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Music Theatre Alumni
Adam Kaplan, ’12
Broadway/Tour: A Bronx Tale, Newsies, Kinky Boots (1st National), Show Boat (NY Philharmonic)
Regional: Music Theater Wichita, Flat Rock Playhouse, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodspeed Musicals
TV/Film: The Big Leap, Deception, Maja + Theo (short), The Point of Divergence, The Girls on The Bus, Up Here, Elsbeth, Somewhere in Queens, 2020 ABC Showcase
Alec Michael Ryan, ’19
Broadway: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
Tour: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Jersey Boys
Regional: Theatre Under The Stars, White Plains Performing Arts Center, New London Barn Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, The REV Theatre Company
Allison Spratt Pearce, ’00
Broadway: Curtains, Cry Baby, Good Vibrations
Off-Broadway/National Tour: Cabaret, Enter Laughing
Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, San Diego Repertory, Cygnet Theater, Goodspeed, Flat Rock Playhouse, San Diego Musical Theatre, Moonlight Theatre, Music Theatre of Connecticut, California Center for the Arts
TV/Film: NY-70, The Smurfs, He Got Game, Camping World, HSN
Andrew Stevens Purdy, ’20
Broadway: The Book of Mormon
Regional: ACT of Connecticut, The Gateway, Forestburgh Playhouse, Interlakes Theater, Reagle Music Theater
TV/Film: Meet Cute, Unidentified Objects, A Holiday Spectacular
Readings/Workshops: Boy: A New Musical, Rutka, Aunt Jo
Barrett Wilbert Weed, ‘11
Broadway: Mean Girls, Lysistrata Jones
Off-Broadway: Heathers, FOUND The Musical, Bare: The Musical
Regional: Heathers, Cabaret
TV/Film: Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Crashing, Blue Bloods, Bridge and Tunnel
Awards: Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Nominated), Lucille Lortel Awards (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Nominated), Helen Hayes Awards (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical), Broadway.com Audience Awards (Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical, Favorite Funny Performance, Favorite Onstage Pair)
Candace Rhodes, ’23
National Tour: Come From Away
Cara Rose DiPietro, ’21
TEDxUCDavis: “Confessions Of A Recovering Theatre Kid”
Regional: New London Barn Playhouse, Connecticut Stage Company, Arena Stage, The Link Theatre, The Palace Theatre, Interlakes Summer Theatre, Quintessence Theatre Group, The Prizery, Timber Lakes Playhouse
TV/Film: Elsbeth
Readings/Workshops: What A Wonderful World (World Premiere), Rutka (Lincoln Center), Me, Myself, And Jill, Poupelle Of Chimney Town, Normal Teenage Girl, The Radium Girls: A Jaw-Dropping New Musical, Monster Mash: The Musical A New 50s Musical, Trouble With Dead Boyfriends
Social Media Influencer: over 300K followers across channels
Caro Daye Attayek, ‘19
Broadway: Mamma Mia!
Tour: Mamma, Mia! Hairspray
Regional: The REV Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, New London Barn Playhouse, Virginia Repertory Theatre
Chris Wood, ’10
National Tour: Spring Awakening (Melchior)
Regional: Music Theatre Wichita, Paper Mill Playhouse, 5th Avenue Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
TV/Film: Legacies (Kai Parker) – The CW, Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Prince Adam/He-Man) – Netflix, ThirtySomething(Else) (Leo Steadman) – ABC, Supergirl (Mon-El) – The CW, Containment (Jake) – The CW, The Vampire Diaries (Kai Parker) – The CW, The Carrie Diaries (Adam Weaver) – The CW, Girls (Paul) – HBO, Major Crimes (Brandon North) – TNT, The Flash (Mon-El) – The CW, Mercy Street (Lance) – PBS, Comedy Bang! Bang! (Perry) – IFC, Browsers (Justin)
Awards: Teen Choice TV Villain (Nominated), Teen Choice Action TV Actor (Nominated), Teen Choice Liplock (Nominated), Teen Choice TV Ship (Nominated)
Daniel Brackett, ’22
Broadway: Redwood
Tour: Aladdin
Regional: Cape Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, 5-Star Theatricals
Daniel J. Watts, ’04
Awards: Tony Award Nominee (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Ike in Tina), Outer Critics Circle Award Winner (Outstanding Featured in a Musical, Ike in Tina), Barrymore Award Winner (Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole)
