Theatre School News v.5 #4

CHARLES ABBOTT (BFA, Acting, ‘61) is directing Elegy, produced by DENNIS GRIMALDI (BFA, Acting, ’68) this coming January at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. The play was written by RON HIRSEN (Staff).

ROB (ZENCHELSKY) ADLER (BFA, Acting, ’99) was the stage manager for Dish Babies, Two Roads Theatre, Studio City, CA, closed last month. STEVE HELLER (BFA, Acting, ’85) was in the cast.

NARDA ALCORN (BFA, Production Management, '92) is the assistant stage manager for The Lion King on Broadway, New Amsterdam theatre, 214 West 42 nd Street, 212/307-4747 or 800/755-4000 (outside NY, NJ, CT), or http://www.ticketmaster.com . Open run.

MARTHA ALDERSON (BFA, Theatre Tech, ’84) lives in San Jose, CA.

THEONI ALDREGE (Costume Design, GSD) designed the costumes for The Spitfire Grill, Playwrights Horizons at The Duke on 42nd St, NYC, closed 10/14/01.

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 playing Matilde, the female lead, in LeCostume, an adaptation of the short story written by Can Thimbe, directed by Peter Brook. The show rehearsed in Paris and is touring now through February 2002 in Ireland, England and Spain.

HEIDI AMOS (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’97) is relocating to Valparaiso, IN. Happy Trails!

CAMILLE ANDERSON (Staff) is leaving us as our Alumni Relations contact person as of 11/26/01. She will remain at DePaul, moving to the Development Office as its Planned Giving Director. Thanks for all your hard work for us, Camille!

CHARLIE ANDERSON (BFA, Production Management, ’95) married BRIDGET KIRKPATRICK (BFA, Production Management, ’94) on 8/14/01 in Palos Verdes, CA. Congratulations! 

CHRISTIAN ANDERSON (BFA Acting Program, 95-97) just finished performing in a remount of All’s Well That Ends Well, Southwest Shakespeare Festival, Mesa, AZ. Christian returns to Chicago to work on the original piece, What a Fool Believes, Cest La Vie Drama Club of Chicago, Heartland Studio Theatre, 7006 North Glenwood, 630/363-4385, through 12/2/01. For info: http://www.cestlaviedrama.com .

GILLIAN ANDERSON (BFA, Acting, '90) plays FBI Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files, Sundays, FOX, 8PM. The show’s ninth season kicked off yesterday.

KEVIN ANDERSON (Cert, Acting, ’81) will play Frank Gifford in the TNT film Monday Night Mayhem, premiering 1/14/02, 7PM. 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.

MARTIN ANDREW (MFA, Scene Design, ’01) designed the set for From Both Hips, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, 731 W. Sheridan, 773/871-0442, through 12/16/01. Martin worked for the National High School Institute at Northwestern University Theatre Division this past summer. (See NOTES )

DARIN ANTHONY (BFA, Acting, ’93) is in Incorruptible, Colony Theatre, 555 North 3rd Street, Burbank, CA, 818/558-7000, through 11/17/01.

GRETCHEN BAKER (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’98) is currently in the 5th level of training at Second City. She performs every Monday, 8PM, Second City ETC, Piper’s Alley, 1608 N. Wells, 312/337-3992

RICHARD BARLETTA (MFA, Directing, ’86) is the Artistic Director of the Griffin Theatre, 5404 N. Clark, 773/769-2228. He and Managing Director William Massolia were featured in a 10/19/01 Chicago READER article titled Serious Child’s Play. 60% of Griffin’s annual revenue comes from the productions they do for children both in their theatre and on tour. Two shows are touring nationally right now (There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom and Catherine, Called Birdy).

LARRY BATES (BFA, Acting, ’99) plays Petie Samples in FOX’s Boston Public, 7PM, Mondays. Larry will also be appearing again in A Christmas Carol, Cincinnati Playhouse, 962 Mt. Adams Circle, 513/421-3888, through 12/31/01. And, keep an eye out for Larry in an upcoming episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, WB, 7PM.

MIKE BAUDER (BFA Production Management program ‘90-’91) designed the lighting for a new national tour of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Mike recently updated his website and invites visitors: http://www.mikespageontheweb.com

ANNE MARIE BEAULIEU (BFA, GTS, ’01) is stage managing The House of Yes, Circle Theatre, 7300 W. Madison St, Forest Park, 708/771-0700, through 12/16/01.

SUSAN BENNETT (BFA, Acting, ’95) is in Top Girls, remy-bumppo theatre group at Victory Gardens theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln, 773/871-3000, previews begin 11/21/01 and runs through 12/30/01.

DALE BENSON (BFA, Acting, ’59) will appear in Funny Valentines, Drury Lane Evergreen Park, 2500 W. 95th, Evergreen Park, 708/422-0404, this coming January.

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/

GREG BLOXHAM (BFA, Lighting Design, ’02) worked for the National High School Institute at Northwestern University Theatre Division this past summer. (See NOTES )

DARREN BOCHAT (BFA, Acting, ’91) appeared in Tiny Tales Of Terror, Bailiwick Repertory, along with AMY LEWIS (MONTGOMERY) (MFA, Acting, ’98) and WADE HICKS (MFA, Acting, ’01), closed yesterday.

MICHAEL BODEEN (Faculty) designed the sound for Big Love, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, http://www.goodman-theatre.org through 11/18/01. CHUCK STUBBINGS (BFA, Acting, ‘94) is in the cast.

NICK BOWLING (MFA, Directing, ’96) directs Present Slaughter as part of The Coarse Acting Show, Shakespeare’s Motley Crew, Atheneum Studio Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 312/902-1500, through 12/16/01. Nick also directs The Crucible, Timeline Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 773/281-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES .)

TIM BRAULT (Staff) accepted the position of Technical Director at Chicago Shakespeare theatre here in Chicago. Tim was The Theatre School’s Technical Director since 1987; his last day with us was 10/28/01. The DePaulia Newspaper interviewed him in their 10/19/01 issue. We will miss Tim and wish him well in his new position.

W. EARL BROWN (MFA, Acting, ’89) is in the film Vanilla Sky, premiering 12/14/01, starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Kurt Russell, and Tara Lupinski; directed by Cameron Crow, the film is currently in post production.

CHARLES BROWNING (BFA, Acting, ’00) is in A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opens 11/17/01 and runs through 12/22/01. (See NOTES )

JEFF BRUCKERHOFF (BFA, Lighting Design, ’94) is at the Santa Fe Opera where he is designing the lighting for H. M. S. Pinafore, opening 11/23/01. Next summer he’ll return to the Santa Fe Opera as the lighting director and will be going to Japan for two weeks with a production of Sly for the Washington Opera.

CHERYL LYNN BRUCE (Faculty) will direct From the Mississippi Delta, Congo Square Theatre Company, 1156 W. Grand #2R, 773/913-5808, opens 1/17/02 and runs through 2/16/02.

RUSS BRUZEK (GSD, Acting Program, ’61-’64) co-directed Live Radio Recreations of: “The Ghost of Benjamin Sweet”, “My Friend Irma - Seeing Ghosts”, and “Confessions of a House Painter”, AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players, Claudia Cassidy theatre in the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Randolph .

LINDA BUCHANAN (Faculty) is designing the scenery for Sister Carrie, Indiana Repertory Theatre, 140 W. Washington, Indianapolis, IN, 317/635-5252, opens 1/9/02 and runs through 2/2/02. She is also designing the scenery for House and Garden (which she did for the Goodman Theatre here in Chicago last year), The Alley Theatre (House in Alley Theatre Large Stage, Garden in Neuhaus Arena Stage), 615 Texas Ave, Houston, TX, 713/228-8421, opens 4/12/02 and runs through 5/12/02. Linda has also received a 2001 Jeff Award for Scenic Design for House, Goodman Theatre. Congratulations!

JEFF BUELTERMAN (BFA, Acting, ’94) is in From Both Hips, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, 731 W. Sheridan, 773/871-0442, through 12/16/01. (See NOTES )

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) is the Artistic Director of Plasticene Physical Theatre Company, which recently announced its season. Dexter will direct a remounting of Placticene’s 1997 critically acclaimed production Volume XII, Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western, 312/409-0400, previews 12/6/01, opens 12/7/01 and runs through 12/16/01. SHARON GOPFERT (MFA, Acting, ’94) will be in the cast. Dexter will also be directing a world premiere, title TBA, Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western, 312/409-0900, opens 2/21/02. Dexter taught a Plasticene Workshop this past Saturday, 11/10/01.

THOM BUMBLAUKAS (BFA, Scene Design, ’92) is designing the scenery for Marriage of Figaro at the Curtis Institute of Music, Rittenhouse Square, Center City Philadelphia, PA. Thom is also designing the scenery for Arsenic and Old Lace, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe St, Bristol, PA, 215/785-0100, opens 11/27/01 and runs through 12/16/01. He is also doing a new interactive show at The

Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th St, Philadelphia, PA, 215/923-0210. And he is painting on the film Signs, a Mel Gibson project starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, currently in production.

E. FAYE BUTLER (BFA Acting program, ‘79-‘80) won a 2001 Jeff Award for Actress in a Revue for Could It Be Magic. Congratulations!

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) is in the Disney movie Max Keeble's Big Move. He will also appear in the film 29 Palms starring Chris O’Donnell and Bill Pullman, currently in post production.

