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Theatre School News v.5 #1
APRIL ADAMS (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, '02) is one of three Artistic Interns at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company through 8/31/01. NARDA ALCORN (BFA, Production Management, '92) is the assistant stage manager for The Lion King on Broadway, New Amsterdam theatre, 214 West 42nd Street, 212/307-4747 or 800/755-4000 (outside NY, NJ, CT), or http://www.ticketmaster.com Open run. TOM ALDREDGE (Acting, GSD) has a recurring role as Hugh DeAngelis (Carmella’s father) on The Sopranos, Sundays, HBO, 8PM. KAREN ALDRIDGE (MFA, Acting, ’01) is in Paris at the moment and will be playing Matilde, the female lead, in LeCostume, an adaptation of the short story written by Can Thimbe, directed by Peter Brook. The show will tour October 2001 through February 2002 in Ireland, England and Spain. ELISE ALIBERTI (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’98) directs the Midwest premiere of Red Herring, Breakdown Theatre, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 773/935-6860, opens 8/17/01 and runs through 9/16/01. (SEE NOTES) GILLIAN ANDERSON (BFA, Acting, '90) plays FBI Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files, Sundays, FOX, 8PM. This coming season will be her 9th. KEVIN ANDERSON (Cert, Acting, ’81) will play Frank Gifford in the TNT film Monday Night Mayhem, air date not yet set. Co-stars include John Turturo as Howard Cosell, Patti LuPone as Emmy Cosell, Brad Beyer as Don Meredith, Eli Wallach as Leonard Goldenson and ZAK ORTH (BFA, Acting, ’92) as Don Ohlmeyer. LARRY BATES (BFA, Acting, ’99) plays Petie Samples in FOX’s Boston Public, 7PM, Mondays. Larry also recently was in Eye to Eye, South Coast Repertory’s Pacific Play Festival, Costa Mesa, CA. JASON BECK (BFA, Acting, ’98 & Staff) has been promoted to the position of Operations Manager at The Theatre School. Jason is the Vice President of the Alumni Board. DALE BENSON (BFA, Acting, ’59) is in Me and My Girl, Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge, Munster IN, 219/836-3255 through 8/19/01. KEVIN HAGAN (MFA, Scene Design, ’96) is the scene designer. MARY JANE BERNARDY-WELLS- SANDER (GSD, ’56) produces and directs The Brini Maxwell Show, which appears on the Time Warner channel 35 in Manhattan (NY), Friday nights, 9:30PM uptown, 8:30PM downtown. More info is at http://www.brinimaxwell.com/ NATALIE BERNING (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’01) has been hired as the Administrative Assistant at Chicago Shakespeare theatre. DAVID BERON (BFA, Acting, ’89) plays Roger in the Dogme95 feature film Reunion that is making the rounds of film festivals including the Avignon Film Festival in NYC last month. ALEX BLATT (BFA, Acting, ’96) was in a staged reading of Tell Me About Ireland, Talisman Theatre Company at the Mercury Theatre here in Chicago, in June. MICHAEL WOLLNER (MFA, Acting, ’98) was also in it. MICHAEL BODEEN (Faculty) and his partner ROB MILBURN (Faculty) created the original music for Chicago: A New Canvas, a 30 minute “sound and light show” for which the north façade of Chicago’s Field Museum has been turned into a huge screen. The music and lights accompany the words of Chicago legends Ben Hecht, George Pullman, Jane Addams, Louis Armstrong, Gwendolyn Brooks, Daniel Burnham and others, read by Chicago actors John Mahoney, Mike Nussbaum, Rondi Reed, Martha Lavey, Frank Galati and others. The show can be seen free of charge beginning at dusk, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through 9/1/01.
THOM BOWERS (MFA, Directing, ’01) has been hired as a FT faculty member at the Latin School here in Chicago. He’ll be teaching Acting and Speech Making, and directing one production a year beginning next month. NICK BOWLING (MFA, Directing, '96) directed a remounting of the Jeff Citation Award winning Eclipse Theatre Company production of Another Part of the Forest, Chicago’s Theatre on the Lake, closed 7/22/01. TIM BRAULT (Staff) was the technical director for In Real Life, About Face Youth Theatre, closed 7/22/01. GEOFF CURLEY (Faculty) designed the scenery. JOHN BRIDGES (Staff) did a production photo call for The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild: a road trip, CollaborAction Theatre at Chicago Dramatists, closed 7/22/01. BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) and JAMIE VANN (BFA, Acting, ’90) were in the cast; JEREMY GETZ (BFA, Lighting Design, ’99) designed the lighting. NICOLE ANNE BRYANT (BFA, Scene Design, ’92) was the lead scenic artist for the entire Soaring area and Pacific Wharf on Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim, CA. Nicole also designed the pilot Ask Rita starring Rita Rudner, and Cooking with the Greats Las Vegas Style which will star famous guest chefs. JULIANNE BUESCHER (BFA, Acting, '89) plays Tennessee in the new Disney feature film The Country Bears, currently in production. She also plays Bree, Frances, and Marjorum on Disney's Weekenders, 7:30AM Saturdays on ABC, Nicole on Cousin Skeeter, Sundays at 5:30PM on Nickelodeon, and Monica on Jim Henson's Dinosaurs on the Disney channel. DEXTER BULLARD (Faculty) directs Bug, A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells, 312/943-8722, opens 8/20/01 and runs through 9/30/01. Dexter is also teaching at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts. (See NOTES) THOM BUMBLAUKAS (BFA, Scene Design, ’92) is the Art Director for the new PBS series Christina Cooks, which airs this summer. E. FAYE BUTLER (BFA Acting program, ‘79-‘80) is in Could It Be Magic? The Barry Manilow Songbook, Mercury Theatre, 3745 N. Southport, 773/325-1700, through 9/9/01. JOEL BUTLER (BFA, Production Management, ’97) is the stage manager for Blue Man Group, Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted, 773/348-4000, open run. P.J. BYRNE (MFA, Acting, '99) just shot the Disney movie Max Keeble's Big Move, scheduled for release 10/5/01. P.J. also just shot national commercials for Trident and Coors Light. ADRIAN CASAS (BFA, Acting, ’99) directs both Leon and Joey, and St. Valentine’s Day Massacre as part of the Heartland Studio theatre One-Act Play Festival, Heartland Studio theatre, 7016 N. Glenwood, 773/338-7258, through 9/1/01. PAULA (KOROLOGOS) CALE (BFA, Acting, ‘93) plays Joanie on Providence, Fridays, NBC, 7PM. Also starring on the show is CONCETTA TOMEI (BFA, Acting, ’75). CAROLINE CAZES (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’00) is working in the Creative Development department of Disney Theatricals in NYC. LESLIE CHARIPAR (MFA, Acting, ’01) is in the Oblivion Theatre production of The Helen Project, The Studio Theatre at The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312/744-6630, opens 8/23/01 and runs through 9/23/01. ( See NOTES) MARY CHASEN (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ‘99 ) is the Assistant Web Designer for the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Mary is also stage managing The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. (See NOTES) CYNTHIA CHILDS (BFA, Production Management, '99) is an office production assistant on Showtime’s Resurrection Boulevard, Tuesdays, 9PM. She is also the Assistant Stage Manager for The Queen of Spades, with Placido Domingo, Los Angeles Opera, Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, 135 N. Grand Ave, LA, 213/972-8001, opens 9/4/01 and runs through 9/25/01. NAN CIBULA-JENKINS (Faculty) will be taking a Leave of Absence from DePaul during