
Meet our Alumni
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Recent Graduates
Samantha Pejouan '18 Talent Development, The Collective (boutique sales recruitment firm for startups), San Francisco, CA
Madison Schiffman '18 Medical student, UNC Wilmington
Kylie Joerger '19 Artistic Direction Apprenticeship, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Derek Sikkema '19 MFA Acting, Asolo Conservatory, Florida State University
Isaac Addai '21 MFA Acting, University of Iowa
Abigail Nairn '21, MLitt Museum & Gallery Studies, St Andrews University, Scotland, UK
Tara Tedjarati '21 London, UK
Dance
C茅line Alwyn 鈥02 MA Contemporary Dance, London School of Contemporary Dance, UK; Dance and Pilates teacher, previously a Cirque du Soleil performer as 鈥淥ceane鈥, Dralion, and an ensemble dancer Bombay Dreams on Broadway
鈥08 MFA Dance (Choreography & Performance), Mills College; artistic director, Lauren Baines Dance/Theatre; performer, choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, teacher and producer; Assistant Director, de Saisset Museum, 蜜桃导航
鈥07 MFA Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine; artistic director, for change dance collective; teacher at Performing Arts Academy of Marin, CA
'13 Teaching Artist and Choreographer, New York & CT; Education and Outreach Manager, Goodspeed Musicals, CT
Nikki Long 鈥00 Dance Captain, Disney's Aladdin on Broadway and Casting Associate, Disney's Aladdin National Tour
Tara Macken 鈥06 Hollywood stunt woman: The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, A Wrinkle in Time, Iron Man 3, After Earth, Suicide Squad, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Star Trek Into Darkness
Rebecca Reuter '05 Co-director, Omega Dance Company, New York; Assistant Director, Community Engagement, The Juilliard School, New York
Callie Tepper '13 MS Dance/Movement Therapy, Pratt Institute; Licensed Creative Arts Therapist at Astor Services for Children & Families, Rhinebeck, NY
Adam Zotovich 鈥97 Broadway producer: The Color Purple, The Addams Family, A View From the Bridge, Driving Miss Daisy, Of Mice and Men, Legally Blonde the musical, Dear Evan Hansen, An Act of God, An American in Paris
Theatre
'10 MFA Acting, School of Drama, The New School; Actor in San Francisco
'08 MFA Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Musical theater writer and founding member of the Musical Theatre Factory, New York
Elaine Avila '87 Playwright-in-Residence, Quest University Canada; founder LEAP Playwriting Program at Vancouver鈥檚 Arts Club Theater, co-founder International Climate Change Theatre Action, Fulbright Scholar, awarded Not谩veis dos A莽ores (Notable Descendant) for her theatre work by the Government of the Azores, Portugal
'08 Graphic designer, playwright and performing artist, Founder/Creative Director of Trap Street multi-media performing arts company, Los Angeles
'09 Founder of Teatro Catalina, Villa Catalina, Nicaragua
'96 Actress, singer, voiceover artist, writer and director; Come From Away National Tour
'10 Actress in San Francisco, Best Actress--Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle 2018
Camille Hayes '14 Theatre Director
'06 "The Artist with the Golden Paintbrush" -- Visual artist, painter, illustrator, author Secret Agent Moscow graphic novel
Ron Lagomarsino '73 Movie director: My Sister's Keeper, Running Mates, Dinner at Eight; Stage and TV director, Joan of Arcadia, My So-Called Life, Picket Fences (winner, 1993 Directors Guild of America Award), Driving Miss Daisy, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, Ghost Whisperers, Baby Boom, Hart of Dixie
Francesca McKenzie '09 MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama; Actress in New York and New Orleans
Michael X. Martin '76 Actor on Broadway and on National Tours including My Fair Lady, Kiss Me Kate, Les Miserables, Oklahoma, Ragtime, It Should Have Been You
'90 Fight Choreographer (also an EMT and fire fighter), San Francisco, CA
'92 Artistic Director for Penninsula Youth Theatre, Palo Alto, CA
'92 Actress in New York, Off-Broadway: A Song Floating, on National Tours: Once the Musical, Jolson the Musical, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, and in Regional Theatre
, Commercial Casting Director, Paul Ventura Casting, Los Angeles
Kit Wilder '83 Fight Choreographer, Actor, director around the Bay Area; Associate Artistic Director for San Jose City Lights Theatre
'06 MFA Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Playwright, Staff writer for Law and Order SVU
Rachel Zampelli '04 Actress in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and New York
Design, Technical Theatre
