|
Last |
First |
Degree |
Area |
Year |
Where They Are Now |
|
Adler |
Courtney |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1999 |
is part of the
production team for Ringling Brothers/ Barnum & Bailey Circus.
She was assistant stage manager for "Notre Dame de Paris" at the
new Paris Casino in Las Vegas. |
|
Andino |
Paolo |
MFA |
Acting |
1997 |
played the role of
Orestes in the Arena Stage production of "Agamemnon and his
Daughters". |
|
Arsante' |
Robert |
MFA |
Acting |
1998 |
Since graduating in
1998 with his MFA, Robert went on to perform in Kansas City for
Shakespeare in the Park, the Coterie Theater and the Unicorn
Theater. From Kansas City he lived and performed in Dresden,
Germany for the Staatschauspiel Theatre for several months where
he worked on the Ocean Jump Project. In 2002, he moved to Los
Angeles, CA where he shared his voice over talent in Animal
Planet's
Animal Kidding
with Dave Coulier as well as making several appearances on the
Lifetime T.V. show
Final Justice
with Erin Brockovich.
In
2005, he and his mother tragically lost their homes and
possessions in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina; they plan
on rebuilding soon. Since then Rob has been more driven than
ever working with the Ensemble Theater in Houston, TX, working
in overseas commercials, and teaching acting at several high
schools and Universities. He happily resides now in Glendale,
California. As a writer he has co-written shows for the
Discovery, Travel and Fox Networks as well as sharing his voice
over talent for them and for cartoons such as Stroker and Hoop,
Squidbillies, and El Enmascarado de Plata. Finally, Robert is
an up-and-coming digital artist and is pursuing his Ph.D. in
Higher Education: Administration with an emphasis in
Cinema/Theatre. He thanks his teachers from UMKC for sharing
their knowledge of the craft of acting and wishes everyone the
best!
|
|
Bechtel |
Kerry |
MFA |
Costume |
1998 |
is currently
the resident Costume Designer of Summer Stage Repertory Theatre
in Georgetown Texas as well as an assistant professor of theatre
at Southwestern University also in Georgetown. |
|
Beck |
Robert |
MFA |
Sound |
1999 |
former chief
sound engineer for the Missouri Repertory Theatre, now serves as
Chief Recording Engineer for UMKC's Conservatory Recording. |
|
Bertoncin |
Jarrett |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1996 |
designed "Song
of Singapore", starring Loretta Swit, at the New Theatre
Restaurant in Overland Park. He also won the Fort Worth Dallas
Theatre Critics' Forum Award for his set designs for the Water
Tower Theatre Company productions of "Picasso at the Lapin
Agile" and for "Golf with Alan Sheperd". |
|
Bolender |
Chris |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1993 |
returns to The
Rep after being the stage manager for "O", the underwater show
of Cirque du Soleil and he served as the production stage
manager for "Notre Dame de Paris" in Las Vegas. Chris has stage
managed at the Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, State Ballet
of Missouri and Opera Atelier in Toronto. Recently he stage
managed "Machinal", "Morningstar" and "The Winter’s Tale" for
The Rep. |
|
Borelli |
Barbara |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1994 |
|
|
Brady |
Sally (Geiger) |
BA |
Undergraduate |
1985 |
is Artistic
Associate and founding member of Exchange Theatre, in Bellevue
Washington.
www.exchangetheatre.org
|
|
Brinker |
Dan |
MFA |
Technology |
1993 |
Serves as
Technical Director for the Michigan Opera Theatre and Detroit
Opera House, Detroit, Michigan.
www.motopera.org.
|
|
Brown |
Cassidy |
MFA |
Acting |
1994 |
is currently the
Director of Education and the Casting Director for the Willows
Theatre Company in Concord, California (SF Bay Area), where he
has played multiple roles as a resident artist, including Bobby
Kennedy in Jackie, an American Life, Capt. Fisby in Teahouse of
the August Moon, and Ed in You Can't Take it With You (opposite
his wife, Rami! In December of 03, he originated the role of
Vsevelod Meyerhold in The Death of Meyerhold, about the
controversial communist theatre director, with The Shotgun
Players in Berkeley, California. |
|
Cady |
Jeffrey |
MFA |
Lighting |
1996 |
did the
lighting design for "Teahouse of the August Moon" at the Pan
Asian Repertory Theatre in New York City. He is the resident
designer for the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City. |
|
Caruthers |
Cliff |
MFA |
Sound |
2000 |
just received a
Dean Goodman Award (San Francisco) for best sound design for the
Theatreworks production of "Pacific Overtures". He did three
designs this summer for the California Shakespeare Festival. |
|
Corcoran |
Charlie |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
2001 |
recent Stage
Designs include: Defender of the Faith, The Field, Mr. Dooley's
America (Irish Repertory Theatre), Rock Doves (Irish Arts
Center), The new musical Bookends by Katherine Houghton (New
Jersey Repertory), Bernice Bobs Her Mullet (NYMF festival), The
Molly Maguire's (Pre- Broadway run Kirby Center), The New York
Premiere of Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances (Primary Stages
and Edinburgh International Festival), The Second Tosca (45th
Street Theatre), Dear Liar, The Gravity of Honey , Mercy of a
Storm, Mr. Dooley's America (Chester Theatre Company), Without
Walls (Mark Taper forum), Shogun Macbeth (Upcoming), Yohen, Tea
(Pan Asian Rep), Violet (Gallery Players), The Drama Guild
Awards (Hudson Theatre 2003-2007, with directors Bobby
Longbottom, Kathleen Marshall and Michael Grief), Dreams Of
Friendly Aliens, Slight Alterations (Abingdon Theatre), Hansel
and Gretel (Rockland Opera), Damn Yankees (Stages, St. Louis).
