Meet the Staff
Robyn Bloom
Owner/Director
Melissa Corona
Assistant Director/Producer
Robyn Yakaitis is a long time local to theater in this area. Born in Columbia, Robyn is so excited to be creating a new space for young people to discover and learn through the arts in her home town. She performs regularly around the area and teaches private voice lessons. Robyn directed the Ellicott Mills Middle School musical for over 8 years and has also directed adult and other children productions in local community theaters through out the years. She graduated with a musical theater degree from Syracuse University.Â
Dana Bonistalli
Marketing/Producer
Riley Vierschilling
Stage Manager
Dana Bonistalli is a local community theater actress and stage manager. She has performed with Silhouette Sages, Howard County Summer Theater, and Laurel Mill Playhouse. She has served as the Social Media Coordinator for Silhouette Stages for 2.5 years and will soon transition to the Volunteer Coordinator.Â
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Julia Starke
Assistant Stage Manager
William Pond
Set/Props Designer
This is the space to showcase your physical locations and how they support your business operations.
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Jay Keegan
Technical Lead
This is the space to showcase your physical locations and how they support your business operations.
Melissa has performed professionally in theaters across the country and many productions in NYC, favorite roles include Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street, Sally in You’re a Good an Charlie Brown, Gladys in The Pajama Game with HCST and Pluto’s Angel in Hair (Off Bdwy). A HOCO native, she currently teaches Theatre at Elkridge Landing Middle School in HOCO, as well as teaching private voice and piano lessons at her Music Studio Elkridge. Melissa has served as Executive Director of Dancing Classrooms DC- an arts-in-residency SEL program that teaches ballroom dance to 5th graders throughout DC, as well as a teaching artist in NYC for 15 years for Dancing Classrooms NY. Melissa has taught Music Together and Keyboard classes at the Olenka School of Music in Columbia, and has also served as the Artistic Director of Teen Angel Project (TAP)- a community-based teen performing arts group based in Rockville, MD.  In her spare time, she has performed with Howard County Summer Theatre, and of course, her favorite role as wife and mom to her three children. She is so thrilled to be working with these students, and sends a huge THANK YOU to Robyn for making this dream a reality, I am so honored and grateful to work alongside you!