JMU Alumni/ Student News

College Majors Musical Theater Majors
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<p>Some JMU Alumni/ Student news… </p>

<p>Julianna Lee (’12) – Taking a leave of absence to tour with Avenue Q in 2009/ 2010.</p>

<p>Briana Marcantoni (’09) – Performing as a vocalist on Celebrity Cruises 2009/ 2010.</p>

<p>Sarah Miles (’09) – Entering the Pace University/ Actor’s Studio MFA Acting Program in fall of ’09.</p>

<p>Julie Schroll (’09) – Member of the Barter Players resident acting company at the Barter Theatre 2009/2010.</p>

<p>Rachel Schur (’09) – Cast in the 2009/ 2010 International Tour of Fame, the Musical.</p>

<p>Emma Fyffe (’08) – Touring for a second year with Missoula Children’s Theatre in 2009/2010.</p>

<p>Kirstin Riegler (’07) – Playing Lola in Damn Yankees at Toby’s Dinner Theatre through the end of August. Upcoming regional credits include Camelot at the Olney Theatre – November ’09 – January ’10 & Sweeney Todd at the Tony Award winning Signature Theatre – February – March ’10.</p>

<p>Lindsey Cole (’06) – Currently on the National Tour of Mamma Mia. Previously in Chicago company of Jersey Boys.</p>

<p>Laura Yanez (’06) – Currently the lead singer on the National Tour of Riverdance.<br>
Previously on the National Tour of A Year with Frog and Toad. </p>

<p>Jo Philbin (’05) – Recently completed the National Tour of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Previous National Tour credits include: Children’s Letters to God.</p>

<p>Keven Quillon (’03) –Currently in Shrek, the Musical on Broadway. Additional Broadway/ National Tour credits include: Grease, Sweet Charity, Saturday Night Fever, White Christmas (LA), We Will Rock You (Vegas).</p>

<p>Michael Minarik (’00) – Currently in Rock of Ages on Broadway. Additional Broadway/ National Tour credits include: Les Miserables, Little Women, Urinetown. </p>

<p>Nicholas Kohn (‘98) –Performing in Avenue Q on Broadway through mid-September. Regional/ National Tour credits include: Avenue Q (Vegas), The Buddy Holly Story, The Full Monty (Stages St. Louis) </p>

<p>James Moye (’96) – AEA National Council Member. Recently completed a run in Happiness directed by Susan Stroman at Lincoln Center. Broadway/ National Tour/ Regional credits include: Urinetown, The Full Monty, White Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Shop of Horrors, A Tale of Two Cities.</p>

<p>Garland Days (’93) Currently in The Lion King on Broadway. Additional National & International credits include: The Lion King (Chicago, Hamburg), Starlight Express (Vegas, Bochum), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Stuttgart) and Dreamgirls (Berlin).</p>

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<p>Jake Odmark ('08) - Cast in the 2009/2010 International Tour of Fame, The Musical. Previous credits include: National Tour of Pajama Game, Grease in China.</p>

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<p>Kat, congrats to your former student.</p>

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<p>Yeah. It has been exciting to see how well the grads are doing. I am very happy for them.</p>

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<p>You should be! As a former teacher myself, it is always very gratifying when students go on to succeed. And hey, as a parent myself of a recent BFA graduate, I’m excited and happy too for how things are going. :)</p>