1960
Joe Garry ('63) performed with his partner, David Frazier, on a trip around the world on Silver Sea. Fall of '09 he is off to the Middle East to perform. Joe continues to do the Broadway Buzz at Play House Square for the Broadway Series.
1970
D. C. (Dave) Anderson ('76) has a new CD - CLOSE COMPANIONS - to be released October 13, 2009 on the LML label. Videos of recent concert appearances can be viewed at youtube.
D. C. (Dave) Anderson ('76) has a new CD - CLOSE COMPANIONS - to be released October 13, 2009 on the LML label. Videos of recent concert appearances can be viewed at youtube.
Cliff Bemis ('70) appeared in a film about Billy Graham titled Billy, The Early Years directed by his friend Robby Benson. He played Dr. Mordecai Ham, a "real life" evangelist who was greatly influential in Billy going into the ministry. Check out Cliff's website.
Steven Breese ('79) (Associate Professor of Theater), was recently promoted to the position of Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities at Christopher Newport University.
Kathy Cannarozzi Harris ('76) was named the 2009 Secondary Theater Arts Teacher of the year by the Orange County California Arts and Music Administrators. She continues to Chair the Performing Arts Department at Mission Viejo high school and recently won the Orange County Cappie Award for Best Play of the Year for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
BJ Jones ('72) is in his 11th year as Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre in Chicago. Last fall Norhtlight was asked to bring their production of The Lady With All the Answers by David Rambo starring two-time Tony Award Winner Judith Ivey, to Cherry Lane in NY. Next season John Mahoney joins Northlight again for Hugh Leonard's play A Life, as does Tony Winner Rondi Reed directed by Amy Morton (from Steppenwolf's August Osage County) in Awake and Sing. They will also be bringing the Off Broadway hit The Marvelous Wonderettes to Northlight to celebrate their 35th Anniversary Season.
Janet Horvath Wilson ('77) is the Associate Director for the School of Theatre at Illinois State University.
Pat Gorske Price ('73) has become involved with Workshop Players in Amherst, Ohio. She ran props for two shows and appeared in two shows.
Sheldon Safko ('79) appeared as a supernumerary in Turandot with Opera Columbus at The Ohio Theatre. When not appearing as an extra he works full time as an attorney for The State of Ohio Medical Board.
1980
John Augustine ('83) has written another short play for the SUMMER SHORTS 3 (Evening A) Festival at 59E59 street Theatre. His full length play, Credit Card Debt and the American Family will be at the Harold Clurman Theatre on 42nd street in February, 2010.
Jean Dobie Giebel ('82) is Department Chair of the Department of Drama and Dance at Hofstra University.
Chuck Tisdale ('89) is the Auditorium Manager/Technical Director at Shakes Heights High School. During the fall of 2008 he appeared in Goldstar, Ohio, a play written by his brother Michael and produced by Cleveland Public Theatre. He directed Laughing Stock at Huntington Playhouse in September of 2009.
Bob Zombar ('84) during 2009 performed at the Near West Theatre in Once of this Island and at the end of June he was off to Toronto for Pride.
1990
Michael Benson ('95) is in graduate school at State College, PA.
Ryan Dietz ('99) last fall shot a commercial campaign for the Virginia Lottery called "Surprise Squad". He also played Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Peter Mill's Illyria for Prospect Theater Company Off-Broadway. It's a musical adaptation of Twelfth Night. Most of this year he has been doing benefits, auditioning and performing with his improv comedy group "Lumberjack Office" at the People's Improv Theatre in New York.
Jim Haffner ('93) is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Opera at the University of Pacific in Stockton, CA. Last year he taught opera history at the Universita degli Studi della Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy. Jim wrote a Holocaust piece based on tstimonials from Stockton Holocaust survivors mixed with vocal music written in the the concentration camp Theresienstadt.
Jill Harbaugh ('95) is the Manager of Choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra.
Ann Marie Irwin ('95) is the Executive Director of Legacy in Education, a nonprofit organization working to keep arts education available to children in Northeast Ohio. She serves on the board of The Arts in Strongsville and also directs the Children's Choir at St. John Neumann.
Jenna Messina ('96) directed Optimus Prime for President and All's Fair at Fourth Wall Productions and choreographed Something's Afoot at the Spotlights Theatre in Broadview Heights. In October of 2009 Jenna played the role of Hilldegard in Why Torture is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them at Cleveland Public Theatre.
Clay Van Sickle ('98) works as a film armorer with Tristano and Company and as a stuntman, specifically at Knott's Berry Farm's Wild West Stunt Show.
