Wake Forest University Theater
ALUMNI NOTES

DON HUMPHREY ('55) is living in Winston-Salem with his wife Mary Ellen. They have four children and own Fabric & Design, a store located in the Towers Shopping Center in Winston-Salem. Don's most recent part on the WFU stage was that of Mark Twain in "Big River."

WILL RAY ('67)—whose last exposure on stage was as Petrovin the artist in Bill Walton's memorable direction of "Anastasia" in the old library theatre ("President Harold Tribble was on the first row in the audience as I drank, swore, and smoked per part")—remains president of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Florida's largest private local cultural agency. After seventeen years in West Palm Beach, he moved in June to a 1925 home on the intracoastal waterway (Lake Worth) in nearby Lantana. He is also president of Florida Philanthropy and serves as organist at St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church in Palm Beach.216 Lake Worth Avenue; Lantana, FL 33462. office  willrayfl@aol.com.

RITA CASE ('69) lives in the woods on a lake in Columbus, OH, with her husband, Richard E. Simmons, M. D. (a Pediatric Ophthalmologist) and has two married stepsons. She has her MA in Theatre and Film from the University of Missouri and has done all of the course work for a Ph.D. at Ohio State University. She also studied contemporary British Theatre at the University of London. Rita taught theatre and directed plays at colleges in North Carolina and Ohio but has decided that teaching is not her bag. For several years she was a dealer in antiques and specialized in textiles, vintage clothing, jewelry, arts and crafts era accessories and art deco items. She is still an avid collector. Rita is currently devoting much of her time to her new career as a songwriter. She writes "blues, country, pop and movie themes, a little bit of everything."
"Rita Case"<ritacase@beol.net>

MARTHA [ANDRUS] LAMB ('69) and BILL LAMB ('70) and their son Bert live in Raleigh, NC. Marty is the Service Manager/Program Consultant for the NC State Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse. Bill is now the Program Manager for the NC Division of Social Services. They continue to patronize theatre events regularly. Bill devotes most of his theatre energy to supporting Marty "whether she gets a part or not." Marty is active with the Raleigh Little Theatre in various capacities.Billamb@ibm.net

FRANK DONALDSON ('69) lives in Greensboro where he is a member of the faculty at UNC-Greensboro. He has recently directed "Two by Two" and "The King and I" at the Livestock Players Musical Theater. fdonaldchancet.uncg.edu

PETE EDENS ('69) lives near Marshal, NC, with his wife Maggie. He is self- employed and also works at the Black Mountain Center. His son Jake is working in Colorado Springs and Pierce is off to Warren-Wilson College "laden with scholarships." He also reports that his youngest son John is learning tennis, soccer and "is going, going, going." Pete considers himself "retired" from the theatre. However, his theatrical claim to fame is his six-month-long role in 1979 as a homicidal maniac on "As the World Turns."medens@madison.main.nc.us

JOHN AND PHYLLIS [McMURRY] TATE ('69): Still theatrical after all these years! On several levels the theatre is still very much a force in their lives. John is a trial attorney and considers the courtroom a dramatic venue. The jury is an audience to be moved, educated, and motivated by the power of his argument and persona. His colleagues call him "The Professor." Although Phyllis has retired from the dramatic classroom, she still freelances and consults. She manages their small horse farm, and a bit of the theatrical is quite useful in pushing around a 1200 pound high-spirited animal. She also serves on the Board of Directors for a women's theatre group. And then there are their two budding artists in residence: Adam (18) and Emily (16). Both are devoted theatre students. Last summer Adam and this summer Emily participated in the Govenor's School for the Arts in drama, three weeks of intensive professional training. John and Phyllis try to be nurturing, supportive parents. Guests are always welcome at their Innisfree Farm near Louisville, KY. innisfre@mindspring.com

WILEY JONES ('70) has recently moved from Rockford, IL, to Bradenton, FL, where he is living with his wife Marcella (a physician) and their three-year-old daughter. Wiley is semi-retired from the cable TV business.wileyjon@ix.netcom.com

TERRY LAYMAN ('70) was at Buffalo Studio Arena again this winter where he has "wintered" the last four seasons. This year he played Uncle Peck in "How I Learned to Drive." He had a don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it scene playing an airline employee on the season finale of Law and Order shown on May 26. This August he'll play Drummond in "Inherit the Wind" at the Monomoy Theatre on Cape Cod. His daughter Allison will precede him there in "Quilters." His wife Ellen is playing in a production of "Sylvia" for two months at The Vienna English Theatre in Vienna, Austria. 
Terry Layman <tlayman@carroll.com>

FRANKIE [WATSON] WALTERS ('71) lives in Hershey, PA with her husband, Dan. She keeps her interest in theatre alive by being involved with the Hershey Area Playhouse and getting to New York as often as she can to see plays. Her ties to Wake Forest remain strong. Her daughter, Hope, is a rising sophomore at Wake where she is very involved with both the theatre and dance programs. Frankie and Dan plan to keep coming back to Wake Forest to see Hope in dance and theatre productions. hdancer@aol.com

DEBORAH GREY [AKA Debbie Caskey] ( '71, MA '74) left the theatre and her husband [AKA Rob]. She stayed in Winston-Salem and became a clinical social worker. She has been in private practice with a group of psychiatrists and psychologists/social workers for the past ten years. Most recently she has been doing forensic social work in death penalty cases as a way to deal with homicidal impulses of her own toward the managed health care companies. "Little Ian" is now 29 and headed to New York to try his luck in the arts. Deborah married Dan Beerman 20 years ago and they continue to live in Winston and travel to Europe as often as they can manage it.
zabar@mr/omfo/met