Member of United Scenic Artists local 829.
www.charlescorcorandesign.com,
charliecorcoran@gmail.com |
|
Da |
Ying |
MFA |
Directing |
1987 |
known around
here as "Dan"--is living in Bejing, producing "Big Sister Ma-The
Busybody," one of the most popular television shows in China. In
fact, it is so popular that over 220 episodes have aired, with
many more seasons to come. He also acted in the film "Farewell
My Concubine". |
|
Dean |
Bill |
MFA |
Sound |
1999 |
works in Los
Angeles as a sound effects editor and designer for feature
films. |
|
Deans |
Heather
Hillhouse |
MFA |
Technology |
2000 |
serves as the
Technical Director for the Zoellner Arts Center and Department
of Theatre at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. She has worked
previously in Albuquerque, NM as the T.D. for Musical Theatre
Southwest. |
|
Demott |
Dan |
MA |
|
1996 |
teaches and
directs at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO.
|
|
Douglass |
Shawn |
MFA |
Acting/Directing |
1990 |
is directing THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
in fall of 2007 for Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago,
where he also serves as Associate Artistic Director. |
|
Doyle |
Kevin |
MFA |
Acting |
1986 |
is a full
professor at Utah State University teaching acting and directing
classes in the USU Department of Theatre. He continues to
perform at regional Equity theaters. Roles range from Martin in
Albee's THE GOAT at the Salt Lake Acting Company to Ellen Terry
in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE WEST END HORROR at Pioneer Theatre.
Kevin has spent the past three summers as an actor with the
Sundance Theatre Lab, the premiere new play development program
in the U.S. His Fall, 2007 sabbatical will be spent teaching
theatre courses for Semester At Sea, visiting ports in Japan,
China, Vietnam, India, Burma, Egypt, Turkey, Croatia and Spain. |
|
Dubay |
Steve |
MFA |
Lighting |
1999 |
just relocated
to Nashville, TN area. Formally head of Production at Stageworks
Lighting, Ltd in Raleigh, NC. Design/Production Manage average
40-50 shows/ events per year 2000-2005 for Stageworks. Active
member of IASTE Local 417 since 2000 (Electrician and
Programmer); Free Lance lighting Designer (Various NC based
theatre companies); Authorized WYSIWYG Trainer for Cast Software
(since June 2004);Staff LD for NYC based visual artist Grimanesa
Amoros 2004-present (www.grimanesaamoros.com);
Master Electrician for Opera Company of NC 2001-2005; Master
Electrician for Carolina Ballet 2002-2005. Email Steve at:
steve.dubay@gmail.com or
apppollo@earthlink.net |
|
Dunzweiler |
Glen A. |
MFA |
Lighting/Sound |
2003 |
Glen is the
resident Lighting and Sound Designer for the UCR Department of
Theatre. His credits include Visiting Assistant Professor at the
University of Nevada at Las Vegas where he designed lighting and
sound for numerous original works in the Department of Dance.
