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| August 2010 Edition You have received this web page through e-mail or have journeyed through the inner recesses of cyber-space to find it --- and, if you are a graduate or a current student or a former professor or employee or just a survivor of the Wright State Theatre Department, WELCOME! So what's the intention of this site? Quite simply, to link up the generations of Dance, Motion Picture, Design/Technology, Theatre Studies, Acting and Acting/Musical theatre students (and their former faculty members), and share information. Information needn't be about professional successes (or failures), though it's nice to share bits of personal experience within the Biz. Feel free to tell us all about whatever you're doing, how you're feeling, if you need some good vibes sent your way, etc. It's a lonely world, at times, so let us all offer some kind words of sympathy, consolation, understanding, and --- a must --- humor!!! As the site improves and expands, keep checking-in; e-mail your feedback and suggestions. Please sign the Guest Book and leave your e-mail address for the page; get in touch with the 300-plus folks already listed. Browse through the list of graduates and passers-through. And check out (and suggest more) links to professional organizations, unions, theatres, dance companies, film schools, etc. Best wishes now and always, Bruce Cromer |
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Theatre Link E-Mails: John Adkins ('86, Motion Pictures): john@mainsailproductions.com Anna Allen (2001, Acting): annaallen1@hotmail.com Jeffrey Allen (Acting): jallen35@hotmail.com Carolyn Amick ('03, Motion Pictures): carolynamick1@gmail.com Kelly Anneken ('05, Acting): kanneken@gmail.com Christian Appleby ('97 Mo-Pix); deadmenproductions@excite.com Joe Baker (2002, Acting): josephmbaker@yahoo.com Jason Beagle ('98, TH ST): jasonbeagle@hotmail.com Abe Bassett (former Department Chair): abassett@woh.rr.com Gabriel Beck ('02, Musical Theatre): gabrielbeck@gmail.com Vanessa Becker (Hobbs) ('93, Acting): vanessabella@aol.com Amanda Beede ('03, Acting): amandabd23@yahoo.com Karen Begin ('97, Acting): karen@northcoastrep.org Matt Beisner(2002, Acting): mjbeisner@hotmail.com Alissa Bellman ('97, Acting): leaky54321@yahoo.com Adam Bergeron (2004, Design/Tech): atombergeron@hotmail.com Jared Berry (2000, Theatre Studies): JBerry420@aol.com Lydia Bianchi (2011, Acting): lydia@daytoninternet.net Natalie Bird (2005, Musical Theatre): periwinkle711@gmail.com Stephanie Bishop ('01, Theatre Studies): Stephanie_Bishop@hotmail.com Ebony Blake ('02, Musical Theatre): ebonyblake@yahoo.com Donna Blanchard ('87, Acting): itsallaboutdonna@hotmail.com Nancy Bleisch-Heater ('92-95, Acting): theheaters@wowway.com Steven Bognar (Mo-Pix): bognar@donet.com Paul James Bowen ('90, Acting): pauljamesbowen@gmailcom Jenny Boyd ('02, Acting): Boydstriss2001@aol.com Jack Bradford ('85, Theatre Studies): solid.rock@lycos.com Tom Brooks ('85, Acting): TomBrooks@verizon.net Matthew Brennan ('03, Musical Theatre): Matthewibrennan@yahoo.com Tim Brown ('89, Acting): timtbrown@sbcglobal.net Tim Browning (90s, Acting): browning.tim@gmail.com Eric Byrd ('09, Musical Theatre): byrd.ericm@gmail.com Dana Calvey ('07, Musical Theatre): Calvey.2@wright.edu Alesia Campbell Hollinger ('87, Dance): BCREEK77@yahoo.com Sharon Campbell ('85, Acting): sharonb@cttrails.org Chris Carpenter ('95, Acting): ccarp25@aol.com Evelyn Case '80, Acting): ecase@fullerton.edu Dustin Charles (Rettenmund) ('03, Acting): dustchar@yahoo.com Paul Christman ('88, Th. Studies and Music): pc@ou.edu Charlie Clark ('94, Acting): clark_cw@hotmail.com Heather Clark (Wahl) ('99, Dance): heatherannwahl@yahoo.com Kristin Clippard ('01, Acting): clippsacopia@hotmail.com Bruce Collier ('77, Acting): feydeau2002@yahoo.com Cedric Collier ('88, Design/Tech): noise13@fuse.net Penny Collins ('87 Acting) ): Ohioart2@buckeye-express.com Gretchen Coleman (Clark) ('94, Acting): chuckgreta@hotmail.com Jeri Combs ('87, Dance): pdtdiva@yahoo.com Denise Conrad (would have been '92, D/T): DElaineConrad@gmail.com Jamie Conte (Sanders) ('98. Design/Tech): jmeconte@aol.com Jonathan Conver ('01, Musical Theatre): jcsrockop2@aol.com Pat Coughlin ('95, Design/Tech): patc@strangedog.net Todd Courson ('95, Acting): tcourson@gmail.com Jodi Crawford ('97, Acting): jodi.crawford@gmail.com Sandi Crews (current Acting Prof.): crewszen@msn.com Bruce Cromer ('81, Acting): CarolnBrucenSons@msn.com Kevan Curren '('81, Acting): kecurren @yahoo.com Lenny Daniel ('89, Dance): Ladthe2nd@aol.com Michael Dauer ('07, Dance): mjdauer@yahoo.com Adrian Davidson ('92, Design/Tech): adrian@stagemachines.com Joe Deer (current MT Prof.): joe.deer@Wright.edu Kay Deherder ('77, D/T): Litemom@lasvegas.net Joshua Denning ('01, Musical Theatre): joshuadenning@yahoo.com Charles Derry (former Motion Pictures faculty): charlesderry@aol.com Daniel Devlin ('83-87): teacherdjd@yahoo.com Brigitte Ditmars ('98, Acting): actorgrl76@yahoo.com Alana (Dodds) Sharp ('95, Acting): alanasharp@mac.com Jerome Doerger ('09, Musical Theatre): jeromedoerger@gmail.com Marilyn Dryden ('85, Acting): mmhunter@yahoo.com Jim Dubensky ('89, Acting): drjimmyd@yahoo.com Gayle Duplinski-Garrison ('87, Directing/Stage Management): garrisonfarm@msn.com Mandy Eaglen ('97, Acting): mandy1123uk@yahoo.co.uk Julie Marie Eberhart ('02, Musical Theatre): juliemeberhart@hotmail.com Courtney Ell ('98-'99 Musical Theatre): StajeStruk@aol.com Peter Ellis ('96, Theatre Studies): else1le@aol.com Emily Elsener-Duguay ('01, Musical Theatre): emily.duguay@gmail.com Eric Engdahl (former Acting faculty): ericengdahl@comcast.net Andrew Estevez ('97, Motion Pictures): slicksirk@donet.com Chris Ensweiler ('93, Acting): chris.ensweiler@gmail.com Diane Fairchild ('95, D/T): ddfld@aol.com Martin Fahrer ('89, D/T): Martin@Entertainment-design.com Behn Fannin ('01, Motion Pictures): behnfannin@hotmailcom Marco Fargnoli ('92, Motion Pictures): marcofargnoli@mac.com Mary (Hemmert) Farmer ('86, D/T): farmma@earthlink.com Nikki Ferry (2001, Acting): nikkiferry@hotmail.com Pete Ficht ('86, Directing): pficht@mac.com Charlie Fineran ('90): cfineran@hotmail.com Lauren Finnan ('03, Musical Theatre): broadwaydiva_2000@yahoo.com Liz Fitts (2000, Acting): lizfitts@wowway.com Adrea Fletcher ('99, Acting): Adrea24@aol.com Billy Flood ('02, Musical Theatre): tvoicemagic@hotmail.com Ned Folkerth ('88, Acting): nedfolk@gmail.com Walt Fugate ('89, Acting/TH ST): fugate9258@ameritch.net William Fulmer ('90, Acting): fulman@aol.com Dayve Gabbard ('91, Acting): dayve@bellsouth.net Tina Gasparra ('94, Acting): tinaguster@hotmail.com Chris Gillespie ('86, Th. Ed.): cgillespie@comcast.net Brian Givens ('99, Acting): Ebgivens75@yahoo.com Georgiana Gomez (around '96, Motion Pictures): julesetgeorges@sbcglobal.net Mallory Good ('06, Musical Theatre): malgood14@gmail.com Shawn Graham (1 yr. - '89): shawndgraham@gmail.com Jessica Graves Ripley (Acting): jripleysdesk@yahoo.com Veronica Green ('98, Dance): vgmoorhead@hotmail.com Lauren Gribble ('05, Musical Theatre): lagribbs11@yahoo.com Samantha PJ Gruber ('93, Acting): backseatprisoner@yahoo.com Elizabeth Grunenwald ('02, DT/SM): e.grunenwald@att.net Jennie Gustafson: jenniegustafson@gmail.com Brian Hall (2000ish, Theatre Studies): bhall@lycos.com Lance Hammond ('91, Acting): Lance_hammond@bose.com Amy Handra (Acting): amy.c.hamilton@sbcglobal.net Stephen Hanthorn (2010, Acting): SHanthorn@aol.com Greg Hardin (one short year in the early 90s): Macbeth00@hotmail.com Matt Harding ('98, Acting): siggs@pex.net Michael Hargis ('85, Directing): mhargis@twlakes.net Bevan Michael Haynes ('07, Mus. Th.): bevanthepenguin@gmail.com Erin Haynes ('03, Musical Theatre): Ewalsh1016@aol.com Byron Hays ('78, Acting): plinthe@cox.net David Hearn (92-94, D/T): davehearn@columbus.rr.com Jeff Heater (D/T): theheaters@wowway.com David Heath (faculty and student, in the 70s): dbheath48@comcast.net Kathy Hedrich ('84, Acting): krh522@rcn.com Jen Henson (Dance): fyrdancer3@hotmailcom Mark