Lori Coltrin ’81 Executive Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering, Los Angeles
‘82 Scene Designer, NYC Signature Theatre and others
Carol Dacey-Charles '89 Stage Manager and leadership coach, NY
Steven Fetter '13 Theatre Operations Manager, 蜜桃导航, CA
Eva Fredrickson ‘06 Costume Designer/Wardrobe Crew for Television, graphic designer
Costume Designer particularly Film and Television
'09 Lighting Designer, Assistant Technical Director, REDCAT, Los Angeles
Kyle Langdon ’15 Theatre Sites Manager, Palo Alto Unified School District, CA
Tiernan O’Rourke '19 Mechanical Designer, Tait (stage technologies), Lititz, PA
Teachers, Educators
'98 Vocal Music Teacher, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA
'15 English Teacher, Jilin City, China
Tom Gough '87 Chair, Theatre Arts department & co-founder, Theatre Conservatory, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Duncan Graham '77 VP Academic Affairs, San Jose City College (retired); previously Dean, Fine Arts & Communication, Foothill College and a Stage Manager for American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), San Francisco
Russ Marcel '95 Director, Theatre Arts, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA
Doug Santana '97 Director of Performing Arts, Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, CA
Chloe Townsend '19 Dance teacher, Valley Christian Schools Conservatory of the Arts, San Jose, CA
Masters graduates
Jeffrey Adams '10 MFA Acting, School of Drama, The New School
C茅line Alwyn 鈥02 MA Contemporary Dance, London School of Contemporary Dance, UK
Scotty Arnold '08 MFA Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Lauren Baines '08 MFA Dance (Choreography & Performance), Mills College
Claire Calalo Berry '07 MFA Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine
Francesca McKenzie '09 MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama
Nick Manfredi '14 MFA Acting, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine
Gavin Mueller '15 MFA Acting, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine
Sarah Olive-McStay '16 MA Musical Theatre (Performance), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Callie Tepper '12 MS Dance/Movement Therapy, Pratt Institute
Sonya Venugopal '15 MFA Musical Theatre, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
A. Zell Williams '06 MFA Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Arts Administration
Celine Ariniello '18 Marketing Assistant, Moli猫re in the Park, Brooklyn, NY
Maxine Evangelista '09 Booking Agent, Bryn Cohn + Artists, New York; previously Booking Agent & Contracts Manager, Brad Simon Organization, New York
Krista Kuebler '02 Accountant, Disney Productions, Los Angeles
Courtney Land '17 Entertainment Coordinator, Scripted Programming and Drama Development, NBC, Los Angeles
Dani Lencioni '10 Non-profit Arts Leadership Consultant, AdvanceNYC, New York; previously Education Program Manager, Whitney Musem, New York
Sami Manfredi '13 Programs Manager, Artists Striving To End Poverty, New York
Jennifer Poret '01 Booking Coordinator, Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA
Alexa Rojek '19 Assistant Box Office Manager, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Outside the Arts
Elizabeth Connelly '15 Stanford Medical School; 蜜桃导航 Trustee
Amber De Buizer '98 Assistant Vice-President, Development, 蜜桃导航
Devin Della Maggiora '17 MSc Political Science, London School of Economics
Harout Dimijian '96 Attorney, Los Angeles
Ella Fogel '19 Operations Manager, PSAV (corporate event management & operations), San Francisco, CA
Freya Helton '19 Enrollment Advisor, City University of Seattle
Anna K. Houk '12, Medical Resident, Aurora, CO
Eileen Jao '10 Assistant District Attorney, Santa Cruz D.A.'s office, CA
Tennyson Jones '14 Full Cycle Recruiter for Post Production, Netflix, Los Angeles
'96 Senior Interaction Designer and User Experience Lead, Harry & David, Medford, OR
Nick Manfredi '14 Expert Client Advisor, Louis Vitton Hard-sided Luxury Luggage, New York
Mark Novak, MD '01 Family Medicine, Oakland, CA
Maj. Marc Serra, DDS, FACS '00, Oral & Maxilliofacial Cosmetic Surgeon, U.S. Army
Michael Standifer '16 Senior Financial Analyst, Mozilla
In Memoriam
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Founding Artistic Director, Signature Theatre, NY 1991-2005; Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division at The Juilliard School 2006-2015.
College of the Fellows of the American Theatre 2013; Honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts, 蜜桃导航 2013; Special Award for Sustained Achievement, 60th Annual Obie Awards 2015.
The Pershing Square Signature Center NY won the 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award.