Glen has designed for Nevada Opera Company, Las Vegas Little
Theatre, Theatre Zoe,
Henlopen Theatre Project
in Delaware, and The Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City. He has also
worked for Vari
Lite
Production Services and is currently working with sculpture
artist Randy Cooper on lighting his “Shadow Sculptures”. |
|
Einig |
Anne |
MA |
|
2000 |
is the
education and outreach administrator at Looking Glass Theatre
Company in Chicago. |
|
Eslinger |
Dan |
MFA |
Technology |
2000 |
serves as the
Mechanics Designer for Missouri Repertory Theatre and recently
won a USITT Golden Hammer award. |
|
Folschinsky |
Jeff |
MFA |
Sound |
1999 |
has been a
sound designer for Universal Entertainment in Los Angeles, and
worked as a sound engineer at the Geffen Theatre. He was
recently hired by Thinkwell Design & Productions to work as a
sound designer for Universal's "Jurassic Park 3.5" attraction in
Japan where he will spend the next year. |
|
Fowler |
Will |
MFA |
Acting |
2004 |
is
currently performing in the New York Premier of Charles Mee's Iphigenia 2.0 at the Signature
Theatre Off-Broadway. He also played Demetruis in Midsummer at
McCarter Theatre and the Paper Mill Playhouse, Claudio in Much
Ado at the Alley Theatre, Red Angel in Durango by Julia Cho at
the Eugene Oniel Center, Ryan Carrick in Rigged (an upcoming
motion picture), and a truly amazing performance as a messenger
on Guiding Light. |
|
Frizzell |
Dwight |
MFA |
Sound |
1998 |
has a new CD
out called "Bullfrog Devildog President" on the independent
label Sparkling Beatnik Records. His new release features the
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, pianist Harry Truman (Frizzell
worked with some of his original recordings), soprano Patricia
Johnson, viola de gamba virtuoso Gerald Trimble, performance
artist Tony Allard, and Anamnesis, an electroacoustic group
recorded live in London. |
|
Garfias |
Tony |
MFA |
Sound |
1996 |
is the chief
sound engineer for the bizarre Off Broadway company the Blue Man
Group in New York. He has also designed the sound for many
Off-off Broadway theatres, NYU, and the Westside Theatre. |
|
Gentry |
Anna
Wheeler |
MA |
History/
Dramaturgy |
1999 |
is the newly
appointed Coordinator of Performing Arts at Arizona State
University (Polytechnic) where she teaches courses in musical
theatre history, musical theatre performance, and American film
musicals. Her chapter entitled "Twentieth-Century Women
Choreographers: Refining and Redefining the Showgirl Image"
appears in Women in American Musical Theatre (McFarland, June
2008). Focusing on the restoration and preservation of historic
masterpieces within the American musical theatre genre, Gentry
is currently working on a volume documenting background,
reconstruction, and score analysis of the original manuscript of
the Broadway musical revue "Walk a Little Faster" (1932, music
by Vernon Duke, lyrics by E. Y. "Yip" Harburg) for A-R
Editions. In collaboration with the Yip Harburg Foundation she
is compiling selected scenes and songs excerpted from musicals
with lyrics by Yip Harburg (as an educational scene study
guide), and in spring 2009 she will attend NY City Center
"Encores! revival of Finian's Rainbow" as a guest of the Harburg
family. |
|
Golden |
Joe |
MFA |
Acting/Directing |
1992 |
is the chair
of the Department of Theatre and Speech Arts at The College of
Idaho, a private, 4-yr liberal arts college (www.collegeofidaho.edu).
He has also been a company member of the Idaho Shakespeare
Festival for over fifteen years where he also writes and acts in
the comic Greenshows before the performances. Joe has also acted
in the Northwest for Boise Contemporary Theatre and for the
Intiman Theatre in Seattle under the direction of Bart Sher. His
other theatrical pursuits include a successful, long-running
two-man comedy team called, The Fool Squad (www.foolsquad.com).
Joe is a happy husband and father living in Boise, Idaho. |
|
Gitzy |
John |
MFA |
Technology |
1989 |
is currently
the GM for InterAmerica Stage, Inc., a mid-sized theatrical
rigging, specialty rigging and show action equipment
manufacturing and installation. company located in Sanford, FL,
a suburb of Orlando.
www.iastage.com |
|
Gross |
Matthew |
MFA |
Lighting |
2000 |
is programming
and operating projections for the New York Shakespeare Festival.