the Winter Quarter 01-02 to design the costumes for The Tempest in next year’s Chicago Shakespeare theatre’s season. KELLY COFFIELD (MFA, Acting, ’87) can be seen in the recurring role of Naomi on Once and Again with Sela Ward, Tuesdays, ABC, 9PM. BENJAMIN COHEN (BFA, Theatre Technology, '98) will be getting married on 10/27/01 in Chicago. SCOTT COOPER (MFA, Scene Design, ’95) is the head of theatre at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, FL. Scott is designing both sets and costumes for the shows this Fall, and will be directing later in the year. KELLY CRAVEN (BFA, Stage Management, ’97) lives outside Washington, D.C. and is the Associate Director of Council and Chapter Services at the American College of Radiology, the primary professional organization for radiologists in the U.S. Kelly’s responsibilities are primarily project development and program management for the 54 affiliated chapters and radiologists in residency. Kelly says it’s a lot like theatre, but her weekends are free(!) and radiologist don’t call, “Line”! Next month, Kelly will marry Nash Foster in Charlotte, NC. GEOFF CURLEY (Faculty) designed the scenery for The Taming of the Shrew, Austin Gardens, Lake St. & Forest Ave., Oak Park, IL, 708/524-2050, through 8/25/01. Geoff also designed the scenery for In Real Life, About Face Youth Theatre, closed 7/22/01. TIM BRAULT (Staff) was the technical director for In Real Life. AMMAR DARAISEH (MFA, Acting, ’96) has booked a national 7-Up commercial and a role on a new ABC-TV show called Alias. JASON DENUSZEK (BFA, Acting, ’99) plays Puck and Philostrate in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, through 8/19/01. (See NOTES) PAUL DILLON (BFA, Acting, '86) can be seen in the recurring role of Angelo on The Pretender, now in syndication on TNT, Mondays through Fridays, 6PM. M’EL DOWD (GSD) will be in A Little Night Music, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 860/873-8668 or http://www.goodspeed.org/goh/night.htm opens 9/28/01 and runs through 12/16/01. TRACEY DOWNS (BFA, Acting, ’95) has her film F-STOPS out in the festival circuit. Tracey is also the an assistant to the General Contractor of Volunteers of America, an organization that builds schools and homeless shelters and assists youths in need. ROHANNA DOYLIDA (BFA, Acting, '91) will be in The Substance of Fire with RYAN KITLEY (MFA, Acting, '98), The Theatre, 1420 Maple Avenue, Evanston IL, 847/475-2800, 2/02 through 3/02. Substance will be directed by INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81). RUSSEL DRAPKIN (BFA, Lighting Design, '02) designed the lights for Manifestations of Water, Harold Washington Library theatre, 30 E. Lake, 312/553-5760, opens 9/9/01. This summer Russel was a Lighting Design Intern for The Williamstown theatre Festival in Williamstown MA. BRIGID (GERACE) DUFFY (MFA, Acting, ’67) is in Hedda Gabler, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, through 8/19/01. TOM DWIGHT (BFA, Acting, ’91) lives in Hawaii and recently performed in The Ride, an independent film. He is currently in an original murder mystery show on Waikiki, also in the cast is BRIDGET KELLY (BFA, Acting, ’86). Check out Tom’s website at http://www.geocities.com/onetonstudio SCOTT ELLIS (BFA, Acting, '78) will be directing The Boys From Syracuse at the Roundabout’s new space, the American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St (between 7th & 8th), NYC, in the Spring of 2002. JOEL FINK (BFA, Acting, ’71) is the Associate Dean and director of the Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University. He will be directing their 2001-02 season opening production of Romeo and Juliet, O’Malley Theatre, 431 S. Wabash, 312/341-3719, runs 10/19/01 through 10/21/01. AMANDA FRIEDBERG (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) is doing an Internship in Publicity with Firefly Productions Dogs of War at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland through 8/27/01. Amanda is also the Assistant Director for Robyn Hood of Barnsdale Wood, Equity Library Theatre Chicago, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 847/835-5440, 8/18/01 & 8/19/01. Free. FRANK MERLE (BFA, Playwriting, ’01) is the director; JOHN HOOGENAKKER (BFA, Acting, ’99) is Robyn Hood. JOHN GEGENHUBER (BFA, Acting, ’84) plays the doctor in Earth 2, now in syndication on the SciFi cable channel, 9AM, Sundays. JEREMY GETZ (BFA, Lighting Design, ’99) designed the lighting for The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild: a road trip, CollaborAction Theatre at Chicago Dramatists, closed 7/22/01. BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) and JAMIE VANN (BFA, Acting, ’90) were in the cast. ERIC GILLIOM (BFA, Acting, ’85) will appear in the PBS movie Guiding Light. MIERKA GIRTEN (MFA Acting program, ’92-’93) was profiled in the 8/3/01 edition of PERFORMINK. Mierka was diagnosed with MS nine years ago and created a theatre collective called Mookie Jam, which raises funds to help benefit artists with MS and produced her one-woman show With or Without Wings, a crafting of Mierka’s journals into a humorous and unsentimental story of coping with MS in the middle or pursuing an acting career. The show ran for a month to sold out houses earlier this year at Victory Gardens Theatre. It will be remounted at Victory Gardens, 2257 N. Lincoln, 773/871-3000, 9/7/01 through 9/30/01. Mierka was also in Into The Woods, Theatre on the Lake, closed 8/5/01. TINA GLUSCHENKO (BFA, Acting, ’88) plays Ophelia in Hamlet! The Musical and other Great Explotations, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, through 8/19/01. LARA GOETSCH (Staff) is producing The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. Lara also moderated the Marketing/PR Roundtable Discussion at the League of Chicago Theatre’s annual retreat this past weekend. (See NOTES) ZACH HELM (BFA, Acting, ’96) worked on the script of Raised by Ghosts for MGM which will begin filming in the Fall, directed by Ralph Zondag; finished the re-write of Harvey for Miramax; and adapted a Caldecott Prize winning children’s book, The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups, for Nickelodeon. He is currently working on adapting another Caldecott Prize winning children’s book, Sector 7, for Paramount Pictures, and finishing up his latest play Semasiology. Zach’s script, heT associateDis, is being produced by Lindsay Doran, who produced Spinal Tap and Emma, and used to run MGM. MELANIE HERMANN (MFA, Acting, ’94) lives in LA and traveled to Seattle last month for two weeks of filming in the independent film Big Feet, a comedy about Sasquatch. CHRIS HOFMANN (Staff) is the Technical Director for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. (See NOTES) PAUL HOLMQUIST (BFA, Acting, ’98) is in the Midwest premiere of Red Herring, Breakdown Theatre, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 773/935-6860, opens 8/17/01 and runs through 9/16/01. (See NOTES) JOHN HOOGENAKKER (BFA, Acting, ’00) was in Alice in Wonderland, The Theatre Building, closed 7/22/01. John is also playing Robyn in Robyn Hood of Barnsdale Wood, Equity Library Theatre Chicago, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 847/835-5440, 8/18/01 & 8/19/01. Free. FRANK MERLE (BFA, Playwriting, ’01) is the director; AMANDA RIEDBERG (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) is the assistant director. JASON HORGAN (BFA, Acting program, ‘91-‘93) is Carson in the film Losing Grace starring Leslie Ann Warren and Ronny Cox, which made