May 20, 2020

OF GRADUATES OF

CELEBRATION SCHOOL OF THE ARTS CONGRATULATIONS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS CELEBRATION OF GRADUATES

MAY 20, 2020

Welcome and Recognitions Carol Becker DEAN OF FACULTY

Introduction of Guest Speaker John Turturro Annette Insdorf PROFESSOR, FILM

Address to Graduates John Turturro

Recognition of Graduates Hilary Brougher CHAIR, FILM

Brian Kulick CHAIR, THEATRE

Matthew Buckingham CHAIR, VISUAL ARTS + SOUND ART

Lis Harris CHAIR, WRITING

Closing Remarks Carol Becker DEAN OF FACULTY John Turturro GUEST SPEAKER

In a career spanning more than 35 years, John Turturro has worked with a number of acclaimed flmmakers, appearing in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever, Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money, Robert Redford’s Quiz Show, Francesco Rosi’s La Tregua, Robert De Niro’s The Good Shepherd, Tom DiCillo’s Box of Moonlight and Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre. He also starred in the Adam Sandler comedies Mr. Deeds, Anger Management and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, and appeared in three of Michael Bay’s blockbuster Transformer flms.

He has been a frequent collaborator with Joel and Ethan Coen. For his lead role in the Coen brothers’ Barton Fink, Turturro won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the David Donatello Award. He also appeared in their flms O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Miller’s Crossing and The Big Lebowski, where he played the iconic character Jesus Quintana. Turturro recently reprised Quintana in The Jesus Rolls, a flm he wrote, directed and stars in. He can also can be seen as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in the six-part HBO series The Plot Against America, based on the acclaimed novel by Philip Roth. He was recently announced in the role of Carmine Falcone in Warner Brothers’ The Batman.

On television, Turturro won an Emmy Award for his guest appearance on Monk, and was nominated for an Emmy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award for his role as criminal attorney John Stone in HBO’s The Night Of. He was also nominated for a SAG Award for his portrayal of Howard Cosell in Monday Night Mayhem, and nominated again for The Bronx Is Burning.

Turturro received the Camera D’Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Mac, his directorial debut. His other flms as writer and director include Illuminata, Romance & Cigarettes, Passione, and Fading Gigolo.

Turturro studied at SUNY New Paltz and the Yale School of Drama. For his stage debut he played the title role in John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, for which he won an OBIE Award and a Theater World Award. Recognition of Graduates

Hilary Brougher CHAIR, FILM

Film MFA Lia Peyton Nies Film and Media Olafur Ingvi Olason Studies MA Haya Alghanim Renee Marie Paiement Waleed AlQahtani Jisu Park Alreem Erhama Alkaabi Daniel Becerril Vaibhav Rao Daniel Lawrence Aufmann Glenn Martin Brown Victoria Rivera Cheuk Ying Cherie Chan Ronald Jerome Brown Saim Sadiq Phoebe Yutong Chen Yu Cheng Mariana Saffon Aaron Anatole Dowdy Patrick Michael Clement Chloe Brandt Sarbib Yinyu Li Ryan Chase Craver Ekaterina Skakun Kyna Alene McClenaghan Marta Cruanas Compes Daniel Jason Slottje Taylor Andrew Morris Kristin Elizabeth Curtis Alies Christina Sluiter William Marc Plotnick Najah Issata Diop Riddhi Talreja Andrew Albert Powell Joseph Ference Dooling Can Turedi Karlee Rodrigues Asad Mobeen Farooqui Barbara Rose Twist Xiaoyu Shen Benjamin Isaac Feinstein Kari Ulfsson William Hideji Tamura Andres Fernandez Jing Wang Shimiao Wang Jasmin Freitas Tenucci Yingzi Wang Emily Wei Esteban Garcia Vernaza Saladin White Yumo Yan Scott Gerard Gerlomes Christina Megan Wood Zijing Yu Mitchell Evarist Ferreir Markus Wulf Ao Zhang Gomes Anthony Zhai Yang Muxin Zhang Andrea Marie Goocher Yachi Yang Tianyi Zhou Kenneth Frederick Green Gina Kristin Hackett Donggyun Han Joshua Sonny Harris Samuel Harwood Austin Hsieh Megan Huggins Chuxin Huo Fernando Iriarte Chengzhi Jin Omar Kakar Jungyoon Kim Sondra Meghan Lacey Jonathan J. Lazar Rodney Llaverias King King Lu Mackenzie Corbin Lyle Benjamin Kyle Martin Sharon Amanda Massy Recognition of Graduates

