School of Communication at Northwestern fall 2010 Calendar of events

Spinning into Butter by Rebecca Gilman DIRECTED BY DERRICK SANDERS Josephine Louis Theater January 28–February 6 In this issue

Peribanez 4 Our community by Lope De Vega DIRECTED BY HENRY GODINEZ 7 Speaking up for community needs Ethel M. Barber Theater February 11–20 10 A Northwestern production 14 Faculty focus Danceworks Artistic direction by Annie Beserra 18 Alumni achievements Josephine Louis Theater Communicating gratitude February 25–March 6 22

Own Your Own Voice: The Regina Taylor Project Directed and curated by Regina Taylor Ethel M. Barber Theater March 4–6 Alumni spotlight

Jungalbook by Edward Mast DIRECTED BY ELIZABETH QUINN Ethel M. Barber Theater April 8–17

Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon DIRECTED BY MARY POOLE Josephine Louis Theater May 6–15

For more information on school events, see www.communication .northwestern.edu/news

The prestigious Toronto Film Festival burst with purple pride this year. The September festival presented films directed by three School of Communication alumni: Richard Lewis (C83) (top left) directed Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman (top right) in Barney’s Version; David Schwimmer (C88) directed Liana Liberato (bottom On the cover: When Brian and Brandon left), Clive Owen, and Catherine Keener in Trust; and Robertson, 7 and 5, respectively, needed John (C85) directed help with speech delays, a partnership and (bottom right) in . between the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Evanston day care centers gave them individualized atten- tion to help them thrive. Message from the dean

he alumni and friends of the School of Communication are well aware of the dramatic Tchanges in our faculty and programs that have emerged over the past decade. Most of these developments have been very well received, and the faculty and I are so appreciative of the many encouraging messages from our community as new initiatives have become realities. One of the most exciting changes has been the rebuilding of the Department of Radio/ Television/Film. Under the superb leadership of its three most recent chairs — Professors Mimi White, Lynn Spigel, and David Tolchinsky — this department has become one of Northwestern’s crown jewels. White and Spigel reconceived the department’s doctoral program as an exciting new interdisciplinary program focused on screen cultures. Tolchinsky has strengthened the undergraduate program in creative writing for the media and has built a groundbreaking new MFA program in writing for the screen and stage. The department has attracted a large cadre of outstanding new faculty — diverse, international, and interdisciplinary — who are rethinking the curriculum and how we can best nurture outstanding media artists and expert historians and analysts of the media. You will see many of them featured in this issue of Dialogue, where one of our two feature stories provides an update on the many exciting changes in radio/television/film. Through all these changes, however, the department has continued to value and build on its com- petitive advantage: its success in educating students who are broadly informed, agile in adapting to new technologies, able to collaborate effectively, and above all, potential leaders in their work. I think you will be proud to see how the department is honoring its traditions while developing state-of-the-art programs for the 21st century. Across the school, our faculty have also been inspired by our new president’s call to make North- western not simply a great university but also a great neighbor. A new initiative in the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders perfectly exemplifies the role that a great university can play in improving the lives of the community it serves. The department’s faculty, students, and clinicians have organized a special outreach program to area day care centers to provide speech and language therapy in areas that have great unmet needs. This issue’s second feature article covers this important new initiative. Our faculty are working on many other exciting new ventures — more than we can possibly cover in our two issues of Dialogue each year. So I hope you will take the time to visit our website, www.communication.northwestern.edu. It provides ongoing updates on new programs and initiatives as well as media-rich features on the work of our faculty and students. Your support and feedback can and do make a difference as we seek to advance the school, so I hope you will continue to stay engaged and share your ideas and perspectives.

Barbara J. O’Keefe Dean, School of Communication Start a dialogue: [email protected] Our community

Wright’s 2010 Pepper Lecture Lifespan,” focused on the factors New American Music Theatre AMTP’s incubator model explores auditory learning that drive and prevent perceptual Project production sets sail has already paid dividends for learning of auditory skills, includ- past shows. The House Theatre in The annual Pepper Lecture, hosted ing how those factors change with The American Music Theatre Chicago recently premiered last year’s by the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper age and are affected by sensory and Project musical Not Wanted on the AMTP production Girls vs. Boys, Department of Communication cognitive disorders. Knowledge Voyage (above), the latest work by and in January the 2008 AMTP Sciences and Disorders, featured of these issues will lead to more award-winning Broadway writers musical Dangerous Beauty will Beverly Wright. Wright is a profes- effective training strategies to help Neil Bartram and Brian Hill, receive its professional premiere at sor of communication sciences restore auditory abilities in people brought a virtual deluge to the California’s Pasadena Playhouse. and disorders at Northwestern and with hearing disorders as well as to Barber Theater this summer. A director of the University’s Hugh enhance those skills in individuals modern reimagining of the Great Knowles Center for Clinical and with normal hearing. Flood, Not Wanted on the Voyage Basic Science in Hearing and Its “We can learn how to was adapted from Timothy Disorders. The audience included become more sensitive to differ- Findley’s novel of the same title. Roxelyn Pepper (C53) and Richard ences between sounds,” Wright Under the direction of award- Pepper (McC53), whose support for explained. “We’re trying to figure winning director and assistant the- the department and school funds out the circumstances that allow atre professor Amanda Dehnert, the annual lecture, among other those changes to occur — or pre- the production featured rain, fire, projects. vent them from occurring.” magic, and an eclectic score. The Wright’s talk, “Auditory show was led by Broadway veter- Perceptual Learning across the ans David Holcenberg (music director, Bye Bye Birdie, Mamma “Death of geography” argued Mia!, Seussical, Titanic), Maija Garcia (choreographer, Fela!), and in 27th Van Zelst Lecture Eugene Lee (scenic designer, Wicked, The School of Communication Sweeney Todd, the Goodman hosted the 27th Annual Van Zelst Theatre’s The Long Red Road) Lecture in Communication, “The as well as lighting designer Lee Geography of the New,” featuring Fiskness, sound designer (and the- David Morley, professor of commu- atre lecturer) Joshua Horvath, and nication in the Department of costume designer Melissa Torchia. Media and Communications at “Not Wanted on the Voyage Goldsmiths College, University of is an incredibly ambitious project,” London. The lecture is funded Dehnert said. “It’s everything through a generous gift from musical theatre should be: theatri- Louann Van Zelst (C49) and the cally exciting, thought provoking, late Theodore Van Zelst (McC45). funny, sad, and ultimately incredi- Morley spoke on April 13 bly moving.” before a crowd that included gradu- The musical has been in the ate students in the Department of Department of Theatre faculty member Amanda Dehnert took her high-flying works at AMTP since January Radio/Television/Film, faculty, and adaptation of Peter Pan to Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company this fall. 2007. Bartram and Hill were Founded by a group of School of Communication alumni, Lookingglass features the Van Zelst family. His research many alumni in its ensemble. The cast of Peter Pan includes Aislinn Mulligan in residence on campus during spans micropractices of media con- (C08) as Tinkerbell, Thomas J. Cox (C88) as Hook, and senior theatre major Ryan winter quarter to collaborate sumption and macro questions such Nunn as Peter (above) as well as Raymond Fox (C89), Alex Weisman (C10), senior with Dehnert and Northwestern as the role of media technologies in Nate Trinrud, and juniors Kelley Abell and Royer Bockus. students. reconstituting electronic landscapes.

4 Dialogue fall 2010 Left: Playwright and screenwriter John Logan (C83) accept- ing the Tony Award for best play Below, from left: producer Emily Gerson-Saines (C86) with Temple Grandin at the Hargittai named ICA Emmy Awards Outstanding Young Scholar The International Communication of the research produced so far, Creative alumni take awards Association, an esteemed academic and the promise of its serving at Tony and Emmy ceremonies association for scholars of human as a springboard for continuing and mediated communication, has scholarship. Red, a play by John Logan (C83), presented its Outstanding Young Hargittai received her PhD in took home the Tony Award for best Scholar Award to Eszter Hargittai, sociology from Princeton University play in June. associate professor in the Depart- in 2003. Her broad areas of interest Fellow Northwestern alumni ment of Communication Studies. include the social and policy impli- and friends were among those The award honors one scholar cations of information technologies applauding. In fact, Logan shared each year whose career is no more and, in particular, how digital media the stage with two: Red producers than seven years past the PhD. The may contribute to or alleviate social Ruth Hendel (GC75) and Barbara selection is based on the strength of inequalities. Hargittai’s work has Whitman, a friend of the school. published work (including its con- previously been recognized by the Other alumni and friends cele- ceptual foundation and argumenta- MacArthur Foundation and the brating that night included Ken and tive clarity), the scholar’s productiv- National Science Foundation, Marleen Alhadeff, friends of the ity at a given career stage, the rigor among others. University, for their roles as produc- ers of Memphis, which won four , including best musi- cal; Kate Baldwin (C97), nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical for Finian’s Rainbow; and Ana Gasteyer (C89) and Tony Roberts (C61) for their starring roles in The Royal Family, nominated for best revival of a play. Producer Hendel and her husband, director of Modern Family, out- Stephen Hendel, also celebrated the standing comedy series; Stephen success of their play Fela!, winner Colbert (C86), executive producer, of three Tony Awards. host, and writer of The Colbert The Emmy Awards in August Report, and his cowriter Peter were equally rewarding for School Grosz (C96), outstanding writing of Communication alumni. Among for a variety, music, or comedy the big winners were Emily Gerson- series; and Ann-Margret, outstand- Saines (C86), executive producer of ing guest actress in a drama series Temple Grandin, outstanding made- for a guest role on Law & Order: A one-night-only event honoring retiring theatre professor Dominic Missimi Jason Winer featured a vast array of alumni talent. Headliners Heather Headley (C97) for-television movie; Special Victims Unit. (above), Gregg Edelman (C80), Brian d’Arcy James (C90), Kate Shindle (C99), (C94), coexecutive producer and Janette Zilioli (BSM01), and Willis White (WCAS02) were just the beginning of the sparkle of Starry Starry Night, a benefit for Northwestern’s Music Theatre Program. See page 22 for more photos from the event.

