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THEATRE ALUMNI : WHERE ARE THEY NOW
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Abel, Cindy '77
Costume Shop Floor Manager, The Shakespeare Theatre, DC, 2001.
Sociology Major
M.F.A. Theatre Design, University of Iowa, 1993.
Freelance designer until 2000, at Grinnell, Coe, Riverside, University of Iowa.
Faculty at Texas A&M.
Contact: cabel@shakespearedc.org

Barbour, Kristi '96
Fundraiser for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, University of Colorado, 2001.
Development, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC, 2001.

Barchas, Shana
Teaching Assistant, Improv, Summerhill School, England, 2001.
Theatre Major
Contact: Barchas@grinnell.edu

Barrigan, Christina '97
Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Technology, Central Washington University.
M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin.
Theatre Major
Designed Tessitura and Our Country’s Good, Ginnell College, 2001.
Lighting Teaching Assistantship, University of Texas at Austin Graduate School, 1997.
Lighting Intern, Buck's Rock Camp, CT, Summer 1996.

Bergl, Emily
Professional Actress.
Theatre/English Major
Claire Redfield Pre-Production, Resident Evil: Apocolypse, 2004.
Helga, Final Draft, 2003.
Lisa Clarke, Taken, 2002. Nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Television Series.
Talia, Happy Campers, 2001.
Sadie, Chasing Sleep, 2000.
Alais Capet, The Lion in Winter, Broadway, 1999.
Rachel, Carrie 2, The Rage, 1999. Nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress.
Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, The Old Globe Theater, 1999.

Brandenburg, Erik '94
Stage Management Intern, Seattle Repertory, WA, 1995.
Math Major
Stage Management Intern, Riverside Theatre, IA, Summer 1994.
Production Intern, Iowa Public Television, IA, Summer 1993.

Brummel, Ryan
Lighting Teaching Assistantship, University of Texas at Austin Graduate School, 1997.
Theatre Major
Lighting Intern, Blackhawk Lighting, IA, Summer 1997.
Lighting Intern, Blackhawk Lighting, IA, Summer 1996.

Bugaj, Katrina
Attended Playwrights Horizon’s Theater School Summer Intensive, 2000.
Theatre Major National Theatre Institute, Fall 1999.
Contact: bugaj@grinnell.edu

Catron, John '02
Developed an original theatre piece with 16 high school students, Burlington, VT, 2003.
Co-founder of theatre of a thousand juliets, Asheville, NC, 2003.
Performed in workshop of Naomi Iizuka play, Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Acting Apprentice, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2002-2003.
Contact: johncatron@eudoramail.com

Childs, Ruth '94
Taught Fundamentals of Acting, Grinnell College, 1999.
M.F.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Intern at the Guthrie.

Cooper, Gary (1901-1961)
Professional Actor.
http://www.garycooper.com/
Art Major
Highlights:
Doc Joe Frail, The Hanging Tree, 1959.
Marshall Will Kane, High Noon, 1952.
Robert Jordan, For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1943.
Tom McNair, I Take This Woman, 1931.

Curley, Eileen '96
Ph.D. Candidate - Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama, 2001.
M.A., Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama, 2000.
Graduate Assistantship at IU - Scenic Studio Associate Instructor, Spring 1998-Spring 1999.
Graduate Assistantship at IU - Departmental Assistant, Chairperson's Office, Fall 1998.
Various productions at Indiana University, Bloomington Playwright's Project, Brown County Playhouse, International OZ Festival.... as Set Designer, Sound Designer, Stage Manager, Props, Choreographer
Summer Season Props Master - Brown County Playhouse, 1999, 2000.
Graduate Assistantship - Associate Instructor, teaching Appreciation of Theatre.
Contact: ecurley@indiana.edu

Ducey, Kate
Sound Designer, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2001.
Theatre Major

Elder, Mariana
Received Playwriting fellowship, NYU, Fall 2001.
English Major
Trinity Rep. Theater, 2001.
Contact: smelder@hotmail.com

Ertl, Fritz '78
Managing/Administrative Director of the Department of Drama, NYU, 2001.
Instructor of Acting, Directing, Dramatic Literature, NYU, 2001.
Theater Major
Co-Founder of BACA Downtown New Works Project, NYC, 1989.

