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New York, NY 10016
800.463.8990
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Celebrating 125 Years of Excellence. Founded in 1884, the First and Finest Acting School in America.
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1940's
Kirk Douglas (1941) performed his new one-man show Before I Forget for four performances at the Center Theater Group's Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City.
1960's
Yusef Bulos (1963) is currently performing in An Oresteia at Classic Stage Company in NYC. This summer Yusef will be at Williamstown Theatre Festival in The Torch Bearers.
William Devane (1961) played Dr. Dix in the CBS television movie Jesse Stone: Thin Ice.
Danny DeVito (1966) is set to direct Crazy Eddie, a film based on the life of consumer electronics king Eddie Antar, who launched the successful Crazy Eddie chain.
Mart Hulswit (1961) after 36 years in the industry and with 12 years of service as Executive Director of the Episcopal Actors' Guild of America, a non-profit dedicated to sustaining the careers of actors, and to providing scholarships for acting students. Mart retired as Executive Director Emeritus, and was honored by the Guild with the establishment of the annual "Mart Hulswit Scholarship," which will go to an AADA student in perpetuity.
Kathryn Laughlin (1961) is a casting director and teacher in Tampa FL.
Margaret Strom (1967) lives and works outside Washington, DC where she regularly works in business theatre in training groups for various government institutions and agencies. She narrates books on tape for the Library of Congress and appeared in two episodes this season on ABC's What Would You Do?
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1970's
Greg Breck (1979) is the Sr. Vice President and Managing Director for Legend Global Search, a staffing and recruitment firm.
Sheila Brodie-Levin (1978) is a psychotherapist currently employed at Stanford University's Vaden Health Center in counseling and psychological services.
Michael Countryman (1976) was in Shipwrecked! (an Entertainment) at Primary Stages in NYC.
Evelyn Cramer (1977) is now retired after spending 20 years as a television news anchor.
Leslie Franklin (1972) earned a law degree from UCLA and currently serves as an ambassador for an organization called Donate Life, an organ and tissue donor registry.
Roxanne Zambrano Kind (1977) teaches at the Middle schools in San Clements, CA and has directed Alice in Wonderland at the community center.
Mimi Lieber (1976) is in the Off-Broadway production of Distracted with Cynthia Nixon.
Kryztov Lindquist (1975) played the Soothsayer in Antony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC.
Nancy Sellin (1972) self-published her memoir: Avoid Mosquitoes--and Other Impossibilities.
Brandon Wilson (1975) will set off to trek over 1,200 miles on the recently formed Via Alpina (red route), from Trieste, Italy to Monaco. The 161-stage hut-to-hut trail crosses eight countries. Upon its completion, Wilson will write a new book, his fourth, to help preserve and promote the discovery of mountain cultures and peace thru trekking.
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1980's
Jim Anderson (1987) lives in Aiken, South Carolina where he is involved with the Aiken Community Playhouse.
Holly Martin Baker (1986) is in Big River, along with her twelve year old son Billy, at The Aloha Theater in Kainaliu, Hawaii.
Kim Brockington (1980) continues to play Felicia on The Guiding Light. On stage she appeared in Angela's Mixtape at the Ohio Theatre in NYC.
Michael J. Burg (1985) had a guest appearance on NBC's Kings.
Angela Theresa Egic (Collins) (1986) is about to become an official NYC Tour Guide. She continues to act and write and can usually be found at Manhattan Theatre Source or 13th Street Theatre.
Johanna Day (1984) is on Broadway in August: Osage County.
Brad DePlanche (1983) played Harlequin in Triumph of Love at the Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, TN.
Melissa James Gibson's (1984) new play This will make its works premiere at Playwrights Horizons in New York and will star Parker Posey.
Elias Koteas (1983) is in the feature film The Haunting in Connecticut.
Susan Lee Mitchell (1980) is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
Stephen Peluso (1988) has a cameo in the current season of E!'s The Girls Next Door.
Christopher Poole (1988) just completed shooting the second season of Wipeout for ABC and was promoted to Senior Producer.
Kimberly Rimbold (1982) is a Senior Business Representative Supervisor for Production Contracts at Actors' Equity Association.
Raven Nalika Rose (1988) (aka Nita Dave) is working on the web series The Horrible Terrible Misadventures of David Watkins.
Thomas Watkins (1981) serves on the board of directors of the Lake Region Community Theatre in Casco, Maine. He is currently producing and starring in their production of My Fair Lady.
Coco Weil (1980) lives in Honolulu where she is a theatre teacher and director.
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1990's
Lena Armstrong (1992) graduated from Goddard College with a degree in Environmental Entrepreneurship with a focus on fashion. She lives in New York and is a member of the WorkShop Theatre Company.
