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last updated 11/19/07
Liam
Aiello is attending Middlebury college majoring in Psychology
and Teacher's ed. Heather
Awner was awarded the Purple Heart in January '04 for injuries
sustained when her Army transport vehicle struck a land mine in
Iraq last summer. Her hand is healing and she plans to attend SCSU
next fall and major in English. Rachel Battista is studying
in Germany. Carly Baratt has moved to Africa. Rebecca Bartoszewicz
received her BA in
Psychology from UCONN. Raja Bhattar is studying Spanish
literature and psychology at Boston University. Raja served as
Development Intern for the Summer of 04 at Oddfellows. Rafael
Bianco is at Central majoring in History Education. Megan
Bordonaro is studying Economics at UCONN. Stephanie Bower is a senior
at Wagner College and spent last semester in Madrid and is helping
out at OP doing circus preparation. Brittany Butts is
living in Norfolk, VA. Missi Davis just finished her
sophomore year at Depaul University in Chicago where she is
majoring in Theater. Ellyce
Brower
has joined the Navy. Brendan Calamaro is a junior at SCSU,
where he has been in productions of Romeo and Juliet and
Light Up the Sky. Sebastian Camacho is now living
in North Carolina, having been in the Navy for four years. Courtney Clapp is an all-star
Oddfellows stage manager, teaching assistant, assistant director,
and program managerial lunch-date. Michael Esposito
is living in Hollywood and is currently acting in
"Joey and Mariah's Italian Wedding" and is an up and coming
stand up comedian. Sonya "Sunny" Cohen is living in NYC. Having graduated from the American
Musical and Dramatic Academy, she is now going for her BFA at
the New School in NYC. Rachel Kelsey is going
to school in Boston. Michelle Page is back at school in
Castleton, VT, making periodic trips back to Middletown and OP.
Nick Clark-Spear stopped by to let us know he’s enjoying
Columbia and living in NYC. Ebony Clements is studying
Marketing at ECSU. Georgette Clements is studying family
services at UCONN. Sebastian Comacho is still in
the Navy in San Diego, looking forward to his discharge, last we
heard. Taneisha Duggan is currently a senior at SUNY
Purchase in the acting conservatory. Martha Ellis is
attending UCONN. Tim Ellis goes to school in Colorado.
Lisa Fazzino has graduated from Endicot College in 2006 and is
working at an interior design firm in Glastonbury.
Gillian Fox is studying abroad in Germany. Calvin Garner
is studying Russian and International Relations at Middlebury.
Brian Giles is in
Middletown rockin it with his breakdancing crew. He rehearses and
does workshops at Oddfellows. Josvany Gonzalez is working
in Hartford, and is doing some modeling. Rosemary Gould is
at Fairfield University. Jane Harris has graduated
from CCSU with a BA in English and Theater and is
currently teaching acting programs and directing
mini-productions at Oddfellows. Caroline Howe has become a member
of Just Add Water, an improv comedy group at Yale. She also has
volunteered at the Yale Children's Theater. Samantha Jackson
has recently done some lighting and sound design for Oddfellows
shows. Jakeis Jenkins works at the Middlesex Convalescent
Home. Ryan Kennedy is involved in local politics.
