Senior Bios

KATIE SCHMITT (Gertrude McFuzz) has enjoyed all four years in ND performing arts. This year she is the PA President. Some of her favorite and most remembered productions were You Could Die Laughing (Sunday), Inherit the Wind (Rachel Brown), Peter Pan (Liza/Tinkerbell) and Footloose (Wendy Jo). Katie is so excited to be playing zany Gertrude McFuzz this year in Seussical! She thanks Mr. and Mrs. G for teaching her so much about art and her family for always being the loudest ones cheering in the “audience”–even when she was just a little girl in a Cinderella gown singing on the hearth. All of her best memories of high school are on this stage, and she plans on making this last memory the best of the best!

RICKY WARD (Who Chorus) has happily been a member of the Performing Arts Department since freshman year. He has been a committed Madrigal member for four years and a Concert Band member for two years. He’s grateful to have been part of Harvey, The Pajama Game, You Could Die Laughing, Inherit the Wind, Peter Pan, Leading Ladies, And Then There Were None, Footloose, As You Like It and now Seussical this year. Ricky thanks his mom and dad for all of their help and wishes his sister Mary Kate the best of luck for her senior year. He thanks Notre Dame for four great years!

DAVON WHEELER (Orchestra) has been part of Notre Dame Performing Arts for the past four years. He has been a member of Jazz Band and Concert Band for the past four years also. He has performed in the pit orchestra for the productions of Pajama Game, Peter Pan, Footloose, and this year, Seussical. He has a passion for performing arts and plans on continuing this in college by majoring in Music. He thanks his family, friends, and especially Mr. and Mrs. G and Mr. Chebra for all their support in making ND productions so great.

DEVON WHEELER (Wickersham Brother) has been a part of PA for four years. He was inducted into Madrigal as a freshman. He was a part of all the spring musicals–Pajama Game, Peter Pan, Footloose, and Seussical–and two years of the fall dramas–Inherit the Wind and And Then There Were None. Devon had the privilege of going to Disney and performing there twice with Madrigal. He truly thanks Mr. Patton, Mr. Lobis, and Mr. and Mrs. G for all of the opportunities given to him during high school. Devon thanks his parents, family, and friends for all of their continuous love and support and wishes the cast well for next year’s production.

KELLEY WIESE (Mayzie) started in the Performing Arts Department with her cameo role in Grease and the performance with Kenny Rogers. She was Captain for Dance Intermediate for two years and in Madrigal four years. She loved flying as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan and her roles in Footloose (Ariel) and The Pajama Game (Charlene). Her favorite role will always be as a Who in the original Broadway cast of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Musical. She is Vice President of Peer Leaders and a four-year member of the varsity soccer (Captain) and lacrosse teams. She would like to thank the Gs for the opportunities, her friends for their support, and especially her family for everything they have done. I love you Mom, Dad, Heather, Ryan and Xavier! LXXV!