‘97-98 SEASON: A VARIETY OF PLEASURES

Subscribers and students attending the HOFSTRA/DRAMA and DANCE season enjoyed a wide range of production activity both in content and style.Our own students were able to stretch their talents by experimenting and working in differing genres. The season opened with Noel Coward’s 1940’s domestic ghost story Blithe Spirit. This farce, directed by Peter Sander with set design by student Leslie Segrete (‘98) and clothes by costumer Deanna Goede, was placed in an art deco living room and challenged the technical staff with inventing special effects culminating in the destruction of the space. The actors, during the five week rehearsal period, developed the verbal skills required to articulate Coward’s brittle language, the grace of mixing a shaker (or two) of martinis and the ability to talk to invisible wives and rivals. Jean Dobie Giebel, the Department’s new acting teacher, was introduced to the Hofstra production season in a baptism of fire, directing the Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields musical Sweet Charity.Chosen, in part, as an opportunity for providing the Dance program with an outlet for their talents, the musical was choreographed by Associate Professor of Dance Stormy Brandenberger with musical direction by Professor of Music Edgar Dittemore. D.J. Markley designed a large unit set composed of scaffolding with insert pieces allowing the scenes to flow without losing the real elements required to propel the story. Deirdre McGuire designed both the costumes and the large black and white collage of New York locales to unify the visual effect of the show. A deconstruction of August Strindberg’s A efforts of set designer Assistant Professor Meganne George, lighting designer/technicaldirector Rychard Curtiss and director Assistant Professor Royston Coppenger. Placed on what appeared to be a nightclub cabaret stage, the actors made full use of their desire for non-conformity -- many of them shaving their heads, applying tattoos (removable), and showing their body piercing appliances. This philosophical, involved and involving Swedish play came to the audiences by way of the East Village and was joined together by Rych’s inventive use of ever changing lights from a fiber optic cable. Due to the academic calendar, the Shakespeare Festival followed the production in the West End Theatre this year. In past years, the annual Shakespeare offering opened the Spring season with rehearsals beginning during the period between semesters. This year February audiences saw A.R. Gurney, Jr.‘s The Middle Ages, a poignant comedy about the maturing of a black sheep, all taking place in the trophy room of an exclusive country club over a period of thirty years.The four actors in the piece had the opportunity to age and to respond to the changing values of society from the 40s to the 70s. Adjunct Associate Professor Richard Pioreck, who himself appeared in Gurney’s Love Letters for the Long Island Ensemble, directed, with set design by Rychard Curtiss, lighting by Shawn Saylor (‘99) and costumes by Sandra Campbell (‘98). The 49th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival celebrated a first this year by presenting Shakespeare’s problem comedy All’s Well That Ends Well. This enigmatic play with its dastardly hero and its magical fairy tale quality also gave some actors the

1 opportunity to work on older wiser charactersAs the American College Theatre Festival respondent David Zarko wrote: “I was especially impressed by the actors’ willingness to inhabit their roles...1 would like especially to commend the actors playing older characters: The Countess, LaFeu and The King. They managed very well to find the core of what age does to a body and to a personality without feeling as if they really needed to fool anyone about their own age.” Meganne George challenged the actors by setting the play in the Edwardian period and requiring the women to adapt, from early rehearsals on, to the restricting corsets of the age and the long flowing gowns. D.J. Markley adapted the Globe reconstruction to the needs of the play by adding a graceful two-flight staircase interrupted with a landing that led from the upper inner stage to the deck.He also thrust the stage out over the first two rows of the audience. The companion piece to All's Well That Ends Well was Francis Beaumont’s delightful spoof on heroic drama, The Knight of the Burning Pestle. It was a play that Professor James J. Kolb, who directed, had long wanted to see as part of the Shakespeare Festival. He staged a spirited, almost all-female version of the work, employing a version of last year’s design for Nicolette and Aucassin by Kenneth S. Goldstein (‘97). Costumes were coordinated by Heather Hickman (‘99) and lighting was by Brian Canese (‘99) The Hofstra Collegium Musicum under the direction of Professor William E. Hettrick presented a group of selections entitled All’s Swell because each of the songs from French, Italian, Spanish, Welsh and English sources began with the word “all”. The season concluded with the annual Hofstra Faculty Dance Concert with four student works shown at alternating performances. Dana Lubin (‘98) Tracy Fiore (‘99) Makeda Thomas (‘99) and Paul Monaghan (‘01) all choreographed moving, powerful group pieces. The program was also graced by the work of two guest choreographers. Tyrone Brooks, former principal dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem, presented a lyrical ensemble piece set to the music of Ernest Bloch. Lawrence Keigwin, a 1994 alumnus of the Dance program, who has been dancing with the David Rousseve/Reality for the past three years, expanded an earlier work for an ensemble of students satirizing the Barbie cult. Associate Professor Lance Westergard worked with his students in their development of dances set to personal reminiscences, poems and journal entries narrated by them and linked by the playing of a Chopin prelude and choreography adapted from Isadora Duncan. Assistant Professor Robin Becker recreated a piece called Doorways taken from a larger suite of dances called Dances from Rumi. A stirringly lyric presentation, Professor Becker was able to double cast it giving more students the opportunity to be challenged by it. The concert concluded with a spirited piece by Adjunct Assistant Professor Cathy McCann called Street Stuff that she adapted from characteristic moves discovered in a variety of sports activities. Associate Professor Stormy Brandenberger produced the concert, Rychard Curtiss designed the lighting, and Meganne George, Deirdre McGuire and Alia Williams (‘98) created costumes

All ‘97-‘98 Season Photo by Brian Ballweg

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Again many people helped compose, edit and contribute to this issue of the Alumni (ae) Newsletter. Special thanks go to Anne Noonan for assembling and researching the multitude of entries and for following up leads, persisting and finally typing the text. Finally, thanks to all the faculty, staff and alumni (ae) who provided information about their colleagues and classmates. E-mail updates can be sent to Anne Noonan at [email protected] Faxes can be sent to (5 16) 463-400 1 DANCE NEWS by Stormy Brandenberger

As the song goes, “This Joint is Jumpin’.”The past year found the Dance Program in a whirl of activities. The year started off with Guest Lecturer Marcia Siegel, author and dance historian. Ms. Siegel presented three seminars on World Dance: Contemporary Stagings.The seminars were divided into three sections: Documenting, Enactment and Creativity-New Work. Her lectures included wonderful films on dance and world dance that she has obtained throughout her years of research and travel.These seminars enabled us to view and appreciate cultural dance by understanding the lineage of movement in a historical context. The fall term had two exciting performance opportunities for the dancers: the musical comedy, Sweet Charity and the opera, Carmina Burana.Collaborations between the various departments are always a positive and exciting experience. Sweet Charity was the collaborative effort of the Drama and Dance Department and the Music Department. The dancers found themselves dancing and singing, and to the astonishment of all, the dancers discovered they could act. The musicals have enabled the Drama and Dance majors to work closely together, resulting in a feeling of a community of artists supporting and becoming more involved in each other’s discipline. Everyone is looking forward to the next musical. The Music Department invited the Dance Program to participate in their opera production of Carmina Burana. The dancers had the opportunity to perform with a full orchestra and a chorus. The dancers received wonderful feedback.Many of the audience members had only attended the University’s music events but after the opera, they expressed interest in seeing the Faculty Dance Concert. Speaking of the Faculty Dance Concert, this year’s Guest Choreographer was Tyrone Brooks. He has been a principal ballet dancer for the Dance Theatre of Harlem for eighteen years.He has originated principal roles in such ballets as Fancy Free, choreographed by Jerome Robbins; The River by Alvin Ailey; Billy the Kid by Agnes de Mille; and Othello by John Butler. Tyrone Brooks has choreographed five works for the Dance Theatre of Harlem and has been featured in television specials such as 60 Minutes and Dance In America. The Faculty Dance Concert also highlighted the choreographic works of Larry Keigwin (‘94) dance alumnus and four student works, along with the works of faculty members Robin Becker, Cathy McCann Buck and Lance Westergard. The concert was performed April 23rd through the 26th. The Dance Program is particularly proud of the accomplishments of our alumni and was pleased to present a work by Larry Keigwin, a delightful parody on the Barbie Doll subculture. Hopefully, more alumni will be able to be presented in the Faculty Dance Concerts. The four talented student choreographers presented in this year’s concert were Dana Lubin, Tracy Fiore, Makeda Thomas and Paul Monaghan. After viewing their work, in an audition intended for adjudication by the American College Dance Festival (ACDF), the dance faculty decided to highlight these four excellent dances. The ACDF was held in Boston in March. Dana Lubin and Tracy Fiore’s choreography represented the Hofstra Dance Program. Many special events, seminars and master classes took place throughout the year.Included were a seminar given by the Hofstra Health Center, “Healthy Eating in the 90’s for Dancers; a special class offered by MoVoM (aka the Dance Club), “Awareness Through Movement” based on the Feldenkreis method, taught by Mami Larkin from the Harkness Center. Ms. Larkin is a physical therapist for the New York Marathon and for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; and a lecture and master class by guest artist Murray Lewis, Artistic Director of the Murray Lewis and Nikolais Dance. MoVoM plays a very active role in the Dance Program. This year they have offered master classes from ballroom to hula.The spring term had jazz classes offered by Joe Istre, who performed in 42nd Street and has choreographed for HBO, and an African Dance class taught by Dyane Harvey Salaam (see faculty bio). The fall term included a salsa class by Israel Martinez and a salsa/merengue class by Michael Mao of the Michael Mao Dance Company, bringing an exciting end to the spring term. The dance faculty has included some of the dance majors in their professional performances. Stormy Brandenberger was involved in an HBO Christmas Special featuring Robert Bonfiglio, a classical

3 harmonicist.She had sophomores Nadia Giaccio and Sal LaRussa dancing a jitterbug to Christmas music. Look for them on television next December.Robin Becker was invited to perform two works for the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Big BAM, a benefit for SHARE, a non-profit self-help organization for breast/ovarian cancer). Dana Lubin (‘98) and sophomore Nicole Walter were understudies for Ms. Becker’s new work, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, performed live by Robert Flack. The various dance clubs on campus have kept everyone busy. MoVoM produced two informal and one formal performance each term.Imani, the African-American dancer club and Dance Works, a student government club, performed two major concerts during the year. A new dance club, Unique Expression, was created this year with its sole purpose to introduce and perform cultural dances.Their first performance was presented this spring during the Hofstra Dutch Festival in May.

ALPHA PSI OMEGA

The Mu Psi Cast of Alpha Psi Omega at Hofstra is in the process of updating our alumni records so that we can organize a fifty year reunion in the year 2001. In addition to your current address, phone number, and e-mail address, we would like some information about what you’ve been doing since you left Hofstra. We are also establishing a position as Historian on our board this year, and we would love to hear remembrances of your time as members of Alpha Psi Omega. Please send information to Alpha Psi Omega, c/o Drama & Dance Department.

Thank you and best wishes! Alia Faith Williams (‘98) (President ‘97-‘98)

GRADUATES BFA-Performance BA-Dance Evelyn Caballero Stacy Cohen Jennifer Clifford Lauren Colchamiro Vanessa Edwards (Dee ‘97) Jacqueline Collins Heather Keller (Aug ‘98) Jennifer D' Andrea Jennifer Morris Melissa Groves Camille Ramirez Lisa Kelly Alia Williams Dana Lubin Junichi Yamazaki

BA-Drama Sandra Campbell Danielle deLuise Scott Gullo Trisha Haughie Dawn Kolotkin Jillian Kroll Lisa Licato Salisha Miller (Aug ‘98) Tim Reid (Dec’97) Leslie Segrete (Dec ‘97) Donald Swenson Theodora Voutsas HOFSTRA/DRAMA IS A GARDEN OF ADEN

With the exception of Professor Estelle Aden, no other current faculty member is here as long to continue Hofstra’s rich tradition as a nurturer of talented performers. This Fall marks the beginning of Professor Aden’s 28th year as a member of Hofstra’s Department of Drama and Dance. Although she is recognized as the department’s voice and speech specialist handling all of the vocal training for the BFA-Performance candidates, she also teaches acting for non-majors and creative drama for elementary and high school teachers. For the Speech Communications Department, she teaches and has taught Oral Communications, Public Speaking, Interpretative Reading, Voice and Diction and Reader’s Theatre.In 1996 Estelle received an award for excellence in teaching from the University College for Continuing Education where she served on the faculty since 1988. Estelle has participated in a number of Hofstra Conferences including the recent Women in Theatre and Art, Glitter and Glitz conferences sponsored by the department. Her academic background includes an M.A. degree in Theatre Arts from Adelphi University and classes in voice and speech training with the noted master teachers Kristin Linklater, Mark Zeller and Robert Neff Williams. She is currently the Archivist for the national Voice and Speech Teachers Association (VASTA). Professionally, Estelle is both an actress, belonging to Equity and AFTRA, and a vocal coach (which most alumni know through her work on productions). She is also a vocal trainer for industry, having worked with executives from the National Westminster Bank and the Brooklyn Union Gas Comnanv Estelle started as a dancer in the theatre at an early age.Readers of the last issue of The Poo-wa-bah will remember her photograph as a young child wearing a nightgown and holding a candle, looking for all the world as the presaging of her interest in Shakespeare. As an actress at Brooklyn College, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree, she is most proud of her performance in the title role in Candida by George Bernard Shaw. In that comedy, her Marchbanks was the noted Broadway director and current Artistic Director of the Berkshire Playhouse, Arthur Storch. At Hofstra in 1975, Estelle appeared as Bemarda Alba, the mother, in Miriam Tulin’s acclaimed production of The House of Bernarda Alba and in 199 1 as Mrs. Boyle, the victim, in Peter Sander’s production of The Mousetrap. She has performed programs on George Sand and Edith Wharton for the Hofstra Cultural Center and played Shakespeare’s Triumphant Women based on a lecture given by the actress Ellen Terry. Dr. Tulin again directed her in a program featuring four great American women for the Donnell Library in Manhattan, and Estelle has appeared off-off Broadway at the Grove Street Theatre and Theatre of the Open Eye. As an integral part of Hofstra’s performance program, Estelle is most proud of the students who have gone on in the theatre and particularly of the establishment of the department’s annual April reading of the entire canon of Shakespeare’s sonnets to commemorate the Bard’s birthday, an event which brings students, faculty, alumni and guests together in a morning of celebration GLOBERECONSTRUCTIONRECONSTRUCTED

Al “Tank” Passuello (‘63) Director of Playhouse Facilities, procured a $60,000 grant from the University to reinforce the structure of the 48 year old Globe Theatre reconstruction used for the Hofstra Shakespeare Festival. During the course of its use as the environment for the annual Shakespeare presentations, the original wooden supporting structure had grown increasingly unstable. Using the third level seemed precarious to musicians and even those on the second level felt insecure. Furthermore, fire inspections maintained that the structure was hazardous and cited thedesignforpreventing thetirecurtaintodropin theeventof emergency. Therefore, Mountain Studio Productions of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, specialists in designing and constructing metal scaffolding for stage work, was engaged to build an easily assembled unit to back the facade of the Globe.Arriving in February, workmen put together a secure steel scaffolding with specially designed clamps to hold the front skin of the setting. Solid metal bridges were fashioned to replace the wooden platforming for the two upper levels.The entire unit was moved upstage about three feet to accommodate the path of the fire curtain in case it is required.The crew from Mountain States finished in about three weeks, and the Playhouse technical staff revised facing pieces to restore the original look of the setting. Used for this year’s production of All 's Well That Ends Well, the entire company can attest to the solidity of the new structure.Although the backstage view of the Globe is a jungle gym of pipes, cross bracing and clamps, the 48 year old record of participants who signed their names on the rear of the facade has been lovingly cared for and preserved.

