Alumni News

1930s & 40s

Thelma Louise Ransom (BAE '37) turned her theatrical vocal training into a career as a speech teacher. Now enjoying her retirement in Tucson, the 85 year old says she's equally out-spoken during Sunday school discussions.

Donald P. Jones (BFA '39) retired in 1982 from 33 years as a drama instructor and chairman of the fine arts department at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, AZ. He now enjoys fishing, traveling and collecting in nearby Safford. He also plays an active role in his son's numerous business enterprises.

Katie Lee's (BFA '42) second effort, the 1998 released All My Rivers Are Gone, personally explores her enchantment with Arizona's Glenn Canyon, much of which was lost when a dam was erected there four decades ago. But the fight continues for the Jerome, AZ, author, folk singer, actress and songwriter who has been called "the greatest Western outlaw singer and performer of them all." The artist turned activist works closely with a nonprofit organization that is battling to open the dam's flood channels, allowing the canyon to return to its original beauty.

Barbara K. Christensen (BFA '46) and her husband recently moved from their La Jolla, CA, home of 28 years but still remain close to all but one of their 12 grandchildren. An active community volunteer, she founded San Diego County's auxiliary to the Child Abuse Foundation.

Nancy Stephens Alquist (Stevie) (BA '49), a retired Social Worker, relocated from San Pedro, CA, to a more secluded, rural area in Northern California.

Joyce C. Davis (BFA '49) of Newbury Park Calif., still recalls her years at the UA "as some of the happiest" in her life, especially many "exciting hours at old Herring Hall." In the 1950's she had a show on the Armed Forces Radio Service in Hollywood before landing on the sets of such legendary shows as Mil ton Berle, Red Skelton and This Is Your Life. Retired from a 23-year career teaching gifted students, she's directed several classics, written a one act on the Civil War and is now working on a book.

1950s

Eugene H. Jones (BFA '51) is a theater and music writer for the state newspaper in Columbia, SC, where he is a retired college instructor, though he still teaches an occasional course for Coker College. After his UA graduation, he worked 15 years in theater, mostly as a stage manager, before a stint in the book publishing industry. He is currently researching for this third book, which follows his 1968 and 1988 published works.

Jay B. Keene (BFA '52) is retired from 40 years of theater design and teaching at Queens College CUNY in New York. He lives in Rio Rico, AZ, where he and his wife, Rhonda, built a house and studio near the Tubac foothills that they share with their two dogs.

Wayne Earley (BSA '53) reports that "Lion King was fantastic" and "Cats was boring" during his trip to Manhattan. Living in Phoenix, the retired agriculture consultant says he has fond memories of performing with his fellow "Herring Hallers."

William A. Moodie (BA '56), a manufacturer representative for a theatrical lighting and control systems company in Costa Mesa, CA, married Shirley Clark in September 1999. When he's not hawking his pyrotechnics, he enjoys playing the bagpipes.

Flavia Sayner (BFA '59) of Mesa, AZ, has enjoyed a modeling and acting career under her SAG listed name Shaynie Aero. But she says her main love is animals, which is why she founded Animal Commandos, an organization that has captured media attention for its fight in protecting animals' rights and their use for experimental purposes.

Michael Hardgrove (BA '59) is CEO and president of the St. Louis PBS affiliate, where he formed Lark International, an alliance of four public television stations representing various markets that work collaboratively in producing or acquiring quality programs for American viewers. A resident of Chesterfield, MO, he's kept a hand in the performing arts, spearheading the creation of two children's theaters.

B. Dan Williams (BFA '59) of Newport Beach, CA, considers himself "basically retired," which means he's limited his activity to work on a full-length feature film, playing golf and the stock market. An industrial films producer and director, he has authored hundreds of commercials, he and his wife have four children and eight grandchildren.

1960s

Jim (James Edward) Newcomer (BA '60, MFA '65) of Tempe, AZ, is the theater director for Coronado High School, fine arts consultant for Scottsdale Unified Schools and technical director for the Phoenix Magnet Theatre Program. He has numerous local, regional and national commercial voice-over credits and he regularly volunteers with the Sag Book Pals' reading program.

Bruce Pearson (BFA '60, MA '61) of San Diego is a theater technical director and is a retired production manager from the University of California's events office.

Victor J. Colletti (BFA '61), a retired entertainment director, says he enjoys his calmer lifestyle, which includes watching his grandchildren grow up and working part time with stagehands who organize touring truck shows that visit Colorado Springs, CO.