its premier this past June at the Atlanta Film and Video Festival and is scheduled to be broadcast on HBO next month. Jason is collaborating on a book and is currently in the middle of a 2 month research trip for it traveling to some isolated towns and villages throughout Asia, Eastern Europe and North Africa. He’ll end the trip on a different note by spending 2 weeks in Monte Carlo. TRACY HULTGREN (BFA, Acting, ’85) is the lead singer for the Chicago-based society orchestra The Rob Fund Orchestra. Check out Tracy’s website at http://www.tracehultgren.com JOE TECH HUPPERT (BFA, Theatre Studies, '04) is designing the sound for Northlight Repertory's Over the Tavern, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL, 847/673-6300, runs 10/3/01 through 11/11/01; and Organic Theatre's Painting Churches, The Theatre, 1420 Maple Avenue, Evanston IL, 847/475-2800, runs 11/01/01 through 12/01/01. Churches is directed by INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81). SCOTT ILLINGWORTH (BFA, Acting, '98 & Staff) has begun training as a Feldenkrais Practitioner. He has also been named to the board of Youth Theatre of New Jersey. This summer Scott worked at the Summer Theatre Institute at Columbia University in New York. This 5 week program is designed to give students a sample of conservatory training. Scott assisted with the final production, which is written each year based on the work developed during the classes. In addition, Scott has been named the Assistant Children’s Theatre Director at Theatre of Western Springs and Advisor for the High School Repertory Company. He will be directing Jungalbook at Theatre of Western Springs in November. Congratulations, Scott! BELLA ITKIN (MFA, Directing, ‘43 & Professor Emeritus) and her husband Frank Konrath celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary on 7/29/01. GRANT JAMES (BFA, Acting, ’62) gave us a few of the independent films he’s been in. They include Summer Job, Numbers, Arnie’s Bottomless Cup, Flowers Grown From Powdered Bones, Finding Love, and the feature film, American Generator. He recently signed on as a regular voice for the cartoon series Soul Hunter which is still in production. GENE JANSON (BFA, Acting, ’58) serves on the Artistic Board for the Apple Tree theatre in Highland Park, IL. KATIE JEEP (BFA, Acting, '00) has been accepted into the one-year postgraduate degree program of the Webber Douglas Academy of the Dramatic Arts in London. The school accepted only 8 students, Katie was one of two U. S. citizens accepted. She’ll leave for the program next month. DORCAS JOHNSON (MFA, Acting, ’94) is on the East Coast Committee of the Alumni Board and has started a weekly East Coast Alumni E*Letter. If you want to start getting it, contact her at tshego@hotmail.com JIM JOHNSON (Faculty) is hosting a workshop through today at DePaul University for teachers with guests Catherine Fitzmaurice and Dudley Knight. Jim is also currently volunteering as a voice coach and teacher with a youth theatre group at the Association House of Chicago and is serving as an assistant planner for the VASTA conference being held in Chicago in August. CHARLES JOLLS (Faculty) is the lighting designer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, through 8/19/01. (See NOTES) LAYNI KATZ (MYERS) (BFA, Acting, ’89) sang with the Rick Shandling Jazz Coalition at Port Clinton Square in Highland Park, IL on 7/26/01, with the Andy Meacham Trio at the Gateway Bar & Grill on Chicago’s far north side on 7/27/01, at Katerina’s on Chicago’s northside on 8/10/01, and again with the Rick Shandling Jazz Coalition at the Ridgeville Park District Outdoor Concert in Evanston, IL on 8/12/01. You can hear Layni perform on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30PM in the intimate and classic Palm Court at the Drake Hotel, downtown Chicago, 140 E. Walton. DARIN KEESING (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lights for Cooking with Lard, Lifeline theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood, 773/761-4477, through 8/26/01. NAMBI KELLEY (BFA, Playwriting, '95) shot a pilot called Close to Home. BRIDGET KELLY (BFA, Acting, ’86) lives in Hawaii and is currently performing in an original murder mystery show on Waikiki. Also in the cast is TOM DWIGHT (BFA, Acting, ’91). LISA KELLY (BFA, Acting, ’92) plays Laura Forman in That 70’s Show, Tuesdays, FOX-TV, 7PM. BRIAN KIMMET (BFA, Acting, ’99) played Victor Kovich in the 7/15/01 episode of HBO’s Six Feet Under. RYAN KITLEY (MFA, Acting, '98) is in The Substance of Fire, The Theatre, 1420 Maple Avenue, Evanston IL, 847/475-2800, 2/02 through 3/02, with ROHANNA DOYLIDA (BFA, Acting, '91), and Romeo and Juliet, Pickwick Theatre, 5 S. Prospect, Park Ridge IL, 847/692-6590, 2/02. Both shows are directed by INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81). BRIAN KOESTER (BFA, Acting, ’00) plays Snout, Fairy and the Wall in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, through 8/19/01. (See NOTES) PAUL KONRAD (BFA, Acting, ‘87) can be seen Monday through Friday mornings as the weatherman on WGN-TV’s morning news show. MICHAEL KRAWIC (MFA, Acting, '82) is in John Carpenter's Columbia Tristar/Screen Gems movie Ghost of Mars, scheduled for national release 8/17/01; co-stars include Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge and Pam Grier. BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) was in The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild: a road trip, CollaborAction Theatre at Chicago Dramatists, closed 7/22/01. JAMIE VANN (BFA, Acting, ’90) was also in the cast, JEREMY GETZ (BFA, Lighting Design, ’99) designed the lighting. Beth will also appear in the film Joshua, starring F. Murray Abraham, directed by Jon Purdy, currently in post-production. Also in the cast are LINSEY MORTON (BFA, Acting, ’01) and MATT ZIEGLER (BFA, Acting, ’02). MATT LAMBERT (BFA, Theatre Studies, ‘94) is working in the Bahamas for the next few months (must be rough!) stage managing the new Jimmy Buffet musical Don’t Stop the Carnival at the Atlantic Resort on Paradise Island. JOHNNY LANCASTER (MFA, Acting, '97) will be narrating 13 episodes of the new VH1 documentary show What's My 20?, scheduled to premier in March 2002. Johnny also just shot national commercials for Johnson & Johnson, Wild Cherry Pepsi, Disneyland, and Danimals. JOSH LEVINE (BFA, Playwriting, ’02) is working as a personal assistant to Terrence McNally starting tomorrow. Mr. McNally is in Chicago for the rehearsal and premiere of his new musical, The Visit, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opens 9/23/01 and runs through 10/23/01. Director is Frank Galati, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, and Choreography by Ann Reinking. DANA LEWENTHAL (MFA, Acting, ’97) will be appearing in 'Tis the Season, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, 241 Hargadine, Ashland OR, 541/488-2902, runs 11/14/01 through 12/31/01. LAMAR LEWIS (BFA, Acting, ‘04) plays Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, through 8/19/01. (See NOTES) EMILY LOTSPIECH (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’02) was one of the directors for New Play 2001, Prop Theatre Groups 4th Annual festival of new plays, Chicago Cultural Center, closed 8/5/01. KRISTIN GOODMAN (MFA, Acting, ’98) had a staged reading of one of her plays as part of the festival. JANET LOUER (Faculty) is teaching at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts. (See NOTES) JACK LUCKY (BFA, Theatre Studies, '92) has been