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Music Theatre Alumni
Grant Gustin
Broadway: Water For Elephants
TV/Film: The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow (Barry Allen), Glee (Sebastian Smythe), 90210 (Campbell Price), Rescued by Ruby (Dan), Puppy Love (Max)
National Tour: West Side Story
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
Regional: Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (People’s Light Theater and Geffen Playhouse)
TV/Film: Werewolf by Night, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Blindspot, The Last O.G., The Deuce, Smash
Kennedy Caughell, '12
Broadway/Tour: Paradise Square, Nastasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, American Idiot, Wicked
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
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
Tour: Beautiful
Regional: Last 5 Years (Out of The Box Theatrics), Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (Berkeley Rep, Kennedy Center, Center Theatre Group, Mirvish Toronto), Beauty and the Beast (TUTS), Hairspray (Muny).
Taylor Trensch
Broadway: Camelot, 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
TV: Law & Order: SVU, Evil, Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Netflix)
JJ Niemann, '17
Broadway: Back to the Future, Book of Mormon
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, The Rev. Theater Co., The MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, 5th Avenue Theater
Social Media Influencer: over 1 million followers across social channels
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, ‘15
TV/Film: The Color Purple (Young Celie), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
Broadway/Tour: The Lion King
Barrett Wilbert Weed, ‘11
Broadway: Mean Girls, Lysistrata Jones
Off-Broadway: Heathers, FOUND The Musical, Bare: The Musical
Fergie Phillipe, ‘17
Broadway: Camelot, Hamilton
Tour: Hamilton
Regional: The MUNY, Playmaker’s Rep Company, Merry Go Round Playhouse, Arkansas Shakespeare Theater, Heritage Theater Festival
TV/Film: The Good Fight, The Gilded Age, Law and Order: SVU, Space Cadets
Adam Kaplan, ‘12
Broadway/Tour: A Bronx Tale, Newsies, Kinky Boots (1st National), Show Boat (NY Philharmonic)
Regional: Music Theater Wichita, Flat Rock Playhouse
TV/Film: Deception, Maja + Theo (short), The Point of Divergence
Patrick Clanton, ‘14
Broadway: Moulin Rouge!
Tour: Oklahoma! (1st National), School of Rock (1st National)
Regional: Arrow Rock Lyceum, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, North Carolina Theater, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theater
Hannah Kevitt ‘23
Broadway: Back to the Future (Original Broadway Cast)
Regional: Heritage Theater Festival, Serenbe Playhouse, Interlakes Summer Theater
Jared Goldsmith, ‘18
Broadway/Tour: Dear Evan Hansen
Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, Cortland Repertory Theater
Film/TV: Spiderman 3, The Ant Bully, Blue’s Clues
Sayo Oni, ‘23
Broadway: Hadestown
Andrew Stevens Purdy, ‘20
Broadway: The Book of Mormon
Regional: ACT of Connecticut, The Gateway, Forestburgh Playhouse, Interlakes Theater, Reagle Music Theater
Sidney Nicole Wilson, ‘21
Broadway: The Lion King
Regional: NC Black Repertory Co., Virginia Musical Theater
Michael Callahan, ‘13
Broadway/Tour: Aladdin, Cinderella
Regional: Asolo Rep, Goodspeed, Ogunquit Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Hangar Theater, Music Theater Louisville
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
Michael Schimmele, '18
Broadway: Aladdin
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, STAGES St. Louis, RTP, Variety Theatre, Tent Theatre, The MUNY, Transcendence Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre
Gerald Caesar, ‘16
Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Choir Boy, A Bronx Tale the Musical
TV/Film: Dear Evan Hansen
Matt Shingledecker, ‘08
Broadway: Wicked, West Side Story, Spring Awakening
Tour: Wicked, Spring Awakening
Off-Broadway: Rent
Lauren Adams, ‘04
Comedy: Upright Citizens Brigade
TV/Film: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Gretchen), Modern Family, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Greener Grass, Red Dead Redemption II, Special
Steven Telsey, '18
Broadway: Harmony
National Tour: The Book of Mormon
Off Broadway: Harmony
Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Shenandoah Music Theatre, Penguin Repertory, Forestburgh Playhouse, Theatre Workshop Nantucket
Kiira Schmidt, ‘03
Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Follies, Anything Goes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
TV/Film: Smash
Paul Heesang Miller, ‘10
Broadway: The King and I, Mamma Mia!, Aladdin
Allison 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
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
Mackenzie Bell, ‘09
Broadway/Tour: Summer, Sunset Boulevard, Pippin, Jersey Boys (1st Nat’l, Chicago, Vegas), Flashdance (1st Nat’l).
TV/Film: Inventing Anna, Fosse/Verdon
Lisa Goldstein, ‘03
TV/Film: One Tree Hill (Millicent Huxtable)
Matthew Masten, ‘09
Broadway: Side Show (Producer), Of Mice and Men (Associate Producer)
Off-Broadway: Buyer & Cellar (Associate Producer)
Lindsay Northen, '03
Broadway: Wicked
National Tour: The Sound of Music
TV/Film: New Amsterdam, Tales of the City, The American, The Last OG, Mr. Robot, CSI Miami
Regional Theatre: Pirates!, The Music of Tin Pan Alley, Big River, How to Succeed, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Joseph…, The Music Man
Chris Wood, '10
National Tour: Spring Awakening (Melchior)
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
Awards: Teen Choice TV Villain (Nominated), Teen Choice Action TV Actor (Nominated)
Drew Reddington
Broadway: 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, TUTS Houston, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Grant Gustin
Broadway: Water For Elephants
TV/Film: The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow (Barry Allen), Glee (Sebastian Smythe), 90210 (Campbell Price), Rescued by Ruby (Dan), Puppy Love (Max)
National Tour: West Side Story
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
Regional: Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (People’s Light Theater and Geffen Playhouse)
TV/Film: Werewolf by Night, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Blindspot, The Last O.G., The Deuce, Smash
Kennedy Caughell, '12
Broadway/Tour: Paradise Square, Nastasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, American Idiot, Wicked
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
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
Tour: Beautiful
Regional: Last 5 Years (Out of The Box Theatrics), Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (Berkeley Rep, Kennedy Center, Center Theatre Group, Mirvish Toronto), Beauty and the Beast (TUTS), Hairspray (Muny).