Philip R. Hendren (BFA '61) of Camano Island, WA, is production manager for the Seattle Children's Theatre, the country's second largest and part of the new $5 million Seattle Center.

Joseph Jenckes (JD '61) of McLean, VA, was an actor under Peter Marroney from 1953 to 1961, which he believes "must be a record." He performed on stage and on the 60s television series "Daniel Boone" before a 20-year career in law and politics, joining the White House staff under President Ford, then serving as the Washington vice president for Abbott Laboratories. With more than 80 productions to his credits, retirement has allowed him to return to theater. His recent work includes A Delicate Balance, The Best Man and Veronica's Position.

Sheralyn Smith, Ed.D ('61) of Manhattan Beach, CA, taught high school theatre for 20 years before becoming a principal and eventually assistant superintendent for El Segundo Unified School District. She also served four years as president of Drama Teachers Association of Southern California.

Marilyn Meyer Mars (BFA '63) of Thousand Oaks, CA, says she's back to her real love; stage lighting and design after a long hiatus to play mother, real estate agent and travel arranger. As the assistant to the general manager of Light & Sound Design, she helps make major concert tours, sports events and industrial shows shine.

Ann Krappé Tully (BA '65), a retired theatre educator, enjoys hiking and the great views in Black Canyon City north of Phoenix, though she occasionally makes it to the city to direct a show. Secretary of the Arizona Theatre Alliance, she has spent the last 14 summers she has teaching an actor training class with the Utah Shakespearean Festival.

Lorena McDonald (BFA '66) of Buffalo, NY, is a teacher, producer and playwright who is interested in using entertainment as an educational tool and a creative outlet to address important social issues. Her first play, War Stories, produced at SUNY College in Buffalo, was adapted from three incidents of violence she experienced when she was a teacher in Harlem. The production was part of a school violence symposium that was held just a week before the Columbine shootings.

Louise R. Beal (BFA '67), aka Rosalind Skyhawk Ojala, is a holistic health educator, massage therapist, minister and ceremonialist for the Loving Hands Institute, nestled in the Redwoods of Northern California, where she lives with her husband of 18 years and her 16-year-old daughter.

Vandi Clark (BA '67) of Duncanville, TX plays The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe on Barney, the lovable purple dinosaur that entertains millions of children every week. She has both film and stage to her credits, but most of her work has been in industrials.

William N. Damron, Jr. (BFA '67, MA '69, MFA '77) of Burbank, CA, has many costume design credits and is in his 8th season "in the land of opera" as the wardrobe supervisor for Los Angeles Opera Company.

Richard Lake (BFA '67), who played the star role in the one-man national tour of They All Want Me to Play Hamlet, has performed Shakespeare to thousands of high schools and college students throughout the Southeast as part of Art in Education, a program that promotes literature and the arts. He lives in Largo, FL.

Mari Martin (BA '67), a counselor and psychologist in Tucson, joined the UA Theatre Arts Advisory Board.

George E. Moredock, III (BFA '67) is executive director of the Stamford Center for the Arts in Connecticut, where he produced the first Fringe Festival of Arresting Theatre, a collection of eight plays, eight actors and four directors. The center renovated its 1926 Vintage Palace Theatre, adding a 200-seat little theatre.

Dale Fuller (MA '68) is a desktop publisher in Brooklyn, NY, where he's worked in theatre, TV and commercials. He performed with the American Mime Theatre for their 2000 Winter Season - his 25th year with the company! He manages the company's Web site: www.americanmime.org.

Polly M. Kendrick (BFA '68, MA '70), a freelance costume designer who does a lot of work for Lafayette College in Easton, PA, says it took months to repair her home's roof after Hurricane Floyd sent a huge tree crashing into it. Portia A. Lackey (BFA '68) of Arlington Heights, IL, is a logistics Manager for Sears Roebuck.

John Siler (BFA '68) of Payson, AZ, is a drama instructor at Payson High School, where he and his wife Kathy created the department in 1987. A student fundraising effort purchased light and sound equipment for a new 965-seat theatre at the school.

Maria Michele Brubaker (Hughes) (BA '69) has been working for 26 years as an educator and administrator at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, where she enjoys teaching students the power of drama. Her daughter, named after Chekhov's Irina, made Maria a grandmother with the birth of her son.

Laurie S. Ginsburg (BFA '69), a retired television producer and host, enjoys taking photos and working in her darkroom in Sarasota, Fla.

Jack M. Goodman (BFA '69) is a college professor for MCCD in Phoenix.

Craig T. Nelson ('69) currently stars as Police Chief Jack Mannion in the CBS drama The District. He put in a star-appearance this fall on the UA campus as the guest host of the UA's Campaign Arizona Capital Campaign Kick-off Gala.