PAULA (KOROLOGOS) CALE (BFA, Acting, ‘93) plays Joanie on Providence, Fridays, NBC, 7PM. Also starring on the show is CONCETTA TOMEI (BFA, Acting, ’75).

DAVID CASTELLANOS (BFA, Production Management, ’88) is stage managing A Phoenix Too Frequent, Writers’ Theatre, Books on Vernon, 664 Vernon Avenue, Glencoe, 847/835-5398, through 12/9/01.

CYNTHIA CASTIGLIONE (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) is in the cast of Death & Harry Houdini, Live Bait Theatre, 3914 N. Clark, 773/871-1212, through 12/8/01, NICK LANGE (BFA, Light Design, ’03) did the lighting, HEATHER McGINLEY (BFA, Production Management, ’01) is stage managing.

MARY CHASEN (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ‘99 ) is stage managing The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

CYNTHIA CHILDS (BFA, Production Management, '99) stage manages for the University of Southern California Opera Department, along with taking script supervision classes for film.

NAN CIBULA-JENKINS (Faculty) designed the costumes for Glengarry Glen Ross, Steppenwolf Theatre Mainstage, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, and theatre@steppenwolf.org , opening 11/23/01 and running through 1/19/02; ROB MILBURN (Faculty) designed the sound for Glengarry Glen Ross. For The Theatre School, Nan will be designing costumes for our 2nd Chicago Playworks production, Selkie, opening 1/17/02. Nan will then take a Leave of Absence from DePaul during the Winter Quarter 01-02 to design the costumes for The Tempest, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, http://www.chicagoshakes.com , opening 3/29/02 and running through 5/8/02. She will also be designing costumes for My Fair Lady, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis, 773/753-4472, http://www.courttheatre.org opening 4/18/02 and running through 5/26/02.

STEVE CINABRO (BFA, Acting, ’87) plays Gino in the film Hardball, starring Keanu Reeves and Diane Lane.

MARTIN CLARK (TIPPENS) (Directing program, ‘55-’56) plays Dr. George Junkin (father of Stonewall Jackson and once president of Washington University) in the TNT production of Gods and Generals, the second of a three part trilogy (Gettysburgh, G&G, and The Last Full Measure), which will be a feature film to be released in 2002. Filming was in Lexington, VA. Back home, he continues his activities with the Los Angeles Classical Theatre Lab.

KELLY COFFIELD (MFA, Acting, ’87) can be seen in the recurring role of Naomi on Once and Again with Sela Ward, Fridays, ABC, 9PM.

BEN COHEN (BFA, Theatre Technology, ’98 & Staff) got married on 10/27/01 and honeymooned with his new wife Linda in Costa Rica for a week.

ERIC CONLEY (BFA, Acting, ’95) is in the off-off-Broadway show El Salvador, Shurin Theatre, 311 West 43rd St., 6th Floor, NYC, 201/489-3308, through 11/25/01. Eric all just booked the lead in a independent feature film Under Surveillance, playing Justin Besler. Shooting starts 11/26/01.

BRIA CONRADUS (BFA, Acting, ’87) passed away on 10/21/01. (See NOTES )

LOU CONTEY (MFA, Directing, ’89) will direct Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Shattered Globe Theatre, 2856 N. Halsted, 773/404-1237, opens 1/17/02 through 3/3/02.

DEAN CORRIN (Faculty) has written Battle of the Bands to be produced at Victory Gardens theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, 773/549-5788, opens 3/22/02 through 5/5/02.

JOHN CULBERT (Dean) designed the lighting for the opera Ressurection, Boston Lyric Opera, Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 800/447-7400, through 11/20/01.

MATHEW DAVID (BFA, Playwriting, ’01) is the Executive Director of Keyhole players, which held its first benefit Halloween night. (See NOTES )

ANN DETMER (BFA, Costume Design, ’04) worked for the National High School Institute at Northwestern University Theatre Division this summer. (See NOTES )

STEPHEN DI BENEDETTO (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’93) is sharing an office with JIM JOHNSON (Former Faculty) at the University of Houston. Stephen is an Assistant Professor of Theatre History and Dramatic Criticism. Thank goodness he took good notes in Doc’s class!

KATRINA DICKENS (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’97) is married, living in a Chicago suburb, and has two sons, Tristan and Rowan.

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) is in A Little Night Music, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 860/873-8668 or http://www.goodspeed.org/goh/night.htm through 12/16/01.

WILLIAM DOYEL (BFA, Stage Management, ’04) is doing a stage management internship on Drowning Crow, a world premiere adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull by Regina Taylor, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opening 1/6/02 and running through 2/10/02.

ROHANNA DOYLIDA (BFA, Acting, '91) will be in The Substance of Fire with RYAN KITLEY (MFA, Acting, '98), Organic Theatre, 1420 Maple Avenue, Evanston IL, 847/475-2800, 2/02 through 3/02. Substance will be directed by INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81).

JEFF DUDEK (BFA, Acting, ’89) directed Women Will Talk at the Loyola University Downtown Campus, 11/10/01.

SCOTT ELLIS (BFA, Acting, '78) will be directing Arthur Miller’s The Man Who Had All The Luck, starring Chris O’Donnell, at the Roundabout’s new space, the American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St (between 7th & 8th), NYC, previews begin 4/19/02 and runs through 7/7/02. Scott will then direct The Boys From Syracuse, also at the American Airlines Theatre, scheduled to open 7/11/02.

JEN ELLISON (BFA, Acting, ’96) is the Artistic Director of WNEP Theatre. Jen wrote The Emily Show, directed by LISA VELTEN (BFA, Acting, ’98), WNEP Theatre, 3209 N. Halsted, 773/755-1693, through 12/1/01. Jen will also be directing Fugue, written by Jen and five others, including LISA VELTEN (BFA, Acting, ’98), also at WNEP, opening 4/11/02 and running through 5/18/02.

JOHN FERRICK (BFA, Acting, ’93) is in Return of the King, Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood, 773/761-4477, through 12/9/01. CINDY ORTHAL (BFA, Acting, ’84) is the puppet designer for the production.

JOEL FINK (BFA, Acting, ’71) is the Associate Dean and director of The Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University.

MIA FIORELLA (BFA, Theatre Management, ’98) is currently working for The Noble Fool Theatre, 8 E. Randolph. KEVIN FOX (BFA, Acting, ’95) is a company member.

SHAWNA FLANIGAN (MFA, Directing, ’97) is the Urban Arts Director of the Center of Contemporary Arts in St. Louis, MO. It is a comprehensive arts center (theatre, dance, visual arts and music) where Shawna manages the programming for at-risk youth at six different locations in the city. Shawna’s son Kieran is a year old, doing well, walking and talking and all that other stuff that one year olds do.

LIBBY FORD (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) participated as a staff member in Keyhole Players first benefit. (See NOTES )

KAREN FORT (BFA, Acting, ’78) directs Summer Brave, through 11/17/01, and Hamlet, opens 5/2/02 and runs through 5/5/02, Chase Park Theatre, 4701 N. Ashland, 312/742-4701.

KEITH FORT (MFA, Acting, ’78) will make his first acting appearance since 1982 in Sci-Fi Action Movie in Space Prison, Defiant Theatre, American Theatre Company, 1909 W. Byron, 773/929-1031, opens 12/8/01. Keith serves on the boards of Defiant theatre, Jellyeye Drum Theatre, and Illustrated Theatre. He is also still married to KAREN (ORENDURFF) FORT (BFA, Acting, ’78), and they have two children, both in high school.

KEVIN FOX (BFA, Acting, ’95) is in Widowers’ Houses, ShawChicago at Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312/408-5605, through 11/26/01. Kevin is also in Flanagan’s Wake, Noble Fool theatre Co, 8 E. Randolph, 312/630-2631, open run. Kevin is a company member of Noble Fool theatre. On 11/21/01, they are having a benefit performance, The Laughs Are On Us, a five hour comedy marathon, 5-10PM, Noble Fool theatre, 8 E. Randolph. Though free, the performance will benefit the New York Police & Widows’ & Children’s Fund through the sale of raffle tickets. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

SUZANNE FRIEDLINE (MFA, Acting program, ’91-’92) did An Evening of Horton Foote, Tamarind Theatre, Hollywood, CA.

JOHN GEGENHUBER (BFA, Acting, ’84) plays the doctor in Earth 2, now in syndication on the SciFi cable channel, NOON, Sundays.

CHRIS GENEBACH (BFA, Acting, ’99) is in Women and Wallace, Backstage Theatre, Cornelia Arts Building, 1800 W. Cornelia, 312/683-5347, through 11/25/01.

BRIGID GERACE (MFA, Acting, 63-65) attended, along with LESLIE SHOOK (Staff) and ANNE WAKEFIELD (Faculty), the ITA’s Children’s Theatre Conference, 10/20/01. Rives Collins and Daniel J. Travanti were keynote speakers. Bridgid was on the noon panel discussion and spoke very highly of Chicago Playworks.

JEREMY GETZ (BFA, Lighting Design, ’99) designed the lighting for Rosemary, Prop Thtr at Victory Gardens Studio Theatre, closed yesterday.

HENRY GODINEZ (Faculty) directs A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opens 11/17/01 and runs through 12/22/01. (See NOTES )

LARA GOETSCH (Staff) is producing The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

SHARON GOPFERT (MFA, Acting, ’94) appears in Capsize, Sprung, Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield, 888/617-2832, through 11/18/01. Sharon also taught a Plasticene teen workshop at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts on 11/10/01. Next, she will be in a remounting of Placticene’s 1997 critically acclaimed production Volume XII, Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western, 312/409-0400, previews 12/6/01, opens 12/7/01 and runs through 12/16/01. The show will be directed by DEXTER BULLARD (Faculty).