KATHIE deNOBRIGA ('72, MA '74) lives in Atlanta and is continuing work as a free-lancer. Her recent clients have included National Performance Network (Board retreat & Annual Meeting facilitation), Swamp Gravy, "Georgia's Official Folk Life Play" (fund raising), Space 111 (gallery), Birmingham, AL (community partnership planning & facilitation), Johnson City (TN) Area Arts Council (community inventory & needs assessment), Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation (meeting coordinator and facilitator), and she continues to do site visits for the NEA. This spring she visited theatres in Ohio, Virginia, DC, Connecticut, California and Illinois. She was recently selected as a Fellow for the Next Generation Leadership program at the Rockefeller Foundation, and traveled to South Africa under their auspices in March. She writes: "I wrote a case study about the Alliance Theatre that is on the National Endowment for the Arts' web site and I'll direct a little holiday piece for Theatre Gael in Atlanta later this year. So there is still a little ART in my life! I'm still single, got a cat, a house and ten nieces/nephews. Who could ask for anything more?" kdenobriga@mindspring.com

SANDRA ELLIS-KILLIAN ('72), [stage name: Sandy Ellis] lives in Philadelphia with her husband of 24 years, Dan. Sandy reports that her acting skills have been fully deployed for that time in her role as a Methodist pastor's wife. She has an MA from Vanderbilt and the Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, "a perfectly horrible place" which she can recommend "only to field anthropologists doing grant-funded research on regressive misogynist priestly cults." She is ordained and is an American Baptist minister. She's "chaplained" at Swarthmore College and taught at Villanova University for almost fifteen years. She now works full time for The Alethia Foundation, a theological-philosophical research organization that she founded. She has a T-shirt that says, "If all the world's a stage I want better lighting" and another that says "But what I really want to do is direct." se-k@alethia.org

JODI [WHITTINGTON] PRESLAR ('72) lives in Winston-Salem with her husband Len and three children Brad, Whitney and Drew. She is self-employed as a "domestic goddess" and volunteer. Her theatrical background now expresses itself in her volunteer work. Jodi directs a singing group, The Treble Makers, which performs often at nursng homes, hospitals and wherever else they are needed. jodip01A@ibm.net 

CAROL [BAKER] THARP ('74) lives in Los Angeles and continues to be the Executive Director of Coro Southern California, a not-for-profit educational institute whose mission is to strengthen the democratic process by preparing individuals for effective and ethical leadership in the public arena. Through the institute she works with the California Arts Council, offering arts leadership programs around Southern California. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in ethics and public policy at Claremont Graduate University. She reports that she has one foot in the School of Politics and Economics and the other in the Department of Religion/School of Theology. She has continued her interest in the Los Angeles Theatre Center "alumni club." Carol writes: "I sit on California and Los Angeles arts grants panels sometimes, and, of course, lobby on behalf of arts legislation when I can. I think I actually do more for the discipline from this vantage point than I did when I worked in the theatre, but it's not as much fun!" As if this isn't enough, Carol and her husband, Michael (both rabid motorcycle fans), are learning to ride dirt bikes!  cbthar@prodigy.net

STEPHEN BERWIND ('74) is currently completing his dissertation at LSU. He has been granted a special Dissertation Competition Fellowship for the 1999-2000 school year. The title of the dissertation is "The Semiotics and Aesthetics of Identity of the English Stage Company as Revealed Through the 1996-99 Renovation of the Royal Court Theatre." Stephen has chosen one of those fortunate topics that required several trips to London to complete his research. During his tenure at LSU Berwind has been selected twice to read papers on Charles Ludlam at the Mid-America Theatre Conference and read a paper at the ATHE in Toronto this summer. He is the first Ph.D. student in many years (more than 10) to be asked to direct a play on the LSU mainstage. His autumn 1998 production of "70 Scenes of Halloween" was a critical and popular success, selling out its entire run. Almost 20 years earlier, as Managing Director for Theatre at St. Clement's in New York City, Berwind had been one of the co-producers for the play's debut. He anticipates a future teaching theatre at the university level.berwin@lsuiss.ocs.lsu.edu

MARTHA [CARLSON] McCOR MACK ('74) is practicing business, commercial, real estate and bankruptcy law. She acts, directs, and coaches dialect at Billings Studio Theatre on a regular basis. Recent productions include "Night Mother," "Three Viewings," "Chicago," "Dancing at Lughnasa," "The Secret Garden," and "The Merchant of Venice." "Would love to hear from other WFU Theatre graduates and expect to see everyone at the 1999 homecoming theatre festival party. It's now or never, guys! Yes, Becky, I do still have the Daniel Jones you loaned me, which, like all of us, is a bit worse for the wear of 27 years."marcascar@aol.com (406) 254-8629 [w] 344 Alderson Avenue, Billings, MT 59101 
 

 SHARON JUBRIAS ('74) is pleased to be living in the great Northwest, surrounded by snow-covered mountains, lots of water, and big trees. A Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Oregon, she is a Research Scientist in the Department of Radiology, University of Washington. She uses magnetic resonance spectroscopy (similar to MRI) to study muscle energetics—the use and supply of energy in muscle. She counts herself lucky to live in Seattle, a city that has a very active theater and arts community, so she can satisfy her "need for theater, symphonies and opera along with the basic biological imperative of rock and roll." jubrias@u.washington.edu
 