Hess ('07, Acting): markdanielhess@yahoo.com Bob Hetherington (former faculty): rhether@memphis.edu Terry Hibdon (early 90s, Acting): hibdon@mac.com Jessica M. Higgins ('04, Dance): jmhiggins82@gmail.com Courtney Holland (2002, Acting): courtknee27@hotmail.com Kim Holland-Shupert: kkatmommie@aol.com B.J. Holmes ('85-86, Acting): bjholmes@fallscjd.com Jessica Holmes (2004, Acting): corajduffy27@aol.com Brent Holten ('86, Acting): bholten@mac.com Josh "Bubba" Horvath ('98, D/T): horvathsound@aol.com Kristi Horvath ('08, D/T, Stage Management): kristi.horvath@gmail.com Cameron Holsinger ('04, DT/SM): echolsinger@mac.com Brent E. Huffman ('03, Motion Pictures): brent@germancamera.com Kate (Huser) Santucci (Design/Tech): Kate@vmuse.com Connie Hymer ('96, Acting): queenbee831@comcast.net Heather Jackson (DT/SM): heatherjackson@alabamaballet.org Joe Janes ('85-ish): joejanes1065@comcast.net Anthony W. Johnson ('85-86): antwjohnson@me.com Jennifer Joplin ('94, Acting): jenjoplin@hotmail.com Beau Karch ('90-96, Promotions Manager): bkarch@rcn.com Karla Kash ('97, Acting): karlakash@mchsi.com Jonah Keel ('00, Acting): kidwicket@hotmail.com Emily (Keeney) Oliver ('02, Theatre Studies): habakkuk317@yahoo.com John Kestner (Motion Pictures): y2jrk@cox.net Scott Kimmins ('92, Design/Tech): sjkimmins@sbcglobal.net Jovan King ('07, Acting): jovanking78@hotmail.com Ann Klosterman-Spanier ('93, Acting): aklosterman@hotmailcom David Kotary ('02, Musical Theatre): DavidWKotary@aol.com Kevin Kramer ('00 Motion Picture): kramer.kevin@juno.com Krista Kurtzberg ('02, Musical Theatre): Kristakurtz@hotmail.com Janine Kyanko ('00, Acting): janine@janinekyanko.com John-Michael Lander (2001, MT): lucas27land@aol.com Julie Langan ('07, Acting): langan.2@wright.edu Lee Lanier ('89, Motion Pictures): lee@beezlebugbit.com Kristin Larsen ('05, Acting): lyannia@hotmil.com Chris Lauricellla ('93, D/T): tanglebones@ameritech.net Heather Michele Lawler (would've been '05, MT): Broadwaybaby10@aol.com Todd Lawson ('95, Acting): T13tuck@aol.com Jared Lefevre ('05, Acting): jaredlefevre@hotmail.com Michelle Leigh ('02, Design/Tech): michelleeleigh@yahoo.com Peter Leinweber (Acting): pleinweber@austin.rr.com Tim Lessner (late 90s, Acting): tlessner@hotmail.com Dan Libecap (D/T) and Nuggie Barnes-Libecap (Acting): nlibecap@artsinterface.org Amanda Lindsay ('00): celandine@gmail.com Chris Lingo ('99, Acting): chrislingo@lycos.com Jason "Squishy" Livingston ('98, Design/Tech): jrliving@earthlink.net Jake Lockwood ('91, Acting): wdwjake@yahoo.com Lisa Loen ('07, D/T): lisa.loen@yale.edu Staci N. Loer ('02, Dance): snloer@hotmail.com Phaedra Logan ('03, Design/Tech): plogan@globalscenicservices.com Bradford Lund ('02, Acting): bfordlund@yahoo.com Joe Lupariello (Acting): julpariello@aol.com Trina Mariano (would have been '92, Acting): TrinnaPye@comcast.net Lucinda Marker ('77, Speech and Theatre): lucinda@tullmark.com Adam Marple ('03, Acting): adam@adammarple.com Laine Marr ('03, Design/Tech): lainejunebug@yahoo.com Kristin Mausling ('98, D/T): mnkigirl@aol.com Connor McBride ('96-98, Design/Tech): cmcb88@hotmail.com Megan McCarthy-Cook ('01, Acting): meglynn79@comcast.net Ingrid (Laura) McCartney ('78-81, Acting): ingridmac@gmail.com Josh McEwen (2000): josh.mcewen@scenicsolutions.com Bill McKinley ('84, Acting): bill@billmckinley.com Anthony McKinney ('91, Acting): zenthony@aol.com Kyra McKinney: KLForrest@aol.com Brian McKnight ('98, Acting): mcknight11@aol.com Jeff McLane ('90-92, Acting): jeff_mclane@yahoo.com Troy McLaughlin ('99, Design/Tech): troy.mclaughlin@yahoo.com Greg McMahan ('84, D/T): bobandgreg@aol.com Mike Miller ('81, Design/Tech): boisemax@cox.net Kate Mitchell ('95, Design/Tech): katers@aol.com Carrie Monnin ('93, Dance): carrie0222@aol.com Nicolette Montana (Musical Theatre): flutterby_98@hotmail.com Melissa Montgomery ('05, Musical Theatre): Etoile117@aol.com Meghan Moore (Acting): meghansclaar@gmail.com Lisa Morabito ('02, Acting): lisa.morabito@gmail.com Alix Morelle ('93, Motion Pictures): alix_morelle@bellsouth.net