Eslinger, Daniel
M.F.A., University of Kansas, Missouri.
Math Major
Mechanics Designer for Missouri Repertory Theatre in Kansas City, 2001.
Technical Direction Assistantship, Univ. of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas Graduate School, 1997.
Rigging Internship, Blackhawk Lighting, IA, Summer 1997.
Assistant Tech. Director, Ashlawn Opera Festival, Summer 1995.
Contact: dan_eslinger@excite.com

Fishman, Mara '95
Lighting Designer, New York City.
Theatre Major
M.F.A. 1997, Boston University.
Lighting Teaching Assistantship, Boston University, MA, 1993.
Lighting Intern, Houston Grand Opera, TX, Summer 1993.

Fulton, Sara '96
NYU Law Degree
Political Science Major
Master Electrician, Glimmerglass Opera, CT, Summer 1996.
Master Electrician, Glimmerglass Opera, CT, Summer 1995.
Lighting Intern, Glimmerglass Opera, CT, Summer 1994.

Gilbert, Barry '94
Own production company, Seduced and Exploited Entertainment 2001.
http://www.seducedandexploited.com
Worked as a Producer in New York City, produced Good Queen Bess and Talleyrand in Exile.
Off-Off Broadway in New York City with the Independent Theater Company, a classical rep company, as an actor, director and stage manager.
Contact: bigboy@mail.seducedandexploited.com

Griffith, Erin
Middle School Drama Teacher, Seabury Hall, Maui.
Director, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Maui 2000.
Actor, Twelfth Night, Maui summer 2000.
Contact: Griferin@aol.com

Hagerty, Josephine
http://portfolios.talentclick.com/josephine
Theatre Major
Will be attending NYU Graduate Program in acting, Fall 2001.
Contact: cjosephinehagerty@hotmail.com

Harvith, Rachel
Edwards Literary Associate, Syracuse Stage, 2001.
Theatre Major
Contact: cerulean_sky_@hotmail.com

Healy, Brendan
Literary Intern, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2001.
Theater Major

Heller, Stephanie G. '89
In performance of Princess Turandot with European Repertory, Chicago, 2001.
Theatre major
Resident Stage Manager Strawdog Theatre 1995-1998.
worked with following companies: Steppenwolf, Seanachai, Shakespeare's Motley Crew, StreetSigns, Talisman, City Lit, Bailiwick, Rivendell, European Repertory, Ft. Worth Shakespeare, Anglian Open-Air Shakespeare, Zeppo Productions, HSC Productions 1989.
Steppenwolf Theatre Comprehensive Internship 1/90-9/90.
Free-lance Stage Manager 1990 - present.
Post Graduation: NTI/Eugene O'Neill Theatre Centre, Fall 1989.
Contact: JunoQG@excite.com

Hodges, Sarah '00
Stage Manager.
Theatre/Physics Major
Resident Stage Manager, The Louisville Ballet, 2002-2004.
Stage Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2002.
Assistant Stage Manager, The Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, 2001-2002.
Stage Management Intern, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2000-2001.
Contact: sarah_k_hodges@hotmail.com

Hopson, Andrew '86
Composer/sound designer, Great River Shakespeare Festival's A Winter's Tale, Winona, Minnesota, 2004.
Sound Designer, Trying, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Illinos, 2004.
Designed and composed at Geva, Indiana Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Phoenix Theatre, 2003-2004.
Scored Utah's Olympic Legacy, film, 2004.
Scored The Birth of Legends, NBC-TV documentary, 2003.
Sound designer/composer on the LORT circuit.
Designed with Geoff Curley at Milwaukee Rep, 2003.
Designed shows at ATL, Milwaukee Rep, Indiana Rep, the Oregon and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, and the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis.
Resident sound designer at Indiana Rep.
Worked with a few Grinnellians -- Jason Czaja at ATL, Ruth Childs at University of Minnesota, Mara Fischmann at Harvard, and Tom Knapp at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Music Major
Contact: Hops0003@aol.com

Huang, Mark '96
Co-w inner of the Ideas Happen contest (documentary film on Croatia), 2003.
Freelance Designer.
Sound Designer, Wooster Group, NYC.
Assistant Sound Designer, Betrayal, Roundabout, Broadway, NY, 2000.
Theatre Major
Sound Designer, Wooster Group, NYC.
Sound Designer Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1997.
Lighting/Sound Intern, Blackhawk Lighting, IA., Summer 1996.
Contact: muttt@earthlink.net

Iserman, Katherine
Manager, The Times Theatre Company, St. Paul MN, 1997.
M.B.A., Information Systems Analysis & Design, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2000.
Contact: k_iserman@yahoo.com

Jacobsohn, Daniel (Solomon) '95
Software Development, Champaign, Illinois.

