Paul Anderson (BFA '87) continues to write occasionally for American Comedy Network and recently completed his memoirs entitled ...but I'm not bitter, published by Simon & Schuster. In January 97 he started The Rude Mechanicals, a multi-media sketch comedy group in New York City . They have already played Rebar and Caroline's Comedy Club and plan to have a brand-new show in the fall. Give him a call at 718-832-3727. (5/98)

Frank Barnhart (BFA '83) is the Founding Producer of The Reality Theatre and the Executive Director of Act Out Productions. Act Out Productions performs locally in Columbus , Ohio and tours around the country offering professional Gay and Lesbian Theatre and multicultural theatrical services. Click Act Out Productions to visit their web site. (6/98)

Joe Bays (MFA '81) starts work this summer on the feature Office Space and just released a comedy CD with his improv and sketch comedy group. (5/98)

Christine Botta (BFA '86) is in her second season as the charge scenic artist at Center Stage in Baltimore . She has recently become a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 as a journeyman scenic artist. (5/98)

Ken Bright (BFA 72, MFA 80) is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Theatre History & Criticism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.  In addition to presenting regularly at conferences, Ken keeps his creative hand in by occasionally acting or directing.  In summer of 2003 he performed in Early Fall a Critic's Choice Winner at the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway New Play Festival with his wife, Rebecca Fishel Bright. E-Mail (10/03)

John Brigleb (BFA 80) was the production stage manager on the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. (6/98)

Kim Brown (MFA '85) Hosted the annual national costumers association convention in Pittsburgh (July, 2000) Her entry in the showcase competition--"Mandarin Devil" won first place (Orand International Award) plus both makeup awards at the same convention. (2/01)

Jane Browning (BFA '85) spent summer 97 working with eight- to twelve-year-old children as director and instructor for Playmakers & Co. Summer Theater Camp. She is also a theater specialist for Rainbow Riders Day Care Center. (5/98)

Peter Cocuzza (BFA '83, MFA '86) has been an assistant professor in the department of theater at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville since 1995. (6/98)

William S. Collister, Jr. (BFA '85) After 9 years as Technical Director Bill has accepted the position of Production Manager for Cleveland Opera. (1/00)

Beatriz Cordoba (MFA '88) directed an English translation of Casa Propia ("A House of Her Own") at the Gramercy Arts Theater in Manhattan . (3/99)

Robert and Annmarie Davis (both MFA '84) have three children, Raymond, Daniel, and Mary Hannah. They both teach for LSU Theatre in Baton Rouge , and taught at the National Institute on Teaching Shakespeare in Massachusetts .

Gloria Dossett (MA '89) recently left her position as Associate Producing Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival to return to teaching. Gloria will be heading the Theater Department and serve as Fine Arts Department Chair at Augusta Prep.(1/00)

Tom Duffy (BFA '82) recently appeared in Wolf and Jurassic Park , The Lost World.

Rebecca Fishel (MFA '81) is currently an Assistant Professor of Acting & Directing at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In addition to performing in NYC recently with her husband, Ken, Becca directed Star Eyes and Lifeguard by Jim Farrell, the Common Hours Theatre Group's invited entry to the Samuel French Festival. For Southern Illinois University she recently directed Callie's Calling by Constance Frank, Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward and performed the role of Kate Keller in All My Sons. E-Mail (10/03)

Susan Forbes (MFA 85) was promoted to Associate Professor of Theatre at Wells College . She directed Top Girls which was invited to the TANYS (Theatre Assoc. of New York State) Festival. She also created and acted in a new two-woman show called Laughing Matters. (6/98)

Jane Gabbert (MFA 82) has been living and working in New York City since 1982.  Beginning with a professional theatre career on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in many regional theatres across the country, Jane has also been seen on prime time TV, independent features and daytime drama.  You may recognize her from over 150 on-camera commercials and/or voice-overs:  Febreze, Volkswagen, Tylenol, Cheerios, Weight Watchers, Subway, McDonald's, TDWaterhouse, Prevacid and more.  Jane's also been a spokesperson for Showtime, Symantec and other major corporations.  MommyChannel.com, an internet talkshow, in a most timely fashion, merged her love of showbiz w/her greatest love of being a Mom!  She is currently hosting and producing her radio talk show, ParentWorld, Support Radio For Parents.  Jane hopes to be "signed on" with many radio stations by the Fall of 2004.  She's also teaching Arts In Action in her son's school.  Jane recently returned from Case Western Reserve University , where she taught an all-day extensive workshop focusing on On-Camera Commercial Acting and Voice-Over technique.  She is currently signed in New York with Cunningham, Escott, Dipene agency.

Matthew Glave (BFA '87) has played guest lead on ABC's The Marshall and CBS's Picket Fences, Diagnosis Murder, and Walker , Texas Ranger. He played Ripper in NBC's Jag. He returned to Ohio University in May 1996 to conduct a master class with the undergraduate actors.

