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Meet the Directing Team and Stage Manager

Joe Svihel

Senior Afterimages Directing Team Member
        Joe Svihel is the Senior Director of Afterimages 2018 - a Dance concert that features contemporary student choreography. Joe was born and raised in Minnesota, which is where he found his passion for both dance and hockey. Joe had the honor of performing with a Minnesota born Jazz Company, called Eclectic Edge Ensemble, as part of a Summer Apprenticeship. He hopes to continue his work with the Company after he Graduates.



Sean Frenzel

Junior Afterimages Directing Team Member
        Sean Frenzel is a junior dance and arts management major with a communication minor from Arlington Heights, Illinois. He has been tap dancing since he was two years old and began learning jazz and modern when he was 13. He choreographed and danced in the tap piece “We Separate Like Ripples on a Blank Shore” in Afterimages 2017, and is choreographing another tap dance for this year’s production. This past summer Sean completed an internship with Chicago Human Rhythm Project, a company dedicated to the production and education of American tap dance. Sean hopes to graduate in 2020 and plans on moving to Chicago to join a professional tap company and find work producing, performing, and teaching American tap dance.

Megan Carver

Junior Directing Team Member
        Megan Carver is a junior Dance and Business Administration major from Victoria, Minnesota. She has been dancing for the past 17 years in a variety of styles. This is Megan's first year choreographing for an Afterimages production, and she ecstatic to be co-choreographing with fellow classmate, Alysa Williams. For the past two summers, Megan has choreographed dances for several dance studios in Minnesota. Last fall, Megan also worked as the Assistant Choreographer for UWSP's 2017 production of Spamalot. Megan is excited about joining the directing team for this Afterimages season.

Jamie Fota

Afterimages Stage Manager
        Jamie is a junior BA Drama and Communication major with an emphasis in Media Studies, and a minor in Creative Writing. Afterimages is the third production Jamie has been involved in at UWSP. This is Jamie's first major production assignment, and it is the first production she has been a Stage Manager for. Jamie is thrilled to have gotten this opportunity and is looking forward to working with everyone.



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