WSU
TheatreLink
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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E-Mail to Post and An Update on Your
Doings --- or to View Updates of Other
Alumni!!
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, Actin
g): Natwo2@yahoo.com
Cathy Raymond (Stage Managemen
t): 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, Actin
g): dustchar@yahoo.com
Ian Rhodes ('02, Musical Theat
re): 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, Acti
ng): 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, Dan
ce): 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, Acti
ng): 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

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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)
Counter
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.”