 BARBARA BLAKE ('75) is currently an "Education Liaison" for The Celebration Company, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company in Orlando, FL. She describes the job as being "a public relations job, being the middle man between Disney and the school located in the planned community of Celebration, the school district, any Universities wanting to work with us, and anything else educational. It has been and remains a challenging job." She worked for three months planning children's programming for the new Disney Cruise Line ship "Disney Magic." She is still involved in amateur dramatics, and just finished doing "Stepping Out" (played Andy), "the first time I've had to really dance onstage. My life remains one challenge after another."barbara.o.blake@disney.com
 MISTY [TALBERT] MOWREY ('75) lives in Apex, NC, with her son Dan and her daughter Beth. She is the Secretary/Bookeeper and Children's Ministry Director of the Rock Church. Her interest in the theatre continues and she recently designed the costumes for a ballet school in Cary, NC. bigmist43@aol.com

BEBE [HANKINS] BRIGGS (75) is living in Lexington, NC, with her husband Ron and works as an administrative secretary in the School of Dance at the NC School of the Arts. briggb@ncsavx.ncarts.edu
 ELIZABETH [BAGBY] ROBIN-ETTE ('77) lives in Winston-Salem with her husband Keith. She is currently a reservations sales rep for USAir.  REID STOTT ('77) reports that after giving radio a try he went back to school "at the ripe old age of 26" to study advertising photography in Atlanta. He has been working as a freelance photographer ever since. In 1996 he got his first computer and started building web pages. He writes that his coverage of the Atlanta Olympic Games on the web "garnered far more attention than I expected, or possibly deserved, but the experience was a real catalyst: I started my own domain: http://www.photodude.com/ which to this day contains my original Olympics site." Now he is a freelance designer of web sites and web graphics.

KATHY [MEIBURG] ('77) AND JAC ('78) WHATLEY live with their two children Michael and Katie in Black Mountain, NC. Kathy is a professor of Physics at UNC Asheville and is the Director of the Undergraduate Research Program. She did a science and math camp for junior high students during her summer off from teaching. Jac is Vice President for Advancement and Strategic Planning at Montreat College and is responsible for fund raising, public information, alumni affairs, volunteer programs, special events, and planning. He reports that this year the college dedicated a new Chapel of the Prodigal with a fresco by noted artist Ben Long. He writes: "It's well worth seeing if you're in the mountains." Jac Whatley MJWHATLEY@worldnet.att.net
 

 BILL ('78) and CATHY [BLAND] (MA '78) RODGERS and their children Ginny and Chip spent the month of July in London, while Cathy taught with the Meredith Abroad program. Cathy is the Director of Theatre at Meredith College. Bill has also been at Meredith for five years, teaching the design classes, but in August he will begin working as a scenic designer/painter at Southpeak Interactive, a division of SAS Institute. Cathy has been part of the company of TheatreFest '99, the summer rep program at NCSU, performing in an original musical revue of Johnny Mercer tunes, and in the comedy "Take a Number Darling" with alumna Linda Clark.rodgersw@meredith.edu
 RUSSELL SCHRADER ('78), senior vice-president and assistant general counsel for Visa U.S.A., is responsible for legislative and regulatory issues and corporate matters in the United States. Russ received his JD from Duke University and an MBA. in Finance from New York University. He transplanted to the Bay Area about 3 years ago, following a long run in Manhattan. Russ is an intrepid theatergoer and sees just about every production from San Francisco to London.Rwschrader@aol.com
 JUDY [EVANS] SMITH ('79) has been employed in New York since 1980 making costumes for the professional theatre. Currently, she is a project manager for Parsons-Meares, Ltd., a custom manufacturer of theatrical costumes. Clients include "The Lion King" on Broadway, "Phantom of the Opera," "Cats," "Titanic," "The Scarlet Pimpernel" as well as spectacles such as Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, Feld Entertainment's Disney on Ice shows, and numerous parades and stage shows for Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Her husband, Steve, and she were married in 1983. They live in the suburbs of northern New Jersey.smithje@home.com
 CHERYL WILLOUGHBY ('79) concluded three years working with the US Army on a special School-Age Care project and was headquartered in Hawaii. Her assignment was the Pacific Rim, which meant that she worked Hawaii, Alaska, Japan and Korea. She logged over 300,000 air miles in her work. Now she is Supervisor for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the state of Missouri. She is responsible for school-age care programs throughout the state. She is living in Columbia, MO, and would like to hear from any of her classmates and theatre friends. cwillough@mail.des.state.mo.us
 

 GERRY OWENS ('79) is in South Florida and is running his improvisational theatre company, Laughing Gas. The company is based in the New Theatre in Coral Gables (about five minutes from the University of Miami). His website at http://members.aol.com/lafimprov offers you edification and delight, and his resume can be found at http://members.aol.com/geryo.

