2023-2024
Executive Board
President
Layla Williams ‘25 (she/her)
Layla Williams is a African American Studies major with a minor in Theater and Music Theater. In theater productions on campus, you’ll find her directing, performing, and occasionally costume designing! Outside of theater, she’s an Orange Key tour guide, Writing Center Fellow, and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. On an average day, you’re likely to find her eating an Olive’s #6, drinking a Tower coffee, listening to the “Little Shop” cast album on repeat, and wearing sunglasses on her head on a cloudy day.
Vice President
Lucy Colwell ‘27 (she/her)
Lucy Colwell is a prospective English major with potential minors in Creative Writing and Musical Theatre. Hailing from Los Angeles, Lucy has been performing her whole life, acting in Shakespeare plays since she was 6 years old. After seeing the seductive dancing eggs in Something Rotten, Lucy just had to play a bigger role in PUP. She’s loved the welcoming community and cannot wait to help contribute!
Production Manager
Chloe Webster ’25 (she/her)
Chloe Webster is a junior concentrating in Music with minors in Vocal Performance and Music Theater. She enjoys spending quality time with Jerry Seinfeld.
EDI Board Chair (Outgoing)
Kira Fitzgerald ’24 (she/her)
Kira Fitzgerald is a prospective computer science major pursuing certificates in cognitive science and linguistics. She is from Cleveland Ohio, and is a proud midwesterner! In addition to theater at Princeton she is a Matriculate advising fellow and a member of Rocky College Council. She is a huge pizza fan, and you can always find her dancing around like a weirdo or looking for the best snacks. She is so excited to be a part of the PUP family!!
Business Manager
Lauren Owens ’25 (she/her)
Lauren Owens ’25 is a geoscience major with certificates in geoengineering and linguistics. In addition to being on PUP board, she is on the club swim team, is an Outdoor Action leader, and once in a while writes humor articles for the Daily Princetonian. Some of her favorite activities include trying to find good running trails in suburban New Jersey, making an irrational obsession with Shrek part of her personality, and maximizing her two swipes a week at the dining hall, courtesy of a large number of tupperwares and ziploc bags.
Co-Technical Director and Co-Historian
John Wallar ’25 (he/him)
John Wallar is a sophomore in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. As part of PUP, John has participated in shows as a sound designer, master electrician, and as a member of the pit. In addition to his work with PUP, John is the Sound Designer for the Princeton Triangle Club and is a percussionist in the Princeton University Orchestra. Outside of the arts, John is an avid sailor and trashy TV show critic.
Co-Technical Director and Co-Historian
Alex Slisher ’25 (they/them)
Alex Slisher is from Knoxville, TN and is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Theater. In addition to PUP Board, they are also the co-lighting designer for Princeton’s Triangle Club and works closely with the LCA and Princeton Summer Theater. They can be found anywhere snacking, drinking tea, or looking at cute photos of their cats. This is their second year with PUP, and they are looking forward to it!
Special Projects Coordinator
Charlie Roth ’25
Charlie Roth is a SPIA major with minors in Music Theater/Theater and Journalism, and is super excited to be PUP’s Special Projects Coordinator! In addition to PUP, he is involved in Triangle, The Daily Princetonian, and Kesher. He can usually be found telling stupid jokes in a theater or telling stupid jokes in the ‘Prince’ newsroom. His spirit animal is Kenneth The Page.
Publicity Chair
Rowan Johnson ‘27 (he/him)
Rowan Johnson is a prospective philosophy major from Oceanport, NJ whose favorite pastime is overcommitting himself. On any given day, one can find him oscillating between theater-making, cello-playing, Taekwondo-ing, and advocating. Rowan’s favorite word is “schnoodle” and his favorite color is mallard’s head green.
Managing Board
Music Manager
Jenia Marquez ’25
Jenia is a junior from New York City concentrating in Linguistics with minors in French and Choral/Musical Theatre Conducting. When not frantically waving her hands in the pit of a PUP show, she can be found performing with the Tigerlilies, the Glee Club, and Trenton Youth Singers, as well as contemplating if anyone really needs a motive or thesis anyway as a Writing Center Fellow. You can usually find her in her natural habitat relishing over the fact she is currently employed so she can feed her growing bubble tea and stuffed animal addictions.
Reunions Coordinator
Adam Bathurst ‘27 (he/him)
Adam is a first-year student planning to major in Civil Engineering and pursue a minor in Music Theater. He once accidentally turned on Elvis radio instead of the Broadway channel and didn’t listen to anything else for the entire year.
Costumes & Props Manager
Jackie Qin ‘27
Jackie Qin did not fill out that damn Google Form.
Box Office Manager
Gia Musselwhite ’25
Gia Musselwhite is concentrating in the School of Public and International Affairs and pursuing minors in Technology & Society and Statistics & Machine Learning. In addition to working with PUP, she is the executive producer of All-Nighter, the finance manager of the Princeton Triangle Club, and an assistant Features editor for the ‘Prince.’ She is here to have a silly, goofy time and occasionally craft her friends’ likenesses in The Sims 4.
Dramaturg
Kat McLaughlin ’25 (she/her)
Kat McLaughlin is considering either a concentration in Classics or EEB, as well as an Environmental Studies certificate. An avid tea and coffee drinker, she loves Criminal Minds, rings, knitting, eyeliner, and rain. At Princeton, she’s also the Tech Director at Theatre Intime and has enjoyed doing workshops at the LCA and doing scenic design for various shows. She’s been working behind the scenes of theatre since 6th grade, and is excited to continue and learn more here. When she’s not cultivating her spotify wrapped, she can be found thinking about picking up running again or watering her plants. (Note on the photo: it’s the Tappan Zee, NOT the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge).
Webmaster and Social Chair
Sean Kerrigan ’26
Sean Kerrigan is a Computer Science BSE major (with potential certificates in Statistics and Machine Learning and Theatre) from Forest Hills, NY. Aside from PUP, he is also part of Chess Club, Club Baseball, and Running Club. If you see him on his phone, he’s either watching Curb or playing chess. Sean’s looking forward to making sure everyone has access to beverages of their choice!
Social Media Manager and Graphics Designer
Alison Silldorff ’25 (she/her)
Alison Silldorff is a prospective Computer Science major with possible certificates in Music Theater and Vocal Performance. She loved performing in SOB, and can’t wait to be a part of more projects with PUP. Outside of this group, she is also a part of Theatre Intime board, and a member of the Glee Club and Chamber Choir. Warning: do not ask Alison for her opinions about a movie, for she will literally never stop talking.