Muhlenberg Theatre Alumni Activities:

• Michael Biren ‘08, acting/dancing in the International Tour of Cinderella starring Tony Award winner Lea Salonga.
• Melissa Buffaloe ’08 is a stage management intern at the Walnut Street Theatre.
  
• Amy Chrzanowski ’08 is an intern at Disney World in Orlando, FL.
  
• Charlotte Sachetti ’08 is a production manager for Royal Carribbean Cruise Lines.
  
• Colleen Sherry ’08 is a stage management intern at Julliard in New York City.
• Brooke Steinhauser '08 received the 2008 Katzenberger Foundation Art History Internship at the Smithsonian Institution. She served in the education department at the National Portrait Gallery.
• Erica Hunt ’08 is pursuing her MFA in stage management from UNLV.
• Jake Nelson ‘08 is pursuing his MFA in lighting design at the University of California Davis.
• Benji Shaw '07 is an assistant to the President of Disney Theatricals.
• Kim David ’07 stars as Madeleine in the ArtsPower National Touring Company of Madeleine and the Bad Hat.
• Chris Sheer'07 is performing with New York Circus Arts in Takura: A Contemporary Circus Faerie Tale at the Rose Nagleberg at Baruch College in NYC. He was a 2007 Acting Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival of New American Plays, Peterborough Players in New Hampshire.
• Liz J. Millea '07 played Maria in The Sound of Music and performed in Snowderella at Circa '21 Dinner Theatre. 
• Megan Prima'07 designed the costumes for a  play called "The Why" for the Simpatico Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
• Patricia Sorbie’07 completed a one year program in scenic painting at Yale School of Drama.
• Lauren Shetler ’07 is a graduate student at Alvernia College getting her degree in Secondary Ed Bio and Special Education.
• Amanda Johnson ’07 is the Finance Manager for Broadway Asia.
  
• Bonnie MacDonald ’07 is the Special Events Manager at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.
• Katie Most '07 is the Calderwood Pavilion House Manager at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, MA and a freelance Equity stage manager.
• Kristy Greener '06 is the full-time drama teacher/productions director at The Langley Private School in Mclean, VA.
• Kristina Sneshkoff ’06 is in the MFA program at Florida State University studying costume design.
• Becca Schneider ’06 is an Operations Manager for Marquee Merchandise in New York, NY.
• Sarah Hogrefe'06, is enrolled in the MFA program at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.
• Erica Cenci '06, is a professional actor with the National Tour of Cats as Rumpleteaser. 
• Kate Foretek'06 continues her job as Assistant Audio Coordinator at Lehigh University for the Zoellner Arts Center and has recently designed fo the Virginia Stage Company.
• Jon Reimer'06 is teaching English, working as a translator, and directing plays in Tokyo, Japan.
• Courtney Romano '06 is a working actor in New York and will be appearing in 42nd Street at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA. She most recently played Lois Lane/Bianca in the production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate at the Glimmerglass Opera Theatre in Cooperstown, New York.
• George Psomas '05 won an ensemble role in upcoming Lincoln Center Theater revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific in NYC.
• Jessica Warchal'05 is beginning her MFA program at Temple University and received a teaching assistantship in Temple University's Dance Department.
• Jamie McKittrick '05 continues to perform in national tours with the Philadelphia-based Enchantment Theatre Company and is serving as rehearsal director for the current production of The Velveteen Rabbit.
• Leah Elizabeth Goldstein '05 is earning a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from Fordham and continuing her acting career. She was the female lead in "Natural Causes" which is currently doing the film festival circuit.
• Melissa Cooper '05 is the Tour Coordinator for Koresh Dance Company.
• Madeline Hoak '05 is a member of the Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company in New York City. She is also a dance/theatre educator for Young Dancers in Repertory.
• Frank Grande-Marchione '05, works as a professional actor in the ensemble cast and as Eddie understudy in Mama Mia! on Broadway. He was previously the principle role of Boots in the National Tour of Dora the Explorer Live!
• Rebecca Lindsey '05 has worked with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre for two seasons and will serve as the Tour Manager and ASM of The Bachelors in 2008. She is currently ASM for the American Players Theater.
• Tim Gross '05 is working actor in Philadelphia; he recently played Proteus in Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival's Two Gentlemen of Verona.
• Debbie Lutz ‘05 is Marketing Coordinator for Big Honcho Media, an entertainment promotions company in New York City.
• Lauren Scattolini '05  is currently the Assistant Master Electrician at Actor’s Theater of Louisville.
• Annie Simon’05 is attending NYU's graduate program in Costume Design.
• Kristy Greener'05 is the full-time drama teacher/productions director at The Langley Private School in Mclean, VA. She teaches Middle School drama and public speaking and directs productions for Langley.
  
