NEW ACTORS WORKSHOP ALUMNI

Graduate Activities

KATHRYN AAGESEN (2004) Member: Actors Project NYC. Playbill Marquee Entry | DEBBIE AARONSON (2000) Senior Associate Director of Development at Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of Drama in New Haven, CT. | DAVID ACKERMAN (2000) Actor and Playwright, lives in Toronto. Creator of Subway Brunch. His short film, The Tripping Club, won an award with the Lighten UP Comedy Festival in Jamestown, NY. Member: Dramatists Guild Inc. | JESSICA ALLEN (1996) Ms. Jackson (Time Out NY Critics Pick), with fellow graduate Stephanie Kasen. She is also a member of NEUTRINO, acclaimed Harold improvisation troupe based in NYC, and of Nina Morrison and Co., with fellow graduate Kimberley von Reischach. She is also a teacher of improvisation. | MARNIE ALLEN-BUCKLEY (2004) Dance With Me Harker (New York Fringe Festival). She has also appeared on sketches by the internet comedy troupe Dutch West. | JORDAN ANCEL (1994) The Birdcage, Primary Colors. He is also a premier fashion and entertainment industry photographer. | JENNY AVERY (1991) Has been a working actor with Strawdog Theatre Company in Chicago since 1999. She is also their associate artistic director. | BLYTHE BATEN (1993) Recurring role as Agt. Winters on Numb3rs. She is also a member of Classical Theatre Lab in CA with fellow graduates Mark Bennington and Alex Lyras. | BRENDON BATES (2002) is an actor and playwright with two published plays - the Savior of Fenway (2003 New York Fringe Festival Excellence in Playwriting award) and Corp Values. He also teaches improvisation and creative writing at the Carroll School in Lincoln, MA. | JOHN BEAULIEU (1991) is a writer, director and independent filmmaker living in NYC. | STEPHANIE BELL (1994) is an actress and producer (click here to view a film) living in LA. She is a member of Annex Film Group. Companies include EST-The LA Project (Currently serving as Managing Director), Sacred Fools (past Co-Artistic Director), Theatre of NOTE, Chautauqua Theatre Alliance (Board of DIRECTORS), The Outlawstyle Thrance Company (past managing producer), By The Woods Productions, and The Edge of the World Theatre Festival. | MARK BENNINGTON (1993) lives in LA. Off-Broadaway: Playwrights Horizons, The Intar, Theater Row Theater. Regional:Ensemble Theater Co., AFT, San Jose Rep, and with fellow graduate Diane Paulus in PROJECT 400. Theatrical credits include: Shakespearean Salad (w/ Lynn Redgrave, dir. Charles Marowitz), Enemy of the People (w/ Ian McKellen, dir. Trevor Nunn). He is a member of Classical Theatre Lab where he has been seen in Marivaux's Successful Strategies, Chehkov's A Marriage Proposal and Trelawny of the Wells w/ Alfred Molina. Notable TV Guest appearances include: NYPD Blue, Charmed, Star Trek: Voyager, V.I.P. , Diagnosis Murder, Passions and as Colin Wells on ABC's short-lived Titans. He is also a photographer. | ENNALLS BERL (1990) Films include: Class of '61, By the Sword, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Casualties of War | CHANDELLE BINNS (1998) Documentary film-maker. Video production director for EarthKeepers. | ADI BLOTMAN (2004) Member of the National Comedy Theatre. Former member of Second City. She also has a thriving voice over career. | DANIEL BRAVER (2002) Has appeared on Comedy Central, All My Children, Rescue Me, and numerous theatrical productions and independent films. He also works with fellow grad Joshua Ruben on Dutch West. | HAL BROOKS (1991) is the Artistic Director of the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company of New York. Off-Broadway credits include: Don DeLillo's Valparaiso and Will Eno's The Flu Season (Oppy winner). Regional credits include: Intimate Apparel (Southern Rep, New Orleans), Rough For Theatre #1 (Virginia Stage Company). Other: Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Pulitzer Finalist) for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Soho Theatre, London. Member: Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. | LYNDALL CALLAN (1990) is a playwright and author living in NYC. Homebound (Samuel French), Dirt on Their Skirts (with Doreen Rappaport). | SASHA CARRERRA (1991) lives in LA. Movies: Dougie Dangerous, A View from the Bridge, Sisters O'Malley, Trust, Orkin Woman, Clear and Present, Danger, Boys. She is also the Art Director of the Corita Art Center in LA. | MICHAEL CASSIDY (2003) TV: Currently starring as Cliff Wiatt in the new CW show Hidden Palms, as Zach Stevens on THE O.C (Fox). Movie: The Girl from Monday, Dare, Break, Zoom. | LESLIE