Alum Stories

• Beth Appel ’05, writer for the HBO Max Series The Sex Lives of College Girls.
• Michael Barakiva ’91, actor, writer, producer. Founder and Creative Director of Novel Readings.
• Baize Buzan ’10, actor, To Kill a Mockingbird.
• Jason Gray Platt ’06, playwright. Has had work produced at Redbull NYC, Actors Theater of Louisville, Playwright’s Horizons, Playwright’s Center, and more.
• Ianthe Demos ’00, director: Artistic Director of OYL theater company, lecturer in directing and acting at Pace School of Performing Arts.
• Gwen Ellis ’08, actor: Featured roles on TV shows like Genius and Madam Secretary.
• Violeta Picayo ’13, actor: Company member with Bedlam, Associate Artist with SITI company, NYTimes feature on Mary Stuart.
• Rachel Christopher ’08, actor: MFA Brown/Trinity Rep, featured in films like Girl on the Train and numerous regional and NYC theaters.
• Lillian Meredith ’07, director: MFA Brooklyn College, artistic director The Motor Company, alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Directors Lab.
• Erika Amato ’91, actor, singer.
• Ethan Slater ’14, actor, writer: Assassins, Edge of the World, Spongebob Squarepants, The Broadway Musical.
• Lilli Cooper ’12, actor: Tootsie, Edge of the World, Spongebob Squarepants, The Broadway Musical.
• Deadria Harrington ’10, producer: Producing Artist Leadership Team, The Movement Company, Associate Director at New Georges.
• Kelindah Bee Schuster ’15, drag performer, radical educator, producer.
• Jason Blum ’91, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions.
• John Gatins ’90, screenwriter
• Kristy Geslain '02, Lincoln Center, Emmy Winner
• Alexa Alemanni '02, The Librarians (TNT, writer), SAG award recipient, USC Adjunct Faculty
• Sarah Pucillo '02, Summer of '42 Sound Designer
• David O'Leary '02, creator of Project Blue Book
• Jane Pfitsch '03, actor: Angels in America, Spring Awakening
• Greg Russo '03, writer: Mortal Kombat 
• Seth Skylar-Heyn '03, stage management 
• Bill Barclay '03, Musical Director: The Old Globe
• Gordon Leary '03, The Magnificent 7 (composer/lyricist) - off-broadway

Many of our alums have gone on to pursue graduate research in the fields of Theater and Performance Studies.

• Amanda Culp ’09, Vassar College
• Jo Michael Rezes ’18, Tufts University
• Whitney Brady-Guzmán ’18, Tufts University
• Christian Lewis ’17, CUNY Graduate Center
• Charlie O’Malley ’11, Yale School of Drama
• Arianna Gass ’13, University of Chicago
• Conrad Schott ’11, Vassar College
• Alison Matthews ’07, Aberystwyth University
• Li Cornfeld ’06, McGill University
• Ianthe Demos ’00, Pace School of Performing Arts
• Jason Arnold ’95, American University

• Aaron Ethan Green ’12, Lighting and Furniture Designer
• Jasmine Brown ’10, Senior Producer at ABC News
• Darice Murphy ’10, Merchandise Brand Strategist at Netflix
• Hannah Adams ’07, Lawyer working for equal housing rights in NOLA
• Jon Bock ’07, Account Executive at Vanguard Communications
• Ari Barbanelle Kassirer ’00, Executive Director at Winter Walk

The Blacklist

●     Kate Abbruzzese ’08

Corporate

●     Kate Thulin ’11

Fosse/Verdon

●     Ethan Slater ’14

Genius

●     Gwen Ellis ’08

High Maintenance

●     Hannah Bos ’00

●     Kate Thulin ’11

New Amsterdam

●     Conner Marx 09

Orange is the New Black

●     Tanya Wright ’89

●     Alysia Reiner ’92

The Plot Against America

●     Caroline Kaplan ’07

This is Us

●     Christine Hassay ’07

Mr. Robot, War Horse

●      Eliot Vilar '02

Mad Men

●      Alexa Alemanni Torgerson '02

Succession

●      Melissa Miller '02

Somebody, Somewhere

●      Paul Thurcen '00

●      Hannah Bos '00