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Where Are They Now?

* Richard Allen (Three Sisters) worked on the Academy Award nominated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, providing Digital Voice.  He also worked as a Digital Voice artist on the Jumanjii television series.
* Robin Armstrong  (The Three Musketeers, Kringle's Window, How I Learned to Drive, etc.)  works professionally as a director, actor, fight director, costume designer, educator and author.  Awards: Robin received a Leon Rabin Award nomination for costuming The Frog Prince at Theatre Britain.  Other: Robin teaches on the Theatre faculty at Collin College.  Hall-of-Fame: Robin is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Laura Ault (Black Comedy, God’s Country, A New Brain, etc.) is an actress and singer living in New York City.  She is a graduate of Hunter College and made her New York debut in a musical comedy revue called Shred It Till It Blooms.  She has composed and performed songs that appeared on "All My Children," "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "Living Lohan."  Laura is currently recording her first album.  More Info: web page or MySpace.
* Laura Bailey (Through a Glass Onion, subUrbia, etc.) is an actress and director working in film, commercial media, music and voice over for animation.  Film: Mr. Brooks (with Kevin Costner), Graduation Day, Alamo Gold, The Final Semester, Placebo, The Ruffian, A Four Course Meal, Four Sheets to the Wind, The Staircase Murders, and The Anarchist’s Cookbook.  Television: Walker: Texas Ranger and Thief.  Animation: Blue Gender, Diamond Daydreams, Yu-Yu Hakusho, Fruits Basket, Full Metal Alchemist, Gunslinger Girl, Kodocha and Dragon Ball Z.  Video Games: BloodRayne, Deus Ex: The Invisible War, Roadkill, Spike Out: Battle Street, and Aeon Flux.  Other: Laura can be seen at animation conventions across the country. She taught a workshop at Collin College in voice-over for animation.  Agent: Laura is represented by The Horne Agency.  More Info: web page, animation resume, or Internet Movie Database.  Hall-of-Fame: Laura is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Amanda Baker (1994)  is a professional actress and singer living in New York City.  Broadway/Tours: Footloose, Pure Country and Grease (Asia Tour).  Cruise Ships: Amanda helped launch the maiden voyage of the first Disney cruise ship, the Disney Magic, singing classic rock and country.  Music: Performed at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, and worked for MCA Records in the A&R and publicity departments.  Her self-titled debut CD is now available.  Other: Amanda fulfilled a professional and personal calling by performing internationally with the USO (United Service Organizations, made popular by Bob Hope).  Through the USO, she has entertained for active military, veterans, numerous celebrity and political figures.  Amanda also performed live at Ground Zero in New York City.  More Info: web page or MySpace.
* Wendy Brantley  (Buried Child, Macbeth, Sylvia, etc.)  passed away on October 29th following a long battle with cancer.  Prior to her death, Wendy worked as an actress in New York City.  She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College, where she appeared in an acclaimed production of Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine.  Professionally, Wendy worked as a model, on the television soap opera "The Guiding Light," and she appeared in the acclaimed off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind.  Wendy also worked as an activist on behalf of persons living with cancer.  More Info: www.helpwendy.com or MySpace.  Hall-of-Fame: Wendy is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Gregg W. Brooks  (Noises Off, Stand-Up Tragedy, etc.)  is a professional lighting designer and lighting technician with Vari*Lite, Inc., the most technologically advanced computerized lighting system in the world.  Gregg is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Alicia (Matthias) Burgin  (Stand-Up Tragedy, The Three Musketeers, The House of Blue Leaves, etc.) served for many years as the Production Stage Manager, Sound Designer, and Technical Producer of "Center Stage" with the A.D. Players in Houston.  She and her husband own and operate a store called Pure Body Nutrition.  Hall-of-Fame: Alicia is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Ryan Burke (Execution of Justice, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, etc.) is the Technical Theatre Director at Mesquite High School.  Ryan's production of The Yellow Boat raised money for Bryan's House (Pediatric A.I.D.S. hospice) in Dallas.  Hall-of-Fame: Ryan is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Dondrie Burnham (A New Brain, The Three Sisters, etc.) is an actor, advisor and poet living in Houston.  Dondrie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Marymount Manhattan College, where she worked as a Recruiter in the Theatre Admissions Office.  After graduating, she co-founded StoneSoup Theatre Arts (www.stonesoupkitchen.org), a political theatre company based in Manhattan, serving as both a company and board member.  While in New York, Dondrie also worked with the Hip-Hop Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering, facilitating and preserving hip hop culture (www.hiphopassociation.org).  She started as the Acquisitions Coordinator and was soon after appointed as the Director of Film Programming and Acquisitions for the H2O (Hip-Hop Odyssey) International Film Festival, the largest hip hop film festival worldwide.  Other NYC gigs include work with the New York Women in Film and Television (www.nywift.org), coordinating events and programs to help promote women in film.  Although she has always used poetry as a means of self-expression, it was an invitation to be published in “We Got Issues! A Young Women’s Guide to a Bold, Courageous and Empowered Life” (www.wegotissues.org), which inspired her to publish her poetry and later set that collection to music.  Dondrie recently relocated to Houston, where she is recording a solo album.  She also travels nationwide speaking on panels for arts in academics, women in the film industry and black women’s roles in media.