He ran for state representative last year and will no doubt be
on this years ballot. Ryan continues to work for the
Summer Circus. Harry Kinne is having
a wild and crazy time at college in Springfield, MA. Suzanne
Kozinski graduated from UCONN with a degree in Marketing, and
moved to Palm Beach, FL. Jill Labieniec is attending the
Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL. Maegan
Linklater is married and living in New Britain, CT. Amber Marshall
is attending college in Virginia. Sarah Moon graduated from
Smith College with a major in Comp. Lit. She is moving to Spain to
teach English. Amy Nemeth is at Shenandoah Conservatory in
VA, and has debuted in New York City and toured the country with
a summer stock touring group. She says "Love and thanks to all
at Oddfellows!" Kelly Nelsen is a senior
at the University of New Haven, and directs and produces a
Shakespeare theater
group David Osborne is studying in Chile. Ben Olsen
is at NYU studying pre-med, pre-vet and says hello to evryone! Mo Oxnard is in Alameda,
CA. Sarah Pavis is in her first year of engineering at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and was the only freshman picked
to direct a play in the New Voices Festival of Original
Productions. Sarah Putnam is attending Elon University with
a major in corporate communication. Josh Pyke is at
Dartmouth majoring in engineering. Natividad Quinones is
studying music in Atlanta. Joshua Ramos is teaching
Hip Hop dance classes in Meriden. Chris Roberts spent a
semester at the University of Bologna in Italy and is now back at
Brown. Christian Rosselli graduated from Ithica with a
major in Drama. He served as an Artistic Intern at the Hanger
Theater in Ithica. Jennifer Rozmeski is at CCSU studying
History and Secondary Education. Mark Samburg is at Brandeis, studying
post-civil war history, and is also in an improv troupe. Jon
Santiago works at the Inn at Middletown. Emily Sestero
is
attending CCSU. Todd Stevens
is a writing major and theater arts minor at Green Mountain
College in Vermont and he loves Michelle. Annika Schilke is
a student at Macalester, studying Urban Studies and Geography and
is in town for the summer. Jonah Schulz is working as a
graphic artist in the textile
industry in New York and has a food blog as well as a website
jonahschulz.com. Lily Schatz is studying Chinese at Oberlin
College and is spending this school year in Beijing. David
Taylor is living in Las Vegas. Justine Till has been working and taking tai chi
and hopes to go to SUNY Purchase for a theater degree. Andre
Warmsley is in southern California where he’s been in
several music videos. Britney Wilcox is studying
acting at Emerson in Boston. Michael Zaleski goes to
SUNY Purchase. Erin Zalaski is currently a senior at
Northeaster majoring in Theater. She just finished a production of
Pippin. Rye Zemelsy is in an outdoor leadership training
program in western Mass.
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Trevor
Anderson has been accepted to SUNY Albany on a full
Football Scholarship, he has finished his first semester with a
3.2 GPA and is seeking a degree in Business Marketing. He
is enjoying school and having lots of fun! Carrie
Baris is an english teacher in San Diego. Probal Basu
is working for an accounting firm in New Britain. Johanna Best
is living in Pennsylvania and is a 2nd yr Graduate student
at Beryn Mawr studying Archaeology. Bessie Bianco
is undertaking International/ Global development studies at
Brandeis College. Stephen Bodine is
recording music, studying Tai Chi and landscaping. He can be seen
from time to time at Oddfellows attending shows. Edith
Marie-Chant has an associates degree in German. Heather
Chappell lives in Chicago and was recently in town for a
performance of Middletown Fantasia. Joanne Chapman
is getting her Masters in Adventure Psychotherapy in Colorado. Allison (Brown)
Vanek is married, living in Chicago and is going to school for
a masters in Elementary Education.
Nate Bynum works as a school counselor in Alexandria, VA,
where he runs an after-school juggling club and regularly meets
with DC area jugglers known as the Department of Juggling. Ben
Clark worked for Howard Dean, is looking for other work in the
political field. Lily Clark graduated from Duke with a BA
in Public Policy, and will be getting her doctorate from the
University of Michigan. Brendan Coffey is a software
engineer for graphics computers. Celeste Del Russo is
studying English at University of New Orleans. Alexis
Coutsouridis is majoring in the Arts at Franklin Pierce
College. Andy Dickerson, Jason Leinwand and Lauri Berritta
are all in NYC working on Cirque This! Jason and Andy are gearing up for the
fourth year of the show. Lauri, recently graduated from Central, is
living in uptown Manhattan and is starting her own theater company
DIRT Theater. Tim Dutcher is here in
Middletown, taking care of bunches of babies and children, and
teaching up a storm at Oddfellows. Look for him driving around
town in his new grease-powered Mercedes. Dan
Farbman, recently graduated from Harvard Law School, is
clerking in Los Angeles. Kara
Henricks is married, has a child, and lives in North Carolina. Austin Gallito
received
his BA in Theater from Emerson College, where he founded and
served as the executive director of Rare Works Theater. He
currently works for the Boston Lyric Opera. Talia
Gonzalez is teaching Spanish in NYC. Sarah Hornung is working at the Educational Media Department at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jakeis Jenkins lives in Meriden and works
at the Middlesex Convalescent home. Jasmine Hunter is
currently the Event Chairperson of the American Cancer Society's
Relay For Life of Greater Middletown. Robbie Jumper is an
Army Sergeant at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Rachel Kamins
is a pastry baker for the famous "Zingerman's Bakehouse" in Ann
Arbor, Michigan is getting married in the summer and will
be moving to Chicago. Jeff Lewoncyzk is
living in Brooklyn. Evan Manners is living in NYC and has
been accepted to a prestigious Sonic Arts program at City
College. David Mason is a Freshman at Trinity
College. Pat Merrill worked at the SEA Program
in Woods Hole, graduated from UMASS Boston. Aimee Miranda is back
in Connecticut working as the assistant costume shop manager at
Hartford Stage, and she was the costumer for this summer’s Circus
and for the Rep Co this spring. Caitlin Moon is getting her
MFA in directing from Temple Univesity in Philadelphia.