Mark Allen Gordon (MFA '85) Roy Cohn in Angels in America; True Crimes with Romulus Linney; acting mentor 96-97, Hangar Theater Lab. Co.; teaching at NYU Playwrights Horizon; casting associate for Signature Theater in NYC; assisted Michael Kahn in Obie Award 96 Sleep Deprivation Chamber at Signature. (5/98)

Brian D. Griffin (BFA '82 MFA '85) is currently working for the Bradley Madison Company in Cincinnati . He and his wife Susan have two children. Aside from his computer work with Bradley Madison Co. Brian is a professional vocalist and specializes in liturgical music for the Roman Catholic Church. For the past four seasons, he has been the voice of the national anthem for the Cincinnati Cyclones IHL Hockey Team. When not singing in Churches throughout the Archdiocese, he regularly performs in operas, operettas, musicals and oratorios. He is a cantor and member of the Choir at St. John the Evangelist in West Chester . (1/00)

Ed Herendeen (MFA '80) is the producing director of The Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown , WV . CATF is currently in its 6th season.

Gary Holmquist (MFA 84) has been at the University of Iowa since 1984 as light designer and technical director in the Dance and Theatre Arts department. (6/98)

Patti Interante (MFA '84) is currently teaching speech/theatre at Oakton Community College in Des Plains , IL .

Jim Jenkins (MFA '80) lives with his wife Linda in NYC where he operates JVIII, a computer and design support service for film and video. His web site is found at http://www.panix.com.

Jerry Kernion (BFA '87) is a series regular on USA Network's Campus Cops. He returned to Ohio University in May 1996 to conduct a masterclass with the undergraduate actors.

Billy Kimmel (BFA 87) appeared in a production of A New York Holiday at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre with fellow OU graduate David Doering (MFA 77). (10/98)

Ivy Stoller Kopit (BFA 83) recently performed with her nine-year-old daughter, Alison, in the Marilyn Bianchi Kids Playwriting Festival at Dobama in Cleveland , OH . (7/98)

Lory Leshin (MFA '83) is currently living in Paris , France . (1/00)

Alan McClintock (BFA '84) appeared as Vincentio in the Arden Shakespeare Company's production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Jonathan D. Meyer (BFA '80) started May 97 as cultural arts director for the Flanzer Jewish Community Center in Sarasota , FL. His responsibilities include producing theater and programming theater, dance, music and cultural events. (5/98)

Jonathan A. Miller (MFA '80) has sold his ownership of Ross Reports to BPI Communications and recently finished the 22-month national tour of West Side Story (5/98)

Mary Naden (MFA '87) is teaching voice in the University of Maryland theater department. She is joining colleagues to begin a Lecoq-based movement theater school in Washington , D.C. , called The Center for Movement Theatre. (5/98)

Deborah Nitzberg (MFA '87) is the artistic/education director of City Lights Youth Theatre in New York City .

Tom Peters (BFA '87) after OU Tom toured with "Friends of the Groom" (a traveling Christian Theatre troup that has played all over the world). Tom is currently teaching theater at Walnut Hills High School , a large college prep school in Cincinnati . Tom's High School produces 7 shows a year including such plays as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Prelude to a Kiss. In addition to teacing Tom is working on his Masters in Directing from Roosevelt University in Chicago . Tom is married with three children ranging in age from 10-4. (1/00)

Michael Peterson (BFA '86) is an assistant professor of theater at Milliken University , Decatur , IL . His book Straight White Male Performing Art Monologues is out from the University Press of Mississippi. (5/98)

Greg and Angela (Timperio) Pohlman (Greg BFA '80 Angie '81) Greg is working at the Cleveland State University convocation center as a member of the Operations Staff where he runs sound, lighting and various electronic and electrical devices. He is a member of local 27 and 209 IATSE. Angie is Executive Director of Heights regional Chamber of Commerce. They have 3 children, all boys, that keep them very busy.(1/00)

Ann Randolph (BGS '86) is knocking Los Angeles audiences dead with her one-woman show Loveland according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. This follows an illustrious career as an Alaskan fish-gutter, a comedy writer for the Ohio State Mental Hospital , a theater/playwriting teacher at the University of Alaska at Valdez , a crew member on a boat contracted to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and a regular in a European spaghetti western TV series.

Steven Renner (BFA '84). is in his third season as the Managing Director of three theaters in Southern Indiana , the Lincoln Ampitheatre, The New Harmony Theatre and the USI Theatre. (1/00)

Drew Richardson (BFA '86). Jack Helbig, a reviewer for Chicago Reader, wrote of his clown work last year: "a delightful stage persona, a sweet naif constantly at war with mean-spirited inanimate objects." (5/98)

Anne Rohr (BFA '85) is currently residing in Atlanta . She owns Annamine Entertainment and performs as mime, magician, and juggler for such organizations as Zoo Atlanta, Bell South Mobility, Coca-Cola, and the Atlanta Braves. (5/98)

Edward Schoelwer (MFA '87) is currently the Company Manager for the Dance Theatre of Harlem. (1/00) Marc Segal (BFA '80) has taught drama at Monrovia High School, Monrovia, CA, for the past eight years-tech, too. He has appeared on " Home Court ," "L.A. Law" and most recently HBO's "Perversions of Science" with David Leisure. He is married with three children. (5/98)

Walter Speer (BFA '84) after graduation in 1984 received an offer from a touring company to do musicals throughout Europe , first as technical director and later as set designer. This kept him on the road for four years, after which he began freelance set design in Europe with Michael Scott. He later began work for Gian Carlo de Monaco and designed and produced opera with him all over the world. Since 1991 he has been a set designer for the State Opera in Bonn , Germany and continues to work freelance for Scott and del Monaco, the latest production being La Forza del Destino at the Met.