* Chris Cantrell  (Oleanna, Macbeth, The Rimers of Eldritch, etc.) is an actor living in Los Angeles.  Stage: Richard III off-Broadway at the Judith Shakespeare Company.  Chris also spent one year as a company member with the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington DC, where he performed in productions under the direction of Mark Lamos, Michael Kahn and Bill Alexander.  These productions include The Rivals, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV Pt 1, Henry IV Pt 2, and one play in the Tennessee Williams Festival at the Kennedy Center.  Animation: Yu Yu Hakusho and Fruits Basket.  Author: His original script, The Worth of Me, was a finalist for the Jean Kennedy Smith Award.  Awards: Chris was a 2003 ACTF Irene Ryan National Finalist!  Television: Toyota Corolla (Super Bowl '08), Wells Fargo.
* Andrew T. Chandler  (Oleanna, Macbeth, etc.) is an on-air radio personality and actor.  Radio: Andrew became the Program Director, Music Director, Production Director, and Morning Show Host at a country radio station in Corpus Christi area before being offered the Morning Show on “Country’s West Texas Giant” KGKL in San Angelo, Texas.  He currently works at a radio station in Dallas.  Voice/Animation: Dragonball Z, Dragonball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho, Kiddy Grade, Full Metal Alchemist, Blue Gender, Burst Angel, Gunslinger Girl, and others.  He has also been featured in several video games.  Music: Andy traveled the country with two bands, The Quitters and The Wicked Funny Hella Cool Band.  Stage: Andrew toured with West Texas Productions, acting in their Shenani-Guns! comedy gun fight shows.  More Info: animation resume.  Hall-of-Fame: Andrew is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Cathleen "Cat" Coughran (A Christmas Carol, The Hands of its Enemy, etc.) works as the Director of Marketing and Tourism Development for Grand Junction, Colorado.  In her "spare time" she also hosts and directs her own TV magazine talk show called Grand Valley Living; about the people, places and lifestyles of western Colorado.  The show airs Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. on her local ABC affiliate station.
* Brendan Cyrus (Baby, Songs for a New World) is a professional actor and choreographer.  Stage: His first professional acting job was as a child actor in the National Tour of Joseph, starring Sam Harris.  He made his New York debut in the musical Opal, directed by Lynn Taylor-Corbett.  He has performed at many DFW area theatres, including Lyric Stage (Titanic, Cinderella), Plano Repertory Theatre (The Rocky Horror Show, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Chorus Line, Swing!), Garland Summer Musicals (West Side Story, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, Grease), Garland Civic Theatre (Once Upon a Mattress), and Richardson Children's Theatre (Into the Woods).  Choreography: Chicago at the Plano Repertory Theatre.  Cruise Ships: Brendan starred in two shows aboard the Disney Magic Cruise Line; and was the lead singer on Royal Caribbean's Empress of the Seas.
* Shawn Patrick Dollinger  (subUrbia, Don't Rock the Jukebox, etc.)  is an actor living in New York City.  Film: Price Check and Robert Altman's mockumentary, Tanner '04, co-starring Cynthia Nixon.  Television: All My Children.  Stage: Shawn works at the famed Actor's Studio, and appeared off-Broadway in The Kids Are Awake.
* Andrew Duckworth  (As Is, Stand-Up Tragedy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, etc.)  is a sound designer and educator.  Andy teaches in the Collin Music Department.  Hall-of-Fame: Andrew is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Kara Edwards (1995-98)  is a voice actor living in Dallas.  Radio: She served as the co-host of "The Squeege and Kara Show" on Radio Disney.   Commercials: Blockbuster, Playmates Toys, Mattel, Toys R' Us, Publix, Jamestown Mall, Levi's, Thorobred Chevrolet, FirstComm Music, Foley's, Food Lion, Kohl's, Carrabas, Clinique, Lancome, Sprint PCS, NBC, and many others.  Animation: DragonBall Z, Yu-Yu Hakusho, and Solty Rei.  Kara can be seen at animation conventions across the country (Pic).  Television: The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Lost Scepter.  More Info: web page or animation resume.
* Nathan Engelman (Buried Child, Stand-Up Tragedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, etc.) is an actor and stunt man living in Dallas.  Film: MTV's Spring Break Lawyer and 13 Moons, starring Steve Buscemi.  Nathan also worked as a stunt man on the hit television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Stunts: Nathan owns his own stunt company - Stunt Monkeys - that trains and supplies stunt actors for film and television productions.
* Kirk Extrell (Three Musketeers, As Is, Stand-Up Tragedy, etc.) is a professional actor.  Stage: Fuerzabruta (off-Broadway), WaterTower Theatre, Theatre Three, Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre (Grease), and others.  Film/Television: America's Most Wanted, Takedown, Panic Time, H-E-B, and in a Cowboy Troy music video.  Commercials: Radio Shack, American Airlines, Attel, Dallas Morning News, Diet Pepsi, Wingstop, Triad Medical Supply, JC Penney and Bushmills Irish Whiskey.  Agent: Kirk is represented by The Horne Agency.  Other: Kirk is co-creator of the cult web site www.pictureswithstrangers.com.
* Nicolas Flower (Boys Gets Girl, Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr, etc.) is an actor living in New York City.  Nick is a graduate of the Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase.  He originated the role of Tom in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajif Joseph, and has also appeared in The Footage (off-Broadway), The Cherry Orchard, As You Like It, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Dark of the Moon and Six Degrees of Separation.  Nick was seen on the Signature Theater's stage in an evening of New Works by graduating Purchase playwrights.
* Sean Fornara (God’s Country, Black Comedy, The Apple Tree, etc.) is an actor and film technician living in New York City.  Film: Sean is a graduate of the New York Film Academy.  He has worked on feature films and commercials, including: The Producers and Across the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor.  He is producing a documentary film (with Michael Urie) about the Texas NFL Speech Tournaments.  Stage: Moonchildren off-Broadway.  Awards: Sean's ensemble cast was nominated for an Audelco Award for ensemble performance off-Broadway.  Other: Check out this awesome pic of Sean and Michael Urie!
