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New York, NY 10016
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Celebrating 125 Years of Excellence. Founded in 1884, the First and Finest Acting School in America.
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1970's
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1980's
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1990's
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2000's
1970's
Christine Ebersole (1975) performed in a benefit performance of Brigadoon. Matthew Broderick hosted the evening which benefitted the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC.
Gayle Turner (1976) appeared in the Off-Broadway musical Langston in Harlem, which was produced by Urban Stages in NYC.
1980's
Brad DePLanche (1983) will play Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival later this summer.
Vastine East (1984) wrote and illustrated the children's book Masai Man.
Angela Theresa Egic's (Collins) (1986) play, Childless Father, about the life of a deaf man is being performed in Manhattan Theatre Source's "TestoGenius" Festival June 2010. In addition to acting in numerous venues in NYC, Angela is also a New York City Tour Guide atop the double-decker busses and is the the only licensed tour guide in NYC who is fluent in American Sign Language.
Bruce Greenwood (1981) was featured in a cover story for Backstage titled "Peak Performances." His forthcoming feature films include Mao's Last Dance, Barney's Version and Meek's Cutoff.
Timothy Stickney (1985) is currently playing Sebastian in The Tempest at the Stratford Theatre Festival in Ontario. The production, directed by Des McAnuff, stars Christopher Plummer as Prospero.
Stephanie Venditto (1986) teaches classes in auditioning for television and film.
Charles Harper Yates (1985) is the Founding Artistic Director of Coyote Stageworks in Palm Springs, CA.
1990's
Page Clements (1990) was selected by Backstage magazine readers as the runner-up for favorite dialect coach and favorite vocal and singing coach.
Charlie Sara (1991) plays a physician in the indie film Lotto and can also be seen in the film Hunting Season.
Kevin Sussman (1991) plays the role of Mac Bailey in the feature film Killers which stars Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl. Kevin can also be seen as the comic book store owner on television's The Big Bang Theory.
2000's
Elena Aglaja Amado (2009) is currently in Switzerland filming the role of Giulia in Jump, a film directed by Bindu De Stoppani.
Ashley Anderson (2007) completed work on the film Jack Falls, opposite Zach Galligan.
Sten Jacobs (Stephan Rumphorst) (2005) recently directed the plays Maria Stuart: Elizabeth I and Der Kick and performed in five different shows at the Theater Zapperment in Berlin. Sten is also managing the AMARENA-Theatre-Festival which will be held this September in Berlin.
Gilbert Martinez (2000) has been working with numerous theatre companies in the Los Angeles area. In July his company, LoneCollective Theatre, will open in Long Beach with a production of Stephen Belber's Tape.
Amber Bela Muse (2008) had a guest role on the CW's Gossip Girl and played the mom in the Sony ping pong commercial which starred Justin Timberlake and Peyton Manning.
Whitney Richter (2009) is living in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, where she has performed in several local theatre productions. This summer she is scheduled to work on an indie film in Calgary, and later this fall she will be performing in a new play, Heterophobia at the Epcor Centers Motel and in Dry Streak at the Central Alberta Theatre.
Derek Ahonen (2001) wrote and directed Amerissiah, which recently played at Theatre 80 in NYC. The cast of the production included James Kautz (2001), Matthew Pilieci (2001), Sarah Lemp (2002), William Apps (2007), Selene Beretta (2007) and Jennifer Fouché (2007).
McKey Carpenter (2005), Amanda Dillard (2007) and Nicola Murphy (2009) are all part of the cast of Love's Labour's Lost which is produced by the NY Drilling Company as part of their Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot series.
Ashley C. Williams (2005) and Christian De Gre (2006) co-founders of Mind The Art Entertainment had two shows accepted into the NY International Fringe Festival: Spellbound - A Musical Adventure and Timing of a Day.
Justin Anselmi (2008), Jonathan Blakeley (2009), Nicholas Camp (2009) and Elspeth Turner (2008) were in a production of The Pillowman. Lisa Milinazzo (Faculty) directed the production which was performed on Theatre Row in NYC.
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June 2010
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1970's
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Christine Ebersole
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Gayle Turner (1976) appeared in the Off-Broadway musical Langston in Harlem, which was produced by Urban Stages in NYC.
1980's
Brad DePLanche (1983) will play Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival later this summer.
Vastine East (1984) wrote and illustrated the children's book Masai Man.
Angela Theresa Egic's (Collins) (1986) play, Childless Father, about the life of a deaf man is being performed in Manhattan Theatre Source's "TestoGenius" Festival June 2010. In addition to acting in numerous venues in NYC, Angela is also a New York City Tour Guide atop the double-decker busses and is the the only licensed tour guide in NYC who is fluent in American Sign Language.
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Bruce Greenwood
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Timothy Stickney
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Stephanie Venditto (1986) teaches classes in auditioning for television and film.
Charles Harper Yates (1985) is the Founding Artistic Director of Coyote Stageworks in Palm Springs, CA.
1990's
Page Clements (1990) was selected by Backstage magazine readers as the runner-up for favorite dialect coach and favorite vocal and singing coach.
Charlie Sara (1991) plays a physician in the indie film Lotto and can also be seen in the film Hunting Season.
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Kevin Sussman
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2000's
Elena Aglaja Amado (2009) is currently in Switzerland filming the role of Giulia in Jump, a film directed by Bindu De Stoppani.
Ashley Anderson (2007) completed work on the film Jack Falls, opposite Zach Galligan.
Sten Jacobs (Stephan Rumphorst) (2005) recently directed the plays Maria Stuart: Elizabeth I and Der Kick and performed in five different shows at the Theater Zapperment in Berlin. Sten is also managing the AMARENA-Theatre-Festival which will be held this September in Berlin.
Gilbert Martinez (2000) has been working with numerous theatre companies in the Los Angeles area. In July his company, LoneCollective Theatre, will open in Long Beach with a production of Stephen Belber's Tape.
Amber Bela Muse (2008) had a guest role on the CW's Gossip Girl and played the mom in the Sony ping pong commercial which starred Justin Timberlake and Peyton Manning.
Whitney Richter (2009) is living in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, where she has performed in several local theatre productions. This summer she is scheduled to work on an indie film in Calgary, and later this fall she will be performing in a new play, Heterophobia at the Epcor Centers Motel and in Dry Streak at the Central Alberta Theatre.
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Amerissiah
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McKey Carpenter (2005), Amanda Dillard (2007) and Nicola Murphy (2009) are all part of the cast of Love's Labour's Lost which is produced by the NY Drilling Company as part of their Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot series.
Ashley C. Williams (2005) and Christian De Gre (2006) co-founders of Mind The Art Entertainment had two shows accepted into the NY International Fringe Festival: Spellbound - A Musical Adventure and Timing of a Day.
Justin Anselmi (2008), Jonathan Blakeley (2009), Nicholas Camp (2009) and Elspeth Turner (2008) were in a production of The Pillowman. Lisa Milinazzo (Faculty) directed the production which was performed on Theatre Row in NYC.
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