1970s

Cathy (Davis) Goodman (BFA '70) is a 5th grade teacher in Phoenix.

Margaret L. Maxwell (BA '71) is a Pima County Superior Court Commissioner in Tucson.

Nancy C. Bargamian (BFA '72) ended a 20-year career in the entertainment industry when she married Dr. Jeffrey I. Weisel in 1998 and became his office manager. The following year she had twins Kyra and Wyatt.

Frank Damiani (BFA '73) of Portland, OR, reached a noteworthy milestone--his 200th job in show business, which includes everything from theatre, network television, a feature film, dozens of television ads and more than 50 radio slots and print ads.

Jan A. Hoag (BA '73) is an audio technician at ABC-TV in Los Angeles, where she mixes sultry voices for the soap operas General Hospital and Port Charles.

Rebecca Westberg (BFA '73), a part-time insurance broker in Van Nuys, CA, co-starred in The Rabbi and The Shiksa, an Equity waiver production written by her husband Art Shulman. It played at North Hollywood's Group Repertory Theatre in 1999.

Cynthia A. Donaldson (BFA '74) received her master's in public administration from UNLV in June 1999. She lives with her husband and son in Las Vegas where she is an accounting supervisor at McCarran International Airport.

Sallie Kleiman (BFA '74) is production director at the Game Show Network, part of Sony Pictures Entertainment in Studio City, CA.

William Terry Raison (MA '74) of Norman, OK, is a retired Air Force colonel. Ellen S. Fairfield (BFA '76) is senior broker associate at Tucson Realty & Trust.

Jane A. McSpadden (BFA '76) is a theater arts teacher and performing arts department chair at Thunderbird High School in Phoenix. Photo is with Gary Mauer (BFA '89), Thunderbird and UA Alumnus who played Raoul in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.

Merris Sumrall (BFA '76) is vice president of a research consulting firm in New York City.

Sara Edlin-Marlowe (MFA '77) is an actress, director and teacher in Spokane, WA. She wrote the play, Sacagawea, toured with One Woman Shows and works with her husband, William C. Marlowe, head of drama at Spokane Falls Community College.

Craig Barna (BFA '78) is a musical director with credits on Broadway, Los Angeles and for many stock and regional theatre companies across the country. Career highlights include the 1999 Tony Awards and the studio cast recording in conjunction with the London National Symphony Orchestra of Good News!, 42nd Street, and Singin' In The Rain. He recently served as music producer for the filming of Peter Pan with Ms. Rigby for the Arts & Entertainment Network.

Michael Cichinsky (MA '78) is a drama teacher at Arizona's Lake Havasu High School where the first production in the new $1.5 million Little Theatre complex was Fright Night, which played to packed houses in the spring of 1999.

Judy Corcoran Kolzow (MA '78) of Hattiesburg MO, is grateful for the new technology that allows her to do voice-over work for studios all over the country from special phone lines installed in her garage.

Leonard Meenach (BFA '79, MFA '81) is the master teacher of acting at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane Australia, where he has just directed a new production of They Shoot Horses, Don't They.

Maryanne Morrison (BFA '79, MBA '89) of Oceanside, CA, is a media specialist responsible for coordinating the production of educational software and Web pages for Educational Publishing Group of McGraw-Hill New Media.

Linda Schwartz (BFA '79) is an administrative assistant for Phoenix's Orpheum Theatre Foundation, which spearheaded the effort to save and restore a 1929 movie theatre, now a magnet for the arts.

Stephen Spinella (BFA '79) starred in the Broadway production of James Joyce's The Dead for which he received a 2000 Tony Award Nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.

1980s

Arni Burton (BFA '80) appeared on TV's Frasier and in the national company f All In the Timing. He is a regular actor at the Pearl Theatre in New York City.

Michele Glazer (BA '80) is an Atlanta-based writer and producer.

Kelley Hogan (BFA '80) wrote and directed Glittering Misery, which debuted in 1999 at East Los Angeles College; she recently appeared as Lady Macbeth at the Edison Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles.

Matt Loney (BFA '80) appeared in The Sound of Music on Broadway.

Clarence Sheridan (BFA '80), a Broadway singer and a former lead tenor at Radio City, created the CD-ROM video game, Backstage, which tests amateur thespians' theater knowledge as they maneuver behind the scenes in an attempt to make it to the main stage. The game has received rave reviews by both computer and theater industry press.