* Scott Michael Foster  (Baby)  is a professional actor living in Los Angeles.  Film: The Horrible Flowers, Teenage Dirtbag and Forever Charlie.  Television: Greek, Quarterlife, The Game, Women's Murder Club.  Commercials: Ford, Mervyn's and Verizon.  Music:  Scott sings in a band called Sirens Eye.  Agent: Scott is represented by the Sutton, Barth, Vennari Agency.  More Info: web page or Internet Movie Database.
* K. Danor Gerald (You Can't Take it With You, etc.) is a professional actor, director and writer living in Los Angeles.  Film: High School Musical 2, Deep Winter, Forever Strong, House of Fears, Cold Snap, Believe, The Doorstep, Rules of the Game, The History of Jazz Music in Utah, Kinda' Blue, All the King's Men, The Redemption of Sarah Cain, The Yankles, and Blind Dating.  Danor recently directed his first feature film, the thriller, Bayou Justice.  Television: Everwood and Sheena.  Commercials: Levi's, The Finish Line, Taco Cabana, Progress Energy and Universal Pictures-Orlando.  Stage: Theatre Three, Dallas Children's Theatre and the Undermain Theatre.  More Info: Internet Movie Database.  Reel: Click here to view Danor's film reel.

* Jenae (Yerger) Glanton  (The Heiress, Still Life, You Can't Take it With You, etc.)  is an actress and theatre teacher in Dallas.  Theatre: Jenae began her theater career as part of the Administrative team at Stage West/Allied Theatre Group, working as the theatre's Box Office Manager and Administrative Associate, overseeing many of the theatre's day to day business activities, including development and grant writing. As an actress, Jenae has appeared in The Real Inspector Hound, Bus Stop, Crimes of the Heart (Fort Worth's Circle Theatre), and was seen in Stage West's performance of Monster, an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.  Teaching: Jenae is the theater director at Vivian Field Middle School in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD.
* Allen Vee Goss  (Execution of Justice)  is a professional film technician living in Los Angeles.  He has worked on such films as The Jacket with Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley, Into the Blue with Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, Miss December and Rose's.
* Dave Hare  (God's Country, Gypsy, etc.) is a professional lighting designer and lighting technician.  He currently serves as the Lighting Director for Six Flags Over Texas.  Hall-of-Fame: Dave is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Michael Harris (aka Michael Isaac)  (The Apple Tree, etc.) is a professional actor living in New York City and Dallas.  Education: Michael is a graduate of New York University and the Guildford School of Acting in England.  Stage: The Full Monty, Jekyll & Hyde, South Pacific, Camelot, Masada, My Fair Lady, Hello Dolly, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Secret Garden, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Baby, Mack and Mabel, Honk!, A Christmas Carol, Assassins, Julius Caesar, and Dangerous Corner.  Other: Michael is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.
* Cameron Hefty  (A New Brain, Gypsy, Through a Glass Onion, etc.) is a theatre technician and producer.  After completing an Internship in Stage Management at the Juilliard School of Drama, Cameron began working with the Manhattan Dance Project, serving as their Coordinator of Touring.  Cameron is the Vice President of Ballet Flooring, Inc.  More Info: web page.
* Michael Hollomon  (Side Man, As Is, Picnic, The Exonerated, etc.) is an actor and educator living in Dallas.  Hall-of-Fame: Michael is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Micaela Johnson  (2005-2006) is the reigning Miss Nebraska USA 2008!  Film: Sydney White, Static, In Limbo, The Last Turn, Speakeasy.  Television: Walker Teas Ranger, The View, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Larry King Live, Barney, The Today Show, Switched, Talking Cowboys Live.  Commercial/Print: McDonalds, Comcast, Verizon Wireless, Radio Shack, Tom Thumb, Papa John's, Salvation Army, Lowe's, Muscle and Fitness Magazine, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Calendar.  Other: Micaela was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.  Click here to watch a news feature on Micaela.  More Info: web page, imdb or Miss Nebraska
* Justin A.P. Jones  (Assassins, The Horton Foote Trilogy, Midsummer, etc) is a professional actor and graphic designer living in New York City.  Stage: Hair (off-Broadway), Offsides: East Village Fragments Festival, Theatre Three, Flower Mound Performing Arts Center, ICT Mainstage, Hip Pocket Theatre, Plano Repertory Theatre, Casa Manana, Repertory Company Theatre, Collin Theatre Center, and many others.  He toured North America with BARNEY Live: Let's Go!  Education: Justin attends the famed Circle in the Square Acting Conservatory.  Graphic Design: Justin's graphic designs have been seen at the Collin Theatre Center and others.  More Info: web page
* Normita Joven  (Heaven Can Wait, Lost in Wunderland, etc.) is a Marketing/PR Manager, Reporter/Columnist for Beauty Fashion international magazine based out of NYC, professional actress, and volunteers as a karate instructor for Texins Karate Club and volunteers as a PR/Media Director for www.Qnationkids.com and www.queetles.com.  Film: A Tribute to Big Red with Gary Coleman, The Death of Tom Tootlesworth produced by The Dallas Cowboys broadcasting group, Diva's World, Roach Man, Nemesis, Coming of Age, Climbing Changes, Holy Tortilla, Santiago.  Television: Battleground Earth with Tommy Lee and Ludacris, Barney and Friends (HIT Entertainment), Day Star Television Promo., Tae Bo Amped Infomercial with Billy Blanks, Prison Break (FOX), Sons of Thunder (CBS), Walker Texas Ranger (CBS), Frequent Flyer (ABC TV Movie), Half a Dog's Life, Wishbone (KERA).  Commercials/Industrial Video/Print: Over 100 credits.  Education: Southern Methodist University, Cum Laude graduate of Broadcast Journalism, Women's Studies, and Theatre.  Other: Ms. Joven has worked in marketing, PR, and special events for numerous high-profile clients such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, The US Armed Forces, Remy Martin, Absolut Vodka, Heineken, E-Bay, Dr Pepper, Cingular Wireless, Dannon, Sony, Lowe's, RJ Reynolds, Procter and Gamble, and many more. As a writer, Ms. Joven has covered events for such high profile beauty companies such as Chanel, Lancome, L'Oreal USA, Coty, P&G Designer Fragrances, Aramis and Designer Fragrances, and many more. She has interviewed such international celebrities as Carlos Santana and Jessica Simpson. Agent: Normita is represented by LindaMcAlister Talent.  More Info: web page, Internet Movie Database, Southeast Film Association.  Click here to read an article about Normita!