Broadway: Tina, the Tina Turner Musical, Hamilton, Motown: The Musical, After Midnight, Ghost the Musical, In the Heights, Memphis, The Little Mermaid, The Color Purple
Off-Broadway: The Last of the Love Letters, The Jam: Only Child, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Whorl Inside a Loop, The Refuge Plays
Regional: Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (People’s Light Theater and Geffen Playhouse), NYT Workshop
TV/Film: Werewolf by Night, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Blindspot, The Last O.G., The Deuce, Smash, The Chi, Boardwalk Empire, Person of Interest, Broad City, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Vinyl, Odd Mom Out, The Night Of, She’s Gotta Have It, The Penguin, Among Brothers, Breakup at a Wedding, Freedom, Had She Never Asked Me, BodyMore, Sylvie’s Love, Scenes from Sweet Lorraine
Daniela Rodrigo, ’21
National Tour: A Beautiful Noise
Regional: Marriott Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, Gatehouse Theatre Company, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Dariana Mullen, ’21
Broadway: The Great Gatsby
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Gatehouse Theatre Company, HCT Summerstage
Workshops: Playwright’s Horizons
Drew Redington
Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, New York, New York, Mean Girls, The Prom, Holiday Inn (Roundabout Theatre Co.)., Spamalot
Regional: Goodman Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, The MUNY, Marriott Theatre, Casa Mañana, Theater Under The Stars , Lyric Opera of Chicago
Ella Huestis, ‘25
First National Tour: Water for Elephants
Regional: NC Theatre, Theatre at the Colony
Elsa Keefe, ’24
Broadway: & Juliet
Regional: Paramount Theatre Aurora, Cape Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Fergie Philippe, ‘17
Broadway: Camelot, Hamilton
Off-Broadway: The Connector
Tour: Beauty and the Beast, Hamilton
Regional: The MUNY, Playmaker’s Rep Company, Merry Go Round Playhouse, Arkansas Shakespeare Theater, Heritage Theater Festival, Theater Under The Stars
TV/Film: The Good Fight, The Gilded Age, Law and Order: SVU, Space Cadets
Gerald Caesar, ’16
Broadway: The Great Gatsby (Korea), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Choir Boy (OBC), A Bronx Tale (OBC)
Tour: The Lion King
TV/Film: Dear Evan Hansen, Only Murders in the Building, Law & Order
Regional: Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, The Muny, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Paramount Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus
Ginna Claire Mason, ’13
Broadway/Tours: Wicked, Newsies, Flashdance
Las Vegas: Duck Commander: The Musical
Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, U of Findlay Summer Stock, Post Playhouse
Film/TV: Preach, A Holiday Spectacular, A Heidelberg Holiday, A Carol for Two
2024 Commencement Speaker, Elon University
Grant Gustin
Broadway: Water For Elephants, Gutenberg! The Musical! (cameo)
National Tour: West Side Story
Regional: Artpark
TV/Film: The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow (Barry Allen), Glee (Sebastian Smythe), 90210 (Campbell Price), Rescued by Ruby (Dan), Puppy Love (Max), A Haunting, CSI: Miami, A Mother’s Nightmare, Batwoman, Titans, Tom and Grant, Krystal, Affluenza
Haile Ferrier, ‘22
NY Theatre: Masquerade
First National Tour: Dear Evan Hansen
Regional: The Kennedy Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Shenandoah Summer Theatre, Highlands Playhouse
TV/Film: Dying Alone, A Perfect Copy
Hannah Kevitt, ’23
Broadway: Back To The Future (Original Broadway Cast), Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast)
Regional: Heritage Theater Festival, Serenbe Playhouse, Interlakes Summer Theater, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte
TV/Film: Camp, The Chinese Cook
Hunter Brown, ’15
Broadway: Swept Away
National Tour: Sound of Music, Fame
Regional: Arena Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Gateway Playhouse, JW Engeman Theatre, The Argyle Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, The Lost Colony, Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, Roxy Regional Theatre, Show Palace Theatre