Steven Spiegel (BFA '83) was recently promoted to senior show writer for Walt Disney Theme Park Productions, the division responsible for films and videos that appear in the Disney Theme Parks.

M. Zane Stemple (MFA '83) recently joined Protech Theatrical Services, Inc. of Las Vegas as director, controls technology.

Kathryn Sturch - AB '89: Kathryn has been living in San Diego since 1998. She freelanced as a lighting technician and stagehand at the La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, San Diego Rep, and several concert venues in the area for five years, before accepting a full-time job as the Assistant Lighting Supervisor for LJP/UCSD. She continues to work occasional concerts and is the FOH camera operator for the IMAG at Coors Amphitheater.

Sharon Taylor (MFA '80) was recently promoted to associate professor of theater arts at Viterbo College . (5/98)

John Tees (BFA '87) is a free lance lighting designer in New York , and resident lighting designer for the Common Ground Stage and Film Co. Other NYC design credits include Pulse Ensemble, Atlantic Theatre Co., John Montgomery Theatre Co., American Opera Project, national Shakespeare, The Directors Company, and fashion shows for LensCrafters. Regionally he has designed for The Live Bait Theatre Chicago, Madison Repertory Theatre , N.C. Shakespeare Festival, The new American Theatre, Irine Fokine Ballet Co., Blowing Rock Stage Co., The Monomoy Theatre, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. assistant credits include the Kentucky Opera, Baltimore Center Stage, Players Theatre Columbus, Ping Chong and co., and off-Broadway production at the Riverside Shakespeare Co., Primary Stages, Image Theatre, INTAR, Vineyard Theatre, Young Playwrights Festival, The Cherry Lane Theatre and the Lucille Lortel Theatre. He also was lighting designer for the National Shakespeare Company's national tour of Macbeth and As You Like It.

John Tener (MFA '86) directed the Arden Shakespeare Company's production of The Taming of the Shrew. The play was performed at the John R. Wilhelm Amphitheater on OU's College Green in August of 1996.

Jim Trenberth (MFA '82) is the production Manager and Resident Lighting Designer at Iowa State University in Ames . His web site is found at http://www.theatre.iastate.edu. He is also a designer for the Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival and active in USITT national and in the Northern Boundry section. (8/98)

Mark Viergutz (BFA 84) did one semester toward his MFA in Kansas City with Peter Sander after leaving OU. Mark then moved to L.A. where he stage managed equity waiver shows for five years, working at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and others. In 1990 he produced Water Wings at the Richard Shepard Theatre. He is married with two children, ages 7 and 3. He currently lives in Creede , CO , where he has owned and operated the Snowshoe Motel and The Snowshoe Mini-Mart/Video Store. While in Creede, he served on the Board of Trustees for The Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) as Vice-President, President and Chairman of the Finance Committee, responsible for the budget. In 1994, he directed and acted in I'm Herbert for CRT. He plans to relocate to a larger community, having sold his business, and look for a theatre or other arts related administration job.

Leslee Warren (BFA '88) completed her MA in theatre at Montclair State University . She performed in Little Shop of Horrors for Theatrefest in New Jersey . She would like to hear from her classmates (85-92).

Aaron Watkins (BFA '88) has been named director of the press and public relations at the Florida Studio Theater, Sarasota , FL. (5/98)

Cassie Wolfe (MFA 81) is Director of Education for Kaiser Permanente HMO in Cleveland where she manages a professional touring company as well as writes and directs touring shows. She is also Immediate Past President of The Ohio Theatre Alliance. (12/98)

Ray Wells (BFA '82) After graduating from OU, Ray moved to LA w/ fellow classmates Bob Dombrowski and Tob Garrison and John Gamber. After years of small roles on several Soaps and TV movies, along with Equity Waiver Theatre roles, Ray turned his skills towards sales in rel estate with Dilbeck Realtors, GMAC in Pasadena , Ca. This has lead to industry speaking presentations on the State and National level. Recently Tay has been back on stage several times with Stand-up performances localy and on stage at the renowned Pasadena Playhouse in a benefit performance (with a solo song, I still can't sing!) I'd love to hear from friends. Tay lives in the Pasadena , Ca. area with wife Debby, daughter Page and son John due in April 2001. I still keep up w/ OU since my step-Dad Mel Helitzer is still teaching the Comedy Class at OU. (2/01)

Clay Zambo (BFA '83) is in the fourth year of the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. His musical "The Nightingale" was produced this summer at Merkin Concert Hall. Clay loves to hear from other alum!(1/00)

Julia Zheng (MFA '88) is professor of theatre at Loyola Marymount College in Los Angeles . (5/98)