Alumni
Coe College Theatre Arts graduates
are found all over the world!
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2009 Theatre Graduates - Front row (left to right) Kristin
Toerpe, Sora Beck, Matt Dreier, Cailtin Staebell, Will Oatman, Addie
Phelps, Rachel Robbins, Lizabe Mothershead - Back row (left to right)
Associate Professor Dennis Barnett, Professor Susan Wolverton, Associate
Professor Steven Marc Weiss
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Jeanne T. Arrigo '88 is a School Psychologist, actor, singer/songwriter living and performing in Chicago, IL. |
| Kathryn Becker ‘07 has been engaged by the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, to become a member of its Barter Players - a group of professional theatre artists who perform for young audiences at the theatre April through December and in schools during their January through March East Coast Tour. The Barter Players have been acclaimed nationwide as one of the finest theatres for young people anywhere. The troupe presents high energy and original productions that capture the imagination, intelligence and sophistication of today's youth while providing the best in the classic literature and beloved story adaptation. | |
Melanie Bishop, Professional Stage Manager, Chicago IL. |
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| Ken Cartwright, is working as the Technical Director for St. John's University in Collegeville, MN. | |
| Keith Dixon is the Director of Production for Wesley Morris Enterprises, Burbank, CA. | |
Kristi Cockrell, 2006 is in her second year of graduate school at the University of California San Diego. She recently joined Actors' Equity, a union for professional actors and stage managers. Earlier this year she worked on the La Jolla Playhouse production of Most Wanted with Michael Greif. Currently she is working on the winter dance show. |
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Emily Dussault, 2006, is an actor in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. In the spring of 2007 she played Gloria in the Theatre in the Round production of You Can Never Tell. |
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| Beth Hoffman Faeth serves as Pastor at UCC Congregational Church, River Falls, WI. | |
| Ginny Finn is a Lawyer in Milwaukee, WI. | |
| Cherie "Rhubarb" Gallinati, class of 1996, is Estimator and Project Manager at SECOA, as well as a Freelance Lighting Designer in the Twin Cities MN area. | |
| Molly Gooder is working as an Assistant Master Electrician at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA. She is also a licensed pyro technician in the state of Massachusetts. | |
| Emily Ganfield, 2006, is serving as a Costume Journeyman at the Humana Festival of New Plays, an annual offering of the Actor’s theatre of Louisville, KY. | |
Jessica Grimm, 2003, is Assistant Technical Manager for the Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota School of Music. |
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Wendy Hamilton is the Director of Membership at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. She left Coe in 1999 and continued her education at Wayne State University where she earned an MFA in Theatre Management. |
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Matthew Hemesath ’01 is a free-lance
costume designer in New York City and a member of United Scenic Artists.
He was recently assistant costume designer for Cymbeline at
Lincoln Center and for the national tour of Jersey Boys.
He works regularly on the wardrobe staff of NBC's The Today Show
and Saturday Night Live as well as on ABC's daytime drama One Life
to Live. In June of 2008, he will design Little Shop of Horrors for
the Paper Mill Playhouse. His website is: www.matthewhemesath.com. |
| Ryan Hilsabeck '02 is working as a Senior Researcher at Reed Construction Data. He's currently preparing for season auditions in Chicago. | |
| David Hoth works as the Props Master at the Denver Theatre Center. | |
| Holly Hynes, former Director of Costumes for the New York City Ballet, is now designing opera productions in New York City as a free-lance costume designer. | |
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Chris Leyva, an alum of 2001, Chris graduated with an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Iowa in 2006. He is now living in Columbus, OH, where he says he is "bringing home the bacon." His play, Solamente Una Vez, was selected as a finalist in the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA. The play will be given a staged reading this fall in New York City. Chris is also directing in New York this summer. His production of "The Marriage of Figaro" for Project Opera of Manhattan opens August 24th. This is "bringing home the bacon?" Press Release: New Collections of Plays Ask Beautiful Questions |
| Dana Miller, an alum of 2003, is a wardrobe assistant at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, MN. | |
| Carrie Monroe '99 is a Dresser at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Her email address is: carriemonroe23@iglide.net. | |
| Mo (Bayles) Moss '89 is a full-time voiceover artist and on-camera actor. She does local and regional work in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area as well as national broadcast and industrial projects. www.veronicamarch.com. | |
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Michael O'Nele is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Memphis. After Coe he received an MFA in Design from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. The picture to the leftis his set for their production of Metamorphoses. |
| Josh Odor, a 2000 sociology grad who minored in theater and religion, plays University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal in the "The Express," a motion picture about Ernie Davis, the Syracuse running back who in 1961 became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. | |
| Dean Packard, Technical Director, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. | |
| Josie Poppen graduated from Coe in 1984. She has been the Theatre Costume Designer/ Lecturer for Drake University Theatre Dept. for the past 19 years. She has designed over 50 productions for Drake and teaches Costuming, Makeup, Costume Design and Advance Costume Technology. | |
| Randall Presswood is the Manager of the Performing Arts Center, Bloomsberg, PA. | |
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Peg Reed Sandeen '89 is the executive director of the Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) in Portland, Oregon. |
| Kerry Sanders '82 is presently the Production Designer/Art Director for the FOX series Prison Break. | |
| Kathy Schmitt is a Resident Actress at Conklin Players Dinner & Starlight Theatre, Bloomington / Peoria, IL. | |
| Russ Schultz will start his MFA in Acting at the University of Florida in the fall of 2008. | |
| Becky Sloca is a Writer / Producer for Spelling Television, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. | |
| John Suchomel is the Managing Artistic Director for Temple Circle Theatre, Temple, TX. | |