THE SMOWCASE

On Monday, May 18th, Hofstra returned to the Producers Club on 45th Street in Manhattan to present its seventh annual Senior Showcase.This event, intended as a consolidating experience for BFA Performance graduates and selected BAs, has become a major focus of the students’ extra work during the intercession and the spring semester. Jean Dobie Giebel shepherded the students through the process of finding an appropriate photographer for headshots and reviewing resumes. For the first time this year students were equipped with their 8 by 10s well before the event. Jean also worked with them on culling and selecting audition material and giving advice on presentation. About a month and a half before the performance, professional actress Angela Bond was brought in to organize, shape and rehearse the hour-long presentation. The program covered “The Three Stages of Life:” “The Single Life, “The Couple Life” and “The After Life.” Selections included monologues and scenes from contemporary plays framed by quotations from Shakespeare, ending with an epilogue of Shakespeare aphorisms by the company. Participating in this year’s showcase were Evelyn Caballero, Jennifer Clifford, Danielle deLuise, Trisha Haughie, Dawn Kolotkin, Heather Keller, Lisa Licato, Salisha Rochelle Miller, Jennifer Irene Morris, Camille Ramirez, Jared Roxby, Theodora Voutsas, Alia Faith Williams, Junichi Yamazaki, and Jonas Cohen (‘93). In addition to agents and casting directors, the audience included parents in town for graduation, friends and alumni. Two students were approached that evening by a representative from the Paradigm agency. Alumni who wish to attend our 1999 showcase should let Anne Noonan know. Also, the department would appreciate alumni in the industry or those with contacts in the industry recommending people we could invite next year.

Thea Voutsas (left) introduces Dean Jeanne Fuchs to her father, K. Voutsas, the renowned Greek actor/ L director.

ALUMS WORKING WITH ALUMS

Brett Oberman (‘94) served as Production Manager for the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs annual Awards Gala and worked with Charley Repole (‘66) who directed this year’s ceremony.

Chris Crosby (‘97) and Emily Nadler (‘86) both appeared in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Cultural Arts Playhouse on Long Island.

Liz Belonzi (‘96) performed in a production written by Judy Sheehan (‘82) called Aphrodite’s Dungeon SUSAN SULLIVAN HEADS GUEST LIST

The Department was graced by a host of visitors and guests this year who were invited to speak to or work with drama and dance students. Alumna Susan Sullivan (‘64) accepted the invitation of President Shuart last spring to visit the campus. On October 9 she spoke before a group of general university students, spent time with drama majors and presented a workshop for our advanced acting students. She worked with several students on monologues, spoke about her own development as an actress and the importance of drawing from personal experience. Ms. Sullivan has been a loyal supporter of the Drama and Dance Department. Her regular contributions have enabled us to award an annual prize in her name to the graduating senior who has contributed the most to the department during his or her four years as a major. With the exception of The Middle Ages, for which no respondent could be assigned, American College Theatre Festival representatives came to each of the main season drama productions to speak with the participants after one of the performances.In addition, professionals were brought in from New York to speak with casts, designers and crews of each of the shows. Robert Kalfin, New York director and founder of the Chelsea Theater Center, spoke to both the company of Blithe Spirit and the genera1 department student body discussing the founding of his theatre and the difficulty of working in the profession. John Gould Rubin, director and actor, visited with the cast of A Dream Play, sharing his impressions of the production. Joanne Zipay, Artistic Director/Dramaturg of the Judith Shakespeare Company responded to the final matinee of All’s Well That Ends Well and Bruce Lloyd from Dodger Productions, Joel Harvey, Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Adelphi, and Pat Harvey, professional stage manager, shared their observations of The Middle Ages. Speakers for the drama production symposia included Dr. Iska Alter, Hofstra Professor of English who spoke on Noel Coward and Dr. Seabury Quinn, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Theater at Ohio University who discussed August Strindberg and A Dream Play.Professor Quinn replaced James Kolb who was on leave for the Fall Semester. The symposia for the Hofstra Shakespeare Festival included Adjunct Associate Professor of English Maureen McFeely, who returned as dramaturg for All’s Well That Ends Well, Dr. Margaret Ranald, Professor Emerita from Hunter College, who provided rich background to the play, and Joanne Zipay, Graham Winton and Miriam Healy-Louie. Mr. Winton and Ms. Healy- Louie played the major roles in the 1991 production of the Shakespeare play at the New York Shakespeare Festival. Ms. Zipay had directed the play at her theatre at the end of summer, 1997 with Scott Eck (‘79) as the King of France. Other visitors to drama classes included Marvin Starkman, a former New York agent, Susan Bott and Mark Schwotzer, New York actors, Hollywood TV and film producer, alumnus Preston Stephen Fischer (‘64) who came to campus at the beginning of winter vacation. However, several students were able to attend a luncheon in his honor at which he reminisced about his experiences as President of Spectrum Players. The dance program also made good use of our proximity to the dance world. At the beginning of the semester dance historian Marcia Siegel presented three lectures on world dance.The fall semester also saw a discussion of nutrition by nutritionist Vivian Delman. In the Spring, theatre photographer Sasha Nobes spoke to dancers, and MoVoM sponsored a series of master classes in various dance forms including an Awareness Through Movement/Feldenkreis workshop by Marni Jane Larkin, a jazz class by Joe Istre, a master class by Dyane Harvey Salaam and a class in Salsa given by Israel Martinez. The spring semester ended with the lively presence of Murray Lewis, Artistic Director of the Alwin Nikolais Company.Mr. Lewis was invited as a speaker for the Hofstra chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and enjoyed his stay at Hofstra so much that he spent an extra day giving a master class to the dance students and speaking to them about his experiences. The rich background of our alumni and Hofstra’s proximity to New York City has proved to be a tremendous opportunity for the department. HOFSTRA HOO=WAHS

Three of Francis Ford Coppola’s (‘60) pictures made the American include The Godfather (Number 3), The Godfather, Part II (Number 28). Harold and Marilyn Cohen, arts supporters from Hauppauge, Long Island, have established an annual $500 playwriting award. B.Walker Sampson and Michael Stone, both graduating English majors shared this year’s prize. The Department of Drama and Dance will present the winning plays in a staged reading. Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding is still going strong in its 1 lth year off-Broadway.Performances with some members of the original cast were presented at Hofstra in June. The New York production has moved into the Broadway area with the wedding taking place at St. Lukes’s Church, 308 West 46th Street and reception at Vinnie Black’s Vegas Room in the Hotel Edison, 221 West 46th Street. Kenny Rogers Roasters of Long Island has again generously supplied strike dinners for the season.This is the third year of the local franchise’s cooperation and support. The accompanists for the Dance Program presented their second annual “Musicians of the Dance Program” concert. Organized by Laurence Galian, full-time Senior Accompanist, the program included classical, ethnic and contemporary work composed and performed by accompanists Freda Afonin, John Prestianni and Mr. Galian. Bob Spiotto (‘84) donated books to the fledgling departmental theatre library. The following faculty and staff members were honored for their longevity at Hofstra: Stormy Brandenberger and Anne Noonan, 20 years; Laurence Galian, 15 years; Richard Pioreck and Peter Sander, 10 years. NEW THEATRE PLANNED

Eight million dollars of a $110 million bond issue has been earmarked for renovation of the United States Courthouse building on the comer of Hempstead Turnpike and Uniondale Avenue. Plans center on its use as a performing arts center with a 500-seat theatre as soon as the Federal government vacates the University-owned building and moves into new facilities in Central Islip. Stormy Brandenberger, D.J. Markley, Rychard Curtiss and Peter Sander joined Dr. Herbert A. Deutsch, Chair of the Music Department and Music Professor William E. Hettrick in a tour of the space this summer with HCLAS Dean Bernard J. Firestone and Associate Provost Sylvia Giallombardo The departments’ wish lists include a thrust stage to more nearly approximate the configuration of the Globe Theatre, a black box theatre to replace the “temporary” West End, technical support shops, dance studios, music chorus and orchestra rehearsal rooms and private practice rooms. The University is contemplating an addition to the building to meet some of the needs outlined by the Departments of Music and Drama and Dance. Although specific plans have not yet been drawn up, it is expected that the Drama and Dance Department would retain the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Theater for classroom, Spectrum and project use. In many ways the University is moving farther east since a new Science building is presently under construction on the east side of California Avenue next to Monroe Hall. The bond issue also includes a 5,000-seat sports and exhibition arena for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball and two new pedestrian bridges connecting the north and south campuses. Still to be determined is a solution to the noise problem from the reconstructed stadium that is in close proximity to the Courthouse building.It is expected that reconstruction of the Courthouse will take place in 2001 or 2002. SPOTLIGHT ON JANET FRIEDMAN A NICE STAGE MANAGER IS NOT AN OXYMORON

While a student at Hofstra, a faculty member (she graciously does not remember who it was) told Janet Friedman that, as a woman, she was not “bitchy” enough to be a stage manager. Her entire career, she remarked during a recent phone interview, was dedicated to proving that one can do that job without being bitchy. Along the way she has succeeded, made many fast friends, among them Hofstra alumni (ae), including her husband Barry Kearsley, as well as established figures in the profession. Hofstra was formative in her career. She came here as a freshman in 1970 from the suburbs of Philadelphia knowing that she wanted to be in the theatre but not knowing what she wanted to do in the field.She was not even familiar with stage management as an option until an adviser at orientation suggested that she explore that area and recommended that she participate in the new theatre core program, a precursor of the BFA. She was greeted at Hofstra by a note-on the callboard from Peter Friedman (no relation) welcoming her and asking her to get together with him. Turns out she was the wrong“Janet Friedman”. Nevertheless, she started stage managing a senior practicum of The Public Eye after the third week of school with Peter, Melinda Peterson and Mark Winkworth in the cast.They have stayed lifelong friends. As the only freshman interested in stage management, she had the field to herself. Her first mainstage show was as Assistant Stage Manager of The Threepenny Opera working under Pat Voigt (Markley). She remembers stage managing the companion piece, John, .John and His Wife Tib for the Hofstra Shakespeare Festival the first year that the Globe reconstruction was not used. Richard III directed by Dr. Miriam Tulin, was the play and Arturo Porazzi, whom she was dating at the time, was the stage manager. They have also remained close. She was forced to leave school after two and a half years because her father became ill, and she finally finished up at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1979. Her first New York theatre job was as a Production Assistant at the Manhattan Theatre Club. She got her first professional stage managing gig through the good offices of the Manhattan Punch Line’s artistic director, Hofstra alum Steve Kaplan. For that assignment she was asked to get a telephone bell. At Porazzi’s urging she called Barry Kearsley whom she had never met because he left Hofstra before she arrived. Not only did he take time I managing job to help, but he came after hours, wired the dressing rooms for the theatre and spent time with her after that. On Porazzi’s birthday in 1979 the three of them celebrated together. That marked the beginning of their relationship and subsequent marriage which lasted until Kearsley’s death in 1989 during the first act of A4 Butterfly where they were both stage managing. Among her most treasured memories are her acquisition of her Equity card when a production about the life of Alfred Jarry moved from a showcase to a mini-contract, her stint working with Kearsley on the Broadway production of 42nd Street and the bittersweet recollection of M Butterfly, a job she found difficult to continue.Six months after his death she was convinced to become the New York stage manager of the Steppenwolf production of The Grapes of Wrath which she counts as the artistic high point of her career.It was the first theatre job she took after her husband passed away, and she found the Steppenwolf “a most remarkable, supportive company” that enfolded her and comforted her for her loss, bringing her back into the theatre community. Subsequently, she spent five seasons doing the Radio City Christmas show and handled benefits with such stars as Katharine Hepburn, Kirk Douglas and Bob Hope. Presently she is concentrating on

10 industrial shows which have taken her to Hawaii twice, Vienna, but mostly Nashville and Orlando. For these she has worked with such celebrities as Drew Carey, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Kevin Nealon, the Smothers Brothers, Maya Angelou and Gordon Parks. She prefers industrials to Broadway shows at present because it gives her the opportunity to travel, the money is good, the quality is high and it gives her free time between jobs.She did repeat a comment by one of her colleagues who, when asked how he liked the town he was visiting, replied that “all the towns he works have a temperature of 68 and it’s always cloudy in the ballrooms.” Over the years she has made many friends in the theatre with whom she stays in touch.From A4 Butterfly she counts playwright David Henry Hwang, John Rubinstein and Tony Randall as close acquaintances.A day and a half after Kearsley’s death, Tony Randall volunteered to arrange for her and her mother to receive almost impossible-to-get tickets to New York’s Temple Emmanuel Yom Kippur services. Although she did not graduate from Hofstra, she has remained one of the school’s major supporters. In memory of her husband, she solicited her colleagues in the theatre to underwrite an annual scholarship for a Hofstra student interested in stage management and technical work. 600 people responded. They still talk about how he helped them. Janet recalls that while he was Production Stage Manager for 42nd Street, he was asked to show student designers around backstage. Not only did he do so, but he followed it up by taking them out afterwards and talking theatre with them, often arriving home very late after the show. Obviously Janet is carrying on her husband’s tradition by helping those coming up.She has spent time talking to the current recipient of the Barry Kearsley Scholarship offering help and advice. Yes, Virginia, there is a nice stage manager, and Janet Friedman is her name.