* Misty Keasler (God's Country, Sylvia) is a professional photographic artist whose work has been shown in galleries around the world.  View some of her amazing photography here.  Publications: Misty has been reviewed and/or published in Newsweek, Texas Monthly, Harper’s, Art in America, Dallas Morning News, and the Photo District News.  Her book of documentary photographs entitled Love Hotels: The Hidden Fantasy Rooms of Japan has recently been published.  Click here to purchase the book on Amazon.  Awards: Misty and writer Charles D’Ambrosio were awarded the 2003 Dorothea Lange/Paul Taylor prize by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.  The pair won the prize on the basis of their proposal to document the community of migrant Mayan Indians living on the rim of a trash dump in Guatemala City.  Misty was selected as one of the top 30 young photographers in the world by the Photo District News, and was named one of the "64 People to Watch in Dallas!" by D Magazine.  Other: Click here to read an interview with Misty by Joerg Colberg.  Hall-of-Fame: Misty is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Tiffany Kellerman (Terra Nova, The Three Sisters, Season's Greetings, etc.) has worked as a professional actress with Audacity productions, Plano Repertory Theatre, Rover DramaWorks, Theatre Britain, and many others.  She served on the Board of Directors at the Plano Repertory Theatre, and served as the Business Manager for the Collin Theatre Center for nine years.  Hall-of-Fame: Tiffany is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.

* Jen Kober  (Sylvia)  is a former Associate Faculty member at Collin College.  She is also one of the funniest women on the planet!  Education: Jen was trained in Chicago at both Second City's Player's Workshop and Improv Olympic.  Television: Performed with Regis Philbin as the audience warm up for his tapings of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.  She also appeared on LIVE with Regis and Kelly, CNN and Good Morning America as part of the National Press Event for Walt Disney's 100th birthday celebration.  Comedy Shows: .  Comedy Tours: Junk in My Trunk and The Age of Hilarious.  One-Woman Shows: .
* Elizabeth Kopitke (1995-1996) is a professional actress living in New York City.  A company member of Amphibian Stage productions, her credits include A Buyer's Market, Bash, and others.  Elizabeth graduated from TCU, and holds an MFA from Rutgers University.  Check out the Amphibian Productions web site!
* Jennifer Laws (Gypsy, Don't Rock the Jukebox, A New Brain, etc.) is a dance teacher, actress and choreographer living in Dallas.  Teaching: Staff instructor with the Hathaway Academy of Ballet and the Douglass Recreation Center.  She toured with the Manhattan Dance Project and Broadway on the Road, and served as an assistant with CAS/Ailey Camp, the outreach program of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.  Stage: Garland Summer Musicals, Irving Community Theatre (as Lola in Damn Yankees), and others.  Choreography: She has choreographed numerous shows across the Metroplex, and was the resident choreographer for "The Column Theatre Awards."  Other: Jennifer has also appeared as her alter ego Wonder Woman - at Six Flags.  Check out this awesome photo of Jennifer and the great Chita Rivera.
* Thomas LeGalley (Terra Nova, Stefanie Hero, etc.)  is a scenic and costume designer based in Dallas.  Education: Texas Woman’s University (undergrad), Southern Methodist University (grad).  Teaching: Thomas formerly taught on the faculty at Flower Mound High School.  Flower Mound HS won the 2005 3rd Place 5A title at the State U.I.L. One Act Play Contest in Austin, with their production of Into the Woods. Design: Thomas is assisting on the technical build for the Broadway musical Shrek, and he is assistant designing a new musical at La Jolla Playhouse.  Thomas is the 2008 recipient of the National Partners of the American Theatre Award for Design Excellence.  Hall-of-Fame: Thomas is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Lindsay Luker (Gypsy, Macbeth, FourPlay, etc.)  is a professional stage manager.  She currently serves as a Production Supervisor for Sea World Entertainment.  Lindsay has also worked at the Santa Fe Opera, Kingwood Theatre, Runway Theatre, USITT National Convention, and Sam Houston State University.
