KYLI STONER
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER/PRODUCER
Kyli has been with the YIMS Drama Department for eight years. She is a 2012 graduate of Connellsville High School and a 2016 graduate of Saint Vincent College. She is the Chief of Staff for Westmoreland County Commissioner Ted Kopas. She was a student at Houck Dance Studio in Uniontown, PA where she specialized in tap and ballet. Kyli studied voice and piano with Kelly Bell in Connellsville. She served as Vice-President for Saint Vincent College’s The Company, the college’s student-run theatre group where in addition to performing, she had served as a director, choreographer, and music director in several productions. Kyli was a four-year member of the music department’s company, The Saint Vincent College Players. Kyli worked professionally with Saint Vincent Summer Theatre for four years serving as an Assistant Stage Manager. She continues to be involved on and off stage in multiple theatres in the region.
Kyli has extensive professional experience in nonprofit Marketing and Fundraising and loves to help bring awareness and funds to YIMS’s Musical Department.
Her favorite musical is An American in Paris and her favorite drink is an iced americano with oat milk.
HALLIE WILLIAMS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Hallie graduated from Yough High School in 2013, after which she received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Seton Hill University. She currently works as a physician assistant for the UPMC Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Hallie got her start in theatre on the YIMS stage. She continued to participate in musicals throughout all four years at Yough High School, as well as participate in community theatre into her college years. During her years at Seton Hill, she worked in the university theatre department scene shop, and volunteered with the YIMS musical production staff from 2014-2016 and returned for the 2022 season. She is thrilled to be back with the YIMS musical staff for 2023!
SAVANNA STANTS
STUDENT DIRECTOR
Savanna is a junior at Yough Senior High School and is proud to be helping as one of this year’s production assistants! She is no stranger to the stage. Savanna has been dancing since she could remember and was a part of the KWDC dance studio in West Newton for many years of her life! Her previous YIMS Musical credits include Peter Pan Jr, (Smee), Freaky Friday (Dance Captain), and Seussical Jr (Cat, Dance Captain). She has performed in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and a One Act Play at The Geyer Performing Arts Center. She most recently performed as Young Cain in Children of Eden for Actors and Artists of Fayette County at the Geyer Performing Arts Center. She is so happy to be fulfilling her love for theatre throughout high school and for being able to work with the beloved directors, Miss Kyli and Miss Jordan. She would like to thank her family and friends for supporting everything she decides to take on through life, especially her sister Shaina who has been her biggest fan and best friend since day one.
JULIE SHUBER
STUDENT DIRECTOR
Julie is a junior at Yough Senior High School and is happy to be back helping with this year’s production! She has previously appeared on the YIMS stage in Freaky Friday and Seussical Jr. She is excited to see all the hard work each student put into this year’s production come together!