COHEN (1993) has appeared on Law & Order, E.R, Vanished, Third Watch, Jack and Jill, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. She has various regional and off-Broadway credits. Reviewplays.com recently selected Leslie Cohen as one of their "Top Ten Actresses" on their "Best of 2006" list. | COURTNEY ROSE COSTELLO (1993) | KIMBERLY D'ARMOND (1991) has an extensive voiceover and commercial career, as well as regional and international theatre credits. She has also appeared on As The World Turns and Dead Man Walking. | STEPHEN A F DAY (2000) can be seen in Life with Fiona, Richard II, Snakes on a Train, WFCT: The Thinking Man's Show for the Idiot, Shapeshifter. | TARA DE PASQUALE (2002) works as an actress in Melbourne, Australia. She is also the percussionist in the indie pop band C/Q. | MARGARET DEVINE (1994) Television credits include New York Undercover, Law & Order and Third Watch. | JOSEPH DOMENCIC (1999) is an actor in Pittsburgh. He is a faculty member and music director at Act One Theatre School. He has also written music for The Gene Kelly Awards. | PAMELA DUBIN (1991) has appeared on The Practice and Scrubs. She has extensive regional theatre credits. | CARRIE EDEL-ISAACMAN has extensive regional and New York theatre experience. She can be seen in Little Manhattan. | CHARLIE FERSKO (1991) has extensive Regional and New York theatre credits. He is also the Academic Advisor at the School for Film and Television. | ADRIENNE FLAGG (1992) is the Artistic Director of The Portland Theatre Brigade, the Creative Director of the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. She was also one of the founders and Artistic Directors of Toad City Productions. | KAREN FRAZIER (1999) teaches improvisational movement workshops and movement to actors for Camp Broadway and Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, she is also on the faculty at TADA Youth Theatre. | MARK FRIEDMAN (1990) has an extensive commercial and voice over career. TV appearances include One Life to Live, L.A Law and Law & Order. Films include Wolf and Little Odessa. | DAVID FUHRER (1993) is a studio owner, producer, filmmaker and actor. His company, Production Central, is a fully equipped, modern production facility that specializes in commercial, television and film work. Directing: The Great Cheeseman of Prague (First Prize Comedy Film Suffolk Film Festival), Rapmatics (First Prize, Audience Award National Consortium of Black Filmmakers). Editing: The Funeral, That Brief Moment (Jury Award Houston Worldfest). Film: Being Scott Lochmus (New York Independent Film and Video Festival). Recent theater: Barton's Crossing (Cherry Lane Theater). | THOMAS GAMBURG (1996) is an actor and producer. Co-founder of Pulse Theatre Co. (later Pulse Films Inc.) with fellow grad Jason Houston. Film: Usher (Best lead actor in a feature, Cinema Edge Awards 2004), The Italian Job. TV: Alias, Crossing Jordan, GeneralHospital. | DAVID GOEWEY (1991) His non-fiction book Crash Out: The True Tale of a Hell's Kitchen Kid & the Bloodiest Escape in Sing Sing History was recently published by Random House. | MARC GOLDBERG (1999) In addition to his many theatrical and commercial credits, he has most famously been the host of the TLC show In A Fix. | DOUGLAS GORENSTEIN (1991) - aside from his credits in independent film, he is also one of New York's premier headshot photographers, highly regarded by leading agents and casting directors for his work. | WENDI GRANTHAM (1992) has appeared on Homicide: Life on the Streets and two seasons of HBO's The Wire. | GUIDO GRASSO (2003) has appeared with Martin Landau and Costas Mandylor in Bonnano: A Godfather's Story and also in episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm. | EMILY MILLAY HADDAD (2003) is a writer and filmmaker living in Brooklyn. Her directorial debut Something Blue is featured in the April 2007 issue of Curve magazine. | JASON HALE (1993) is an actor, director and producer. He was the founding director of the Off Broadway Theatre Project Ensemble (2000-2004). Regional ensembles include: Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Pennsylvania Stage Company. Jason is currently managing producer with the company Collaborations Limited. He is a member of the faculty here at New Actors Workshop. | JOHN E HIGHSMITH (2002) Films include: School of Rock, Deer Hunter II. TV credits include: The Lost Colony, One Life to Live, Guiding Light, Law & Order: SVU, The Sullivan Sisters. | JASON R HOUSTON (1996) has worked as an actor, director, producer and