fall 2010 Dialogue 5 Northwestern’s North Beach was the scene of the Entertainment professionals first annual School of Communication gather for Festival of Writing Beach Party, a Expert alumni and guests from the September event welcoming new entertainment industry shared their members to the time and talents with School of school family and Communication students in April. welcoming back The panel included Peter students and faculty Gallagher (below), star of Broad- returning from summer break. way, television, and the films Some 500 students, American Beauty, The Player, Short faculty, and staff Cuts, and sex, lies and videotape; members attended. Emmy-nominated writer Lauren Gussis (C00), supervising producer for Showtime’s Dexter; Jeff Jacobs Dance program celebrates (C85, GJ87), an agent with Creative 30th anniversary Artists Agency; Ira Ungerleider In celebration of the dance program’s (C00), executive producer for the 30th anniversary, faculty and alumni CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried and joined students in presenting an Emmy-nominated producer-writer eclectic mix of styles during a special for Friends; and Stephen Willems, performance of the annual Dance- literary manager for MCC Theater works concert March 2. Susan A. and script analysis instructor for the Lee, director of the dance program, New School for Drama and Acting served as the artistic director of the in New York. show, which highlights the skills of the program’s students — but she also donned a costume and danced alongside them. Also on stage were guest artist Archana Kumar and faculty members Billy Siegenfeld, to our community to be performed “This year’s Danceworks Jeff Hancock, Molly Shanahan, by students drawn from across showcased the vibrancy of our dance Joel Valentin-Martinez, Meghann campus, not only dance majors and program,” said Rives Collins, chair Wilkinson, and Brandi Coleman. minors.” The program — a mix of the Department of Theatre. “It “Danceworks is always an in- of Jump Rhythm Jazz, classic jazz, was wonderful to watch our stu- spiring event,” said Lee. “The dance modern, and contemporary dance dents dance alongside their faculty faculty create work that brings the — attracted alumni from New York mentors.” best of their lives as working artists and around the country.

An overriding theme of the Law & Order: SVU actress panel was for students to sustain the Stephanie March (C96) and her “fire inside,” as Gallagher called it, husband, celebrity chef Bobby Flay, led the 2010 Homecoming by “staying hungry and showing up Parade on October 22. March every day.” He said, “The biggest served as the Homecoming thrill is getting to create something Parade marshal and also took with like-minded individuals out time to talk with School of of nothing.” Communication students at a Q&A lunch event. Gussis agreed, noting that she’s learned to “check her ego” and simply “be somebody people want to be around” as key components to succeeding in the collaborative entertainment industry. “Find out the reason you are awesome, and be that person,” she said. “Storytelling brings us to gether,” added Gallagher. “It establishes a community and re assures us we are not alone. It’s a noble, important thing.”

6 Dialogue fall 2010 Speaking up for community needs CLINIC PARTNERSHIP WITH DAY CARES BENEFITS STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, KIDS

t’s the beginning of the day at Reba Early Learning Center in Evanston. Four-year-old Tymek Wodek sits I obediently in a child-size chair at a child-size table in a room off the day care center’s main play area. He’s busy playing with a plastic Toy Story “Bullseye” horse, but he pauses for a moment when the dark- haired woman seated next to him holds up a flashcard with a picture of an autumn leaf on it. “I’m going to say ‘red,’” says Alicia Katz, a Northwestern graduate student in communication sciences and disorders. “You’re going to say…” “Leaf,” Tymek says, deliberate. “Red leaf!” “Good job!” says Katz. As a reward for his effort, Tymek receives a plastic hat to put on the horse’s Brian (left) and Brandon Robertson benefited from working with speech and language pathology students. A partnership between the program and Evanston day care centers keeps head. He bursts into a big smile. speech therapy programs available at low cost. Katz moves on to the next flashcard. “Bright…” ymek is one of four day by licensed and certified faculty members, “Lamp,” Tymek answers. “Bright lamp.” care students at Reba Early has served the area for more than 75 years, But his L sounds are a little soft. Learning Center currently offering evaluation and treatment at “I want to hear the luh, luh, luh sounds,” receiving discounted speech reduced costs for children and adults Katz says, holding up the next flashcard. T therapy from faculty-supervised Northwest- with speech and language disorders such “Tough…” ern student clinicians through the North- as stuttering, articulation problems, and “Tough lock,” Tymek replies, nailing western Day Care Partnership Program. swallowing disorders. the L sound this time. Offered at three locations in Evanston The clinic was well situated to address and one in Chicago, the program was the needs resulting from the loss of the created in 2009 after a program that pro- previous program. Tracy Cafferty, speech- vided speech services, social work, and language pathologist, faculty lecturer, and occupational therapy to Evanston day clinical supervisor in the communication cares lost its funding. sciences and disorders department, worked At a time like that, it’s good to have with the University and the school to offer a neighbor like Northwestern’s School of the services through the day care centers at Communication, where many of the ser- an even further reduced cost. At the same vices of the renowned speech, language, time, clinicians-in-training in the School hearing, and learning diagnostic clinics of Communication’s programs in speech are available to the community. The and language pathology — who need to Speech and Language Clinic, staffed perform 400 hours of clinical work to

fall 2010 Dialogue 7 Out and about School of Communication students and faculty share their talents (and hone their skills finish their degrees — gained opportunities and research) out in the community in lots of ways. Just a few examples: for real-world experience working with the children. Sharing the power of theatre Creating math and science stars For speech and language problems, Students in theatre faculty member Betsy Funded by a $2.7 million grant from the early intervention is key. In Illinois, children Quinn’s tutorial class have an ongoing National Science Foundation, graduate between the ages of 3 and 21 enrolled in role at Evanston’s Haven Middle School. students in a number of Northwestern public school can receive speech therapy For the last two years they have coached disciplines — including the media, tech- services funded by the state. Children under acting and dialect, led creative drama nology, and society doctoral program the age of 3 can receive a free early interven- activities, and assistant directed student in the Department of Communication tion global assessment sponsored by the musicals (in addition to designing makeup, Studies — can take their research into Illinois Department of Human Services. If below). This year they’ll guide Haven stu- the classrooms of Chicago-area middle the screening determines that there is 30 dents in creating an original piece on the and high schools as “resident scien- percent speech delay, the child may qualify past, present, and future of their school. tists.” Darren Gergle, assistant profes- for state-funded early intervention therapy. sor of communication studies, serves “If there’s a 15 percent delay or even a as the project’s principal investigator. 29 percent delay, speech therapy may be extremely beneficial,” Cafferty said. “But it Studying art made behind bars won’t be provided by the state.” Lisa Biggs, a PhD student in the That obliges parents to find private Department of Performance Studies, therapy. But for students at Reba Early researches how writing, theatre produc- Learning, the therapy comes to them. “It’s tion, and other arts practices transform a nice benefit for the community,” said incarcerated women. She’s participated Cafferty. Approximately 35 children have in works and workshops at correctional gone through the program this past year. Tweeting the issues institutions in Illinois as well as the When the Chicago mayoral race heats up, Middle Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions nother program benefit is junior communication studies and political and last year helped with a full-length that day care teachers and science major Derrick Clifton hopes to be theatrical production at Johannesburg employees are given sugges- all thumbs — texting the issues, that is, for Correctional Centre (known as “Sun tions on how speech goals one of the candidates. He’s already served City”) in South Africa (below). “Prison A can be practiced in the classroom. as a social media expert while interning for isn’t actually rehabilitative,” she said, “It’s an in-service program for us as a Cook County commissioner, and last year “but art can be.” well,” said Marsha Ettema, Reba Early he helped get the tweets out for another Learning Center director. “As they’re read- campaign. Interns take up-to-the-minute ing the comprehensive evaluations that knowledge out into the community, but of are done, [Reba staff] are able to increase course they also learn on the job. Clifton their understanding of speech and language said, “The internship exposed me to a lot development, which can be transferred of different ways to use social media.” to working with all of the children in the class.” The “teach the teacher” model is effective, said Cafferty, because the day care staff can continue to work with the children throughout the week after speech therapy is over. “Working with day care clients is very rewarding because the kids at day care are always really excited to work on their speech,” said Katz. “It is also rewarding

8 Dialogue fall 2010 Tymek Wodek works with Alicia Katz, a graduate student in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

“ This program is a great experience for our students and a real benefit to the community.”

