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July 2010

1970's  |  1980's  |  2000's


1970's

Paul DeBoy (1977) is currently playing Harry in the North American Tour of Mama Mia.

Paul DeBoy
Cynthia Hanna (1972) is actively writing and directing for The Theatre Artists Workshop in Norwalk, CT.

John Schneider (1972) just released his third CD, Happy Life, on Mind of Music Records.
Peter Weller (1972) and Katherine Moennig (1998) have joined the cast of Showtime's Dexter.

Peter Weller
Katherine Moennig


1980's

Claire Cassano (1981) will play Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream this summer at the Sun Valley Shakespeare Festival in Ketchum, ID.

Catherine Russell (1980) is an accomplished jazz singer and will be performing later this summer with the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Tompkins Square Park in NYC.

Kevin John Saylor (1986) earned his BA & MA in Theatre, and Secondary Education Teaching Diploma in Drama/English. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Turtle Island Theatre Co. in Kahnawake, Quebec.

2000's

Leslie Rishkofski (2005) worked as a day player on the award-winning indie film A Quiet Little Marriage. It is scheduled for release on DVD August 31st.

Justin Streichman (2005) will be performing in Replicant Vs. Separatist, August 5-7 at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles as part of their New Original Works Festival.

Samantha Sturm (2006) was featured in an article in Dance Magazine. Samantha is currently a swing in Broadway's The Addams Family.

Samantha Sturm
Ashley C. Williams (2005) will be starring in a new off-Broadway musical A Journey Through the Mysterious World of Folly at the Ellen Stewart Theater in October.

Tommaso Matelli (2007) wrote the play How to be Cute and Break Hearts, which received a staged reading in NYC last month. Naomi McDougall Jones (2008), Jonathan Schlieman (2007) and Gwen Sisco (2008) were among the cast members.

Nathan Willis (2006), Jenny D. Green (2008), and Aimee Whelan (2008) performed in a new play, Billy Carver and the Children in Mind at the Manhattan Theatre Source.



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