Brendan Averett (1993) is currently performing in Don't Dress for Dinner at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago.
Anna Clinton (1990) lives in Massachusetts where she works as a psychotherapist.
Sean Derry (1994) is the artistic director of Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company in Cleveland, Ohio
Chris Eakman (1990) is a firefighter/paramedic in Glendora, CA.
Karen Eyo (1990) starred in the short film, Your Script, at the London Film Academy
Troy Garity (1995) plays Becker in the feature film My One and Only which stars Renee Zellweger.
Sylvia Jefferies (1995) plays Tracy in the HBO series Eastbound and Down. She is currently shooting the feature film Just Mercy.
Wesley John (1992) had a guest-starring role on NBC's television series Chuck.
Kate Kraay (1997) recently performed in The Three Musketeers at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. She is currently on stage in Top Girls at the Sound Theatre Company and this summer she will perform in I Hate Hamlet at Second Story Repertory.
Paige McAllister (1995) lives in California where she is busy juggling motherhood, acting and politics.
Racheal McCaig (1993) has been commissioned by Energizer batteries to write a mommy blog.
Kerry Melachouris (1998) is understudying a role in Theatre West's production of The Pied Piper.
Zuleikha Robinson (1997) had a guest spot on the popular television series Lost.
Kevin Sanders (1991) has self-published his novel Misguided Love.
Steven Sendor (1995) produces kids'/family theatrical productions in and around New York City.
Grace Shen (1993) played Fifi in The Big Funk as part of Theatre 68's Shanley Festival in Los Angeles.
David Snelgrove (1997) played Detective Trotter in The Mousetrap for Drayton Entertainment and Randall in The Wild Guys at The Grand Theatre, both in Ontario, Canada.
EJ Ndeto Taylor (1992) is the assistant director of the Palo Alto Children's Theatre.
Michael Wilhelm (1990) played Simon in I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda, produced by All for One productions in Fort Wayne, IN.
Missy Yager (1990) will star in This is Our Youth at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The production, produced by Los Angeles Theatre Works, will be broadcast on their nationally syndicated radio theatre series, "The Play's the Thing."
Maeve Yore (1998) was in A New Theory of Vision at the Kraine Theatre in NYC.
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2000's
Robert Adamson (2004) has three films coming out this year: the Disney film called Princess Protection Program; a teen comedy titled The Prankster and Devolved, a satire on Lord of the Flies.
Derek Ahonen's (2001) play, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side opens at PS 122 in June.
Emily Falkenstein Allerton (2004) is a back-up singer for Norman Brown. She will appear with him at the Playboy Jazz Festival, The Newport Jazz Festival and the long Beach Jazz Festival.
Ashley Anderson (2007) co-starred in the WorkShop Theater Company's Off-Off Broadway production She Said, She Said.
Marjorie Bryant (2007 Eve) has booked roles on television and on stage in NYC.
Adam Chambers (2002) had a guest spot on television's Criminal Minds.
Jennifer Fouché (2007) was in the ensemble of the Flea Theatre's production of Kaspar Hauser: a Foundling's Opera in NYC.
Olga George (2001) teaches the Meisner technique at Theatre of Change in Athens, Greece.
Jessica Goldstein (2008) played Sonia in the Outrageous Fortune Company's production of Our Lady of 121st Street at Queens: Theater in the Park.
Sten Jacobs (Stephan Rumphorst) (2005) directed Ghettolovestory at Rathaus Schšneberg in Berlin and produced and will act in The Fisherman and His Wife, a play which will tour Germany.
Andre Jackson (2002) plays Simba in the national tour of The Lion King.
Puy Navarro (2001) is working with the Spanish Repertory Theatre in NYC on their production of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.
Gwen Sisco (2008) directed the play Beirut for the Manhattan Repertory Theatre. Jonathan Schlieman (2007) and Naomi McDougall-Jones (2008) were in the cast.
Frank Soto (2007) (aka Clifford Rivera) has been at work on several films, television series and developing his stand-up comedy routine.
Harmon Walsh (2004) had a guest starring role on Gossip Girl. Harmon had a scene with New York Times theatre critic, Charles Isherwood, and was written up in the March 8th Theatre section of the newspaper.
Elizabeth Wehner (2000) is a resident artist at the International Opera Center of America, in Orlando, FL, where she recently sang the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Jacque Wilke (2006) was in Don't Dress for Dinner at the North Coast Repertory Theatre in San Diego,in a role she will reprise at the same theatre this summer. Currently she is in the world premiere of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love the adapted short stories of Raymond Carver at the 10th Avenue Theater, also in San Diego.