2000
Byron F. Abens (‘02) finally made the move to NYC. Upon arriving he stage managed the 2008 BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, which included 14 songs from 12 new musicals in various stages of the writing process. He followed that up with the NY premiere of R U Prime? for the New York International Fringe Festival. Most of the fall was then spent on the road stage managing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for Theatreworks USA . Upon returning to the city in the winter, Byron made his Off-Broadway debut the US premiere of Gates of Gold, by Frank McGuinness (which was preserved for the Theatre on Film and Tape archives at Lincoln Center, a rare distinction for a limited run Off-Broadway show to receive
Brian Bowers ('01) worked as an agent at the Talent Group for 3 1/2 years, during which time he opened the photo studio Braedy Photography.
Erin Brett ('02) wrapped up her fourth season at Syracuse Stage. This year's highlights included David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries and Regina Taylor's Crowns, which she had the pleasure of traveling with to the Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
Brandon Dubeansky ('05) is the Audience Coordinator for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.
Daniel Cecil ('05) as an actor Daniel did a performance as part of Sotheby's Gothic art auction in London's infamous Shunt Vaults. He also did a voice over for the world premiere of The Echoes of Willard, where he played the part of Craig Williams. As a writer, Daniel has been lucky enough to actually make some money from his fiction. He has recently published work in Collect East, Round Table Review, and Indieoma. Check out Daniel's website.
Christi Esterly Schwarten ('06) is the Managing Director for the Fairfax Choral Society in Virginia.
Tony Hanf ('06) enjoys his work as the Community Engagement and Education Program Coordinator at Cleveland's PlayhouseSquare. This year he had the opportunity to work with people like Adam Pascal from RENT, the original composer of the movie Mary Poppins as well as the stars of the Broadway show, and the President of Disney Theatricals Thomas Schumacher on the TV specials Backstage with… in collaboration WVIZ/PBS as lighting designer.
Liza Kawaller ('06) is pursuing acting and modeling in Los Angeles. She has had walk on roles on over 70 TV shows, commercials, and movies. She was seen as a flight attendant in CSI:NY, a student throughout the first season of the new 90210, and worked on the movie Iron Man 2.
Debbie Keppler ('09) works at Great Lakes Theater Festival as an actor/teacher.
Katie Kocik ('06) completed her second national tour of Playhouse Disney Live. With the show, she traveled through the U.S., Mexico and South America. While on tour, she served as performer, dance captain and wig assistant.
Mariana Hardy ('04) earned a Master of Science Degree with licensure in integrated language arts education. She plans on getting a licensure in drama so that she can teach at the high school level.
Dan Marshall (’02) finished the first of two years of his masters at NYU Tisch's graduate musical theatre writing program. He recently joined the Screen Actor's Guild.
Fred Maurer ('07) moved to New York City and decided to go to culinary school - the French Culinary Institute to be exact where he graduated at the top of his class.
Katy Michel ('05) toured for two seasons with Tears of Theatre as a puppeteer. She has stage managed, assistant stage managed, and carpentered at Third Rail Rep, Teatro Milagro, 2Boards, Portland Actors' Ensemble, and she directed their 2007 touring comedy, The Taming of the Shrew. This past season she directed Tears of Joy touring and mainstage show and she was the season stage manager at Profile Theatre Project.
Meredith Painter ('06) is working at PlayhouseSquare in ticket operations and is in charge of their school performances.
Rebecca Price ('07) works as an Executive Assistant to David Copperfield.
Lora Randolph Mander ('05) has had the opportunity to commit fully to directing and other theatre projects in London.
Lisa Raymond ('06) last summer worked for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival as a first hand for their productions of Scapin and Richard III. During the fall she returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Lisa is a second year graduate student in their costume production program.
Molly Richards ('01) directed Tour De Force, which appeared at various venues around New York City including The Duplex and the Theater for the New City's Lower East Side arts festival. She directed His Name Is Edgar at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre. In the fall Molly started her MFA in directing at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Linda Schneider (’07) most recent movie role was Elise’s mother in Bringing Up Bobby.
Alisha Schwarz Glasser ('07) is working as a Production Associate for The Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland.
Kate Sidley ('04) works as a full time Education Assistant at Hartford Stage. Kate also performs with the troupe Sea Tea Improv around the Greater Hartford area.
Katy Taylor ('09) was accepted into the AmeriCorps Program and was placed in New Mexico.
Josh Wellman ('03) has an agent for his novel, Lopsided Lolly (geared towards children); his first book, written with Broadway historian Ken Bloom, is being published by Prentice Hall. Josh's side jobs include working part-time as the personal assistant to director/lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr. (best known for Miss Saigon and Ain't Misbehavin') and copyediting for Macmillan and Company.
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