Richard Hanson (MFA '81), associate professor in the UA's Theatre Arts Department, directed, choreographed and devised Star Struck 2000, the Entertainer's 20th Anniversary reunion Gala, which funds the Musical Theatre Endowment. A freelance director and choreographer, he directed the UA productions Quilters and You're the Top for Encore, the UA touring musical revue group.

Nancy Davis Booth (MFA '82), musical director for the UA's 1999 presentation of Quilters, sings with symphonies and opera companies in St. Louis, Detroit, Rochester, Nashville, San Antonio, Louisville, Lake Placid, Vail and Chattanooga. A frequent guest with the Tucson Symphony, she sang at a gala anniversary concert for President Gerald Ford. A recipient of the UA Sidney B. Woods Alumni Service Award, she is active in efforts to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect.

Donna Davis (BFA '82) relocated to Phoenix to be closer to commercial work, but commutes to Tucson for radio voice-overs.

Laura Kravets Gautier (BFA '82) lives in the New York area where she's worked in theatre and music for Broadway and off-Broadway shows for 18 years. She is production stage manager for the 22nd St. 'Y'-Kaufman Concert Hall's LYRICS & LYRICISTS series, a program that has been running for more than 30 years.

Matt K. Miller (BA '82) performed in Neil Simon's Laughter On The 23rd Floor at the Sacramento Theatre Company and Ibsen's An Enemy Of The People with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. He's had recurring roles on Santa Barbara and General Hospital, and has voice-over credits for the feature film, Princess Mononoke.

John Staniunas (BAD '82, MFA '84), who teaches directing, acting and musical theater at the University of Kansas, is musical theatre editor for The Encyclopedia of Stage Plays to Film (Spring 2001), and is co-author of the forthcoming book Between Director and Actor: Strategies for Effective Communication. He directed the musical I Love You, You're Perfect, and Now Change for Madison Repertory Theatre.

Jack Wagner (BFA '82), a presenter at the 2000 Tony Awards, made his Broadway debut in January 2000 in the title roles of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the smash cult hit at the Plymouth Theatre. He starred this fall on the NBC television drama Titans.

Stephanie L. Campbell (MFA '83), professor and theater coordinator at Montana State University, conducted research on Balinese Masked Dance in Indonesia. For several years she has been director of Young People's Theatre/Shakespeare in the Parks for the Montana DRAMA CAMP.

Kell N. Julliard (MFA '83), a clinical research coordinator and art therapist in New York City, completed his play The Last Song of Orpheus.

Wendi E. Solinger (MA '83), a drama teacher at Tucson's Alice Vail Middle School, owns and operates Simply Wedding, a full-service wedding and event planning company.

David Beatty of West Hartford, CT, who married in May 1999, says his move from theater to retail has allowed him to spend more time on painting and artwork. Mark Broadley (BA '84) of Phoenix is security supervisor of Scottsdale Center for the Arts. He's a regular performer at Phoenix's nonprofit Feast of Fools Theatre, where he appeared in the stage hits Reservoir Dogs, The Princess Bride and will stage manage Stephen Sondheim's Assassins.

Bill Marlowe (MFA '84) is director of drama at Spokane Falls Community College and starred as Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Roy Cohn in Angels In America.

Lori Merrill-Fink (BFA '84, MFA '88), an associate professor and head of the performance area in the theater department at Southern Illinois University, says she was excited about getting back on the boards as Patsy in Always Patsy Cline and as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf.

Mark Ruch (BFA '84) of San Francisco was managing director and touring manager for Amorphic Robot Works, a robotic performance group that toured Europe in 1996 with 12 technicians, 72 robots and three tons of gear. He has written for various internet and technology publications.

Patricia Shafer (BFA '84), activity director for a Alzheimer's facility, is involved in Tucson community theater, including a four-year gig playing Mary Magdelene in the annual Simon Peter passion play. She participated in the Entertainers Reunion Gala in April 2000.

Lori Sugar (BFA '84) is a casting associate for Judith Holstra Casting in Los Angeles.

Steve Yates (BFA '84) is director of installations at EmployeeService.com, a startup company that provides payroll, benefits, and human resources over the Internet. He dances with The Barbary Coast Cloggers, what he says is a time consuming yet rewarding theatrical endeavor.

Amy Zendle (BFA '84) of Landale, CA, says she feels blessed to be in remission after being diagnosed with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis last year. She spends most of her time concentrating on recovery, volunteering for various organizations and looking for theatre projects in the area.