designer. He is the CEO and founding member of Pulse Films Inc. | ROYSTON INNES (2000) TV appearances include Farscape and Stargate: SG-1. He has also featured in the film, The Great Raid with Benjamin Bratt, and stars in the TV movie Murder On Spec. | KITTY JONES (1990) works as an educator and improviser with her touring theatre company Kit's Kaboodle, teaching history through interactive theatre. | DAMIAN KALISH (2000) Lives and works in San Francisco. Apart from his acting he also fronts the punk bands Endorphin and Naked Truth. he is also a founder of the Mishap record label and the Mishap Collective. | CAREY KANE (2000) has a thriving voice over career and teaches improvisation at Improv Yourself in Miami. | STEPHANIE KASEN (1995) Has a long career in improvisation. She now lives and works in London working for the improvisational company The Spontaneity Shop. She is also presently a member of the all-woman improvisational group, Ms. Jackson, and a former member of the all-woman improvisation group Stencil and the co-ed group Adhesive.  |  TRIA KATZ (1999)  |  JEFF KEOGH (2006) has a long history in television and is currently a company member at The Playground Theatre in Miami.  |  EMMA LAURENCE (1992)  |  AMANDA LONCAR (2002) TV: The Loop (Fox), CSI: Miami (CBS), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC), Bedford Diaries (WB). Film: Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power, Live!, On The Road With Judas.  |  TROY METCALF (1998) TV: Ed (NBC), Strangers With Candy (Comedy Central).  |  NATE MEYER (2001) is an award winning independent filmmaker living in New York City (Pretty in the Face, 2007).  |  RANDALL MIDDLETON (2003) Film: Special Needs (2006).  |  KIRBY MITCHELL (1991) Film: Flannel Pajamas (2006), The Interpreter (2005). TV: Law & Order (NBC), Law & Order: SVU (NBC), NYPD Blue (ABC).  |  KAREN OUGHTRED (1998) Artistic Director, Australian Aboriginal Theatre Initiative.  |  DIANE PAULUS (1990) is a director of theater and opera. She is the creator and director of The Donkey Show, The Golden Mickeys (Disney Creative Entertainment), Best Of Both Worlds, a gospel/r&b adaptation of A Winter’s Tale, The Karaoke Show.  |  GREG PIEROTTI (1996) is member of the Tectonic Theater Project (The Laramie Project, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, I Am My Own Wife). He is a an actor and playwright. Most recently, he has co-written The People’s Temple, an exploration of the Jonestown tragedy in Guyana.  |  SCOTT PRESLEY (1993) performs as The Fabulous Belle Aire in LA. He has also appeared as a guest on America’s Next Top Model. He has appeared in the award-winning theatrical production of Del Shores’ Southern Baptist Sissies and will also appear in the 2007 movie adaptation of the same name.  |  JENNY PURPLE (1997)  |  MARTA RAINER (2001)  |  JOSH RUBEN (2003) has appeared in Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn, and has had a recurring role on One Life To Live. He is also the executive producer of the internet comedy series Dutch West.  |  MATT SKOLLAR (1994) has appeared on Law & Order: Special Unit, One Life to Live, Sex and the City.  |  ANDREA SNELL (2002) is an actor, director and playwright in NYC. He first play America 2007 premiered at Manhattan Repertory Theater’s Summerfest ’07.  |  ALBERT STROTH (1995)  |  JACK SUNDMACHER (1997)  |  TRISH TILLMAN (1999) is a prominent actor and improviser in the Bay area and a member of the California Shakespeare Theater  |  DAVID TURNER (1999) Will be appearing in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Terrence McNally's The Ritz. In January he will feature in Stephen Sondheim's  Sunday in the Park With George. Most recently concluded a run in Gutenberg: The Musical Off-Broadway at the Actors Playhouse Past credits include Sir Robin and Brother Maynard in the Broadway National Tour of Spamalot. Broadway credits include his role as Winston, in Joseph Brooks’ musical In My Life, and as an understudy in Jack O’Brien’s production of Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love. |  KIM WEILD (1990) 2006 Bill Foeller Directing Fellow to The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center Directing Fellow, Columbia University Theatre Fellowship, David Parsons Chair at LACHSA, and Artistic Director of Burning Wheel. Member of: The Women’s Project. Recent productions include: N.Y. Premiere of Charles Mee, Jr.'s Fetes de la Nuit, Uncle Vanya (Prague Quadrennial), The Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Endgame.  |  JOHN ZIBELL (1993)  |