Geoff Moss ('99 Design/Tech): mossg@clarkstate.edu Denny Moyes ('80, Design/Tech): dennismoyes@verizon.net Mark Mozingo ('05, Acting): hoyojose@hotmail.com Ray Nardelli ('96, Design/Tech): rnarde@aol.com Mark Nash ('94, Dance): nashmark@hotmail.com Christie Nash Hubbard ('93-96, Acting): lynneonecn@hotmail.com Evan Nesbit ('89, Motion Pictures): fxgeek@earthlink.net Jeff Newman ('09, Acting): pogostickinballs@yahoo.com Tim Nevits ('98, Theatre Studies): tim@timnevits.com Sara Nichols (2007, Design/Tech): saraenichols@gmail.com Corliss Carleton (Nickerson) ('75-80, Costume Des. Faculty): redgiraffe@comcast.net Eric Nielsen (former Dance Area Coordinator, 70s): enielsen@valdosta.edu Melinda Nipp Moniz (1 yr. in early 90s, Acting): mnmoniz@comcast.net Erica Noschang ('02, Acting): erica.noschang@gmail.com Kasey Nusbickel ('03, Musical Theatre): kaseynusbickel@yahoo.com Ashley Nugent (2001, Acting): actn23@hotmail.com Shannon Wagner (O'Brien) ('92, Acting): shannanwagner@yahoo.com Jamie O'Brien (Acting): jmacchio@aol.com Deb ODonnell Blankenship (85-90, Acting Faculty): debodonn@qwest.net Kris Micheal OHoro ('85, Theatre Studies): kmike11@earthlink.net Katrina Oost ('89 Acting): kmoinc@hotmail.com Sharise Parviz ('99, Acting): esirahs@shariseparviz.com Thomas Paxitzis ('80, Acting): musicgreek@yahoo.com Michelle Peck ('02, Acting): michellepeck@hotmail.com Yashira Perez ('02, Musical Theatre): divapookie@hotmail.com Brandon Perkins ('02, Musical Theatre): brandonio@hotmail.com Doug Perucca ('84, Dance): ks45056@gmail.com Annie Pesch ('04, Acting): amp.ere@prodigy.net John Pieza ('95, Acting) : jspieza@mac.com Michael Pincelli (Acting): pinceny@hotmail.com Beth Popelka ('98, Acting): popelkavision@yahoo.com D. Porter ('02, Theatre Studies): dip_w3@hotmail.com Marianne Porter ('01, Acting): marianneporter02@yahoo.com Alison Potter (mid 80s, Acting): alison_potter@excite.com Jackie Prete ('76, Theatre): yoginijp@earthlink.net Jude Gerard Prest ('85, Acting): judegp@yahoo.com Amanda R. Presz ('06, Musical Theatre): arpresz@gmail.com Michael Raderstorf ('01, Musical Theatre): Michael@michaelrader.com Natasha Randall ('01, Acting): Natwo2@yahoo.com Cathy Raymond (Stage Management): CAlise@aol.com Courtney Reed ('07, Th. Studies): Puffball84@hotmail.com Laura (Longest) Reed (Acting): lauralongest@hotmail.com Marcia Reinhard ('85, Acting): marcia62@rcn.com Theodore Reis ('98, Acting): ted_reis@hotmail.com Dustin Charles Rettenmund ('03, Acting): dustchar@yahoo.com Ian Rhodes ('02, Musical Theatre): ianrhodes@hotmail.com Paul Rhyand ('01, Acting): paulrhyand@gmail.com Stephanie Cason (Richards) ('01, Musical Theatre): srrlady@msn.com James Riemer ('91, Acting): jblade67@yahoo.com Adam Rihacek ('05, Acting): Rihacek@gmail.com Chad Robison ('02, Acting): poortom19@yahoo.com Victor M. Rodriguez ('84-86, Acting): chita871@earthlink.net Sarah Rossi-Durham (2000, Theatre Studies): doreme_22@yahoo.com Lisa Roth ('94, Acting): sealee27@yahoo.com Melissa Russell ('03, Musical Theatre): melsaruss@woh.rr.com Kevin Salem ('94, Design/Tech): salemkev@yahoo.com Patrick ('90 D/SM) and Kate Santucci: psantucc@gmail.com Kate@vmuse.com Susan Schaner ('82, Directing): saschwar00@yahoo.com Stephanie Schrock (02, DT/SM): schrock26@hotmail.com Shayna Schwartz (2000, Dance): Dancinshay2@msn.com Jane Serova ('00, Dance): jserova@hotmail.com Samantha Servais ('04, Musical Theatre): servais.sam@gmail.com Irene Imboden (Sheldon) ('93, Th. Ed.): muse7@woh.rr.com Amelia Sheperd (Lefevre) ('04, Musical Theatre): Red330@aol.com Brian Shoemaker ('02, D/T): btshoemaker@hotmail.com Jeffrey L. Shivar ('87, Theatre Studies): shivar-lusson@sbcglobal.net Nichol Simmons ('98, Motion Pictures): Nichol@nicmsfilms.com Mary Alice Skalko ('03, Acting): ma_skalko@msn.com Steve Slimak ('88-90, Theatre Ed./Motion Pictures): slimak_s@hotmail.com Sarah Stair ('05, Musical Theatre): smaureenstair@yahoo.com Amy Stoner ('88-90, Dance): Amystoner110@hotmail.com Charla Smith-Steward ('02, Acting): onlyperfect10@yahoo.com