its founding in 2008. She began as an actor in the program, and has written several plays for ACS, including Christmas Around the World (2019) and a musical adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2013). She won a TANYS award for her costume designs in ACS’s Disney’s The Lion King (2017), and as Director for Seussical (2021). In addition to her role as Director, she currently serves as Vice President of the ACS Board. She's passionate about supporting local arts organizations, and has been involved in a wide variety of theatre groups around the area, including Glens Falls Community Theatre, Hudson River Shakespeare Co., Schuylerville Community Theatre, Home Made Theatre, and Saratoga Children’s Theatre. During the school year, she teaches French and Spanish at Troy High School. She is the Faculty Advisor for the Troy French Club, chaperones Ski Club, and helps with Troy HS theatre productions. |
Jonathan Granger Music Director Jonathan has been Musical Director/Accompanist for over 30 theater productions, and has worked with ADK Center Stage since 2018. Some notable productions he has musically directed include: School of Rock, The Little Mermaid, Willy Wonka, Seussical, Shrek, Grease, Anything Goes, Little Shop of Horrors, Bare: A Pop Opera, RENT, Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr., and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. At age eight, Jonathan started piano lessons and continued his training for over two decades. Jonathan has earned four platinum and two gold rankings with his choruses over three years in the "Great East Festival" and his Select Chorus was chosen to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2014. He is actively involved in the local community through the Glens Falls Lions Club and promoting advocacy for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Sarah Lueck Choreographer This is Sarah’s 17th year with Adirondack Center Stage. She began by acting in the ensemble in Willy Wonka Jr. in 2009 and has been with our company since. Sarah has choreographed The Night Before Christmas, Seussical, Shrek the Musical, Grease, and The Spongebob Musical, and The Little Mermaid. This previous summer Sarah was awarded "Excellence in Choreography" from the TANYS Roving Ajuticators Awards for her choreography for The Wizard of Oz. Sarah's other theater experiacne includes directing Adirondack Center Stage's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Coney Island Christmas, as well as costuming Corinth Drama Club's The Little Mermaid. During the school year, she teaches 4-6 grade band and 5th grade general music at Corinth Central Schools. |