promoted to Deputy District Attorney, Grade IV in Los Angeles, CA. GINA MAZZA (BFA, Acting, ’93) is teaching at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts. (See NOTES) TIM MAZUREK (BFA, Costume Design, ’98) is the dramaturg for the Midwest premiere of Red Herring, Breakdown Theatre, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 773/935-6860, opens 8/17/01 and runs through 9/16/01. (SEE NOTES) MOLLY McGRATH (BFA, Costume Design, ’96) did the makeup for Night Light, a live restaging of 9 archival photographs taken in the Chicago Loop area between 1890 and 1976, closed 7/14/01. ANGEL MACLEAN (MFA, Acting, 98) directs House of Yes this month at the Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 248/377-3300 or www3.oakland.edu for more information. TIM MACULAN (BFA Scene Design program, ’81-‘83) has the recurring role of Fr. Jack in HBO’s Six Feet Under. CELIA MADEOY (MFA, Acting, ’91) worked at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD as an Acting Professor and Guest Artist/Choreographer this summer. She was at the Smoky Mountain Shakespeare Festival in Knoxville, TN where she played Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lise in Cyrano. She also headed their Teen Shakespeare program this summer. This month, Celia will return again to Shakespeare and Company to be in a premiere production about Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne called A Tanglewood Tale, and will probably be directing in their Fall Festival of Shakespeare. STACY MAGERKURTH (BFA, Acting, ’00) is in the Oblivion Theatre production of The Helen Project, The Studio Theatre at The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312/744-6630, opens 8/23/01 and runs through 9/23/01. ( See NOTES) JOE MANTEGNA (GSD, Acting, '67-'69) returns in his role as Spencer in the original A&E movie Walking Shadow premiering on Sunday, 8/26/01. Co-stars include Marcia Gay Harden and Eric Roberts. INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81) is the Producing Artistic Director of the Organic Theatre Company, which recently announced its 2001-2002 season. This season Ina will be directing Painting Churches, The Substance of Fire, and Organic's co-production of Romeo and Juliet with Pickwick Theatre. (See NOTES) GINA MAZZA (BFA, Acting, ’93) is teaching at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts. (See NOTES) JIMMY McDERMOTT (MFA, Directing, ’99) is in the Oblivion Theatre production of The Helen Project, The Studio Theatre at The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312/744-6630, opens 8/23/01 and runs through 9/23/01. ( See NOTES) BOB McGARVIE (BFA, Lighting Design, ’85) is the technical director for Steppenwolf Theatre. JESSICA McKENZIE (BFA, Theatre Studies, '99) is employed in the publicity department at Harpo Productions (the company that produces Oprah). KYMBERLY MELLEN (MFA, Acting, ’00) plays Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, through 8/19/01. (See NOTES) FRANK MERLE (BFA, Playwriting, '01) is the Director for Robyn Hood of Barnsdale Wood, Equity Library Theatre Chicago, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 847/835-5440, 8/18/01 & 8/19/01. Free. AMANDA FRIEDBERG (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) is the assistant director; JOHN HOOGENAKKER (BFA, Acting, ’99) is Robyn Hood. SKIP (CRAIG) MICHAEL (BFA, Acting, ’90) was in Cheri, an adaptation of the Colette novel, 15 Head Theatre Lab at The Red Eye in Minneapolis. Skip played two women in it. Skip and his wife Nicky are expecting their first child in October. And for those of you who remember Skip’s son, Cody, well, he’s all of 14 now - my, how time flies. He’s spending the summer with his dad in Minneapolis. ROB MILBURN (Faculty) and his partner MICHAEL BODEEN (Faculty) created the original music for Chicago: A New Canvas, a 30 minute “sound and light show” for which the north façade of Chicago’s Field Museum has been turned into a huge screen. The music and lights accompany the words of Chicago legends Ben Hecht, George Pullman, Jane Addams, Louis Armstrong, Gwendolyn Brooks, Daniel Burnham and others, read by Chicago actors John Mahoney, Mike Nussbaum, Rondi Reed, Martha Lavey, Frank Galati and others. The show can be seen free of charge beginning at dusk, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through 9/1/01. PAUL MILLER (BFA, Lighting Design, ’87) is the First Assistant Light Designer for The Producers, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, St. James Theatre, West 44th between Broadway and 8th, 212/239-6200, NYC, open run. The show won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards, including one for Lighting Design, and has also won the Best Musical Award from the Outer Critics Circle, the New York Drama Critics Circle, and a record-breaking 11 Drama Desk Awards. LINSEY MORTON (BFA, Acting, ’01) will appear in the film Joshua, starring F. Murray Abraham, directed by Jon Purdy, currently in post-production. Also in the cast are BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) and MATT ZIEGLER (BFA, Acting, ’02). Linsey will also be playing Mary Warren in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. (See NOTES) MATT NELSON (Staff) is the Reservations/House Manager for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. (See NOTES) DAVID NEW (BFA, Acting, ’87) was in Arsenic and Old Lace, Peninsula Players, Fish Creek, WI, closed 7/29/01. BEN NEWTON (BFA Acting program, ‘96-’98) was a principal in a Motorola print ad (shot at the Metro here in Chicago) to be seen in Cingular One stores this month. Ben is also in Charlie, Based in Main Theatre Company, Australian Exhibit Center, 114 W. Kinzie, 8/16/01 - 8/18/01, 773/769-3773. RUTH ANN (WEYNA) NIGHTENGALE (BFA, Acting, ‘86) is in As It Is In Heaven, a story about 9 Shaker women, at the Assembly Rooms of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through 8/30/01. The production will then have its NYC premiere at the 78th Street Theatre Lab (where Ruth Ann serves as General Manager) next month, 212/873-9050. GRETCHEN O’CONNELL (BFA, Acting, ’96) was in The Princess and the Swineherd with The Play’s the Thing Theatre Company in NYC, performing in two Upper West Side parks, closed yesterday. MARY O’DOWD (MFA Acting program, ’93-’95) will be playing Mrs. Putnam in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. (See NOTES) ZAK ORTH (BFA, Acting, '92) is in Major Barbara, American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St, NYC, 212/719-1300, through 9/2/01. Wet Hot American Summer in which he plays J.J. and co-stars with Janeane Garafolo, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Meloni and Molly Shannon was released nationally by USA Films on 7/1/01. Zak plays Don Ohlmeyer in the TNT film Monday Night Mayhem, air date not yet set. Co-stars include John Turturo as Howard Cosell, Patti LuPone as Emmy Cosell, Brad Beyer as Don Meredith, Eli Wallach as Leonard Goldenson and KEVIN ANDERSON (Cert, Acting, ’81) as Frank Gifford. Zak and his wife Heidi are also expecting their first child in November. MICHAEL PACAS (MFA, Directing, ’90) is Bartholomew in Corpus Christi as part of Bailiwick Repertory Theatre’s 2001 Pride Series, Bailiwick Theatre Complex, 1226 W. Belmont, 773/883-1090. The production has been extended through 9/3/01. Michael is also in rehearsal for Charlie Sexboots, Boxer Rebellion theatre, 1257 W. Loyola, 773/465-7325, opens 9/13/01. Check Michael’s website at http://www.pacas.ws for more information. LYNNE PALMER (BFA, Costume