Breane Wood (2005) co-starred in All the Dirt on You at the Barrow Group in NYC.
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Celebrating:
Dave Gearin (2004) and Joanna Andretta Gearino (2004) who met in the Evening School Division in 1982, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this spring.
Paula Burton Bain (2004) and Tom Bain (2000) are the proud parents of baby Olivia.
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The Alumni Office receives many updates. If you have sent us news and it does not yet appear here please look for it next month. We always love to hear from you. Send us your news
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April 2009
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1940's
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Kirk Douglas
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1960's
Yusef Bulos (1963) is currently performing in An Oresteia at Classic Stage Company in NYC. This summer Yusef will be at Williamstown Theatre Festival in The Torch Bearers.
William Devane (1961) played Dr. Dix in the CBS television movie Jesse Stone: Thin Ice.
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Danny DeVito |
Mart Hulswit (1961) after 36 years in the industry and with 12 years of service as Executive Director of the Episcopal Actors' Guild of America, a non-profit dedicated to sustaining the careers of actors, and to providing scholarships for acting students. Mart retired as Executive Director Emeritus, and was honored by the Guild with the establishment of the annual "Mart Hulswit Scholarship," which will go to an AADA student in perpetuity.
Kathryn Laughlin (1961) is a casting director and teacher in Tampa FL.
Margaret Strom (1967) lives and works outside Washington, DC where she regularly works in business theatre in training groups for various government institutions and agencies. She narrates books on tape for the Library of Congress and appeared in two episodes this season on ABC's What Would You Do?
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1970's
Greg Breck (1979) is the Sr. Vice President and Managing Director for Legend Global Search, a staffing and recruitment firm.
Sheila Brodie-Levin (1978) is a psychotherapist currently employed at Stanford University's Vaden Health Center in counseling and psychological services.
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Michael Countryman |
Evelyn Cramer (1977) is now retired after spending 20 years as a television news anchor.
Leslie Franklin (1972) earned a law degree from UCLA and currently serves as an ambassador for an organization called Donate Life, an organ and tissue donor registry.
Roxanne Zambrano Kind (1977) teaches at the Middle schools in San Clements, CA and has directed Alice in Wonderland at the community center.
Mimi Lieber (1976) is in the Off-Broadway production of Distracted with Cynthia Nixon.
Kryztov Lindquist (1975) played the Soothsayer in Antony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC.
Nancy Sellin (1972) self-published her memoir: Avoid Mosquitoes--and Other Impossibilities.
Brandon Wilson (1975) will set off to trek over 1,200 miles on the recently formed Via Alpina (red route), from Trieste, Italy to Monaco. The 161-stage hut-to-hut trail crosses eight countries. Upon its completion, Wilson will write a new book, his fourth, to help preserve and promote the discovery of mountain cultures and peace thru trekking.
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1980's
Jim Anderson (1987) lives in Aiken, South Carolina where he is involved with the Aiken Community Playhouse.
Holly Martin Baker (1986) is in Big River, along with her twelve year old son Billy, at The Aloha Theater in Kainaliu, Hawaii.
Kim Brockington (1980) continues to play Felicia on The Guiding Light. On stage she appeared in Angela's Mixtape at the Ohio Theatre in NYC.
Michael J. Burg (1985) had a guest appearance on NBC's Kings.
Angela Theresa Egic (Collins) (1986) is about to become an official NYC Tour Guide. She continues to act and write and can usually be found at Manhattan Theatre Source or 13th Street Theatre.
Johanna Day (1984) is on Broadway in August: Osage County.
Brad DePlanche (1983) played Harlequin in Triumph of Love at the Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, TN.
Melissa James Gibson's (1984) new play This will make its works premiere at Playwrights Horizons in New York and will star Parker Posey.
Elias Koteas (1983) is in the feature film The Haunting in Connecticut.
Susan Lee Mitchell (1980) is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
Stephen Peluso (1988) has a cameo in the current season of E!'s The Girls Next Door.
Christopher Poole (1988) just completed shooting the second season of Wipeout for ABC and was promoted to Senior Producer.
Kimberly Rimbold (1982) is a Senior Business Representative Supervisor for Production Contracts at Actors' Equity Association.
Raven Nalika Rose (1988) (aka Nita Dave) is working on the web series The Horrible Terrible Misadventures of David Watkins.
Thomas Watkins (1981) serves on the board of directors of the Lake Region Community Theatre in Casco, Maine. He is currently producing and starring in their production of My Fair Lady.
Coco Weil (1980) lives in Honolulu where she is a theatre teacher and director.