JEFF LAYMON ('80) has lived in Atlanta since 1982. Currently he is the Director of Accounting for First Data Corporation, with sales of $6 billion a year, the world leader in electronic commerce. Over the years he has appeared in about two dozen Atlanta productions, including the first local production of "A Chorus Line" in which he played Bobby. He has also choreographed about a dozen shows. In Atlanta he has been involved in various arts councils and in the political world. He served on a couple of boards for the Olympics when they were in Atlanta. He travels frequently and sees theatre in his travels. Recently he has been to NYC and saw both "Fosse" and Swan Lake, and both of the Cirque de Soleil productions in Las Vegas. laymonjs@aol.comGARY HILL ('81) lives in Manhattan with his wife Marylou Lane and their daughter Sophie. Gary is the Executive Producer at Berenter, Greenhouse and Webster, an advertising agency that recently became a part of Bozell Advertising Worldwide—a division of True North Communications. The agency specializes in advertisements that are directed toward children and most of the commercials are for products for that age group. They also do advertising for some local retail stores in New York and occasionally other ads for national television. His wife is an Art Director at Griffin Bacal Inc., another ad agency that specializes in marketing to children. Hence, with all that experience in "producing ads for kids," they "decided to produce a kid and Sophie Spencer Hill was born in May of this year." "Gary Hill" Gary_Hill@bgwad.com
 

 JEFFREY N. KNIGHT ('81) lives in Winston-Salem and is currently employed as a realty consultant at Re/Max Realty. Jeff still enjoys theatre "both in front of and behind the lights." He has acted and directed at the Parkway Playhouse in Burnsville, NC, and he was director of the Asheville Christian Academy of Theatre Arts for three years. Jeff@jeffknight.com

VIVIAN TEDFORD ('83) works at Galileo, International, a worldwide company that provides computers and services to travel agents. She works in the IT department with programmers and users of computer programs to define, construct, and refine programs for internal employees. In her spare time, she builds websites for herself and her friends. Come for a visit at http://www.geocities.com/~laviviienne. She also takes advantage of the cultural wonderland that is Chicago seeing great Theatre, Dance, and Music as often as her pocketbook will allow.vivian.tedford@chi.galileo.com
 

 JANE [BESS] WOOTEN ('83) is a vice president with Wachovia. Based in Winston-Salem, she serves as Marketing Manager for the Private Financial Advisors line of business within the bank. She has been with Wachovia for ten years, working prior to that as an Editor for Random House publishers in New York City. Jane is active with the Theatre Alliance in Winston-Salem and is mother to five-year-old wonderboy, Casey.doja@ix.netcom.com
 

 MICHAEL CARTER ('84) has just opened his new store Carter & Co. in Boston "and is taking Beacon Hill by storm." The shop specializes in classical antiques and includes Biedermeier, Empire and Regency furniture and decorative arts. The shop is also the base for Michael Carter Interiors, where current projects include a Back Bay mansion and Beacon Hill's first approved inn, a Victorian townhouse located in the historic district. His most recent travels include a buying trip to England with a client and a trip to Winston-Salem for the wedding of Rosalind Tedford and Patrick Morton. MCarterint@aol.com
 

 JANET GUPTON ('84, LLD '88) got her MS (1993) and Ph.D. in Theatre (1996) from the University of Oregon.Her dissertation was on "The Use of Comedy as A Feminist Tool in the Works of Contemporary Southern Women Playwrights." She has taught all levels of Acting, Voice & Movement for the Actor, Staging Musical Theatre, Senior Seminar, Masters Level Theatre History and Contemporary Dramatic Literature at Bowling Green State University in Ohio from 1996-1999. This fall Janet will take a temporary hiatus from teaching to pursue professional development goals and move to New York City. She presented a paper at ATHE in Toronto this summer and is trying to find affordable housing in New York that allows her to keep her dog of ten years, Chrissie. Jjlgupton@aol.com; 641 W. 207th #2A; New York, NY 10034

GLENN HURLBERT ('84) teaches math at Arizona State University. He took his wife, Karen, and stepdaughter, Sallie, to England in July, where he had a conference in Canterbury and then did some work with Hewlitt-Packard in Bristol. Glenn reports that he and his wife are planning to attend homecoming this year and while on campus he will be conducting a colloquium in the math department. He writes: "It's a little bit of theatre—a magic show! (some good card tricks to emphasize the workings of mathematics in cryptography)."hurlb@mingus.la.asu.edu
 

 HILTON SMITH ('84) is in the process of producing "Jacks or Better," an "incredibly low budget feature film written and directed by Robert Mellette." They were scheduled to start production on May 24, and shoot for two 6-day weeks. Hilton reports: "It's incredibly difficult—it's hard to find people to work for free—but it's coming along." Earlier in the year, Hilton worked in Salt Lake City where he was Production Supervisor on a movie for the Disney Channel, Johnny Tsunami. hiltons@earthlink.net
 

 MICHAEL HUIE ('84, MA '93) and wife Brook Davis ('90) are living in Winston-Salem and doing a lot of stuff. Really. Having escaped the world of education, he now works as a freelance writer, actor and director. He is also artistic director (well la-de-da) for Theatre Alliance, a sort of alternative community theatre in town. He also plays an enormous amount of ice hockey and expects to be picked by the New York Rangers in next year's NHL Entry Draft. His dentist is not happy.mhuie@bellsouth.net
 

 MARY LUCY BIVINS (MA '85) lives in nearby Davidson, NC. She continues to create wonderful theatre in various spots on the Eastern Seaboard. She appears regularly with the Charlotte Repertory and is currently appearing in theatres in Florida.  MARY ELIZABETH TEDFORD ('85) lives in Winston-Salem where she is the manager of the trade books in the College Bookstore on campus at Wake Forest. Beth is active in the Theatre Alliance working in everything from props to costumes. tedforme@wfu.edu
 

