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Celebrating 125 Years of Excellence. Founded in 1884, the First and Finest Acting School in America.
▶ Alumni News
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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1960's
Sandy Martin's (1969) television credits include Weeds, Saving Grace and Nip Tuck, among others. She can currently be seen playing the recurring role of Selma on HBO's Big Love. Some of her film credits include The Great Buck Howard, and more recently Marley and Me.
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1970's
Jordan Baker (1979) will headline the Mint Theatre Company's production of Is life Worth Living? The Mint, based in NYC, is dedicated to producing revivals of plays. Jordan will star in this production with her husband, Kevin Kilner.
Rutherford Cravens (1970) has been working in theatre, television and film. He can be seen in the upcoming HBO film The Temple Grandin Story, which Gil Bellows (1987) Executive Produces. Rutherford is the Executive Director of the Shakespeare Globe Centre of the Southwest.
Cristina Fontanelli (1977), an opera singer, performed at the St Ann's Feast in Hoboken, NJ. Next month she can be seen at The Hideout in Lake Ariel, PA and the Feast of Rocco in Pittsburgh.
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1980's
David Brian Alley (1989) is an artist-in-residence at the Clarence Brown Theatre at the University of Tennessee. He is beginning rehearsals there for the role of Steve Hubbell in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Hélène Cardona (1989) worked on Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, which will be released in August.
Wendy Haines (1989) recently had guest-starring roles on iCarly and The Unit and can be seen in commercials for Jack in the Box and Kleenex. Wendy gave birth to her son Kano Lev Gordon in April, 2009.
Kerri Reed (1987) is living in San Bernardino where she is active in theatre and has performed with the Redlands Shakespeare Festival.
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1990's
Denise Barnard (1997) has acted, directed, written, produced and stage managed at several small theatres in the Los Angeles area. Denise is currently singing in a rock and roll cover band and working on film projects.
Adrien Brody (Summer) will star in the psychological thriller The Experiment.
Leanna Elrod (1999) is an attorney in northeast Georgia. In her spare time she writes comedy under a pseudonym.
William Fichtner (1980) plays the recurring role of Phil Yagoda, a TV producer, on HBO's Entourage.
Will Gartshore (1996) performed his cabaret Perfect/Finite on July 11 at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. His cabaret has been called "an eclectic combination of pop, rock, and contemporary theater songs of auspicious beginnings, messy endings, and love's beautiful flaws."
Chris Hana (1994) is in the American Film Institute student film Rain and has worked on an episode of My Name is Earl.
Sylvia Jefferies (1995) just wrapped the first season of the HBO series Eastbound and Down. She can be seen in theatres later this summer in the feature film H2, the Halloween thriller.
Paul Rudd (1991) will star in the feature film How Do you Know? with Owen Wilson and Reese Witherspoon.
Don Scime (1994) stars in the indie film The David Dance.
Anjelica Sosa (1999) graduated in December from San Diego State University with a BA in Political Science. She is currently studying for the LSATs and intends to apply to law school next fall.
Carrie Yaeger (1999) has worked on numerous television series and in films. Her recent credits include roles on Gossip Girl, Rescue Me and 30 Rock.
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2000's
Victoria Connett (2004) has had a busy year. She has completed five short films and a BBC radio drama and is about to start filming a guest role on the BBC soap, Doctors.
Chelsey Crisp (2003) is working on a feature film along with fellow Academy alum Eric Nenninger (1999).
Lorraine Delgado-Amador (Eve, 2005) is a quality control biochemist at GlaxoSmithKline and a Masters candidate at Drexel University in the arts administration program. This October Lorraine will play the role of Marela in the Philadelphia premiere of Anna in the Tropics.
Yohanna Idha Hedlund (2004) shot the horror film Madness which was presented at the Cannes Film Festival this year. This summer she is shooting the short film Blind Date and a pilot for a Swedish television series.
Matthew Dutch Marich (2005) appears in the film Jelly, which will be released later this summer, with the late Ed McMahon and Hayley Marie Norman (2004).