Jake David Smith, ’19
Broadway: Frozen
Off-Broadway: Between The Lines
Tour: Les Misérables
Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Marriott Theatre, Rubicon Theatre Company, New London Barn Theatre, The Prizery
TV/Film: Evil
Jared Goldsmith, ’18
Broadway/Tour: Dear Evan Hansen
Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, Cortland Repertory Theater, Romano Playhouse Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Five Star Theatricals, Stagedoor
TV/Film: Spiderman 3, The Ant Bully, Blue’s Clues, Better Nate Than Ever, Snap (Anthology Series), Macy’s Day Parade
Social Media Influencer: 1 million followers across channels
Jaron Cole, ’23
Casting Assistant for Casting by ARC
Jaylan Evans, ‘20
Regional: Flatrock Playhouse, Pacific Conservatory Theater
TV/Film: My Life With The Walter Boys, Spirit Rangers, Power Book III, Cell Phone Block Tango
JJ Niemann, ’17
Broadway: Hamilton, Back To The Future (Original Broadway Cast), Book of Mormon
Regional: Marriott Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, The REV Theater Co., The MUNY, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 5th Avenue Theatre
SMASH: Broadway Workshop
Social Media Influencer: over 1 million followers across social channels
John Yi, ’11
Broadway: KPOP
Off-Broadway/New York Theatre: Big Gay Jamboree, Snow In Midsummer, Notes From Now, KPOP, Soft Power, Oliver!, Urinetown, The Imaginary Invalid
National Tour: Cinderella, Miss Saigon
Regional: George Street Playhouse, Guthrie Theater
TV/Film: Kaleidoscope – Netflix, The Other Two – Comedy Central, Mr. Robot – USA, The Kennedy Center At 50 – PBS, Vial, Over The Moon – Netflix, Broadway Radio Hour
Kamal Lado, ’21
Broadway/National Tour: Moulin Rouge!
Regional: The MUNY, The Fulton, North Carolina Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita
Kelly Belarmino, ‘23
Broadway: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, ZACH Theatre, The Lexington Theatre Company, Forestburgh Playhouse
Kennedy Caughell, ’12
Broadway: Paradise Square, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Tour: Hell’s Kitchen, American Idiot, Wicked, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Off-Broadway/NY Theatre: Superyou The Musical, Chix 6, Freaky Friday, Sidekicks!
Regional: Nederlander Theatre, The Barnstormers Theatre, Berkley Rep, Staccato Musicals, John W. Engeman Theatre, New London Barn Theatre, CCPC Summer Theatre, Discoveryland, Music Theatre Wichita, Goodspeed Musicals
TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, Parked For Love, A.W.O.L, The Outlier, Back to Reality, The Nature of Romance
Kiira Schmidt Carper, ’03
Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Follies, Anything Goes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, No, No Nanette, Stairway To Paradise
Tour: Fame, Crazy for You, A Chorus Line
Regional: The Kennedy Center, Gateway Playhouse, The MUNY, Old Globe, Papermill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe ‘10
TV/Film: Smash
Assistant Professor and Co-Head of Musical Theatre at Texas State University
Lauren Adams, ’04
Comedy: Upright Citizens Brigade
TV/Film: In The Middle Of Something, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Gretchen), Modern Family, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Greener Grass, Red Dead Redemption II, Special
Lindsay Northen, ’03
Broadway: Wicked
Tour: The Sound of Music
TV/Film: New Amsterdam, Tales of the City, The American, The Last OG, Mr. Robot, CSI Miami
Regional Theatre: Goodspeed Musicals, Stamford Theatreworks, Heritage Rep. Theatre, C-R Productions, Bigfork Summer Playhouse
Mackenzie Bell, ’09
Broadway/Tour: Shucked, Summer, Sunset Boulevard, Pippin
First National Tour: Jersey Boys, Flashdance
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla, The Muny, Casa Mañana, Surflight Theatre
TV/Film: Inventing Anna, Fosse/Verdon
Mallorie Sievert, ‘24
Tour: Shucked
Regional: Engeman Theatre, APEX Theatre, Peach State Summer Theatre, Mountain Movers Theatre Co.
