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| March 2010 | |
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Katy
Tibbets
will be appearing in the 2010 company of Stages St. Louis productions
of Big River
as Susan Wilkes and covering the role of Fran in Promises, Promises. Natalie Hiatt is currently playing Toni in Cactus Flower at the New Theatre in Kansas City. Joel Ewing will be seen in War With the Newts at The Next Theater in Chicago from May 21-June 20, 2010. Samantha Barboza is contracted to perform for Timberlake Playhouse's 2010 Summer Season! Roles include Matron Mama Morton in Chicago (June 3rd-13th), Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! (July 1st-11th), and Carmen Bernstein in Curtains (July 29th-August 8th). Chelsea Anglemyer, Colin Shea Denniston , Jeffrey Fenoglio , Jared Hill , Jessica Morgan , Erin Michelle Routh , Jodi Watson , and Julia Weigert will be performing in the 2010 NEW YORK Missouri State BFA Theatre Showcase on Tuesday, March 30 at New World Stages, NYC. See the showcase link for details: 2010 Showcase in NYC Colin Shea Denniston , Matthew Emerick , Sayward Ferguson , Jason Goff , Geovonday Jones , Darian Leatherman , Marnie Liesel, Cody Mobley , Kimberly Smalling , Lauren Sweetser, Matt Tassell, Jessica Teliczan, and Andy Venneman, and will be performing in the 2010 LOS ANGELES Missouri State BFA Theatre Showcase on Monday, April 12 at The Hudson Theatre: 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. See the showcase link for details: 2010 Showcase in Los Angeles |
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| February 2010 | |
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Rusty
Sneary was featured in
a Superbowl XLIV Commerical for Flo TV: Flo TV:
Spineless Greg Roderick and Antuan Raimone performed in Broadway Backwards 5, the annual benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center on February 22nd. This year Florence Henderson hosted, and guest stars included Mario Cantone, Robert Cuccioli, Raul Esparza, Valerie Harper, Richard Kind, Gary Beach, Michele Lee, Eve Plumb, Marion Ross, Lea Salonga, Douglas Sills, Bruce Vilanch, and more. |
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| January 2010 | |
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Megan
Marra is currently at Cape Fear Regional Theatre
playing the role of Peter Pan after covering the role for Cathy Rigby
the last six months. Kyle Dean Massey will be permanently taking over the role of Gabe in the Tony winning new Broadway musical Next to Normal. Brett Kristofferson (SMSU grad from mid-90s) was recently awarded the Dottie Burman Songwriting Award by Cabaret Hotline Online. His song, "The Whole Wide World," was nominated for Song of the Year by the Manhattan Association of Cabaret and Clubs. Kendra Kassabaum performed in the high profile staged reading/backers audition of the new musical Leap of Faith, co-starring Raul Esparza and Sutton Foster. |
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| October 2009 | |
| Michele Burdette Elmore will be appearing in Unbeatable, the Musical at The Playhouse at West Port in St. Louis through November 22nd. | |
| September 2009 | |
| Deidre
Goodwin returns to the Broadway production of
Chicago as Velma Kelly on September 7th. Theater Mania announcement. Sean Powell and Jae Boley got married in August and will start the National tour of Calculus The Musical on September 14th. Check out the website at: www.calculusthemusical.com Sandra Paola Hendrix-López is currently teaching in Bogota, Colombia for the rest of this calendar year. Also working as a guest artist for the dance company IMPETU. |
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| August 2009 | |
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Sarah
Nischwitz
will be performing in the Stages St. Louis production of Guys and Dolls
Sept/Oct 09! Click for tix: Guys
& Dolls at Stages
Emily Bolt is currently on tour as an Actor/Director for Missoula Children's Theatre. Brad Price will appear in the Los Angeles premiere of The Pain and the Itch, by Bruce Norris, beginning previews July 16th with performances running through August 23rd. The play is being co-produced by Furious Theatre Company and the Theatre @ Boston Court. |
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| July 2009 | |
| Nathan Tysen
and Chris Miller's musical The Burnt Part Boys
will be staged as part of Vassar & New York Stage and Film
Powerhouse Theater's 25th anniversary season through July 26th. Matt Stokes (mid-90's graduate) has been cast in the Broadway national tour of South Pacific. |
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| June 2009 | |
| Kyle Dean Massey will be taking over the role of Gabe in the Tony winning new Broadway musical Next to Normal in June. Playbill Online Announcement | |