Design, ’89) worked on CBS’s That’s Life this past season. Lynne and her husband are expecting their first child the end of this month. TOM PARDOE (Certificate, Acting, ’89) will appear on an episode of The Downer Channel, an NBC mid-season replacement comedy produced by Steve Martin which premieres tomorrow, 8/14/01, 7:30PM. And he is in the one hour CBS pilot The Education of Max Bickford, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden. MARY ELLEN PARK (MFA, Costume Design, ’99) designed the costumes for Macbeth, First Folio Shakespeare Festival, on the grounds of the Peabody Estate at the Mayslake Forest Preserve in Oak Brook, IL, closed 7/21/01. KARL HAMILTON (BFA, Acting, ’97) was in the cast. ELIZABETH PERKINS (Cert., Acting, '81) is in the Warner Brothers/Mad Chance film Cats & Dogs, a live action/animation co-starring Jeff Goldblum. Cats & Dogs also features the voices of Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Sean Hayes, and Jon Lovitz. MICHELLE PERRY (BFA, Stage Management, ’01) stage manages the Midwest premiere of Red Herring, Breakdown Theatre, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 773/935-6860, opens 8/17/01 and runs through 9/16/01. (SEE NOTES) ANGELO PETRATOS (BFA, Lighting Design, '95) teaches Lighting Design at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, here in Chicago. AMY PIETZ (BFA, Acting, ’90) plays Martha in The Boswell Sisters, the true story of three Southern girls who continue to influence the interpretation of American popular music, despite a career that lasted less than 10 years in the 1920’s and ‘30’s. It’s co-written by Stuart Ross (Forever Plaid) and Mark Hampton (Full Gallop), and is at the Old Globe Theatre, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, 619/239-2255 or http://theglobetheatres.org through 9/1/01. Amy was in NBC’s The Weber Show, with Stephen Weber and Chris Elliott, this past season. You can also see her as Amy Spedaro in Caroline in the City, now in syndication, WGN, daily at 12:30PM and 2PM. BILL PILETIC, C.M. (BFA Acting program, ’57-’58) is the Director of Vocations, Vincentian Fathers, Province of the West. He also serves as the Provincial Council Secretary, Editor of the CM West Newsletter and is a priest at St. Peter Claver Parish in Simi Valley, CA. RON PIRETTI (MFA, Acting, ’75) returned to Ann Reinking’s annual summer Broadway Theatre Project in Tampa, FL again last month, teaching and directing. In September, Ron will be touring in Northern Ireland in a production of Hughie. LISA PORTES (Faculty) directed a reading of Sweaty Palms as part of the Hispanic Playwrights Project at the Second Stage, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA in June. Lisa also attended the annual League of Chicago Theatres retreat this past weekend. PJ POWERS (BFA, Acting, ’95 & Staff) will be playing Reverend Hale in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. PJ is a member of the Alumni Board. (See NOTES) BILL PULLINSI (GSD) is an associate Artistic Director of Organic Theatre Company. INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81) is the Producing Artistic Director. OLGA RAVASI (BFA, Acting, ’00) is a Model Scout for eModel.com, a company that helps models to be seen by agents all over the world. Olga leaves for Italy and Serbia on 8/15/01. She also shot an Open Road Productions pilot for a TV series called Four Corners, and played Aphrodite in Sappho on Fire, a film that us currently in post production. PHYLLIS RAVEL (FOX) (BFA, Acting, ’74) is the Artistic Director at Marquette University. JOHN C. REILLY (BFA, Acting, '87) played the title role in a staged reading of the Charles Strouse and Lee Adams musical of the Oscar winning 1995 film Marty on 7/19/01 & 7/20/01 in NYC. The plan is to have a 2002 mounting of Marty on Broadway. CONNIE RODERICK (GSD) will be in Stuart Little 2 with Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Nathan Lane and Melanie Griffith scheduled to be released in 2002. MICHAEL ROOKER (BFA Acting, '81) plays Jake in the film Replicant with Jean Claude Van Damme. MARK ROSENTHAL (BFA, Acting, ’88) was on the final episode of CBS’s That’s Life this past season. NANCI CAROL RUBY (MFA, Acting, ’95 & Faculty) is teaching at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts. (See NOTES) LINDY RUSSELL (BFA, Costume Design, '00) has been hired as a permanent supervisor for the wardrobe and costume department for Signature theatre, 3806 S. Four Mile Run Dr, Arlington VA, 703/218-6500, and will be designing the costumes for their production of Zander’s Boat, opens 11/6/01 and runs through 12/16/01. WENDY (RADER) SCHENBERG (BFA, Acting, ’89) was living in LA till 1997, and then moved back home to Indiana. While in LA, Wendy appeared on Beverly Hills 90210, Dave’s World, did a national IBM commercial, and some independent films. She is married and has an almost three year old daughter, Emelyn. Since moving to Indiana, Wendy appeared in Three Days of Rain at the Phoenix Theatre, Paul Robeson at Indiana Repertory, and recently was in The Bonderman Symposium. Wendy has an agent in Chicago and visits there regularly. TODD SCHMIDT (MFA, Directing, ’86) will be directing the regional premiere of Conor McPherson’s St. Nicholas, Victory Gardens Theatre, sometime this Fall. NED SCHMIDTKE (GSD) was in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, closed 8/5/01. KATIE SCHNEIDER (BFA, Playwriting, ’98) is part of Teach for America. It’s a program that places “corps members” in schools in urban and rural school in the U.S. that have a great need for teachers. Corp members commit to teach in their placement schools for 2 years. The program begins with a 5 week summer institute in either Houston, TX or Bronx, NY (Katie was in the Bronx) teaching summer school in collaborative teams and attending professional development sessions, workshops, curriculum/literacy sessions, etc. Katie is deferring her teaching assignment in Chicago for a year. When she begins teaching at her placement school, she will also be attending National-Lewis University and taking graduate level courses in order to become certified to teach in the Chicago Public School system. Katie would be glad to tell you more about the program. You can contact her at schneidy55@hotmail.com LIZ SCHUCH (BFA, Scene Design, ‘02) runs the light board for Blue Man Group, Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted, 773/348-4000, open run. GENE SCHULD (Cert, Acting, '76) will be the fight choreographer for The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Waukesha Civic Theatre, 264 W. Main St, Waukesha WI, 262/547-4911, runs 11/2/01 through 11/18/01. TERRY SELUCKY (BFA, Playwriting, ’01) is the dramaturg for the Oblivion Theatre production of The Helen Project, The Studio Theatre at The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312/744-6630, opens 8/23/01 and runs through 9/23/01. ( See NOTES) NTOZAKE SHANGE (Faculty) will be joining The Theatre School for the 2001-2002 year in a visiting appointment in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Literature during MARTA EFFINGER's (Faculty) leave of absence. (See NOTES) BRIAN SHARPE (BFA, Acting, '99) performed (Brian is a singer/songwriter) at the Ennui Coffee Shop on the north side of Chicago on 7/20/01, and again on 7/27/01 at The Trace on Chicago’s north side as part of a fund raiser for the newly formed Based in Main Theatre Company. LILY SHA (BFA, Acting, ’95) is doing public relations for a film titled Night Light, and for Nake Eye Theatre