Marina Jansen, ‘25
Broadway: How To Dance in Ohio (OBC)
Regional: Marriott Theatre, Theatre Raleigh, Endangered Species Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Compass Rose Theatre
TV/Film: Move, Familias Fuertes, Dead Heir
Matt Meigs, ’12
Broadway: Wicked, Carousel, Holiday Inn, Tuck Everlasting, Matilda
National tours: Wicked, Mary Poppins. Las Vegas: Rock of Ages (Franz)
Regional: Muny, Flatrock Playhouse, Theatre by the Sea
TV/Film: Flatland, Baking It on Broadway!
Matt Shingledecker, ‘08
Broadway: Wicked, West Side Story, Spring Awakening
Tour: Wicked, Spring Awakening, Les Misérables
Off-Broadway: Rent
International: The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan)
Matthew Masten, ’09
Broadway: Side Show (Producer), Of Mice and Men (Associate Producer), Swept Away (Producer)
Off-Broadway: Buyer & Seller (Associate Producer)
Michael Callahan, ’13
Broadway/Tour: Aladdin, Cinderella
Regional: Asolo Rep, Goodspeed, Ogunquit Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Hangar Theater, Music Theater Louisville
Michael Schimmele, ’18
Broadway: Aladdin
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, STAGES St. Louis, Richmond Triangle Players, Variety Theatre, Tent Theatre, The MUNY, Transcendence Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre
Nasia Thomas, ’15
Broadway: Caroline, Or Change, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, SIX: The Musical, The Last Five Years
Tour: Beautiful
Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Out of The Box Theatrics, Berkeley Rep, Kennedy Center, Center Theatre Group, Mirvish Toronto, Theater Under The Stars , The MUNY
Nick Martinez, ’15
Broadway: Moulin Rouge!
Regional: Ignite Theatre, The John W. Engeman Theater, Vintage Theater, Goodspeed Musicals
Patrick Clanton, ’14
Broadway: Moulin Rouge!
Tour: Oklahoma! (1st National), School of Rock (1st National), Sister Act
Regional: Arrow Rock Lyceum, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, North Carolina Theater, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theater
Paul Heesang Miller, ‘10
Broadway: The King and I, Mamma Mia!, Aladdin, Miss Saigon
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, ‘15
TV/Film: The Color Purple (Young Celie), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, We Stay Looking (HBO)
Broadway/Tour: The Lion King
Awards: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture (The Color Purple)
Renell Taylor, ’23
Broadway: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Off-Broadway: Jelly’s Last Jam (New York City Center)
Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Bucks County Playhouse, Lexington Theatre Company, Forestburgh Playhouse, Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, Tent Theatre
Rob Marnell, ’06
Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Gettin’ The Band Back Together
Tour: Mamma Mia!, Madagascar Live
Regional: Theatre Raleigh, Waterside Theatre, Heritage Repertory Theatre, Gateway Playhouse
TV/Film: Jersey Boys
Sayo Oni, ’23
Broadway: Hadestown
Sidney Nicole Wilson, ’21
Broadway: The Lion King
Regional: NC Black Repertory Co., Virginia Musical Theater
Steven Telsey, ’18
Broadway: Harmony
Tour: The Book of Mormon
Off-Broadway: Harmony
Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Shenandoah Music Theatre, Penguin Repertory, Forestburgh Playhouse, Theatre Workshop Nantucket
TV/Film: George: Rise of A Revolutionary (FOX)
Summer Severin, ‘25
First National Tour: Water for Elephants
Tanner Ray Wilson, ’13
Broadway: Hadestown, Head Over Heels (OBC), Cats
Tour: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
NYC Theatre: Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular
Taylor Trensch
Awards: Tony Award Nominee (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Skeets Miller in Floyd Collins)
Broadway: Camelot, Floyd Collins, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dear Evan Hansen, Hello, Dolly!, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Matilda the Musical, Wicked
Off-Broadway: Bare, Rent
First National Tour: Spring Awakening
Regional: Pioneer Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla, Barrington Stage, Vivian Beaumont Theater, The New Group
TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, Evil, Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Netflix)
Timothy Scott Brausch, ’22
National Tour: Chicago, My Fair Lady
Regional: Virginia Repertory Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Piedmont Players
Tucker Stampen, ’17
Agent at DGRW
Zion Middleton, ’23
National Tour: Ain’t Too Proud
Regional: SpeakEasy Stage, Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, Rev Theatre Company
Adam Kaplan, ’12
Broadway/Tour: A Bronx Tale, Newsies, Kinky Boots (1st National), Show Boat (NY Philharmonic)
Regional: Music Theater Wichita, Flat Rock Playhouse, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodspeed Musicals
TV/Film: The Big Leap, Deception, Maja + Theo (short), The Point of Divergence, The Girls on The Bus, Up Here, Elsbeth, Somewhere in Queens, 2020 ABC Showcase
Alec Michael Ryan, ’19
Broadway: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
Tour: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Jersey Boys
Regional: Theatre Under The Stars, White Plains Performing Arts Center, New London Barn Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, The REV Theatre Company
Allison Spratt Pearce, ’00
Broadway: Curtains, Cry Baby, Good Vibrations
Off-Broadway/National Tour: Cabaret, Enter Laughing
Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, San Diego Repertory, Cygnet Theater, Goodspeed, Flat Rock Playhouse, San Diego Musical Theatre, Moonlight Theatre, Music Theatre of Connecticut, California Center for the Arts
TV/Film: NY-70, The Smurfs, He Got Game, Camping World, HSN
Andrew Stevens Purdy, ’20
Broadway: The Book of Mormon
Regional: ACT of Connecticut, The Gateway, Forestburgh Playhouse, Interlakes Theater, Reagle Music Theater
TV/Film: Meet Cute, Unidentified Objects, A Holiday Spectacular
Readings/Workshops: Boy: A New Musical, Rutka, Aunt Jo
Barrett Wilbert Weed, ‘11
Broadway: Mean Girls, Lysistrata Jones
Off-Broadway: Heathers, FOUND The Musical, Bare: The Musical
Regional: Heathers, Cabaret
TV/Film: Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Crashing, Blue Bloods, Bridge and Tunnel
Awards: Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Nominated), Lucille Lortel Awards (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Nominated), Helen Hayes Awards (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical), Broadway.com Audience Awards (Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical, Favorite Funny Performance, Favorite Onstage Pair)
Candace Rhodes, ’23
National Tour: Come From Away
Cara Rose DiPietro, ’21
TEDxUCDavis: “Confessions Of A Recovering Theatre Kid”
Regional: New London Barn Playhouse, Connecticut Stage Company, Arena Stage, The Link Theatre, The Palace Theatre, Interlakes Summer Theatre, Quintessence Theatre Group, The Prizery, Timber Lakes Playhouse
TV/Film: Elsbeth
Readings/Workshops: What A Wonderful World (World Premiere), Rutka (Lincoln Center), Me, Myself, And Jill, Poupelle Of Chimney Town, Normal Teenage Girl, The Radium Girls: A Jaw-Dropping New Musical, Monster Mash: The Musical A New 50s Musical, Trouble With Dead Boyfriends
Social Media Influencer: over 300K followers across channels
Caro Daye Attayek, ‘19
Broadway: Mamma Mia!
Tour: Mamma, Mia! Hairspray
Regional: The REV Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, New London Barn Playhouse, Virginia Repertory Theatre
Chris Wood, ’10
National Tour: Spring Awakening (Melchior)
Regional: Music Theatre Wichita, Paper Mill Playhouse, 5th Avenue Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
TV/Film: Legacies (Kai Parker) – The CW, Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Prince Adam/He-Man) – Netflix, ThirtySomething(Else) (Leo Steadman) – ABC, Supergirl (Mon-El) – The CW, Containment (Jake) – The CW, The Vampire Diaries (Kai Parker) – The CW, The Carrie Diaries (Adam Weaver) – The CW, Girls (Paul) – HBO, Major Crimes (Brandon North) – TNT, The Flash (Mon-El) – The CW, Mercy Street (Lance) – PBS, Comedy Bang! Bang! (Perry) – IFC, Browsers (Justin)
Awards: Teen Choice TV Villain (Nominated), Teen Choice Action TV Actor (Nominated), Teen Choice Liplock (Nominated), Teen Choice TV Ship (Nominated)
Daniel Brackett, ’22
Broadway: Redwood
Tour: Aladdin
Regional: Cape Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, 5-Star Theatricals
