Alumni

Rod Attebury
Rod Attebury (1995) spent the past year circling the globe on the beautiful and elegant ms Rotterdam IV, running live sound for all of the performances onboard, including Tony Orlando, Jim Nabors, Lucie Arnaz, Maureen McGovern, John Davidson, Marvin Hamliesch, and the lovely Ann Miller. He is now happy to be back on land in Kansas City where he currently works for Hoover Audio/Visual as their audio engineer.

Shari Bethel
Shari Bethel (1988) spent 13 weeks as the House Head of the Forum in San Francisco. Much of the year has been spent working specific apprentice positions leading to a successful exam and being sworn in as a Journeyman with the San Francisco stagehand union IA.

David Bishop
David Bishop (1997) is currently teaching audio and video production classes at Curtis High School (in the Tacoma area of Washington state). In addition to teaching, he is in the process of designing and building a recording studio for the school district. He has also just begun my second year as an adjunct faculty member at the Cornish College of the Arts - where he is teaching Sound Engineering and designing (sound) for one theatre production a year. He has also begun his second year as a member of the board of directors for the Tacoma Little Theatre (whose claim to fame is being the oldest theatre west of the Mississippi river - I don't know the depth of this boast, but it sounds pretty cool). As a member of the board he is Chair of the Play Selection Committee as well as chair of the Education Committee. As if all of this weren't enough, he is going to be designing and installing his first home theatre/multi-room audio system (approximately a $30,000.00 contract) beginning sometime this spring.

Bill Dean
Bill Dean (1999) Currently working as Sound Designer/ Instructor at PCPA Theatre Fest in Santa Maria, California

Pam Emerson
Pam Emerson (1991) Pam worked as Sound Designer for Virginia Stage, then served as Sound Designer/Supervisor for the Huntington Theatre and Instructor of Sound at Boston University. She currently lives in Denver and serves as production manager for a company producing children's events.

Jeff Folschinsky
Jeff Folschinsky (1999) is working as a sound designer for Universal Entertainment in Los Angeles and as a sound engineer/operator at the Geffen Theatre.

Dwight Frizzel
Dwight Frizzel (1998) see instructors page.

Tony Garfias
Tony Garfias (1996) is Chief Sound Engineer for Blue Man Group in New York, and works as a freelance sound designer for NYU and various theatres in the city. This past year he has done three shows for NYU, On the Razzle, Awake and Sing and The Wedding Band and he did Sly for the Westside Theatre.

Brian Hupke
Brian Hupke (1997) has been working as senior technician for Chicago-based sound contractor, BG Electronics. This fall Brian will be assistant sound designer for the Northlight theatre's production of the musical Dinah Was.

Adam Jacob
Adam Jacob (1999) is working as a Sales Support Engineer for Workstation Support in Kansas City. He specializes is sales, maintenance and repair of ProTools Systems.

Joel Poinsett
Joel Poinsett (1997) is the Sound Supervisor for the Johnson County Community College Performing Arts Center.

Eric Webster
Eric Webster (1998) continues to work as a freelance sound designer for artist Michael Motion and mix musicals on tour. Currently an Associate at The Acoustical Design Group in Kansas City, he is designing sound systems for public buildings such as The Family Arena in St. Charles, MO, a new performing arts center for Iowa Western Community College and a dinner theatre for Dodge City, KS. Eric Webster is at ewebster@usaserve.net