Jones, Brian
TD/ALD for Smuin Ballets/SF, a (mostly) ballet company based in San Francisco, 2001.
English Major
Contact: jones.b@mindspring.com

Kerber, Timothy '02
Graduate of the National Theatre Institute's Moscow Art Theatre Semester with an independent program focusing on the pedagogy of Russian actor training, 2002.
Theatre Major.
Co-founded The Chocolate Factory Theatre Company where he directed the Oklahoma premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 2002.
Serving as the Assistant Artistic Director for Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre's 2002-2003 Season.
Children's Theatre Instructor with City Arts Center & Oklahoma Children's Theatre.
Assistant Scenic Painter/Database Manager for Silvertree Productions and The World of Magic.
Occasionally finds work dressing like donkey or an elf and singing for and doing arts and crafts with children.

Ketteran (Hagan), Amy
M.F.A., Scenic Design.Brandies University.
http://www.ketteranstudios.com/
Studio Art Major
www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-ho.studio11mar11,0,6850491.story (2004).
Member of the Stenciling Artisans League Inc. (SALI), 2004.
President of the local chapter, the Chesapeake Bay Stencilers (CBS), 2004
Design Teaching Assistantship, Brandies University, Graduate School, 1997.
Stage Technician, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Summer 1996.
Contact: amy@ketteranstudios.com

Ketteran (Rosenkoeter), Mark '97
M.F.A., Lighting Design, Brandeis University.
Grinnell Credits: The Recruiting Officer (2001), Dancing at Lughnasa (2003), and Travesties (2004).
Worked two summer seasons at ALD for Chautauqua Opera.
Designed several shows in the Boston area during, and after attending Brandeis.
Assisted Dennis Parrishy.
Contact: shirtstand@home.com

Klouda, Tom '91
M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1993.

Knox, Wendy '79
Artistic Director and Co-Founder (1989) of the Frank Theatre, Twin Cities, 2001.

Kropa, Jim '95
http://www.kropa.net/
English Major
Contact: jim@kropa.net

Langsam, Paula
Actors Theatre of Louisville Stage Management Intern, 2001-2002.
Theatre Major
Stage Manager at Barrington Stage Company, Summer 2000.
Contact: langsam@grinnell.edu

Long, Carl '00
Math Teacher, Farmsville, Virginia, 2003.
Wrote and directed A Fairy Tale, a one-act, at school, 2003.
Contact: carlblong@aol.com

Mattern, Jennifer '92
Honored by the Sarah Lawrence College Alumni Association with Tina Howe and read at Teachers & Writers Collaborative at Union Square, 2000.
Received a writing fellowship from the Ensemble Studio Theatre for a full-length play called Like Home, 2000.
Wrote Scrapple, which was Produced as part of the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon along with short works by Paul Rudnick, David Mamet, Joyce Carol Oates, and Shel Silverstein and published as part of Smith & Kraus's EST Marathon '98 Anthology, 1998.
Actor, The Girls from H.A.R.M, film.
Actor, premiere of Manifest at the Portland Stage Company, Maine, 1999.
MFA in Acting/Playwrighting, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 1997.
Taught English and Drama to High School Students, Hungary, 1992.
Contact: jemattern@aol.com

May, Heather '92
Pursuing PhD in Theatre and Drama at Indiana University, Bloomington Ia. 1999.
Theatre Major
Directed The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret, Grinnell College, Iowa, 2003.
Directed OZ for the Bloomington Area Arts Council in conjunction with the Centennial International Wizard of Oz Convention at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington, IN (Eileen Curley designed Sets and Props), 2000.
Directed Independence for Indiana University (Eileen Curley Stage Managed), 2000.
Arts Education Coordinator and Camp of the Arts Director for the Jewish Community Center, St. Louis, MO, 1999.
Taught Fundamentals of Acting and directed Three Birds Alighting on a Field at Grinnell College, 1998.
Associate Artistic Director for the Orthwein Theatre Company, St. Louis, MO. 1997-8.
Directed Why We Have a Body for The Theatre Conspiracy in Washington, DC. 1997.
Technical Assistance, Asst. Grant Writer, Asst. Director (for The Disability Project, 1st session) for That Uppity Theatre Company, St. Louis, MO 1995-8.
Directed an original script for the Orthwein Theatre Company.
Artistic Associate and Equity Stage Manager for ShatterMask Theatre in St. Louis, MO. Directed some one-acts for them, 1994-5.
M.A. in Drama at Washington University in St. Louis, MO 1993-5.
Assistant Stage Manager (Internship) at the Asolo Center for the Performing Arts in Sarasota, Florida 1992-3.
Contact: hemay@indiana.edu

