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

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

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.

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.