 TERRENCE ALLAN CRONIN ('86, MD '92) recently had two of his films selected for the South Beach Alliance/IFP-South (Anti-) Film Festival on May 1st. He is currently in Pre-production on Crisp, the next film by 3Boys Productions, which will be a departure from the films of old as it will be shot and completely edited digitally. The (Anti-) Film Festival was described in the Miami Herald thus: "The Anti Film Festival features a celebration of the latest short experimental and avant-garde films from all over the world. Works by Angela Terrell, Terry Cronin, Paul Berry, Abel Klainbaum, James Hagler, Kevin D. A. Kurytnik, Ian Olds and others." Terry directed Under the Bridge and worked on The Ride. Terry writes: "Both of these films were made by our production group, 3 Boys Productions, and were shown at the festival. I will tell you more about the digital film, Crisp, as it nears completion. The idea with digital filmmaking is to have the quality of film with the ease and versatility of video editing and no loss in quality of the image. I'll let you know if it lives up to the hype." These two films were subsequently accepted and shown in May at the West Palm Beach Independent Film Festival. Tcronin2@aol.com

TESS [MALIS] KINCAID ('86) lives in Marietta, GA with her husband Mark. She continues to stay busy with her acting. She has spent the past several summers with the NC Shakespeare Festival and has worked with the People's Light & Theatre Company in Philadelphia. She is also one of the mainstays of the Georgia Ensemble Theatre.  RAYE [SHOEMAKER] VARNEY ('86) lives in Atlanta, GA, with her husband Scott. Raye is the Marketing Director of the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, where she is able to combine her theatre history with her work. 

STEVE NEDVIDEK (MA '87) is currently living with wife of twelve years, Sue, and their three children in Powder Springs, Georgia. He works for Chick-fil-A, Inc. ("Eat More Chikin") in Atlanta where he has just been promoted to Manager, Marketing Programs. He is working with PBS on the children's TV show, "Adventures From the Book of Virtues." He and Sue are involved in their local church, where Steve writes and directs the annual Christmas musical/drama. He creates weekly editorial cartoons for the Marietta Daily Journal. He reports that "Life is beautiful!" nedvideks@aol.com
 

 BILL BOLES ('88) will be starting his fifth year as an Assistant Professor at Rollins. His specialty is dramatic literature and he reports that he has taught "just about all kinds of dramatic literature courses—next fall I will be doing a junior seminar on Pinter and Beckett." He has also been teaching movies. A popular course that he offers is "James Bond and Beyond: The Ideal Male in Cinema." He has been active in reviving radio drama and has produced Darkness Visible Radio Theatre for a local station for two full years. He has recently "produced a play at the Orlando International Fringe Festival last month—`Sidneyrella'—a typical boy meets boy fairy tale. It sold out every show."wboles@Rollins.edu
 

 LESLIE [TATE] BOLES ('88) is the curator of exhibitions at the Magic Kingdom. She is an "imagineer" and you can see her handywork at EPCOT, Disney World, MGM-Disney and Animal Kingdom. She just installed her recent curatorial exhibition about the use of puppets in the movies. It's on display at the AFI gallery at MGM-Disney. It includes the original terminator from Terminator, muppets from Henson studios, pieces from Ray Harryhausen films, and many other treats. It has received wonderful reviews from the people who have seen it. (Probably 10-20,000 people see it a day.)leslieboles@wdi.disney.com
 

 KRISTY [ANGELL] SHAW ('88) has been living in L. A. with her husband Eric Shaw ('88) for the past five years. Kristy has continued her acting and was honored at the 1998 Atlanta Film Festival for her role in a short film that won first place. The film was later shown at Cannes and has won five more awards at festivals in the U. S. and France. 

KEITH LEVCHENKO ('89) is a Senior Management and Budget Specialist for Montgomery County, Maryland, outside of Washington D.C. His wife, Nicolette, is an actress and theatre professor. They have two daughters (Kara 3½ , and Juliette 1½). Keith reports that he now leaves all the work in the theatre to his wife who acts, directs and teaches in the DC area. He has worked on a graduate degree in Public Administration but doesn't rule out a return to the stage in the future. 

SARAH [CAVE] ONSAGER ('89) works for Agnes Scott College and lives in Atlanta. She was married last year and her honeymoon took her first to the Plaza in NY, then to France, Italy, and England. Her transport included the Concorde, the Orient Express and the QE II. She is working with her husband with Black Knight Productions which, among other things, appears at Renaissance Festivals where they play "the bad guys" and sword fight their way through King Arthur's court every Saturday and Sunday. Sarah is also being considered for the title role in a summer production of "Hamlet." (She quips: "Well, Sarah Bernhardt did the role, so I guess I could give it a whirl.") She is still making recordings and is cutting her second solo album soon; she also sings with Matthew Trautwein's rock and roll band, "Breath of God" and is recording a new release with them.sonsager@agnesscott.edu
 MARY LEE PORTERFIELD ('89) received her MFA in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College in 1995. She has recently moved from Houston where she was Associate General Manager at the Alley Theatre. In that position she negotiated artists' contracts, monitored interdepartmental compliance with union agreements, and generally worked to solve problems before they occurred. During her tenure there, the Alley won the special Regional Theatre Tony Award, produced the Frank Wildhorn musical "The Civil War," which just closed on Broadway and hosted the US premiere of "Not About Nightingales." She is now the Managing Director of PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill and is excited about the possibilities for the PlayMakers and the Department of Dramatic Art. She reports that she is daunted by the work that faces her. mlp.@email.unc.edu