Christer Osterling lives in Newington and is doing PR and
freelance web development. Emily Redmond lives in CA. John
Rider goes to school in Baltimore. Kristin Sampiere
in CA doing film. Ernie
Santiago works at MLB Barbershop in Middletown, and is also
going to art school. Jonathan is working in Middletown and
helping with the circus. Aaron Rigno is studying
elementary education at U Hart. Jon Schroth works in computer
animation in White Plains. Noah Schulz
is working for a production company and was in town recently to
see Middletown Fantasia. Sarah Slater is in med
school at UCONN. Suzanne Shapiro has an art history degree
from Vassar college. Sarah Shields is living on
Long Island. Eryn Shields is teaching 1st grade in Harlem.
David Standish is living in NYC. Katie Stephens is in
the restaurant business in New York City.
Stephanie
Thornton
was in House of Bernarda Alba and Wrens at UConn,
where she graduated with a BA in Acting. She was maried last fall
with a reception here at the Playhouse. Sage (van der Swaagh)
Kosa is living in Vancouver, BC and working for an
architect. Katherine Tibbetts is teaching in South
Korea. Katy Vicchitto has been teaching
elementary school in Brooklyn, NY for the past four
years and hosts sing-alongs in the city with her band "Junebird".
She helped out with artfarm's "Shakespear Extravaganza"
in the summer of '06 just before a stint as a shepherdess on a
farm in Italy, and is starting to envision life after 8 years of
being in NYC. Matt Wilson plays guiytar and
bass. Kevin Witkowski is at Northeastern in Boston. Jon Zorn is in graduate school studying
Ethnomusicology at Wesleyan, with a focus on electronic music.
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Jason Barthe lives in Vermont. Joe
Bafumi is living in NYC. Mathew Bednarz is currently
writing plays and working. Luke
Best is teaching in Boston during the schoolyear, and is an
organic farmer during the summer. Sam Babcock is
living in Montreal, Canada. Diana Bolz is married and
living in NYC. Amaranth Borzack graduated from UCLA and
is in graduatet program for literature. Jason Boske
is a DJ for KISS Radio in CT. Anitra
Brooks is expecting! She also is releasing a debut album
entitled Flood, check out her
myspace page Saraha Brown won a photography prize.
Rachel Bynum
runs Waterpenny Farm, an organic farm in VA, and has a baby boy.
Faith Cannon is in the masters program for
teaching, at Brown University. Liz Carlson-Anderson is
working for GWU and an econ Journal, she has a two year old
daughter and is expecting another in Feb. Jon Clark is now at
Guilford College in NC majoring in Art. Joy Collins is sailing the high seas (currently in
Bermuda). She was a teaching assistant and Assistant Director at
the Playhouse this spring. David DeLucia is at the
University of Arizona. Becky (Guynn)
Carroll is living in Middletown with her husband and three fabulous kids and
works for Oddfellows as our Program Manager. She wants everyone to know
that she has a new pair of birthday sneakers.