JULIE GRANATA (BFA, Acting, ’99) is the Marketing Associate for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

LaCARES GREEN (BFA, Acting, ’01) plays Corporal Cobb in A Soldier’s Play, The Alkebu-Lan Cultural Center, 1435 N. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 626/794-9577, through 11/18/01. He also recently shot a Big Red (gum) commercial.

JUDY (EVANS) GREER (BFA, Acting, ’97) will next be seen as Vicky in the yet to be released Adam Rifkin film Without Charlie. She will also be seen as Judy in the film In Memory of My Father, and as Alice in the Spike Jonze directed film Adaptation, along with Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep.

PAUL GREGORY (BFA, Lighting Design, ’73) is the creative consultant for the Architectural Lighting Master Classes to be held in NYC, 2/21/02 & 2/22/02. Paul will lead a distinguished group of lighting designers in these master classes. The purpose is to train architects and lighting designers in the creative use of light to enhance their projects, and to help them compete successfully. For more information, contact Sonny Sonnenfeld at 212/769-2751. Paul also recently designed the lighting for the Chambers, a 77 room boutique hotel in midtown Manhattan. His work at the Chambers is featured in an article titled The Artful Lodger in the October 2001 issue of Lighting Dimensions on Architecture.

DENNIS GRIMALDI (BFA, Acting, ’68) is developing and producing a new Broadway musical comedy for Tony Award winner Chita Rivera. Dennis is also producing the play, Elegy, written by RON HIRSEN (Staff) in January at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. CHARLES ABBOTT (BFA, Acting, ’61) will direct.

CHET GRISSOM (BFA, Acting, '87) is in Central Avenue, Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave, LA, CA, 323/663-1525. The production has been extended through 12/16/01. Chet also appeared in episodes of The Guardian, CBS, 10/28/01, and Port Charles, ABC, 11AM, today (11/12/01)

OSCAR GROVES (BFA, Theatre Studies, '93) is the Cultural Arts Coordinator for the city of Evanston, IL.

SEAN GUNN (BFA, Acting, ’96) has a recurring role on WB’s Gilmore Girls, Thursdays, 7PM.

RUSSELL HARDIN (BFA, Acting, ’97) is in The Laramie Project, Next Theatre, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes, Evanston, 847/475-1975, opens tonight and runs through 12/16/01. JAYMI LEE SMITH (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lighting.

LISA HARRISON (BFA, Costume Design, ’92) recently took the bar exam and gained employment at a small union-side labor law firm in Michigan called McKnight, Sale, McClow, and Canzano. Congrats!

JULIET HART (MFA, Acting, ’95) is the Marketing Director for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

STEVE HELLER (BFA, Acting, ’85) was in Dish Babies, Two Roads Theatre, Studio City, CA, closed last month. ROB (ZENCHELSKY) ADLER (BFA, Acting, ’99) was the stage manager.

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, which recently had a successful reading. Zach’s script, The DisAssociate has been sold to MGM and will be produced by Lindsay Doran (Sense and Sensibility and Spinal Tap). Zach was interviewed for a 10/12/01 PerformInk article titled L. A. Confidential, The Business of Writing in Hollywood.

ERICA HEMMINGER (MFA, Scene Design, ’03) worked for the National High School Institute at Northwestern University Theatre Division this past summer. (See NOTES )

CRISS HENDERSON (BFA, Production Management, ’86) is the Executive Director of Chicago Shakespeare theatre at Navy Pier. Criss is also on the Board of Directors of About Face Theatre.

RACHEL HENNEBERRY (BFA, Production Management, '95) is the resident Assistant Stage Manager for the San Francisco Opera Company, 301 Van Ness, San Francisco CA, 415/861-4008. See http://www.sfopera.org for more information.

WADE HICKS (MFA, Acting, ’01) appeared in Tiny Tales Of Terror, Bailiwick Repertory, along with AMY LEWIS (MONTGOMERY) (MFA, Acting, ’98) and DARREN BOCHAT (BFA, Acting, ’91), closed yesterday.

(BEN) BOLEN HIGH (BFA, Acting, ’68) is filming a docudrama television movie for BBC. It will be broadcast in the U.S.

RON HIRSEN (Staff) will have his play, Elegy, produced by this coming January at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, directed by CHARLES ABBOTT (BFA, Acting, ‘61). The play is being produced by DENNIS GRIMALDI (BFA, Acting, ’68).

PETER HOBERT (BFA, Acting, ’89 & Former Faculty) has passed all the tests and is now a Microsoft Certified Professional, not an easy thing to do. Way to go, Pete!

CAROLYN HOERDEMANN (BFA, Acting, ’92) is adapting some Oscar Wilde children’s stories for us, titled The Selfish Giant and Other Wilde Tales. The show will be directed by RIC MURPHY (Faculty) as our 3rd production in this year’s Chicago Playworks season at the Merle Reskin Theatre, opening 4/2/02.

CHRIS HOFMANN (Staff) recently got engaged to PAT TIEDEMANN (MFA, Acting, ’96). Their marriage is planned for sometime next summer in Chicago. Congrats! Chris is the Technical Director for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

JASON HORGAN (BFA Acting Program, 91-93) will appear in an upcoming episode of Dawson’s Creek, WB, Wednesdays, 7 PM.

VALORIE HUBBARD (BFA, Acting, ’84) plays the recurring role of Jen on ABC’s The Job, Wednesdays, 8:30PM.

PATRICK HUDSON (BFA, Lighting Design, ’96) designed the lighting for Organic Theatre's Painting Churches , The Theatre, 1420 Maple Avenue, Evanston, 847/475-2800, through 12/01/01. Painting Churches is directed by INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81).

SCOTT ILLINGWORTH (BFA, Acting, '98) directs Jungalbook, High School Repertory Company of Theatre of Western Springs, 708/246-3380, 11/15/01 through 11/18/01.

DANICA IVANCEVIC (BFA, Acting, ’94) is in Absolution, The Garage at Steppenwolf, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, extended through 11/18/01. (See NOTES )

GRANT JAMES (BFA, Acting, ’62) will be a regular voice for the cartoon series Soul Hunter which is still in production. Grant is also in a mock commercial for Buff Tanner’s Sex Secret #6, Improv Comedy Club, Addison, TX, and is rehearsing for The Fantastics, TRAC Threatre, Dallas, TX.

GENE JANSON (BFA, Acting, ’58) serves on the Artistic Board for the Apple Tree theatre in Highland Park, IL.

DORCAS JOHNSON (MFA, Acting, ’94) is on the East Coast Committee of the Alumni Board. Dorcas wrote and directed Where’s your Faith?, celebrating the 47th Anniversary of Trinity Lutheran Church of Locust Manor, Antuns of Queens Village, Queens, NY.

TERRY (MAMSCH) JOHNSON (BFA Acting program, ’83-’86) is directing The Diary of Anne Frank, Naperville North High School, Ogden Avenue and Mill Street, Naperville, 630/416-7974, 11/16/01 through 11/24/01.

PATRICK JUSTICE (BFA, Theatre Technology, ’02) worked for the National High School Institute at Northwestern University Theatre Division this past summer. (See NOTES )

LAYNI KATZ (Cert, Acting, ’86) performed with Andy Meachum and John Elmquist at Katerina’s on 11/7/01, and with the Andy Meachum Trio at the Gateway Bar and Grill on 11/10/01.

GEORGE KEATING (BFA, Acting, ’90) is in Everything’s Ducky, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL, 847/673-6300, opens 12/5/01 and runs through 1/6/02.

DARIN KEESING (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lighting for undone, About Face Theatre, Jane Adams Center Hull House, 3212 N. Broadway, 773/549-3290, through 11/18/01. He also designed the lights for 42nd Street (through 12/23/01) and Sleeping Beauty (11/27/01 - 12/14/01), both at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN, 219/836-3255 and http://www.theatreatthecenter.com MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) is the Artistic Director of Theatre at the Center. (See NOTES )

NAMBI KELLEY (BFA, Playwriting, '95) shot a pilot called Close to Home. She has also just been published in an anthology of African-American writers titled The Alibi Transcripts, which includes several excerpts from some of Nambi’s produced plays. Currently, she is performing in Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf in LA, and is in the midst of producing an evening of her work titled The First Woman at the Greenway Court Theatre, 544 N. Fairfax, in LA. Nambi has also been invited to be one of five writers for a new teen talk show, details TBA. Her play, Peace $, is being produced by HealthWorks Theatre as a touring show, 773/929-4260.

LISA KELLY (BFA, Acting, ’92) plays Laura Forman in That 70’s Show, Tuesdays, FOX-TV, 7PM.

RYAN KITLEY (MFA, Acting, '98) will be in The Substance of Fire, Organic 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).

BRIDGET KIRKPATRICK (BFA, Production Management, ’95) married CHARLIE ANDERSON (BFA, Production Management, ’94) on 8/14/01 in Palos Verdes, CA. Congratulations!

BRIAN KOESTER (BFA, Acting, ’00) will appear in the full length independent film Subtropolis.

PAUL KONRAD (BFA, Acting, ‘87) won a Chicago Emmy Award (his 6th, by the way) at the Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ 43rd annual Emmys, on 10/27/01. He won for his Commentary, Get Over Yourself. WGN topped the market with 12 Emmys this year. Paul can be seen Monday through Friday mornings as the weatherman on WGN-TV’s morning news show.

BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) is in Miracle on 34th Street, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green, 312/327-2000, previews 11/19/01, opens 11/28/01 and runs through 12/30/01. MARY ELLEN PARK (MFA, Costume Design, ’01) designs the costumes. 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).

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.

NICK LANGE (BFA, Light Design, ’03) did the lighting for Death & Harry Houdini, Live Bait Theatre, through 12/8/01. HEATHER McGINLEY (BFA, Production Management, ’01) stage manages and CYNTHIA CASTIGLIONE (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) is in the cast

KRISTIN LARSEN (BFA, Production Management, ’87) is the Director of Programs at the Arts & Business Council in Chicago, http://www.artsbiz.chicago.org

MORGAN LEAVITT (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) participated as a staff member in Keyhole Players first benefit. (See NOTES )

LAURA LEE (Certificate, Acting, ’90) was in the world premiere of Xanadu Live, Gascon Center Theatre, Culver City, CA, closed yesterday. The show was produced by AMY PIETZ (BFA, Acting, ’90) and her husband, Kenny Williams.

DAN LeMONNIER (MFA, Acting, ’80), who plays the Chicago Bulls mascot Benny the Bull, was featured in a 10/21/01 Chicago Tribune Magazine article titled On The Meaning of Comfort.

DANA LEWENTHAL (MFA, Acting, ’97) is in 'Tis the Season, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, 241 Hargadine, Ashland OR, 541/488-2902, opens 11/14/01 and runs through 12/31/01.

AMY LEWIS (MONTGOMERY) (MFA, Acting, ’98) appeared in Tiny Tales Of Terror, Bailiwick Repertory, along with WADE HICKS (BFA, Acting, ’01) and DARREN BOCHAT (BFA, Acting, ’91), closed yesterday. She is also in Othello, The Journeymen at The Holy Covenant Church, 925 W. Diversey, 773/857-5395, through 12/17/01. And Amy will be in As You Like It, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, previews begin 1/9/02, opens 1/13/02 and runs through 3/9/02. COLLEEN WELSH (BFA, Production Management, ’02) is interning on the production.

DINA LINDENBERG (Staff) joins us this month as our DePaul Alumni Relations & Networks contact person. (See NOTES )

DOUG MacKECHNIE (MFA, Acting, ’95) is in Uncle Fred in the Springtime, City Lit theatre Co, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr, 773/293-3692, opens tonight and runs through 1/5/02. ERIC SLATER (BFA, Acting, ’97) is also in the cast.

TIM MACULAN (BFA, Scene Design program, ’81-‘83) has the recurring role of Fr. Jack in HBO’s Six Feet Under.

JACK MAGAW (Faculty) designed the set for Bronzeville, Pegasus Players, 1145 W. Wilson, 773/878-9761, through 12/16/01. JAYMI LEE SMITH (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lighting.

FRANCES MAGGIO (MFA, Costume Design, ’87) designed the costumes for Henry Flamethrowa, Victory Gardens theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, 773/871-3000, through 12/18/01. SUSAN NUSSBAUM (BFA, Acting,’78) directs.

JOE MANTEGNA (BFA Acting program, '67-'69) will have his play Bleacher Bums produced at Beverly Theatre Guild, 107045 Kilpatrick, Oak Lawn, 773/925-8292, opens 4/25/02 and runs through 4/28/02.

INA MARLOWE (MFA, Directing, '81) is the Producing Artistic Director of the Organic Theatre Company, which received on 10/2/01 a Year 2001 Production Grant of $30,000 from the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays for the play The Last Seder, to be produced in their 2002-2003 season. Ina direct Painting Churches, Organic theatre Co, 1420 Maple Ave, Evanston, 847/475-2800, previews 11/21/01-11/25/01, opens 11/26/01 and runs through 12/23/01. Later in the season, she will also direct The Substance of Fire, and Organic's co-production of Romeo and Juliet with Pickwick Theatre for the Organic. (See NOTES )

LYNN (SCHWARZBACH) MASTIO (MFA, Acting, ’86) is in the first touring company of The Music Man since its revival on Broadway. The tour is through next Fall and includes a stop in Chicago for a 3/5/02-3/10/02 run.

ADAM MATHIAS (BFA, Playwriting, ’96) writes the East Coast Committee Alumni newsletter. If you would like to contact the ECC or get your email on the list, email eastcoastalumni@hotmail.com or call the ECC Hotline 773/325-7711.

ADAM MAYFIELD (BFA, Acting, ’00) has recently taped an episode of The Hughley’s, in which he plays a FedEx delivery man, UPN, Mondays, 7PM.

DALE McFADDEN (MFA, Directing, ’77) will direct Lunching, Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Ave, Indianapolis, IN, 317/635-2381, opens 4/25/02 and runs through 5/26/02.

BOB McGARVIE (BFA, Lighting Design, ’85) is the technical director for Steppenwolf Theatre.

HEATHER McGINLEY (BFA, Production Management, ’01) is the Production Manager for Emerald City Theatre Company, 2936 N. Southport, 773/529-2690. Heather is also stage managing Death & Harry Houdini, Live Bait Theatre, through 12/8/01. CYNTHIA CASTIGLIONE (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) is in the cast, NICK LANGE (BFA, Light Design, ’03) did the lighting.

JOHANNA McKAY (BFA, Acting, ’88) is in Caprice, The Sacred Fools Theatre, 660 N. Heliotrope, Hollywood, CA, 310/281-8337 through 11/17/01. Johanna also closed The Real Inspector Hound, Third Street Theatre (LA), just before directing her adaptation of Twelfth Night in Idyllwild, CA with 9-14 year old students. She also shot a commercial for Earthlink earlier this year.

BRIAN McKNIGHT (MFA, Acting, ’01) is running sound for They All Fall Down: The Richard Nickel Story, Lookingglass Theatre Company at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn, 773/477-8088, through 11/18/01. JULIA NEARY (BFA, Acting, ’90) is in the cast.

GABE McPHERSON (BFA, Acting, ’00) is performing/singing in a show at The Hudson Theatre, 6537 Santa Monica Blvd, LA, CA, 323/571-2835 ext 2. It’s every Friday and Saturday, originally it had a 4 week run, then 8 weeks, and is now in an open run.

MELISSA MELTZER (Staff) will be representing The Theatre School at the Gallery 37 College Fair, 11/27/01, and either Melissa or SAMANTHA CHAVIS (Staff)will do the same at the 1/29/02 College Fair. Along with this, the Admissions Staff will participate in a workshop with approximately 21 students and two Gallery 37 teachers at Gallery 37, 66 E. Randolph, 12/19/01.

FRANK MERLE (BFA, Playwrighting, ’01) is the Artistic Director of Keyhole Players, which recently announced its season. Frank will be directing Days of Wine and Roses, Dates TBA. Keyhole Players also held their first benefit on Halloween Night. (See NOTES )

ROB MILBURN (Faculty) designed the sound for Glengarry Glen Ross, Steppenwolf Theatre Mainstage, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, and theatre@steppenwolf.org , opens 11/23/01 and runs through 1/19/02; NAN CIBULA-JENKINS (Faculty) designs the costumes for Glengarry Glen Ross.

PAUL MILLER (BFA, Lighting Design, ’87) designed lights for the National Tour of Scooby Doo in Stagefright, for Warner Brothers and ClearChannel Entertainment, arriving in Chicago at the Rosemont Theatre, 2/8/02 through 2/17/02. Also, Paul will be designing lights for The Nutcracker, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ, 973/379-3636, 12/21/01 through 12/30/01. And along with this he will then be designing lights for The Scarlet Pimperel, Diablo Light Opera, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 925/944-1565, 2/1/02 through 3/9/02. Finally, Paul also designed the lighting for Lizzie Borden, Goodspeed Opera House, Route 82, East Haddam, CT, 860/873-8668, and at http://www.goodspeed.org through 11/25/01. Paul is also 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 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.

DAVID MINK (Certificate, Acting, ’62) will direct Funny Valentines, Drury Lane Evergreen Park, 2500 W. 95th, Evergreen Park, 708/422-0404, http://www.drurylane.com this coming January. David’s company, Redmink Productions, http://pw1.netcom.com/~redmink/default.php3 provides entertainment for over 600 corporate events, meetings and trade shows annually.

ANTONIO MOON (BFA, Acting, ’93) appeared in the 11/7/01 episode of Felicity, WGN.

DANIEL (HENRY) MORAN (BFA, Acting, ’71) has accepted an appointment by President George W. Bush to serve as Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The Mid-America Arts Alliance Chairman, Art Thompson (President of the Cooper Foundation in Lincoln, Nebraska), announced Moran's pending resignation from his position there in order to accept Bush’s assignment. Under Moran's leadership beginning in the mid-1970s, Mid-America Arts Alliance has grown from an initial concept envisioned by a handful of civic leaders in the region to an organization responsible for creating, producing, touring, sponsoring, managing, or funding more than 600 arts organizations, artists, or museum exhibitions resulting in more than 12,000 different performances or events and generating over $232,000,000 in fiscal arts activity reaching over 28 million people. During his tenure, Mid-America Arts Alliance has created regional, multi-regional, national and international arts and humanities programs reaching all 50 states and more than 30 countries. Mid-America Arts Alliance also creates and manages programs involving education, community arts development, and the institutional advancement of arts organizations. Additionally, Moran has served as executive producer for MA Productions, an enterprise division of Mid-America Arts Alliance. Congratulations, Daniel!

