Successful Graduates

  • Jeanne T. Arrigo, Singer/Songwriter with a self-produced album released in 2005 (www.jeannetarrigo.com); actor and self-employed school psychologist in two suburban districts, Chicago, IL.
  • Melanie Bishop, Professional Stage Manager, Chicago IL.
  • Kristi Cockrell is in her second year of graduate school at the University of California San Diego. She recently joined Actors' Equity, a union for professional actors and stage managers. Earlier this year she worked on the La Jolla Playhouse production of Most Wanted with Michael Greif. Currently she is working on the winter dance show.
  • Keith Dixon, Director of Production for Wesley Morris Enterprises, Burbank, CA.
  • Beth Hoffman Faeth, Pastor at UCC Congregational Church, River Falls, WI.
  • Ginny Finn, Lawyer, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Cherie "Rhubarb" Gallinati, Estimator and Project Manager at SECOA, as well as a Freelance Lighting Designer in the Twin Cities, MN area.
  • Wendy Hamilton, Special Events Manager for Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD.
  • Matthew Hemesath, is a free-lance costume designer in New York City and a member of United Scenic Artists. He was recently assistant costume designer for Cymbeline at Lincoln Center and for the national tour of Jersey Boys. He works regularly on the wardrobe staff of NBC's The Today Show and Saturday Night Live as well as on ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live. In June of 2008, he will design Little Shop of Horrors for the Paper Mill Playhouse. His website is: www.matthewhemesath.com.
  • David Hoth, Props Master, Denver Theatre Center.
  • Mo (Bayles) Moss '89 is a full-time voiceover artist and on-camera actor. She does local and regional work in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area as well as national broadcast and industrial projects. www.veronicamarch.com.
  • Josh Odor, a 2000 sociology grad who minored in theater and religion, plays University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal in the "The Express," a motion picture about Ernie Davis, the Syracuse running back who in 1961 became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
  • Dean Packard, Technical Director, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
  • Randall Presswood, Manager of Performing Arts Center, Bloomsberg, PA.
  • Kerry Sanders, Film Designer/Set Director, Chicago, IL.
  • Kathy Schmitt, Resident Actress at Conklin Players Dinner & Starlight Theatre, Bloomington / Peoria, IL.
  • Beck Sloca, Director of Law and Business Affairs for MTV, Santa Monica, CA.
  • John Suchomel, Managing Artistic Director for Temple Circle Theatre, Temple, TX.