Ian Chriss
lives in
the Bay Area and works in lighting, currently on a project with
Richard Gere, and also has worked on many theater projects in the
past year. Mandy Dean works for Qualidime Health. Brian
T. Cox is studying at Northeastern University in Boston.
Jahi Duggins goes to Emerson University. Molly Dickerson lives in upstate New York
and has a baby. Beth Fialko got married in July.
Alan Fields is living and working in Middletown,
and is starting his own graphic design company. Tim Frink
is at UCONN. Johnathan Fry
works as a programmer. Nithya George is at
Carnegie Melon University. Rebecca Good is double
majoring in studio art and international social change at Clark
University. Dave Futernick is at Marymount
Manhattan College. Michael Goodin is on the board
of directors at Cheney Hall Theater. Rachel Gore is
working in California. Masilo Grant is living in Cambridge, MA and
attending Tufts Medical School. He has a beautiful daughter named
Malia. He makes it down to Connecticut
every once in a while for a wiffleball shellacking at the hands of
his younger brother. Jenny Greeman says "check out my
website: jennygreeman.com. Erin Hanson is living and
working in D.C. Katy Hawkins has
finished her Ph.D in Comparative Literature at NYU, her husband
and two children now live in Philadelphia. Drew Higginbotham
is teaching at
the Young Women’s Leadership Academy in New York City and will be
going to school for his Ed Admin certification. He is also getting
married! Niko Higgins
is studying for his doctorate in Ethnomusicology at Columbia.
Kristy Howe is living in Athens, Georgia
but in the process of moving to CA. Roseanne Kiczuk
is getting her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology at SCSU. Jennifer
London had a baby girl this past spring. She writes: “maybe
she will be in the Oddfellows Pit band just like her mom".
Craig Lundell
is
rockin' out with his band "Straddle Daddy".
Molly Makrogianis
is
teaching in Costa Rica. Dan Marino
works at Skidmore College. Lisa
(Berlin)
Masoni recently bought a house in Morgan Hill, CA. Emily
Mendelsohn lives in NYC. Gretchen
Mihaly is teaching kindergarten and living in
Middletown with her family. Brooks Nablo is teaching art.
Hillary Natter is a musiscian in a local band. Beth Nischan is married and
living in Deep River. Kathy Outlaw graduated with a
Masters in Higher Ed from Michigan State and now works at Vassar
College. Quentin Phipps is a Senior at Bryant College
studying marketing. Eric Potvin is in the
German Army. Carolyn (Carlson) Rauh is living in
Chicago with her husband Matt and new daughter, Samantha
Josh is teaching at the U of C and Carolyn is loving being a
stay-at-home mom (not that she's home that much!) In '07,
their family traveled to Montana and Stockholm. Matt Tabora Roberts stopped by in Fall 06 with
his wife Toni to chat about his new venture Process Space
www.process-space.net
. Monica Santana Rosen graduated from Harvard business school and
had a baby boy in late May.
She is now living in Chicago. Nicholas Seth
is in a Jazz
band in Colorado. Laura Schleifer
lives in NYC where she has written a screenplay and co-founded an
activist film festival. Beth Schacter is living in LA,
directing her first movie and having fun with her boyfriend and
two circus dogs, as well as fellow Los Angelinos Evan
Blackwood, Jacob Koskoff and Ahna Tessler. Carole Simms
(who is the Alumni Reunion Flyer figure holding up the 80's sign)
is currently living in NJ and working on PBS's SeeMore's
Playhouse as a puppeteer. She has been building puppets
for touring show of Broadway's Avenue Q as well as having built
puppets for MTV2's Crank Yankers. Carole will be attending
this summer's O'Neil Puppetry Conference in Waterford, CT.
Eden Schulz
is a union organizer in NYC. Sarah (Quell Zemelsky)
Torrison teaches at Coginchaug High School and got married
last summer. Rachel Trousdale is living near Atlanta, GA,
teaching English at Agnes Scott College. Sayoka
Yabuki works for a record company.