Telcie Jo Smith ('03, Dance): tlcjodancer@hotmail.com Joshua Jon Smith: kreon97@yahoo.com Jen Smul Hall ('92, Acting): jsmul@yahoo.com Jessica S. Smith ('95, Design/Tech): keckess@hotmail.com Philip Smyth (Acting): Philstar82@yahoo.com Amber Sowers ('02, TH ST): amdawn13@yahoo.com Ben Spadafore (2001, Acting): benspadafore@hotmail.com Sarah Stair ('05, Musical Theatre): smaureenstair@yahoo.com Patrick Steele ('97, Motion Pictures): karmitz@sprynet.com Dustin Sterling ('02, Acting): DustinSterling@gmail.com Aaron Stiles ('99, Acting): aaronstiles@aol.com Jimmy Straley ('02, Acting): JimmyStraley@woh.rr.com Terry Stump ('77, Design/Tech): terry.stump@sinclair.edu David Sullivan ('90, Design/Tech): bcc@one.net Erin Joy Swank ('97 Dir./Stage Management): ejs-sm@juno.com Aaron Swisher: aaronswisher@hotmail.com Sean Szaller (Musical Theatre): seanszaller@mail.com Scot (Tannreuther) Colford ('91, Acting): scolfod@chlotrudis.org Joe Tanski ('02, D/T): joe@3dxscenic.com Kara Teolis ('97, D/T S.M.): karateolis@gmail.com Colette Thomas ('07, Musical Theatre): Mercutio68@aol.com Michael Thomas ('85, Acting): Myckletomys@aol.com Zach Thomas ('95, Acting): zthomas@nmff.org Stephanie Thompson ('05, Acting): thompson237@hotmail.com Stephen Joshua Thompson ('05 Musical Theatre): StevieJ_0604@yahoo.com Sarah Thornton ('06, Acting): sarahwalkerthornton@gmail.com Carrie Thurston (Stage Management): carriethurston@gmail.com J.J. Tiemeyer (2009, Musical Theatre): tiemeyerj@hotmail.com Karen Tirpak ('85, Acting) zirpy8@aol.com Stef Tovar (Acting): stovar26@yahoo.com Shaun Tubbs ('02, Acting): shaunpatricktubbs@yahoo.com Linda Tucker ('79, Acting): rhgentry@earthlink.net Sallyann Turnbull ('07, DT/SM): sallyann.turnbull@gmail.com Jamie Tuss ('06, DT/SM): jamie.tuss@gmailcom April Uzarski ('03, Acting): notmarch@yahoo.com Lisa Varchol ('98, Acting): lisavar@gmailcom Tracy Vaughn ('85, Acting): TV930@aol.com Aaron Vega ('04, Musical Theatre): Thespis0119@yahoo.com Nicholas Verina ('05, Musical Theatre): nickverina@yahoo.com Jim Volz: jvolz@fullerton.edu Emily von Stuckrad (Stage Management): vonstuckrad@ameritech.net Bria Walker ('03, Acting): aunaturalbabe@gmail.com Mark Ward ('85, Acting): marcusallorus@yahoo.com Tony Weaver ('05, Acting): tweavesbelieves@hotmail.com Matthew Weber ('81-83, Acting): mweber@library.berkeley.edu Liz Wheeler ('04, Musical Theatre): wheel_ej@hotmail.com Thomas Whelan ('80, Directing): jerryrigg@optonline.net Andrew Whitmer ('00, Theatre Studies): andrewwhitmer@hotmail.com Jennifer Wilcox ('97, Design/Tech): jlinnwilcox@aol.com Lora Wilson ('94, Acting): writelora@hotmail.com Dionysia Williams ('06, Musical Theatre): dancenw@yahoo.com Monica Williams ('98,Acting): mlw261@aol.com Tracy Wirthman-Commeans (Acting): Tracycommeans@yahoo.com Gary Woodruff ('92, Design/Tech): garydwoodruff@yahoo.com Terry Woody-Desch ('81, Acting): terrydesch@hughes.net "Jonny" Worsley ('96, D/T): Jonathan_Worsley@Hotmail.com Michael L. Yowell (Theatre Studies): absolutelymusic@hotmail.com Logen Zimmerman ('01, Motion Pictures): logenz@yahoo.com Michelle Zimmerman ('94 Acting): Michelle@curtiszimmerman.com Erica Zintek ('06, Acting): Erica9701@sbcglobal.net Linda Yerina Zuby ('80, Acting): zuby@cstone.net ! E-mail addresses last updated: 2/10/2010 |
| In Memoriam --- Byron Bellamy ('79, D/T) Michael Bertin (Acting) Royce Berman Cletus Biersack ('75, Theatre Education) Steve Bolte (Acting) Evelyn Breckenridge (Motion Pictures) Kelly Clark (Acting) John Coutrado ('85 Acting) Blaine Evans (Dance) Charlie Finneran (Acting) Pam Heil (Acting) Doug Heiselman (Motion Pictures) Mary Kessler ('75, Theatre Studies) Melissa Schlosser King ('86, Acting) Lisa Klingbiel (Acting) Rebecca Lamb (Acting) Pete Ludlow (Theatre Studies) Kristin Mausling Plummer ('98 Design/Tech) Wendell Meier ('79, D/T) Bill Morse ('78, Acting) Bill Partlow (Acting) Doug Rabaja (Dance) Kip Rookstool Eric Spahr ('76, Acting) Carol Trevino ('06, Motion Pictures) Greg Trimble (Motion Pictures) Ben Wackerman (Theatre Studies) Kathy White (Motion Pictures) Ed Wilkerson (Acting) Brad Winters (Acting) |