John Richard Petersen (BFA '85) is a regular performer at a voyeur-based Web site. No, not that kind, but rather on the Internet sitcom Laguna Cafe. His off-line credits at one of many stages of Orange Country, CA, include Moonface Martin in Anything Goes, Mr. MacAfee in Bye, Bye Birdie, Dromio of Syracuse in The Boys From Syracuse and Wilbur in Charlotte's Web. A fond career highlight was the chance to work with fellow UA alum Jack Wagner on the final episode of Santa Barbara.

Lynelle Glasgow (BFA '86) of Dallas received a master's in speech-language pathology and specializes in foreign accent and regional dialect reduction. A member of SAG and AFTRA, she has appeared in films and commercials.

Ed Martin (BFA '86) starred in the film Even Stephen.

Caroline Rhea ('86) was the mistress of ceremonies for Fox TV's "Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant." She is a regular on "Hollywood Squares" and co-stars in the television series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." She recently performed in the feature film, "Man in the Moon" starring Andy Kauffman.

Brian Runbeck (BFA '86) lives in New York City where he has extensive off-Broadway, regional and stock theatrical credits, not to mention the occasional commercial, film or television show.

Donald E. Henry (MA '87) is a visual effects editor in Los Angeles.

Elaine Rewolinski (MFA '87) was promoted from newsroom researcher to editorial assistant at the entertainment section of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She acts and directs for Acacia Theatre Company, Milwaukee's Professional Christian theatre, which celebrated its 20th Anniversary.

Keith Collea (MFA '88) a Tucson-based filmmaker, married Kim Silver in December 1999.

Jane Merrifield-Beecher (BFA '88, MA '94) lives in Tucson where she is a real estate agent with her husband , who is broker for Beecher Realty. She narrated the booktape Vanished Arizona, the story of a 1870's Army wife that was rated as a top selection by the Arizona Daily Star.

Nick Seivert (BA '88) worked at Tucson's Gaslight Theatre for 12 years on and off as an actor, director, playwright and artistic director before launching Twilight Productions, an entertainment production and booking agency.

Melinda Cote (BFA '89) of Los Angeles is a freelance television production manager whose worked on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends, Snowden's Raggedy Ann & Andy Holiday Special.

Daniel L. Dyke (MA '89) is on the board of directors at Grooran Park Players in West St. Paul, MN, where he directed Picnic in 1998 and Done to Death in 1999.

Bess Marie Glorioso (BFA '89) of New York City produced MCC's 9th Annual Summer Play Party-8 shows written by high school students, then directed and performed by professionals-which was featured on the "CBS Morning Show" in August 2000.

1990s

Tamara G. Beller (BFA '90) owns a top-rated Jazzercise aerobic franchise in Scottsdale where she is a communications manager for Quest Communications.

Danielle Blanchard (MA '90) is drama director for New Life Community Church of Nazerene and teaches acting at Cuesta College near her home in Arroyo Grande, CA.

Deborah Barringer Gilbert (BFA '90) appeared in Twelve Angry Men. She lives in Arkansas with her husband, Paul and son, Johnny.

Kristin Nicastro (BFA '90) is an associate producer for Steven Levitan Productions for the productions of Just Shoot Me and the new NBC sitcom Stark Raving Mad. Kristin lives in Burbank, CA, with her husband, Michael.

James Taulli (BFA '90) is an assistant professor and a graduate coordinator in the musical theatre program at California State University at Fullerton, where he's active in directing and teaching.

Andrea Weber (MFA '90) is a freelance choreographer and dance instructor for theatre companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. A certified actor combatant, she also teaches movement techniques for acting and improvisation.

Norm Testa (MFA '91) teaches technical theatre at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson.

Mark Mettes (BFA '91) holds the position of technical director at the Herberger Theatre Center in Phoenix.

Paul Goebel (BFA '91) and Jill Moore (BFA '91) of North Hollywood, CA, married in 1994, and welcomed daughter, Zoe, to the family in November 1998. Paul's credits include several national commercials and guest appearances on the TV shows Will & Grace, Boston Common and Buddy Faro. He recently performed in the feature film, "Man in the Moon" starring Andy Kauffman.

Robert Mammana (BFA '91) understudy for Inspector Javert in the national tour of Les Miserables, performed the role to a home audience at UA Centennial Hall in March 1999. Bob received two Joseph Jefferson nominations -Best Supporting Actor & Best Director. In March 2000 he completed work on the independent thriller Menace.

Jennifer Seymour (BFA '91) and her husband, Mike live in Southern California where, in between film and television casting calls, Jennifer is an active runner and proud survivor of the L.A. Marathon.

