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Samantha Pejouan '18 Talent Development, The Collective (boutique sales recruitment firm for startups), San Francisco, CA
Madison Schiffman '18 Medical student, UNC Wilmington
Kylie Joerger '19 Artistic Direction Apprenticeship, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Derek Sikkema '19 MFA Acting, Asolo Conservatory, Florida State University
Isaac Addai '21 MFA Acting, University of Iowa
Abigail Nairn '21, MLitt Museum & Gallery Studies, St Andrews University, Scotland, UK
Tara Tedjarati '21 London, UK
Céline Alwyn ’02 MA Contemporary Dance, London School of Contemporary Dance, UK; Dance and Pilates teacher, previously a Cirque du Soleil performer as “Oceane”, Dralion, and an ensemble dancer Bombay Dreams on Broadway
Lauren Baines ’08 MFA Dance (Choreography & Performance), Mills College; artistic director, Lauren Baines Dance/Theatre; performer, choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, teacher and producer; Assistant Director, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University
Claire Calalo Berry ’07 MFA Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine; artistic director, for change dance collective; teacher at Performing Arts Academy of Marin, CA
Erin Lafferty '13 Teaching Artist and Choreographer, New York & CT; Education and Outreach Manager, Goodspeed Musicals, CT
Nikki Long ’00 Dance Captain, Disney's Aladdin on Broadway and Casting Associate, Disney's Aladdin National Tour
Tara Macken ‘06 Hollywood stunt woman: The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, A Wrinkle in Time, Iron Man 3, After Earth, Suicide Squad, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Star Trek Into Darkness
Rebecca Reuter '05 Co-director, Omega Dance Company, New York; Assistant Director, Community Engagement, The Juilliard School, New York
Callie Tepper '13 MS Dance/Movement Therapy, Pratt Institute; Licensed Creative Arts Therapist at Astor Services for Children & Families, Rhinebeck, NY
Adam Zotovich ’97 Broadway producer: The Color Purple, The Addams Family, A View From the Bridge, Driving Miss Daisy, Of Mice and Men, Legally Blonde the musical, Dear Evan Hansen, An Act of God, An American in Paris
Jeffrey Adams '10 MFA Acting, School of Drama, The New School; Actor in San Francisco
Scotty Arnold '08 MFA Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Musical theater writer and founding member of the Musical Theatre Factory, New York
Elaine Avila '87 Playwright-in-Residence, Quest University Canada; founder LEAP Playwriting Program at Vancouver’s Arts Club Theater, co-founder International Climate Change Theatre Action, Fulbright Scholar, awarded Notáveis dos Açores (Notable Descendant) for her theatre work by the Government of the Azores, Portugal
Chad Eschman '08 Graphic designer, playwright and performing artist, Founder/Creative Director of Trap Street multi-media performing arts company, Los Angeles
Katie Fitzgerald '09 Founder of Teatro Catalina, Villa Catalina, Nicaragua
Julie Garnye '96 Actress, singer, voiceover artist, writer and director; Come From Away National Tour
Monique Hafen Adams '10 Actress in San Francisco, Best Actress--Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle 2018
Camille Hayes '14 Theatre Director
Jennifer Jigour '06 "The Artist with the Golden Paintbrush" -- Visual artist, painter, illustrator, author Secret Agent Moscow graphic novel
Ron Lagomarsino '73 Movie director: My Sister's Keeper, Running Mates, Dinner at Eight; Stage and TV director, Joan of Arcadia, My So-Called Life, Picket Fences (winner, 1993 Directors Guild of America Award), Driving Miss Daisy, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, Ghost Whisperers, Baby Boom, Hart of Dixie
Francesca McKenzie '09 MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama; Actress in New York and New Orleans
Michael X. Martin '76 Actor on Broadway and on National Tours including My Fair Lady, Kiss Me Kate, Les Miserables, Oklahoma, Ragtime, It Should Have Been You
Jonathan Rider '90 Fight Choreographer (also an EMT and fire fighter), San Francisco, CA
Karen Simpson '92 Artistic Director for Penninsula Youth Theatre, Palo Alto, CA
Tina Stafford '92 Actress in New York, Off-Broadway: A Song Floating, on National Tours: Once the Musical, Jolson the Musical, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, and in Regional Theatre
Paul Ventura, Commercial Casting Director, Paul Ventura Casting, Los Angeles
Kit Wilder '83 Fight Choreographer, Actor, director around the Bay Area; Associate Artistic Director for San Jose City Lights Theatre
A. Zell Williams '06 MFA Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Playwright, Staff writer for Law and Order SVU
Rachel Zampelli '04 Actress in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and New York
Lori Coltrin ’81 Executive Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering, Los Angeles
E. David Cosier ‘82 Scene Designer, NYC Signature Theatre and others
Carol Dacey-Charles '89 Stage Manager and leadership coach, NY
Steven Fetter '13 Theatre Operations Manager, Santa Clara University, CA
Eva Fredrickson ‘06 Costume Designer/Wardrobe Crew for Television, graphic designer
Hope Hannafin, Costume Designer particularly Film and Television
Matthew Johns '09 Lighting Designer, Assistant Technical Director, REDCAT, Los Angeles
Kyle Langdon ’15 Theatre Sites Manager, Palo Alto Unified School District, CA
Tiernan O’Rourke '19 Mechanical Designer, Tait (stage technologies), Lititz, PA
Tony Asaro '98 Vocal Music Teacher, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA
Cameron Coulter '15 English Teacher, Jilin City, China
Tom Gough '87 Chair, Theatre Arts department & co-founder, Theatre Conservatory, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Duncan Graham '77 VP Academic Affairs, San Jose City College (retired); previously Dean, Fine Arts & Communication, Foothill College and a Stage Manager for American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), San Francisco
Russ Marcel '95 Director, Theatre Arts, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA
Doug Santana '97 Director of Performing Arts, Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, CA
Chloe Townsend '19 Dance teacher, Valley Christian Schools Conservatory of the Arts, San Jose, CA
Jeffrey Adams '10 MFA Acting, School of Drama, The New School
Céline Alwyn ’02 MA Contemporary Dance, London School of Contemporary Dance, UK
Scotty Arnold '08 MFA Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Lauren Baines '08 MFA Dance (Choreography & Performance), Mills College
Claire Calalo Berry '07 MFA Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine
Francesca McKenzie '09 MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama
Nick Manfredi '14 MFA Acting, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine
Gavin Mueller '15 MFA Acting, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine
Sarah Olive-McStay '16 MA Musical Theatre (Performance), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Callie Tepper '12 MS Dance/Movement Therapy, Pratt Institute
Sonya Venugopal '15 MFA Musical Theatre, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
A. Zell Williams '06 MFA Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Celine Ariniello '18 Marketing Assistant, Molière in the Park, Brooklyn, NY
Maxine Evangelista '09 Booking Agent, Bryn Cohn + Artists, New York; previously Booking Agent & Contracts Manager, Brad Simon Organization, New York
Krista Kuebler '02 Accountant, Disney Productions, Los Angeles
Courtney Land '17 Entertainment Coordinator, Scripted Programming and Drama Development, NBC, Los Angeles
Dani Lencioni '10 Non-profit Arts Leadership Consultant, AdvanceNYC, New York; previously Education Program Manager, Whitney Musem, New York
Sami Manfredi '13 Programs Manager, Artists Striving To End Poverty, New York
Jennifer Poret '01 Booking Coordinator, Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA
Alexa Rojek '19 Assistant Box Office Manager, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Elizabeth Connelly '15 Stanford Medical School; Santa Clara University Trustee
Amber De Buizer '98 Assistant Vice-President, Development, Santa Clara University
Devin Della Maggiora '17 MSc Political Science, London School of Economics
Harout Dimijian '96 Attorney, Los Angeles
Ella Fogel '19 Operations Manager, PSAV (corporate event management & operations), San Francisco, CA
Freya Helton '19 Enrollment Advisor, City University of Seattle
Anna K. Houk '12, Medical Resident, Aurora, CO
Eileen Jao '10 Assistant District Attorney, Santa Cruz D.A.'s office, CA
Tennyson Jones '14 Full Cycle Recruiter for Post Production, Netflix, Los Angeles
Zahra Langford '96 Senior Interaction Designer and User Experience Lead, Harry & David, Medford, OR
Nick Manfredi '14 Expert Client Advisor, Louis Vitton Hard-sided Luxury Luggage, New York
Mark Novak, MD '01 Family Medicine, Oakland, CA
Maj. Marc Serra, DDS, FACS '00, Oral & Maxilliofacial Cosmetic Surgeon, U.S. Army
Michael Standifer '16 Senior Financial Analyst, Mozilla
James Houghton ’81 
Founding Artistic Director, Signature Theatre, NY 1991-2005; Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division at The Juilliard School 2006-2015.
College of the Fellows of the American Theatre 2013; Honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts, Santa Clara University 2013; Special Award for Sustained Achievement, 60th Annual Obie Awards 2015.
The Pershing Square Signature Center NY won the 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