Poo-wa-bah is becoming a very special newsletter. The writing, layout andgeneral quality of the articles and notices is vastly improved. I appreciate the hard work that goes intoproducing the newsletter and tracking all of us down, Thanks. Lonnie Juli ‘78

I got The Poo-wa-huh. It was great to see what many people are up to. It brings back many memories. Tanya Urschel ‘93

It was, once again, a pleasure to get the most recent newsletter. It is great to have a sense of where everyone ended up, or is going..... I look forward to the next issue--you do a great job collecting items of interest. Thank you very much. Kim Grethen ‘85

I love The Poo-wa-bah newsletter. Every time I receive it I read it from cover to cover. Thank you so much for doing this -- enabling us to keep up with our former colleagues! ! Greg Tarmin ‘84

Many thanks for sending me The Poo-wa-bah.... It’s great to catch up with the lives and careers of so many friends and colleagues.... Christine Karatnytsky ‘82

It’s always such a nice surprise to get the newsletter in the mail. Michael Souveroff ‘88

Does that word (Poo-wa-bah), forgotten for so many decades, bring to mind fond memories. Bil Mikulewicz ‘65

I want to thank you for the great newsletter. I am still living overseas ... it was such a nice feeling of “home” as I flipped through the pages. Christa Cocciole ‘92

11 FACULTY, FORMER FACULTY AND STAFF

ESTELLE ADEN South Bend, Indiana; has York City, The Club at been on the faculty of LaMama presented three American Ballet Theatre, performance pieces she Fiorello LaGuardia High choreographed Faith and School of Performing Arts in Dancing (director and NYC and has taught master choreographer), Lust and classes at universities across Comfort and You’re Just Like the country; also leads My Father; the shows ran workshops on improvisation from May 8th through June and the creative process and 15th and toured England has been both a New York during the year; at the Ohio (Voice and Speech) lecture State and New Jersey State Theater, choreographed and performance of Yiddish Artist-in-Residence; her Menopausal Gentleman, Theatre and the Group piece, Doorways, (a section written and performed by Theatre; visiting professor on of a larger suite of dances performance artist, Peggy London program presenting a called Dances from Rumi, Shaw; invited to participate focus on the Player Kings was performed at this year’s in the Brooklyn Academy of from Edmund Kean to faculty dance concert in the Music’s Big BAM, a benefit Laurence Olivier; continuing spring. for SHARE (a non-profit the Sonnet Read-In begun in self-help organization for 1990 which is open to all STACY BLAYNE (‘91) breast/ovarian cancer) where Hofstra students and alumni; (Manager of Theatre she collaborated with visual archivist for Voice and Facilities) was a artist, Julia Mandle; this site Speech Trainers of America Film/Television Production specific piece was (VASTA) which is an major at Hofstra and a Drama choreographed to be international organization minor; is also Assistant performed 15 feet above the which has an important link Producer for Hofstra USA audience, but due to a last to Hofstra - our facilities are Productions; before joining minute change in location, the repository for their the Playhouse staff, Stacy could not be presented; there records. (see separate article) spent four years working in are plans for a future the Programming Department performance. ROBIN BECKER (Dance at Cablevision where she Program - Modem & Ballet, continues to work part-time. ROYSTON COPPENGER Choreography) was a (Play Analysis, Styles, principal dancer with the STORMY Directing) received his Eleo Pomare Dance BRANDENBERGER Doctor of Fine Arts degree Company; also performed (Dance Program - Modem, from Yale University’s with Martha Graham Dance Choreography & Dance School of Drama in June; this Company, the Pearl Lange Production) has been the summer he spent a month at Dance Company and as a Acting Head of the Dance Blue Mountain Center, an guest artist with the Program since the spring of artists’ colony in the Denishawn Repertory 1997; besides keeping the Adirondacks, working on Company; is the artistic Dance Program running and several writing projects; upon director of her own company producing the Dance returning to New York, he which performs nationally Concerts, she has been active directed his original theater and in New York at such choreographing for the piece Moses, (about Robert venues as the Joyce Theater; Drama and Dance Moses) at HERE, NYC; the was selected to be a Department, working on play featured costumes by choreographer at The Yard, a Sweet Charity and Carmina Hofstra faculty member colony for performing artists Burana, a joint venture of the Meganne George, lighting by in Massachusetts, and at Dance Program and the faculty member Rych Curtiss Southold Dance Theater in Music Department; in New and set by alumnus, Ken

12 Goldstein with alumna, Dy ANITA FELDMAN (Dance York City season at The Hasser as a member of the Program -Choreography, Kitchen; her work has been cast; at Hofstra this year he Modern supported by numerous directed a controversial 3 Dance grants, including six N.E.A. heavy-metal Gothic Fellowships and two New production of Strindberg’s A York Foundation Dream Play. Fellowships; also on the dance faculty of Columbia RYCHARD CURTISS University Teacher’s College; (Technical Director/Lighting her book Inside Tap: Designer) - in addition to Technique and Improvisation lighting the annual faculty for Today ‘s Tap Dancer is dance concerts, he lit last published by Princeton semester’s A Dream Play by Books. Strindberg; in the spring he did the set design for A.R. LAURENCE GALIAN Gurney’s The Middle Ages in (Dance Program - Senior the West End Theatre; works and Kinesiology) has a BA Dance Accompanist) recently in the City whenever he can in Dance Education from the celebrated his 15th year at and most recently did the set University of Illinois and an Hofstra, during which he and light design (with alum MA in Dance Education from organized, hosted and Leslie Segrete ‘98 as Teachers College, Columbia performed in the second assistant) for the Festival of University; since 1983 she annual concert of “The New Works at NYU’s Tisch has gained an international Musicians of the Dance School of Arts Dramatic reputation as a leading Program” in May; during the Writing program; technical innovator of tap dance, winter break, he traveled to director for production of choreographing pieces in Baku, Azerbaijan exploring O'Neill’s Beyond the Horizon collaboration with new music the ethnomusicology of the for the Chain Lightning composers that incorporate country; he investigated Theatre Company in the East electronics and the patented “mugam” (the traditional Village (this was featured in “Tap Dance Instrument,” a classical music of an article in April’s edition of wood and brass multi-timbre Azerbaijan) and practiced Theatre Crafts International. floor; her company of Sufism with the dervishes of musicians and dancers, Anita the Rifayi Marufi Order; also LIZA GENNARO EVANS Feldman Tap, has performed gave several musical (Dance Program - in the U.S., Japan and performances while in Baku; Choreography for the Germany at universities and after five years of research Theatre) professional theatre festivals in both dance and and writing, he completed his choreographer; taught at new music venues, including second book, a work on Harvard’s Summer Dance the Colorado Dance Festival, Sufism entitled The Dawn of Program; choreographed the Boston Dance Umbrella, Splendor in the Way of Secret Garden, Pittsburgh Dance Theater Workshop, the Reality (Including Tales, Civic Light Opera and Most Whitney Museum, the Practices and Commentary) ; Happy Fella, Broadway American Dance Festival, the is listed in the International revival). Village Gate, Seibu’s Studio Who’s Who in Music 200 in Tokyo and Podewil in (Cambridge, England) and TIMOTHY FEHMEL Berlin; in the spring the the who’s who in (Former Asst. Director, company gave performances Entertainment; also a Playhouse) Facilities and radio and television member of the International Manager and Director of appearances in Frankfurt, Guild of Musicians in Dance; Studio Operations, Hofstra Hamburg and Bremen, serves on the faculty of the TV Institute; married.two Germany; other appearances Hofstra College of children; received MBA from include Columbia College in Continuing Education. Hofstra, May 1994. South Carolina, the 92nd Street Y, Smithsonian in MEGANNE GEORGE Washington, DC and a New

13 (Set/Costume Designer - Set Norman), As You Like It JAMES J. KOLB, Ph.D., Design Teacher) for Hofstra’s (Shakespeare), The Cheats of (Dramatic Literature, Theatre ‘97-‘98 season, designed sets Scapin (Moliere), and most History, Introduction to the and costumes for A Dream recently, Sweet Charity Theatre) directed Beaumont’s Play; costumes for All’s Well (Simon/Coleman/Fields) in The Knight of the Burning That Ends Well, and the Hofstra Playhouse. Pestle, spring ‘98, as the costumed Tyrone Brooks’s companion piece for the 49th piece for the Faculty Dance DYANE HARVEY- Annual Shakespeare Festival; Concert; her recent New SALAAM (Modem Dance) lectured extensively on a York credits include The has danced with such variety of musical theatre and Taming of the Shrew renowned African-American drama topics throughout (costumes) and The Three dance companies as the Long Island during 1997-98, Musketeers (set) for contemporary Chamber including lectures on August American Globe Theatre; she Dance Company, Fred Wilson, Kurt Weill, George is also the resident costume Benjamin Dance Company, and Ira Gershwin, Tin Pan and set designer for Chain and Eleo Pomare Dance Alley, Noel Coward and Lightning Theatre and Company; her performance Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cole designed all of their past experience ranges from dance Porter, Oscar Wilde, Anton season, including Two by companies to Broadway, Off- Chekhov, Shakespeare and Synge directed by Tony Tom; Broadway, film and his contemporaries, and her set design for Chain television; has performed in Stephen Sondheim; coeditor Lightning’s production of the Paris production of Your with Arthur Gewirtz of two Beyond the Horizon was Arms Too Short to Box With volumes of Selected featured in the April issue of God; Timbuktu!, the Proceedings from the Art, TLI Magazine; she is the Broadway and touring Glitter and Glitz Conference resident costume designer for company, and The Wiz, held at Hofstra University, Adobe Theatre Company and Broadway and feature film; November 3,4,5, 1994, first has just completed their 5 her television experience has volume titled Art, Glitter, and week serial Larry and the included CBS specials, Black Glitz: Mainstream Werewolf; in August she Expressions, Story of a Playwrights and Popular designed costumes for People and Ailey Celebrates Theatre in 1920s America, Royston Coppenger’s Moses Ellington; has been a and the second volume, as part of the American recipient of a National Experimenters, Rebels and Living Room series,. Endowments and New York Disparate Voices: The State council on the Arts Theatre of the 1920s JEAN DOBIE GIEBEL Residency Grant for her work Celebrates American (Acting) has done most of her at City Center’s Educational Diversity, still awaiting professional theatre work in Outreach Program; on publication by Greenwood New York City where she teaching faculty of Press; Membership Secretary was an Associate Director of Manhattan Community of the American Theatre and both the Mint Theater and College and Lehman College; Drama Society (ADS); on Riverside Shakespeare choreographed this summer special academic leave for Company; as an actor she has for the Joseph Papp Public fall 1997 to pursue research appeared Off-Broadway with Theatre production of Love’s and writing on theatre and Riverside Shakespeare, as Fire. drama videos; his e-mail well as in numerous Off-Off address is Broadway and Regional TONIA V. HOLMES (Part- [email protected]. Theatre productions; favorite time Secretary) joined the roles include Charlotte Drama and Dance DIANE Corday (Marat/Sade), Honey Department a year ago; she LICHTENBERGER (Dance Who's Afraid of Virginia has completed her Business Program - major and non- Woolf and Raven (The degree in Finance at Hofstra major ballet) was trained at Robber Bridegroom); recent and has left the department the School of American directing credits include The for a career as a Merchandise Ballet and received a BFA in Devil’s Disciple (Shaw), Analyst at Lord and Taylor in Ballet and Modem from the Getting Out (Marsha NYC. Juilliard School; has

14 appeared as a soloist with the faculty of the Paul Taylor Playhouse after 27 years at Eglevsky Ballet, in the corps School since its founding in Hofstra. de ballet at Radio City Music 1983 and has taught master Hall, and as a soloist with the classes and workshops at ANNE NOONAN Louis Falco Company and dance festivals and (Department Secretary) the Jose Limon Company; universities throughout the celebrated her TWENTIETH has choreographed over United States; staged Mr. year at the Drama & Dance seventy musicals on Long Taylor’s works for the San Department; union Island for over twenty years Francisco Ballet, Pacific representative for HCLAS and has directed musicals Northwest Ballet, Ballet clerical workers; editor of the such as Brigadoon, Kiss Me West, White Oak Dance Hofstra union newsletter; co- Kate, Guys and Dolls, and Project, Houston Ballet, Paris editor of The Yoo-wa-hah; Carousel;this summer she Opera Ballet, the London member of 9to5, National began her eleventh year of Contemporary Dance Theatre Association of Working teaching at the Ohman and New York University; Women, Women on the Job School of Ballet and directed her first choreographic work, Task Force and CLUW Fiddler on the Roof for the “Split Whiskers,” (Coalition of Labor Union Cultural Arts Playhouse in commissioned by the Paul Women); in April testified at Old Bethpage. Taylor Dance Company, a NYS Assembly hearing on received its premiere at the Pay Equity; she and her D.J. MARKLEY (Design, City Center Theatre in New husband, Walter, traveled to Technical Theatre) D.J.‘s York in April ‘90; in ‘91 Bermuda, Jamaica, Greece 28th year at Hofstra was the Mikhail Baryshnikov invited and Cape Cod during the past Year of the Scaffold; in the her to join the White Oak year. fall he co-designed the set Dance Project; toured with and designed the lighting for the company in Europe and HARRIET PETERS retired Sweet Charity; the set, the United States performing in December, ‘96; still active designed with Deirdre works choreographed by in the affairs of the McGuire, was based on large Mark Morris, Lar Lubovitch, Department. rolling units of scaffolding; in and Paul Taylor. the spring he did the set and RICHARD PIORECK lighting design for All’s Well DEIRDRE McGUIRE (‘67 (Theatre Appreciation, Play That Ends Well; the newly (Costumes & Set Design) - Analysis, Theatre Today) renovated Globe Theatre set started last September with a spent the past year moving to is now mounted on a large promotion to Associate and from University College steel scaffold structure; if Professor; her designs for the until settling in during the anyone is on line and wants Department included the middle of the summer at the to contact him, his e-mail Faculty Dance Concert and Hofstra Cultural Center; address is [email protected]. costumes and co-set design during the year he directed for Sweet Charity; continued AR. Gurney’s The Middle RICHARD MASON, Ph.D., to increase her involvement Ages for the department; and retired. in publicity by designing the found time to get back on posters for Sweet Charity, stage after not acting for a CATHY MCCANN (Dance AN’s Well That Ends Well and number of years in a Program) choreographed Just Dance, the faculty production directed by alum, “Sports Stuff’” for the concert; during the summer, Marian Waller; also Hofstra Dance Theatre in she spent most of her time continued to make Spring ‘98; was a principal renovating “her old house” incremental progress toward dancer with the Paul Taylor and taking interior design his Ph.D. in Theatre and Film Dance Company from 1979 classes. at CUNY. through 1991; has been featured in five PBS CARL MORRIS Professor PETER SANDER productions for Dance in Emeritus (deceased). (Department Chairman, America, including the 1991 Acting and Directing) Emmy winning “Speaking in JEAN MORRIS retired as directed two shows for the Tongues”; served on the Box Office Manager of the Department:

15 Blithe Spirit in the fall and MlRIAM TULIN Professor readings of their poetry; it the HofstraShakespeare Emerita (retired). was a pleasure for him to watch the process of the cast JAMES VanWART members, not only in their Professor Emeritus (retired) choice of movement lives in Orlando, Florida qualities, but also in their use where he continues to of language on the concert freelance as an actor, teacher stage; in February, escorted and director. 18 dancers to the American College Dance Festival’s BARBARA MEREDITH New England Regional, held WALDINGER (Theatre this year at Boston Appreciation, Introduction to University; although not Theatre Arts) took a leave of selected to participate in the Festival premiere of All’s absence in spring and fall final concert, Hofstra made a Well That .Ends Well; besides 1998, and is ‘progressing in considerable impression on chairing the Drama and her doctoral dissertation the adjudicators and the Dance Department for the “Ten, Twent’, Thirti’: A audience; in March became 10th year, he also taught Vice President of the Shakespeare acting and Pantomime Circus designed several of the Foundation, an organization department’s posters and founded to oversee the work brochures; in December, he and estate of the late dance served as a consultant for the artist, Lotte Goslar; during National Program on the summer he catalogued Noncollegiate Sponsored and organized some 70 years Instruction evaluating the of memorabilia from Ms. entire curriculum of the Goslar’s private library, School for Film and finding letters and other Television in New York City materials from Bertolt for comparable college Theatre for the People” about Brecht, Marilyn Monroe, credit; while there, he popular melodrama in New Joseph Papp, Ray Bradbury, reunited with Joan See, York City at the turn of the Agnes DeMille, Harold Hofstra drama alumna. century. Kreutzberg and Ericka Mann; this will all be given to the HOWARD SIEGMAN LANCE WESTERGARD Performing Arts Libraries at Professor Emeritus (retired). (Dance Program-ballet) Lincoln Center and in collaborated with 23 of the Cologne, Germany; during DONALD SWINNEY dance program students to the month of July, he taught C”DOC”] deceased; former create a work entitled at the first Summer Dance Professor of Drama and Praeludium; the cast created Program at the Boston Director of the John Cranford their own poems and dances Conservatory. Adams Playhouse. and danced to their own

16 ALUMNI

Abatelli, Julie Halston (‘76) - Alterman, Lydia (‘74) recent movie appearances celebrated the first anniversary Gladstone - active in theatre on include Good Luck with Gregory of her monthly Monday night Long Island; principal roles in Hines and Vincent D’Onofrio appearances at Caroline’s Gray Wig, Hofstra Alumni and Inconceivable, an Comedy Club, New York City; Theatre; director and costumer independent film in which he appeared with songwriter Julie with various companies; plays a gynecologist! Gold at Eighty Eight’s, NYC married, one daughter, 12 years (February, March ‘98): In old. Balfour, Tracy (‘86) - has been Theater writer Ricky Spears working in industrial advertising calls her...“one of the funniest Amato, Josette (‘76) and also involved with women in America;” Backstage international freelance company publishing children’s stories; columnist Roy Sander writes, manager with husband, Chris living in Pennsylvania with she is “. ..one of the funniest Dunlop (‘72); works as a self- husband, Tom, and two children. people in the world...” defense teacher. Bambino, Robert (‘73) - Abravenel, Wayne (‘77) - Ambrosio, Joan (‘SO) married, paralegal, faculty Hofstra School musical director. two children, living in of Continuing Education; Claims Pennsylvania. Manager/Loss Control Specialist Ackerman, Nathalie (‘84) - with Wright Risk Management freelance actress, NYC; most Anker, Warren (‘78) - was Co., Inc. recently appeared in Voices in story editor, Fox Network’s the Mist at Madison Avenue Down the Shore. Barbour, James (‘88) - playing Theatre, NYC. the “Beast” in NY production of Arianas, Marcus (‘87) - living Beauty and the Beast with Toni Aderman, Shelli (‘94) - in Long Island with his wife, Braxton and Meshach Taylor; production stage manager (AEA, Elizabeth and 19 month-old son. previously played the “Beast” in SMA). recent productions Michael; working for Toumeau LA production; appeared in include Broadway Kids at the Jewelers; recently opened their movie with Sally Kirkland called John Houseman Theatre; new flagship mega-store in NYC Twinkle Toes; did a pilot with Christmas at the Ivanovs with and currently is manager of Luke Perry and Ken Howard for Classic Stage Company; Roosevelt Field store. ABC-TV called The Game; Nightmare Alley with Primary performed in musical written by Stages Co.; The Jazz Nativity at Baecker, Kristin (Sparro) ‘92) STYX keyboardist at the Lincoln Center; Instant - Assistant Director of Education Tennessee Rep (fall ‘97); played Shakespeare with the New York at New York City Ballet; Billy Bigelow in Lincoln Renaissance Festival (where she married; anticipates graduating Center’s production of carousel. worked with fellow alums Greg with an MA in Dance Education Couba and Rei Farid); and from Teachers College, Bases, Patricia (‘77) - scenic Major Crimes, a new play by Jay Columbia University; performed artist/ technician for Macy’s Presson Allen, directed by at ACDFA in Boston (Feb.‘98). Thanksgiving Day Parade. Arthur Penn; is in her fourth term as Secretary for the Stage Baker, Jane (‘84) - pursuing Bassani, Theresa (‘91) - Managers’ Association; in her Master’s Degree in Instructional appeared in production of spare time, she enjoys restoring Media at Westchester Hamlet in NYC and stand-up furniture and makes a mean University, PA; for several years comic working comedy clubs, matzoh ball soup! taught at summer theatre NYC. program and directed shows for Albrecht, Christopher (‘74) - school age children. Beaudin, Jim (‘92) - freelance married to Annie Willette (‘74); actor, NYC. president of HBO Original Baker, Jennifer (‘93) - Programming and HBO freelance actress, Los Angeles. Bell, Richard (‘66) - National Independent Productions. Director, Young Audiences, Baldwin, Doug (‘74) - NYC. Alter, John (‘79) - appeared on writer/producer, living in Broadway in The Most Happy Portland, OR; his play, Drawing Bell, Risa (‘80) - married to Fella. Down Clio, won the 1997 John DeVito (‘8 1) Oregon Book Award for Drama:

17 Belonzi, Elizabeth (‘96) - Bradbury, Pat (‘77) - working Burstein, John (‘71) - freelance appeared in production of in publishing in California. actor, NYC; children’s shows, Measure for Measure (Dec. ‘98); PBS. appeared in production written Braglia, Robert J. (‘77) - by fellow alum Judy Sheehan, President, American Financial & Burrows, Ann (‘94) - freelance Aphrodite’s Dungeon (June ‘98); Tax Strategies, Inc., a registered actress, Chicago. taking classes at Columbia investment advisory firm. Teachers College. Butera, Anthony (‘83) - MS Branum, Beverly (‘79) - Elementary Education, Hofstra Bennett, Dawn (‘91) - freelance actress, stage combat ‘96; actor, Theatre Three, Port administrator at First Class performer, NYC; married, 2 Jefferson; married, one daughter. Childcare in Hempstead. children. Butler, Valencia (‘84) - works Bensen, Sonja (‘81) - policy Bray, Thorn (‘76) - TV writer. for Broadway Video and is a analyst living in Washington, Evening Shade, and actor. freelance milliner. DC. Brenner, Faye (‘75) - Executive Camps, Carolina (NiNi) (‘94) - Berbig, Ellen (‘82) - Masters in Director,Capital Camps, the playing guitar and singing Psychology, St. John’s Washington, DC Jewish original music at local clubs in University; worked as teenage community resident camp, New York City with her band, counselor in LI schools; married located in Waynesboro, PA; Love Pie. with two children; presently originally began there as drama living in Maryland. director in ‘89. Canestraro, Michael (‘86) - has staged award winning Berman, Fred (‘94) - produced Breslauer, Jeff (‘76 Comm) - productions of On Your Toes, and appeared in the title role in a actor/puppeteer; performed with Cabaret. and most recently production of Hamlet in NYC; Gray Wig while at Hofstra: lives Sweet Charity; freelance actor appeared in the film The Court, in Orlando, FL. (AEA) Off-Broadway, stock and at the 1998 New York regional theatres; MA in Theatre International Independent Film Brodesser, Dorothy (‘81) - Arts from L.I.University; studied Festival at Cantor Film Center. married; appeared in the movie. Musical Theatre at Manhattan The Crucible. School of Music; currently Berrios, Michael (‘90) - director of Theatre and Dance at freelance actor. NYC. Brodkin, Sandra (‘74) - MacArthur High School in director of and teacher at The Levittown, LI. Bertolini, Michael (‘78) - Off-Broad Street Dance Center, performed in Hofstra USA’s Bloomfield, NJ teaching creative Canestro, Joe (‘94) - freelance production of Cabaret (summer movement, ballet & tap; married, actor, Long Island ‘98); recently starred as Paul in one daughter. the New York City revival of Cannon, Kevin (‘77) - Carnival; also a leading baritone Brownlee, Johnathan (‘89) - stockbroker. with the Light Opera of MFA, Brandeis ‘93; actor, Manhattan and played the Pirate certified fight choreographer; Carnelia, Craig (‘69) - King in their Off-Broadway moved to LA; married, baby boy composer, singer, pianist, production of the Pirates of John Edward Akers-Brownlee; cabaret performer with Maureen Penzance; has appeared on TV appeared in TV shows Seinfeld. Silliman; wrote numbers for new in One Life to Live and in The Larry Sanders Show; musical version of Studs Terkel’s commercials. appeared in movie, Father’s Day Working for which he received a starring Robin Williams and Tony nomination. Blais, Lon T. (‘81) - English Billy Crystal and Mad City with teacher, director at Pasteur Jr. John Travolta and Dustin Carine, Edwin T. - former High School, Queens. Hoffman. Director of Admissions at Hofstra (‘57-‘66); was very Bona, Mercy (‘73) - performed Bruffee, Matthew (‘85) - involved with Drama in productions at American Administrator for Dancers Department: resides in Stage Festival, Milford, NH; Respond to Aids, a program of Davenport, FL.; appeared in former President of Heathecote Broadway Cares/Equity Fights commercials, TV, film, and in Art Foundation. Aids, NYC. many productions at Theatre Winter Haven in Florida, where Bonadio, Janice (‘90) - teaching Budnick, Robert (‘73) - he also wrote and directed the dance in NYC professional musician, L.I. mystery play, Borderline;