• Jessica Ball '05 - performed in the 2006 National Tour of Oklahoma! in the ensemble and understudy for the role of Laury.
• Jenny Peters '05 performed in the National Tour of 42nd Street. She now works for Broadway in the Dells, a new theater in WI, as a singer/dancer in their Broadway review shows.
• Noelle Tate'05 is an Education Outreach Coordinator at the Visual Arts Center in Summit, N.J.
• Crystal Smart '05 Sales Director/Business Relations Manager for Northern Stage, a professional theatre in White River Junction, VT.
• Matt Moore '04 is enrolled in the PH.D. program in Theatre with an emphasis on directing at Stanford University, CA.
• Matthew Micucci '04  is a working actor in Los Angeles and co-starred on an episode of WB's "What I Like About You."
• Jenn Haltman '04 is the casting assistant at the New York Theatre Workshop.
• Charlotte McIvor '04 is a candidate in the Ph.D program in Performance Studies at University of California, Berkeley, where she received the Eisner Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Directing for her work in Fall 2007 on Charles Mee's Wintertime.
• Ilana Blumenthal ’04 is a Public Relations Associate at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
• Robert Saenz de Viteri '04 is a Production Fellow at the New York Public Theatre.
• Kelly Howe’04 is a candidate in Performance and Public Policy in the Ph.D. program at University of Texas in Austin.  She has been elected to the national board of Theatre of the Oppressed.
• Jen Corman-Greene'03 is doing freelance lighting work in Salem, Oregon.
• Nicole Lomax '03, M.F.A program, Actor’s Studio/New School.
• Kipp Lanham '03, Education Intern, Roundhouse Theatre, Maryland.
• Kelly Howe '03 recieved her M.A. in Theater Studies from the University of Texas, with a specialty in Performance as Public Practice. She is now a candidate in the Ph.D. program.
• Shannon Lambert-Ryan '03, appeared in M. Night Shyamalan's The Village and is appearing in Sweeney Todd at the Alden Theatre in Philadelphia.
• Brian Cordeiro ’03 is the head for the drama program at Bishop Hendricken High School is Warwick, RI.
• Liz Jurist '02 earned an MA in Performing Arts Administration from New York University and is currently the senior sales analyst for Disney Theatrical Productions.
• Michele Yuras '02 is a professional makeup designer www.micheleyuras.com
• Lauren Bachman '02, Stage Manager, Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, R.I.
• Nick Carriere'02, M.F.A. Yale School of Drama.
• Jared Benn'01 is enrolled in the MFA program at Ohio Universty.
• Rachel (Shapiro) Alderman '01, is the Audience Development Associate and Volunteer Coordinator for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, CT. In the past, she was a performer in World Premiere of Where the Wild Things Are and Other Bedtime Adventures, teaching artist for Northlight Theatre's Open Door Ensemble for Seniors and Northlight Theatre Academy for Kids, One-woman Cabaret "Between the Babble: Putting the ART in InARTiculate" at Davenport's Cabaret in Chicago.
• Ryan Gardner '00, Professional Actor, leading role in Winesburg, Ohio and Carpenter at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago.
  
