ALUMNI

School of Theater alumni include:

PROGRAMS IN PERFORMANCE

Matt August (MFA 97), director (Baby Taj at TheatreWorks)
Elaine Avila (MFA 04), Robert Hartung Endowed Chair of Dramatic Writing, University of New Mexico
Cameron Bancroft (BFA 90), screen actor (24)
Jesse Borrego (84), screen actor (Con Air, 24)
Shaughn Bucholtz (BFA 02), screen actor (Scrubs)
Don Cheadle (BFA 86), Golden Globe-winning actor (Hotel Rwanda, Crash)
Chi-wang Yang (Theater-Integrated Media MFA 07), director (Vineland Stelae), digital artist, and co-founder of Cloud Eye Control
Jennifer Elise Cox (BFA 91), screen actor (10 Items or Less, Six Feet Under)
Mandy Freund (BFA 00), stage and screen actor (Doubt at the Pasadena Playhouse, Popular)
Nataki Garrett (MFA 02), artistic director of Blank the Dog Productions, NEA/Theatre Communications Group Fellow
Ed Harris (BFA 75), Golden Globe-winning actor (The Truman Show, The Hours), director (Pollock)
David Hasselhoff (73), actor and executive producer (Baywatch)
Bill Irwin (72), MacArthur Fellowship-winning vaudeville artist, actor, director and playwright
Jessica Kubzansky (MFA 94), co-artistic director of The Theatre @ Boston Court
Alan Loayza (BFA 00), stage and screen actor (Peach Blossom Fan, Gilmore Girls)
Katherine Noon (MFA 90), co-founder of the Edge of the World Theater Festival
Terence McFarland (MFA 03), executive director of L.A. Stage Alliance
Debi Manwiller (BFA 83), casting director
Beata Pilch (MFA 93), artistic director of Trap Door Theatre
Paul Reubens (73), actor, creator of Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Amy Rogers (MFA 94), television writer (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)
Katey Sagal (72), actor (Married with Children, Futurama)
Catherine Sullivan (BFA 92), Alpert Award-winning director and video artist
Michole Briana White (91), stage and screen actor (100 Centre Street)
Simbi Kali Williams (BFA 93), screen actor (We Were Soldiers, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

PROGRAMS IN DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

Kevin Adams (MFA 86), Tony and OBIE Award-winning lighting and scene designer (The 39 Steps, Spring Awakening)
Garth Belcon (BFA 94), producer (Whiteboys)
Martyn Bookwalter (MFA 77), stage and television lighting designer, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award winner
Kevin Dunayer (MFA 90), sound designer and engineer
Ian Garrett (MFA 08), Richard A. Sherwood Award-winning producer and lighting designer
Barbara Inglehart (MFA 86), costume designer, co-author of Shopping L.A.: The Insider’s Sourcebook for Film & Fashion
Ashley York Kennedy (BFA 86), lighting designer
Jeff Kleeman (BFA 87), technical director of Los Angeles Opera
Peter Ksander (MFA 01), scene designer, NEA/Theatre Communications Group Fellow
Etta Lilienthal (BFA 97, MFA 99), scene designer, NEA/Theatre Communications Group Fellow
Brian Lilienthal (MFA 03), resident lighting designer, Trinity Rep, Ovation Award winner
Jamie McElhinney (MFA 03), technical director, The Builders Association
David Mickelsen (MFA 83), costume designer (Denver Center Theatre Company, the Cincinnati Playhouse)
Don Miller (MFA 72), feature film producer (White Men Can’t Jump, Blaze)
Laura Mroczkowski (MFA 02), assistant production manager, New York Theatre Workshop
Allain Rochel (MFA 01), producing director, Celebration Theatre
Darcy Scanlin (MFA 00), scene designer, NEA/Theatre Communications Group Fellow
Niki Spruill (MFA 05) management fellow, New York Theatre Workshop
Leon Rothenberg (MFA 02), sound designer (Cirque du Soleil’s Kà)
Justin Townsend (MFA 03), scene, lighting and sound designer, cofounder of TENT, USITT Rising Star Award winner
Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt (BFA 01), production coordinator, Center Theatre Group