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Martha
Bess Coven is living in DC. Evan Blackford
works at Lifetime TV. Erica
Blue lives in Berkeley with her two boys Silas and Cassius. Lori
Bowman-Stein is married. Melanie Brookes is
studying for bar exams in MA. Dawn Brooks teaches
Spanish. Jenna Brynn-Currlin is acting in LA and has had
two lead roles in independant films. Josh Cagan won
the 88-89 Connecticut playwrite's competition. Laura
Casey is now married and is referred to as Ms.Manning.
Scott Chappell is living in Meriden. Alicia Chester lives in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA where she
owns her own printing business and is working with the Alliance
Theater. Alex Coelho is working in NYC. Diane Connor
is now married and is now Diane Hodge. Kim Camera Doyle works as a school social worker.
Mary Costello is married and living in Maryland.
Meghan Cote is living in London. Ariel Crohn
is living in Boston.
Janet Desjarlais is a 1st grade teacher in LA. Patty
Dillon is now married. Erin Hanson is living
and working in Washington D.C. Dan Healy is a
singer. Sarah
Higginbotham is a social worker, and does theater and arts
with kids. Luke Higgins is in the doctorate program in
theology at Drew University. Kevin Fitzgerald is living on
the island of Grenada with his Venezuelan girlfriend.
Amy Froebal is a singer. Carmen Fusciello does
stand up comedy. Sarah Gaydos is working in NYC.
Brynya Gibson is living in Boston. Lauren Godburn has
a BA in costuming and is working for the Hartford Stage.
Sam Greenway lives in Oakland, CA. Matthew Greene
is living in Boston. Emma Jackson graduated NYU in
2001. Erica Krauss is doing freelance work in NYC.
Ethan Lader directs music videos in Hollywood. John Merrill is a jazz
musician, guitarist and composer. Margo Jensen lives in
Florida. David Johnson moved to LA, changed his
name to David Garry for SAG, is a semi-working actor, and works
at Camp Ronald McDonald as volunteer coordinator. Denise Kearney has just finished
Medical School and is living in Florida. Marci Marcinec
has two kids. Katheryn Marks is a director for the
Looking Glass Theater in NYC. Ian Morgan is in NYC
working in theater. Tracy McMahon works for a non-profit
organization. Katya Mehta does theater in
NYC. Justin Miel is living in California with his wife
Karen and their dog, working as a webmaster for a software
company. He still juggles at Stanford in his spare time.
Persephone Miel has moved to Boston and would love to
meet Alums in the area. Kate
Nybakken is teaching Flamenco dancing in Spain. Matt Olsen
is doing comedy in LA. Billy Parks
is working on documentaries in LA. Kate Pickett
is living in NYC. Billy Rice is married and living in East
Hampton. Christopher Shinn is a playwright living
in New York.
Sam
Shaw
is the cofounder of the San Fran Francisco Improv Troupe. Robyn
Simms is living in LA where she performs long form improv with
The Tiny Bandeleros, and her two-woman show "Simms and Allen" at
the Second City LA. She builds costumes and puppets for Crank
Yankers, That's So Raven, and commercials. Gary Isaac
Stoppelman is living in NYC, and is a winning playwrite.
Many Toler is living in North Carolina. Robby
Walton is in the Army. Lionel Wolberger has
composed three musicals and is living
in Israel. Elana Zwelling started village troupe with Holly
Woods.
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Jeff
Baierlein is serving as the Executive Director of the Boojum
Institute for Experiential Education, an outdoor & adventure
education program in California. Keith Beardon recently
screened his film The Raftman at the Sundance Film
festival. He was also featured on Independent Lens. You can
read a brief interview with him here:
http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/summer2005/features/25_faces6-10.php
Loren
Blackford is a Sierra Club Foundation Trustee, living in NYC
with her husband and two kids. Donna Bobinski is married. Lucille Bruce
is working for the New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas and she
had a baby girl last October. Peter Buttenheim is a lawyer
and lives in the Berkshires. Eva Firshein is working in
Hollywood as a buyer for set dressing on movies and television,
and she recorded a couple of songs last year. Christopher Foran
started OP website. David Giardina
just got back from a cross country tri[, and recently
performed at the UN and with the Todd Sullivan Orchestra in
Pennsylvania. Lisa
Giardina is living in Florida. Mark Hilsdon
was recently married on a Caribbean
island. Julie (Chittenden) Hunt is a special education
teacher in Hamden and has two children who attend the Middletown
Children’s Circus. Ann Mauldin Macdonald is the new cook at
the Rocky Mountain Choco Factory making many pounds of fudge.