Brian Kulick CHAIR, THEATRE

Theatre MFA

Zizi Azah Binte Abdul Majid Roberta Lorene Ahrens Peter Calvin Atkinson Anrinya Banerjee Xiaoyu Bao Robert Anthony Barlow Joshua Brown Christian Goodie Dennis Ngoc Ho Philippa Kane Taeuk Kang Nicole Kramer Diana Claire Sheppard Levy Lanxuan Liu Johnny Grimes Lloyd Kimberly Owala Maima Clayton David McInerney Julian Jeremias Mesri Hal Charles Miers Ricardo Andres Neumann Bertin Brian Allen Patterson Laura Peterson Jennifer Andrea Pitt Anthony Othello Pratt Kate Pressman Anna Elizabeth Rebek Jon Robin Jonathan Seinen Stephen Smith Paola Alexandra Soto Cole Stern James Webster Stull Yeena Sung Andrey Vladimirovich Uspenskiy Titus Alexander VanHook Jae Beum Woo Zhangqiyu Zhang

Recognition of Graduates

Matthew Buckingham CHAIR, VISUAL ARTS + SOUND ART

Visual Arts MFA

Stipan Tadić Hyun Yang

Recognition of Graduates

Lis Harris CHAIR, WRITING

Writing MFA Teresita Maria Goyeneche Robert Paul McAdory Marcelo Grana Samanez Cheryl Ann McCourtie Mariah Caprial Adcox Katherine Greene Jon-Marc McDonald Jenny Ahn Brandan Stephen Griffn Peter John Michalik Nourah Evelyn Alfadl- Norris Conaghan Guncheon Patrick Wynn Moran Andreasson Tibo Jeno Suzanne Jake Henry Nevins Julian Kirk Allen Halsberghe Vivian Denise Nixon Philip John Anderson George Robert Hargett Lukas Novak Gila Ashtor Margot Straughn Harris Devki Jayanti Pande Austin John Baker Jarrod Mitchell Harrison Heather Elizabeth Radke Brianne Marie Baker Laura Lumpkin Hart Sonya Gray Redi Jackson Gunn Barrett Kristen Shigeyo Head Paulina Marie Reso Brysen Orlando Boyd Elena Gang Hecht Margaret Emma Barker Brian Joseph Burlage Amanda Kathleen Horn Richardson Conor James Burnett William Arthur Horn Hannah Jean Risinger Courtney Jean Campbell Jonathan Jacob Horowitz Esther Kyounghee Ro Hope Elizabeth Claydon Bethany Lauren Hughes Margaret Stephanie Rodgers Jessica Anne Colley Clarke Emily April Hunt Kivel Mark Anthony Rogers Antoinette N. Cooper Michelle Rose Hytner Daniel McGrory Ryan Marcus Benjamin Creaghan Katherine Elizabeth Irwin Sanjana Sadique Alexander Drake Dabertin Nadia Cristina Ismail Julia Salem Chenee Danielle Daley Zachary Nicholas Issenberg Brianna Sophia Scalesse Yael Davidesko Yoshiko Iwai Amelia Ann Senter Tiffany Michelle-Maxine Jared Denzel Jackson Katie Lynn Shepherd Davis Laura Byram Jackson Rebecca Nawarat Shirley Ramzi Nadim Xavier De Aranya Jain Rebecca Susan Sonkin Coster Theresa Raffaele Jefferson Jayne Kay Sosland Anthony Anrao Deng Candice Ann Kail Robert Taylor Supplee Matilda Rose Douglas-Henry Christian Alexander Kamkoff Shea Corinne Sweeney Charlee Catherine Dyroff Anastasios Nick Karnazes James William Symington Dawn Elardo Hannah Cameron Kauders Didi Tal Madeline Andrews Escudero Zoe Contros Kearl Sihan Tan Kaitlinn Rose Estevez Bryan Nelson Kelly Gavin Andrew Thomson Beckett Raven Farkas Melanie Marie Krieps Orla Patricia Tinsley Iman Carol Fears Mergen Kathryn Mary Vandervalk Rebeca Anne Felix Melissa Larsen Catherine Elizabeth von Lisa Rochelle Foad Niki Diane Laskaris Handorff Jacquelyn Marie Gallo Grace Ann Leadbeater Elizabeth Macdonald von Brendan Michael Gauthier Amos Vaughn LeBlanc Klemperer Ellyn McCormack Gaydos Simon Leser Sara von Oldershausen Nathan Edward Gazebien Sasha Deana Leshner Madeleine Jayne Watts Rachel Audrey-Galina Gilman Anya Alissa Lewis-Meeks Brianna Nicole Williams Mitchell Glazier Emmett James Lindner Brian Wiora Ananda Naima Gonzalez Natalie Saba Little Peter Guy Witzig Francisco Gonzalez Madelaine Lucas Frances Elizabeth Wood Manuela Gonzalez Taleen Mardirossian Kai-Ting Yang