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![Announcing Walnut Hill's 13th Head of School, Eric Barber]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1635182954/walnuthill/olegpynoobtecfqnukr2/Eric_Barber_2021.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1635182954/walnuthill/olegpynoobtecfqnukr2/Eric_Barber_2021.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1635182954/walnuthill/olegpynoobtecfqnukr2/Eric_Barber_2021.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1635182954/walnuthill/olegpynoobtecfqnukr2/Eric_Barber_2021.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1635182954/walnuthill/olegpynoobtecfqnukr2/Eric_Barber_2021.jpg","width":1317}])
In October 2021, Walnut Hill School for the Arts Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Eric Barber as Walnut Hill's next Head of School. Barber will join Walnut Hill in the summer of 2022, taking over from Antonio Viva, who has led the School since 2010.
!["Selections from the Little Prince: A Magical Opera" wins Second Place in the National Opera Association's Opera 2020–2021 Production Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637081100/walnuthill/i1kszzo24yxs7af9bya7/ScreenShot2021-11-16at112947AM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637081100/walnuthill/i1kszzo24yxs7af9bya7/ScreenShot2021-11-16at112947AM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637081100/walnuthill/i1kszzo24yxs7af9bya7/ScreenShot2021-11-16at112947AM.png","width":726}])
"Selections from the Little Prince: A Magical Opera" wins Second Place in the National Opera Association's Opera 2020–2021 Production Competition.
![Briga Heelan '05 to Star in Once Upon a One More Time]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636415243/walnuthill/ylaxipewvn2rr9payhtk/2005-heelan_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636415243/walnuthill/ylaxipewvn2rr9payhtk/2005-heelan_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1636415243/walnuthill/ylaxipewvn2rr9payhtk/2005-heelan_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636415243/walnuthill/ylaxipewvn2rr9payhtk/2005-heelan_1.jpg","width":1200}])
Briga will star as Cinderella in Shakespeare Theatre Company's new Broadway-bound musical Once Upon a One More Time, playing November 30-January 2 at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C.
![Jake Nahor '14 in Fiddler on the Roof]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636405629/walnuthill/dxi0nlljeryhzvu7cwld/2014-nahor.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636405629/walnuthill/dxi0nlljeryhzvu7cwld/2014-nahor.jpg","width":500}])
Jake is currently in the cast of the touring production of Fiddler on the Roof.
![Emily Daggett Smith '05 on PBS]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636416925/walnuthill/owwky5mihwpuh2dwgtwg/2005-smith.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636416925/walnuthill/owwky5mihwpuh2dwgtwg/2005-smith.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1636416925/walnuthill/owwky5mihwpuh2dwgtwg/2005-smith.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1636416925/walnuthill/owwky5mihwpuh2dwgtwg/2005-smith.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1636416925/walnuthill/owwky5mihwpuh2dwgtwg/2005-smith.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1636416925/walnuthill/owwky5mihwpuh2dwgtwg/2005-smith.jpg","width":2200}])
Emily recently appeared on the PBS series Now Hear This, playing second violin in an episode exploring the music of Beethoven.
![Nicholas Ranauro '09 Choreographing Children of Eden]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636414775/walnuthill/wbqh1icngdbl4hvoqdix/2009-ranauro.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636414775/walnuthill/wbqh1icngdbl4hvoqdix/2009-ranauro.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1636414775/walnuthill/wbqh1icngdbl4hvoqdix/2009-ranauro.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636414775/walnuthill/wbqh1icngdbl4hvoqdix/2009-ranauro.jpg","width":1200}])
Nicholas was recently announced as the choreographer for Children of Eden, which is due to open in Fall 2022 at the Arcada Theatre in Chicago.
![Upcoming Performances for Samantha Hankey '11]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636410579/walnuthill/q3yzcdqijgm83kms6mlr/2011-hankey-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636410579/walnuthill/q3yzcdqijgm83kms6mlr/2011-hankey-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636410579/walnuthill/q3yzcdqijgm83kms6mlr/2011-hankey-2.jpg","width":681}])
Samantha has several exciting productions coming up this season, including Cinderella at the Met and Cosi Fan Tutte at the San Diego Opera.
![Alumni in Carmen at Houston Grand Opera]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636403485/walnuthill/krtm37vyudgipoyxhp7r/2006-sproule.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636403485/walnuthill/krtm37vyudgipoyxhp7r/2006-sproule.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1636403485/walnuthill/krtm37vyudgipoyxhp7r/2006-sproule.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1636403485/walnuthill/krtm37vyudgipoyxhp7r/2006-sproule.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636403485/walnuthill/krtm37vyudgipoyxhp7r/2006-sproule.jpg","width":1320}])
Carolyn Sproule '06 and William Guanbo Su '13 recently finished a production of Carmen at the Houston Grand Opera. Carolyn appeared in the role of Carmen, and William in the role of Zuniga.
![Zac Young '01's Sprinkletown]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636139942/walnuthill/mc437u8b4i3mi6xpajl4/2001-young.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636139942/walnuthill/mc437u8b4i3mi6xpajl4/2001-young.png","width":493}])
Zac's pop-up Chicago bakeshop, Sprinkletown, will be open from November 8 through the end of the year. Chicagoans, check it out at 676 N Clair St!
![Ashley Blanchet '05 in Waitress]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636411168/walnuthill/kbkay6h2kql4heo20ueh/2005-blanchet.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636411168/walnuthill/kbkay6h2kql4heo20ueh/2005-blanchet.jpg","width":283}])
In early October, Ashley took over the role of Dawn in the Broadway production of Waitress.
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