May, Jesse
Received SAG card while acting inThe Cookout (Olivier), Queen Latifah's new film, 2003.
Performed with Theatreworks (Templeton, Charlotte's Web).
Contact: desertplaces5@yahoo.com

Milcarek, Leah
Costume Shop Foreman and Wardrobe Head, City Theater, Pennsylvania, 2001.
Dye Work, Public Theater, Pennsylvania.
Managed Costume Shop, Seattle Civic Light Opera.
Stitcher, ACT (A Contemporary Theatre).
Stitcher, Seattle Childrens Theatre.
Stitcher, Seattle Opera.
Stitcher, Woodinville Rep.
Stitcher, Youth Theatre Northwest.
Contact: ghengisthecute@yahoo.com

Miller, Rima '77
Directed and Choregraphed A Call To Prayer, Armory for the Arts, 2001.

Montez, Noe '03
Pursuing M.A. in Theatre at Indiana University, 2004.
English/Theatre Major
Director House of Bernarda Alba as an independent production at Indiana University (staged managed by Eileen Curley), 2004.
Presenter of "The Politics of Pentecost" at The Ohio State University Comparative Drama Conference, 2004.
Graduate Assistant at Indiana University- Audience Development, 2003-2004.
Contact: nmontez@indiana.edu

Moore, Kiersten
Internship with Arena Stage, Washington, DC.
M.F.A., Scenic Design, West Virginia University in Morgantown 2001.
Heritage Repertory Theatre in Virginia as assistant charge artist and props artisan, summer 2000.
Summer Youth Theater program at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska, 1999.
Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut as assistant Carpenter, 1998.
Interned with the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire, for acting, 1997.
Contact: keileen@worldnet.att.net

Moran, Marcus
Lights Design for a multimedia play, XY, Denver, CO, 2000.
Theatre Major
Contact: m_w_moran@hotmail.com

Nangle, Shea '94
Was Lighting Technician, Design Lab, Chicago.
Theatre/ Video Production Intern, New York University, NY, Summer 1994.
Religious Studies Major
Contact: nangle@infoninja.com

Neerland, Liz
Stage managing at Theatre de la Jeune Lune, 2001.
Theatre Major Stage Manager at Stages Theatre Company, Minneapolis, 2000.
Assistant Box Office Manager for the MN Fringe Theatre Festival, summer 2000.
Contact: neerland@grinnell.edu

Neill, Robert '91
Member of the New York Based Neo-Futurist, 2001.
Ostdiek, Alice Law Degree Candidate, Washington University, Seattle 1997.
Russian Major
Prod. Management Intern, Seattle Repertory, WA, full year 1995.
Production Intern, Williamstown Theatre Festival, VA, Summer 1994.

Pausig, Ashley
Costume Designer, Chicago, 2003.
Contact: pausig@grinnell.edu

Rains, Nicholas
Voiceover work, San Francisco, 2000.
Religion Major
Contact: nicholasrains@yahoo.com

Rice, Clara
Working on a project with Ukrainian Institute for High Art Promotion (going to Kiev in May 2004).
Interviewing to be a volunteer at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Assistant Executive Director, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
Theatre Major
M.F.A. in Theatre Management at Yale School of Drama 2002.
Interning with the producer of Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, 2001.
Associate Producer, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, summer 2000.
Consultant for the 14th Street Playhouse, summer 1999.
Contact: clara.rice@cincyplay.com

Rich, Kevin
Performed eight shows with non-equity in Chicago.
Theatre Major
Wrote and staged two plays for the Factory Theater's annual one-act festival and the first full-length opens at the Athanaeum Theater in January 2001.
Has taken classes at the ImprovOlympic and the Audition Studio.
Doing voiceover, commercial, and print work in the area, 2001.
Will be attending Yale Graduate Acting Program, Fall 2001.
Contact: kevin_rich@ttx.com

Roberts, Ian '87
Performer in the Upright Citzens Brigade, Comedy Central, NYC.