* Shelley Malil  (1992-93)  is a professional actor living in Los Angeles.  Film: Collateral Damage with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Holes, Dead Man on Campus, Crossing Over with Harrison Ford and Sean Penn, Columbus Day with Val Kilmer, This is Not a Test, Ping Pong Playa, Mr. Fix-It, El Cortez, Albert Brooks' Looking for Comedy in a Muslim World, and The 40-Year Old Virgin.  Television: E.R., The West Wing, Party of Five, Scrubs, Silk Stalkings, Reba, Mike Hammer, Luis, The Jamie Foxx Show, NYPD Blue, The District, Briscoe County Jr., and on Tracey Ullman's comedy special, Tracey Takes On.  Commercials: Shelley is fondly remembered for his award-winning commercials for Budweiser.  Awards: Shelley was selected as one of the ”Top 10 Overlooked Performances of 2005” by the Associated Press for his performance in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.  He is the recipient of a Clio Award (for the Budweiser commercials), a Los Angeles Ovation Award as Best Featured Actor for his performance as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and was nominated for the Los Angeles Ovation Award for his performance in subUrbia.  More Info: web page or Internet Movie Database.  Hall-of-Fame: Shelley is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Michael Maresca (Assassins, Baby, The Learned Ladies, etc.)  is a professional actor and vocal coach living in Los Angeles.  Stage: He made his professional debut as a member of the National touring company of Saturday Night Fever, which toured the United States and Canada.  Michael also performed in the National Tour of Mamma Mia!  Vocal Coach: Michael is a highly sought-after vocal coach, and is the Director of MM One Voice.  More Info: web page.
* Meredith Mauldin (subUrbia, Don't Rock the Jukebox, etc.) is a professional actor and singer living in Dallas.  Film: The Ringer, North of Nowhere, The Imposter, The Final Semester, Kushi, The Anarchist's Cookbook, Slap Her She's French, Graduation Day and The Deadbeat Club.  Television: NBC's Saving Jessica Lynch, and the music video for Kenny Chesney’s hit, "There Goes My Life;" which won numerous CMA awards.  Commercials: Chevy, 7-Eleven, ColorTyme, Samsung, J.C. Penney, PepBoys, Blockbuster, Radio Shack, Garden Ridge, Black Angus Steak House, Auto Zone, MedQuist, and many others.  A billboard featuring Meredith can be seen in New York's Times Square.  Animation: Dragon Ball Z, Blue Gender, Yu Yu Hakusho, Fruits Basket, Lupin the 3rd, Kiddy Grade, Full Metal Alchemist, Spiral, Case Closed, Gunslinger Girl, Rumbling Hearts, and many others.  Music: Meredith toured as a singer/dancer with Vince Vance and the Valiants, and was a member of the singing group Paper Dolls.  Her original song "Empty" appears in the feature film, The Imposter.  Agent: Meredith is represented by The Horne Agency.  Hall-of-Fame: Meredith is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.  More Info: MySpace or Internet Movie Database.
* Kris McDonald (subUrbia, Don't Rock the Jukebox) is a filmmaker living in Hollywood.  Kris completed his degree in Film at Full Sail, where he served as Unit Production Manager for a short called, Red Handed which won Best Picture, Best Audio and Best Editing at the DC Film Festival held at the Enzian Theatre.  Film: Kris works as an editor for a film trailer company, and he has edited the trailers for Hustle & Flow, Silent Hill, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Talladega Nights, The Pursuit of Happyness, Children of Men, United 93, and many others.  He also worked as an editor on London, starring Jessica Biel.  More Info: web page.
* Kathryn Merry (Gypsy, God’s Country, The Three Sisters, etc.) is an actor living in New York City.  Education: Kathryn graduated with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied with the Stella Adler Conservatory and the Experimental Theatre Wing in Amsterdam.  Stage: Moon Over Buffalo, Romeo & Juliet, The Man Who Would Be King, as Ophelia in Ravi Jain's Hamlet, in The Bomb, produced by the International WOW Company, as Desdemona in the Aquila Theatre Company production of Othello, and in the Aquila Theatre Company's acclaimed 60's era James Bond/Go-Go-esque re-setting of Much Ado About Nothing.  That production was invited to perform at the White House ... where Kathryn shook President Bush's hand while wearing a black pleather cat suit (a la Emma Peele)!  Film: Plasterhead, The Creek, The Cult of Sincerity and Thirsty.  Commercials: Hasbro.  More Info: web page or Internet Movie Databse.  Hall-of-Fame: Kathryn is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Ryan "Nubie" Morris (The Heiress, Kringle's Window, Stand-Up Tragedy, etc.) is a professional lighting designer and technician, currently working with Christie Lites.  He previously worked at the Vari*Lite, Inc. corporate office in Dallas.  Ryan is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Arianna Movassagh (A Christmas Carol, Quilters, etc.) is a professional actor and choreographer.  Awards: Arianna won a Leon Rabin Award for her performance as The Baker's Wife in Irving Community Theatre's Mainstage production of Into the Woods.  Agent: Arianna is represented by Linda McAlister Talent.  Hall-of-Fame: Arianna is a member of our Hall-of-Fame. 
* Jimmy Hays Nelson (Bat Boy, The Apple Tree, Buried Child, etc.) is a professional actor living in New York City.  Stage: Sundown (Lyric Stage); Side Show (off-Broadway); Hell's Kitchen (Off-Broadway); Bat Boy (Arizona Premiere); Titanic (Lyric Stage); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Plano Repertory Theatre); A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (WaterTower Theatre); Baby (Contemporary Theatre of Dallas); Schoolhouse Rock Live! (Plano Rep); Forever Plaid (Plano Rep); and Desperate Measures, a World Premiere co-production by Lyric Stage and Casa Manana.  Jimmy is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association.  Television: Ugly Betty, Ally McBeal, The Practice, and Gilmore Girls.  Jimmy also served as host of the syndicated television talk show, Teen Talk.  Awards: Jimmy was nominated for a Leon Rabin Award as Best Actor in a musical for his performance in My Favorite Year at the Plano Repertory Theatre.  Other: Click here to view a video collage of Jimmy's work in Bat Boy.  And, click here to view a video of Jimmy's amazing health crusade!  Hall-of-Fame: Jimmy is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Tiffany Olson (A Christmas Carol, The Hands of its Enemy) is a professional actor and choreographer.  She appeared in Man on the Moon, dancing with Jim Carrey as "Tony Clifton."  Tiffany has also worked as a choreographer for Britney Spears!