KEVIN MORRISSEY (BFA, Scene Design, ’89) is the Technical Director for the Theatre Department, UC Riverside, where Kevin has recently designed the lights and sound for Unmerciful Good Fortune. He will be designing scenery and sound for The Sea Gull, through 11/17/01, scenery and costumes for The Maids, 1/24/02 through 1/26/02, sound for The King Stag, 2/28/02 through 3/9/02, and scenery, sound, and video for The Laramie Project, 5/23/02 through 6/1/02. All plays will be produced in the ARTS Building Studio Theatre (ARTS Room 100), Department of Theatre-093, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, 909/787-3245.

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 is Mary Warren in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

DANIEL MOSER (Faculty) has finished his Ph.D. in Performance Studies, Northwestern University. His dissertation is entitled Victory Gardens 1974-2001: A Cultural History of Chicago Theatre. Congratulations, Doctor Moser!

KATE MURA (BFA, Acting, ’01) is in rehearsal for a new vaudeville show called The Palace Theatre, and just finished an original art film titled Fans. Kate was also seen in Hogtown Horrors, Keyhole Players. (See NOTES )

JULIA NEARY (BFA, Acting, ’90) is in They All Fall Down: The Richard Nickel Story, Lookingglass Theatre Company at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn, 773/477-8088, through 11/18/01. BRIAN McKNIGHT (MFA, Acting, ’01) is running sound.

MATT NELSON (Former Staff) is the Reservations/House Manager for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

DAVID NEW (BFA, Acting, ’87) is in Thou Shalt Not, directed & choreographed by Susan Strohman, music & lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr, Plymouth Theatre, 236 W. 45th Street, NYC, 212/239-6200, through 1/6/02.

BEN NEWTON (BFA Acting program, ‘96-’98) is the male understudy in undone, About Face Theatre, Jane Adams Center Hull House, 3212 N. Broadway, 773/549-3290, through 11/18/01. (See NOTES )

RUTH ANN (WEYNA) NIGHTENGALE (BFA, Acting, ‘86) is in As It Is In Heaven, a story about 9 Shaker women, 78th Street Theatre Lab (where Ruth Ann serves as General Manager), NYC, 212/873-9050. The show had its premiere in August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.

KARLIE NURSE (BFA, Acting, ’01) is in From Both Hips, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, 731 W. Sheridan, 773/871-0442, through 12/16/01. (See NOTES )

SUSAN NUSSBAUM (GSD, Acting, ’78) directs the Chicago premiere of Henry Flamethrowa, Victory Gardens theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, through 11/18/01. FRANCES MAGGIO (MFA, Costume Design, ’87) designed the costumes. Susan will also be directing the world premiere of FLUNG, American theatre Company, 1909 W. Byron, 773/929-5009, opens 2/6/02 and runs through 3/17/02.

MARY O’DOWD (MFA Acting program, ’93-’95) is Mrs. Putnam in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

ZAK ORTH (BFA, Acting, '92) plays Don Ohlmeyer in the TNT film Monday Night Mayhem, premiering 1/14/02, 7PM. 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 this month.

CINDY ORTHAL (BFA, Acting, ’84) is the puppet designer for Return of the King, Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood, 773/761-4477, through 12/9/01. JOHN FERRICK (BFA, Acting, ’93) is in the cast.

KEITH PARHAM (BFA, Lighting Design, ’98) designed lights for From Both Hips, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, 731 W. Sheridan, 773/871-0442, through 12/16/01. (See NOTES )

MARY ELLEN PARK (MFA, Costume Design, ’99) designed costumes From Both Hips, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, 731 W. Sheridan, 773/871-0442, through 12/16/01. She also designed costumes for Miracle on 34th Street, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green, 312/327-2000, previews 11/19/01, opens 11/28/01 and runs through 12/30/01. BETH LACKE (BFA, Acting, '98) is in the cast. Mary Ellen also worked on ABC’s What About Joan?, the Oprah show, and she is a designer for the new fashion show De Corpe. (See NOTES )

AMY PIETZ (BFA, Acting, ’90) produced, with her husband Kenny Williams, Xanadu Live, Gascon Center Theatre, Culver City, CA, closed yesterday, LAURA LEE (Certificate, Acting, ’90) was in the cast. Amy also plays Amy Spedaro in Caroline in the City, now in syndication, WGN, daily at 12:30PM and 2PM.

COLLETT POLLARD (BFA, Scene Design, ’00) worked for the National High School Institute at Northwestern University Theatre Division this past summer. (See NOTES )

LISA PORTES (Faculty) will be directing readings of Welcome to Westchester, Rattlestick Theatre, 12/4/01; Silent Concerto, New Dramatists, 12/6/01; and Alcestis, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, 12/9/01, all in NYC. Lisa will also be directing a workshop of Wilder, Playwrights Horizons, 2/4/02. Next Spring, will be working on a new adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie at Lookingglass Theatre. RACHEL SHTEIR (Faculty) will collaborate with Lisa on the Sister Carrie production.

PJ POWERS (BFA, Acting, ’95 & Staff) is Reverend Hale in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. PJ is the Artistic Director of Timeline Theatre Company and a member of the Alumni Board. (See NOTES )

JONATHAN PRYKOP (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’01) moved to Champaign/Urbana in August, and is working for Wolfram Research, Inc, as a web designer. Jonathan is also developing an eclectic interest web site at http://www.knightsofthesport.com .

GINA PULICE (BFA, Acting, ’97) is directing Blanco y Negro, Shotgun Players Black Box Productions, 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA 510/704-8210, opening 12/01/01.

NIC PULLIN (SANDYS) (Faculty) is choreographing the fights for the season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago (where he has been resident fight director since 1996).

BILL PULLINSI (GSD) is an associate Artistic Director of Organic Theatre Company.

PHYLLIS RAVEL (FOX) (BFA, Acting, ’74) is the Artistic Director at Marquette University in Indiana.

RONDI REED (Faculty - Barat) is in The Vagina Monologues, Apollo Theatre Center, 2540 N. Lincoln, 773/935-6100, through 11/18/01.

JOHN C. REILLY (BFA, Acting, '87) plays Happy Jack in the Martin Scorcese film Gangs of New York, scheduled to be released on 12/21/01. Co-stars include Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Day-Lewis. He will also appear in the film The Hours, with Nicole Kidman, Julieanne Moore, Meryl Streep and Ed Harris; and in the film The Good Girl with Jennifer Aniston. John is also scheduled to play the lead in a Broadway musical production of the 1955 Oscar winning film Marty. The plan is for the show to open on Broadway in the Spring or Fall of 2002.

LORETTA REZOS (MFA, Acting, ’97) is in undone, About Face Theatre, Jane Adams Center Hull House, 3212 N. Broadway, 773/549-3290, through 11/18/01. (See NOTES )

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) will be in the Walter Hill directed film Undisputed with Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames and Peter Falk. Michael also plays Special Agent Nicholas Roberts in the TV show HRT.

TODD ROSENTHAL (Faculty) designed the set for A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opens 11/17/01 and runs through 12/22/01. This is the first new set for the Goodman’s production of A Christmas Carol in over twenty years, celebrating a new season in a new space. We wish this set the same lasting longevity as its predecessor designed by JOE NIEMINSKI ( MFA, Scene Design, ’70 & Faculty) where it was used for over 20 seasons at the old Goodman Theatre. (See NOTES )

LAURA ROSS-WHITE (BFA, Acting, ’76) is an adjunct faculty member and teaches acting at Suffolk Community College in New York and is the Chair of the Fine Arts dept at the Knox School where she teaches acting and directing. Laura is a coordinator and director of the Oberon Foundation which brings performances and the arts to Long Island from Ray Anderson and Micahel Moschen.

MORGAN ROWE (BFA, Acting, ’92) will play Belle in A Christmas Carol, A Contemporary Theatre, Kreielsheimer Place, 700 Union Street, Seattle, WA, 206/292-7676, 11/23/01 through 12/23/01.

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, through 12/16/01.

MICHAEL SANFILIPPO (Certificate, Production Management, ’83) is the company manager for the LA production of The Lion King.

MATT SCHARFF (BFA, Acting, ’91) shot an episode of ABC’s What About Joan?

JEFF SCHLEGELMILCH (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03) will direct Enemy of the People, Keyhole Players, 773/517-2950, opens 1/25/02 and runs through 2/24/02. Jeff also participated as a staff member in Keyhole Players first benefit. (See NOTES )

TODD SCHMIDT (MFA, Directing, ’86) is directing the regional premiere of Conor McPherson’s St. Nicholas, Victory Gardens Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln, 773/871-3000, previews 11/15/01-11/17/01, opens 11/18/01 and runs through 12/30/01. Todd is the general manager of Peninsula Players in Fish Creek, WI.

TODD SCHRENK (BFA, Acting, ’93) has moved from NYC to Austin, TX.

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 SCHULDT (Cert, Acting, '76) is the fight choreographer for The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Waukesha Civic Theatre, 264 W. Main St, Waukesha, WI, 262/547-4911, through 11/18/01.

MIKE SCHUPPE (MFA, Directing, ’87) is the general manager for the new musical Gauguin - The Musical, Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, 866/737-3285 or http://www.gauguinthemusical.com , through 1/13/02.