|
|
Harper |
Lisa |
MFA |
Costume |
1997 |
is a resident
costume designer for the Kansas City Ballet. |
|
Henderson |
Karli |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
2001 |
is an Assistant
Stage Manager for the Missouri Repertory Theatre Company. |
|
Hovis |
Don |
MFA |
Technology |
1994 |
serves as
Technical Director for the University of Arizona. |
|
Hupke |
Brian |
MFA |
Sound |
1997 |
is a senior
technician for the Chicago-based sound contractor BG
Electronics. He has designed sound for the Steppenwolf Theatre's
second stage and for the Northlight Theatre company. |
|
Ivins |
Todd |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1996 |
works out of
New York on projects for Walt Disney Theatrical Productions and
works as an assistant for designer James Leonard Joy. He
recently designed the New York revival of "A Majority of One" at
Playhouse 91. |
|
Janes |
Scott |
MFA |
Acting |
1997 |
recently played James
Bates in Arena Stage's production of Lanford Wilson's "Book of
Days". He has also appeared at the Denver Center, Utah
Shakespeare Festival, and Two River theatre Companies to name a
few. His first film, Bilge Ebiri's "New Guy" is currently
playing the festival circuit. |
|
Johnson |
Cheri |
MFA |
Acting |
1998 |
joined the main company
of Second City/Detroit after repeating her role of Titania at
the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. |
|
Keehbauch |
Ann |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1993 |
designed the
set for Marsha Norman's play "Trudy Blue" starring Judith Ivey
at the Actor's Studio in New York. She also did set design for
the Off-Broadway production of "Woody Guthrie's American Song"
at the American Place Theatre, New York. |
|
Keshawarz |
Donnie |
MFA |
Acting |
1998 |
has finished a film
titled "Growing Down in Brooklyn". He has also shot several
episodes of the television series "Sex in the City" and "The
Sopranos". He has performed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre
and Center Stage. |
|
Kwoun |
Yong |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1999 |
will be teaching at the prestigious Han Yang
University, Seoul, Korea, beginning in the fall semester 2008. |
|
Leonard |
Beth |
MFA |
Acting |
1984
|
is the artistic director
of Okoboji Summer Theatre in Spirit Lake. |
|
Lutz |
Laura |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
|
has accepted a
stage management job at Village Theatre in Issaquah. She will be
stage managing a developmental production of Bonnie and Clyde
from September 16 through October 26. |
|
Mardikes |
Tom |
MFA |
Sound |
1997 |
currently works
as a free lance sound designer based in Kansas City, and serve
as chair and associate professor of sound design for UMKC
Theatre. Graduated in 1997 with an MFA. His email link is
Mardikesa@umkc.edu. |
|
Marquardt |
Will |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1998 |
stage manages
the touring productions of Theatreworks, Inc. |
|
McAndrew |
Kelly |
MFA |
Acting |
1998 |
is understudying Ashley
Judd in the role of Maggie in the production of Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof currently playing at the Music Box Theatre. Ashley Judd,
one of the big draws of the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof revival, is
out of the production. She played her final performance on
February 22. A production spokesperson had no more information
about the future of the show--such as whether understudy Kelly
McAndrew would be going on in Judd's place for the rest of the
run or if the production would be prematurely closing. She
recently teamed up with director Marshall Mason to perform in
Arizona Repertory Theatre's production of "Ghosts". She also
performed in "Holiday" at the Olney Theatre Center, in "The
Great White Hope" and "The Miracle Worker" at Arena Stage in
Washington D.C., and Marshall Mason's production of "Talley's
Folly" at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, before the
production moved on to Cincinnati, and finally to Broadway. The
Washington Post described McAndrew as "making a glib, brassy
first impression" in "Holiday". She was also mentioned in the
April 2001 issue of "American Theatre" magazine and had her
picture on the cover |
|
McCarthy |
Hollis |
MFA |
Acting |
1990 |
will be seen at San Diego’s Old Globe this spring in the world
premiere of Cornelia, directed by Ethan McSweeney. Other
theatre credits include: Richard III, Henry VI
(Elizabeth, Eleanor) and Count of Monte Cristo (Madame
deVillefort) at Alabama Shakespeare, Indian Blood (Jane)
at Studio Arena, Tartuffe (Elmire) at Two River Theatre;
Helen (Helen of Troy) at Next Theatre, Love’s Labours
Lost (Maria, Princess) at Chicago Shakespeare; Sherlock’s
Last Case (Liza, Bertha, Damion) at Drury Lane Oakbrook;
Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Hamlet
(Gertrude) at Colorado Shakespeare; The Innocents (Miss
Giddons) at Illinois Theatre Center; Romeo and Juliet
(Juliet), Things We Do for Love (Barbara) at Organic
Theatre, Much Ado... (Beatrice), Taming of the Shrew
(Kate) at Notre Dame Shakespeare; As You Like It (Phebe),
Macbeth (First Witch) at Portland CenterStage;
Dancing at Lughnasa (Chris) at Missouri Repertory. Screen
work includes: Last Call, Road to Perdition and
Behind the Waterfall. She lives with her husband, actor
Mark McCarthy, in Chicago. |
|
Meek |
Karyn |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1997 |
was the
production stage manager of "The Summer of '42", the former
off-Broadway musical. She was also the PSM for Pirandello's
"Naked" starring Mira Sorvino at the Classic Stage Company. She
has worked in New York almost continually since graduation.She
is now the PSM of Downtown Cabarat in Bridgeport, Conn. In Dec.
she will be Production Assistant for a new Broadway production
of "Fiddler on the Roof". She is the first of Ron's students to
get a broadway show. |
|
Monahan |
Peter J. |
MFA |
Lighting/Prod.
Mgmt. |
1983 |
is working as
an Sales Account Executive for Rose Brand (theatrical fabrics
and custom fabrications). In June, I stage-managed the
International Barbershop Quartet Competitions in Montreal,
Quebec. Email Peter at
pmonahan@adelphia.net or
pmonahan@rosebrand.com |
|
Morgan |
Judson |
MFA |
Acting |
2000 |
appears in "The
Graduate" on Broadway with Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs.
