Alumni in the News

Harrison Gordon Butler (M.F.A., Theatre, 2010) directed “The Laramie Project” at the Arena Stage in Hollywood in March. Butler was named “Teacher of the Year” in 2017 as a movement instructor for the Theatre of Arts Conservatory in Los Angeles.

Sean Tecson (B.A., Directing, 2015) has been named Education Data and Professional Development Coordinator at Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City.  

Jacqueline Heard Hinton (B.F.A., Dance, 2001) performed in “Anais, A Dance Opera” at the La Nouvelle Eve in Paris and opened the Festival International de Théâtre in Casablanca, Morocco, in March.

Daniel Butler (B.A., Drama, 1982) was recently named 2018 "Music Counsel of the Year" by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel in Los Angeles, CA. Dan is currently the head of Business Affairs & Legal in Music for Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.

Rachel Winfree (M.F.A. Drama & Theatre for Youth Communities, 1979) is producing, performing in and directing INAPPROPRIATE, for NEO Ensemble Theatre in Los Angeles, in collaboration with her husband Michael Caldwell. The show will run in May at The Actor's Workout Studio in North Hollywood.

Will Davis (M.F.A., Directing, 2013), Chicago's American Theater Company’s artistic director, listed in New City Stage’s “Players 2018: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago.”

James Ogden (M.F.A., Theatre Design and Technology, 2014) was interviewed by American Theatre for his set design work for “Angels in America” production.

Julia-Lorenz Olson (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2008) and Philip Olson (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2007) host a new PBS show called "Two Cents", a new weekly series about personal finance for millennials and Gen Z that airs on Facebook Watch.

Isaac Gomez's (B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2013) one-woman show The Way She Spoke: A Docu-Mythology, starring Karen Rodriguez (B.A. in Theatre and Dance, 2013) and directed by Rudy Ramirez (M.A. 2012), runs January 11-20 at Austin's Vortex.

Reisman (M.F.A. in Playwriting, 2013) shares the top prize with fellow playwright Angela Hanks, and will receive two years of developmental support for her work in addition to a monetary award.