About Us

who we are and what we do.

Our Story

Stagelighters has been a theatre club at South Carroll High School since the school first opened in the late 60’s. For over 50 years, we have brought quality productions to the South Carroll Stage. Scroll down to see our past productions.

Meet our team

Mrs. Caitlin Widner

Mrs. Widner teaches English and Drama in addition to co – advising Stagelighters, Thespian Troupe 2921, and the SC Cavs Newspaper. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Moravian College, a Masters of Liberal Arts from McDaniel College, is additionally certified in ESOL and Theatre, and is currently working on her National Board Certification. Directing credits include Steel Magnolias, Anastasia, Monty Python’s Spamalot!, Jekyll and Hyde, Annie, The Secret Garden, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Odyssey. Production credits include Dracula, Honk!, Around the World in 8 Plays, Fiddler on the Roof, The Canterbury Tales, and Urinetown.

contact: ckwidne@carrollk12.org

Mrs. Sarah Marean

Ms. Marean studied Vocal Music at Frostburg State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science. She is the Vocal Director for the spring musicals, beginning with Anastasia, while also assisting with costumes when needed. Sarah is a vocalist with the Market Street Big Band, and a crochet & stained glass artist.

Mrs. Alyson Kaiser

Mrs. Kaiser is a Math teacher as well as the Stagelighters co-advisor. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Towson University. Recent directing credits include Honk!, The Canterbury Tales and Around the World in 8 Plays. She also Assistant Directed The Odyssey and Fiddler on the Roof.

Mr. Robert O'Neal

Cavaliers through the years

2023-2024: Forever Young
The Wizard of Oz
One Acts: “When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet”
“Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Teachers (But Were Afraid to Ask)”
Seussical

2022 – 2023: Strong Women
Steel Magnolias
One Acts: “Bad Auditions by Bad Actors”
“Good Cop, Bad Cop”
“An absolutely True Story as Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars”
9 to 5: The Musical

2021 – 2022: Revolution
Macbeth
One Acts: “Antigone”
“The Cast List”
“The Customer is Always Wrong”
Anastasia: The Musical

2020 – 2021: The year we fought Monsters and
did the Impossible
“She Kills Monsters”
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella

2019 – 2020: A Festive and Flashy Season of
Foolishly Farcical Comedy
One Acts: “The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time”
“It’s not you, it’s me”
“10 ways to survive the Apocalypse”
Monty Python’s Spamalot!

2018-19: Family is Where Our Story Begins
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
One Acts: “Wait… wait … I can explain”
and “Negative Space”
The Addams Family

2017-18: Monsters, Mayhem, and the Macabre
Dracula
One Acts: “The Charge is Murder”,
“… And Others”, “4AM”, “Twitch”
Jekyll and Hyde

2016-17: Back to the Classics
The Secret Garden
Annie
One Acts: “The Diary of Adam and Eve”,
“The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet”,
“Robyn Hood and Her Merry Women”,
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

2015 – 16: From Page to Stage
Canterbury Tales
One Acts: “It’s a Wonderful Neverland”,
“Oz”, “Alice in Wonderland: Urban Edition”
Honk!

2014-15: Celebrating Cultures Around the World
Fiddler on the Roof
“Same Difference” (World Premiere)
“Around the World in 8 Plays”
The Odyssey

2013-14: A Season of Laughs
Urinetown
Much Ado About Nothing
A Sweet Soiree Cabaret
The Love of Three Oranges

2012-13
Anything Goes
“In the Time Allowed”
The Mouse That Roared

2011-12
Cats
Blood in the Streetlight
Night of the Living Dead

2010-11
Fame
And Then There Were None
Not Quite Faustus

2009-10
Zombie Prom
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

2008-09
Back to the 80s
Picasso at the Lapin Agile

2007-08
Father of the Bride

2006-07
Rumors
High School Musical

2005-06
Little Shop of Horrors

2004-05
Leader of the Pack
Steel Magnolias
Grease