Jared Emerson Johnson,
Lifelong Cinnabar Volunteer & Cast Member in THE WEDDING

Jared Emerson Johnson has been a part of Cinnabar for a great deal of his life.  His contributions to Cinnabar are varied and great:  he has assisted with and taught our youth program as well as made costumes for a number of Gilbert and Sullivan bobbies, played the violin in concerts, and sung in the Cinnabar Opera Chorus.  It is in the latter position that we honor him this October - he sings bass in The Wedding, our world premiere opera.  Jared has risen to the challenge of interpreting difficult and beautiful music, as well as sustaining complex characterization, and by doing so, has helped the entire ensemble to reach great heights of accomplishment.  Here's what he says of himself:

“Cinnabar's been my second home for as long as I can remember.  I literally grew up there - singing and acting my way through the kids programs in the 80s, assisting classes in the 90s, and instructing the musical theater summer camps in more recent years.

I think I first started volunteering at Cinnabar in 1995, and I've not been able to stay away for long ever since!  Now, after having completed a music degree summa cum laude at Cornell University, I find myself returning to this second home, this second family, this beautiful red theater on the hill where my heart will always be.”