when you see a child you’ve been working nderstandably, the parents of occupational therapy each week. Outside with make progress. It is nice to know that the day care clients are big school, both Brian (a second grader in an you are helping children reach goals that fans of the program. “They’re autism instructional program at Chicago’s will help improve their communication.” Uvery appreciative,” said New Field Elementary School) and Brandon Graduate student Sara Williams Ettema. “It’s not only the economic aspect of attend supplemental speech and occupa- finds working with the communityin the it. If you’re a full-time working parent, being tional therapy at Belle Center of Chicago. community highly gratifying. “It’s a great able to set aside additional time is difficult.” “Brandon had a hard time communi- opportunity — not only providing therapy Rogers Park resident and working cating his needs and wants verbally when we at Northwestern, but also taking the North- mother Sonia Robertson has two sons: first met him,” said Cafferty. After working western name and providing services at the Brian, age 7, and Brandon, 5. Both have with the Northwestern Day Care Partner- day care centers,” said Williams. She’s en- benefited from the program, Brian at Baby ship Program, he’s made “significant gains” couraged to know that children who might Toddler Nursery and more recently Brandon in speech and language skills. “He’s done not be able to afford or come to therapy at at Total Child Preschool & Childcare, both really well,” said Cafferty. “This program is a Northwestern’s campus can still get help. in Evanston. great experience for our students and a real The on-site speech therapy offered “I loved the program,” Robertson said. benefit to the community. We are looking at the day care centers is a “naturalistic, “It’s wonderful. I appreciate them working forward to another busy year ahead.” real-world type of treatment” that doesn’t with Brandon and always telling me helpful — Emily Hiser Lobdell (WCAS97, GJ01) take students out of their environment, hints to take home, too.” said Paula McGuire, director of the Speech After working on his speech and Language Clinic. “That’s why it’s so with Cafferty and her students, effective.” Brandon was given an individ- The program is an effective teaching ualized education program, tool for the clinicians-in-training, too. The which outlines the speech graduate students meet outside their clinical and occupational therapy time to discuss any concerns or questions he should receive as part they have from working with the children. of his public school edu- “We go over everything under the cation. In kindergarten sun — behavior management, different this year, Brandon disorders you experience, sensory integra- will get 30 minutes tion issues some children may have,” said of speech therapy Williams. and 30 minutes of

fall 2010 Dialogue 9 A NORTHWESTERN PRODUCTION

When Marcy Capron (C09) decided that her other, and when we did, Lutraphobe took department chair as well as director of the new creative media services company, Poly- off,” saidAlex Kirschenbaum (C09), who co- Master of Fine Arts Program in Writing for mathic Media, should add video production founded the group with Chris Amos (C10) the Screen and Stage and the undergraduate to its suite of offerings, she knew exactly and current senior Travis LaBella. Other Creative Writing for the Media Program. “We where to look. Lutraphobe staffers include Gallagher,Jason do a lot of work connecting classes together.” The interdepartmental studies and Chiu (C09), Nick Perron-Siegel (C10), Katie The department hosts visits and panels radio/television/film graduate blasted an Isaacson (C09), and junior Jacqueline Reyno. by alumni in the industry, a practice that e-mail to Northwestern’s RTVF listserv. “Everyone is an essential component of often leads to those alumni hiring students She quickly received a response from Ryan our team,” said Kirschenbaum, “and it’s been for projects. Gallagher (C10) of Lutraphobe, a production great to stay united as we move to various Collaboration is also key within extra- company made up entirely of Northwestern film and video hotbeds around the country.” curricular groups. Studio 22, radio station radio/television/film graduates. While she WNUR, Northwestern Sketch Television, had never met Gallagher, Capron knew On- and off-campus community Niteskool Productions, Northwestern others at Lutraphobe, so a level of trust was Students coming into the School of Commu- University Women Filmmakers Alliance, already in place. After all, they were all part nication’s radio/television/film department and Inspire Media are all groups where of Northwestern’s Department of Radio/ expect to learn storytelling techniques, students, many of them from the School Television/Film community. gain technical skills in cinematography and of Communication, work together on their “I’d rather work with a crew of kids editing, and develop a critical eye toward creative projects. who already know how to work together,” media’s role in society, but they get much said Capron. “There is no learning curve of more — a community of peers to support The MFA community having to toss freelancers in a pile.” their creative endeavors long after their The MFA Program in Writing for the Screen Lutraphobe’s staff of directors, cinema- Northwestern classes are done. and Stage, now in its fourth year, is a col- tographers, editors, and production design- The radio/television/film curriculum laborative community within the greater ers had met and worked together both in involves students depending on each other radio/television/film community. The courses and outside the classroom at Northwestern. to create projects, making the department are small and become tightly knit as students It seemed only logical and natural that they collaborative at its core. share their projects. would extend their community beyond “It’s difficult to make a film by yourself, “I tell the MFAs, ‘Look around the table graduation in a professional capacity. so you depend on your classmates to crew at your 11 colleagues,’” said Tolchinsky. “We were able to use our classes and your projects, and you crew theirs,” said “‘These people will be your writing partners, curricula to find and connect with each David Tolchinsky, associate professor and some will be agents, some will be producers,

10 Dialogue fall 2010 Directly above: During a take on the set of Skin Deep, a short film directed by of photography, junior Byron Austen Ashley as producer, and Christopher Amos junior Joel Ness, sophomore cameraman Ted Pacult assists freshman Declan (C10) as editor; three School of Communication students (sophomore Alex Nee, Fox, director of photography. The film featured sophomores Marek Ranbom junior Alex Goldklang, and senior Jesse Greenwald) in The Triple, a web comedy and Dan Selinger and was produced by sophomore Stacy Moon. Top, from left: series created by junior Greg Porper and produced for NU Channel 1 and North Ryan Gallagher (C10) of Lutraphobe with Marcy Capron (C09) and Christopher by Northwestern; Niteskool participants filming a music video for singer Rotimi Adamson (J10) of Polymathic Media; Niteskool students filming a music video; Akinosho (C10), directed by senior Travis LaBella and produced by Christopher recent regional student Emmy Award nominee Prison Boat, a film written, Amos (C10) and Olivia Mascheroni (C10) with Nick Perron-Siegel (C10) as direc- directed, and executive produced by radio/television/film students Farhan tor of photography, junior Jacqueline Reyno as production designer, and senior Arshad (C10) and Alvaro Saar Rios (C10) with senior Travis LaBella as director Eric Kirchner as editor (watch the video at http://vimeo.com/13588339).

fall 2010 Dialogue 11 “ You can’t do anything alone in this field. Why not work with people you know and trust or people who come recommended because they went through Northwestern as well?”

you’ll form companies together, and as much The CWMP community Community essential for growth as you can, you’ll depend on one another The MFA program isn’t the only community- “You can’t do anything alone in this field,” for creative feedback.’ We’ve designed the within-community in town. The school’s said Toby Herman (C98, GC09), a graduate program so students are tracking together to selective Creative Writing for the Media of both the radio/television/film and MFA create this bonding experience.” Program invites radio/television/film, theatre, programs. “Why not work with people The program has already enjoyed big communication studies, and performance you know and trust or people who come successes. Carrie Barrett (GC09) was invited studies majors to spend six quarters im- recommended because they went through to participate in the prestigious 2010 Eugene mersed in an intensive study of dramatic Northwestern as well?” O’Neill National Playwrights Conference writing. A promo producer for TBS’s Lopez with her play The Burden of Not Having a Radio/television/film graduate Ryan Crist Tonight, Herman is paying that community Tail. True to the community-oriented spirit (C08) calls the program one of the best things forward. She recently organized a social out- of her program, Barrett credits one of her about his Northwestern experience. “It’s ing for a group of first-year MFA students fellow MFA graduates, Sara Accuardi (GC09), incredibly energizing to find a group of your visiting Los Angeles. As a member of the with suggesting that she submit the play. peers who want to read your work, offer feed- MFA program’s first class — when it had no “I am embarrassed to say I initially brushed back, and collaborate with you,” said Crist. alumni — she knows that it’s up to the first her suggestion aside, but after she encouraged “We all developed a thorough understanding classes to get the community going. “It’s such me the second time, I decided to submit. of each other’s styles and our strengths and a small program,” she said, “and we want it She was the first person I called when I weaknesses, so that when it came time to to do well.” found out.” workshop our scripts, we would receive in- The safe and supportive Northwestern More good news: a play by Sarah depth, invaluably personalized feedback.” radio/television/film community is fertile Gubbins (C97, GC08) was included in Steppen- CWMP participants work under the ground for success beyond the classroom and wolf Theatre’s First Look Series;Matthew guidance of veteran screenwriter (and pro- beyond graduation, setting up young artists Smith (GC08) joined New York’s MCC Play- gram associate director) Bill Bleich, Pulitzer- with great potential to reach their goals and wrights Coalition; Meridith Friedman (GC10) nominated playwright Rebecca Gilman, experiment artistically at the highest levels. was awarded one of three National New Play Chicago playwright Mia McCollough, and And the program is growing: in the past two Network grants to serve as the playwright- David Kukoff, whose expertise in the television years, the department has hired five new in-residence with Denver’s Curious Theatre world made him a “terrific mentor” for Crist, tenure-track faculty members. Company; Positive Comment, a short film by now a script coordinator for the ABC show “We have great new faculty in screen Jennifer Hagel (GC09), premiered on the Logo Brothers & Sisters. cultures, writing, and production. We’re Network as part of The Click List: Best in Crist said that he and fellow members buying more equipment, supporting more Short Film; and Caitlin Kunkel (GC09), Austin of his CWMP group still exchange scripts courses, and encouraging more productions Presley (GC09), and Erik Gernand (GC09), who and offer each other guidance and feedback. within the curriculum,” said Tolchinsky. teaches production in the department, col- “Having a network of people available to “It’s one of the best times for our department laborated with Hagel on the web series The look at your writing, people that you’ve I’ve seen.” Feminist Rapper. worked with for so long and whose opinions — Emily Hiser Lobdell (WCAS97, GJ01) and perspectives you trust and respect, is such an asset.”