Judson is cast in the production and serves as Bigg's
understudy. Morgan landed roles on "As the World Turns",
"Guiding Light", and "Strangers With Candy", and he was also in
an industrial short film with Matthew Broderick and Sarah
Jessica Parker. |
|
Mosby |
Rebekah Presson
|
MA |
Playwriting |
1987 |
has a new book
out, "Poetry Speaks: Hear the Voice of the Poet from Tennyson to
Plath", released by Chicago's Sourcebooks. The book includes
three CDs with poems and essays by Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky,
Galway Kinnell, Rita Dove, and many other acclaimed writers.
"Poetry Speaks" features a variety of poets--42 to be
exact--from the late 1800s through the late 1900s, all of them
reading their own work. A staggering array of big names are
represented including Carl Sandburg, T.S. Elliot, Langston
Hughes, and Dorothy Parker. |
|
Officer |
Phillip |
MFA |
Acting |
1983 |
has performed in the
Broadway Cabaret Series for which he was proclaimed "the most
talented male cabaret singer to emerge in the last five years,"
by the New York Times. More recently he recorded a Hoagy
Carmichael tribute CD, "Hoagy On My Mind--The Musical World of
Hoagy Carmichael," featuring jazz legend Johnny Frigo on violin,
Mark Hartman on piano and Mary Ann McSweeney on bass. A CD
release party and two week engagement was held at New York
City's ritzy Arci's Place, supper club and cabaret. The New York
Times once again raved about Officer proclaiming he was "a
master of lyric precision." |
|
Oguma |
Kazuko |
MFA |
Lighting &
Scenery |
2000 |
designed lights
for the off-off Broadway production of "The Bridge in Scarsdale"
at the Phil Bosakowski Theatre on W45th St. |
|
Olazábal |
Jason Manuel |
MFA |
Acting |
1999 |
He is currently on
Broadway in Nilo Cruz's pulitzer prize winning play, "Anna in
the Tropics" He was seen as Detective Marco Vargas starring
opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in this summers action
packed Bad Boys II. He has also made several television guest
appearances on Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The
Education of Max Bickford, Guiding Light, All My Children and
the lead in the Spanish Language Independent film "La Cita
Imprevista". NY Theatre credits include: The Phantom Lady (The
Pearl Theatre), Where's My Money?(Manhattan Theatre Club,
written and directed by John Patrick Shanley Day of the Kings
(Lark Theatre to name a few...Regional Theatre's include: Utah
Shakespearean Festival, Arkansas Rep, Barrington Stage,
Contemporary American Theatre Festival... Jason is engaged to
fellow actor Sunita Param and the wedding is set for Feb.
6th, 2004 in NYC. |
|
Oldham |
Anna |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1998 |
Anna is the
production manager for the School of theatre Arts at the
University of the Arts in Philadelphia. |
|
O'Nele |
Michael |
MFA |
Technology |
1998 |
is an Assistant
Professor and Technical Director at the University of Memphis. |
|
Paloschi |
Alessandra |
MA |
|
1994 |
performed in "Hedda
Gabler" while attending UMKC. She now lives in Torino, Italy,
and recently reprised her "Hedda Gabler" performance. In May and
June of 2000, Paloschi was in "Oedipus Rex" with the Teatro
Stabile Torino, and toured to the ancient Greek theatre in
Syracuse, Sicily. |
|
Pierce |
Andy |
MA |
|
1997 |
Andy is a doctoral
candidate at University of Missouri-Columbia. In 2008, he
presented his dramaturgical work on UMKC's QUINDARO at the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference. His
work was also selected as the Region V KCACTF Dramaturgy winner
and will be part of The Kennedy Center's nation Festival. |
|
Poinsett-Yoshida |
Joel |
MFA |
Sound |
1997 |
now works at
the world-class recording facility "The Enterprise" in Los
Angeles. |
|
Potter |
Todd |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1993 |
was the
Associate Set Designer on LITTLE WOMEN, AVENUE Q which won best
musical in 2004, GOLDAH'S BALCONY, ENCHANTED APRIL, and RAYMONDA
for American Ballet Theater. He designed LAST NIGHT OF THE
BALLYHOO, 1940's RADIO HOUR, and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC for The
Naples Players in Naples FL. He also was the assistant designer
of the American Ballet Theatre’s new production of SWAN LAKE
that opened in Washington’s Kennedy Center as well as designed
FABLES IN SLANG: A RAGTIME REVIEW at the Melting Pot Theatre,
NY. Potter is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Under Grad
Drama Department at NYU and is currently working on AVENUE Q for
Las Vegas. |
|
Primm |
James |
MFA |
Lighting |
2000 |
has been
awarded the prestigious Helmsley Lighting Internship for the
2001-2002 season for the New York City Opera and the New York
City Ballet at Lincoln Center. Only one candidate is selected
annually in this nationwide search. The previous year it was
also awarded to a UMKC graduate Kazuko Oguma. |
|
Ragsdale |
