Alumni Featured on Stage and Screen
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alUmni featUreD on stage anD screen From Modern Family to Glee, AMDA graduates have appeared on countless hit television shows and feature fi lms throughout the years. From Ragtime to Wicked, you’re likely to fi nd more AMDA alumni on Broadway than graduates of any other performing arts college. Jesse tyler ferguson natalie Zea graD Year: 1995 graD Year: 1995 Jesse received a 2010 Emmy Natalie appears as Winona in nomination for his performance as the FX series Justifi ed, and as Mitchell on ABC’s Modern Family. Christinith in the fi lm The Other Jesse also starred as Richie in Guys starring Will Ferrell and CBS’s The Class, on Broadway in The 25th Annual Mark Wahlberg. Natalie also starred in the NBC Putnam County Spelling Bee as Leaf Coneybear, daytime soap Passions and on ABC’s Dirty Sexy and in Shakespeare in the Park’s The Merchant of Money, after which she landed a recurring role on Venice opposite Al Pacino. HBO’s Hung. Gretchen mol Jason derülo graD Year: 1992 graD Year: 2006 Starring as Gillian Darmody in Jason’s hit single “Whatcha Say” Martin Scorsese’s new HBO series reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Boardwalk Empire, Gretchen is 100 chart and is featured in the best known her performance as fi lm The Town starring Ben Affl eck. the “pin-up sensation that shocked the nation” in Jason also appeared as himself in the MTV movie the 2005 fi lm The Notorious Bettie Page. Gretchen Turn the Beat Around, has toured internationally also starred in ABC’s Life on Mars and in the Oscar- with Lady Gaga and performed on both American nominated fi lm 3:10 to Yuma. Idol and the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. rizwan manji J. elaine marcos graD Year: 1994 graD Year: 1996 Starring in NBC’s new show J. Elaine can be seen as Lisa Outsourced as Rajiv Gidwani, Bartlett in the feature fi lm Rizwan has also been featured Morning Glory starring Harrison recently on episodes of FOX’s Ford, Diana Keaton and Rachel Glee, ABC’s Better Off Ted and the CW’s Privileged. McAdams. She also performed on Broadway in the He can be seen in the fi lms Transformers as Akram and Tony-award winning revival of A Chorus Line, and in Charlie Wilson’s War as Colonel Mahmood. the documentary fi lm Every Little Step. emily Padgett sam underwood graD Year: 2005 graD Year: 2007 Before leading the Broadway Sam recently starred alongside cast of Rock of Ages as Sherrie, Alec Baldwin in a revival of Equus Emily performed in the Broadway at Guild Hall in East Hampton, productions of Grease and Legally NY, where he earned rave reviews Blonde: The Musical. Emily also starred as Sandy in the from the New York Times for his portrayal of Alan national touring company of Grease and as Demeter Strang. Sam also recently appeared as Eugene in in the national tour of Cats. the Irish Repertory Theatre’s production of Candida. THE AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY america’s premier college of performing arts AMDa alumni currently performing on stage and screen Broadway: MeMphis Brad Bass (Ensemble; u/s Huey, Frank Dryer, Perry Como), 2000. West side story Isaacw Calpito (Inca), 2001. Desiree Davar (Shark Girl Swing; u/s Anita), 2001. the Addams Family Colin Cunliffe (u/s Lucas Beineke; Swing; Assist. Dance Capt; Puppet Perf. Capt), 2000. Million dollAr QuArtet Erik Hayden (u/s Elvis Presley / Carl Perkins), 1998. phAntoM oF the operA Sarah Anne Lewis (Ensemble), 1996. Chicago Terra C. MacLeod (Velma), 1993. AMerican idiot Leslie McDonel (Ensemble; u/s Heather, Whatsername), 2000. Mamma MiA Michael Mindlin (Pepper), 2003. roCk oF Ages Emily Padgett (Sherrie), 2005. Becca Tobin (Swing; u/s Sherrie), 2005. WiCked Alexander Quiroga (Ensemble), 1997. Stephanie Torns (Ensemble; u/s Elphaba), 2007 Jersey Boys Jake Speck (Swing; u/s Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, Tommy DeVito), 2003. national tours: 9 to 5 Mamie Parris (Judy Bernly), 1997. Micah Shepard (Ensemble), 2004. BeAuty And the BeAst Jessica Moore (Ensemble), 2007. CAts Jason Wise (Tumblebrutus), 2008. Chicago Brent Heuser (Fred Casley), 2007. Lindsey Roginski (Liz; Roxie u/s), 2003. A Chorus line Netanel Bellaishe (Larry), 2010. Paul Flanagan (Al), 2005. dreamgirls Talitha Farrow (Ensemble; Joann; Effie u/s), 2008. Brittany Lewis (Ensemble; Charlene; Michelle u/s), 2007. greAse Mark Raumaker (Ensemble), 1998. Omar Garibay (Dance Captain; Sunny/Doody u/s), 2008. Jersey Boys John Edwards (French Rapper; Barry Belson), 2006. in the heights Genny Lis Padilla (Carla; Nina/Vanessa u/s), 2003. legAlly Blonde: the Musical Tiffany Engen (Serena), 2000. Rhiannon Hansen (Margot), 2006. south PaciFiC Genson Blimline (Stewpot), 1998. spamalot Jacob L. Smith (Sir Dennis Galahad), 2009. Melissa Denise Lopez (Ensemble), 2007. WiCked Michelle Johnson (Nessarose), 2006. the WizArd oF oz Ana Bortello Machado (Ensemble; Dorothy u/s), 2010. Philip Northington (Male Swing), 2009. West side story Jay Garcia (Chino), 1999. television