| Michele Burdette Elmore ('79) will be appearing in Annie at The MUNY in June and starts rehearsals in September for "Unbeatable" at The PlayHouse at Westport Plaza also in St. Louis which opens in October. www.unbeatablemusical.com | |
| May 2009 | |
| Deidre
Goodwin stars in a music video "Keep It Campy" for
the hit online television series THE BATTERY'S DOWN, returning for its
second season. Click here for Clip: Keep It Campy! Greg Roderick performed the National Anthem with nine of the South Pacific men for the Mets vs. Marlins game at Citifield on April 27th. Also he wil be performing in the benefit concert When You're Good To Mama: The Mother of All Mother's Day Concerts on May 10th. |
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| April 2009 | |
| Addie Barnhart , Samantha Barboza , Stephanie Elzea , Emily Bolt , Kelly Hogan , Bryan Benware , Stephanie Brown , Beca Rasch, Jackson McKeehan, and Doran Schmidt will be performing in the 2009 Missouri State BFA Musical Theatre Showcase in New York on April 21st. See the showcase link for details: 2009 Showcase in NYC | |
| Nathan Tysen and writing partner Chris Miller's musical The Burnt Part Boys will receive a workshop in June of 2009 and eventual full scale production in 2010 by Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre and Playwrights Horizons. Click here for Playbill Online announcement: The Burnt Part Boys | |
| January 2009 | |
| Jessie Kohut Jessie is currently performing with a country/ southern rock band in Nashville, TN. Her band is called Jessie 'n' the Boys and they perform various venues throughout the Middle Tennessee region. They perform covers and originals and their demo debut album will be completed by mid-spring. www.myspace.com/jessiekohut | |
| Antuan Raimone made his Broadway debut in In The Heights. | |
| December 2008 | |
| Kendra Kassabaum will be performing Glinda in the open-ended San Francisco engagement of Wicked, which begins performances Jan. 27, 2009, at the Orpheum Theatre. Click here for details: Playbill announcement | |
| Michelle Potterf and Greg Roderick performed in the 20th Annual Gypsy of the Year competition on December 8th & 9th at the New Amsterdam Theater benefitting BC/EFA. | |
| November 2008 | |
| Greg
Roderick
performed with the male cast of South Pacific in
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Andrew Call has stepped into the role of Marius in Signature Theatre's innovative new production of Les Misérables, in Arlington, VA. |
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| July 2008 | |
| Kyle Dean Massey is currently performing in Wicked on Broadway understudying the role of 'Fiyero'. | |
| June 2008 | |
| Greg Roderick made his Broadway debut in South Pacific on June 24th. | |
| Nicole Van Giesen is working with Nathan Tysen and Chris Miller's new musical The Mysteries of Harris Burdick with book and direction by Joe Calarco, being presented at Barrington Stage Co. this month. | |
| May 2008 | |
| Andrew Call is starring as Andy in the Broadway production of Glory Days at Circle in the Square | |
| April 2008 | |
| Deidre Goodwin made a guest appearance as Deborah on 30 Rock the week of April 10th. | |
| Kendra Kassabaum will be returning to the role of Glinda in the Broadway production of Wicked on May 14th. | |
| Julie Beck, Jae Boley, Andrew Danver, Jason Derryberry, Gregory R. Faupel, Megan Marra, Sean Powell, and Janell Rinne will be performing in the 2008 Missouri State BFA Musical Theatre Showcase in New York on April 24th. See the showcase link for details: 2008 Showcase in NYC | |
| Jeffrey James Binney is currently playing 'Barfe' on the First National Tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! . | |
| Deidre Goodwin is currently starring as Sheila in the current Broadway Revival of A Chorus Line. | |
| Kyle Dean
Massey is making his Broadway debut in Xanadu
this month. Playbill Online Announcement |
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| Hollie Howard will be playing Maggie in the Broadway National Tour of A Chorus Line. She is also the creator and one of the members of The Broadway Dolls. | |
| Michele Burdette Elmore will be appearing at the MUNY in My Fair Lady; and The Music Man in Stages St. Louis 2008 season and is currently directing 2 one act productions written by 5th grade students participating in WiseWrite Playwriting Program and starring St. Louis professional actors at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. | |
| Greg Roderick is performing the role of Harold Nichols in The Full Monty at Northern Stage in Vermont. | |
| Jeffrey James Binney, Natalie Hiatt and Doug Nuttelman will be returning to MSU's Tent Theater this summer to guest star in productions of Anything Goes and You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. | |