Diane |
MFA |
Acting/Directing |
1991 |
is living
in New York City working as an associate program officer for the
performing arts at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Email Diane
at
der@mellon.org. |
|
Rainone |
Jason |
MFA |
Lighting |
2001 |
designed lights
for the off-off-Broadway productions of "Pilgrim of the Night"
for the Godlike Theatre and "Chivalry" at the Pantheon Theatre
on 42nd St. He also designed "Don't Dress for Dinner" for the
Worcester Foothill Theatre. |
|
Ramsey |
Matt |
MFA |
Acting |
2000 |
recently joined the Blue
Man Group in New York. |
|
Rednour |
Shannon |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1996 |
is currently
the resident designer for COLLISION THEORY, a dance theatre
ensemble in New York City. Recent Designs in New York include
"The Abduction Project" at the HERE ARTS CENTER, "Dance My
Darling Dance" at THE OHIO THEATRE, and "The Love Talker" at THE
NEW 42nd STREET THEATRE. See Shannons website at:
www.shannonrednour.com
Email Shannon at:
shannon@shannonrednour.com |
|
Rice |
Michael |
MFA |
Acting |
2001 |
is touring as Benvolio
in the TheatreWorks USA production of "Romeo & Juliet". He has
also worked for a year as a Special Education Teacher at Newark
Memorial High School. He assistant directed the nationally
recognized NMHS production of THE LARAMIE PROJECT which won the
National Education Association (NEA Humanitarian Award, PFLAG
Friends of Children Award, the Dignity Award and also received
Congressional recognition from Pete Stark, Liz Figueroa and
Barbara Boxer. The cast has been featured in Newspapers
nationally including the NY Times. They will also appear in the
PBS special titled 'Not in Our Town'. Michaels email link is:
www.mwr@consultant.com |
|
Roybal |
Desi |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1998 |
is the resident
Scenic Designer and Production manager for Summer Stage
repertory theatre as well as assistant professor of theatre at
Southwestern University. |
|
Ryan |
Steve |
MFA |
Technology |
1997 |
is Technical
Director at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. |
|
Schmidt |
Tony |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1998 |
is currently working
for Jack Rouse Associates living in Dubai, UAE working on the
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi theme park where he is the Assistant Art
Director. Tony has been in Dubai with his wife, Nicole, since
March, 2008. |
|
Shelton |
Stirling |
MFA |
Technology |
1998 |
is Technical
Director at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. |
|
Shinoski |
Bill |
MFA |
Technology |
1993 |
serves as
Associate Technical Director for Missouri Repertory Theatre.
|
|
Smith |
Tom |
MFA |
Directing |
1994 |
is currently
the Producing Artistic Director of the American Southwest
Theatre Company and New Mexico State University Theatre Arts.
He is also a published playwright and is currently completing a
book about improvisation.
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|
Spencer |
Jane |
MFA |
Lighting Design |
1999 |
served as
lighting director for Ringling Brothers/ Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Local Lighting Director at the Denver Center for the Performing
Arts Seawell Ballroom: The Broadway Tenors, The 5th Dimension,
various trade shows and special events. Recent Lighting Design:
The Bad Seed at the Omaha Playhouse, What Cops Know for
Industrial Arts Theatre Company in Denver, 8 Track, The Sounds
of the 70's for Maverick Productions at Littleton Town Hall Arts
Center. Upcoming projects include 2 Pianos, 4 Hands at the
Cleveland Playhouse and Misery at the Omaha Playhouse with Keith
Hart as the Scenic Designer. You can email Jane at:
lydjanspen@aol.com |
|
Stratton |
Regina |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
2000 |
is Associate
Resident Scenic Designer at the Pacific Conservatory for the
Performing Arts. |
|
Swarthout |
Jeff |
MFA |
Acting |
1997 |
has been in numerous
productions of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. He has also
performed at the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, the
Missouri Repertory Theatre, California's Original Theatre
Company and the Summer Repertory Theatre. |
|
Thomas |
Stacy |
MFA |
Lighting |
2001 |
has a new
residence, a new husband, and a new job. She is now Stacy
Kearney, and she is the newest Assistant Professor of Theatre at
Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina.
|
|
Toren |
Nick |
MFA |
Acting |
1999 |
won critical acclaim for
his Off-Broadway performance in the revival of "The Voice of the
Turtle". |
|
Trinneer |
Connor |
MFA |
Acting |
1994 |
Kansas City Trekkies may
recognize 1994 MFA Acting graduate Connor Trinneer playing Charlie "Trip" Tucker, the chief engineer on
"Enterprise, the new Star Trek Show". A recent article in TV
Guide indicates another "surprise" coming up for local Trekkies.