PATRICIA (PIDGE) MEADE ('89) is working for Visa in San Francisco, CA. She still has a life in the theatre and has recently done three shows with a company in San Francisco called 42nd Street Moon. They're dedicated to reviving "Lost Musicals" (like "Encores!" in New York). Pidge was in "The Night Boat" (Jerome Kern), "Face the Music" (Irving Berlin), and "Jubilee" (Cole Porter). This summer she will be playing Doris in "Same Time Next Year" at the Pleasanton Playhouse. She has recently returned from NYC where she saw ten shows in seven days! You go girl! While there she also saw Ted deChatelet, Janet Gupton, and Chris Young, all residents now of The Big Apple. pmead.@visa.com
 

 DAVE JOHNSON ('90) lives in New York City and teaches writing and poetry in both public and private schools, The New School, The Cooper Union,Columbia University and The New York Public Library. His latest play, "Baptized to the Bone," was given a reading earlier this year in New York in the Bosakowski Theatre at Primary Stages.435 E. 12TH St. #8, New York, NY 10009; Davjohnso@yahoo.com
 

 JAMES MASTERS (MA '90) will be in Los Angeles during August for a writing conference. He reports that he "will probably look around and consider if I should move there permanently." He has been working on a couple of film scripts and proposed TV sit-coms. "masters123" <davidwm@brightok.net>
 SAM PEABODY (MA, '90) is approaching his fifth year at CNN Headline News in Atlanta. He started at the bottom, and has risen to the cusp of management, where he now wears the title, Senior Writer. Sam, or Sammy as he is often called, trains the new people at Headline News to write the Headline News way. He writes copy himself and loves a story he can sink his teeth into. He also edits copy for the anchors, particularly Lynne Russell, who is what you might call his anchor. Sam has two screenplays ready to go, and there's another one on the way. He is also currently the president of a social club that gets together bi-weekly to paint busts of Pope John Paul the Second. (no kidding).

CINDY [PRITCHARD] ('91) & JOHN CAVANAUGH ('85) are living in Charlotte, NC with their 15 month old son, Patrick, and their two cats, Elvis and Ralph. John is still Vice-President/Creative Director for Hodges Advertising. Cindy recently resigned from her teaching position in the public school system to stay home with Patrick.
cindypc@charlotte.infi.net; johnbc@charlotte.infi.net

ROSALIND TEDFORD ('91, MA '95) lives in Winston-Salem with her husband Patrick Morton and their two cats Calvin and Hobbs. She is head of the Information Technology Center in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest. Her husband Patrick is a Computer Support Technician in Reynolda Hall. tedforrl.wfu.edu
 MIKE BARON ('92) lives in Providence, RI where he has just received his M.F.A. in directing from the Trinity Rep Conservatory and the Trinity Rep Company has asked me him stay. He will be the associate director for this year's production of "A Christmas Carol." He is in the planning stages to direct "Betty's Summer Vacation" by Durang at Trinity in the spring, if the rights become available. This fall he will be directing a new children's show called "Eco-Spy" that will tour New England for Perishable Theatre. In addition, he is teaching acting at Holy Cross College next year as a lecturer. Currently, Mike is an artist/teacher at Brown University's summer high school program. Next spring Mike will be teaching two classes of Introduction to the Theatre at Rhode Island College.119 Sixth Street Providence, RI 02906; mikejim@gateway.net
 

 KAREN (O'CONNOR) & CHUCK MEACHAM ('92) live in Evansville, IN, where Chuck is the TD at the University of Evansville. He is just finishing his first year there and LOVES it. He says the students are great—very bright and committed (can't beat that combination!). The Meachams are going up to Hope Summer Repertory Theatre this summer where Chuck will be designing lights for "The Tempest." Karen is caring for Katy (now fourteen months and walking and talking up a storm) and their dog, Andy. Karen is fighting a bit of morning sickness as they expect another baby in late January.
502 S. Lincoln Park Dr., Evansville, IN 47714; Email: karenemily@aol.com

JONATHAN BOGLE ('92) is living in Atlanta with his wife Yvonne and their three-month-old son Jacob who is reported to be "an absolute joy!" Jonathan is working in the marketing department for a software firm and is really enjoying it. He does miss performing and is considering doing some work on the local stages in Atlanta.10550 Ash Rill Dr., Alpharetta, GA 30022; Home: (678) 297-0984; Email: jon.bogle@brokat.com
 

 AMITY BORCK ('92) has been in New York City now for two years, and is pursuing an acting career while working at her family's bakery business in CT in the Graphic Arts department. Since coming to NYC she has been in a few shows, taken a lot of great classes (Alexander Technique, Chekhov scene study, Shakespeare, voice, and more), and spent a summer at Williamstown Theatre Festival. She writes that being at Williamstown "was a wonderful experience that gave me a lot of acting and learning opportunities. Meanwhile, I audition." She is planning to apply to graduate schools this year and study acting.Amity Borck AmityB@compuserve.com; 617 West 138th Street, #3; New York, NY 10031
 