Eric (BFA '92) and Kristi (Vander Kooi, MFA '93) Bramlet live in the Chicago area, where Eric is creative arts director for Community Christian Church and Kristi is an artist-in-residence professor at Columbia College in downtown. They have a daughter, Sadie Claire.

Philip Rosenberg (BFA '92) resides in New York City where he works as an associate lighting designer.

Scott Gilbert (BFA '92) earned a master's in education from Northern Arizona University and moved with his wife to Minneapolis, where he works for the University of Minnesota and is pursuing doctoral opportunities. Gilbert says acting has taken a back burner since the birth of his two stars, Lucy and Emma.

Eve Himmelheber (BFA '92), a theater arts instructor at Iowa State University, returned to Southern California last summer as a guest artist in Capistrano!, a historical musical directed by alum James Taulli (BFA '91) and whose musical score was written by alum Robert Hartmann (BFA'89).

David H. Jenkins (MFA '92) ended a brief stint teaching in Arizona to accept a 2-year Soros Fellowship to teach in the Czech Republic, where he met his wife, Jana Sedlarikova. He now teaches English and writing at Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultuante of Oman.

Amanda Koblin (BFA '92) is a casting director in Los Angeles and assisted in casting the Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer among other projects.

William F. Lett (BFA '92) is a faculty member at California State University, Fullerton and is artistic director for the experimental theatre program at Orange County High School for the Arts. With numerous plays and industrial productions to his credits, he has two book projects, Theatre On A Shoestring Budget and a two act play titled, First Ladies.

Joshua Starbuck (MFA '93) is a freelance lighting designer in New York City.

Tony Castellanos (BFA '93) is working in Phoenix after spending a year in New York with a workshop for a new off-off-Broadway musical Carmen's Place. He hopes to go back to the Big Apple.

Rebecca Cherlin (BFA '93) of San Diego, CA, performs regularly at the Sea World Shamu's Happy Harbor Review. She also directs children's theater for the Jewish Community Center's J*Company, which built a 500-seat theater in La Jolla, kicked-off with the opening show Joseph in August 1999.

Eric Cronwall (BFA '93,'95) and Kathy Peters (MFA '94) had their first child, Quilleran in June 1998. Eric is the interim head of sound design at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music.

April Crowell (BFA '93) is almost a MTV TRL regular, appearing in two music videos; Alanis Morisette's Thank U and the Black Crowes' By Your Side. The Los Angeles resident received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in May 1996 and has costarred on CBS' Martial Law as well as the independent films The Product Testers, Fine Line and East of Hop Street.

Paul Gilbert (MFA '93) is a faculty member at Arkansas State University where in 1998 he produced Lion in Winter and Biloxi Blues as well as played Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

Jennifer Noel Jensen (BA '93) is a 7th grade science teacher at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Oceanside, Calif., where she enjoys directing the spring plays.

Diane McGinn (MFA '93), who teaches fashion design at the Art Institute of Seattle and is the resident wardrobe master at the Seattle Repertory/Leo K. Theatre, spent three seasons as the prop master and key costumer for the PBS show Bill Nye, The Science Guy.

Philip Rosenberg (BFA '93) is the Associate to Lighting Designer Paul Gallo; some of his recent Broadway associate credits include Steel Pier, Triumph of Love, The Sound of Music, On The Town, The Civil War, Saturday Night Fever, The Music Man and The Man Who Came To Dinner.

Kevin Feig (MFA '94) works as a production designer at the Denver Theatre Center.

Stacey Bean's (MFA '94) career is at full sail, literally. The Seattle-based actress was a singer on Norwegian Cruise Lines' Caribbean tour. Now docked in the Pacific Northwest with husband, Ian, she was in What the Butler Saw at The Empty Space Theatre, The Baby Dance, the Seattle Fringe Festival Artistic Pick and involved with a world premiere musical for The Village Theatre.

Annmarie Duggan (MFA '94) was the lighting designer for New York Theatre's off-Broadway Jolson & Co. She spent a summer splitting time between the Seaside Music Theatre in Dayton Beach, FL, and New Jersey's Theatrefest.

Tania L. Gutsche (BA '94) is a gallery director in Los Angeles.

Stephanie H. Lindsay (MA '94) of Veradale, WA, is executive assistant at the Spokane Symphony Orchestra and on the board of trustees for Washington State Artist Trust. She's choreographing a Gunther Schuller music score scheduled to be completed in February.

Robyn J. Mathews (BA '94) cooked up a sweet gig after his 1998 graduation from Scottsdale Culinary Institute. He's a pastry chef at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess.