Trinneer alluded to it, but wouldn't spell it out. "Trip gets
pregnant. It'll be the first human male pregnancy ever
recorded," says his boss Chief Executive Rick Berman. In the
past, the Walla Walla Washington-born actor has played on
Broadway, and Off-Broadway. He's played Shakespearean roles for
the Missouri Repertory Theatre, and the Utah Shakespearean
Festival, and he was in "Arcadia" for London's Circle X Theatre
Company. He also has an extensive history of appearances on hit
television programs including "Gideon's Crossing", "Sliders",
"One Life to Live", "Melrose Place", "Touched by an Angel", and
"ER", but nothing compares with what's in store for him on this
season's "Enterprise". |
|
Tupac |
Kerianne |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1996 |
is currently
the Marketing and Public Relations Director and an adjunct
lecturer for the University of Michigan School of Music. She
continues to freelance as a stage manager. She married Bryan
Broulette in September 2003.
kmtupac@umich.edu |
|
Tuttrup |
Doug |
MFA |
Technology |
1993 |
serves as West
Coast Project Manager for ETC. |
|
Uffelman |
Jonathan |
MFA |
Acting |
1994 |
I have never worked with
the Pearl Theatre. I did tour with the Acting company for three
years however. I also appeared in Bilge Ebiri's film "New Guy"
with Scott Janes currently making the festival circuit. I went
to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last summer in a production of
David Mamet's "The Frog Prince" and subsequently appeared in the
same production back in NYC. Most recently I played Hal in
"Proof" up in Lake Placid. I am also the proud father of a
beautiful six month old baby boy. |
|
Uhrick |
Richard |
MFA |
Technical
Direction |
1997 |
after
Graduating Rich moved around the midwest and East coast serving
as Technical Director for The New American Theatre (Rockford,
IL), The Court Theatre (Chicago, IL), and Merrimack Repertory
Theatre (Lowell, MA). Then he spent the first 2 years of this
century at Actors Theatre of Louisville serving as ATD and
interim Technical Director. Now he has finally returned to his
original stomping grounds working at Otterbein College
(Westerville, OH) as Greg Bell's Assistant and Scenic Studio
Supervisor. |
|
Vujec |
Carrie |
MFA |
Acting |
1997 |
played the role of
Rosalind in the American Players Theatre production of "As You
Like It". |
|
Wasserman |
Rick |
MFA |
Acting |
1998 |
serves as the stand-by
for the roles of Skar and Pumba for the Broadway production of
"The Lion King". He currently stars as "Rainforest Bob" in the
new Zest soap commercial.
►Played
Scar, Timon, Pumbaa, and Zazu in The Lion King on Broadway amd
in Los Angeles for 3 years. ►Guest-starred on Without A Trace (CBS).
►Recurring role on 24 (FOX).
►Busy doing voice-over work for movie trailers,
commercials, and promos for HBO, TNT, CINEMAX, etc.
►Many on-camera commercials airing for Suave,
Mastercard, Gallo Wine, Scrubbing Bubbles, etc.
►Currently doing a new play reading in Cape Cod with
Anna Paquin. ►Performing in Babes In Arms in L.A. with Neil
Patrick Harris. ►Running a popular play-reading group in Los Angeles.
►Happily married and living in L.A. |
|
Weber |
Greg |
MFA |
Technology |
1992 |
serves as
Technical Director for the Houston Grand Opera. |
|
Wegner |
Karen |
MFA |
Stage
Mgmt |
1995 |
works as
production stage manager for the Utah Shakespearean Festival and
at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. |
|
White |
David L. |
BA |
Undergraduate |
1991 |
David received
his MFA in acting from the University of Pittsburgh in ‘94.
While there, he acted and directed with the Three Rivers
Shakespeare Festival, and eventually became the Director of
Education and Assistant Artistic Director. In late ‘95, David
pursued acting in Chicago, working with a number of theatres
including Next Theatre, Bailiwick, Oak Park Festival Theatre,
Chicago Dramatists, Light Opera Works and many others. He was a
member of two Jeff Award winning ensembles: Next Theatre’s THE
INCIDENT and ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN…? In ‘01, he
moved to Princeton, NJ and became the Associate Artistic
Director and Director of Education for Passage Theatre in
Trenton, NJ. While at Passage, he co-produced the original
productions of William Mastrosimone’s AFGHAN WOMEN, Queen Esther
Marrow’s IN MAHALIA’S LIGHT as well as the original workshop of
Leslie Ayvazian’s LOVELY DAY. For the education program, he
produced and directed the original musical NIGHTLIGHTS, based on
the children’s book THE CHRISTMAS MENORAHS by Dr. Janice Cohn.