 JAY STEWART ('92, MA) is a clown in the Kinoshita Circus in Japan. The show is a one-ring tent show and he is one of three clowns. He writes that it is "quite different from the Ringling experience. Lots of focus and lots of fun." His wife, Kristin (also a Ringling trained clown) and their baby are accompanying Jay on this adventure. Stew689@aol.com
 JIM WEST ('92) lives with his wife Christy in Plymouth, NC, where he is the minister of Youth and Education at the First Baptist Church of Plymouth. jwest@pobox.com
 CHRISTIN [ESSIN] YANNACCI ('93) and husband, Ron (married in September `97), moved to Pennsylvania last September from Chicago. Christin had just completed her Master's degree in Theatre from Northwestern University, while Ron was on staff with the Northwestern Theatre department. He accepted a job at Penn State, moving them from the city to Happy Valley. Christin has spent the last year putting together freelance work in storytelling and creative drama with local schools and children's organizations. This coming year, she will be working locally and statewide with the Pennsylvania Arts in Education Program and working with the Penn State Theatre department. Email: rjy2@psu.edu.
 ELIZABETH [RIEF] CHEEK ('94) writes: "Salvete, alumni et alumnae! I greet you in the language that I now spend most of my time discussing. I have just finished my first year of teaching Latin at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, NC." Though Elizabethwill have a break from teaching this summer, there will not be a break from Latin. She will be taking classes this summer at UNC- Greensboro towards her M. Ed. in Latin. Her goal is to complete the degree next summer. Her husband Alex is pursuing his masters in history so that he, too, can be a teacher. She reports that she spends a lot of time working with the Little Theatre and Theatre Alliance here in Winston-Salem. ejr@mindspring.com
 AMY KING ('94) is working as a business consultant for the E-Commerce division for Osprey Systems in Charlotte and is seriously considering going back to school to get her doctorate in Cultural Anthropology.aking@ospreysystems.com
 MARC PALMIERI ('94) is still living in New York City and divides his time between writing and acting. Last year he was in the critically acclaimed "An Evening with Dorothy Parker" at the Algonquin's Oak Room. It closed a successful run in December, 1998. He has worked with The Director's Company and Whatmanwhatcar Theatre Company. Sustaining himself with numerous appearances on "As The World Turns" on CBS he has also made national commercials. Miramax Films has released the feature film, Telling You, for which Marc wrote the screenplay. He is currently in pre-production for his feature film, Jack of Hearts, on which he will make his directing debut. marcp25@earthlink.net
 CATHERINE COLEMAN ('95) graduated this spring from the University of Memphis with a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance, and she's beginning work on her Doctorate in Vocal Performance at the University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory in the Opera department. She will be assistant to the Opera Director.and will be in charge of directing scenes, staging the chorus, and also have some performance opportunities of her own. This summer, she is headed back to upstate New York to sing the role of Mimi in "La Boheme" at the Seagle Music Colony. This year she made her Memphis Symphony Solo Vocal debut in January, and in March she made her Opera Memphis Debut performing an original opera about AIDS written by Michael Ching. In her "spare" time, she is currently teaching twenty-eight private voice students and is engaged! cgcoleman@hotmail.com
 REBECCA CHILDRESS ('96) has finished her Master's in Education in School Counseling at Georgia State University as of June 3. This latest degree adds up to seven years as a college student. She is getting married in December to her "long-time sweetie," Charles Turner, also a WFU alum. He will be starting his MBA at University of Texas this August, and Becky will be moving out to Texas with him. She hopes to begin a new job there.rechildress.@mindspring.com
 MANDY LAUFFER ('96) is finishing her third year of teaching (Spanish and Theater) and will be starting a graduate program at the University of Maryland in the fall. She will be working toward a Masters in Public Management and intends to specialize in Education Policy. She reports that she "was thrilled to receive a full scholarship to the program" and is looking forward to becoming a student again. alauffer@alumni.umd.edu;  8504 16th St. #506; Silver Spring, MD 20910
 

 ALYSA REID ('96) will be starting a graduate program at the University of Maryland. She will be working toward a Masters in School Counseling.alauffer@alumni.umd.edu; 8504 16th St. #506; Silver Spring, MD 20910
 BRAD LEON (`96) lives in Charleston, SC, where he is a software designer at Blackbaud, Inc. He writes: "It's a computer software company that makes programs for Non-profit organizations (schools, American Red Cross, Make a Wish Foundation, etc.)." He has done several plays since graduation and was recently cast in "Smoke and Mirrors."Brad.Leon@blackbaud.com
 

 CARRIE MALETTA ('96) went on to earn her masters in special education from Appalachian State University in 1998. She has just completed her first year of teaching at West Forsyth High School in Clemmons as a special education teacher. This summer she will be moving back to Ohio to take a special education teaching position at a small high school in Cincinnati. She writes: "I hope to stay involved with theatre by volunteering at a community theatre and by working with the drama program at my school."4 Arbor Circle #424; Cincinnati, OH 45255
 

 MEGAN PEARSON ('96) is living in New York City and working for Columbia Artist Management as an assistant to the Head of Attractions. In that capacity she helps manage the booking and touring of ballet companies and orchestras. Her acting has been put on hold but she reports that she is still taking voice lessons (singing) and is getting headshots done just in case. She moved to Brooklyn in August and now has an apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn.Email: pearsonmm@yahoo.com. mpearson@cami.com; 320 Prospect Avenue,Apartment 2R; Brooklyn, NY 11215