and feature films: HawthoRNe Eric Badique (Extra), 2009. Salt and the good WiFe Victoria Cartagena (Agent and Teresa Reyes), 2002. the glAdes and nCIS David de Lautour (Lenny Nelson and Daniel Sturgis), 2002. Meet Monica Velour and it’s kind oF A Funny story Jee Young Han (Amanda and Do-Gooder), 2007. nurse Jackie and White CollAr Christopher Jackson (Trey and Nico), 1994. the neWest pledge and A thousAnd Words Amanda Musso (Trudy and Receptionist), 2005. ArMy WiVes Lee Tergesen (Officer Clay Boone), 1980. one liFe to liVe Teddy Toye (Teddy), 2009. in plAin sight and reVenge oF the Bridesmaids Chryssie Whitehead (Krista and Rachel), 2001. the Hard tiMes oF tJ Berger and pirAtes oF the CAribbeAn 4 Alex Rose Wiesel (Cute Nerdy Girl and Mermaid Model), 2007. AMDa ALUMNI HaVe APPEARED IN AMDa ALUMNI HaVe APPEARED tHe FOLLOWING BROADWaY PRODUCTIONS: IN tHe FOLLOWING FEATURE FILMS: Ragtime, Cats, Hair, Footloose, In The Heights, American Idiot, American Beauty, A Beautiful Mind, Camp, Far From Heaven, Goodfellas, Mambo 42nd Street, Gypsy, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Jersey Boys, Italiano, The Cooler, Dick Tracy, The Firm, Bulworth, Reds, Romeo and Juliet, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Avenue Q, Bajour, Wicked, Grease, Stir Crazy, Girl Interrupted, Bless the Child, The Matthew Shephard Story, The Beauty And The Beast, Finian’s Rainbow, The Frogs, The Best Little Guru, The Money Kings, Rounders, Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, The Shape Whorehouse In Texas, The Boy From Oz, A Christmas Carol, The of Things, Malcolm X, Wayne’s World, Monster, Point Break, Manic, Scary Movie, Color Purple, On The Twentieth Century, Pal Joey, The Seagull, A League of Their Own, Bonfire of the Vanities, Boomerang, Cabaret, Hannah Side Show, Taboo, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, That Summer That and Her Sisters, Love Story, Regarding Henry, Sea of Love, May and many more. Fall, The Threepenny Opera, Triumph of Love, You’re Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush, Zanna Don’t, AMDa ALUMNI HaVe APPEARED Dreamgirls, Funny Girl, Good Vibrations, Hairspray, The King And IN tHe FOLLOWING TELEVISION sHoWs: I, Laughing Room Only, Cry-Baby The Musical, Curtains, Dracula Mad Men, Smallville, House, M.D., Army Wives, Kings, Rescue Me, Medium, Cold The Musical, Memphis, On The Town, Legally Blonde The Musical, Case, In Plain Sight, CSI: Miami, 30 Rock, Southland, Ugly Betty, American Dad, Rent, Mating Dance, Marie Christine, 9 To 5, 25th Annual Putnam Six Feet Under, Judging Amy, It’s All Relative, Sex and the City, Cagney and Lacey, County Spelling Bee, Aida, The Addams Family, South Pacific, Picardia Mexicana, Guiding Light, Ed, Two of a Kind, Cybill, Friends, Dharma and All Shook Up, Carousel, Smokey Joe’s Café, Chicago, Spamalot, Greg, Oz, Law and Order, ER, Touched by an Angel, Homicide: Life on the Street, West Side Story, Xanadu, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Evita, The Wire, Beautiful Girl, Undercover Christmas, The Magnificent Ambersons, Fiddler On The Roof, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Wedding Sell This House, The Haunted, Third Watch, One Life to Live, All My Children, Singer, Five Guys Named Moe, The Three Sisters, Spamalot, The The Nanny, Another World, NYPD Blue, The Magnificent Seven, Promised Land, Crucible, Tarzan, A Chorus Line, Once Upon A Mattress, Anything Walker, Texas Ranger, Cosby Mysteries, Passions, The Shield, Roots, North and Goes, Shrek The Musical, Rock of Ages, White Christmas, Kiss South, The Sopranos, The Practice, The Wedding Dress, Picnic, Carrie, Boston of the Spider Woman, Sweet Charity, Young Frankenstein, High Public, Spin City, The Cosby Show, Chicago Hope, The Tiger Woods Story, Society, Jekyll And Hyde, Kat And The Kings and many more. Saturday Night Live, Welcome Back Kotter and many more. AMDa ALUMNI HaVe APPEARED IN tHe FOLLWING NATIONAL TOURS: Chicago, Les Miserables, Rent, Godspell, Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, The Full Monty, Oklahoma!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seussical the Musical, Oliver!, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, 42nd Street, Cabaret, Smokey Joe’s Café, Grease, Cats, The Rocky Horror Show, The Wizard of Oz, Victor/Victoria, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Show Boat, Fame, Footloose, The Buddy Holly Story, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate, Damn Yankees, The Lion King, The Sound of Music, The Civil War, State Fair, Ragtime, Peter Pan, Crazy for You, Steel Pier, Zorba, Fosse, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Singin’ in the Rain, Bye Bye Birdie, Mame, Once on this Island, South Pacific, Little Shop of Horrors, Camelot, The Three Musketeers, A Chorus Line, Starlight Express, Titanic, Snoopy, Anything Goes, Romeo and Juliet, Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Carol, Cyrano de Bergerac, Nunsense Jamboree, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and many more..