Gabe Ebert         Class of 2005

2009 graduate of The Julliard School. Currently starring as Leo in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles which will open at Lincoln Center April 2012.  Previous theatre credits include Broadway: Brief Encounter (Stanley), Red (Ken, US). Other professional “Gee, Officer Krupke” (Carnegie Hall); The Sacrifices (SPF/Dir. Sam Gold). He has also been seen in Suicide, INC, Isaac and Ishmael; Much Ado About Nothing; Comrade; Ah, Wilderness! Suburbia!; Favor; Every Good Boy Deserves Theater; and From West Side Story (all at Chautauqua). In 2011, premiered Steven Slater's new show Promethus Bound in Boston.

 

Justine Lupe-Schomp        Class of 2007

2011 Graduate of the Juilliard School.  David Chase's (creator of the Sopranos) new movie Twylight Zones with Bruce Springsteen as Musical Director, as Candance -- best friend to Bella Heathcote.  Guest Star: CBS's Unforgettable, Three Forms of Insomnia - indie film on Sundance circuit, a Noah Baumbach project, Ex-Girlfriends - an indie starring Jennifer Carpenter from Dexter and Kristen Connolly from Revolutionary Road, Guest star on Southland and finishing the 2012 season of Harry's Law on NBC with Kathy Bates.

 

Jesse JP Johnson      Class of 2004

Jesse is currently on Broadway in Wicked.  Other credits include: Broadway/Off-Broadway – Xanadu (Swing/Sonny cover), Glory Days (Jack), Altar Boyz (Luke) National Tours – 9 to 5 (Violet's son),  Grease revival (Doody), Altar Boyz (Luke/Dance Captain), Oklahoma (Jess/Principal Dancer), Grease w/ Frankie Avalon(Doody).

 

Jessica Posner       Class of 2004

Winner of the VH1 "Do Something Award."
Link to VH1 info - Link to Do Something - Link to Posner

Along with Wesleyan student, Kennedy Odede ’12, Jessica is currently in Kenya building The Kibera School for Girls through the organization that we began together called Shining Hope for Communities.  The Kibera School for Girls is a revolutionary project breaking new ground in Nairobi’s Kibera slum by providing superior education free of charge. The school is the first to be exclusively for girls and the only one completely free of charge in the Kibera slum. It will provide the neediest girls in Kibera with free education, uniforms, school supplies, and daily nourishment.

In Kibera only 8% of girls have the chance to go to school and many are forced into prostitution at early ages. The Kibera School for Girls offers a solution to these problems. It serves talented students, of elementary school age, who are vulnerable to sexual abuse and prostitution. Many students are street children, orphans, and infected with the HIV virus. In addition, The Kibera School for Girls raises awareness throughout the Kibera community about pressing issues such as child abuse, gender violence, and HIV/AIDS. Without our school, these students would face very grim futures.

While I am in Kenya, I will be blogging about our progress, and I would love it if you would read along. The blog can be found at http://kiberaschool.blogspot.com/.



 

Jamie Billings        Class of 2008

National Tour: Spring Awakening, 2010, Female Swing

Currently a student at Marymount Manhattan

 

Anne Lane        Class of 2006

Grad of UCLA, BA Theatre.  Anne played 'Abby' on Hulu's original series, ' Dorm Life', and her LA-based sketch team - 'The Wait List'  is currently producing content for MTV (like this sketch). Anne studies improv & sketch at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and at the Groundlings.

 

Will Seefried         Class of 2008

OFF-BWAY: America, You Kill Me, Books Cook!, The Awesome 80’s Prom. NYC Collaborations/Credits: Radio City Music Hall, Atlantic Theatre Company, Lincoln Center, LaMAMA, Dance New Amsterdam, Columbia University, Red Fern Theatre Company, The Invisible Dog, and Witness Relocation. Will has developed his original plays at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, The International Theatre Workshop in Amsterdam and directed his play "a Freckled Heart." off-off broadway at Manhattan Repertory Theatre. Will is a founding member of 2 theatre companies: MultiPurposeRoom and The Lightbulb Factory. BFA, NYU.



 

Laura Ramadei        Class of 2003

Founding Member of Red Elevator Productions, The Nola Project, and Lesser America (NYTheatre.com 2011 People of the Year). Ramadei has performed throughout NYC at The Public Theater, Rattlestick, Cherry Lane, Theater for the New City, Theater 80, the Ensemble Studio Theatre and with LAByrinth. Film: Eagles are Turning People Into Horses, Another Kind, Gasoline, Redemption Falls. Upcoming: Compulsive Love (web). Ambie and New York Innovative Theater Award nominations. Ramadei also assisted with development of the screenplay for Jack Goes Boating by Bob Glaudini, Philip Seymour Hoffman's film directorial debut.