18 formerly practiced law in NYC Christ, Holly (Kearney) (‘91) - Colby, Ronald (‘60) - as a public defender. MAT in English (‘95) Stony producer/screenwriter, LA Brook University; married, one Caronia, Nancy (‘83) - teaches son; worked as theatre teacher Coleman, Destin (94) - body dynamics for actors in and director for summer program freelance actor. NYC. NYC. at The Stony Brook School. Colin, Margaret (‘79) - TV, Cassidy, Elayne (Nicholas) Clark, Mort (‘66) - Vice film and stage actress; married (‘75) - director of Development President, International Amateur with two sons, Sam and Joe; for Tompkins County Public Theatre Association; professor at starred in Broadway play, Library Foundation, Ithaca, NY; Westchester Community Jackie, about which critic John still active in theatre and now College, Performing Arts Simon wrote: “Margaret Colin is has children who are also Department. gifted and charming to a fault, performers; teaches creative and if anything, flatters Jackie writing part-time at SUNY Cluck, Diane (Dy Hasser)(‘97) with her impersonation.” Cortland’s Life-Long Learning - traveled to England with fellow Center; does free-lance alum, Eric Smith; appeared in Coppola, Francis Ford (‘60) - curriculum webs, book reviews Royston Coppenger’s production received the D.W. Griffith and bibliographies for young of Moses (August ‘98). Award from the Directors Guild adult/children’s literature; lived of America (March ‘98); three of several years overseas while Cocciole, Christa (‘92) - has his movies were voted among working as a Station Manager been living in Europe for the the 100 best films by the for British Airways. past 3 years; currently living in American Film Institute; Austria working with a touring directed lilm version of John Cassaro, Nancy (‘81) - two dance company; in spring they Grisham’s The Rainmaker: children, John David and Alice; presented a political piece about director Godfather movies, Bram living in Pacific Palisades, CA; Bosnia; was in the States in July Stoker's Dracula. Tucker: The appeared in Fox 5 TV sitcom, through September, performing Man And His Dream; owns Nothing Personal; conceived in Syracuse, NY and giving a winery in Napa Valley. and performed in Tony ‘n ‘ Tinab workshop at the university there. Wedding, which celebrated its Costigan, Kelley (‘86) - eleventh anniversary in February Cohen, Jonas (‘93) - MFA, completed MPhil in Shakespeare ‘98. Professional Actor Program, Studies in London; played University of Nebraska (‘96); Constance in King John; Hermia Cassell, Kim (94) - worked at taught Acting Workshop at in A Midsummer Night's Dream Roundabout Theatre Company, Hofstra for two semesters: and with the Royal Shakespeare NYC as Facilities Manager until appeared in the New York Company, appeared in Hamlet. spring ‘98: currently living in production of Grandma Sylvia's Fairfax, VA and works as Funeral. Guest artist for Couba, Gregory (‘96) - Assistant to the Producer of Hofstra’s 1998 New York appeared in A Christmas Carol NETworks, atheatrical Showcase. with Nebraska Theatre Caravan producing company of Equity (winter ‘97); company member and non-Equity worldwide tours. Cohen, Robert (‘76) - has of the Metropolitan Playhouse, directed, performed in, stage- located in the East Village where Chaiet, Whitney (‘93) - lead managed and technically assisted he served as their Facilities understudy in touring production productions of musicals in Manager and also performed in of The Rose Of No Man’s Land, theatres and nightclubs in New two staged readings and two working with the About Face York, New Hampshire, productions (Washington Theatre Company, NYC as Washington, DC and San Irving’s Sketchhook and The New assistant to the Artistic Director. Francisco; worked in all aspects York Idea); works at Ballet Tech. of theatrical production for New Chomo, Alicia Ann (‘74) - Playwrights Theatre of Coyne, Peter (‘81) - living in independent voice-over artist for Washington, DC and in San NYC. radio and TV, commercials and Francisco Bay area; presently industrials; involved in living in Bay Area of California Crosby, Christopher (‘97) - community theatre in and working at Grants for the appeared with fellow alum, Wilmington, DE and on Board Arts of the San Francisco Hotel Emily Nadler, in production of of Directors for the Children’s Tax Fund which funds non-profit Joseph and the Amazing Wing of the Wilmington Drama and cultural groups in San Technicolor Dreamcoat at the League. Francisco. Cultural Arts Playhouse, LI (summer ‘98). Crouch, Traci (‘93) - freelance College; production assistanl for Dennehy, Elizabeth (‘82) - actress, Boston. Cripple of Inishmaan directed by married; co-starred with Robert Jerry Zachs, NY Shakespeare Urich in TNT cable movie of Cucco, Dawn (‘87) - since Festival, Public Theatre (spring The Lazarus Man; appeared in graduation, has acted in over 20 ‘98). TV pilot Daisy and Chess; productions in LI theatres. played Linda Rotunda in John dePiggot, Jay (‘96) - attending Patrick Shanley’s Savage in Cuenin, Carla (‘92) - freelance the University of Southern Limbo at the Zephyr Theatre in dancer, NYC. California’s graduate program in LA. Cinema-Television Production. Cutrona, Todd (‘93) - MFA Dennehy, Sue Anne (nee Senff) Theatre Management, Columbia DeGennaro, Judy (‘81) - (‘69) - teaches in BOCES University; works for Richard Advisory Programmer Analyst (Magnet School System on LI). Frankel Productions, New York for Merrill, Lynch, NYC. City. DeVito, John (‘81) - prop DeGruccio, Nick (‘83) - master, Metropolitan Opera Dagavarian, Michele (‘77) appeared in TV sitcom, House, NYC. (Miller) - freelance actress Everybody Loves Raymond; one living in Canada; Broadway of the leads in the film Time Diamond, Harley (‘79) - shows include Joseph Papp Warrior; national tour of City Of attorney employed by NYC production of Runaways; Angels; performed in LA Housing Authority. Fiddler on the Roof directed by company of Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Jerome Robbins; nominated for Wedding; long time member of DiCandia, Denise (‘86) - AMPIA (Alberta Motion Picture the Colony Studio Theatre: recently moved to Los Angeles Industries Association) award living in Los Angeles. with her photographer husband; for Best Actress in 1995 and she will be pursuing a music winner of ITVA Golden Leaf DelVecchio, John (‘95) - with career. Award for CPR video; married fellow alum, Anita Vatavuk, co- with three children: 8 year old founded Amici Ensemble and DiMemmo, Diane (‘82) Ben and 6 year old twins, Sam presented A Hatful of Rain at Vecchiarello - married, two and Hannah. CenterStage, NY in spring ‘98 children; living in New Jersey.

Dall, Robin (‘87) - MA in Dlugokencky, Paul (‘82) - Literature (‘93); living in White cartoonist whose work has been Cloud, MI; Speech/Drama appearing in newspapers teacher at White Cloud School. nationwide as well as in business, physics and new age Daly, Christopher (‘96) - living journals: also has done movie in NYC, beginning his second storyboards and some voice year at NYU working towards a work for radio; living in degree in Interactive Peter Eramo, Anita Vatavuk and Babylon, NY. Telecommunications; has John Del Vecchio in A Hatful of dabbled with voice-overs and Rain. Donaghy, Tom (‘83) - living in stand-up comedy; his e-mail NYC; his new romantic play, address is [email protected] with himself, Anita Vatavuk and From Above, premiered at fellow alum, Peter Eramo Playwrights Horizons (April Davenport, Curtis (‘83) - performing; in July, performed ‘98). performed in The Boys Next in The Zoo Story in Central Park. Door at Broadhollow Theatre, Dorr, Michael (‘90) - editor. De LI, (winter ‘98). DeMontreux, Debbie (‘92) - Capo Press; a reading of his recently promoted to Manager of play, A Warm Kitchen, was Davi, Robert (‘72) - TV and Packaging and Production for presented by All Seasons film actor; starring in NBC-TV Bravo Cable Network and Theatre Group. show, The Profiler. Independent Film Channel; voice-overs for Bravo and Downs, Robin (‘90) - living in DeBella, John (‘73) - Z Morning Cablevision. Amarillo, TX with husband, Zoo, Philadelphia’s No. 1 DJ. Monty, and son. Dennehy, Edward (‘68) - deLuise, Danielle (‘97) - directed Steel Magnolias for Dugal, Kevin (‘87) - teaching at appearing in Off-Off-Broadway Hofstra USA’s summer season. Bishop Kellenberg High School, production of Richard ZZZ; doing Ll; married; performed in radio promos for Dowling Camelot with Herricks

20 Community Players in October Emberton, Heather (Weiler) Snow; voice teacher, freelance ‘98. (‘78) - son, Matthew; teaches at music director. Circle of Dance, on L.I. and Dunlop, Chris (‘72) - Arts-in-Education in NY; Fasano, Barbara (‘80) - cabaret international freelance company choreographer for Broadhollow singer, NYC; her performance in manager (with wife Josette Theatres. The Girls of Summer at Eighty Amato ‘76). Eight’s, NYC (August ‘98) was Enck, Elizabeth (‘89) - Assoc. described by Backstage as “one Eck, Scott (‘79) - married; Producer, Business News Area, of the best cabaret shows of last owner of The Laughing Stock CNN. (or any) year.” Co, (with fellow alum Owen O’Farrell); producer of live Engstrom, Kurt (‘90) - living in Fellman, James (‘58) - retired industrial/business entertainment North Hollywood, CA; plays Vice President for Operations, (employs many Hofstra grads, Security Guard on Lifetime TV Hofstra University; awarded among them Suzanne O’Hare, game show, Debt. distinguished professorship in Bill McCally, Shelli Aderman, the School of Business. Michael Pearlstein, Joseph Epstein, Gary (‘75) - talent and Minutillo, Jack Canfora, Elaine literary agent (Epstein-Wyckoff Ferrer, Carmel (‘82) - award- Emerson Vengersky); adjunct and Associates) New York and winning actress, active in professor, New College, Hofstra; Beverly Hills. Washington, DC area freelance actor, NYC. community theater; works at Eramo, Peter (‘95) - performed Nature Conservancy in A Hatful of Rain at headquarters in Arlington. VA. CenterStage, NY with fellow alums, John DelVecchio and Flanagan, Robin (‘81) - Equity Anita Vatavuk (spring ‘98). Stage Manager, NY Renaissance Festival, Tuxedo, NY; CPA, Eskelson, Dana (‘87) - appeared theatre producing firm in NYC. in Fox network show, New York Undercover.

Scott Eck and Suzanne O’Hare Ey, Robert (‘74) - writes articles in Laughing Stock’s Production for legal reference books: of Instant Shakespeare. performs with Southern Colorado Classical Guitar Economou-Conlin, Elaine (‘90) Ensemble. - married, living in Ann Arbor, Michigan; choreographing and Falciano, Stephanie (‘93) - performing there and in Chicago; professional Ballroom and Latin works at the Musical Society at dancer/competitor, U.S. Latin the University of Michigan. top six fmalist; planning to study in London with world Edwards, Susan F. (‘72) - champions; freelance actor in freelance actress, NY. NYC; recently completed one year program at the School for Ellison, Cori (‘75) - consultant Film & Television. for Lincoln Center’s Art of the Fallica, Carlene (‘89) - Song Series and Senior music Flynn, John (‘95) - is proud to Editor of Stagebill magazine; exercise/dance specialist have performed A Chorus Line practicing in L.I. music journalist. lecturer. only twice this past year - once broadcaster and translator in Connecticut and once in specializing in opera and vocal Falzoi, Jill (‘90) - working Hawaii; during the year he music; contributor to The New toward Master’s degree in Arts originated roles in three new Performance at NYU. York Times, Opera News, and musicals: A Witch’s Tale, for BBC Music and books such as Lefttield Productions, the Farid, Riham (‘96) - entered The New Grove Dictionary of musical comedy version of Opera and The Compleat Hofstra Law School, fall ‘98. Oedipus. for the Wings Theater Mozart; Assistant Professor of and Soup, Soap and Salvation at Farrell, John (‘83) - Music at New York University Mill Mountain Theater; appeared professional musician, former School of Continuing Education. in the independent film keyboard player for Phoebe American Dream with some guy from the Food Network; he is no

21 longer waiting tables which Off-Broadway Pageant, A Design at Brandeis University; couldn’t make him happier! Celebration at Carnegie Hall; this summer worked as prop Liza Steppin’ Out at Radio City master for Hofstra USA’s Follett, Richard (‘81) - has Music Hall; married to Arturo production of Cabaret. returned full time to performing Porazzi. minstrel music; living in Goldberg, Jamie (Jamie Virginia. Gamboa, Juan Pablo (‘88) - Karen) - in a touring production works in TV industry, NY. of West Side Story. Forand, Eric (‘97) toured with Theaterworks production of Garcia, Carol E. (‘77) - Gonzalez, Karen (‘93) - living Little Red Riding Hood with freelance actress. dancer. in NYC, fellow alum, Tara Schachtel (Sands) that made a stop at Gardner, Sharon Galuzzo (‘90) Good, Sharon (‘72) - after 20 Hofstra’s Adams Playhouse. - married; daughter, Elora years in the theatre (12 years of Christine; left her job as children’s musical repertory with Forrest, Beverley (‘71) - still Associate Director of Alumni the Gingerbread Players & Jack) acting and modeling in NY; Relations at Hofstra this summer started Excalibur Publishing in graduate of University of San and is moving to North Carolina. April ‘90. Diego Law School; member of NYS Bar, works as temporary Giambalvo, Peter (‘94) - Gotz, Sonya (‘91) - freelance attorney on large litigation freelance actor, NYC. dancer in NYC. matters. Giampetro, John (‘93) - Granau, Patricia (Meade) (‘81) Frances, Kim (‘74) - regional freelance actor/director, NYC. - married with one child; theatre; stage manager at Actors commercials include Cheer Theatre of Louisville. Giarratano, Elissa (Musumeci) Detergent, Wendy’s, crisco (‘80) - freelance actress, LI. Light; cast member of Tony ‘n’ Frankel, David (‘75) - teaching Tina’s Wedding ‘87-‘90; does Drama, St. Leo’s College, Gimpel, Tim (‘92) - danced in local theatre work; currently Tampa, FL. European tour of Forty Second sings in Gospel Band on Long Street. Island: teaches voice at home. Frederick, Virginia Ann (‘76) - chiropractor, San Francisco. Ginsburg, Richard (‘81) - he Grant, Michael (‘78) - technical and his wife, Abby. have a director, NY Shakespeare Friedman, Janet (‘72) - stage daughter, Meredith, and a son, Festival. manager of industrial shows for Maxwell; MFA Brooklyn companies such as IBM and Sun College ‘92; Professor, Nassau Gray, Richard (‘76) - Microsystems, for which she has County Community College; Production Coordinator - Penn traveled to Hawaii and Vienna played Pseudolus in Gray Wig State University; project during the last year; established production of A Funny Thing manager for new show/facility scholarship fund at Hofstra to Happened on the Way to the Cirque de Soleil, Las Vegas. honor late husband, Barry Forum. Andrew Kearsley. (see separate Grebner, Dawn (‘89) - living in article) Glant-Linden, Andrew (‘76) - California; appeared in Hallmark stage director, NYC and regional commercial. Friedman, Peter (‘71) - married theatres; won Carbonella Award to actress Joan Allen; daughter, (Florida Regional Theatres) as Green, Amy (‘80) (Garelick) - Sadie; living in NY; plays Tateh Best Director for Man Of La Ph.D. in Directing, CUNY; in Broadway production of Mancha. associate professor of theatre, Ragtime for which he received a John Jay College, Manhattan; Tony nomination for best actor Goldberg, Donna (‘68) - lives wrote book entitled The in ‘98; played recurring role in in California where she is Revisionist Stage: American TV show, Brooklyn Bridge. currently pursuing a Master’s Directors Re-invent the Classics. degree in Marriage and Family Fruchtman, Jacob (Jay Therapy at the California Family Green, Chester (‘83) - married Harron) (‘76) - freelance actor, Study Center in N. Hollywood. to Felicia Blaustein (‘89); sound NYC and LA. engineer, Brooklyn Center for Goldstein, Geoffrey (‘74) - the Performing Arts; tech Fuchs, Debbie (‘75) - actress banker. NYC. director, Brooklyn Center and stage manager; stage Cinema; freelance sound manager of Broadway’s Guys Goldstein, Kenneth (‘97) - designer-Brooklyn Stage and Dolls; other credits include working toward an MFA in Set Company.