12 Dialogue fall 2010 Lens on the world

Today’s radio/television/film students Documenting the everyday are highly engaged with the issues of History is made of everyday moments, too. the world, said department chair David That’s the premise of associate professor Tolchinsky. “They want to get involved.” Jacqueline Stewart’s South Side Movie That’s a lesson they’re learning in the Project, an effort to collect and preserve the classroom — and from the example of 16 mm, 8 mm, and Super-8 films (example their teachers. below) gathering dust in Chicago attics. A Hyde Park native, Stewart was inspired by Investigating the issue the home movies made by Japanese intern- When Jingyang Cheng, a senior radio/tele- ment camp residents during World War II. In Understanding scandal vision/film and psychology double major, addition to preserving the films and making Media can make community, and it can needed an idea for a documentary, his them available to researchers, Stewart sees also make a community takedown so much thoughts went to the plight of mistreated the project as an inquiry into film history faster. A new book by professor Laura Kipnis, animals. Partnering with an Evanston animal through the lenses of amateur filmmakers. How to Be a Scandal: Adventures in Bad shelter that evaluates animals for treatment Behavior, looks at the role of the audience in and, in dire circumstances, euthanasia, Cheng public disgrace. “The necessary element in created a short film that helped the shelter a scandal is us in the audience,” Kipnis told tell its story. The film got an honorable men- the Chicago Tribune. “We’re the ones who tion at the L.A. Reel Film Fest and was used are fascinated by these stories and addicted to help volunteers to raise funds for the to them. We get to punish the transgres- shelter. In turn, Cheng found a new appre- sors. We get to be the villagers throwing the ciation for documentary filmmaking. “You stones. We take a perverse pleasure in that.” have to tell a good story without a plan,” he said. “It builds your ability to tell any story.” Inspiring change Inspire Media, a student-run campus orga- nization, produces socially conscious media on topics of local, national, and international importance. The group funds student films that engage with social change through annual grants. Recent projects have looked at racial divisions in Chicago, drug abuse, and the status of political and cultural issues on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Writing transformation A fall quarter course taught by senior lec- turer Bill Bleich has students engaged with the wider world. In Writing the Inspirational/ Transformational Film, students watch and comment on films that entertain but also have the potential to change audience mem- bers’ perceptions about issues and their power to enact change. “There seems to be a zeitgeist that has attracted socially conscious faculty and students to Northwestern,” said Jingyang Cheng’s film Their Story won notice — and immediate usefulness in the Evanston community. Bleich. “This generation is very committed socially. They are extremely interested in social change because they’ve grown up with concepts of social change.”

fall 2010 Dialogue 13 Faculty focus

Teaching award winners lead The 2010 Clarence Simon Award recipients are she hopes can offer insights into the nature of in the classroom and beyond Daniel Cantor, Debra Tolchinsky, and Steven Zecker. today’s fast-paced world. Tolchinsky also creates video installations Every year School of Communication students nomi- Daniel Cantor is that draw from and comment on controversial nate instructors for the school’s teaching awards. The assistant professor of social phenomena. She curated last year’s The Galbut Outstanding Faculty Award, supported by theatre. In addition Horror Show, a gallery exhibition in New York, gifts from the Galbut family, honors a faculty mem- to teaching at and is now cocurating a show about digital media. ber who has been outstanding in teaching and in Northwestern, he is But ultimately it is Tolchinsky’s passion and efforts to engage students both inside and outside an ever-working gift for teaching that make her an integral part the classroom. The Clarence Simon Awards for Out- film, television, and of the school’s success and prestige. “I care a lot standing Teaching and Mentoring recognize up to stage actor. about teaching and about whether students are three faculty members across the school. The award “Teaching learning and are inspired, so to be recognized honors Clarence Simon, who served the school as pro- makes me a better by students is very meaningful. To me, the best fessor and administrator for more than four decades. and more knowl- classes are those where I’m learning as much as edgeable actor,” said Cantor. “And working as an the students,” she said, noting that building a The 2010 Galbut actor keeps me sharp and current as a teacher.” good class is like building a good film. “It’s part Outstanding Faculty He has taught acting at Wesleyan University, science, part art, and part magic.” Award recipient is Pace University, and the American Musical and —Jingyang Cheng, radio/television/film senior Daniel O’Keefe, Dramatic Academy and has taught master classes Owen L. Coon Pro- at Princeton and Stanford. Steven Zecker, fessor of Argumenta- “As an acting teacher, I’m part teacher, part associate professor tion and Debate in artist, part rabbi, part philosopher, part motiva- of communication the Department of tional speaker,” he said. It is this connection sciences and disor- Communication between being a student of acting and a student ders, holds a PhD Studies. He holds of life that Cantor values most. in psychology from a PhD in speech Always having taught with a liberal arts mind- Wayne State Uni- communication from the University of Illinois set, Cantor works well with students in liberal arts versity. In nominat- at Urbana-Champaign. programs. Student evaluations suggest that he has ing him for the For O’Keefe the challenge of piecing to- “a commitment to the class and [students’] per- award, his students gether a puzzle from many sources of knowledge sonal development” and “this strange sort of wis- had much to say. has been a continuous source of motivation in dom about not just acting but the world.” Senior Abigail Curry characterized Zecker as both his teaching and research. O’Keefe has a par- “If you act for the sake of acting for the sake “a person who will be eager to continue learning ticular interest in persuasion synthesis through of acting, then your work becomes like an inbred throughout his life. Whenever I come to him meta-analysis. When he notices that a number of dog — it’s anemic,” he said. “It’s about maintain- with new perspectives, I feel as though he too is studies on a particular topic have accumulated, he ing a sense of curiosity and wonder. After all, we excited to be learning something new. He has so finds the task of collecting all applicable research, live on a giant, furiously spinning rock that is much to teach, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t analyzing it, and collectively reporting what they rotating around a mammoth fireball, suspended want to learn from his students as well.” all show both engaging and appealing. in space. It’s flat-out incredible.” “Professor Zecker teaches with passion, Most interesting to O’Keefe is how persua- —Hannah Greene, theatre junior helping students to discover and develop their sion imbues everyday life and how it lacks a strict interests,” said senior Theodore Chou. “He not formula and recipe. Persuasion “is a ubiquitous Debra Tolchinsky, only excels in teaching large groups of students function; people pursue it one-on-one each day,” associate professor of in the classroom but also aids individual students said O’Keefe. “Each day there’s new research, which radio/television/film, in personal research pursuits.” opens up a new idea, provides a new example, or holds a BA in film Senior Courtney Coburn said, “What makes elaborates a point that previously seemed simple.” production and both Professor Zecker so distinguished is not just his Much of O’Keefe’s inspiration comes from a BFA and MFA work inside the classroom; he has also been an his teaching and from the energy he draws daily from the Art extremely helpful mentor to me outside the class- from his students. “When students get the idea, a Institute of Chicago. room. He has taken his personal time to guide me world opens to them,” he said. “[And once] you Specializing in designing, planning, and implementing [my become immersed in a family of concepts, it natu- in documentary honors thesis]. He listens to my ideas, questions, rally informs how you see and how you think. I film production, and thoughts and helps me come up with answers have the best job in the world.” Tolchinsky makes documentaries that challenge through discussion, rather than hand-feeding me —Theresa Shih, communication studies senior people to think and reevaluate their understand- solutions or leaving me on my own.” ing of the world. Her documentaries have been (Compiled from student nominations) screened at the Sun dance Film Festival and other international film festivals. Currently she is work- ing on a documentary about college debate that

14 Dialogue fall 2010 Communication faculty members take top teaching honors

Two School of Communication faculty members have been honored with Northwestern’s highest honor for teaching excellence. Mary M. Poole (PhD, North western University), senior lecturer in theatre, was named a Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer. Angela G. Ray (PhD, Uni- versity of Minnesota), associate professor of com- munication studies, was named a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence. The honor recognizes faculty who have consis- tently demonstrated outstanding performance in class- room teaching or who have developed significant innovations that have influenced the teaching effective- ness of others. Designated as fellows of Northwestern’s Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, the McCormick Charles Deering McCormick honorees Angela Ray — pictured with (from left) Alexandra Hunstein (C10), sophomore Kirk Vaclavik, and doctoral student Kimberly Singletary — and Mary Poole honorees were celebrated at a ceremony in May.

