Creative Team

Director: Adam Flores

Conductor: Stephen Mager

Associate Music Director: Jonathan Heaney

Youth Music Director and Artistic Advisor: Dr. Philip A. Woodmore

Lighting Designer: Jayson Lawshee-Gress

Costume Designer: Angelique Newbauer

Video Designer: Kylee Loera

Video Designer: David Sajewich

Props Manager: Daniel Henke

Choreographer: Giac Noelle

Stage Manager: Carolyn Carter

Assistant Stage Manager: Emma Fletcher

Cast

Joshua: Michael Breaux

Sally, Mama: Angel Love

Cookie, Captain Pershing, Geezer, & Frank: James Stevens

Charlie: Andrew Johnson

Lucinda: Anna Edwards

Miss Pearl: Emma Wittenauer

Abraham: Jaron Bentley

Sarah: Nadia Curtiss

Frederick: Sam Hawkins

Cowboy 1: Will Kinsella

Cowboy 2: Elliot Davisson

Cowboy 3: Lachlan Bell

Cowboy 4: Grayson Ritson

Natty Green/Cowboy A: Ricco Martin Jr.

Henry/Cowboy B: Kayden Brooks

Cowboy C: Kameron Henry

Cowboy D: Éamon Ewing

Cowboy Jo: Cameron Hadley 

Cowboy Jack: Thomas Chatman

Female Chorus: Archer McGrosso

Female Chorus: Ava Hettenhausen

Female Chorus: Jude Fernandez

Female Chorus: Eesha Ved 

Principal Bios

Michael Breaux

Joshua

Michael Breaux is a 21-year-old baritone and junior voice student at the University of Houston, where he studies under Cynthia Clayton. He has quickly established himself as an emerging young artist with experience in both principal and ensemble operatic performance.

Recent credits include Papageno in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at Angelo State University and appearances as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera, where he performed in the opera chorus across multiple productions. In the fall of 2026, Breaux will make his Opera Theatre of Saint Louis debut, portraying the title role in Joshua’s Boots.

Breaux is an alumnus of Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists Vocal Academy (YAVA) and was a finalist in the 2025 Meistersinger Competition at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. He continues to refine his artistry while pursuing a career dedicated to expressive storytelling and musical excellence.

Angel Love

Sally, Mama

Angel Love, a native of Belleville, Illinois, is a soprano celebrated for her radiant stage presence, expressive artistry, and rich vocal color. She began her classical music training as a 2011-2014 Artist-in-Training with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, where her passion for opera and classical music first took flight.

Angel has been recognized as a 2020 Emerging Artist with Boston Court Pasadena, a 2021 Resident Artist with Indianapolis Opera, a 2020–21 Gerdine Young Artist and 2021–22 Gaddes Festival Artist with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, where she made her mainstage debut as Papagena in The Magic Flute. Most recently, she performed as a 2025–26 Principal Artist with Arts & Faith St. Louis’ Touring Concert Series, bringing inspiring performances to audiences throughout the region. She is also a former Steward Endowed Artist and current recipient of the Thelma Steward Endowed Artist Alumni Award.

Angel earned her Bachelor of Music from DePauw University and her Master of Music from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Away from the stage, she is a devoted wife, proud mother, and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, where she supports the organization’s mission of scholarship, service, and social justice.

James Stevens

Cookie, Captain Pershing, Geezer, & Frank

Praised for his “focused, suave tenor [which] was well suited to the assignment” (Opera Today), and for “possessing a clarion voice” and “appropriately stealing every scene he was in” (OperaWire), tenor James Stevens is quickly establishing himself as a sought-after artist across the United States.

Recent operatic highlights include appearances with Opera Maine as Paul in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case, Lorenzo in Auber’s Fra Diavolo with Pacific Opera Project,and with Union Avenue Opera as Peter Quint in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, where Broadway World noted he “nearly stole the show” with a voice that “soared in Britten’s vocal writing.” Other recent performances include Thespis in Rameau’s Platé, Léon in Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versaille, Alfred in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Henrick in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. James has appeared with companies such as Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Chautauqua Opera, and many others across the country.