Richard Ramirez (MFA '94) was promoted to Art Director for Carsey-Werner Productions where he oversees design for Third Rock from the Sun, Don't Ask and various pilots and television shows.

Erica Shaffer (MFA '94) starred in the independent feature film Catalina Trust, which was shot on location in Tucson and competed at the Nantucket Film Festival in Massachusetts. The lead character in three other indies, she also has appeared on the sitcoms Veronica's Closet and Boy Meets World., the cable dramas Silk Stalkings and Pensacola, and worked in commercials and music videos. The Los Angeles resident was the voice over artist for Wonder Woman, Young Batman and Painkiller Jane in The Learning Channel's biography Super Heroes.

Marc Arentsen (MFA '95) is assistant professor and chair of dance at Belhaven College in Jackson, MS, where he is assisting the creation of a dance department and the restructuring of the theatre department. He and his wife had their first child in August 1998.

Deborah Birrane (MFA '95) is artistic director of Deborah Birrane with Unexpected Company, a modern dance repertory company in Seattle, where she is also a dance and movement instructor.

Dadra Hunt (BFA '95) of Glendale, AZ, turned a hobby of building steel and stained glass sculptures for friends and family into a full-time passion as a visual artist.

Yuanting Zhao (MFA '96) is an instructor and costume designer at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY.

Perry Crafton (MFA '96) is director of theatre and an assistant professor of acting, voice and movement at the West Texas A&M University. He directs several a productions year, including Getting Out; recipient of eight recognitions at the state festival. An acting coach for the Irene Ryan Acting Nominees, he and his wife, Amber, had their first child, Avery, in June 1999.

Steve Minow (MFA '96) of Astoria, NY, is an acting instructor for John Robert Powers Talent Association in Manhattan and manager of a home furnishing store on the upper West Side. He played the title role in world premiere of Messages For Gary at the 1999 New York Fringe Festival.

Wendy Jo Strom (BFA '96) is a humanities and theatre arts teacher at Winter Haven School in Portland, OR, where she sponsored the school's first Thespian Troupe and helped raise $6,000 for stage improvements. She brought, to Portland, the Opening Act Theatre Company, a summer theater training program for students ages 12-18 that she co-founded with UA Alumnus Jen Craig and Maryann Green.

Holly Eyeman (BFA '96) freelances as a scenic designer in Milwaukee.

Lesley Male-Lasseter (BFA '96) is a fashion buyer for Nordstrom's in Seattle, WA.

Suzanne Griffin (BFA '96) freelances as a costume designer in Tucson.

Neal Kerr (MFA '97) works as freelance lighting designer and assistant in New York City.

Tallee J. Whitehorn (Billiard) (BA '96) got into broadcasting right out of college and is an assignment editor for Seattle CBS affiliate, KIRO. Her husband of four years, Jason Whitehorn, is a Microsoft software developer.

Julie Milstead (BFA '97) works as a production assistant for Sony Pictures in Los Angeles, CA.

Marc Garcia (MFA '97) is a cruise ship lighting director.

David Paige (BFA '97) works in lighting sales at Barbizon Lighting in Washington, D.C.

Danyelle Bossardet (BFA '97), part of the 3rd National Tour of Beauty and Beast, returned to UA in April 2000 to perform at Star Struck 2000. This fall she starred as Belle in the Canadian company of Beauty.

Sara Braslow (BFA '97) played Cinderella in A Funky Fairytale at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City and Colleen Finnegan in the off-Broadway production Finnegan's Farewell. Last spring she was planning on getting married September 16, 2000.

Jennifer Burritt Craig (BFA '97) of Phoenix teaches theatre and stage production at Deer Valley High School, where she is also technical director and auditorium manager. She produced and directed the school's One Act Play Festival and handled the technical duties for the spring musical Grease.

Jeff Cyronek (MFA '97) just completed a year touring with the national company of Ragtime playing JP Morgan.

Drew Koroulis (BA '97) of Chicago has stage managed across the country, including Opera Illinois, Central City Opera, Light Opera Works and Yale Opera. His favorite thus far was working on Kansas City Lyric Opera's Die Fledermaus. He promises he's paid his dues, serving as an electrician and a clerk at some of the companies.

Marisa Ross (BFA '97) is a casting assistant for Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer casting in Los Angeles. They are cast James Cameron's "Dark Angel", "Any Day Now", and "The Tick."

Robin Waytenick (MFA '97) is a costume designer at Pit and Bull Theatre in Saginaw, MI.