David H. Bell (MA, University of A Civil War Christmas for series for Taiwanese producers Virginia), Donald G. Robertson Northlight Theatre in Skokie, on movie pitching and producing Director of Music Theatre, took his Illinois. for the international market, hosted Jeff Award–nominated show The by Taipei National University of the Bowery Boys to the National Alliance Cindy Gold (MFA, Alabama Arts and the Taiwan Information for Musical Theatre’s 22nd Annual Shakespeare Festival) starred in Office Film Division. Lin also Festival of New Musicals, a pre- The Invasion of Skokie for Chicago received the outstanding faculty mier music theatre industry event, Dramatists, whose founder and award at Northwestern’s Greek in October. With book and lyrics artistic director is Russ Tutterow Awards. by Bell and directed by Dominic (C69). Emmi Hilger (C08) assistant E. Patrick Johnson (PhD, Missimi, professor emeritus in ser- directed the show. Viorica Marian (PhD, Cornell Louisiana State), professor and vice of theatre, The Bowery Boys was University), associate professor chair of performance studies, was developed by the Marriott Theatre Eszter Hargittai (PhD, Princeton), of communication sciences and inducted into the Chicago Gay and in Lincolnshire and went through associate professor of communi- disorders, has been awarded a Lesbian Hall of Fame. He also re- a three-week workshop as part of cation studies, was named Out- $1.4 million grant from the ceived the Leslie Irene Coger Award Northwestern’s American Music standing Young Scholar by the National Institutes of Health for Distinguished Performance Theatre Project in 2008. International Communication to study bilingualism. from the National Communication Association (see page 5). Association, the Pride Index Esteem Amanda Dehnert (BFA, Illinois Spencer Parsons (MFA, Univer- Award for Outstanding Service to Wesleyan), assistant professor of Robert Hariman (PhD, University sity of at Austin), assistant the Black LGBT Community, and theatre, took her adaptation of of Minnesota), professor and chair professor of radio/television/film, the Bert Williams Award for best J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan to Chicago’s of the communication studies directed the feature film I’ll Come solo performance from the Black Lookingglass Theatre Company department, was featured at the Running, released on DVD and Theatre Alliance. His solo play this fall (see page 4). It premiered 2010 Chicago Humanities Festival, VOD by IFC Films in October. Sweet Tea premiered at Chicago’s at Northwestern two years ago. highlighting No Caption Needed, a Screened on the Sundance Channel Viaduct Theatre in May. blog on the role of photojournalism this summer, the film was also Kat Falls (MFA, Northwestern), and other visual practices in a vital seen at Block Cinema, Columbia Weiko adjunct professor of radio/televi- democratic society. College Chicago, and the Ozark Lin (MFA, sion/film, was featured on the Today Foothills Film Festival. His newest UCLA), show when her young adult novel Kyle Henry (MFA, University of short film, Chainsaw Found Jesus, lecturer Dark Life was the July pick for Al Texas at Austin), assistant professor premiered in August at Rooftop in radio/ Roker’s Book Club for Kids. of radio/television/film, was selected Films in Brooklyn and enjoyed a television/ as one of 12 Documentary Film weeklong engagement in September film, wrote, Henry Fellows representing five film proj- at Brooklyn’s reRun Gastropub. directed, and Godinez ects participating in the Sundance performed (MFA, Institute’s Documentary Edit and Michael Rohd (MFA, Virginia in a staged University of Story Laboratory this summer in Tech), assistant professor of the- reading of the new play 100 Days Wisconsin– Park City, Utah. Henry is editing atre, received two awards from at the Japanese American National Milwaukee), the documentary Where Soldiers the National Endowment for the Museum in Los Angeles and associate Come From, directed by alumna Arts: one for his company, Sojourn Chicago’s Silk Road Theatre Project. professor Heather Courtney (J89), which will Theatre in Portland, Oregon, He presented a five-day lecture of theatre be broadcast in 2011 on PBS. and the second for a new work to and artis- premiere next year at the Oregon tic director of the Theatre and Interpretation Center, directed

fall 2010 Dialogue 15 James Schwoch (PhD, North- Welcome to new faculty western), professor of communica- tion studies, has been appointed senior associate dean for the School of Communication program at Zayd Dohrn Northwestern University in Qatar. A Assistant professor, radio/television/film founding faculty member at NU-Q, Zayd Dohrn is a playwright and screenwriter. he has taught nearly every student His plays, including Sick, Magic Forest Farm, there at one time or another and Reborning, and Outside People, have been played a central role in developing produced and developed across the country, the Doha campus’s library collec- including at Manhattan Theatre Club, Berk- tions. “Jim brings to his leadership shire Theatre Festival, MCC, Marin Theatre of the communication program not only an intimate familiarity with NU-Q and its students but Company, The Public (SPF), Naked Angels, also a distinguished record as a scholar and teacher,” said John South Coast Rep, The Vineyard, Southern Rep, Kitchen Dog, The Lark, Margolis, NU-Q dean and chief executive officer. and New York Theatre Workshop. He earned his MFA from New York University and was a Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow at Juilliard. His hon- ors include Lincoln Center’s Lecomte du Nouy Prize, Theatre Masters’ Visionary Playwrights Award, the Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Shakespeare Festival, its first-ever Award, and the Sky Cooper New American Play Prize as well as resi- original production. He also led a dencies and/or commissions from Ars Nova, Alchemy Theatre, Dallas performance piece at the American Theatre Center, the Stella Adler Studio, and the Royal Court Theatre Alliance for Theatre and Education of London. He is currently writing screenplays for American Film Conference, during which Sojourn artists worked with 45 volunteer Company and Vox3 Films as well as adapting Rachel DeWoskin’s performers. In Chicago Rohd memoir Foreign Babes in Beijing for HBO with DeWoskin (his wife received a non-Equity Joseph and writing partner) and screenwriter Jennifer Salt (Eat Pray Love). Jefferson Award for best new work for his play Wilson Wants It All. Kyle Henry Assistant professor, radio/television/film Ponzi by Elaine Romero (MFA, University of California, Davis), Kyle Henry’s feature narrative directing debut, lecturer in radio/television/film, has Room, premiered at both the Sundance and won a 2010 Edgerton Foundation Cannes film festivals in 2005 and was nominated New American Play Award. Her Harvey Young (PhD, Cornell for two FIND Independent Spirit Awards. play was commissioned by the University), associate professor His feature documentaries University Inc., about Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas. of theatre, performance studies, the corporatization of higher education, and African American studies, and American Cowboy, about a gay rodeo champ, radio/television/film, was elected Jeffrey Sconce (PhD, University received wide festival play, with the former touring colleges and uni- vice president for research and of Wisconsin–Madison), associ- versities through the country as part of Michael Moore and Richard ate professor of radio/television/ publications of the Association for Linklater’s The McCollege Tour. Henry is also the editor of the film, writes the blog Ludic Despair Theatre in Higher Education. He Sundance/Tribeca/SXSW award-winning feature narrative Manito (ludicdespair.blogspot.com), voted will deliver a keynote address at one of the best film criticism sites the first international symposium and seven documentary features, including Audience of One, Light from by Film Comment. on Chicago theatre, to be held the East, the PBS/ITVS-funded Troop 1500, and Letters from the Other in Chicago in May. Young’s book Side. He is currently editing the second PBS/ITVS documentary by Pamela Souza (PhD, Syracuse), Embodying Black Experience has Northwestern alumna Heather Courtney (J89), Where Soldiers Come associate professor of communica- been issued by the University of From, slated for release in 2011. Also slated for 2011 is the documentary tion sciences and disorders, has Michigan Press. Fourplay, executive produced by Michael Stipe and Jim McKay. In been named the associate editor addition, Henry has created content and worked as a consultant for Mary Zimmerman (PhD, North- of the Journal of Speech, Language numerous corporate partners and nonprofits and has lectured in the western), Jaharis Family Foundation and Hearing Research. radio-TV-film department at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor of Perfor mance Studies, Jessica Thebus (PhD, Northwest- directed Armida last winter for ern) will direct Stage Kiss, a new New York’s Metro politan Opera. Molly Losh play by Sarah Ruhl, at Chicago’s In Chicago this fall Zimmerman Assistant professor, communication sciences Goodman Theatre in May. adapted and directed a new produc- and disorders tion of at the Goodman Molly Losh comes to Northwestern from the Theatre. Performance studies junior Mimi White (PhD, University of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Iowa), professor of radio/television/ Darren Barrere assisted Zimmerman where she was a fellow of the Frank Porter film, has returned to the Evanston on the pro duction, and the cast Graham Child Development Institute. She com- campus after helping launch included Erik Lochtefeld (C96), the communication program at Tom Aulino (C77), Tempe Thomas pleted her postdoctoral fellowship at UNC after Northwestern’s Qatar campus. (C03), Govind Kumar (C08), and receiving her PhD in developmental psychology Emma Rosenthal (C10). Mara from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2004. Losh also holds a Blumenfeld (C92) was the costume degree in psychology from San Diego State University. Her research designer, and Dan Ostling (GC96), focuses on delineating the nature and basis of language impairment in associate professor of theatre, was the scenic designer.