CARY SESTON (BFA, Acting, ’96) is in Never The Sinner, Theatre on Broadway, 13 S. Broadway, Denver, CO, 303/860-9360 or http://www.theatregroup.org , through 12/23/01.

NTOZAKE SHANGE (Faculty) will have her work celebrated with an afternoon of workshops and performances at DePaul on 1/21/02. On 10/27/01, Ntozake participated in the Gwendolyn Brooks International Literary Festival at U of I, Chicago, speaking on a panel about black artists. At the festival, she was inducted into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writer’s of African Descent. From 11/1/01 to 11/4/01 Ntozake attended the “Acts of Achievement” event in Birmingham, England, performing Ellington Is Not A Street, and a new piece entitled The Lizard Project, with choreographer Mickey Davidson. (See NOTES )

LILY SHAW (BFA, Acting, ’95) was featured in Clean at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. Lily also finished the independent film connect the dots. She is also doing press relations for Naked Eye Theatre Company and CollaborAction Theatre Company. Along with this, Lily is teaching viewpoints classes with Kim Rubenstein and Meisner classes with Mary Ann Thebus, 20 W. Hubbard, Suite 2E, 312/527-4566.

KAREN SHERIDAN (MFA, Acting, ’86) heads the Theatre area at Oakland University’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance in Michigan.

LESLIE SHOOK (Staff & Faculty) has loaned some of her personal collection of Alice memorabilia for three exhibits that the university has promoting Alice in Wonderland, our currently playing Chicago Playworks production. Alice in DePaul-land is on the first floor of DePaul’s Richardson Library on the Lincoln Park campus. Chicago Playworks is an exhibit on the 10th floor of DePaul Center on the downtown campus, highlighting the more than 75 year history of the children's theatre. And our current production of Alice in Wonderland is featured in the display case located in the Merle Reskin Theatre's lower lobby. Special thanks to Kathryn DeGraff of DePaul University Special Collections Dept for coordinating these exhibits, on display through 12/7/01. Leslie attended, along with ANNE WAKEFIELD (Faculty), the ITA’s Children’s Theatre Conference, 10/20. Rives Collins and Daniel J. Travanti were keynote speakers. BRIGID GERACE (MFA, Acting, 63-65) was on the noon panel discussion and spoke very highly of Chicago Playworks.

RACHEL SHTEIR (Faculty) is dramaturging the Target Margin Theatre’s production of The Marriage of Figaro, in NYC, 212/358-3657, through 11/17/01. She will be collaborating with LISA PORTES (Faculty) on a workshop of a new adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie at Lookingglass Theatre this coming Spring. Look for an article on Rachel in this month’s Chicago Magazine. Rachel is also on the board of directors for Keyhole Players (See NOTES ).

JAY PAUL SKELTON (MFA, Directing, ’93) directed From Both Hips, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, 731 W. Sheridan, 773/871-0442, through 12/16/01. Jay will direct the world premiere of Death on a Pink Carpet, Live Bait theatre, 3914 N. Clark, 773/871-1212, Winter 2002. (See NOTES )

ERIC SLATER (BFA, Acting, ’97) is in Uncle Fred in the Springtime, City Lit theatre Co, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr, 773/293-3692, opens tonight and runs through 1/5/02. DOUG MacKECHNIE (MFA, Acting, ’95) is also in the cast. Eric is then shooting a film in NYC for Showtime with the working title of Still Life in Greenwich Village. Eric will then be working on Missallliance, Writer’s Theatre, 664 Vernon Ave, Glencoe, 847/835-5398.

JAYMI LEE SMITH (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lights for Absolution, The Garage at Steppenwolf, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, extended through 11/18/01. Jaymi is also lighting The Laramie Project, Next Theatre Company, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes, Evanston, IL, 847/475-1875, through 12/16/01; RUSSELL HARDIN (BFA, Acting, ’97) is in the cast of The Laramie Project. She is also designing lights for Bronzeville, Pegasus Players, 1145 W. Wilson, 773/878-9761, through 12/16/01; JACK MAGAW (Faculty) designed the scenery for Bronzeville. Later this Fall, Jaymi will light Waving Goodbye for her own theatre company, Naked Eye, which will be performed at the Steppenwolf Studio. (See NOTES )

JENNIFER SMITH (BFA, Production Management, ‘91) is the Production Manager at Chicago Shakespeare theatre and also a member of the Alumni Board.

MATT SMITH (BFA, Acting, ’91) just filmed seven new spots for Bud Light that will air in the U.S. (Matt lives in Canada). Look for him as a small town hockey fan with a mullet (hair extensions, he claims….) Matt continues to do voiceover work for several cartoons.

STEVE SMITH (BFA, Acting, ’77) is currently in Finland directing some shows for the newest ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet.

TAIT SMITH (BFA, Acting, ’97) plays Hansie in the MGM/United Artists feature film Pumpkin. Co-stars include Christina Ricci and Brenda Blevin.

WAYNE SMITH (Staff) is now serving as Interim Technical Director for The Theatre School. He took on this position beginning 10/22/01. (See NOTES )

ROB SNYDER (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’91) was in As Bees In Honey Drown, Theatre of Western Springs, closed 10/28/01.

BEN SPICER (BFA, Light Design, ’01) traveled to Europe soon after graduation. Ben spent all of July and half of August as the lighting designer and technical tour advisor for a touring production in The Netherlands of Dubaten Koorts (translates to Gold Fever) with the De Smederij (The Foundry) Theatre Company. When Ben returns to the states, he’ll be designing the lighting for La Luna Muda with Lookingglass Theatre Company, opening in February 2002; Ben will also be teaching the design class at the Lookingglass Studio beginning in January of 2002.

CHRISTINA STEVENS (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’02) is the Assistant Marketing Director/Intern for The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463, extended through 12/9/01. (See NOTES )

JEFF STILL (MFA, Acting, ’89) is in The Chairs, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave, 773/753-4472, through 12/9/01. In January 2002, Jeff will be in The Price, Writers’ Theatre Chicago, Books on Vernon, 664 Vernon, Glencoe, IL; also in that cast will be HOWARD WITT (Certificate, Acting, ‘67).

PAUL STOVALL (BFA, Acting, ’91) directed an Introduction to Performance at The Theatre School this Fall Quarter. Paul is also in undone, About Face Theatre (where Paul has just been named an Artistic Associate), Jane Adams Center Hull House, 3212 N. Broadway, 773/549-3290, through 11/18/01. After that, Paul leaves for NYC to film Hearsay, directed by Ilo Orleans, executive produced by John Schlessinger, starring Julie Christie. (See NOTES )

MEGHAN STRELL (BFA, Acting, ’91) traveled, this past May, with her theatre company, Local Infinities, to Kiev, Ukraine to perform in their International theatre Festival. They performed their piece, Space Between Two.

CHUCK STUBBINGS (BFA, Acting, ‘94) is in Big Love, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, http://www.goodman-theatre.org through 11/18/01. MICHAEL BODEEN (Faculty) designed the sound.

DEAN TAUCHER (BFA, Scene Design, ’76) is the Production Designer for The Sopranos, Sundays, HBO, 8PM.

PAT TIEDEMANN (MFA, Acting, ’96) recently got engaged to CHRIS HOFMANN (Staff). Their marriage is planned for sometime next summer, in Chicago. Congrats!

DON TIERI (MFA, Acting, '88) will be appearing in an episode of Dead Last, a new series on the WB Network.

CONCETTA TOMEI (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.

MARY TRUMBOUR (BFA, Costume Design, ’01) designed the costumes for The Tempest, The European Repertory Company (starting their 10th season), Viaduct Theatre main stage, 3111 N. Western, 773/248-0577, through 12/2/01.

JENNIFER TYLER (BFA, Acting, ’87) booked a commercial for Ford Windstar.

SARAH UNDERWOOD (Certificate, Acting, ’91) is in A Christmas Carol , Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opens 11/17/01 and runs through 12/22/01. (See NOTES )

KATIE VANDEHEY (BFA, GTS, ’93) served as co-dramaturg on 2, Eclipse Theatre Company, The Atheneum, 2936 N. Southport, 312/409-1687, through 12/16/01.

LISA VELTEN (BFA, Acting, ’98) is an understudy in Absolution, The Garage at Steppenwolf, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, through 11/18/01. She also directs The Emily Show, written by JEN ELLISON (BFA, Acting, ’96), WNEP Theatre, 3209 N. Halsted, 773/755-1693, through 12/1/01. Lisa is also one of 6 playwrights, along with JEN ELLISON (BFA, Acting, ’96) of Fugue, also to be done at WNEP, opening 4/11/02 and running through 5/18/02. (See NOTES )

ANNE WAKEFIELD (Faculty) attended, along with LESLIE SHOOK (Staff), the ITA’s Children’s Theatre Conference, 10/20/01. Rives Collins and Daniel J. Travanti were keynote speakers. BRIGID GERACE (MFA, Acting, 63-65) was on the noon panel discussion and spoke very highly of Chicago Playworks.

JACK WARNER (MFA, Directing, ’78) was featured in the Fall 2001 DePaul Magazine in an article titled Bringing Books To Life In Honduras talking about the work he does in Central America with the theatre troupe he founded in 1979, teatro la fragua.

JOSH WATERS (BFA, Acting, ’01) will be in the Tapestry Films production of Van Wilder: Party Liaison with Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid and Tim Matheson. Release date scheduled for Spring 2002.

MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) directed 42nd Street, theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge, Muster, IN, 219/836-3255, through 12/23/01. DARIN KEESING (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lighting. Michael is the Artistic Director at Theatre at the Center.

COLLEEN WELSH (BFA, Production Management, ’02) is interning As You Like It, Chicago Shakespeare theatre, Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand, 312/595-5600, previews begin 1/9/02, opens 1/13/02 and runs through 3/9/02. AMY LEWIS (MONTGOMERY) (MFA, Acting, ’98) will be in the cast.

SARA WILCOX (BFA, Costume Design, ’99) is currently working for Norcostco in Minneapolis as the retail Costume Rental Manager. She will design costumes for Cowbird and The Play About the Baby, opening, respectively, in 2/02 and 4/02, Eye of the Storm Theatre, 3754 Pleasant Ave. South #202, Minneapolis, MN, 612/823-6768. She will also be designing costumes for F is for Freedom, Stages Theatre, Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN, 952/979-1111.

ALLISON WILLIAMS (BFA Acting program, ‘92-’93) is spending a third semester as a guest artist in residence at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI, teaching Improvisation, Circus Skills, and mast and Movement Theatre. She also commutes to the Ohio Renaissance Festival where she performs her fire-eating stunt show, The Daring Devilinis (with her husband Todd).

JACQUELINE WILLIAMS (BFA, Acting, ’87) is in A Christmas Carol , Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opens 11/17/01 and runs through 12/22/01. (See NOTES )

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.

HOWARD WITT (Certificate, Acting, ‘67) has been nominated for a LA Ovation Award for Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Charley in last season’s Death of a Salesman. The awards ceremony will be held tonight (11/12/01) in the new Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA - good luck, Howard! Howard will also be in The Price, Writers’ Theatre Chicago, Books on Vernon, 664 Vernon, Glencoe, IL, this coming January; also in that cast will be JEFF STILL (MFA, Acting, ’89). Howard is a member of the Alumni Board.

LAURIE (RIFFE) WOLFF (BFA, Acting, ’94) is directing Into The Woods, Jr., The Young Actors Ensemble, Mayer Kaplan JCC, 5050 W. Church St, Skokie, 847/675-2200, performances: 12/6/01, 12/8/01, 12/9/01, and 12/13/01.

DENNIS ZACEK (GSD & BA, DePaul University, ‘63) will be directing the world premiere of The Old Man’s Friend, Victory Gardenstheatre, 2257 N. Lincoln, 773/871-3000, opens 5/24/02 through 7/7/02.

MATT ZEIGLER (BFA, Acting, ’02) is an understudy in Absolution, The Garage at Steppenwolf, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, extended through 11/18/01. Matt will also 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). (See NOTES )

SCOTT ZIEMBA (BFA, Stage Management, ‘92) is the Production Manager for the Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, here in Chicago.

LOU ZORICH (GSD) is in 45 Seconds From Broadway, Neil Simon’s 32nd play, Richard Rogers Theatre, 226 W. 45th, NYC, 212/307-4100 or 800/755-4000, opened 11/11/01. Lou also has a recurring role on Mad About You as Paul Buchman’s father, now in syndication, WGN, Mondays through Saturdays, Midnight.

NOTES

Please make a note to update your email addresses for those of us at DePaul. The “wppost” part of our addresses has been dropped. As an example, your editor’s email address used to be jbridges@depaul.edu It is now 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.

BRIA CONRADUS (BFA, Acting, ’87) passed away on 10/21/01 in Seattle, WA. Bria had a brain tumor removed through surgery in September of 1995, followed by chemotherapy. Her illness returned in the late summer this year. Bria was an only child; both of her parents passed away in 1996. Memorials should be made to the charity of your choice.

Our first Chicago Playworks production is Alice in Wonderland, running through 12/1/01 at the Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E. Balbo Drive, 312/922-1999. ANNE WAKEFIELD (faculty) is the director, SARA HOLTKAMP (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’04) is the assistant director, JOSEPH NIEMINSKI (MFA Scene Design, ’70 & Faculty) is the scenic designer, SARA WALBRIDGE (BFA, Costume Design, ’02) is the costume designer, JENNA McDANOLD (BFA, Lighting Design, ’02) is the lighting designer, NATHANIEL HARE (BFA, Theatre Technology, ’02) is the Sound Designer, MEGAN SOLIAH (BFA, Production Management, ’02) is the stage manager. Our first New Directors production is Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Athenaeum Studio Four, Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, 312/922-1999, through 11/18/01. JEAN GOTTLIEB (MFA, Directing, ’02) is the director, JULIA MEADOR (BFA, Scene Design, ’03) is the scenic designer, KATIE STACK (BFA, Costume Design, ’03) is the costume designer, BRIAN TYLKE (BFA, Lighting Design, ’03) is the lighting designer, NIC PULLIN (Faculty) is the fight choreographer, WILLIAM DOYEL (BFA, Stage Management, ’04) is the stage manager, ROBERT COHN (BFA2 Dramaturgy/Criticism) is the dramaturg, SARAH BARKOWSKI (BFA, Theatre Management, ’04) is an assistant stage manager, and KATRINA HERRMANN (BFA, Stage Management, ’05) is an assistant stage manager. Remember that as an alum, you are eligible for a comp for any of these shows, subject to availability. Call the box office and identify yourself as an alum to reserve your comp.

The Theatre Arts program at the Barat Campus of DePaul University opens its 2001-02 Children’s Theatre season with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, directed by HOLLY ORFANEDES-ROTH (Barat Faculty). The show will play twice a day, Tuesday through Friday, 11/27/01 through 11/30/01 for school groups, and to the general public twice a day on Saturday and Sunday, 12/1/01 and 12/2/01, 1PM & 4PM. Performances will be at the Drake Theatre, 700 E. Westleigh Road, on the campus in Lake Forest. Box office is at 847/604-6344.

WAYNE SMITH (Staff) is now serving as Interim Technical Director for The Theatre School. He took on this position beginning 10/22/01. We anticipate that the Technical Director search will be concluded by 3/31/02. We will also be hiring an interim Properties Master to be responsible for Wayne’s current duties. Wayne has been our Property Master since 1982. During his tenure with us, he has worked in a number of shop facilities (the shared Grant Place facility with the Goodman Theatre, the Lyceum building on Sheffield, and our current space). He has produced props for over 190 of our productions in the last 19 years, and has worked closely with Tim Brault and Gerry Reynolds during that time. Wayne has a B.A. in Technical Theatre and Design from U of I Champaign/Urbana; has worked for Goodman, Court, and Chicago Children’s Theatre; and is an active member of USITT, having hosted a Midwest section workshop here in 1996 titled, “Blood and Guts, Fire and Brimstone.” Wayne is our Safety Officer, has re-written its handbook twice now, and is certified in Hazard Communications. He is in his second term on the DePaul University Staff Council, currently chairs its Communications Committee, and chaired the 2000 DePaul University Picnic Planning Committee.

DINA LINDENBERG (Staff) joins us this month as our DePaul Alumni Relations & Networks contact person. Dina has a BA in English from the U of Virginia and just finished an MA in Public Service here at DePaul. Dina is from the Chicago suburbs and has worked in the alumni offices for three years. She is currently an Assistant Director, and responsible for The Theatre School, the School of Music, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the Young Alumni Association. In addition to being a supporter of the schools of DePaul, she is a Chicago Bears fan and is predicting their appearance in the Super Bowl this year. We welcome Dina and all her dreams!

Guidelines for the awarding of the annual Cunningham Prize (created in 1991) have been revised to create a new Cunningham Commission for Youth Theatre. This year’s deadline is 12/1/01 (for future years it will be 10/1). The commission encourages Chicago-area playwrights (defined as having their residence within 100 miles of the Chicago Loop) to write for an audience they may not previously have considered - youth. The importance and prominence of theatre for youth is rising across the nation as many leading theatres dedicate resources to young audiences. For details on eligibility, submission, selection and award, contact LARA GOETSCH (Staff), our Director of Marketing and Public Relations at lgoetsch@depaul.edu or 773/325-7938.

In celebration of the residency of Visiting Professor NTOZAKE SHANGE (Faculty) the Executive Committee at The Theatre School is pleased to announce an afternoon of workshops and performances featuring her work. This will take place on Monday, 1/21/02 in conjunction with the university’s observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Theatre School classes after noon that day will be canceled so that all students, faculty and staff may attend. The programs will run from 1-5PM. All Theatre School students will be required to attend unless the workshop conflicts with courses in other schools of the university. In addition to performances by Dr. Shange, the day will include workshops led by Theatre School faculty, other DePaul faculty and guests from the community. These sessions will explore Dr. Shange’s work and examine issues of diversity and multi-culturalism. Everyone will be expected to prepare for this day by reading a selection of Dr. Shange’s work. The featured works will be for colored girls…, spell #7 and love/space/demands. Copies will be available at Act One Bookstore before the end of the fall quarter. In addition, a study guide prepared by the Dramaturgy classes will be distributed to The Theatre School community before the break. The committee organizing this afternoon includes DEAN CORRIN (Faculty), LARA GOETSCH (Staff), PHYLLIS GRIFFIN (Faculty), CHRIS JONES (Faculty), and RACHEL SHTEIR (Faculty). They invite the participation of anyone interested in helping to plan this event. This committee and The Theatre School are also planning other events that will introduce Dr. Shange to the wider DePaul and Chicago communities.