22 Greene, Barry (‘77) - works for Handler, Lee (‘77) - deceased graduate school in the fall, Dept. of Health & Human majoring in education. Services, NYC. Harger, Heidi (‘97) - appeared in This Thing Called Holland, Ted (‘77) -freelance Grethen, Kim (‘85) - programs Love at the Depot actor. LA. lighting, particularly moving Theatre, lights, for Broadway and Philipstown, NY Horan, Monica (‘84) - married industrials (spring ‘98). to Phil Rosenthal, two children living in LA; TV credits include Grilli, Gabriel (‘93) - MFA Everbody Loves Raymond. Directing Program, Penn State Harron, Jay (see Fruchtman) Coach, Down The Shore. In Living Color and General Grocki, Anthony (‘84) - Hartmann, Sarah (‘90) - MFA. Hospital: created the character married, baby boy, Conor; film Professional Actor Training “Madilyn Monroe” for Tony ‘n’ editor for ten years doing feature Program, U. of Delaware. Tina's Wedding, other NY/LA films in NYC; has worked with theatre credits include C’ampire Jim Jarmusch and the Coen Held, Dan (‘72) - freelance Lesbians Of Sodom. And Then Brothers; self producing a mock regional theatre director, living There Was Nun, American documentary, How To Visit New in NYC; directed Hofstra USA’s Splendor. York, in which fellow-alum, production of Cabaret (summer Barbara Fasano will appear. ‘98); Vice President of Sales and Houck, Mark (‘86) - freelance Marketing, Wade Productions. a musician, NYC. Gropper, Joshua (Law School corporate communications ‘91) - played Claudius in Hamlet production company. Huber, Eugene (‘69) - associate (Hofstra Shakespeare Festival, professor of theater at Kutztown 1991); married; practicing law at Hellman, Ira (‘85) - works in University, PA; Chair of the a personal injury firm in NYC; public relations at Money Music Theater and Dance focus does some stand-up comedy. Magazine. group of the Association for Theatre in High Education Gross, Kimberly (‘89) - staff Higgins, Joe (‘72) - lives in (ATHE). assistant for National Basketball California where he is a contract Association’s Entertainment program analyst for Pacific Gas Hubs, Stephen (‘76) - deceased. Department; also working on Transmission; revived his acting several literary and craft career recently, appearing in The Hurley, Gregg (‘93) - he and his projects. Fantasticks, Guys & DolIs. The wife, Susan, live in Lancaster, Madness of George III, all in the PA; works for Sight and Sound Guarnaccia, Greg (‘94) - San Francisco Bay Area. as choreographer, show captain working with Long Island-based and performer for both the touring company, Zeus’s Thigh, Hoffman, John (‘86) - living in Living Waters and Millennium Ltd.; freelance set and lighting LA and working in television for theatres; shows include The designer. past six years; played Mad Glory of Spring. Celebrate Hatter on Disney Channel series America’, Holiday Time, and Gunty, Lori (‘84) - baby boy Adventures in Wonderland: co- Noah; also works in the theatre born August ‘98. starred in TV shows, Fortune administration department; his Hunter and Courthouse; played wife performs with the same Hall, Jef (‘91) Flavin -did Jeff Gilooly in Showtime movie theatre companies. industrial on-camera work for “Tonya: The Battle of Wounded Chase Bank; on education staff Knee; co-starred with Diane Hurley, James (‘96) - toured as of Child’s Play Theatre Keaton in Disney Channel Jim in the fall and Dill in the Company, based in the Twin presentation of the film, The spring for the National Theatre Cities; on the Artistic Northern Lights, which he co- for the Performing Arts’ Development Committee for the wrote with fellow alum, Kevin production of To Kill a Outward Spiral Theatre Kane, based on a play he wrote Mockingbird: living in Los Company and continues to and performed on both coasts. Angeles. volunteer at the Guthrie Theatre. also directed by Kevin Kane; as a screenwriter, was given a two- Iacangelo, Peter (‘71) - married, Halston, Julie (see Abatelli) picture deal with Touchstone three children, living in Pictures. California; appeared on Hampton, Lynn Anne (‘92) - Broadway in The Three Penny performed as a dancer in the play Hogan, Steven (‘91) - freelance Opera. Blood Brothers; on TV Unto These Hills in Cherokee, actor; planning to attend in recurring role on Hill Street North Carolina. Blues; appearances in St.

23 Elsewhere, The A Team, Cagney fall called Monday After the Theatre Collection of the New & Lacey, Night Court, Cheers. Miracle: signed with agency. York Public Library since 1984; Murphy Brown and Down the Talent Unlimited. a recent interview with her about Shore where he worked with the Theatre Collection’s archive fellow alums Phil Rosenthal Kakiya, Nami (‘97) - dancing of Tennessee Williams (writer) and Tom McGowan with Rod Rodgers Dance manuscripts (for which she (Eddie); works as volunteer with Company. would not have been as well Special Olympics since 198 1. prepared without her fond Kalinowski, Charles (‘83) MS, recollection Of Howard Inabinett, Theresa (‘91) - Brooklyn College, worked for Siegman’s classes) can be found freelance dancer/actress; ten years as a Special Education on the Tony Awards Web Page; appeared in Al Pacino’s film, instructor, returning to the lives in NYC and works often as Carli to ‘s Way. theater full time in 1994 to work a stage manager and production backstage at the Adams assistant; is always at the service Ingalls, Megan (‘94) - MFA, Playhouse; since then he has of Hofstra faculty and students, Stage Design, Northwestern been Technical Director for should they need something University Hofstra USA Productions and from the NYPL. designed sets for I’m Not Ingram, Dan (‘56) - DJ for Rappaport, the world premiere Karlya, Tom (‘81) - married MTV, CBS-FM: freelance voice- of the opera, Dorian, Big River, (Jill) with three children; overs. Guys and Dolls, Finian's Executive Director of L.I. Rainbow and most recently. The Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Johnson, Mel, Jr. (‘71) - Man Who Came To Dinner: has Foundation; still performing in appeared in Venus at the also designed sets for the Hofstra Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, NYC; Martinson Theater of The Joseph Music Department’s annual designed public service Papp Public Theater, NYC. operas; lives on Long Island announcement campaign for the with his wife, Kris, and children Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Johnson, Michael (‘89) - Ashley, Matthew, Joseph and which was chosen as the best worked as a probation officer for Emily. campaign internationally out of seven years after graduation; 147 affiliates; winner of 1997-8 currently pursuing acting career Kane, Kevin (‘84) - living in LA Estabrook Alumni Award. and worked as an extra on The where he developed a Conspiracy Theory. performing arts program for Katz, Lisa (‘90) - MFA in inner-city high school students; Lighting Design, University of Jud, Edie (‘79) - singing in currently dancing/performing Cincinnati-College Conservatory cabaret acts. with the Los Angeles Modem of Music; living in Los Angeles. Dance and Ballet Company; co- Jones, Rob (‘96) - freelance wrote a screenplay with fellow Katzman, Hal (‘84) - living in actor, NYC. alum, John Hoffman, for the NYC; working for a recording film, Northern Lights, starring studio in Manhattan, Juli, Lonnie (‘78) - married with Diane Keaton; wrote and tW0 sons; lighting directed infomercials and Kazan, Lainie (Levine) (‘60) - designer/director with CBS promotional videos; performed at the Algonquin’s Television Network; recent choreographer and member of Oak Room, NYC (August ‘98). productions include The CBS the Board of Directors for Ballet Evening News with Dan Rather, Folklorico del Pacifico; teaches Kearsley, Barry (‘70) - 38 Hours, US Open Tennis English, Drama and Dance at the deceased. Tournament, Face the Nation; high school level. also does fine art photography Keigwin, Lawrence (‘94) - which has appeared in numerous Kaplan, Leslie (‘97) - originated role of Nijinsky in the galleries in NYC and in The New completed professional writer’s world premiere of Mark Dendy’s York- Times. program at USC. Dream Analysis at the Joyce Theater in New York; toured Kahn, Madeline (‘64) - stars Kaplan, Steven (‘73) - Artistic that work to the Kennedy Center with Bill Cosby in the current Director of The Punch Line, LA: in Washington, Philadelphia and TV sitcom, Cosby appeared in founder New York’s acclaimed Houston; revived for two weeks Neil Simon’s TV movie, London Manhattan Punch Line. at the end of August at Dance Suite. Theatre Workshop, NYC; in Karatnytsky, Christine (‘82) - January produced his own show Kaiser, Amy (‘97) - living in Master’s in Library Science. St. at the Pace Downtown Theater Kansas City; did extra work for a John’s University ‘84; Scripts in New York: performed with CBS-TV movie due out in the Librarian in the Billy Rose John Jaspers Dance company

24 traveling to Germany, Croatia, Lavner, Steven (‘97) - appeared theatre work; Assistant Stage France and Brazil; in Hamlet in NYC, September Manager on the Boston choreographed new works ‘98; toured with Theatreworks production of Tony ‘n’ Tina’s commissioned by Hofstra production of Charlotte 's Web Wedding; currently a touring University for 1998 dance (spring ‘98) which made a stop electrician for Boston Chamber concert, Frostberg State at the Playhouse; appears Theatre and recently visited the University and Martha @ regularly in Grandma Sylvia 's Adams Playhouse while on tour. Mother, a club venue; beginning Funeral in NYC. to teach master classes at Leone, John (‘85) - appeared in universities. Law and Order: appeared on Broadway in Les Miserables. Kelly, Dee-Dee (‘83) - spokesperson (Nestle’s, et al) Lermand, Barbara (‘SO) - former co-host, Lifetime cable Research Program Administrator network show Attitudes. for Leukemia Society of America; pursuing second Kleen, Jenny (‘94) - freelance Master of Arts in TESOL at dancer and choreographer. Adelphi University; teaches English as a Second Language at Kleiner, Sarah (‘92) - married; LaGuardia Community College. living in New York. Steve Lavner at the 1998 Sonnet Read-In. Lerner, Robert (‘81) - Knowles, Suzette (‘90) - Detective, NYC Transit Police; producer, Bahama TV. married. Lawrence, William (‘67) - Koenig, Stuart H. (‘61) - retired high school drama Levine, Elliott (‘91) - working teaching grades 5 and 6 in teacher, Farmingdale, NY; has in public relations for Lawrence Bellmore School District. done work Off-Broadway, Public Schools, Long Island; regional theatre, TV Director of Development for The Kopie, Jeffrey (‘86) - works for commercials and is a drama and Stage, L.l.‘s newest regional estate of the deceased artist, literature teacher at Elderhostels theatre; married; continuing Donald Judd, in NY and Marfa, in the south. graduate studies in Speech Arts TX. to teach on the college level. Layer, Michelle (‘83) - News Kraft, Ken (‘74) - deceased. anchor; National Public Radio Lewis, Cheryl (‘89) - four- station and elementary school month tour with American LaFrennie, Lisa (‘88) - living in teacher, Buffalo, NY. Family Theatre’s production of NYC; appeared in Guiding Beauty and the Beast; performed Light, Law and Order and has Lazarus, Norman (‘90) - after in Pippin at the Gallery Players performed in many Off and Off- five years with Walt Disney Theatre in Brooklyn. Off-Broadway productions. World Entertainment, Norman is currently working as a corporate Lewis Elizabeth (Betsy) (‘86) - LaPorte, Jennifer (‘96) - event planner and stage manager appeared in productions of pursuing Master’s degree in in Orlando. Hayfever and Rumors at the Health Administration at Peekskill Rep; traveled Hofstra. Lederer, Suzanne (Freilich) throughout Westchester County (‘71) - freelance actress, living in with the children’s theatre group. Larsen, Liz (‘78) - freelance Santa Fe; several TV guest spots. Valley Sprout Players, in their actor, New York; Tony nominee, production of The Tree That 1992. Lee, Peter (‘61) - film programs Stands Alone; is married to publicist for the Cinema Arts Robert E. Moritz and has two Lavin, Sean (‘89) - he and his Center, Huntington; publicist for children, Sarah and Christopher wife now live in Los Angeles; ER star, Christine Hamos and “who both love to watch fellow after starring in three screenwriter, Loring Mandel. alum. John Hoffman, in the independent films and co- Adventures of Alice in starring in one TV sitcom pilot, Leeds, Lydia (‘77) - Executive Wonderland on the Disney he is now working as head of Producer, Cortes-Seidner, Channel.” production and writing his first Corporate Communications film script for Waterland productions. Lewis, Irene (‘63) - Artistic Entertainment Group; on the Director, Baltimore Center drawing board is an adventure Leek, Richard (‘93) - living in Stage; directed The Skin of Our TV series and an IMAZ film. Boston doing a lot of technical Teeth with John Goodman for

25 the New York Shakespeare Zvanov (fall ‘98); appeared in TV part of the International Fringe Festival, Central Park (summer sitcom, Frasier (spring ‘98). Festival, NYC (summer ‘98). ‘98). McGuire, Deirdre (‘67) - see Meckler, Amelia (‘97) - living Lindemann, Dawn (‘96) - faculty notes. in Seattle with fellow alum, Business major, drama minor; Linda Lombardi. currently employed as McHugh, Jim (‘72) - Head, Development Assistant at the McHugh-Rollins - builds props Melonopoulos, Alexa (‘92) - Goodpeed Opera House in for commercials, Broadway, Master’s Degree in Dance in Connecticut; stage managed for shows (the Phantom of the Higher Education and fellow alum, Charley Repole; Opera), movies. Administration, NYU ‘(94); met Andrew Lloyd Weber at Director of Dance at Miss recent production of By Jeeves at McLaughlin, Sue (‘91) - Porter’s School in CT; Goodspeed. wardrobe supervisor for Lincoln Administrative Director of Center production of The Works/Laura Glenn Dance and Linsley, Meredith (‘95) - Heiress. performing with the Sonia attending Emerson College in Plumb Dance Company, both in Boston working towards master’s Mafale, Jay (‘92) - freelance Hartford. degree in theatre education. actor, stage manager and light board operator, NYC; paralegal Michlin, Barry (64) - Arm & Lombardi, Linda (‘96) - for large NYC law firm. Hammer Baking soda currently living in Seattle with commercials for 9 years as well fellow alum Amelia Meckler; Mahone, Sloan (‘87) - awarded as film, TV and theatre; second appeared in Waiting for Merritt funding to pursue a Master’s and career in photography - featured at the Brown Bag Theatre, Doctorate in Social History of in Julia Childs’ book Cooking Seattle, (March ‘98). Medicine at Oxford University. with Master Chefs, work England in October, doing exhibited at Los Angeles County Loughead, Amy (‘93) - lives in research on relationship between Museum of Art. East Village and works for tropical disease and mental Citibank as a Facilitator in the disorders. Mikulewicz, Bil (‘65) - married Quality Department of Global to an architectural lighting Asset Management: stage- Mallard, Taryn (‘97) - married consultant, Sara Schrager: they managed production of Toby to Tim Reid, living in have two daughters; spent most Badger4 Southpaw Swing in Pawtucket, RI with their son. of his career as a television NYC directed by fellow alum, Tyler; played Jan in production designer beginning with scenery John Giampetro (Dec. ‘97). of Grease at the City Center for Capt. Kangaroo: worked at Theatre, Providence; she and ABC designing mostly news and Luckert, Lane (‘81) - freelance Tim perform together doing sports: was the Production actor, NYC, acoustic music for bar dates, Designer for the World parties, etc. Wrestling Federation and “had Ludlam, Charles (‘65) almost as much fun as working (deceased) - founder and former Mancuso, Vincent (‘84) - for the Capt.“; also worked on artistic director of the Ridiculous deceased, fall ‘94. soaps,morning shows, cable Theatrical Company in shows and as a union scenic Manhattan. Marco, Jerry (‘84) - living in artist Austin, TX; MFA in Acting, McCaffery, Claire (‘88) - lives University of Texas (‘96): actor- Miller, Mary Jane (‘84) - in Northport with husband Chris manager of Star Fyre Assistant Director of and operates an antique shop. Productions for which he Development for the Milton S. conceived, adapted and Eisenhower Library at Johns McCaffrey, Rita (‘91) - MFA in performed in the inaugural Hopkins University, Baltimore, Acting, Carnegie-Mellon offering, Poe’s Poetry and MD; married and living in University Prose, A Personal Performance Columbia, MD; previously by Edgar Allan Poe. worked at Arena Theatre, McCormick, Jean (‘93) - Washington. DC. freelance actress, NYC. Markley, Patricia (‘72) - see Voigt Miller, Neil (‘77) - Corporate McGowan, Tom (‘81) - married, Director of Entertainment for the two children; playing Roxie Matisa, Daniel (‘95) - received Six Flags Theme Parks, based in Hart’s husband in Broadway MFA in Acting at Florida State Parsippany, New Jersey. production of Chicago; appeared University (‘98); appeared in The in Lincoln Center production of Importance of Being Earnest as