Taylor Trensch
Broadway: Camelot, 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
TV: Law & Order: SVU, Evil, Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Netflix)
JJ Niemann, '17
Broadway: Back to the Future, Book of Mormon
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, The Rev. Theater Co., The MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, 5th Avenue Theater
Social Media Influencer: over 1 million followers across social channels
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, ‘15
TV/Film: The Color Purple (Young Celie), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
Broadway/Tour: The Lion King
Barrett Wilbert Weed, ‘11
Broadway: Mean Girls, Lysistrata Jones
Off-Broadway: Heathers, FOUND The Musical, Bare: The Musical
Fergie Phillipe, ‘17
Broadway: Camelot, Hamilton
Tour: Hamilton
Regional: The MUNY, Playmaker’s Rep Company, Merry Go Round Playhouse, Arkansas Shakespeare Theater, Heritage Theater Festival
TV/Film: The Good Fight, The Gilded Age, Law and Order: SVU, Space Cadets
Adam Kaplan, ‘12
Broadway/Tour: A Bronx Tale, Newsies, Kinky Boots (1st National), Show Boat (NY Philharmonic)
Regional: Music Theater Wichita, Flat Rock Playhouse
TV/Film: Deception, Maja + Theo (short), The Point of Divergence
Patrick Clanton, ‘14
Broadway: Moulin Rouge!
Tour: Oklahoma! (1st National), School of Rock (1st National)
Regional: Arrow Rock Lyceum, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, North Carolina Theater, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theater
Hannah Kevitt ‘23
Broadway: Back to the Future (Original Broadway Cast)
Regional: Heritage Theater Festival, Serenbe Playhouse, Interlakes Summer Theater
Jared Goldsmith, ‘18
Broadway/Tour: Dear Evan Hansen
Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, Cortland Repertory Theater
Film/TV: Spiderman 3, The Ant Bully, Blue’s Clues
Sayo Oni, ‘23
Broadway: Hadestown
Andrew Stevens Purdy, ‘20
Broadway: The Book of Mormon
Regional: ACT of Connecticut, The Gateway, Forestburgh Playhouse, Interlakes Theater, Reagle Music Theater
Sidney Nicole Wilson, ‘21
Broadway: The Lion King
Regional: NC Black Repertory Co., Virginia Musical Theater
Michael Callahan, ‘13
Broadway/Tour: Aladdin, Cinderella
Regional: Asolo Rep, Goodspeed, Ogunquit Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Hangar Theater, Music Theater Louisville
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
Michael Schimmele, '18
Broadway: Aladdin
Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, STAGES St. Louis, RTP, Variety Theatre, Tent Theatre, The MUNY, Transcendence Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre
Gerald Caesar, ‘16
Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Choir Boy, A Bronx Tale the Musical
TV/Film: Dear Evan Hansen
Matt Shingledecker, ‘08
Broadway: Wicked, West Side Story, Spring Awakening
Tour: Wicked, Spring Awakening
Off-Broadway: Rent
Lauren Adams, ‘04
Comedy: Upright Citizens Brigade
TV/Film: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Gretchen), Modern Family, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Greener Grass, Red Dead Redemption II, Special
Steven Telsey, '18
Broadway: Harmony
National Tour: The Book of Mormon
Off Broadway: Harmony
Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Shenandoah Music Theatre, Penguin Repertory, Forestburgh Playhouse, Theatre Workshop Nantucket
Kiira Schmidt, ‘03
Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Follies, Anything Goes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
TV/Film: Smash
Paul Heesang Miller, ‘10
Broadway: The King and I, Mamma Mia!, Aladdin
Allison 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
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
Mackenzie Bell, ‘09
Broadway/Tour: Summer, Sunset Boulevard, Pippin, Jersey Boys (1st Nat’l, Chicago, Vegas), Flashdance (1st Nat’l).
TV/Film: Inventing Anna, Fosse/Verdon
Lisa Goldstein, ‘03
TV/Film: One Tree Hill (Millicent Huxtable)
Matthew Masten, ‘09
Broadway: Side Show (Producer), Of Mice and Men (Associate Producer)
Off-Broadway: Buyer & Cellar (Associate Producer)
Lindsay Northen, '03
Broadway: Wicked
National Tour: The Sound of Music
TV/Film: New Amsterdam, Tales of the City, The American, The Last OG, Mr. Robot, CSI Miami
Regional Theatre: Pirates!, The Music of Tin Pan Alley, Big River, How to Succeed, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Joseph…, The Music Man
Chris Wood, '10
National Tour: Spring Awakening (Melchior)
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
Awards: Teen Choice TV Villain (Nominated), Teen Choice Action TV Actor (Nominated)
Drew Reddington
Broadway: 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, TUTS Houston, Lyric Opera of Chicago