• Keiko Yamamoto '00, M.F.A. degree, Yale School of Drama.
• Angelica Pinna-Perez ’00 is the Director of Program Development and Faculty for Accademia dell’arte in Arezzo, Italy and runs Cevitude Consulting.
• Monica Stufft '00, is enrolled in the Ph. D. program in Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at U. C. Berkeley and recently received the prestigious Dissertation Award from the American Society for Theatre Research.
• Ruben Ortiz '00, completed an M.F.A. in Acting at Rutgers University and is now living in California. He was featured as the matador in the televised "Taco Bell" commercial that premiered on the Superbowl 2008.
• Matthew Allar '00, is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY and a freelance designer.
• Ian Alderman '00, has been seen with the Utah Shakespearian Festival and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.
• Zachary Mannheimer '99, Artistic Director, Subjective Theatre Company, NYC, producing the critically acclaimed version of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger; a daring rendition of Eugene Ionesco's Victims of Duty; and the controversial Mac Wellman play, 7 Blowjobs.
• Eleanor Katz '99 received her MA in acting from the East 15 Acting School in London and recently played Ophelia in Hamlet  and Ann in All My Sons  at the Southwest Shakespeare Festival in Odessa Texas.
• Nicole Carpino '99, Production Administration, New York Shakespeare Festival.
• Eric Werner '97, Peabody Conservatory, National Tour, Peter Pan.
• Jessica Damrow '96, M.F.A. University of California, San Diego.
• Lauren Curnow '96, Julliard School, Artist Certificate of Performance. Wolf Trap Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Opera Company of Philadelphia.
• Lisa Johnson '96, Equity Actor , TV Credits: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, As The World Turns, Another World, One Life to Live.
• Fausto Pineta '95, Equity Actor, Regional Theatre and National Tour Credits include ­ Miss Saigon, The King and I, and New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Off-Broadway credit: Antigone. M.M. Manhattan School of Music.
• Tomoyasu Takai '95 , M.F.A. in Arts Administration, Columbia University.
• Elizabeth Hines ’95, Manager of Accounting Operations for CBS TELEVISION in NYC. Formerly Assistant Finance Manager and Company manager, Richard Frankel Productions, NYC, for Broadway shows: Hairspray (Broadway, Tour & Toronto), The Producers (Broadway, Tour, Toronto, London and Australia), Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway, Tour), Stomp (New York and Tours), and Swing (Broadway, Tour). Also, Bombitty of Errors, Communicating Doors, Forever Tango, Smokey Joe's Café, Necessary Targets, Surviving Grace and Tap Dogs among many other theatre credits. In Film, the award-winning feature comedy, Jingle Hell (Long Island and Thunderbird International Film Festivals).
• Lanie MacEwan '94, off-Broadway credits: Counsellor-at-Law, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice. Regional credits include Jessica in the world premiere of Joe McDonough's Stone My Heart at the Cinncinatti Playhouse in the Park, Olivia in Shakespeare in Hollywood at The Wilma Theater, Esther in the American premiere of Frank McGuinness' Dolly West's Kitchen at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, Linda in Holiday at the Bristol Riverside Theatre, Laura in Glass Menagerie at The Hangar Theatre, and, Effie in The Countess at the Caldwell Theater Company. TV credit: Law and Order; Law and Order: Criminal Intent; All My Children. M.F.A. Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
• Alison Levy '94, Equity actor, Scarlet Pimpernel on Broadway.
• A. Nelson Ruger '93, M.F.A. Syracuse University, Scenic and Lighting Designer: Syracuse Stage, Virginia Stage, Surflight Theater, Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre.
• Karen Gilman '93, Casting director, Public Relations – Warner Bros. Home Video.
• Amy Cohen '93, Assistant Treasurer of the Box Office, Wang Theatre of Boston (now Citi Performing Arts Center), American Repertory Theatre, Boston.
• Cole Bonenberger '93 stage managed the U.S. premiere of Neil Labute's Wrecks, a solo performance piece featuring Ed Harris, at The Public Theater in New York City. Other recent credits include production stage manager for John Guare's The Landscape of the Body and Horton Foote's A Trip to Bountiful at the Signature Theatre Company, Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson for The Acting Company at the Lucille Lortel Theater, and The Taming of the Shrew at the Long Wharf Theater.
• Kam Cheng '91, Equity actor, Miss Saigon, The King and I on Broadway.
• Anthony Azizi '90 – Film: McHale’s Navy, Tomcats, Desert Son, For Richer or Poorer, TV credits: Vince Taylor on Commander in Chief, Mohammed Hassain on Threat Matrix, Rafique and Mamud Rasheed Faheen on episodes of 24 and Petrosh on The Shield among others. He has guest starred on Desperate Housewives, NCIS, Malcolm & Eddie, Breaking News, The West Wing, Gilmore Girls, J.A.G., The Agency, That's Life, Strong Medicine and War Stories.24, Shield, Dragnet, Threat Matrix, JAG.
• Anna Liza Recto '90, casting director, V.P. for Vincent Cirrincione Associates, Ltd. in Los Angeles and a regional alumni contact for Southen L.A. She spent 8 years working as an agent and casting director in NYC before moving to the West Coast to continue her career in the entertainment industry.
• John Hessler '90, M.F.A. in stage lighting, University of Wisconsin, staff member – ETC corporation.
• John Carhart III is co-owner of Reel Life Film LLC, a creative solution for a full service production and post-production company (www.rlf-nyc.com). John served as assistant editor for Rick McKay’s award-winning feature documentary, Broadway: The Golden Age  and has edited the films Kottentail and Easter.  John received his editing training at The Edit Center in NYC in 2001.
• Jill Brewer '86, Performance artist in New York City.
• Nina Strongylou '85, Drama therapist in California.
• John Speredakos '84, Professional actor in theatre, film, and television. Film credits include: The Roost, Wendigo, Rules of Engagement, School Ties. TV credits: Brewster Place , Return to Lonesome Dove, Sirens, Kojak, Law and Order, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Broadway and National Tour Credits: A View From the Bridge, Death of a Salesman. M.F.A: Mason Gross School of the Arts.
• Scott Olson '84, Professor in the theatre department at Columbia College in Chicago; coordinator of all the Acting I classes and the core acting teacher for the Act One graduate Conservatory program.  Company member of Caffeine Theatre in Chicago where he appeared in The Cocktail Party and Translations last season along with directing their production of The Antigone Project.
• Neil Hever '82, Program Director of WDIY, Lehigh Valley Public Radio.
• David Masenheimer '81, Equity actor, Broadway credits include:Les Miserables, Side Show, Ragtime, Scarlet Pimpernel.
• Susan Ilene (Shulman) Johnson '81:Director of Communications, PENN Medicine Development and Alumni Relations. Professional actor whose credits include: TV: Seinfeld, Mad About You, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Nash Bridges, Family Matters, Payne, Film: Nine Months.