News elsewhere at DePaul includes : U.S. News and World Report names three DePaul University programs among the Top 10 in the country. The Kellstadt Graduate School of Business part-time MBA program is ranked #4 in the nation, and the College of Law’s Intellectual Property program is rated #6. The College of Law’s Health Law program is ranked in the Top 10, as well. Hispanic Magazine again ranks DePaul in the top 25 colleges and universities for Latino/a students. Besides enrollment and retention figures, the magazine also considers academic excellence, Latino/a-related degree programs, Hispanic student organizations and support programs and Hispanic faculty. Success Magazine rates the entrepreneurship program at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business as fourth in the top 50 entrepreneurial business school programs. DePaul’s athletics department achieved a milestone during the 2000-01 academic year. For the first time in school history, the university was represented in three different spring NCAA tournaments. DePaul’s women’s softball team qualified for the NCAA tournament for the fifth straight year, Carey Ryan qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the hammer throw for the second straight year, and Jevgenij Cariov became the first DePaul men’s tennis player in more than 30 years to earn a spot in the NCAA singles tournament.

The official total enrollment for DePaul this year is 21,364. That’s a 4% increase over last year. Since 1996, DePaul’s total enrollment has grown 24%. DePaul remains the largest Catholic university in the country. This year’s freshman class is the most diverse in the university’s history with minority students representing 33% of the class. The Theatre School has a total enrollment of 315. We make up 1.5% of the university’s student body.

CTI (School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Services) introduced the Center for Community Technology Support this fall. The center will provide on-going maintenance for software that has been developed by CTI students for outside organizations, in particular non-profits. The center will coordinate efforts and act as a single contact point for students, and faculty teaching the courses and the organizations that will benefit from the students’ services. In the past, students have developed software for non-profit organizations, such as Youth Service Project, Association House and STRIVE, a program that helps adults enter the workplace. CTI hopes to hire two graduate students and two undergraduate students who will write software, troubleshoot, develop Web sites, and install and maintain networks. The service will be free to non-profit organizations.

Interested in becoming a mentor? Join ASK (Alumni Sharing Knowledge) at DePaul. You can do it online at http://careercenter.depaul.edu or call 312/362-8281. ASK is a unique, career-focused program devoted to building relationships between alumni and students through conversations, email and events. All you’ll need is: A willingness to contribute time and expertise to students and other alumni; A degree from a college, school, institute or certificate program of DePaul (or Goodman School of Drama for you alums prior to 1978); Access to email - since the system is web-based, email is the primary mode of communication with participants.

Did you know that Chicago is the hub of candy manufacturing in the United States? The candy industry in Chicago provides 17,000 jobs, employs 15% of the national candy labor force, is home to three (Nestle, M&M and Mars) of the four biggest candy companies, and generates more that $4 billion in factory shipments annually - nearly one-third of total national candy production. Chicago is also the home base for Tootsie Roll Industries (producing over 60 million Tootsie Roll Pops daily - number one flavor is cherry), Blommer Chocolates (with a factory outlet store!), and Fannie Mae Candies. Ah, Sweet Home Chicago!

Holiday Happenings in Chicago :

NOVEMBER ONLY - Santa’s Circus at Union Station, Great Hall, Union Station, 11/17/01,10AM-3PM featuring the Midnight Circus, Aerial & Acrobatic Acts, Jesse White Tumblers, and free giveaways; Tenth Annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, 11/17/01, 6PM, lighting of over one million lights on 200 trees (Oak St to the Chicago River) and holiday fireworks exploding over the Chicago River; Field’s Jingle Elf Parade, 11/22/01, 8:30AM, watch gigantic helium balloons, outstanding marching bands, majestic equestrian units, and much more on State Street; City of Chicago Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, 11/23/01, 4:30PM, Daley Plaza downtown at Washington and Dearborn; The Wreathing of the Lions, 11/23/01, wreaths are hung on the famous lion sculptures in front of the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan; Vienna Choir Boys, 11/23/01, Orchestra Hall at the Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave, more info at 312/294-3000, African Durbar Holiday Marketplace, 11/23-11/25/01, African History Museum, 740 E. 56th Place, Free Admission, holiday shopping marketplace featuring one-of-a-kind and handcrafted items; Mercado Navideno, 11/23-11/25/01, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1852 W. 19th St, Free Admission, hundreds of handmade items.

NOVEMBER AND BEYOND - Come Out and Skate! Parks on Ice, Mid-November through Early March, skate on any of the nine rinks at various parks throughout the city, more info at 312/742-PLAY; Hancock Holiday Mountain Railroad, 11/16/01-12/31/01, The Hancock Observatory, 875 N. Michigan Ave, a 1375 square foot model train exhibition featuring 9 trains, including a Hanukkah train, two waterfalls, a cable car to the North Pole, a reindeer barn, a skating rink, and a Christmas carousel; Space-tacular Holidays!, 11/16/01-1/6/02, Museum of Science and Industry, 57th St & Lake Shore Drive, Christmas Around the World with trees decorated by different ethnic communities; Christkindlmarket Chicago 2001, 11/22/01-12/20/01, Daley Plaza, Washington & Dearborn Streets, Free Admission, a German marketplace of unique gifts, ornaments, wooden toys, nutcrackers, etc; A Great View and Santa Too!, 11/23/01-11/25/01 and 12/1, 12/2, 12/8, 12/9, 12/15, 12/16, 12/22 & 12/23/01, The Hancock Observatory, 875 N. Michigan Ave, give your list to Santa and receive a free photo with Old Saint Nick taken by Mrs. Claus; Star of Wonder, 11/23/01-1/6/02, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, view the stars and the moving planets just as they appeared in the sky during the likely time of the magi’s travels; Zoo Lights, 11/23/01-1/6/02, Lincoln Park Zoo, Cannon Drive at Fullerton Pkwy, a nighttime extravaganza featuring ice-carvings, animated light displays, children’s activities, Santa’s workshop and your favorite animals.

MORE THAN A FEW

Here are some activities that involve “more than a few” Goodman/Theatre School folks:

LORETTA REZOS (MFA, Acting, ’97) and PAUL STOVALL (BFA, Acting, ’91) are in undone, a world premiere musical, About Face Theatre, Jane Adams Center Hull House, 3212 N. Broadway, 773/549-3290, through 11/18/01. BEN NEWTON (BFA Acting program, ‘96-’98) is the male understudy and DARIN KEESING (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lighting.

DANICA IVANCEVIC (BFA, Acting, ’94) is in Absolution, The Garage at Steppenwolf, 1650 N. Halsted, 312/335-1650, extended through 11/18/01. LISA VELTEN (BFA, Acting, ’98) and MATT ZEIGLER (BFA, Acting, ’02) are understudies. JAYMI LEE SMITH (BFA, Lighting Design, ‘96) designed the lights.

LINSEY MORTON (BFA, Acting, ’01) is Mary Warren, PJ POWERS (BFA, Acting, ’95 & Staff) is Reverend Hale, and MARY O’DOWD (MFA Acting program, ’93-’95) is Mrs. Putnam in The Crucible, TimeLine Theatre Company, 615 W. Wellington, 312/409-8463 extended through 12/9/01. NICK BOWLING (MFA, Directing, ’96) directs. 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.

JEFF BUELTERMAN (BFA, Acting, ’94), KARLIE NURSE (BFA, Acting, ’01) appear in From Both Hips, Mary-Arrchie Theatre, 731 W. Sheridan, 773/871-0442, through 12/16/01. MARTIN ANDREW (MFA, Set Design, ’01) designed the set, KEITH PARHAM (BFA, Lighting Design, ’98) designed the lights, MARY ELLEN PARK (MFA, Costume Design, ’01) designed the costumes, and JAY PAUL SKELTON (MFA, Directing, ’93) directed.

HENRY GODINEZ (Faculty) is directing A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312/443-3800, opens 11/17/01 and runs through 12/22/01. Appearing in the cast are CHARLES BROWNING (BFA, Acting, ’00), SARAH UNDERWOOD (Certificate, Acting, ’91), and JACQUELINE WILLIAMS (BFA, Acting, ’87). The brand new set design is by TODD ROSENTHAL (Faculty). This is the first new set for the Goodman’s production of A Christmas Carol in over twenty years, celebrating a new season in a new space. We wish this set the same lasting longevity as its predecessor designed by JOE NIEMINSKI (Faculty).

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.

Keyhole Players, started by FRANK MERLE (BFA, Playwriting, ’01) and MATTHEW DAVID (BFA, Playwriting, ’01), held their first benefit on Halloween night. KATE MURA (BFA, Acting, ’01) appeared in Hogtown Horrors, the 1-act Halloween show that was the main event at this benefit. Other Keyhole staff members include LIBBY FORD (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03), JEFF SCHLEGELMILCH (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03), and MORGAN LEAVITT (BFA, Theatre Studies, ’03). RACHEL SHTEIR (Faculty) is on the Keyhole Board of Directors.

GREG BLOXHAM (BFA, Lighting Design, ’02), COLLETT POLLARD (BFA, Scene Design, ’01), MARTIN ANDREW (MFA, Scene Design, ’01), PATRICK JUSTICE (BFA, Theatre Technology, ’02), ERICA HEMMINGER (MFA, Scene Design, ’03), and ANN DETMER (BFA, Costume Design, ’04) worked for the National High School Institute at Northwestern University Theatre Division (nicknamed cherubs) this summer. They worked with 160 high school students from all over the US, gave a host of classes, and produced 10 shows in 5 weeks.

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: