Student Spotlight

Summer 2005 – Spring 2006 Activities for Students

Theatre Students:
• Ken Weinberg—Electrics Intern, Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY
• Christine Forbes—Assistant Technical Director, Adirondack Theatre Festival
• Vanessa Davis—Assistant Production Manager, Hangar Theatre
• Matt Hamilton—Company Management Intern, Hangar Theatre
• Aaron Wilson—Paint Intern, Hangar Theatre
• Andrew Scharwath—Electrics Intern, Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT
• Adam Zurbruegg—Director, Colonie Youth Theatre’s production of Honk
• Ian Sullivan—Assistant Director, Colonie Youth Theatre’s production of Honk
• Sarah Croce—Stage Manager, Colonie Youth Theatre’s production of Honk
• Lindsay Shoen—Assistant Stage Manager, Colonie Youth Theatre’s production of Honk.
She is working at Florida Repertory Theatre.
• Rick Jennings—Doorman and occasional Sound/Light Operator, Improv, Cleveland, OH
• Alex Larkin—Long Island Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo & Juliet. He played Benvolio, Friar Laurence, and Paris.
• Brihanne Perry—Stitcher and Wardrobe, Utah Shakespeare Festival
• James Fox—Spent the summer at Montpelier University 3 and translated Ionesco’s Les Connaissez-Vous? (Do You Know Them?) from French into English. Also has been writing a bi-lingual one-act.
• Bandar Albuliwi has had a one-act play (Side by Side) selected by the American Theatre of Actors for production. Bandar had worked on this play in James Farrell’s class. This is his second play this semester being produced in NYC. He also was cast in a VH-1 original production. More information on Bandar pertaining to this play click here. Bandar Albuliwi was cast for the lead in Back to the Throat, a production of the Bats Theatre Company. Jim Simpson (Sigourney Weaver’s husband) directs the play. Regarding Bandar’s role a Times Reviewer stated: “The character of Asfoor (Arab Terrorist) was played so believably I had to actually shut my eyes from fear during his final disturbing monologue (in which he addresses the audience).”
• Darlene McCullough received a president’s Award for Leadership, specifically for “significant contributions to the quality of student life on campus.”
• Kadie Ertel is a Design Assistant for Janet Sussman in Play by Play.
• Justin Tracy directed play Jews and Christians in the End Zone.

Graduates:
• Tina Laponte, ‘02—Carpenter, International Arts Festival, New Haven, CT; Carpenter, Hartford Stage
• Aaron Hochheiser, ’03—Master Electrician, Hangar Theatre; Master Electrician, Playmakers Rep @ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• John MCullough, ‘05—Technical Director, Adirondack Theatre Festival; Technical Director, Cohoes Music Hall
• Brian Pedersen, ’05—Stage Manager, San Diego Opera
• Jesus Hopped the A Train, by alum Stephen Adly Guirgis, at Stageworks Theatre in Hudson is directed by Danielle Skraastad, who graduated in 1996. Mike Rosenthal is acting in the production.
• Nahal Navidar has been assisting Gretchen Michelfeld in producing The Directors Fest at the Drama League in New York City.
• Aaron Enfield designed a student production of A Christmas Carol, a student tour to area high schools. He is also an intern in the Capital Repertory Theatre costume shop.
• Christopher Rickett, now AEA, had a starring role in Stageworks’ production of The Illusion.
• Rachel Kroner has moved to LA and been cast as Miss Morris in The Seven Year Itch with the Conejo Players.