LAUREN KIRBY ('96) has paid her dues to the retail world by working at Starbucks for three years but now is Subscriptions Representative at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C. She likes it better than whipping "decaf triple venti vanilla skim no-foam lattes." She now works with seven other people to assist the Center's fifty-five thousand plus subscribers in purchasing season tickets. As a Subscriptions Rep she takes orders and renewals for next year's ballet, modern dance, theatre, and National Symphony. She is also in a theatre company in Annapolis and is rehearsing "As You Like It," in which she will play (the lead role) Rosalind. moongazer@earthlink.net
 

 COLIN CREEL ('96) is working at Wake Forest in the Admissions Office and is working on an MA in Communications. When the degree is finished, Colin hopes to get more involved in local theatre. creelcl@wfu.edu 

KIM WHATLEY ('96) has moved to California where she started working in a lighting designer/tech position in La Mirada. She will be in charge of the lighting and the crew. She was accepted for graduate school at UCLA but didn't get financial backing to enable her to attend especially since she was an out-of-state resident. This position will help her establish California residence. This June she worked in Aspen doing the "JAZZ ASPEN," a high profile arts event featuring Ray Charles, Roberta Flack, the Isley Brothers and others. Kim and Mary Wayne-Thomas met for lunch while Mary was in Santa Fe this summer working with the Santa Fe Opera Company.kimberw2000@yahoo.com; 905 S. Idaho Street #115; La Habra, CA 90631

LYDIA TOON FLEURY ('97). has joined a touring theatre company, the Repertory Theatre of America. She and Heather Cowan are with the same company but with different touring units. They will tour the U.S. Lydia and Heather have each been named unit co-ordinators of their groups. The units tour in groups of four. Heather's group has already been sent on tour and Lydia will be going out soon. They hope to tour in North Carolina during the next year.lydiatoon@earthlink.net
 

 ELIZABETH THALHIMER ('98) has been living in New York City almost a year now, and is working at Curious Pictures, a multimedia production house specializing in animation. She is currently the Media Coordinator for season two of A Little Curious, a preschool show airing on the HBO family channel. In her spare time she sees lots of movies and as much theatre as she can. She was particularly impressed with the recently discovered early Tennessee William play, "Not About Nightingales," and with Judy Dench in "Amy's View." She reports that "Footloose" is "definitely the most horrifying Broadway show ever made. It possesses the same sensibility of Corky St. Clair directing `Backdraft.' It's so phenomenally bad, I recommend you all see it." lizziet@mindspring.com
 

 JENNY HARRISON ('98) spent this past year as an intern in production management at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT. She has now moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in casting and is searching for a job. She reports that her year at the Long Wharf was great. While there she met Lee Sellars (FS) who was performing in "The Grey Zone" with the company. scottbunn@earthlink.net  1601 Venice Blvd. #107, Venice, CA 90291

SHANE HARRIS ('98) is working and enjoying being in DC as the director of research for Governing Magazine a monthly publication of Congressional Quarterly, "which is sort of the Daily Variety or Hollywood Reporter of Congress and politics." He reports that his "duties are ever-changing and broad, as any young man's should be." At some point he will be moving to Los Angeles "to attack a career in the `industry,' since it has to be attacked, not contemplated." <sharris@Governing.com>
 

 KRISTEN [EPPLEY] JONES ('98) is living in Vail, CO, where she has been working with emotionally/behaviorally disabled children at Eagle Valley High School. This summer she will start working as an interior designer. Her husband Matt continues to teach art at the Vail Mountain School and next summer they plan to move to Los Angeles to join the WFUT crew that has relocated there. awyeah@netscape.net
 

 DAN STERN ('98) went to work as a performer at Shadowbox Cabaret in Columbus, OH, immediately after graduation. The show consisted of sketch comedy, theatre, and rock n' roll. In addition to three performances a week, he also took classes in singing, acting, sketch comedy and other such courses. After working ten months, the theatre burned down. He writes: "I took the theatre burning down as a sign to move to Los Angeles, California, (not to escape accusation of the fire) where I now live down the hall from my college roommate of two years, Mr. James Reinhardt Frazier. I'm trying to break into the film industry as actor, writer, or whatever. So far, I've enrolled in an improv class with `The Groundlings,' a sketch comedy troupe, and am looking carefully for an acting class. In the interim, and believe me there is a lot of interim in this industry, I've come up with my stage name, Daniel Cole, using my grandmother's maiden name, and I write screenplays and am working on a sitcom with Matt Clarke and Mike Futia." Dan has been accepted in the MFA program at the Actors Studio at the New School in New York.Daniel L. Stern <salentino@juno.com>


ANY NEWS TO SHARE?

Thanks to all of you who sent us your latest news. We love to hear from our former students and theatre alumni. If you have any news to share, please send it directly to me or to any faculty or staff. As we receive more news we will edit it and post it on the WFU Theatre Home Page (www.wfu.edu/theatre)

—Harold C. Tedford, Professor emeritus tedford@wfu.edu or, at home, htedford@triad.rr.comPhone: [336] 758-5084 or home 759-2901. Make an old man happy.


Return to Homepage
Webpage by Jonathan Christman- 10-6-99 Access count: 3,679