Kudos to Vision Augustine Wilkes-Davis, an alumnus of the Keller studio who graduated in May with a double major in music theater and vocal performance, on booking the role of Sky in The Savannah Theatre’s Aug. 10-26 production of Mamma Mia!
Congratulations to Peyton Crim, an alumnus of the Holleman studio, on booking the role of Robert in the first national tour of The Play That Goes Wrong!
Congratulations to Esteban Suero MMOP ‘16 – an alumnus of the McDaniel studio recently featured in the national tour of the Rockin’ Road to Dublin --on booking Man of La Mancha Sept. 25-Oct. 13 @ Connecticut’s Westport Country Playhouse!
Bravo to alumnus Brian Cowing on booking a role in the ensemble of Something Rotten The Musical’s national tour!
Brava to alumna Sarah Pool (MMVC '18), newly appointed associate music director and Keys 2 on the national tour of Something Rotten The Musical!
Congratulations to alum Kaylene Snarsky who will be performing with the National tour of Cinderella!
Kelli O’Hara - Kiss Me Kate, Broadway cast
Elliott Mattox - Beetlejuice, The Musical Broadway cast
Ian Gibb, WDW - Voices of Liberty
Manna Nichols, Cold Pursuit ( feature film starring Liam Neeson)
Molly Rushing - cover (performed) Anya in Anastasia The Musical, Broadway
Kate Moore, Fantine, Les Miserables National Tour
Nicole Mikala Ferguson, Merrily We Roll Along, Roundabout Theater Company
54 Below Sings Legally Blonde- Darius Wright, Kyle; Lauren Urso and Esteban Suero - Ensemble; Matt Redmond- Director; Rebekah Bruce Parker - Music director
Minami Okamura - An American in Paris - Japan
Kaley Were - Disney Fantasy
Julian Diaz-Granada’s, The Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken Christmas Show, Broadway
Jennifer Sanchez and Darius Wright - Pretty Woman, The Musical
Manna Nichols, Amy Button - The Music Man; Arizona Theatre Company
Katie Goffman, Clueless, The Musical, off-Broadway
Congratulations to Kevin Taylor, a 2017 music theater alumnus from the McDaniel studio, on joining the cast of STONEWALL! The world premiere opera, featuring music by Iain Bell and libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Campbell, will be presented next month @ Jazz at Lincoln Center by New York City Opera.
Toi toi toi to alumnus Isaiah Bailey and Oklahoma City University School of Theatre alumna Mollie Craven on tonight’s off-Broadway opening of Revelation: The Musical!
Most recent alumni news:
Waitress, The Musical National Tour - Stephanie Feedback '17
Alan Menken’s A Christmas Carol - Jessa V Salerno
Sweeny Todd - Michigan Opera Theatre - Ron Raines
EnsembleNYC’s Magnificat - Mary Beth Nelson
Miracle on 34th Street - The Argyle Theatre at Babylone Village - Tiffan Borelli-Urken
American Musical Theatre Live Paris - Peniche le Marcounet - Darius Wright
Elf, the Musical -First Stage - Elise O’Connell
Austen’s Pride: A New Musical of Pride and Prejudice - 5th Avenue Theatre - Manna Nichols
My Fair Lady, Lincoln Center - Nicole Mikala Ferguson and Colin Anderson
The Rose Tattoo on Broadway - Jennifer Sanchez
Lost in the Disco - Caroline Baniewicz
Rocky Horror - Lyric Theater - Janna Line Schmid, Kat Metcalfe, Marcus Canada, Kyle Durant, Brooke Melton
Tosca, Virginia Opera - Ewa Plonka
Monkey Trouble Unleashed - written by Joel B. New , featuring fellow alum Ernie Pruneda
Ruben and Clay’s Christmas Show Julian Diaz-Granados
Billy Elliot the Musical - Goodspeed Musicals - Rachel Rhodes Devey and Amy Button
Lindiwe - Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Ty Fanning
Chance the Rapper Music Video, “Hot Shower” - Preston Chapman '18
Escape to Margaritaville - First National Tour - Sarah Hinrichsen and Sophie Braud
“Till” - New York Musical Festival, Taylor Blackman
Revelation the Musical - Mollie Craven
Congrats to the following alums on their recent bookings:
Laura Leigh Turner '19, Karen Smith, Mean Girls - Broadway
Emily Holguin '19 Emerging Talent Winner, 2020 Lotte Lenya Competition
Spencer Gualdoni '17 , full-time casting assistant, Tara Rubin Casting
Ben Lanham, Hello Dolly National Tour
Tanner Pfluger, Henry Button, Newsies, Washington, DC
Tiffany Mann, Asher, Lincoln Center concert presentation, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Kyle Hines, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - San Francisco
Ariel Richardson, guest star credit, Chicago P.D.
Ty Fanning, LINDIWE, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Preston Champman '18 Chance the Rapper’s “Hot Shower” Official music video
Sasha Hutchings, Ado Annie, Oklahoma National Tour
Robert Watson Der Mahler, LULU, The Metropolitan Opera
Jordan Wilkes '19 Female Lead Singer (4 shows) Rhapsody of the Seas - Royal Carribean
Taylor Paulson '17 - Disney Cruise Lines, MainStage Performer
Kaley Were '15 - Disney Cruise Lines, MainStage Performer
Gabriella Ottersberg Enriquez '19 - booked the role of Beck Silva on the upcoming “Dance, Lies and Videotape” episode of Law and Order SVU, airing March 19
Caitlin Crabill cast in title role of Wally, Sarasota Opera March 7 -22
Isaiah Bailey, national tour, Beautiful, the Musical
Some news from the School of Theatre, Acting BFA
Ian Mayfield, “Short Shakespeare - The Comedy of Errors”, Chicago Shakespeare
Ariel Richardson, guest star credit, Chicago P.D.
And some news from the dance school:
Katie Pohlman, swing and dance captain, Bandstand national tour
Sophie Broad, Escape to Margaritaville National tour
Congratulations to alumna Eryn LeCroy '14 (featured as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera) on booking the role of Martha Jefferson in the workshop cast of the Broadway-bound revival of 1776!