26 Minardi, Victoria (‘94) - Morton, Joseph (‘68) - Nelson, David (‘97) - working at Working in the subscription currently on Broadway in Art; Denver Theater Center Scene department of the Roundabout appeared in Fox 5 TV movie, Shop; at Richter Scale, Denver, Theater. Speed. doing technical/lighting work (summer ‘98); spent time this Minutillo, Joseph (‘SO) - high Moynahan, Tom (‘87) - summer hiking with Rych school drama teacher, Hampton married; lives in N.J.; works for Curtiss. Bays, NY; studying acting in Shubert Creative Projects as NYC. Assistant to the Director; also Nelson, Wendy (‘83) - married, during the past year directed an three children; Vice President, Moerk, Arne (‘88) - freelance evening of one-acts titled The Nassau County Chapter of actor, NYC. Pursuit of Love, Happiness and LaLeche League. Stuff for the Sage Theatre Mogavero, Vincent (‘92) - wire Company, NYC; performed in Nieporent, Amy (‘92) - works at clerk for brokerage firm on the Andy Warhol’s play, Secret Fourfront Press and Marketing American Stock Exchange; Girlfriend at the Abingdon where she handles promotion for performed at various Long Theatre, NYC; played Lank in Broadway shows and touring Island community theatres, Crazy for You at the Montclair productions. including playing Stanley in Neil Operetta Club, NJ; just finished Simon’s Broadway Bound; stage a reading of a new screenplay, Nods, Irene (‘92) - attending manager for NYC Dance Mergers and Acquisitions with Hunter College School of Social Theatre’s production of fellow alum. Michael Souvorov. Work. Nutcracker. Nadler, Emily (Klein) (‘86) - Norcia, Patrizia (‘75) - created Monaco, Neil (‘82) - acting married; singer in band on Long one-woman show The World of coach; married to Leila Kenzle Island; appeared in production of Ruth Draper, recreating the great (of TV sitcom, Mad About You). Joseph and the Amazing actress’ monologues; married to Technicolor Dreamcoat with theatrical sound designer Monti, Valerie (‘89) - married, fellow alum, Chris Crosby, at the Duncan Edwards, son, Samuel, and daughter Cultural Arts Playhouse. LI. Emily; living in England. Oberman, Brett (‘94) - has Nappi, Pat (‘62) (see Zabak) worked professionally as an Mooney, Maureen (‘92) - actor, director, choreographer, currently working as executive Nassar, Mark (‘80) - the musical director, secretary in NYC; formerly stage original Tony of Tony ‘n’ Tim’s composer/lyricist, stage manager and project manager for Fiesta Wedding has now “graduated” to and designer; resides in NYC Texas, a theme park in San playing the role of the father. where he works at The Publicity Antonio. Office, which represents Natoli, Deborah (‘87) - Cameron Mackintosh’s Moran, John (‘75) - insurance married, twins Sophia and Broadway productions of Les broker, investment consultant. Leonardo; does some part-time Miserables. The Phantom of the work at Lincoln Center Theatre. Opera. Miss Saigon; for the last Morgan, Tom (‘68) - married three years, has served as the (Terry) daughter (Heather); Production Manager for the layout carpenter at Broadway’s Manhattan Association of Variety Scenic Studios (with Cabarets and Clubs annual Pete Rosenberg). Awards Gala (this year directed by fellow alum, Charley Morris, Peter (‘82) - starred in Repole): teaches and lectures on The Truth About Ruth at the musical theatre performance and Actors Playhouse, Greenwich history; worked at Stony Brook Village; co-conceived, created, University and Hofstra developed, wrote lyrics for and University’s Saturday Classes appeared in the musical review Musical Theatre program and Howard Crabtree’s Whoop-Dee- received the “Teacher of the Doo! at Actors Playhouse. Year” award for 1998 at Hofstra; in the fall, will be directing Morrissette, William (‘82) - Saturday Musical Theatre played the waiter in the Ferrara David Nelson and Rych Curtiss at workshop Ensemble at Adelphi Rocher Candy TV commercial; Boulder Creek, Co. (July ‘98). University. many other TV commercials. ,

27 O’Connell, Jason (‘93) - Hofstra USA Production’s five Office, NYC; former Off- appeared in production of year history.” Broadway and Summer Stock Hamlet in NYC (Sept. ‘98). producer. Pearse, Jennifer (‘95) - O’Farrell, Owen (‘79) - recently Assistant Manager of Porazzi, Arturo (‘73) - returned to New York from Membership Services and production Stage Manager The Colorado, where he was a Government Relations at the Triumph of Love, gallery-shown graphic artist; is League of American Theatres Victor’ Victoria. Jelly 's Last Jam, now partners with Scott Eck in and Producers, NYC working Me and My Girl, Singing in the the industrial company, the Tony Awards, Broadway on Rain; for PBS: Liza Stepping Laughing Stock. Broadway, and other Out at Radio City Music Hall conferences; appeared in The and Sondheim, A Celebration at O’Hare, Suzanne (‘81) - Tempest at Theatre Studio, Inc., Carnegie Hall, as well as shows married; member of comedy NYC. for the Office of the Mayor of group, Bad Attitudes, appearing New York City, Caramoor in NYC; performed for many Persky (Rutkow) Diane (‘63) - Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, summers at the Renaissance advertising and marketing HBO TV, ABC-TV; married to Fair, Tuxedo, NY. executive; own agency, P/R Debbie Fuchs (‘75). Associates; still active in theatre, Oliansky, Joel (‘59) - has acted in several Equity Porretto (Whalen) Susan (‘75) screenwriter, LA. showcases of original plays and - married and mother of a 3 year in regional theatre. old boy; living in Mineola and Pace, Giacinta (‘96) - appeared teaching biblical research with in Weekend of Death at the Peros, Michael (‘82) - freelance her husband, Tommy. Producers Club Theatre, NYC actor, LI. (Jan. ‘98). Previti, Annette (‘93) - married; Peterson, Melinda (‘71) - appeared in True Love for Vaso Pagano, Alfred (‘92) - appeared continues to do theatre at DeLeche Productions, NYC in Toby Badger’s Southpaw regionals around the country; (March ‘98). Swing at Fourth Street Theatre, performed on The Great Internet NYC with fellow alums Peter Broadcast, the first show Primack, Karen (‘79) - Giambalvo and Jennifer Pearse, produced for and performed live attorney. New York area. directed by alum John on the net. Giampetro (‘97). Proto, Steven (‘89) - living in Phillips, Edward (‘89) - Los Angeles where he wrote and Pagano, Joseph (‘79) - freelance freelance actor, stage manager, directed a documentary film, The actor, NY. NYC and regional theatre. Shoe Store, starring Billy Wilder which was part of the Long Pandolfo, Anthony (‘72) - Pino, Catherine (‘87) - baby Island Film Festival (summer casting director, game shows; girl, Stephanie; VP and ‘98). commercials, NYC and LA. administrator for computer company in NYC. Rappazzo, Cindy (‘81) - Pakravan, Shahnaz (‘79) - married, living in Houston, news anchor, CH 4 London; Pisarra, Drew (‘87) - performed formerly host Network East. with Jennifer Allen in Rebecca, Laura (‘86) - Master BBC, TV. Futureworld at the Gowanus of Science in Education, Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, March University of southern Parent, Matthew (‘86) - ‘98); created and performed in California ('94) teaching presently Artistic Director, Singularly Grotesque at Dixon English and adviser to Drama American Stage Festival, Place, NYC (June ‘98). Group, Garden City High Milford, NH. School; was middle school Pittman, Alan (Stuart) (‘91) - English/Drama/ESL teacher in Passuello, Al (Tank) (‘63) - Assistant Technical Director at Los Angeles (‘90-‘94). Director of Playhouse Facilities, the Hofstra Playhouse; has Hofstra; producer of Hofstra designed lights for Hofstra Reid, Tim (‘97) - lives in USA’s summer season which Opera Theater’s Naughty Pawtucket, RI with wife, Taryn this year did Steel Magnolias, Marietta, New York Dance Mallard (‘97), and son, Tyler: Cabaret, and The Man Who Theater’s Nutcracker. teaching drama at dance at a Came To Dinner; as the girls’ high school; he and Taryn producer, “I can say without Pontillo, Larry (‘78) - regional perform together doing acoustic exaggeration that this year has branch manager, Small Business music at bar dates, parties, etc. probably been the greatest in Administration Disaster Loan

28 Reilly, David (‘96) - studying Rosenberg, Pete (‘76) - layout one prize and always manages to for Master’s in Education degree, carpenter at Broadway Variety have one of his students major in Queens College. Scenic Studios (with Tom drama at Hofstra. Morgan). Reimer, Joie (‘92) - graduate Samberg, Joel (‘79) - has been student in Dance Therapy in Rosenthal, Phil (‘81) - began a involved in trade and corporate Washington, DC. four year development deal with magazine editing, public Walt Disney Company in May: relations and employee Repole, Charles (‘66) - will still be working on communications since 1980: as a assistant-directed segments of Everybody Loves Raymond for freelance writer, has written for TV sitcoms, Caroline in the City another year and will continue to The New York Times, New and The Closer; directed On the serve as a creative consultant for Jersey Monthly, Photo Town at the Pittsburgh Civic as long as the show runs: Marketing. Monthly Detroit. Light Opera; directed Where’s attended Washington Press New Manhattan Review; has had Charley at the Kennedy Center Association dinner this year and several humor and lifestyle (summer ‘98) and will direct it wrote comedy for both Bill columns in local newspapers; again in London in the spring. Clinton and Ray Romano (who married, 3 children and lives in was the Emcee). Verona, NJ. Resinski, Rachel (‘89) - MFA in Directing, University of Ross, Judy (Rosenbloom) (‘73) Sandler, Lyle (‘82) - graphic Pittsburgh (‘94). - runs Trails West Travel artist, banking industry. Agency, LI. Rick, Geri (O’Keeffe) (‘87) - Santoro, Linda (‘90) - married: copy editor for medical Roy, Robin (‘85) - acting in appeared with Jamretti/DiBianca publishing company; married. local theatre on Long Island: & Dancers at the Forum Theater. married. Metuchen, NJ. Robinson, Heather (‘92) - member of Ensemble Studio Rubin, Jason (‘69) - Ph.D. from Sato, Chika (93) - returned to Theatre, NYC. NYU ‘91; teaching at Japan to open a Dance Studio. Washington College Roman, Angela (‘95) - Chester-town, MD and Loyola Savage, Tom (‘78) - author of currently a member of the College in Baltimore; freelance Precipice and Valentine and Incognito Dance Co. in Atlanta, director and set designer. under pseudonym T.J. Phillips Georgia; also working as a wrote detective stories, Woman substitute teacher; working with Ruekberg, Brad (‘83) - living in in the Dark and Dance of the an agent to do videos and Dallas; married to alum Penny Mongoose. industrials for FILA; previously Taylor (‘84); owner/partner of was a dancer for the Regent Channel 3 Productions, a Dallas Schachtel, Tara (Sands) (‘97) - Rainbow Cruise Line and the based video production company toured with Theater-works Naples Dinner Theatre in producing commercials. production of Little Red Riding Florida; lectured and industrials and training films. Hood with fellow alum, Eric demonstrated for elementary and Forand, which made a stop at the high schools throughout New Ruvolo, Mary (‘86) - completed Playhouse. York area. three year national tour of Grease and joined the Broadway Scheinbaum, Laura (‘86) - Rose, Brian (‘72) - adjunct company for ten weeks; now married; “stay-at-home Mom” to faculty: Adelphi University and appearing in National Touring two boys; living in Albany, NY Queens College; directed Our Company production of Wizard and studied sign language. Town at the Goldstein Theater, of Oz. Queens College (fall ‘98); Ph.D. Scheele, Stephanie (‘93) - Ohio State University. Salerno, Sal (‘76) - high school married: teaching creative English & Drama teacher, movement and pre-ballet classes Ellen Rosenberg (‘85) - “a little Calhoun High School, Merrick. to children in the Metro Off-Broadway, a little stand-up LI: directed Jesus Christ Washington, DC area. comedy”; asst. manager of a Superstar for Gray Wig (winter professtonal photo lab in NYC. ‘98); spent the last four summers Scher, Cara (‘90) - graduate with Royal Shakespare student at Roosevelt University, Rosenfield, William (‘76) - Company summer school Chicago (clinical psychology); director of Artists and Repertoire attending seminars; brings his performed at new Chicago Broadway Division, RCA drama club to the Shakespeare dinner theatre in Gangster Town; Records, BMG; producer CD High School Scenes competition, performed for governor of issues, Broadway catalogue. where he invariably wins at least Illinois.

