Alumni in the News

Chase Crossno (BA in Theatre & Dance/Anthropology, 2006)

Aug. 28, 2006

has been accepted into the World Teach program. The program will take her to Namibia, Africa for one year to teach HIV/AIDS resource and prevention courses using theatre and the arts.

Matthew Herrick (MFA in Acting, 2004) made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall this summer.

Aug. 27, 2006

Benefit concert of Broadway hits was entitled “The Gift of Music.”

John Newman (M.A.)

Aug. 19, 2006

was selected by the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America to received the first Robertson Award. This award recognizes an outstanding teacher of theatre in a public high school in the United States.

David M. Barber (BFA in Theatrical Design, 1990) is credited in a New York Times article

Aug. 3, 2006

for his “over the top” scene design in the Two River Theatre production of “Tartuffe”. Read more about Barber’s “Texas McMansion decorated like a Disney theme park” in this November 26 New York Times arts review.