| The unofficial Web Page for all Wright State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Picture grads, current students, faculty and staff, former faculty and staff, and the multitudes who have passed through the halls without receiving a diploma... |
| Click Here for the Results of the Professional Actor Training Program Alumni Survey In 2007, Bruce Cromer ('81 BFA Acting) contacted PATP Alumni from 1987-2007, via e-mail and this site, to ask what they've done and how their training helped or hindered them... Click on the link above to see what they wrote. And thanks to all who responded with such honesty and care!!! |
| “Dancing with the Stars” champ Nicole Scherzinger is former Wright State acting student Wright State alumna Nicole Scherzinger won the “Dancing with the Stars” mirror ball trophy May 25 on the popular ABC television reality show. Scherzinger defeated Olympic ice skating gold medalist Evan Lyscacek and ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews in the 10th season finale. Her professional dance partner in the competition was Derek Hough. During the reality show, she was consistently among the top vote getters and was the first to earn a perfect score of 30 during the competition. One of the judges said on more than one occasion that she was the best dancer they have ever had on the program. Scherzinger, 32, was an acting major during her years at Wright State in the late 1990s. She starred in Wright State plays and musicals before leaving her college career to pursue her singing career. “Nicole was one of those exceptional students in our acting program--a natural triple threat with excellence in singing, dancing and acting,” said Stuart McDowell, Ph. D., chair and artistic director for Wright State’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures. “What you see in ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is the precision of Nicole’s dance expertise, her style, her presence, her technique, her discipline. "What you don’t see is her range as an actress. I’m certain she could make it in films, or on the Broadway stage,” McDowell said. “I’m not surprised that she won. Nicole is a special talent and one of the hardest working performers I have ever known.” |
| Another Part of the Forest Reviewed By: Andy Propst · Jun 8, 2010 · New York Pictured: Sherman Howard and Stephanie Wright Thompson in Another Part of the Forest For anyone who's ever wondered what the venomous characters in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes might have been like when they were younger, the Peccadillo Theatre Company's delectable revival of Hellman's Another Part of the Forest, playing at the Theatre at St. Clement's, provides some answers. The play, originally produced some seven years after the success of Foxes, may not be as assured as its predecessor, but it is, nonetheless, a satisfying potboiler, served up with zest in director Dan Wackerman's generally taut staging. Forest unfolds in 1880 in the small town of Bowden, Alabama, where the Hubbard clan is enjoying the first tastes of its financial -- if not societal -- success. While the Southern aristocracy founders, the Hubbards, nouveau riche merchants, thrive, thanks to the cunning of patriarch Marcus (Sherman Howard), who made his initial fortune selling black market goods and blockade running during the Civil War. His ability to capitalize on his neighbors' misfortunes, however, means that the family is not much loved in the community and that his daughter Regina (Stephanie Wright Thompson) has to hide her love affair with Captain John Bagtry (Christopher Kelly), a war hero whose brother may have died because of Marcus' trade during the war. Wackerman's production, which unfolds gracefully thanks to Joseph Spirito's scenic design that elegantly telescopes the family's parlor, patio and veranda into one space, is filled with a number of terrific performances... Equally impressive are Thompson's captivating performance as the manipulative Regina, who's still learning some things about plying her feminine wiles, and Miller's superlatively oily and simultaneously charming portrayal of brother Ben. |