29 Schroeder, Heidi Kim (‘72) - Shatraw, David (‘84) - married Simons, Hal (‘79) - living in LA. ‘91; MFA Theatrc, Asolo choreographed Hofstra USA Conservatory, Florida State U.; production of Cabaret (summer Schulman, Susan (‘64) - does commercials and voice ‘98); worked in Chicago directed revival of Sound of overs in NYC; recent TV choreographing for production Music at the Martin Beck commercials include Norelco. of Tony‘n’ Tina's Wedding: Theatre, NYC and Man of Rogaine, Bayer Cold Relief, and choreography, Annie. LaMancha at Stratford, Ontario. Nabisco cereals. Smith, Eric (‘97) - traveled to Schultz, Jacquie (‘77) - regular Sheehan, Judith (‘82) - does England with fellow alum, Diane on As the World Turns. one-woman comedy show in Cluck; returned to Wisconsin NYC; cast fellow alum, Liz and appeared as John with Cathy Schwartz, Louise (VanBrink) Belonzi, in her show. Crosby in The I,ion in Winter. (‘70) - high school English Aphrodite’s Dungeon (June ‘98). teacher at Nassau BOCES Smith, Julie Evan (‘94) - Cultural Arts Center, a high Shinick, Kevin (‘91) - has spent engaged to be married to Scott school for performing and visual the past year living in Los Wood: freelance actress, living arts; married, 2 sons. Angeles; recently engaged to in Manhattan member of Actors Eileen Myers with vvedding Equity. Scibetta, Stacy (‘88) - living in plans for next year; for its Brooklyn and working for second season in a row. his Smith, Laura K (‘88) - Warner Brothers Record show, Where in Time is Carmen freelance actress and producer, Company, Contemporary Music Sandiego? received seven Portland, Oregon. Department, NYC. Daytime Emmy Award nominations, including Best Souveroff, Michael (‘88) Scott, Ivan Michael (‘93) - Children’s Show; shot a series of Suvorov - freelance actor, NYC; freelance director; moved to the promos for The New Love Boat married; starred in the short film New York area. on UPN; is featured in the Soup orSalad, which was movie, Sour Grapes, directed by chosen to be shown on this Scott, Paul (‘89) - freelance Seinfeld co-creator, Larry David, year’s Flixtour across the United actor, New York. and is now the co-host of E! States and shown at numerous Entertainment’s It’s Your Show, a festivals such as The Santa See, Joan (‘55) (Palmer) - heads new talk show that presents a Barbara International Film The Three of Us, Theatre School; different celebrity host each Festival, Palm Springs wrote book, Acting In week. International Short Film Festival, Commercials: A Guide to and the Toyota Comedy Film Auditioning and Performing on Sica, Carol (‘63) - Assistant to Festival; was honored to appear Camera; on Editorial Advisory the President, Director of Special in a staged reading of Nine Board of NY Casting Magazine; Events, Manhattanville College. Minutes Left, written by fellow commercial actress, casting alum. Kevin Shinick; did a director, NYC. Sigler, James (‘81) - married, reading of a new screenplay, daughter, Erica Victoria, born Mergers & Acquisitions. with Segrete, Leslie (‘98) - co-set and May ‘97; working at ABC-TV fellow alum Tom Moynihan. lighting design with Hofstra tech electric shop towards his IATSE director, Rych Curtiss, on apprenticeship. ..\*I production of Same Beast. Different Animal at the 1998 Silliman, Maureen (‘69) - with Festival of New Works at NYU’s Craig Camelia, produced and Tisch School of the Arts (April recorded award winning cabaret ‘98); prop design for Subtle show Pictures in the Hail. Bodies at Lucky Devil Theatre Co., NYC (Feb ‘98). Silver, Marisa (‘90) - attending University of Chicago Medical Serabian, Lorraine (‘62) - at School. the New York State Theatre Institute appeared in A Tale of Simon, Patricia (‘89) - Senior Cinderella. Resource Development Associate with United Way - Shapiro, Bruce (‘79) - Long Island; married to Scot independent TV producer; living Raifer. in East Meadow, L.I., married, two children.

30 Spiotto, Robert (‘84) - MFA Steuer, Juliette (‘90) - freelance Stages Rep in Houston; Off- Directing, Catholic University, actress. NYC. Broadway credits include ‘88; recently became the Director Philemon at the York Thcatre of the Music Program for the Nathan Stith (‘96) - appeared in and Opal and Pye and the Hofstra Cultural Center while musical comedy version of Foolkiller at the Lamb’s Theatre. continuing to serve as Assistant Oedipus with fellow alum John Director of Theater Programs as Flynn at The Wings Theatre Tamburrelli, Karen (Karla) well as Associate Producer for Company, NYC (spring ‘98). (‘77) - freelance actress, Hofstra USA Productions; in the California. spring directed world premiere Stowe, Dennis (‘91) - freelance of a new Native American play, musical theatre performer. Tarmin, Gregory (‘84) - living The Fire and the Rose, as well as in NYC: Director of Public The Sunshine Boys for Gray Sullivan, Barbara (Drum) (‘79) Affairs for American Express at Wig; adapted, directed and - freelance actress, NYC. main office in the Finanical appeared in a new one-man District; member of both the show, P. T. Barnum The Greatest Sullivan, Frederick J. Jr. (‘82) New York and National Showman on Earth; appeared as - longtime resident actor (14 Philanthropic Committees for the Emcee in Cabaret for seasons) with Trinity Rep. Co. in American Express, working with Hofstra USA Productions in Providence, RI. arts institutions on grants; July. member of Brooklyn Sullivan, Richard (‘87) - MFA Philharmonia Chorus, singing Sprung, Bonnie (‘81) - tine art ('92), Professional Actor mostly classical pieces. and computer artist, Training Program, Univ. of photographer, personal trainer, Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Off- Taylor, Penelope (Ruekberg) actor/stunts; living in Florida; Broadway, understudied/ (‘84) - living in Dallas, TX and businesses Uniquely performed the role of Alexander married to Brad Ruekberg (‘83); Sprung Art/Photography Studio in Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of copywriter at O’Connor, and Muscular Motion Gym; Me: has served on faculties of Maccioli advertising agency and photographs bodybuilding shows the Harwich Junior Theatre, the freelance actress. for three magazines: Florida Academy of Music and is Muscle News, Natural Muscle currently chairperson of the Tedford, Mary (‘91) - freelance and Health, Nature and Fitness; Drama Department at the actress. NYC. currently marketing The Academy of Performing Arts. Doddlett Adventures, a children’s Teitelbaum, Shari (‘75) - book and audio tape that she Sullivan, Susan (‘64) - starring worked with Jim Henson’s illustrated for Vission Wizzard in new TV show Dharma & muppets. International, Inc. Greg (playing Greg’s mother); starred in ABC-TV series The Terry, Alan (‘84) - currently Starr, Billy (Bo) (‘67, MA ‘69) - Monroes, with William Devane; doing prepress photo work on freelance actor; Goodfellas, Born spokesperson for Axid AR; star publications such as National on the Fourth of July. of TV show, Falconcrest; Enquirer. Soap Opera involved with charity work for Magazine. South Florida Starr, Michael (‘73) - freelance Save the Children, the Magazine and other regional actor; Miller’s Crossing, Foundation for Hospice and publications. Goodfellas, Born on the Fourth Homecare, the Los Angeles of July. Mission and the Celebrity Action Theurer, Albert (‘79) - sound Council. Visited Hofstra in engineer; head Althir Sound, NJ. Stegman, Richard (‘81) - October (see separate article) appeared in TV sitcom, Tibbits (Gomez), Stephanie Everybody Loves Raymond. Surabian, Michael (‘90) - (‘88) - living in central MFA, Professional Actor Massachusetts; studying and Steinman, Betty (‘81) - Clinical Training Program, University of performing dance in Boston with Social Work degree from Delaware. a group of choreographers, while Columbia; psychotherapist, working as a sales representative NYC. Szostak, Anita (‘92) - working for a national packaging in publishing industry, NYC. company. Sternberg, Fern (‘93) - teaching acting to teenagers at the Actors Tafler, Jean (‘79) - free-lance Tilghman, Kim (‘90) - teaching Center, Philadelphia; works actress, regional theatre and dance and working for an occasionally with small NYC; married to actor John entertainment company in New companies doing TV Ahlin; regional credits include Jersey. commercials and film work. GeVa Theatre, Studio Arena.

31 Timp, Patricia (‘91) - working theatre, worked at Gateway Head, Adult Services Agawam, toward master’s in Dance Playhouse and Gaslight Dinner MA Library. Therapy at Hunter College. Repertory Theater. Weston, Joe (‘85) - moved back Torre, Marian (Waller) (‘72) - Varon, Susan (‘75) - appeared to New York recently; directed director, Broadhollow Theatrc, in episodes of new TV sitcom, production of Doughboy at the Gray Wig, LI. Everybody Loves Raymond; Henrv Street Settlement performed in Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Experimental Theater, NYC To, Tony (‘82) - Asst. TV Wedding; Goodfellas, TV’s (August ‘98). director, LA. Down the Shore. Weiner, Robert (‘SO) - working Turchetto, Liliane (‘81) - Vatavuk, Anita (‘95) - co- for estate of the late sculptor married; performed in New York founder. with John DelVecchio, Donald Judd, NYC and Marfa, company of Tony ‘n’ Tina’s of Amici Ensemble; performed Texas. Wedding. in its premiere performance of A Hatful of Rain at CenterStage, Werner, Jeanne (‘97) - working Turtola, Paul (‘82) - teaching NY with fellow alums John at Hofstra as Assistant Director high school drama in New DelVecchio and Peter Eramo of Special Events. Haven, CT and Artistic Director (spring ‘98). of Actors Theatre of New Wilgenkamp, Jr, Jan (‘62) - Haven, a small company which Vazeos, Larry (‘90) - living in Music Ed major but involved he created three years ago; has Hollywood where he does with Drama Department during directed over ten plays since regular stand up comedy at LA his time at Hofstra; appeared in 1993; in the process of being Improv and LA Comedy Store. Hofstra USA’s summer certified to teach English and productions. obtaining MA at SCSU; has Vesper, Jennifer (‘93) - living been a Yale Fellow with the in Atlanta and engaged to be Willette, Annie (‘74) - married Yale-New Haven Teachers married in the fall; did costumes to Christopher Albrecht. Institute for three years; is a for production of Toby Badger’s facilitator with the Long Wharf Southpaw Swing (Dec. ‘97). Williams, Denise (‘84) - beauty Theatre’s Visiting Actors Series. consultant for Mary Kaye Vogeley, Mark (‘82) - Cosmetic company; living in Urschel, Tanya (‘93) - production electrician for Annie Westchester County, NY. graduated in May from San Jose Warbucks; stage carpenter and State University where she technical director, Minetta Lane Williams, Tammy (‘92) - earned an MBA degree; traveled Thcatre. freelance dancer/actress NYC. to Russia this summer. Voigt, Patricia (‘72) - married Wilson, Moira (‘81) - currently Vaeni, Kara-Lynn (‘92) - to D.J. Markley; Director of in Dallas working with a theatre freelance actress, NYC. Account Development, company affiliated with Texas Northeast Region for Nabisco Christian University; appeared in Van Albert, Janet (‘82) - lives Biscuit Co. Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding. in Germantown, MD; AVP of Human Resources at a Von Zerneck, Francis (‘72) - Woehling, Cristy Ann (‘93) - community bank: pursuing producer, film and TV, Los freelance actress/singer, NYC. Master’s in Human Resources at Angeles. University of MD; house Wooster, Nikki (‘94) - appeared manager for a local professional Wackstein, Lynn (‘78) - Asst. in The Return of the Chocolate- theatre; performs in community VP, Citicorp, NYC. Smeared Woman, written by theatre when time permits. Karen Finley, at the Bat Theate Waldstein Karen (Wald) (‘81) - Company, NYC (June ‘98). VanBenthuysen, Susan (Susan recently married to Hofstra Van Allen) (‘SO) - freelance Communications alum, Matt Wysoczanski, Kim (‘95) - actress, California; worked on Cohen; living in New York, married; dancing in Beauty and production staff of Everyone working on the TV show Spin the Beast at Walt Disney World’s Loves Raymond. City. MGM Studios; performed in The Merry Widow with the Orlando Van Clair, Joyce (‘72) - living Wagner, Thomas (‘70) - Opera co.; dancing in on Long Island; teaching Drama, freelance actor. New York. conventions shows; modeling for Public Speaking and English at NIKE. Clarke Senior High School (East Wark, Jonathan (‘85) - MLS Meadow); active in community (‘93) University of Rhode Island;

32 Zaback, Patricia (‘62) (Nappi) Zarick, Lisa (‘88) - living in currently in Ph.D. program in Producing director, Ohio. English at University of South Broadhollow Theatre, LT. Carolina. Zuefle, Dagmar (‘93) - earned MA at Fordham University;

IN MEMORIAM

Aaron Summers (‘94) Died in a car accident, July ‘98

33 THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HEAR IN A THEATRE... (submitted by John Flynn ‘95)

BY THE STAGE MANAGER: - it looks as though there’ll be time for a third dress rehearsal. - take your time getting back from break. - we’ve been ready for hours. - no, I called that perfectly the first time - let’s move on. - the headsets are working perfectly. - the whole company is standing by whenever you want them. - no thanks. I don’t drink. BY THE DIRECTOR: - Wow, the designers were right on, weren’t they? - no, today is the tech rehearsal, we’ll re-work that scene later. - I think the scene changes are too fast. - of course I think we’ll be ready in time for opening. - the crew? Why they’re just wonderful! - no thanks, I don’t drink. BY THE DESIGNERS: - of course all of my drawings were turned in on time. - yes, it absolutely is my fault that the set looks awful. - you know, you might have a point there. - the director knows best; obviously I wasn’t giving him what he wanted. - the shop will have the costumes ready on time. - no thanks, I don’t drink. BY THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: - this is the most complete and informative set of drawings I’ve ever seen. - no problem, I’ll deal with that right away. - I love designers. - it’s a marvelous show. - I don’t need this many on the crew. - no thanks, I don’t drink. BY THE ACTOR: - don’t... let’s not talk about me. - 1 really think my big scene should be cut. - this costume is soo comfortable. - no problem, I can do that for myself - let me stand down here with my back to the audience. - without the crew, the show would never run - let’s thank them. - no thanks, I don’t drink. BY THE STAGE CREW: - there’s room for that over here. - we’ll get in early tomorrow to do it. - no, no. I’m sure that is our job. - anything I can do to help? - can we do that scene change again please? - I don’t need this many on the crew. - no thanks, I don’t drink.