Company’s Waving Goodbye. Lily is a member of the Alumni Board. KAREN SHERIDAN (MFA, Acting, ’86) received the 2001 Detroit Free Press Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Kate in Dancing at Lughnasa, Meadowbrook Theatre. Karen heads the Theatre area at Oakland University’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance in Michigan. JOE SLOWIK (MFA, Directing, ’51 & Professor Emeritus) is receiving the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2001 from DePaul University. Joe will receive an honorarium, will be honored at this Fall’s Academic Convocation, will be presented with a plaque, and his name will be inscribed on a permanent honor board in the Executive Office of the university. But the really big news is that Joe and his lovely wife Pat celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary on 6/18/01. Congratulations to both of you! SCOTT SMITH (MFA Acting program, ‘78-’80) wrote and directed Sex, Death and Aerobics, a collection of original monologues and one-acts, which is being performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland through 8/18/01. Free previews were shown at the City College of San Francisco in July. TAIT SMITH (BFA, Acting, ’97) plays Hansie in the MGM/United Artists feature film Pumpkin, scheduled for release Fall 2001. Co-stars include Christina Ricci and Brenda Blevin. CHRISTINA STEVENS (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’02) is the Assistant Marketing Director/Intern for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. Christina also volunteered at the League of Chicago Theatre’s annual retreat this past weekend. (See NOTES) JILL STEWART (The Theatre School Advisory Council) was honored with the Publicity Club of Chicago Distinguished Service Award as part of the PCC’s 60th birthday celebration last month. Jill was also elected to the position of 1st Vice President for the Publicity Club of Chicago. JEFF STILL (MFA, Acting, ’89) will be in Mother Courage, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, previews begin 9/13/01, opens on 9/24/01 and runs through 11/4/01. In January 2002, Jeff will be in The Price, Writers’ Theatre Chicago, Books on Vernon, 664 Vernon, Glencoe, IL. PAUL STOVALL (BFA, Acting, ’91) will be directing an Introduction to Performance at The Theatre School this coming Fall Quarter. DEAN TAUCHER (BFA, Scene Design, ’76) is the Production Designer for The Sopranos, Sundays, HBO, 8PM. JASON TERESI (BFA Acting program, ‘91-’93) shot a 20th Century Fox/FX pilot called Straight White Male. Jason also recently booked a role in the independent film A Time Of Fear. KRISTINE THATCHER (Faculty) was Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, First Folio Shakespeare Festival at the Peabody Estate, closed 7/21/01. Also, Kristine will be in the cast of the world premiere of Jeffrey Sweet’s Immoral Imperatives, Victory Gardens theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln, 773/871-3000, opens 9/14/01 and runs through 10/28/01. DENNIS ZACEK (GSD) will also be in the cast. DON TIERI (MFA, Acting, '88) will be appearing in an episode of Dead Last, a new series on the WB Network. Don will be in Chagrin Falls, Stage Left Theatre, 3408 N. Sheffield, 773/883-8830, opens 9/25/01 and runs through 11/3/01. This is part of Stage Left Theatre’s 20th Anniversary Season - Stage Left Theatre was started by a group of Theatre School alums. CONCETTA TOME (BFA, Acting, ’75) plays Lynda on Providence, Fridays, NBC, 7PM. Also starring on the show is PAULA (KOROLOGOS) CALE (BFA, Acting, ’93). MONICA TROMBETTA (BFA, Acting, ’91) has a recurring role on Third Watch, Mondays, NBC, 9PM. BRIAN TROYAN (MFA, Acting, ’02) has been spending his summer as a pirate captain in a virtual reality game at Six Flags Great America in suburban Chicago. MARY TRUMBOUR (BFA, Costume Design, ’01) designs the costumes for the Midwest premiere of Red Herring, Breakdown Theatre, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 773/935-6860, opens 8/17/01 and runs through 9/16/01. (SEE NOTES) JAMIE VANN (BFA, Acting, ’90) was in The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild: a road trip, CollaborAction Theatre at Chicago Dramatists, closed 7/22/01. BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) was also in the cast, JEREMY GETZ (BFA, Lighting Design, ’99) designed the lighting. LISA VELTEN (BFA, Acting, '98) is in the independent film The Misanthrope, currently being filmed. COLLEEN WELSH (BFA, Stage Management, ’02) is interning at the Goodman Theatre on a new musical, The Visit, opening 9/21/01 and running through 10/28/01, directed by Frank Galati. SHANE' (DAVIS) WILLIAMS (BFA, Acting, ‘89) plays Marissa in Early Edition, now in syndication, 6PM and 9PM Mondays through Fridays, and Saturdays at 5PM and 6PM, Fox Family Channel. DAN WINKLER (MFA, Directing, ’00) directs the Oblivion Theatre production of The Helen Project, The Studio Theatre at The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312/744-6630, opens 8/23/01 and runs through 9/23/01. ( See NOTES) DANA WISE (BFA, Acting, ’93) was in Tough!, Smash Theatre Company at WNEP Theatre, closed 7/24/01. JEFF WITZKE (BFA Acting program, ’88-’89) appeared on the season premiere of MTV’s The Andy Dick Show on 8/5/01. MICHAEL WOLLNER (MFA, Acting, ’98) was in a staged reading of Tell Me About Ireland, Talisman Theatre Company at the Mercury Theatre here in Chicago, in June. ALEX BLATT (BFA, Acting, ’96) was also in it. DAVID WOOLLEY (BFA, Acting, ’81) is a Critic’s Choice in the 8/10/01 Chicago READER. As the character Guido Crescendo, along with his partner Douglas Mumaw (as Dirk Perfect), they will perform one night at Noble Fool theatre Company, 8 E. Randolph, 312/630-2631, 8/15/01. They are two of America’s foremost fight choreographers and have a massive following (and have inspired a number of copycat acts) after performing their swashbuckling comedy show on the Renaissance Faire circuit for the past 13 years. LARRY YANDO (MFA, Acting, '88 & Faculty) played Prospero in The Tempest, New Mexico Shakespeare Festival, Corrales, NM, closed 7/22/01. DALE YOUNG (BFA, Acting, ’88) is moving to Ohio to begin the Ph.D. program in Theatre at Bowling Green State University this month. MARTY YUREK (BFA, Acting, ’96) is in I Hate Hamlet, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, 630/530-0111, opens 8/15/01 and runs through 10/7/01. NAN ZABRISKE (Faculty) attended the International Makeup Conference in Pasadena, CA, 6/23/01 & 6/24/01. Keynote speakers were Rick Baker, makeup artist for the recently released film Planet of the Apes, and Ronnie Spector, who makes people like Michelle Pheiffer look beautiful. This year for the first time, they invited the Beauty and the Beast makeup team to talk about what they do on Broadway shows and contrast the speed and degree of theatre makeup to that of film. DENNIS ZACEK (GSD) is the Artistic Director at Victory Gardens theatre here in Chicago. Dennis will be in the cast of the world premiere of Jeffrey Sweet’s Immoral Imperatives, Victory Gardens theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln, 773/871-3000, opens 9/14/01 and runs through 10/28/01. This marks Dennis’ return to the stage after 6 years. KRISTINE THATCHER (Faculty) will also be in the cast. MATT ZIEGLER (BFA, Acting, ’02) will appear in the film Joshua, starring F. Murray Abraham, directed by Jon Purdy, currently in post-production. Also in the cast are BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) and LINSEY MORTON (BFA, Acting, ’01).