* Candice Patton (Titus Andronicus) is a professional actor living in Los Angeles.  Television: Candice stars on the new WB web series, Sorority Forever, and serves as an occasional host of E! News Now.  She won the CBS Early Show Soap Star Talent Search, and was awarded a contract to appear on the television soap opera The Young and the Restless.  She has also appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives.  Film:  Commander and Chief.  Commercials: Pier I Imports and See Pictures.
* Chad E. Phillips (Execution of Justice, Stand-Up Tragedy, Terra Nova, etc.) is the Co-Artistic Director and Producer of Stage West Theatre in Milwaukee.  Hall-of-Fame: Chad is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Brendan Quigley (Assistant Technical Director, 1992-96) is a professional lighting technician.  Broadway: Wicked and Riverdance.  National Tours: Wicked, Riverdance and Aida.  Music Tours: Whitney Houston, Van Halen, Michael W. Smith, and Hank Williams Jr.  Other: Brendan was interviewed in Lighting Dimensions magazine.  Hall-of-Fame: Brendan is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Kathryn Raines (formerly known as Katie Spinks) (Gypsy, You Can't Take it With You, etc.) if a theatre artist living in Hollywood.  She works as the Client Relations Representative for a promotional model staffing agency in Redondo Beach called Encore Nationwide.  Prior to launching her management career, Katie worked as a professional actor and appeared in the National touring company of Big River.
* Stephanie Duckham Rose (As Is, Stand-Up Tragedy, Buried Child, etc.) is an actress and educator living in Dallas.  Hall-of-Fame: Stephanie is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Valecia Sarmento  (Macbeth, Gypsy, etc.)  is a professional Makeup Designer.  Education: Brigham Young University.  Film: The Alamo, Air, Miss Congeniality, A Life Less Ordinary, The American Standards, Noble Things, Trailer Park of Terror, Still Holding On: The Cadillac Jack Story, The Ticket, Unabomber: The True Story, The Trojan Horse, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Touch (for which she received a Sundance Film Festival Honorable Mention award for Best Makeup), Holiday in Your Heart, The Fanglys, Officer Down, Disney's Wish Upon a Star, Working Stiffs, Caged Meat and Worm, No Chaser.  Television:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.  More Info: web page or Internet Movie Database.  Hall-of-Fame: Valecia is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Sarah Saunders (A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Shape of Things, Boy Gets Girl, etc.)  is an actor living in New York.  Education: She graduated with honors from the Purchase Conservatory of Acting, where she was seen in various productions, including: The Three Sisters, Dark of the Moon, As You Like It, The Cherry Orchard, and many more.  In March of 2008, Sarah wrote and performed her one-woman show, Gravity, as her farewell to the Purchase Repertory stage.  Stage: Silent Heroes (off-Broadway).  Television: Army Wives (Lifetime).  More Info: web page.  Agent: The Price Group Talent Agency.
* Kelli Sawyer (Picnic) is a professional actress living in New York City.  Education: Kelli is a graduate of the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.  Stage: South Pacific (National Tour with Robert Goulet), Avenue Q (Broadway, National Tour, and at the Wynn Las Vegas Casino), various Regional Theatre productions, and the off-Broadway musical hit, The Summer of 42.  Click  here to watch Kelli discuss her roles in Avenue Q.  Awards: Kelli was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award (Washington DC), as well as the Elliot Norton Award (Boston) for her performance in the tour of Avenue Q.  Other: Kelli is the Voice of Ariel for Walt Disney World's "Voyage of the Little Mermaid" installation.
* Andrew Serna (Bat Boy, The Time of Your Life, etc.) is a professional Stage Manager living in New York City.  Education: He graduated from Marymount Manhattan College.  Theatre: Andrew has worked professionally for numerous theatre companies (Dodger Theatricals, 321 Theatrical Management, Our Time Theatre Company, etc.), and on such shows as Jersey Boys, Drumstruck, Our Time: Four One Act Plays, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway and San Francisco), The Rat Pack and Hairspray.  He has also worked with Broadway casting director Andy Zerman.
* Richard Sharkey (Side Man, subUrbia, Don't Rock the Jukebox, etc.)  is a junior executive in the coffee consumption industry.  He also freelances as a theatre director, and his most recent work, Asphyxiation, premiered at the Kitchen Dog Theatre.  Richard is the only student director to receive the coveted Richard A. Weaver Award, given annually to the best collegiate director in the Southwest (for the Quad C Theatre production of subUrbia).  Richard has directed the Quad C Theatre ALT Theatre productions of Talk Radio, 7x10 and The Vagina Monologues.  He was a member of the OUT! Theatre Collective, creators of the acclaimed docu-drama, OUT!