Hugh O’Gorman
is the Head of Acting at California State University and is
playing F. Scott Fitzgerald in the new play Zelda and Scott:
Exiles From Paradise. Teddy Rose is a commentator for
NPR. He lives at the Shambala Buddhist Retreat in Colorado. Amy Seham was recently awarded
tenure at Gustavus Adolphus College in the Dept. of Theatre and
Dance. Eric Schumacher is living in San Francisco and
working as a photographer. Tom Van Voorhees and his
wife Stacy and son Oliver packed up the Dodge and moved to
southern Oregon, wooed by sustainable living, sunshine and
Shakespeare. They will be running the Rogue Creamery in
Central Point.
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Jeremy
Abramson just began a fellowship in oncology at the Dana
Farber Cancer Institute. Mathew Berlin is living in NYC.
Laurie Berritta graduated from Central with a degree in
theater.
Elena Blue is back in CT. Karen Bovard is Director of the
Creative Arts Program at Watkinson School, where she has recently
produced The Tempest and The Laramie Project.
Amy Bloom has done theater work on Long Island and has
recently published a collection
of short stories,
Come To Me. Ayanda Clark is a drummer. Dadon
Dawadolma is a Tibetan singer.
Megan Demarest is living in Brooklyn and works for the Tisch
School of the Arts at NYU.
Katie Davis lives in NYC working for Arthritis Magazine and
has been starting a writing group as well as doing some
songwriting. Andrew Drury and Alyssa dropped by in
the spring. They have a 2-year-old baby boy, and Alyssa is getting
her Ph.D. in social work at Columbia. Bill Foster recently
premiered his new play Bookin' in Waterbury in March.
Jill Green is living in Berkeley, CA with her partner Chris
and is working as an Asst. Properties Manager at the Berkeley
Repetory Theatre
John Hickenlooper is the mayor of Denver, CO. Jenn Lauder recently
returned from living in Holland and is settling into the DC area.
Charley McAfee is back in CT working at MACH in Bridgeport.
Sarah McIntyre
is at
graduate school at UCONN for English Faith McClellan is back in New York after
her round-the-world adventure, attending Graduate School in Public
and Nonprofit Administration. Keisha (McWilliams) Michael was
recently named director of The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown,
and also recently married. Ben Michael is working as the general manager of
WESU and has recently been married to his lovely wife Lisa.
Chris Osmond is in Chapel Hill, NC with his wife and two
young sons, working at UNC and playing drums. Zach
Oat has been promoted to editor of Toy Fare magazine.
Christopher Polack is artistic director at the
Diversion Theater, an interactive improv theater in Meriden. Megan Prescott
lives in Austin,Texas.
Mike Sterkowicz is a proud father and lives in Seattle, WA.
Peri Smilow (Founder of Oddfellows Rep. Co) is living in
South Orange, NJ with husband, Bud Mishkin (a NY1-TV reporter) and is the mother of a
wonderful 4 year old daughter Allie Rebekah Smilow Mishkin. She is
writing and performing contemporary Jewish music and travels
nationally. Visit her website/blog at
www.perismilow.com. She writes that
"life is great."
Joanie Spear is writing music for theater and film.
Sharon Stohrer has recently taught at NYU for the past four
years and is currently teaching privately and traveling to
schools giving workshops on how to overcome performance anxiety.
She has recently published The Singers Companion
by Routledge Press. You can check out her website at
www.sharonstohrer.com
or contact her at
sharonstohrer@msn.com.
Therelza Watson Ellington is working as a nurse at St. Vincent Hospital
and has moved to Hamden, CT where she is still an active actress. Emily Wilson is working with
the Czech-American Marionette Theater.
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