SCOTT ZIEMBA (BFA, Stage Management, ) is the Production Manager for the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, here in Chicago. LOU ZORICH (GSD) co-directed his wife, Olympia Dukakis, in Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, closed 8/5/01. NOTESPlease make a note to update your email addresses for those of us at DePaul. Beginning 8/15/01, the “wppost” part of our addresses will be dropped. As an example, your editor’s current email address is jbridges@depaul.edu As of 8/15/01, my address will be jbridges@depaul.edu Mail that includes the “wppost” will continue to work through June of 2002, but you might as well update your address books now to get it over with. This goes for all faculty and staff at DePaul. The Theatre School and the School of Music deans, faculty and staff will kick off the school year once again with a BBQ Dinner on Thursday, 8/30/01 at the Sheridan Shores Yacht Club in Wilmette. NTOZAKE SHANGE (Faculty) joins The Theatre School for the 2001-2002 year in a visiting appointment in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Literature during MARTA EFFINGER's (Faculty) leave of absence. Perhaps most widely known as the author of for colored girls… (recipient of an Outer Critics' Circle Award, and Audelco and an Obie, along with Tony and Grammy nominations), some of her other work for the theatre includes spell #7, A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, an adaptation of Mother Courage and Her Children, and Nomathemba (co-authored with Eric Simonson and Joseph Shabala). She has also worked widely as an actress and director, as well as publishing poetry, novels and children's books. She has been commissioned for new work from theatres including the Public Theatre, New Federal Theatre and Rites and Reason Theatre. Ms. Shange comes to us from Prairie View A&M University near Houston TX, where she has been Associate Professor for Drama & English. She has taught at a number of other institutions, including College of New Jersey, Sonoma State College, Mils College, New York City College, Medger Evers University, Rice University, University of Houston, Villanova and the Maryland Institute College of Art. In addition to teaching the Dramaturgy 2 sequence, Ms. Shange will be teaching Theatre Studies electives and Sophomore Seminars in the Liberal Studies Program. Also joining the faculty this year are CLAUDIA ANDERSON (Full Time - Voice & Speech), DEXTER BULLARD (Full Time - Acting), SCOTT CONN (Adjunct - Construction & Rigging) and PAUL STOVALL (BFA, Acting, ’91) who will be directing an Introduction to Performance in the Fall Quarter 01-02. JASON BECK (BFA, Acting, ’98 & Staff) has been promoted to the position of Operations Manager; CHERYL LYNN BRUCE (Performance program) returns to us for the Fall Quarter 01-02 in a full time faculty position teaching two BFA3 Performance classes and directing an Introduction to Performance or a Workshop; TRUDIE KESSLER (Full Time - Voice & Speech) returns to us this year after a two year leave of absence, and KEVIN SNOW (BFA, Lighting Design, ’85) returns this year as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Head of the Lighting Design program News around DePaul University includes that Charwells College and University Dining Service began operating as DePaul’s food service vendor last month. Sodexho Marriott Services had been the vendor for the past twelve years. University President Reverend John P. Minogue announced the recipients of the 2001-02 Spirit of DePaul Awards (given to honor and recognize diverse members of the DePaul community for their leadership and service in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul). The recipients are BOB JANIS (Vice President, Facility Operations), GLENNIS JONES-MARSHALL (Faculty Services Manager, College of Law), ROZANNE OWENS (Faculty, School of Education), LAZARUS RICE (Classroom Technology Services, Lincoln Park Campus), and LOTTIE PAVLINEC (Student Financial Accounts). Other DePaul University news includes the announcement that the university’s highly ranked part-time MBA program is slated to expand its international reach to Europe in January 2002, when it will premiere an 18 month MBA program in Prague. DePaul already has an established MBA program in Hong Kong. Last month, university president Reverend John P. Minogue, officially flipped the switch to shut down the university’s old mainframe computer system, which had been gradually supplanted over the last two years by the PeopleSoft system. For the third year in a row, DePaul University hosted the National Hispanic Institute leadership conference in July. A group of 206 Latino high school sophomores and juniors from around the country participated. Some building/construction updates: The shell of the new Student Center is now 95% complete (it’s on Belden between Sheffield and Kenmore - where Alumni Hall used to be). Interior work is moving along, furniture and equipment will be delivered between 10/22/01 & 11/9/01, building and food service staff will be in by mid-November, and it’s scheduled to be open for full use at the start of Winter Quarter 2001-02 this coming January. Landscaping and sidewalk outside the building is in process and the plan includes the reconstruction of the faculty/staff parking lot on the south side of the Center to be completed prior to the start of Fall Quarter 2001-02. A six-story visage of St. Vincent DePaul has been completed on the north and west walls of the McCabe residence hall on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus. The 36 by 59 foot portrait can easily be viewed from the Fullerton elevated train platform. Eight DePaul Art students and Brother Mark Elder, an Art Department faculty member, completed the work last month. Work is also progressing on DePaul’s Barat Campus in Lake Forest including road repairs on campus; new fire alarm for Old Main; roofing, gutter and downspout replacements; new elevator tower for Old Main; painting, flooring, blackboard and screen upgrades in classrooms; additional network cabling in classrooms; cable tv and network cabling for all residence hall rooms; work related to putting into place a “visitor’s center” in Old Main; and much more. On a sad note, Goodman alums from the 1950’s LOUISE STUBBS WILLAMS and LARRY COLEMAN passed away recently. Everyone knows that Chicago is the greatest city in the U.S., and right
now we're proving it once again! For those of you lucky enough to live
in Chicago, and for those of you smart enough to plan a visit here soon,
come and enjoy the seasonal festivities including Suite Home Chicago,
a collection of over 300 fiberglass artistic renderings of furniture at
various locations in the greater downtown area (through 10/13/01), See
http://www.metromix.com or the mayor's
listing at http://www.ci.chi.il.us/SpecialEvents.html
for all the reasons why Chicago is the greatest city under the sun. Major
events still to come include Come As You Are Gospel Musical Fest, 63rd
Street Beach (8/18/01); Chicago Air & Water Show featuring the U.S.
