Selected Theatre & Dance Alumni

What follows is a sampling of alumni who have gone on to successful careers with a Theatre degree from Wooster:

› Lauren Orr ('05) - Teacher for Steps Ahead, a Dance Company for young dancers in Nashville, Tenn.

› Laura Cerniglia ('04) - Performer and Teacher for the Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre

› Victoria Flory ('04) - House Manager for The Ohio Light Opera

› Aaron Schwartzbord ('03) - Producing Assistant The Araca Group, a Broadway marketing company

› Adrienne Moon ('01) - Human Resources Assistant for the Summa Health Systems in San Francisco, Calif.

› Craig Dorer ('00) - Properties Artisan for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival

› George Alley ('99) - A Philadelphia-based choreographer and founder of the dance company Alley Ink.

› Kara Martin ('99) - Lighting Designer for Queens Theatre in the Park in New York City

› Ilana Brownstein ('98) - Literary Manager/Director of New Play Development & Commissions at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, MA.

› Jen Anderson ('96) - Creative Services Director for 104.1 JACK FM in Minneapolis (includes on-air copywriter, graphic designer)… Managing Director for STLProductions (self-startd theatre company)

› Laurel Springer ('94) - First Officer for Mesaba Airlines, an affilaite with Northwest Airlines

› Mike Rulf ('93) - Vice President of advanced engineering at USinternetworking Inc.

› Chris Strompolos ('93) - Co-creator of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, and owns a Mississippi-based production company called Rolling Boulder

› Masankho K. Banda ('91) - Founder of Ucandanc African Healing Arts, which brings dance and storytelling to communities all over the world. He also received the Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award from the Dalai Lama.

› Andrew Bishop ('91) - American Film Institute; Directing Assistant, Kalamazoo Picnic Players, 1992; now Marketing Intern, Columbia Pictures

› Raymond Inkel ('88) - Staff Technical Director, Kalamazoo College Theatre Department, 1988-1992; Assistant Technical Director, Santa Fe Opera, 1994; now Production Manager of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (Santa Maria, California)

› Stephen Quandt ('86) - Freelance lighting designer for various Broadway, Off Broadway, and Lincoln Center shows, also for Opryland U.S.A.

› Tracy Upton ('86) - Division Manager for Colony Group, an excess & surplus lines insurance company

› Sarah McGraw ('85) - Actress/singer with Cleveland Opera and other companies; toured Europe as Maria in West Side Story

› Laura Coker ('82) - Professional actress and Producer with the Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles. Her Production Company is Angry Amish Productions. A member of AFI, Women in Film, Women in Theatre, AEA, SAG, and AFTRA.