| Connie Pachl is currently appearing in WHEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN at the Triad Theatre. | |
| Katy Tibbets Beck will be performing at Stages St. Louis this summer in The Jungle Book. | |
| March 2008 | |
| Nathan Tysen and Chris Miller's Fugitive Songs played at New York's 45th Street Theatre, March 9-30th. | |
| Michelle Potterf has returned to the Broadway company of Chicago after a hiatus. | |
| Andrew Call recently starred as Andy in the world premiere of Glory Days at the Signature Theater in Virginia. Andrew is currently performing in Cry Baby on Broadway. | |
| October 2007 | |
| Kyle Dean Massey is currently on the national tour of Wicked | |
| Deidre Goodwin can currently be seen in the film Across the Universe. | |
| Greg Roderick is currently playing Roger Sherman in 1776 at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. | |
| August 2007 | |
| Jessica Lynn Johnson is currently hosting the online dating game sponsored by Schick Quattro For Women as "Juliette". She can be seen on www.girlsguidetodating.com | |
| Wendy Ho debuted her video "...I Stole Yo Purse" on the LOGO Channel's "NewNowNext!" this month. | |
| March 2007 | |
| Greg Roderick and Matt Stokes performed in a staged reading of the new musical-noir The Black Dahlia at the off-Broadway venue The York Theater. | |
| February 2007 | |
| Katie Knipp recently played Mama Pig in The Three Little Pigs, the Musical with the Manhattan Children's Theatre. | |
| Jeffrey James Binney is currently playing Ari in the world premiere of How Can You Run With A Shell On Your Back at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Chicago's Navy Pier! | |
| Wendy Ho made her 'Broadway' debut as the Headliner at Caroline's on Broadway for The SuperHo Sunday Spectacular on February 4th. | |
| January 2007 | |
| Kendra Kassabaum is currently starring as Glinda in the Broadway production of Wicked. | |
| Deidre Goodwin is appearing as "Tina" in the feature film Half Nelson starring Ryan Gosling. | |
| December 2006 | |
| Hollie Howard is appearing as Violet Zipper in the Off-Broadway production of HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD AND FIND TRUE LOVE IN 90 MINUTES at New World Stages. | |
| Andrew Call is appearing as an ensemble member in the Broadway production of the new musical High Fidelity. | |
| October 2006 | |
| Jessica Lynn Johnson will be performing her solo show OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYONE (as seen in the NYC Fringe Festival and on Fox5News) at the prestigious Theatre Row complex on 42nd Street this fall. Please check out www.ticketcentral.com for further information. | |
| Rebecca Young will be appearing this winter in Carnival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. | |
| Deidre Goodwin seen in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life. | |
| Nathan Tysen, lyricist, is currently developing The Burnt Part Boys with The Vineyard Theater for a spring reading and full production in the fall of 2007. In addition, Playwrights Horizons will present a reading of his True Fans (recipient of the Richard Rodgers Award) this December, and he is currently working on a new piece commissioned by Lincoln Center with composer Chris Miller. | |
| Jason Levinson is currently starring in the off-Broadway production of Bush Wars at the Actor's Playhouse in Greenwich Village. | |
| Kyle Dean Massey just joined the off-Broadway cast of Altar Boyz, as Matthew. | |
| Greg Roderick recently finished David Gordon's UnCivil Wars in NYC and is currently in Florida playing legendary music producer Sam Phillips in a world premiere musical about Sun Records. | |
| Sarah Nischwitz will be playing Penny Pingleton in the regional premiere of Hairspray at North Shore Music Theater October 24-November 19, 2006. | |
| Rebecca Young will be playing Mrs. Claus in the Chicago and Detroit companies of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.. | |
| August 2006 | |
| Troy Metcalf's film company (DEM Films) newest film, HAPPYS LAST WISH, has been accepted into the 10th Annual Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and will shown at the ArcLight Theater in Hollywood. | |
| Michelle Potterf can currently be seen as Go To Hell Kitty in the Broadway company of Chicago | |
| Jeffrey James Binney has just been cast as the Barfe, Coneybear, Panch Understudy in the Broadway in Chicago production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. | |
| May 2006 | |
| Nicole Van Giesen will be touring in the upcoming Broadway First National Tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. | |
| Kendra Kassabaum is currently starring as Glinda in the 1st Broadway National Tour of Wicked. |