Air Force Thunderbirds along the lakefront (8/18/01-8/19/01); Taste of
Austin, 5701 W. Jackson (8/24/01-8/26/01); Dearborn Street Music Festival,
Dearborn and Polk (8/25/01); Taste of Greece 2001, Halsted Street in Greek
Town (8/25/01-8/26/01); Bucktown Arts Fest (8/25/01-8/26/01); Viva! Chicago
Latin Music Festival (8/25/01-8/26/01); Chicago Jazz Festival in Grant
Park (8/30/01 through 9/2/01); Festijos de la Independencia de Mexico,
Davis Square Park, 4430 S. Marshfield (8/31/01); Viva Aztlan, 1831 S.
Racine (8/31/01-9/1/01); Taste of Polonia, 5216 W. Lawrence (8/31/01-9/3/01);
Plaza Mexico/Plaza Garibaldi, California Health Park, 2800 S. California
(9/2/01-9/9/01); 12th Annual Organic Farmer’s Market & Food Festival,
100 W. Randolph (9/5/01); Around the Coyote Festival in the Wicker Park/Bucktown
neighborhood (9/6/01 through 9/9/01); 81st German-American Fest, Lincoln,
Leland and Western Ave (9/7/01); Guinness Oyster Festival, Wells Street
between North Avenue and Schiller (9/8/01); Spirit of International Friendship,
Warren Park, 6621 N. Western Ave (9/8/01-9/9/01); Chicago Half Marathon,
Museum of Science and Industry (9/9/01); the Berghoff Octoberfest, Dearborn
and Adams Streets (9/12/01); South Chicago Mexican Independence Celebration,
91st Street between Commercial & Escanaba (9/13/01-9/16/01); Clam
Bake, Chestnut between Rush & Wabash (9/14/01-9/15/01); Moon Festival,
Chinatown Square, 2130 S. Archer (9/15/01); Armitage Avenue Book Tour,
Armitage between Orchard & Racine (9/15/01-9/16/01); Chicago Celtic
Music Festival in Grant Park (9/15/01-9/16/01); Little Village Festival,
26th Street between Christiana & Kedzie (9/16/01); Marshall Field’s
Day of Music, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave (9/22/01); Eschikagou
Pow Wow, Midway Plaisance, 59th Street at Dorchester (9/22/01-9/23/01);
57th Street Children’s Book Fair, 57th Street between Kimbard & Dorchester
(9/23/01); and the Fall into Fitness 5K Run/Walk, Portage Park, Irving
Park Rd & Long Ave (9/30/01). And of course the Ravinia Festival 2001
has started and will run through 9/8/01 - in addition to regular concerts
by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through the summer, Ravinia will also
have Los Lobos, Tony Bennett, Chanticleer, Patti LuPone, Spalding Gray,
Lyle Lovett, Manhattan Transfer, and much more - check out http://www.ravinia.org
for more info. MORE THAN A FEWHere are some activities that involve “more than a few” Goodman/Theatre School folks: DEXTER BULLARD (Faculty), SHARON GOPFERT (MFA, Acting, ’94), JANET LOUER (Faculty), GINA MAZZA (BFA, Acting, ’93) and NANCI CAROL RUBY (MFA, Acting, ’95 & Faculty) are all on the faculty of the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Chicago’s most comprehensive musical and theatrical training and performance venue. CCPA is a multi-venue entertainment complex at 777 N. Green Street which opened its doors in December 2000. It boasts a 350-seat main stage. Future expansion plans will include a 200-seat playhouse, two cabarets, a restaurant, an outdoor plaza and additional banquet space. More information on CCPA and registration information for classes can be obtained at 312/327-2040 or at http://www.theatreland.com
ELISE ALIBERTI (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’98) directs the Midwest premiere of Red Herring, Breakdown Theatre, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 773/935-6860, opens 8/17/01 and runs through 9/16/01. The cast includes JULIE GRANATA (BFA, Acting, ’99) and PAUL HOLMQUIST (BFA, Acting, ’98). Costumes are designed by MARY TRUMBOUR (BFA, Costume Design, ’01), dramaturg is TIM MAZUREK (BFA, Costume Design, ’98) and the production is being stage managed by MICHELLE PERRY (BFA, Stage Management, ’01). DAN WINKLER (MFA, Directing, ’00) directs the Oblivion Theatre production of The Helen Project, The Studio Theatre at The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312/744-6630, opens 8/23/01 and runs through 9/23/01. The cast includes LESLIE CHARIPAR (MFA, Acting, ’01), STACY MAGERKURTH (BFA, Acting, ’00) and JIMMY McDERMOTT (MFA, Directing, ’99). TERRY SELUCKY (BFA, Playwriting, ’01) is the dramaturg. LINSEY MORTON (BFA, Acting, ’01) will be Mary Warren, PJ POWERS (BFA, Acting, ’95 & Staff) will be Reverend Hale, and MARY O’DOWD (MFA Acting program, ’93-’95) will be Mrs. Putnam in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, previews 10/9/01 through 10/12/01, opens 10/13/01 and runs through 11/25/01. MARY CHASEN (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ‘99) is the Stage Manager, LARA GOETSCH (Staff) is the Producer, JULIE GRANATA (BFA, Acting, ’99) is the Marketing Associate, JULIET HART (MFA, Acting, ’95) is the Marketing Director, CHRIS HOFMANN (Staff) is the Technical Director, MATT NELSON (Staff) is the Reservations/House Manager, and CHRISTINA STEVENS (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’02) is the Assistant Marketing Director/Intern. INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81) is the Producing Artistic Director of the Organic Theatre Company, which recently announced its 2001-2002 season. This season Ina will be directing Painting Churches with sound design by JOE TECH HUPPERT (BFA, Theatre Studies, '04), The Substance of Fire starring RYAN KITLEY (MFA, Acting, '98) and ROHANNA DOYLIDA (BFA, Acting, '91), and Organic's co-production of Romeo and Juliet with Pickwick Theatre also starring RYAN KITLEY (MFA, Acting, '98). Churches and Fire will play at The Theatre, 1420 Maple Avenue, Evanston IL, 847/475-2800, and R & J will play at the Pickwick Theatre, 5 S. Prospect, Park Ridge IL, 847/692-6590.
X-FILES
Here is the latest list of lost alumni. If you know anything about them, I'd appreciate your either passing it on to me, or contacting the alum and letting them know that we're looking for a way to get in touch with them. I can be reached by email jbridges@depaul.edu, by phone 773/325-7943, or by mail c/o The Theatre School, 2135 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60614. If YOU are on the list, it means that though we may have an email address for you, we don't have any other contact information:
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