Matthew C. Seiler (BFA '97) is a scenic technician at Denver Center Theatre Company in Colorado, where he skis in the winter, backpacks in the summer, and builds "cool stuff" year-round.

Jim Milkey (BFA '98) is currently a MFA candidate at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

Kurt Schnabel (MFA '98) owns and operates a design firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sarah Scrignar (BFA "98) does freelance costume work in New York City. She held a costume internship at Mystic Seaport Museum in Conneticut.

Warren Jackson (MFA '98) lives in Chicago and was awarded a scholarship of the American Associates of the Royal National Theatre to participate in 2000 Summer Acting Program at the Royal National Theatre Studio in London. Recently, he played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet for the Chicago Shakespeare Company. He also appeared in My Father's Dragon for the Lifetime Theatre in Chicago.

Jamie Lynn Hines (BFA '98) played Lizzie Borden in a TV movie for A & E.

Bob May (MFA '98) performed with the 1998 Colorado Shakespeare Festival, then teamed up with fellow alumnus Scott Silbor and Damien Geoffrion (BFA '97) in February 1999 for Chicago Lyric Opera's production of Romeo et Juliette. Last spring he played Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew.

Kala Lynn Moses (MFA '98), a Philadelphia stage actress and Temple University adjunct instructor, started her own business, Let's Play, which offers theatre workshops and performances that encourage children to develop body control and self-confidence. She's taken the program to Tucson Unified Schools District and to Philadelphia's Head Start Learning Tree. She created two shows, Eucie Mae's The Leader and Aunt Del's Hatbox, which she would like to take on a national tour.

J. Mark Rogers (MFA '98) is drama director for a high school in Northern Virginia with one of the nation's largest departments, boasting more than 200 high school students enrolled in acting, Shakespeare, styles, TV, film, voice and movement classes. He says his UA education has served him well.

Emily E. Yewell (MFA '98) is an assistant professor in the dance department at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

David Kynn (MFA '98) works as a scenic designer at the Pit and Bull Theatre in Saginaw, MI.

Cheng Man Cheong (BFA '98) is working graduate work at the UA Business School and works in freelance costume construction in Tucson.

Daniel Urlie (BFA, '98) is working on graduate studies in costume design at Yale University.

Mick Smith (BFA '98) is a freelance lighting designer and assistant in New York City.

Peter Winding (MFA '97) owns and operates a design firm in Milwaukee, WI.

Liliana Greenberg (BFA '99) works as a freelance scenic artist in New York City.

Amy Kent (BFA '99) is a scenic studio employee in Washington, D.C.

Amy Harper (BFA '99) works as freelance lighting designer in New York City.

Lauren Brody (BFA '99) lives in San Francisco, CA and is a freelance stylist and costume designer.

Jodi T. Fleisher (BFA '99) has followed the ABC guide to launching an acting career in Los Angeles--she got a manager, an agent and enrolled with SAG. Last fall she was hired as an actor combatant on the weekends and had started to book acting gigs.

Michael C. Grittner (MA '99) is teaching and directing in Lamoni, Iowa.

Ralph Valencia, Jr. (BFA '99) has appeared in several commercials and industrial films in Phoenix, including the leading role in he independent film, Secret Messages. He was also a director at the Post Playhouse in Nebraska, and played the lead in an independent film. Next summer he will direct Noises Off at the Post Playhouse.

Melissa Lone (BFA '99) recently appeared at Shakespeare Sedona in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey with Chita Rivera in Anything Goes. She is currently in rehearsal for Singin' in the Rain at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.

Ross Hellwig (BFA '99) moved to New York and is being represented by DGRW Agency. He is currently playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet for the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival in Pittsburgh.

Melissa Lone (BFA '00) and Julie Dosselman (BFA '00) were in the Shakespeare Sedona Company this summer.

Michelle Lane (BFA '00) appeared on a cruise ship this summer; she appeared along with current BFA student, Melissa WolfKlain in the Lifetime movie "The Truth About Jane" with Stockard Channing

Jodi Fleisher (BFA '00) performed in the premiere of the original rock opera, Orpheus: A Season in Hell, produced by Pershing Point Productions in Los Angeles.

Emelie Becher (MFA '00) is currently the lighting director at Rutgers University.

Shilo Lord (BFA '00) is a laser technician at Stone Mountain Productions in Atlantic City.

David Nofsinger (MFA '00) is the assistant propmaster at the San Jose Repertory Theatre.

David Navalinsky (MFA '00) is a master carpenter at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in California.

Leila Frazier (BFA '00) is an intern at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.

Angie Kamel (BFA '00) is a freelance stage manager in Chicago.