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1990's
Lena Armstrong (1992) graduated from Goddard College with a degree in Environmental Entrepreneurship with a focus on fashion. She lives in New York and is a member of the WorkShop Theatre Company.
Brendan Averett (1993) is currently performing in Don't Dress for Dinner at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago.
Anna Clinton (1990) lives in Massachusetts where she works as a psychotherapist.
Sean Derry (1994) is the artistic director of Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company in Cleveland, Ohio
Chris Eakman (1990) is a firefighter/paramedic in Glendora, CA.
Karen Eyo (1990) starred in the short film, Your Script, at the London Film Academy
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Troy Garity |
Sylvia Jefferies (1995) plays Tracy in the HBO series Eastbound and Down. She is currently shooting the feature film Just Mercy.
Wesley John (1992) had a guest-starring role on NBC's television series Chuck.
Kate Kraay (1997) recently performed in The Three Musketeers at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. She is currently on stage in Top Girls at the Sound Theatre Company and this summer she will perform in I Hate Hamlet at Second Story Repertory.
Paige McAllister (1995) lives in California where she is busy juggling motherhood, acting and politics.
Racheal McCaig (1993) has been commissioned by Energizer batteries to write a mommy blog.
Kerry Melachouris (1998) is understudying a role in Theatre West's production of The Pied Piper.
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Zuleikha Robinson |
Kevin Sanders (1991) has self-published his novel Misguided Love.
Steven Sendor (1995) produces kids'/family theatrical productions in and around New York City.
Grace Shen (1993) played Fifi in The Big Funk as part of Theatre 68's Shanley Festival in Los Angeles.
David Snelgrove (1997) played Detective Trotter in The Mousetrap for Drayton Entertainment and Randall in The Wild Guys at The Grand Theatre, both in Ontario, Canada.
EJ Ndeto Taylor (1992) is the assistant director of the Palo Alto Children's Theatre.
Michael Wilhelm (1990) played Simon in I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda, produced by All for One productions in Fort Wayne, IN.
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Missy Yager |
Maeve Yore (1998) was in A New Theory of Vision at the Kraine Theatre in NYC.
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2000's
Robert Adamson (2004) has three films coming out this year: the Disney film called Princess Protection Program; a teen comedy titled The Prankster and Devolved, a satire on Lord of the Flies.
Derek Ahonen's (2001) play, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side opens at PS 122 in June.
Emily Falkenstein Allerton (2004) is a back-up singer for Norman Brown. She will appear with him at the Playboy Jazz Festival, The Newport Jazz Festival and the long Beach Jazz Festival.
Ashley Anderson (2007) co-starred in the WorkShop Theater Company's Off-Off Broadway production She Said, She Said.
Marjorie Bryant (2007 Eve) has booked roles on television and on stage in NYC.
Adam Chambers (2002) had a guest spot on television's Criminal Minds.
Jennifer Fouché (2007) was in the ensemble of the Flea Theatre's production of Kaspar Hauser: a Foundling's Opera in NYC.
Olga George (2001) teaches the Meisner technique at Theatre of Change in Athens, Greece.
Jessica Goldstein (2008) played Sonia in the Outrageous Fortune Company's production of Our Lady of 121st Street at Queens: Theater in the Park.
Sten Jacobs (Stephan Rumphorst) (2005) directed Ghettolovestory at Rathaus Schšneberg in Berlin and produced and will act in The Fisherman and His Wife, a play which will tour Germany.
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Andre Jackson |
Puy Navarro (2001) is working with the Spanish Repertory Theatre in NYC on their production of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.
Gwen Sisco (2008) directed the play Beirut for the Manhattan Repertory Theatre. Jonathan Schlieman (2007) and Naomi McDougall-Jones (2008) were in the cast.
Frank Soto (2007) (aka Clifford Rivera) has been at work on several films, television series and developing his stand-up comedy routine.
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Harmon Walsh |
Elizabeth Wehner (2000) is a resident artist at the International Opera Center of America, in Orlando, FL, where she recently sang the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Jacque Wilke (2006) was in Don't Dress for Dinner at the North Coast Repertory Theatre in San Diego,in a role she will reprise at the same theatre this summer. Currently she is in the world premiere of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love the adapted short stories of Raymond Carver at the 10th Avenue Theater, also in San Diego.
Breane Wood (2005) co-starred in All the Dirt on You at the Barrow Group in NYC.
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Celebrating:
Dave Gearin (2004) and Joanna Andretta Gearino (2004) who met in the Evening School Division in 1982, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this spring.
Paula Burton Bain (2004) and Tom Bain (2000) are the proud parents of baby Olivia.
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