 

Sam Deutsch     Class of 2004

2008 graduate of California Institute of the Arts, currently based in Chicago. Recent puppetry credits include the world premiere of The Astronaut's Birthday (Redmoon/MCA), The Cabinet 2010 (Redmoon and subsequent Brazilian Tour), the world premiere of Mistakes Were Made by Craig Wright (A Red Orchid Theatre), world premieres of Erik Ehn's Invisible Glass (REDCAT, Los Angeles), and The Saint Plays (Son of Semele, Los Angeles; Open Eye Figure Theatre, Minneapolis), he also guest starred in Cherrywood (Mary-Archie Theatre Company/Dir. David Cromer). He is a resident and company member of The Inconvenience, a multidisciplinary artistic syndicate.
He portrayed the role he designed, built, and originated, Denise (the fish), in Mistakes Were Made, Off Broadway 2010 at The Barrow Street Theatre along with original cast members Mierka Girten and Michael Shannon.

Bonnie Hilton      Class of 2005

Bonnie Hilton (Production Stage Manager) is a Denver School of the Arts seven year Theatre alumni and continues her studies in London and New York. Bonnie's involvement in DSA's How To Succeed in Business at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival launched her stage management career. After graduating she taught children's theatre and then devoted a year to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief and teaching with AmeriCorps. Some of her Stage Management highlights include Off-Broadway: Black Angels Over Tuskegee (St Luke's Theatre, Actor's Temple, East Coast venues), All American Girls (Actor's Temple), East 14th Street (New World Stages), Beebo Brinker Chronicles (NYTW & 37 Arts), Signs Of Life (Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre); Additional NY & Touring Credits: OUTwordly Fabulous (Crossroads Theatre, & Eastern Coast Tour), Kiss the Air (Elizabeth STREB @ S.L.A.M.), The Children's Hour (Astoria Performing Art Center), Boots (Soho Rep), L'enfant et les sortileges (The Players Club), The Blue Room (Roy Arias Theatre), and many more. Bonnie has collaborated with Anne Bogart and manages events with organizations such as the American Theatre Wing. She is currently mounting the 2011-2012 WIZARD OF OZ national tour as production stage manager. Bonnie is forever grateful for all the support during her time at DSA! Bonnie wears her class ring daily for inspiration and is more than happy to provide any insight she can to current and past DSAers. THANK YOU ALL!!

Sam Lips      Class of 2008

He has been in OLIVER! at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, as well as THE PRODUCERS (dance captain/swing), CAMELOT, KISS ME KATE, MISS SAIGON, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, CRAZY FOR YOU (Junior), ANNIE, and CURTAINS at Music Theatre of Wichita. He is currently a student in the Musical Theatre department at The University of Michigan. 


 

Eric Scott Mossman       Class of 2008

Off-Broadway: Richard 3 @ LA MAMA
Currently a student at Marymount Manhattan

 

Scott Merchant       Class of 2006

Roosevelt University, Chicago College of Performing Arts '10

US for Collaboraction's 1001

Les Enfants Terribles original production of " Prom Night" at Red Tape Theatre

Ensemble in "Taming of the Shrew" with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Cory in "John Bull's Other Island" with Shaw Chicago

 

Nicolas D. Frantela      Class of 2003

Graduate of the University of Southern California class of 2007. Credits: Theatre - Almost, Maine (also producer), Waxing   Construction and Love, Sex and Gerbils. Web series - Stone Jone vs. America, AirSWAT (also creator, writer, producer, director). Film - Crossroads (currently in production), animated short The Heart of Methuselah (currently in production), Blind Ambition: Story of a Hero, Rebel Without a Bra (Winner of Best Picture in the Ed Wood Film Festival 2004).


 

Jacob Mundell      Class of 2007

Jacob is a 2011 graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Jacob has worked and performed at two Tony Award winning theatre festivals. At the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2011, he apprenticed for the company, performing in 10-minute play festivals, main-stage shows and masterclasses with the New York based improv company, Upright Citizens Brigade. In 2012 at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, he was a full company member in Titus Andronicus and Mary Stuart. Masterclasses include Sir Ian Mckellen, Patsy Rodenberg and Lewis Black. Other Intern/Apprenticeships include the JET Theatre in Michigan and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

Jacob was born missing his left hand and uses his career to encourage and give presence to disabled artists. His apprenticeship at Williamstown was paid for by Very Special Arts, an affiliate of the Kennedy center, and he has performed two seasons with the Phisically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League in Denver. Jacob is an Equity Membership Candidate.

Max Posner    Class of 2007

Max is the 2012 P73 Playwriting Fellow (http://www.p73.org/). Max's plays include The Thing About Air Travel, The Famished, The War on Safety (published by Playscripts), You Me + The Spiders, and SNORE, and other sorts of breathing. His plays have been staged and developed at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Colt Coeur, The Hangar Theatre, Curious Theatre Company, The Blank Theatre, Young Playwrights Inc, and Production Workshop. Max is a graduate of Brown University where he studied with Erik Ehn, Lisa D’Amour, Bonnie Metzgar, and Paula Vogel. He is the recipient of the Weston Award in Playwriting and the 2011 Heideman Award from Actors Theatre of Louisville. Max was a finalist for Clubbed Thumb's Biennial Commission and is a member of Interstate 73 (the playwright’s group at Page 73). He occasionally finds himself onstage (in the original production of Gregory Moss' punkplay and in FRANK's upcoming production of Wallace Shawn's A Thought in Three Parts). Max has led playwriting workshops with high schoolers in Nebraska, inmates in Rhode Island, and youth in Kenya’s Kibera slum. Max lives in Brooklyn.