16 Dialogue fall 2010 autism, fragile X syndrome, and other neurogenetic disorders. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of PROMOTION AND TENURE Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Her articles have been pub- Pablo Boczkowski, communication studies, promoted to professor lished in such journals as the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Journal of Autism and Developmental James Schwoch, communication studies, promoted to professor Disorders. She has contributed chapters to several books, including Autism Rebecca Gilman, radio/television/film, promoted to associate professor Spectrum Disorders (forthcoming from Oxford University Press). Her honors include a Clinical Translation Science Award and the NIH LRP award. Eric Patrick, radio/television/film, promoted to associate professor Harvey Young, theatre, promoted to associate professor Sazzad Nasir Assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders Sazzad Nasir joins the faculty in winter quarter. He Postwar American Phonograph Cultures (forthcoming from University of comes to Northwestern from Montreal’s McGill California Press), brings a range of spoken word phonograph records into University, where he was a research associate in the dialogue with scholarly work on the history of the postwar entertainment psychology department. Nasir completed his post- industry and media consumption in the American home. Smith is currently doctoral fellowship at the University of California, completing a manuscript on the history of American stunt performance and San Francisco, after two years as a fellow and lecturer the role that a cohort of popular stunt entertainers played in the construction at Sweden’s University of Uppsala and a year at the Royal Swedish Academy of modern media spectacle and celebrity. His articles have appeared in Film of Sciences in Stockholm. He received his PhD in theoretical particle phys- Quarterly, Screen, Television and New Media, Velvet Light Trap, Film History, ics from the United Kingdom’s University of Cambridge and holds a degree Celebrity Studies, and Journal of Popular Music Studies. from Bangladesh’s University of Dhaka. Nasir’s research focuses on how dif- ferent sensory information — received through both auditory and somato- Elaine Romero sensory sources — is integrated during speaking. His articles have appeared Lecturer, radio/television/film in Nature Neuroscience, Current Biology, and Modern Physics Letters. He Elaine Romero’s plays — Barrio Hollywood, Walk into coauthored a chapter in Speech Motor Control: New Developments in Basic the Sea, iCuranderas! Serpents of the Clouds, Something and Applied Research (Oxford University Press, 2010). Rare and Wonderful, Alicia, Undocumented, Secret Things, The Fat-Free Chicana and the Snow Cap Queen, Emilee Rader Undercurrents, Day of Our Dead, If Susan Smith Could Assistant professor, communication studies Talk — have been developed, produced, and commis- Emilee Rader recently completed a postdoctoral sioned by such organizations as the Goodman Theatre, fellowship with Northwestern’s Center for Tech- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley nology and Social Behavior. She holds a PhD from Theatre, Magic Theatre, and Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. Her honors the University of Michigan’s School of Information, include the TCG/Pew National Theatre Artists in Residency grant, the a master’s degree in human-computer interaction NEA/TCG Theatre Residency Program for Playwrights, and residencies from Carnegie Mellon University, and a degree in with Sundance Playwrights’ Retreat, Voice & Vision, and Orchard Project. psychology from the University of Wisconsin. For Romero cochaired the National Association of Latino Independent Producers’ five years Rader worked with an interdisciplinary team of researchers at (Board) National Conference. A graduate of Linfield College, she earned an Motorola Labs, designing and evaluating next-generation communication MFA from the University of California, Davis, and studied at the Los Angeles and information-sharing applications for mobile technologies. A best paper Film School, Latino Producers’ Academy, and Latino Writers’ Lab. Romero nominee for her 2009 Computer-Human Interaction Conference note, has a script in development with Back Fence Productions and is collaborating she received the highly competitive Computing Innovation Postdoctoral on a spec project. Fellowship Award from the Computing Research Association and the National Science Foundation. Her current research focuses on understand- ing social processes that affect contributions to social media systems.

Jacob Smith Assistant professor, radio/television/film After a career as a musician and producer, Jacob Smith earned his PhD at Indiana University. He joins the Northwestern faculty after teaching at the United Kingdom’s University of Nottingham. His research in media history is centered on questions of performance, technology, and sound. His book Vocal Tracks: Performance and Sound Media (University of California Press, 2008) examines vocal performance styles that developed in tandem with sound media technologies. A second book, Spoken Word:

fall 2010 Dialogue 17 Alumni achievements

Class notes are selected from alumni Dennis Zacek (GC65, GC70) is Warren Spector (C77), creative 1980s submissions to Northwestern retiring after 34 years as artistic director for Disney Interactive magazine at www.northwestern.edu director of Chicago’s Victory Studios’ Junction Point, delivered Craig M. Springer (C80, GC92) /magazine, stories of alumni featured Gardens Theater. the keynote address “What was appointed executive director in the media as identified by the Videogames Can Learn from Other of the Granada Theatre at the Santa University’s Office of Alumni Relations Media . . . What We Can’t . . . and 1970s Barbara Center for the Performing and Development, and updates sent What We Shouldn’t” at the 2010 Arts. to Dialogue by mail or by e-mail at Game Developers Conference [email protected]. Jeff Ravitz (C72) designed the Europe in August. studio lighting for the Bravo special David N. Kragseth (C81, GC86) was honored with Northwestern’s Dow Live Earth Run for Water, Scott Sublett (C77) was executive Alumni Service Award for outstand- which aired in April. He was producer of All About Dad, named honored with a Pacific Southwest ing service to the University. 1940s one of the 10 best Asian American Emmy Award for his lighting design films of 2009 by Asia Pacific Arts. Heather Winch (C82), founder and of A Salute to Teachers 2009. Sublett also wrote and directed the principal of WinchWorks Projects, animated satire Bye-Bye Bin Laden, Catherine Huff Gottfred (GC73, was appointed to the area commis- named best feature at the 2009 GC79) was honored with the sion (governing board) of Technical South Beach Animation Festival, Northwestern Alumni Association’s College of the Lowcountry in and the live-action feature Generic Alumni Merit Award for high Beaufort, South Carolina. Thriller, starring Shirley Jones. All achievement in her profession. three films were recently released on DVD.

John Scheinfeld (GC78) wrote and directed We Believe, a documentary Irving L. Fink (C41) is 90 years celebrating the love affair between old and still practicing law in Chicago and the Chicago Cubs. Indianapolis. Fink was recently Narrated by actor Gary Sinise, the honored by the American Civil DVD was released in April. Liberties Union of Indiana and fea- tured in Indiana Lawyer magazine. Michael Tick (GC78) was named dean of the College of Fine Arts at 1950s the University of Kentucky. Carey Graeber (C75) (above) and her son, Nathaniel Kozinn (C05), Robert Conrad (C55), president of Dianne Earley (C79) was appointed produced the documentary Through WCLV, Cleveland’s classical music vice president of Cox Media the Maze: Women and Pain, which station, has been inducted into Virginia, based in Herndon, premiered on Capitol Hill at a William Bindley (C84), a film writer, Ohio’s Senior Citizen Hall of Fame. Virginia. briefing sponsored by the Women’s producer, and director who has Political Caucus. Highlighting written for Sony, Columbia, MGM, 1960s the importance of bringing atten- Warner Bros., HBO, Nickelodeon, tion to women’s chronic pain and other major studios, spoke to students at the Qatar campus in Tony Roberts (C61) starred on conditions, the film can be viewed March. Broadway in The Royal Family, at endwomenspain.org. nominated for the Tony Award for Paul McComas (GC84) won the best revival of a play. Ruth Hendel (GC75) and her hus- band, Stephen Hendel, were pro- award for most innovative program at the Alliance for Community Patricia Conway Thorpe (C63) ducers of Fela!, winner of three Media’s 2010 Hometown USA was honored with Northwestern’s Tony Awards. Video Festival in Pittsburgh for Alumni Service Award for outstand- No-Budget Theatre #7: Gorzak’s ing service to the University. Brian C. Shea (C77), counsel in the real estate and financial services Grab-Bag. John R. Stewart (GC64) retired this practices at Polsinelli Shughart, was named to the additional post of Denis O’Hare (C84) stars in HBO’s June as the University of Dubuque’s Martha Lavey (C79, GC94), artistic president at Chicago Farmers. hit series True Blood. vice president and dean of academic director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf affairs. Theatre Company, was awarded Tom Snyder (GC84), editor of an honorary doctor of arts degree Movieguide, is the coauthor of at Northwestern’s commencement “Culturally Corrosive Comedy: ceremony in June.