"America's Got Talent" features local Danger Committee from Minneapolis, MN By Quinton Skinner, Fri., Jun. 11 2010 Jason LeMay, Mick Lunzer, Caleb McEwen: Dangerous Local jugglers, hurlers, and flingers of extremely sharp and hazardous objects Danger Committee appeared on NBC's America's Got Talent this week, impressing celebrity judges including Howie Mandel sufficiently to make the cut to the show's next round. Brave New Workshop artistic director Caleb McEwen indeed subjected himself to a good deal of danger, standing amid a flurry of nasty-looking blades, then making a surgical strike on an inflated surgical glove. |
| Cast Selected for Human Race/Wright State Production of August: Osage County The cast of the historic Human Race Theatre Company/Wright State University Theatre collaborative production of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, August: Osage County, is now set. The 13-member ensemble of seven professionals and six WSU students includes two performers who were understudies during the play's five-Tony-winning run on Broadway. Playing the pivotal character of Violet, the razor-tongued matriarch of the Weston clan of Oklahoma, will be Susanne Marley, who was the understudy for Tony winner Deanna Dunagan. Marley's career has ranged from the national tour of Angels in America to an HBO - Hard Core Comedy Special to the mother in the premiere of Over the Tavern. Violet's husband, Beverly, will be played by Human Race Resident Artist Scott Stoney, who is familiar to local audiences for dozens of major roles over the past two decades. Playing other members of the Weston clan will be: Chicago-based Kristie Berger, who was Frankie in the Human Race production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune in 2003... Brian David Evans, who has the degree-of-separation local tie of recurring appearances on the Comedy Central show of Yellow Springs' Dave Chappelle... Bill Simmons, a leading Indianapolis actor whose roles have ranged from Albert Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile to an endocrinologist in an industrial video... and six WSU students - Maddie Casto, Chelsey Cavender, Jason David Collins, Kelsey Hopkins, Greg Mallios, and Alex Sunderhaus. One of the two non-Westons in the play is the maid, Johnna, who will be played by Rainbow Dickerson, who understudied the role on Broadway and who is a Blue Jacket veteran. The other is the sheriff, played by Daniel Britt, a veteran of numerous southwestern Ohio roles, including Duncan in Cincinnati Shakespeare's Macbeth. August: Osage County, co-directed by Human Race Artistic Director Marsha Hanna and Stoney, will be presented at Wright State's Festival Playhouse September 23 - October 10. Tickets will be available in September through the WSU box office. Sponsors include Beth & Alan Schaeffer, Morris Home Furnishings, ManagePoint, The AUGUST Angels and CELIA - Wright State's Center for Collaborative Education and the Arts. |
| HUMAN RACE THEATRE AND WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY COMBINE FOR AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY The Human Race, Dayton’s own professional theatre company, and the Theatre Department of Wright State University will both open their 2010-2011 seasons with one of the most acclaimed dramatic works of the young millennium – and, in a first for the region, they’ll be doing it together. Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, along with the Best Play Tony and about every other possible award since Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre first produced it three years ago, and Time called it the best drama of the decade. The Human Race/Wright State collaboration, to be presented at WSU September 23 – October 10, will be one of the first regional presentations of the dramatic comedy about three generations of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family brought together by the disappearance of the family patriarch. The idea of producing August began simultaneously on both sides of the collaboration. “Scott (Stoney) and I saw it in its final New York preview, right before the Broadway strike, and we knew it was a rare, top-quality script,” says Human Race Artistic Director Marsha Hanna, who will be directing the co- production. “I also knew that it would be difficult for us to produce, in part because of cast size, but mostly because the size of the set is far too big for The Loft.” Wright State’s 349-seat theatre fills the show’s needs well. W. Stuart McDowell, Chairman of WSU’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures had also seen the New York production. “I thought it was the best piece of American dramatic theatre in a decade, an epic show,” he says. “It jumped off the stage. My wife said it was like Long Days Journey Into Night, but with humor.” McDowell was thinking of August as a WSU production, despite the fact it has many older characters, pretty strong language, and covers every controversial field from drug abuse to incest. When the two theatres found they were both interested in August, the idea of a unique joint venture blossomed. “We had talked about collaboration before,” says Hanna, “especially about The Matchmaker a couple of years ago.” This time the talks were fruitful. “I’ve had a dream of a collaborative production since I came here 15 years ago,” says McDowell. “It makes sense that the area’s pre-professional training program should work with professionals, and The Human Race does some of the best professional theatre I’ve ever seen anywhere.” Dr. David Hopkins, President of Wright State University applauded this joint venture with the Human Race Theatre Company, "This exciting new project is the kind of collaborative endeavor from which both Wright State and the greater Dayton community can benefit significantly. It will give local audiences a rare opportunity to see this highly acclaimed drama, August: Osage County. At the same time, this innovative co-production with the Human Race Theatre Company will give Wright State's exceptional training programs in theatre, dance and motion pictures a national visibility for a landmark collaborative endeavor which we anticipate will be a harbinger of more to come.” For The Human Race, the collaboration is the next step in what has long been a close relationship with WSU. The professional Equity theatre has occasionally used WSU students in productions at the Loft or Victoria theatres, and Wright State faculty members often appear on or behind the stage with The Race, including HRTC Resident Artists Bruce Cromer and Joe Deer. They have already jointly run a Conservatory program for teens. McDowell sees the possibility of eventual certification by the University/Resident Theatre Association. Both groups see more joint efforts possible down the line. The performance will be a real mix of the two programs, with The Human Race hiring professionals for about half the cast and the rest picked from more than 100 WSU students McDowell expects to audition. Technical and support staff will also be a mix. WSU’s Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education, Leadership and Innovation in the Arts, which fosters synergistic projects in the greater Dayton region, is a sponsor. The collaboration provides both entities an excellent opportunity to expand their audiences, to reach people who may not have seen their work before. Subscribers to both will have first choice of seats, with an opportunity to include August: Osage County in their season selections. The regional premiere of August: Osage County will not only be a landmark collaborative production for The Human Race and Wright State Theatres, it will give regional audiences an opportunity to see an exciting new production of what The New York Times called “flat out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years.” |