* Rob Simoneaux (Stand-Up Tragedy, As Is, etc.)  is a lighting technician currently working for PRG (formerly Vari*Lite).  Music Tours: Rob toured with Cher for a year and a half, and has also worked with Fuel, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Barbra Streisand, No Doubt, Neil Diamond, Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera, Sir Elton John, Smash Mouth, N'Sync, Mariah Carey, The Village People ... and Barney.  Film: He is a partner in an Independent Production company called Bryant Entertainment, and was the Executive Producer/Editor on two short films, The Box and Beautiful Flowers.  His company has a television show and two feature films in development.  Other: AFI Tribute to Harrison Ford, 1999 Net Aid at Giants Stadium, and the 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.  Hall-of-Fame: Rob is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Rashmi Singh  (Bram Stoker's Dracula) is a professional actress, singer and songwriter living in Los Angeles.  Film: The Siege with Denzel Washington, The Big Apple, Amanda Kumar's Case and Crescent Moon.  Television: 10-8 (ABC).  Commercials: Fed Ex, Mastercard, Wachovia Bank, Wendy's, Toyota and CBS.  Stage: Antigone at the New York Fringe Festival, The Madwoman of Chaillot at the McCadden Theatre (Hollywood), and The Skin of Our Teeth at the New York Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park.  Awards: Nominated for an Audelco Award for her performance in With Strings at the Africa Arts Theatre.  Music: Rashmi is an accomplished singer and songwriter.  She recently released her first CD.  More Info: web page or MySpace.
* Brian J. Smith (A Clockwork Orange, Titus Andronicus)  is a professional actor living in New York City.  Education: Brian graduated from the Juilliard School of Drama.  Stage: Come Back Little Sheba (Broadway), Good Boys and True (Second Stage, NYC), Three Changes (Playwrights Horizons Theatre), The Laramie Project (WaterTower Theatre), Big Love (Dallas Theater Center), All My Sons and Measure for Measure (Chautauqua Theatre Company), The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (Off-Broadway).  Film: The War Boys, Red Hook, and Hate Crime.  That film has received numerous awards, including Best Feature and the Audience Favorite Award at the Sedona Film Festival.  Awards: Brian was named by D Magazine as one of the "64 People to Watch in Dallas!"  More Info: Internet Movie Database.  Hall-of-Fame: Brian is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Nico Smith  (Oleanna, Macbeth, etc.) is a professional director and theatre business manager.  He currently serves as the Assistant to the Executive Director of the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas.  Stage: The Catty Corner (World Premiere) at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, Shenani-Guns! (Oregon and Georgia), Busker at Lincoln Center in New York, Through a Glass Onion and Down the Road at WaterTower Theatre in Texas, Three Viewings and Heaven (World Premiere) at Quad C Theatre.  Film: North of Nowhere (feature), Love is My Sin (short), Blitz (short), and Badda Bing Badda Boom (short).
* Matt Stamm  (Assassins, A Clockwork Orange, etc) is a professional actor.  Stage: Matt toured North America on the BARNEY Live: Let's Go! tour.  Television: Prison Break.  Other: Matt works as the Director of Entertainment for the Frisco Roughriders baseball club.
* Jeremy Stein  (The Shape of Things, etc.) is a professional actor and stunt man living in Los Angeles.  Stage: Jeremy made his Los Angeles theatre debut in The Shakespeare Company of Santa Monica's productions of Hamlet and Othello.  In Dallas, Jeremy performed professionally in Six Flags Over Texas' Rangers and Outlaws Wild West Stunt Show, in Act One Production's regional premiere of 52-Pickup, and in Classical Acting Company's Romeo and Juliet, under the direction of Chris Pickles.
* Randy Stone  (1988-1989)  is a professional cameraman in Hollywood.  Film: The Cider House Rules, The Hi-Lo Country, Courage Under Fire, Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls, The Kingdom, The Better Man, Thick as Thieves, Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Charlie's Angels.  Television: CSI: Las Vegas, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Houdini, Martial Law, Walker: Texas Ranger, and the mini-series The Last Don.  Hall-of-Fame: Randy is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Jeff “Flip” Stover (The Hands of Its Enemy, Terra Nova, Stand-Up Tragedy, etc.) is the Director of Theatre at UT-Dallas.  Stage: Jeff also works professionally as a designer for Water Tower Theatre, Plano Repertory Theatre, and many others.  Awards: Won the Leon Rabin Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for his work on PRT's production of Journey's End (2000) and for WaterTower Theatre's Sweeney Todd (2002).  Hall-of-Fame: Jeff is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Jason Stuart (God’s Country, All in the Timing, A New Brain, etc.) is an actor, writer, composer and musician working in New York City.  Theatre: Audacity Productions, Waiting for Godot, The Monologuist, Slick Kadmon v. God at the New York International Fringe Festival, Busker, The Washing Machine.  Author: His play, Through a Glass Onion, was published by the Kennedy Center and Dramatic Publishing Company.  His latest play - WashingMachine - opened to rave reviews.  Music: Jason is an accomplished singer and bass player, who can be seen performing in Central Park.  Hall-of-Fame: Jason is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Samantha Tella (subUrbia, Songs for a New World, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, etc.) is a theatre artist living in New York City.  Education: She graduated with honors from Marymount Manhattan College.  Stage: Assistant to the Producer of the off-Broadway musical, Caligula: An Ancient Glam Epic starring Euan Morton of Taboo fame; Production Assistant at the Roundabout Theatre; Production Assistant with the Directors Company production of Murder in the First; Associate to the Artistic Director at the Ensemble Studio Theatre; Intern at the Directors Lab in LA; Assistant Director for the Adirondacks Theatre Festival.