Robinson (Bay) , Sierra '96
http://www.sierra-bay.com/
Fashion Designer, Sierra Bay Moda (Design Line)
Theatre Major
"Prodigium Fashion Show: Fashion for a Cure" - Los Angeles, CA, 2004.
Costume Designer, Actor’s Theater of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2000-2002.
Costume/wardrobe for Her Urge and Had, two short independent films Barry Gilbert '94 wrote and directed.
Fabric Retail Employment, 1997.
Costume First Hand, Houston Shakespeare Festival, TX, Summer 1996.
Costume Intern, Univ. of Iowa Summer Repertory, IA, Summer 1995.
Contact: sierrabay@yahoo.com

Robson, Tom '02
Theatre Major
Assistant Director/Dramaturg, Our Town and Crime & Punishment, Writers' Theatre, Chicago.
Assistant Director/Dramaturg, Paragon Springs, Timeline Theatre, Chicago.
Co-Director/Co-Writer, Theseus Project, New Trier High School.
Dramaturg, The Unexpected Man, The Spitfire Grill and The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Apple Tree Theatre, Chicago.
contact: TRobson724@aol.com

Sainz, Leticia
Marketing and Development Associate, Portland Stage Company.
Theater Major
Portland Stage Company internship in stage management, Portland, Maine.
Contact: leticiasainz@yahoo.com

Sanning, Erik '89
Technical Director, Grinnell College, 1991-present.
Founding Member of Grinnell Productions.
Technical Director/Lighting Designer, Ballet Iowa, 1989-1991.
Became member of IATSE, the professional stagehands union, 1990.
Contact: sanning@grinnell.edu

Sawyers, Jenny
Second year graduate student in M.F.A. program for scenic design, University of Virginia, 2001.
Summer work at UVA's summer theatre festival, Heritage Rep. Theatre, and the Utah Shakespearean Festival.
Contact: jbs3c@cms.mail.virginia.edu

Schenkelberg, Michael
Actor, The Cleveland Playhouse regional theater, in Cleveland, 2000.
Resides in San Francisco working for a studio that writes music and does sound design for Film, commercial, theater, and animation 2001.
Contact: mschenkelberg@hotmail.com

Sherman, Donovan
Development/Fundraising for Catholic school.
Theatre Major
Actor for The Rhinoceros Festival (the Curious Theatre Branch), Strawdog Theater.
Acting apprentice, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2001-2002.
Acting Intern, Lost Nation Theatre, Vt, Summer 2000.
National Theatre Institute, Fall 1999.
Contact: donovansherman@hotmail.com

Shives, Sara
Associate Director of theatrical productions for Blue Man Group, NYC, 2003.
Anthropology Major
Rehearsal Director for Blue Man Group, NYC, 2001.
Stage Manager for The Blue Man Group, Boston, 1997.
Production Management Intern, Williamstown Theatre Festival, VA, Summer 1997.
Contact: saras@blueman.com

Simons, Beth '03
Enrolled at Los Angeles City College, Theatre: Costume Department, 2003.
Contact: simons@grinnell.edu

Stayton, Sarah
National Theatre Institute, Spring 2000.
Theatre Major

Sterrett, Lindsey
National Theatre Institute, Fall 2000.
Theatre Major
Contact: sterrett@grinnell.edu

Sultz, Jennifer '88
Director of Development and Production Manager at Chicago’s Piven Theatre, 2001.
Theatre Major
Freelance fundraiser, event coordinator, and graphic designer.
Contact: jensultz@aol.com

Taylor, Elizabeth
National Theatre Institute, Moscow, Spring 2000
Theatre Major
Contact: taylore@grinnell.edu

Thebus, Jessica '88
Director, Pulp, Victory Gardents Theater, Chicago, Illinois, 2004.
Director of educational outreach program, Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, 2001.
Theatre Major

Tobiessen, Josh
Founding member and resident writer of Catastrophe (theatre company), Galway, Ireland.
M.A. in Drama and Theatre studies at the National University of Ireland at Galway 2001.
Former ImprovOlympic student.
Contact: jatoby@hotmail.com

Valada-Viars, Kristina
London Academy of Theatre Spring 2000.
Theatre Major
Contact: valadavi@grinnell.edu

Vilim, Jenny
Improv Olympic house improv team member 2001.
Theatre Major
Performed in Non-Equity Productions in Chicago, (including a play written by Grinnell alum Kevin Rich '97, performed at the Factory Theatre).
Contact: JVILIM@mobius.com

Wagner, Matt
M.A. Candidate, Harvard University 1997.
Theatre/ Technical Intern, Ashlawn Opera Festival, VA, Summer 1996.
Political Science Creative Arts Supervisor, Luther College Summer Arts Program, IA, Summer 1995.
Williams Jonathan Scenic painter for film in LA, 2001.

Willis, Juliette '90
Pursuing Phd. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2001.
Taught Restoration seminar at Grinnell College, 2000.
M.F.A. University of Indiana.