Daniel J. Watts, ’04
Awards: Tony Award Nominee (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Ike in Tina), Outer Critics Circle Award Winner (Outstanding Featured in a Musical, Ike in Tina), Barrymore Award Winner (Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole)
Broadway: Tina, the Tina Turner Musical, Hamilton, Motown: The Musical, After Midnight, Ghost the Musical, In the Heights, Memphis, The Little Mermaid, The Color Purple
Off-Broadway: The Last of the Love Letters, The Jam: Only Child, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Whorl Inside a Loop, The Refuge Plays
Regional: Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (People’s Light Theater and Geffen Playhouse), NYT Workshop
TV/Film: Werewolf by Night, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Blindspot, The Last O.G., The Deuce, Smash, The Chi, Boardwalk Empire, Person of Interest, Broad City, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Vinyl, Odd Mom Out, The Night Of, She’s Gotta Have It, The Penguin, Among Brothers, Breakup at a Wedding, Freedom, Had She Never Asked Me, BodyMore, Sylvie’s Love, Scenes from Sweet Lorraine
Daniela Rodrigo, ’21
National Tour: A Beautiful Noise
Regional: Marriott Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, Gatehouse Theatre Company, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Dariana Mullen, ’21
Broadway: The Great Gatsby
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Gatehouse Theatre Company, HCT Summerstage
Workshops: Playwright’s Horizons
Drew Redington
Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, New York, New York, Mean Girls, The Prom, Holiday Inn (Roundabout Theatre Co.)., Spamalot
Regional: Goodman Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, The MUNY, Marriott Theatre, Casa Mañana, Theater Under The Stars , Lyric Opera of Chicago
Ella Huestis, ‘25
First National Tour: Water for Elephants
Regional: NC Theatre, Theatre at the Colony
Elsa Keefe, ’24
Broadway: & Juliet
Regional: Paramount Theatre Aurora, Cape Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Fergie Philippe, ‘17
Broadway: Camelot, Hamilton
Off-Broadway: The Connector
Tour: Beauty and the Beast, Hamilton
Regional: The MUNY, Playmaker’s Rep Company, Merry Go Round Playhouse, Arkansas Shakespeare Theater, Heritage Theater Festival, Theater Under The Stars
TV/Film: The Good Fight, The Gilded Age, Law and Order: SVU, Space Cadets
Gerald Caesar, ’16
Broadway: The Great Gatsby (Korea), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Choir Boy (OBC), A Bronx Tale (OBC)
Tour: The Lion King
TV/Film: Dear Evan Hansen, Only Murders in the Building, Law & Order
Regional: Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, The Muny, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Paramount Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus
Ginna Claire Mason, ’13
Broadway/Tours: Wicked, Newsies, Flashdance
Las Vegas: Duck Commander: The Musical
Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, U of Findlay Summer Stock, Post Playhouse
Film/TV: Preach, A Holiday Spectacular, A Heidelberg Holiday, A Carol for Two
2024 Commencement Speaker, Elon University
Grant Gustin
Broadway: Water For Elephants, Gutenberg! The Musical! (cameo)
National Tour: West Side Story
Regional: Artpark
TV/Film: The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow (Barry Allen), Glee (Sebastian Smythe), 90210 (Campbell Price), Rescued by Ruby (Dan), Puppy Love (Max), A Haunting, CSI: Miami, A Mother’s Nightmare, Batwoman, Titans, Tom and Grant, Krystal, Affluenza
Haile Ferrier, ‘22
NY Theatre: Masquerade
First National Tour: Dear Evan Hansen
Regional: The Kennedy Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Shenandoah Summer Theatre, Highlands Playhouse
TV/Film: Dying Alone, A Perfect Copy
Hannah Kevitt, ’23
Broadway: Back To The Future (Original Broadway Cast), Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast)
Regional: Heritage Theater Festival, Serenbe Playhouse, Interlakes Summer Theater, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte
TV/Film: Camp, The Chinese Cook
Hunter Brown, ’15
Broadway: Swept Away
National Tour: Sound of Music, Fame
