Creative Team
ROK's creative team designs, directs, and produces our customized shows and curriculum guides each year.
To learn more about this season's cast, click here.
For more about ROK's mission and leadership, click here.
Ansley Valentine, stage director 2023-24 season
Ansley is a professional director and choreographer for the theatre and musical theatre and an educator with experience teaching professionally at the collegiate level and in both public and private performing arts high schools. Ansley is currently a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). He is a co-founder and the producing artistic director of Ohio Youth Ensemble Stage, a professionally-managed summer youth theatre program that celebrates diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity for all students no matter their ability. |
Steven M. Warnock, PRODUCTION MANAGER
Scottish baritone, Steven M. Warnock, is a classically trained singer working in a broad range of styles. He performs in operas and musicals, engages with his community through music forward volunteering, and collaborates regularly with composers and creatives to bring new works to life. Warnock is determined to broaden exposure and access to the arts through his performances and engagement in global communities. |
ben rardin, Executive Director
Ben Rardin began singing opera for kids in 2010 during his first year of undergrad at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and never stopped. After finishing his masters in voice at Indiana University, he joined ROK and has been performing with them since 2016. When he isn't goofing off in front of hundreds of kids, Ben is a firefighter/EMT with the White River Township Fire Department. Ben lives in Bloomington with his wife Emily and daughter Claire. |
ashley killam, consultant
Ashley Killam (she/her) is a passionate entrepreneur, non-profit director, freelancer, trumpet player, advocate, and researcher. Killam is the founder of AK Artist Management and is on a lifelong mission to create a more inclusive artistic space. She is also an Associate Director of Diversify the Stand, a Colorado-based non-profit focusing on commissioning accessible educational works by marginalized composers. She is on the Board of Directors for Diversify the Stand, Future in Music, and the National Concert Band of America. Past appointments include previously working as a Trumpet Teaching Artist for MusicFit Academy, being the General Manager for Rising Tide Music Press, and drill writing. www.ashleykillam.com |