* Christopher Trevino (Assassins, Romeo/Juliet: A Hip-Hop Tragedy, etc.) is a lighting designer based in Las Vegas.  Education: Chris graduated from the University of Cincinnati.  Stage: Chris has designed or operated lighting for venues across the country, including Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Theater Center, World Wrestling Entertainment, Cher: Farewell Tour, ABC News/WFAA-TV, University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, Quad C Theatre, Six Flags Over Texas, Galveston Island Musicals, and many more.  Awards: Chris was an ACTF National Finalist for his lighting design for Assassins, and was invited to attend a master class at the Kennedy Center with Broadway designer Beverly Emmons.  Other: Chris is a multi-talented artist who can actually fly!
* Michael Urie (God’s Country, Sylvia, The Three Sisters, Titus Andronicus, etc.) is a professional actor living in Los Angeles.  Education: Michael is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama.  Television: Michael co-stars (with America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams) on the hit ABC comedy, Ugly Betty.  He hosts the TLC reality series, Miss America: Reality Check.  He has made guest appearances on such talk shows as The View, Regis and Kelly, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, and many others.  Film: WTC View, Uptown Girls, Beverly Hills Chihuahua.  Stage: He has appeared on stage in the World Premiere of Love and Happiness at Barrington Stage; as Boyet in the Judith Shakespeare Company (NYC) production of Love's Labors Lost; with Austin Pendleton in the Off-Broadway production of Another Vermeer; off-Broadway in Roaring Girle at the Foundry Theatre; in the Hyde Park Theatre production of Like the Mountains; as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC.; off-Broadway in the Nerve Ensemble Theatre production of Phenomenon; in The King Stag at Seattle Rep, under the direction of Andrei Belgrader; in the critically acclaimed production of The Revenger's Tragedy off-Broadway; two plays in rep at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego; as Horatio in Hamlet at the South Coast Rep, under the direction of Dan Sullivan; and in WTC View, a play by Brian Sloan, which premiered at the Fringe Festival in New York City.  Radio: Click to listen to Michael with Tony Zazza on Mix102.9 FM.  Clip #1, #2, #3, #4, #5.  Awards: As a member of the ensemble of Ugly Betty, Michael received a Golden Globe Award, Nominated as Best Actor at the Dallas OutTakes Film Festival for WTC View.  Hall-of-Fame: Michael is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Robby Vansaders  (Oleanna, A New Brain) is a musician living in New York City.  His band, early may, released their first CD on Mother West Records.  The CD is called "Stay Off Your Heels," and critics have been extremely supportive.  Read an awesome review of the band!  And another rave review!  Support Robby by purchasing a copy at www.motherwest.com.
* Kimberly Whalen  (Bat Boy, Rocky Horror, etc.)  is a professional actress living in Dallas.  Film: Tree of Life (directed by Terrence Malick, co-starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn), Then Hereafter, Quiet Boys.  Stage: Cinderella (Casa Manana/Bass Hall), A Few Good Men (Casa Manana), Master Class (Lyric Stage), The Last Five Years (Labyrinth Theatre), Carousel (Lyric Stage), Man of La Mancha (WaterTower Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Lyric Stage / Meyerson), South Pacific (Casa Manana / Bass Hall), Oklahoma (Casa Manana / Bass Hall), Forum... (WaterTower Theater), The Fantasticks (Casa Manana), Brighton Beach Memoirs (FMPAT), The Rocky Horror Puppet Show (Quad C Theatre), Bat Boy (Quad C Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (FMPAT), Assassins (Quad C Theatre), The Time of Your Life (Quad C Theatre), Alien Voices (Quad C Theatre), Come Blow Your Horn (Garland Civic Theatre).  Commercial/Print: Dave & Busters, UPN 21, Truccio makeup, Absolute Radiance Bridal Company.  Voice/Animation: Peach Girl (Funimation Entertainment).  Kim also sang the theme song for this show.  Education: BFA in Performance from the University of Texas at Arlington.  Agent: Kimberly is represented by The Horne Agency.  Awards: Leon Rabin Award nomination (Brighton Beach Memoirs), two Column Awards (Alien Voices and Rocky Horror)  Other: Kimberly is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.  More Info: Internet Movie Database
* Christopher Wilems  (Stand-Up Tragedy, Beep... BANG!, Stefanie Hero, etc.)  is a professional lighting designer and lighting technician.  He has worked on such major events as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Atlanta Olympics, Bette Midler - "Diva Las Vegas" (HBO), Dennis Miller - "Dennis Miller Live" (HBO),  Rodney Dangerfield - "75th Birthday" (HBO), Rosie O'Donnell - "Live From Universal Studios", "Hunchback of Notre Dame" Movie Premiere (Disney), and Disney's Wizard of Oz on Ice.  Chris toured with Luther Vandross, Vanessa Williams, and Jimmy Buffett; and has provided technical assistance for events featuring such luminaries as Wynnona Judd, Alabama, the Eagles, Harry Connick Jr., Gen. Colin Powell, Gen. Norman Schwartzkof, ESPN's Roy Firestone, and former Dallas Cowboys Coaches Tom Landry and Barry Switzer.  Hall-of-Fame: Chris is a member of our Hall-of-Fame.
* Megan Woodall  (A New Brain, subUrbia, Don't Rock the Jukebox, etc.)  is a professional actor and singer living in New York City.  She received acclaim for her performance in Schoolhouse Rock Live! and was honored with her first Leon Rabin Award nomination for her role in Oklahoma! with the Garland Summer Musicals.  Megan works for Blue Man Group off-Broadway.
* Candice Marie Woods  (Gypsy)  is an actress living in New York City.  Broadway: Candice made her Broadway debut in the ensemble of Hairspray.  She currently appears in the Chicago stage production of Dirty Dancing.  Other: Click here to watch a fun video clip of Candice in action in Hairspray!
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