Regional: Arena Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Gateway Playhouse, JW Engeman Theatre, The Argyle Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, The Lost Colony, Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, Roxy Regional Theatre, Show Palace Theatre
Jake David Smith, ’19
Broadway: Frozen
Off-Broadway: Between The Lines
Tour: Les Misérables
Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Marriott Theatre, Rubicon Theatre Company, New London Barn Theatre, The Prizery
TV/Film: Evil
Jared Goldsmith, ’18
Broadway/Tour: Dear Evan Hansen
Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, Cortland Repertory Theater, Romano Playhouse Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Five Star Theatricals, Stagedoor
TV/Film: Spiderman 3, The Ant Bully, Blue’s Clues, Better Nate Than Ever, Snap (Anthology Series), Macy’s Day Parade
Social Media Influencer: 1 million followers across channels
Jaron Cole, ’23
Casting Assistant for Casting by ARC
Jaylan Evans, ‘20
Regional: Flatrock Playhouse, Pacific Conservatory Theater
TV/Film: My Life With The Walter Boys, Spirit Rangers, Power Book III, Cell Phone Block Tango
JJ Niemann, ’17
Broadway: Hamilton, Back To The Future (Original Broadway Cast), Book of Mormon
Regional: Marriott Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, The REV Theater Co., The MUNY, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 5th Avenue Theatre
SMASH: Broadway Workshop
Social Media Influencer: over 1 million followers across social channels
John Yi, ’11
Broadway: KPOP
Off-Broadway/New York Theatre: Big Gay Jamboree, Snow In Midsummer, Notes From Now, KPOP, Soft Power, Oliver!, Urinetown, The Imaginary Invalid
National Tour: Cinderella, Miss Saigon
Regional: George Street Playhouse, Guthrie Theater
TV/Film: Kaleidoscope – Netflix, The Other Two – Comedy Central, Mr. Robot – USA, The Kennedy Center At 50 – PBS, Vial, Over The Moon – Netflix, Broadway Radio Hour
Kamal Lado, ’21
Broadway/National Tour: Moulin Rouge!
Regional: The MUNY, The Fulton, North Carolina Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita
Kelly Belarmino, ‘23
Broadway: Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, ZACH Theatre, The Lexington Theatre Company, Forestburgh Playhouse
Kennedy Caughell, ’12
Broadway: Paradise Square, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Tour: Hell’s Kitchen, American Idiot, Wicked, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Off-Broadway/NY Theatre: Superyou The Musical, Chix 6, Freaky Friday, Sidekicks!
Regional: Nederlander Theatre, The Barnstormers Theatre, Berkley Rep, Staccato Musicals, John W. Engeman Theatre, New London Barn Theatre, CCPC Summer Theatre, Discoveryland, Music Theatre Wichita, Goodspeed Musicals
TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, Parked For Love, A.W.O.L, The Outlier, Back to Reality, The Nature of Romance
Kiira Schmidt Carper, ’03
Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Follies, Anything Goes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, No, No Nanette, Stairway To Paradise
Tour: Fame, Crazy for You, A Chorus Line
Regional: The Kennedy Center, Gateway Playhouse, The MUNY, Old Globe, Papermill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe ‘10
TV/Film: Smash
Assistant Professor and Co-Head of Musical Theatre at Texas State University
Lauren Adams, ’04
Comedy: Upright Citizens Brigade
TV/Film: In The Middle Of Something, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Gretchen), Modern Family, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Greener Grass, Red Dead Redemption II, Special
Lindsay Northen, ’03
Broadway: Wicked
Tour: The Sound of Music
TV/Film: New Amsterdam, Tales of the City, The American, The Last OG, Mr. Robot, CSI Miami
Regional Theatre: Goodspeed Musicals, Stamford Theatreworks, Heritage Rep. Theatre, C-R Productions, Bigfork Summer Playhouse
Mackenzie Bell, ’09
Broadway/Tour: Shucked, Summer, Sunset Boulevard, Pippin
First National Tour: Jersey Boys, Flashdance
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla, The Muny, Casa Mañana, Surflight Theatre
TV/Film: Inventing Anna, Fosse/Verdon
Mallorie Sievert, ‘24
Tour: Shucked
Regional: Engeman Theatre, APEX Theatre, Peach State Summer Theatre, Mountain Movers Theatre Co.