18 Dialogue fall 2010 Northwestern University Entertainment Alliance

NUEA-East NUEA-East celebrated fall in the city by welcoming a new executive board and a new class of NU Yorkers. In October NUEA-East hosted New Student Week New York, a week of city orientation and profes- sional development events for alumni transitioning to their first year in New York. The board also looks forward to a season of NU Works, an opportunity for alumni playwrights to workshop new productions, Broadway’s Mary Poppins is supercali . . . really good and features Northwestern as well as an exciting new initiative to group early-career alumni with talent both on stage and in the orchestra pit. From left: Mark Ledbetter (BSM00), seasoned industry leaders in themed cohorts. Amber Owens (C02), alumna Catherine Brunell, musical director and conductor Brad Haak (BSM98), and associate conductor Dale Rieling (C83, GBSM84). NUEA-West NUEA-West hosted two rounds of peer groups, pairing small groups of NUEA members with alumni who are leaders in the entertainment The Daily Show and The Colbert Ana Gasteyer (C89) starred on industry. Workshop topics included a wide range of subjects in tele- Report,” published in the spring Broadway in The Royal Family, vision writing and programming, agent hunting, auditions, and branding 2010 issue of the Christian Research nominated for the Tony Award techniques. Journal. for best revival of a play. In May NUEA-West hosted the panel “From Concept to Realiza- tion: How to Turn Your Ideas into Actual Business and Get Them into Christopher Baker (C85), the Right Hands.” The panelists included Josh Goldenberg (C04), vice senior 1990s dramaturg at Hartford Stage and president of Red Wagon Entertainment; Gabrielle Neimand (C00) of lecturer in dramaturgy at the Uni- Strike Entertainment; Jeremy Latcham (C03), vice president of Marvel versity of Massachusetts, recently Jeremy Wechsler (C91) is founder Studios; Aaron Kaplan (C97), founder of Kaplan Perrone Manage- worked on Horton Foote’s The and artistic director of the Chicago ment; Justin Spitzer (C99), writer for The Office; and Kevin Crotty Orphans’ Home Cycle, which won theatre company Theatre Wit. The (WCAS92), ICM agent. Lortel, New York Drama Critics company’s new theater had its grand In June and August NUEA-West hosted two TV show-runner panels Circle, and Drama Desk Awards. opening in April with the premiere featuring alumni panelists Aaron Harberts (C95) and Gretchen Berg His books Shakespeare in an Hour production of Spin, a play by (C93), both of Off the Map and Mercy; Ira Ungerleider (C90) of Friends and Molière in an Hour were pub- Wechsler’s wife, Penny Penniston with Benefits and Gary Unmarried; and Betsy Thomas (C90) of My Boys. (C92). lished this year by Smith and Kraus. The first panel was moderated by Christiana Miller (C96) of General Hospital: Night Shift and General Hospital, the second by Harberts. Denny Belcastro (GC94), vice Suzette Adouth Fisher (C85) In September NUEA-West hosted its popular “Surviving L.A.” president of customer development was nominated for a Cincinnati panel, designed to give advice to new graduates. Panelists included and industry affairs at Kraft Foods Enquirer Woman of the Year Yuson Charles (C96), producer and partner with Ne-Yo and Columbus North America, was appointed Award for her volunteer and civic Short; Louie Provost (WCAS03), studio executive at Disney; Mike executive vice president for industry contributions. Gagerman (C97), writer for Road to Nardo; Dana Wilson (C01), asso- affairs and membership services ciate producer of Desperate Housewives; Blake Silver (C05), actor for the Grocery Manufacturers Kate Breslin (C87), director of in Thor; and Matt Wells (C02), artistic director of Need Theatre. The Association. policy for the Community Health panel was moderated by Goldenberg. Care Association of New York state, David Gioiella (C95) celebrated was named president and CEO of the 15th anniversary of Northern the Schuyler Center for Analysis Lights, the entertainment company and Advocacy. he cofounded with the late Phillip Bruell (C95) and Mark Littman Kevin Gore (C88) was promoted (WCAS93). Gioiella and Littman to president and CEO at Rhino have launched a graphics and design Entertainment, a division of Warner firm, Mr. Wonderful, which recently Music Group. designed and produced the opening to The Colbert Report. The two also Jim Smith (C88) was recently pro- recently executive produced Hello moted to chief marketing officer Lonesome, an independent film that for the Atlanta Falcons. competed at SXSW.

From left: Jackie Laine (C08), Dustin Pearlman (C04), Jen O’Leary (C09), Marquis Alexander (C00), and Hannah Macfarlane (C09) at an April NUEA-West get-together in Hollywood

19 Heidi Kettenring (C95) starred in She Loves Me at Writers’ Theatre Meg Chambers Steedle (C08) in Glencoe, Illinois. appeared in the new comedy Fox on the Fairway at Virginia’s Signature Theatre this fall. She appeared in an episode of the new ABC series Body of Proof in October.

Carrie Barrett (GC09) participated in the 2010 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference with her play The Burden of Not Having a Tail, written as part of her Alan Schmuckler (C05) wrote the music and lyrics and David Holstein (C05) wrote Shawn Patrick Boyd (C96) course work at Northwestern. stars the book for The Emperor’s New Clothes, commissioned by Chicago Shakespeare in Into the Void, an independent Theater and premiered there to rave reviews this past summer. Amber Makalous feature film based on Jack London’s (C03) was assistant director, Debbie Baer (C06) was the costume designer, and Sea Wolf. He also performed the the cast featured Jarrod Zimmerman (C05) (third from right). Creative producer of original one-man play Exhausted Chicago Shakespeare Theater is Rick Boynton (C84). Paint: The Death of Van Gogh at the Chicago Fringe Festival Megan Mostyn-Brown (C99) Peter Duchan (C05) cowrote in September. Boyd lives in wrote the play Other People’s Breaking Upwards, an IFC film that Minneapolis–St. Paul, where he just Problems, which received a reading was released in New York and Los completed a three-month run play- in April as part of the Irish Angeles in April. ing Peter van Daan in The Diary of Jennifer Hagel (GC09) (above) Repertory Theatre’s New Works Anne Frank at Park Square Theatre. is a writer for the MTV series Reading Series in New York City. Zach Strief (C06), an NFL offen- 10 on Top. Her short film Positive sive tackle, has been re-signed by Matthew Spangler (C96) received Comment premiered on the Logo the New Orleans Saints. the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre 2000s Network as part of The Click List: Critics Circle Award for best origi- Best in Short Film. Rachel Frankenthal (C07) joined nal script for his stage adaptation of Lyndal Hanna (GC01) has joined the Broadway cast of Mamma Mia! Alex Schwarm (C09) Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite the commercial real estate firm screened his Runner. The production by San Jose film As Ever, Stan at more than 10 Avison Young’s Chicago office. Alan Arrivée (GC08) is an assistant Repertory Theatre received four film festivals last spring, including professor of film/theatre in the other Critics Circle Awards, includ- the Black Hills Film Festival in Brian J. Sarfatty (C03) recently department of theatre arts at the ing best overall production. Spangler’s South Dakota and the GI Film moved back to Chicago after work- University of Mississippi, where he play has also been produced by the Festival in Washington, DC. The ing in New Zealand for four years will help start an interdisciplinary Arizona Theatre Company, Actors film was honored as the best Illinois (below) on the film Avatar, several minor in film studies. Theatre of Louisville, and Cleveland programs for the Maori TV net- short film at this year’s Route 66 Playhouse. He teaches performance Film Festival in Springfield. work, and a political campaign Sarah Gubbins (GC08) was awarded studies at San Jose State University, for the indigenous party. the Carl Djerassi Fellowship in play- where he was awarded tenure this Allie Silver (C09) works for the writing. The fellowship is a one-year past spring. Chicago Department of Cultural appointment in the creative writing Affairs, where she coordinates the department of the University of David K. Waldman (C96), president World Music Festival, the Summer- Wisconsin–Madison, where and founder of Crescendo Com- Dance program, music programs Gubbins will teach playwriting. munications, an investor relations in Millennium Park, and other firm based in New York City, was Chicago music programs. Jacob Juntunen (C08) recently recently elected to the board of cofounded Chicago’s Mortar directors of QSGI. Katrina Dowd (C10) was named to Theatre, where he is the managing the 2010–11 US national senior director. His play Under America Kate Baldwin (C97) was nominated women’s lacrosse team. was produced by Mortar in for a Tony Award for best perfor- September, and his play Saddam’s mance by a leading actress in a Meridith Friedman (GC10) was Lions was produced in June as part musical for Finian’s Rainbow. Michael Sherman (C03) is in awarded one of three National New of the Source Theatre Festival in Play Network grants to serve as the South Africa as a resource specialist Washington, DC. Laurie Barnes (C97) joined the Los Peace Corps volunteer. Sherman is playwright-in-residence at Curious Angeles office of Sheppard, Mullin, Theatre Company in Denver for its assisting teachers, providing class- Tyler Roth (C08) was promoted Richter & Hampton as an associate. 2010–11 season. room instruction, and promoting from assistant colorist to colorist at HIV/AIDS awareness. Filmworkers, based in Chicago.