He is also a playwright, and is currently desperately trying to
drum up interest in his scripts THE SLICKS and RANDOM HORRIBLE
THOUGHTS ABOUT LOVE which accounts for one reason why he is
contacting the UMKC alumni page after all these years. He
acknowledges that this is shamefully self-promoting, but he is,
after all, in theatre and shameful self-promotion is what we do.
www.passagetheatre.org |
|
Williams O'Steen |
Amanda |
MFA |
Technology |
2001 |
serves as
Associate Production Manager for Berkeley Repertory Theatre. |
|
Williams |
Brian |
BA |
Undergraduate |
2000 |
just completed
his Masters at the University of Iowa. He is moving to Chicago
to pursue acting. He's spent the previous two summers working
with Riverside Shakespeare acting and Assistant Directing for
their Young People's Company. |
|
Williamson |
T.J. |
MFA |
Costume |
2000 |
designed
costumes for the American School in Leysin, Switzerland. |
|
Wilson |
Kim Conway
|
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1986 |
is a designer
for Suzanne Sessions, Inc and has been with this company for
almost twenty years. Suzanne Sessions is a creative firm that
specializes in themepark design and planning and the major
client is Busch Entertainment. Kim has served as the lead art
director for many Busch Gardens and Sea World attractions, most
notably the Atlantis ride in Orlando and San Diego. She is also
co-founder of a free-lance design firm called WIT Design. Kim is
also an avid equestrian and a certified Strasser Trim Horse Hoof
Care Specialist. |
|
Wilson |
Mark |
MFA |
Technology |
1986 |
currently
serving an artist-in-residence appointment at Saint Louis
University where he teaches lighting & technical production. He
is also a free-lance lighting designer. He designed the lighting
for "BUG" last fall at the Repertory Theatre of St Louis
Off-Ramp series. Designed the "Shakespeare's R and J" for the
Rep as part of the same Off Ramp offering. In the commercial
world, he still work as a free lance lighting designer and
technical director for Anheuser-Busch, The Spark Agency
(formerly Busch Creative Svcs) and HOK architects. He lives on a
small farm outside of St Louis with his wife, Kim. Mark's
current strange hobby is beekeeping. Kim and Mark met at UMKC
while they were both Hallmark Scholarship recipients. |
|
Wittreich |
Charles |
MFA |
Scenic Design |
1997 |
is Chairman of
the Theatre Department at Suffolk College in Long Island, N.Y.
He designed the set for "Alice in Wonderland" for the New Jersey
Shakespeare Festival, as well as doing work on Broadway,
Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway. |
|
Wyer |
Samantha K. |
MFA |
Directing |
1994 |
received the
"Arizona Daily Star's" Mac Award as "Best Director" for her
direction of Arizona Repertory Company’s "Angels in America".
Also mentioned was Ms. Wyer's direction of "Wit" for ATC. |
|
Yaegashi |
James |
MFA |
Acting |
1998 |
Broadway:
Richard Greenberg’s A Naked Girl on the Appian Way
(original cast) and 2003 Tony Award winning Take Me Out
(original cast). Off-Broadway: Julia Cho’s Durango
(original cast), Richard III, and Take Me Out (NYSF/The
Public Theater); John Guare’s A Few Stout Individuals
(original cast, Signature Theatre); Stories of the Children
of War (River Arts Repertory, Taganka Theatre in Moscow);
and Macbeth (Theatre For A New Audience). Regional:
Durango (Longwharf Theatre); A Naked Girl on the
Appian Way (South Coast Rep); Twelfth Night and Comedy of Errors (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); and
In
the Suicide Mountains (Kennedy Center/Coterie Theater),
among others. Film & TV: Noise, Superheroes,
13 Conversations About One Thing; Lisa Picard is
Famous; The Thomas Crown Affair; Spin the Bottle;
“The Job”; and “One Life to Live,” among others. Interactive:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Midnight Club III Remix;
and Bioshock (to be released in 2007). James is also a
translator, and has translated several Japanese plays into
English and American plays into Japanese. |
|
Youngs |
Dawn |
MFA |
Acting/Perform. |
2002 |
served as Directing
Intern under director Heidi Stillman during The Lookingglass
Theatre's production Hard Times Performed the role of Miss
Casewell in Broutil and Frothingham's production of The
Mousetrap at Chicago's Theatre Building Performed Beatrice in
Much Ado About Nothing and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet in
Door Shakespeare's , Door County WI, 2003 Summer Season Spent
the fall touring Colorado and the four- corners region with
Creede Repertory Theatre's 2003 Outreach Tour Shot several short
films, steaming video promotions, directorial demo reels, and
was an extra on a Dreamworks project directed by Mike Mitchell. |