Naomi McDougall Jones (2008) co-wrote, along with Jonas Cohen (Faculty), and co-stars in May-December with the Nose and Clammy. The play will be performed in August at the Cherry Pit Theatre as part of the NY International Fringe festival.
Pete Mizzo (2005) was in the long running show Line at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre in NYC. He has completed work on the indie films, Dark Passages, Skin Deep and The Frappinos all which are due out later this year.
Ron Waidlich (2009) booked his first acting gig performing in the bus tour of Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus Tour.
Darcie Young (2003) gave birth to a baby boy Zachary Liam Young LeBourn.
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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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July 2009
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1960's
Sandy Martin's (1969) television credits include Weeds, Saving Grace and Nip Tuck, among others. She can currently be seen playing the recurring role of Selma on HBO's Big Love. Some of her film credits include The Great Buck Howard, and more recently Marley and Me.
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1970's
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Jordan Baker
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Rutherford Cravens (1970) has been working in theatre, television and film. He can be seen in the upcoming HBO film The Temple Grandin Story, which Gil Bellows (1987) Executive Produces. Rutherford is the Executive Director of the Shakespeare Globe Centre of the Southwest.
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Cristina Fontanelli
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1980's
David Brian Alley (1989) is an artist-in-residence at the Clarence Brown Theatre at the University of Tennessee. He is beginning rehearsals there for the role of Steve Hubbell in A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Hélène Cardona
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Wendy Haines (1989) recently had guest-starring roles on iCarly and The Unit and can be seen in commercials for Jack in the Box and Kleenex. Wendy gave birth to her son Kano Lev Gordon in April, 2009.
Kerri Reed (1987) is living in San Bernardino where she is active in theatre and has performed with the Redlands Shakespeare Festival.
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1990's
Denise Barnard (1997) has acted, directed, written, produced and stage managed at several small theatres in the Los Angeles area. Denise is currently singing in a rock and roll cover band and working on film projects.
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Adrien Brody
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Leanna Elrod (1999) is an attorney in northeast Georgia. In her spare time she writes comedy under a pseudonym.
William Fichtner (1980) plays the recurring role of Phil Yagoda, a TV producer, on HBO's Entourage.
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Will Gartshore
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Chris Hana (1994) is in the American Film Institute student film Rain and has worked on an episode of My Name is Earl.
Sylvia Jefferies (1995) just wrapped the first season of the HBO series Eastbound and Down. She can be seen in theatres later this summer in the feature film H2, the Halloween thriller.
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Paul Rudd
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Don Scime
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Anjelica Sosa (1999) graduated in December from San Diego State University with a BA in Political Science. She is currently studying for the LSATs and intends to apply to law school next fall.
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Carrie Yaeger
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2000's
Victoria Connett (2004) has had a busy year. She has completed five short films and a BBC radio drama and is about to start filming a guest role on the BBC soap, Doctors.
Chelsey Crisp (2003) is working on a feature film along with fellow Academy alum Eric Nenninger (1999).
Lorraine Delgado-Amador (Eve, 2005) is a quality control biochemist at GlaxoSmithKline and a Masters candidate at Drexel University in the arts administration program. This October Lorraine will play the role of Marela in the Philadelphia premiere of Anna in the Tropics.
Yohanna Idha Hedlund (2004) shot the horror film Madness which was presented at the Cannes Film Festival this year. This summer she is shooting the short film Blind Date and a pilot for a Swedish television series.
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Hayley Marie Norman
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Naomi McDougall Jones (2008) co-wrote, along with Jonas Cohen (Faculty), and co-stars in May-December with the Nose and Clammy. The play will be performed in August at the Cherry Pit Theatre as part of the NY International Fringe festival.
Pete Mizzo (2005) was in the long running show Line at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre in NYC. He has completed work on the indie films, Dark Passages, Skin Deep and The Frappinos all which are due out later this year.
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Ron Waidlich
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Darcie Young (2003) gave birth to a baby boy Zachary Liam Young LeBourn.
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