20 Dialogue fall 2010 In memory

The following death notices were James W. Holmes Sr. (C50), compiled by Northwestern’s Office of May 24 at age 83 in Virginia Alumni Relations and Development Beach, Virginia. and from updates sent to Dialogue by Don S. Kreger (C50), staff or by alumni by mail or by e-mail September 1 in Denver, Colorado. at [email protected]. Joyce Johnson La Pine (C50), Mary Reiter (C33), July 5 at age 97 May 3 at age 81 in Fearrington in Lacon, Illinois. Village, North Carolina. Alberta Friedland Mosler (C34), Phyllis J. Burlingame (C51), April 22 at age 97 in Chevy Chase, June 13 at age 81 in South Orleans, Maryland. Massachusetts. Madge Murbach Wells (C35, Helen Louise Petersen (C51), GC39), July 23 at age 96 in May 12 at age 81 in Naples, Florida. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Marilyn Skillman Gellersted Mildred K. Thelen (C38), June 1 Oscar and Tony winner Patricia Neal (C52), March 26 at age 80 in at age 93 in Des Moines, Iowa. Evanston, Illinois. School of Communication alumna Patricia Neal (C47), longtime star of stage and screen, died of lung cancer August 8 at the age of Dorothy Spindle Wells (C40), Marilyn M. Andrews (C53), July 12 84. Winner of a Tony Award and an Oscar, Neal was known for May 27 at age 92 in Leesburg, at age 79 in Jasper, Georgia. her husky voice and stage presence — and for a personal life more Florida. tragic than any of her roles. Margot K. Cohen (C53), in January Lorna Shogren Werner (C40, She was born Patsy Louise Neal in 1926 in Packard, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. GC43), April 2 at age 91 in Sarasota, Kentucky, at a mining camp where her father worked for a coal company. She grew up in Tennessee and eventually studied theatre Florida. Kathryn Louise Van Dyke Bailey at Northwestern, leaving for New York after two years. There she (C54), July 19 at age 78 in Houston, Helen I. Daws (C41), May 28 at age Texas. was cast in Lillian Hellman’s Another Part of the Forest, winning a 91 in Lena, Illinois. Tony in 1946, the first year of Tony Award presentations. Virgil Mann Batza (GC54), Neal went on to star in films with John Wayne, Ronald Jeanne Orr (C41), March 28 at age April 19 at age 89 in Sunnyvale, Reagan, and Gary Cooper. In 1964 she won an Academy Award 91 in Cottonwood, Idaho. California. for Hud, costarring Paul Newman. She survived troubles in her marriage to author Roald Dahl (they divorced in 1983), an injury Elizabeth J. Thompson (C44), Sarah Lewis Marxsen (GC54), to her infant son, Theo, and the death of her young daughter, February 14 at age 87 in Lowell, February 20 at age 83 in Michigan. Olivia, as well as three strokes in 1965 that left her in a coma for Tallahassee, Florida several weeks. Neal fought her way back to talk, walk, and work Carolyn A. Black (C47), February 19 again. In 1968 she was nominated for an Oscar for The Subject H. Claire Herzog (C55), May 21 at at age 84 in Spring Lake, Michigan. Was Roses. age 76 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Neal received an Alumni Merit Award from Northwestern in Robert W. T. Feindt (GC49), Donovan Cummings (C56), 1964 and an honorary degree in 1994. January 15 at age 82 in West February 17 at age 75 in Stockton, She is survived by her children Tessa, Theo, Ophelia, and Hollywood, California. California. Lucy Dahl; her sister; her brother; 10 grandchildren and step- grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Robert B. Shipley (C49), May 18 Harry Wappler (C58), April 21 at at age 87 in York, Maine. age 73 in Bellevue, Washington. August (Tony) Chapp (GC50), Martin M. Lepisto (GC60), August 5 John G. McDonald Jr. (GC68), Esther Mohler Ho (GC70), July 3 at age 88 in Shawnee, Kansas. at age 73 in Lincoln, California. July 24 at age 66 in Northampton, August 20 at age 79 in Hayward, Massachusetts. California. Chermaine R. Davis (C50), Fr. Robert St. Clair (GC61), May 12 May 12 at age 81 in Greenwich, at age 82 in Los Gatos, California. Sheila Ehmke Robb (C68), Randy Philip Partridge (GC82, Connecticut. February 17 at age 63 in Plymouth, GC91), May 13 at age 57 in Pretty John A. Ritter (C64), June 6 at age Minnesota. Prairie, Kansas. John S. Ettelson (C50), June 21 67 in Miami, Florida. at age 82 in Portland, Oregon. Janice Gibert (GC69), April 5 at Jeffrey T. Bottorff (C85), August 5 Beverly Jean Acierno (C66), age 81 in Vancouver, Washington. at age 47 in Chicago, Illinois. Irene Gallagher (C50), March 1 April 27 at age 66 in Pensacola, at age 81 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Florida.

fall 2010 Dialogue 21 Communicating gratitude

Donor gifts light up Northwestern stages

A successful stage production is a collaboration — between actors and directors, between the playwright and the actors, between the front of the house and backstage. And as at most theaters, at Northwestern the curtain wouldn’t go up if not for the behind-the- scenes support of funding partners. At Northwestern, support from alumni and friends comes in many forms, including support for student activities and performances.

Generosity gains momentum In May a star-studded performance by school alumni and Chicago-area theatre professionals helped launch a student resources fund. Starry Starry Night: A Celebration of Music Theatre and Dominic Missimi drew support from alumni and friends of the school to create the Dominic Missimi Fund for Music Theatre. The endow- ment will be used to support programming and needs particular to music theatre students at North western, including a music theatre media Above: “Dominic Tonight” (based on “Comedy library and visiting artist programming. Tonight” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Major initial donors to the fund included Way to the Forum), performed by Bernie Yvon Eleanor R. Baldwin, David Carlyon and Barbara (C86) and music theatre students, provided a Whitman, Sally and Thomas Hayward Jr., lively opening. Whitney Kroenke, Robert and Charlene Shaw, Left: Willis White (BSM02, WCAS02) made a and an anonymous donor. Hundreds of generous surprise appearance, singing “Run and Tell gifts from alumni and friends all over the country That” from Hairspray, and Janette Zilioli poured in, totaling $350,000 to start the fund. (BSM01) brought humor to the challenging “Glitter and Be Gay” from Candide. In addition, the show couldn’t have hap- pened without the donated time and talent pro- vided by a long list of alumni, local, and student performers and production artists.

Gregg Edelman (C80) performed a medley as well as A starry starry night indeed: Kate Shindle (C98), Brian d’Arcy James (C90), and Heather Headley (C97) “At Long Last Love” by Cole Porter. in “A Step Too Far” from Aida.

22 Dialogue fall 2010 A scrapbook (now in the Northwestern University Archives) kept by Owen L. Coon (far top left), a “purple debater” on the team that defeated the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan in 1914

Hardy Scholars Program celebrates 75 years Owen L. Coon, who was a “purple debater” during his years at Northwestern (1913–15), felt that his time on the team and with his instructor and coach made him the success- ful man he was. In 1935 he established the Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholarship in Foren- sics to honor his mentor, reward talented and hard-working debaters, and provide financial support for forensic team activities. This year marks the 75th year of the Hardy A class works through performance pieces in the new Alvina Krause Studio in Annie May Swift Hall. Scholarships, a fund still graciously supported by the Owen L. Coon Foundation and Coon’s family, including current foundation president and Coon grandson Richard Briggs. More than 300 students have received recognition from the Hardy Scholars program. Giving together: the Alvina Krause Studio A black box theater in Annie May Swift Hall was Wartella and Losh honored with new named professorships dedicated last year, thanks to gifts from a commu- Two School of Communication faculty members have received named professorships, one nity of donors: former students and fans of Alvina funded by the Qatar Foundation and the other by charitable gifts from an alumni family. Krause. Krause, who studied at Northwestern and then taught here for 30 years, is remembered SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI CHAIR more fondly by her former students than any wall plaque could convey. The Qatar Foundation has provided funding for a new endowed School of Communica- A gift from Krause students Richard tion professorship named after the leader of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Benjamin (C60) and Paula Prentiss Benjamin Khalifa Al-Thani. This will be the fourth professorship funded by the Qatar Foundation. (C59) led the campaign, and many contributed Northwestern University and the Qatar Foundation have been partners since 2008, to dedicate the studio and create an endowment when Northwestern joined five other leading American universities that had established fund to support productions there. branch campuses at Education City, a rapidly developing community of educational and The flexibility of the Krause Studio space research institutions on the outskirts of Doha, Qatar. has been a boon to the school, and it has hosted Last year the University announced the first three Qatar classes as well as staged productions. The space, Foundation–funded professorships, one of which is held by radio/ perhaps, reflects some of what Krause taught. television/film professor Hamid Naficy. The fourth professorship “She encouraged the study of art, history, has been awarded to communication studies professor Ellen philosophy, music, religion, languages, astronomy Wartella (left). A leading scholar in the role of media in children’s and the sciences, literature and literary criticism,” said Frank Galati, Tony Award winner, professor health and development, Wartella joined the Northwestern emeritus of performance studies, and a former faculty in April. She serves on a number of national boards Krause student. “Her own study was wide-ranging addressing the influence of media on children’s health and com- and eclectic.” mittees on obesity and nutritional information in food packaging.

JANE STEINER HOFFMAN AND MICHAEL HOFFMAN ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP Jane Steiner Hoffman (C86) and Michael Hoffman (WCAS72, G73) are providing the funding for a new endowed professorship for junior faculty in the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. The inaugural Jane Steiner Hoffman and Michael Hoffman Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders is Molly Losh. Losh (see photo on page 16) joined the faculty in September. Her research focuses on delineating the nature and basis of language impairment in autism, fragile X syndrome, and other neurogenetic disorders. Northwestern University Nonprofit Organization School of Communication U.S. Postage 2240 Campus Drive PAID Evanston, Illinois 60208-3580 Northwestern University

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Editors: Lori Rader-Day, Kingsley Day Publications Writer: Emily Hiser Lobdell Contributing Writer: Lori Rader-Day Designer: Heather Cosgrove Photo credits: Stephen Anzaldi, Farhan Arshad (C10), Andrew Campbell, R/TV/F sophomore Taylor Cleland, WCAS junior Ellen Goldich, Ryan Graff, Medill junior Aaron Jaffe, David Lynch, Royal Takalane Mudau, Jen O’Leary (C09), Brian Paris, Bruce Powell, Elizabeth Quinn, Paul Riismandel, Sally Ryan, Philip Thomas, Daniel Zox. Other photos courtesy of Toronto Film Festival; AP Photo/Richard Drew (Tony Awards); AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock (Emmy Awards); Sean Williams, Ted Studios, for Lookingglass Theatre Company; Michael Brosilow for Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Chad Batka for (Metropolitan Opera); Cesare of Denver (Patricia Neal); or the subject.

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