Marina Jansen, ‘25
Broadway: How To Dance in Ohio (OBC)
Regional: Marriott Theatre, Theatre Raleigh, Endangered Species Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Compass Rose Theatre
TV/Film: Move, Familias Fuertes, Dead Heir
Matt Meigs, ’12
Broadway: Wicked, Carousel, Holiday Inn, Tuck Everlasting, Matilda
National tours: Wicked, Mary Poppins. Las Vegas: Rock of Ages (Franz)
Regional: Muny, Flatrock Playhouse, Theatre by the Sea
TV/Film: Flatland, Baking It on Broadway!
Matt Shingledecker, ‘08
Broadway: Wicked, West Side Story, Spring Awakening
Tour: Wicked, Spring Awakening, Les Misérables
Off-Broadway: Rent
International: The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan)
Matthew Masten, ’09
Broadway: Side Show (Producer), Of Mice and Men (Associate Producer), Swept Away (Producer)
Off-Broadway: Buyer & Seller (Associate Producer)
Michael Callahan, ’13
Broadway/Tour: Aladdin, Cinderella
Regional: Asolo Rep, Goodspeed, Ogunquit Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Hangar Theater, Music Theater Louisville
Michael Schimmele, ’18
Broadway: Aladdin
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, STAGES St. Louis, Richmond Triangle Players, Variety Theatre, Tent Theatre, The MUNY, Transcendence Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre
Nasia Thomas, ’15
Broadway: Caroline, Or Change, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, SIX: The Musical, The Last Five Years
Tour: Beautiful
Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Out of The Box Theatrics, Berkeley Rep, Kennedy Center, Center Theatre Group, Mirvish Toronto, Theater Under The Stars , The MUNY
Nick Martinez, ’15
Broadway: Moulin Rouge!
Regional: Ignite Theatre, The John W. Engeman Theater, Vintage Theater, Goodspeed Musicals
Patrick Clanton, ’14
Broadway: Moulin Rouge!
Tour: Oklahoma! (1st National), School of Rock (1st National), Sister Act
Regional: Arrow Rock Lyceum, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, North Carolina Theater, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theater
Paul Heesang Miller, ‘10
Broadway: The King and I, Mamma Mia!, Aladdin, Miss Saigon
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, ‘15
TV/Film: The Color Purple (Young Celie), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, We Stay Looking (HBO)
Broadway/Tour: The Lion King
Awards: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture (The Color Purple)
Renell Taylor, ’23
Broadway: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Off-Broadway: Jelly’s Last Jam (New York City Center)
Regional: Broadway Sacramento, Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Bucks County Playhouse, Lexington Theatre Company, Forestburgh Playhouse, Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, Tent Theatre
Rob Marnell, ’06
Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Gettin’ The Band Back Together
Tour: Mamma Mia!, Madagascar Live
Regional: Theatre Raleigh, Waterside Theatre, Heritage Repertory Theatre, Gateway Playhouse
TV/Film: Jersey Boys
Sayo Oni, ’23
Broadway: Hadestown
Sidney Nicole Wilson, ’21
Broadway: The Lion King
Regional: NC Black Repertory Co., Virginia Musical Theater
Steven Telsey, ’18
Broadway: Harmony
Tour: The Book of Mormon
Off-Broadway: Harmony
Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Shenandoah Music Theatre, Penguin Repertory, Forestburgh Playhouse, Theatre Workshop Nantucket
TV/Film: George: Rise of A Revolutionary (FOX)
Summer Severin, ‘25
First National Tour: Water for Elephants
Tanner Ray Wilson, ’13
Broadway: Hadestown, Head Over Heels (OBC), Cats
Tour: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
NYC Theatre: Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular
Taylor Trensch
Awards: Tony Award Nominee (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Skeets Miller in Floyd Collins)
Broadway: Camelot, Floyd Collins, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dear Evan Hansen, Hello, Dolly!, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Matilda the Musical, Wicked
Off-Broadway: Bare, Rent
First National Tour: Spring Awakening
Regional: Pioneer Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla, Barrington Stage, Vivian Beaumont Theater, The New Group
TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, Evil, Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Netflix)
Timothy Scott Brausch, ’22
National Tour: Chicago, My Fair Lady
Regional: Virginia Repertory Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Piedmont Players
Tucker Stampen, ’17
Agent at DGRW
Zion Middleton, ’23
National Tour: Ain’t Too Proud
Regional: SpeakEasy Stage, Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, Rev Theatre Company