Alumni
Keene State College Theatre Alumni are active in many different aspects of Theatre, from professional to community to educational theatre, from acting to designing to managing.Whatever their level of involvement, we are proud to call them our graduates.What follows is a sampling of their activities.This is by no means a comprehensive list; the truth is, however, graduates move forward, as they should, and we don't always know where they land. We relish hearing from them when they do reconnect.
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Matt Barry received his MFA from the
North Carolina School of the Arts and now lives in Connecticut
where he is a freelance Set Designer and Stage Hand.
Maria Barry currently
lives in the Nashua area and is an educator. She is active in local
community theatre.
Leah Belanger, '02, is the Education Director
at the Acting Loft Academy of Performing Arts in Manchester,
NH.
Paul Besaw, is an Assistant Professor at
UVM. He will be choreographing for KSC’s Evening of
Dance this
year.
Chris Bujold, '99, is currently the Artistic
Director for the New Hampshire improv comedy group Stranger
Than Fiction, and he is also attending graduate school to become an
English teacher.
Shaun Burdick is living in the Boston area
and works for Pinkerton Academy in the Stockbridge Theatre.
His official title is "In-house Technician" there. He
also works part time as a Lighting
and Sound Technician at Academic Production Services doing equipment
rentals as
well as freelancing in the Boston area.
Mike Cahoon lives in Hollywood
where he is employed as a cameraman for a major Hollywood
studio.
Alex Carey, '05, livesa in Hollywood where
he is a production assistant in the office of a new Rob
Zombie film, Halloween, the remake, and is also a
student with The Groundlings and The
Upright Citizens Brigade, both improv comedy companies.
Marisa
Clement, ’05, is in Chicago where she is a founding member
of the SInnerman Ensemble whose
first production will be going up soon. She is also in the training
conservatory program
at Second City.
Richard Clough lives in Keene, NH and teaches
ballroom dancing and is a fitness trainer at the Moving
Company.
Susan Coromel ’82 received her MFA
in Acting from the Professional Actor's Training Program at Southern
Methodist University in Dallas. Susan is a member of the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists and The Voice and Speech
Trainer Association. She has studied acting at the Michael Howard Studio
and also with James Price at the Acting Studio in New York. She currently
lives and teaches in Salem, Oregon.
Pam Cooke (formerly PJ Knoy) lives
in Keene, NH and is active in local community theatre. She
has appeared in productions of the Actors Theatre of West Chesterfield,
the Keene Lion’s
Club Musicals, and the Vermont Theatre Company. She has worked
as Drama coach
at Keene High School.
Denehy, Brendan ‘84 lives in New
Hampshire and is employed at Keene Stage College as the Campus
Scheduling Coordinator, a job he recently accepted, having served as
the Redfern Arts
Center Manager for fifteen years. He got both his Bachelors and his
Masters degrees from
KSC. The latter in 1987.
Tim L’Ecuyer '03, is a frequent
guest director and teacher at the Peacock Players
youth theatre in
Nashua,
NH; additionally, he teaches English and theatre at Merrimack High School
where he
most recently directed Godspell.
Meghan Fisher ’05 is working
in Stoneham MA as an assistant Stage Manager and Props Master. She
is a member of Actor’s Equity.
Joanne Fortier lives in Nashua
where she is an educator and is active with local community theatre.
Steven
Gravelle, '05, is in his second Professional Apprenticeship,
currently at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
Rob Gray currently
lives in New Hamphsire and is founder and manager of The Children’s
Theatre Adventures, a children’s theatre touring company.
Danee
Grillo '03 lives in northern NH and freelances as a Set and
Costume Designer.
Dan Haggerty, '04, is performing a one-man
show on relationship abuse, called You The Man, at
high schools and colleges across the country for ADDVERB Theatre Company.
Eric Hewes '00 lives in Brattleboro, VT,
is an actor, and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Actors
Theatre of West Chesterfield, NH.
Brain Holcolmbe received his MFA from
the North Carolina School of the Arts and is now the Technical
Director for the Hartford Stage Company in Connecticut.
Jessica LaRocque '02 is currently an educator
in Northern Vermont, works in community Theatre, and freelances as
a Stage Hand.
Susan Levine is a professor at University
of Nebraska.
Paige Lussier, ’02, is working at
The Pearl Theatre Company in NYC.
Glenda I. Matos, '05, is working
as the Assistant Technical Director at Massachusetts College of Liberal
Arts in North Adams, MA.
Geoff Miller lives in Seattle where he is
an educator and a freelance screen writer.
Justin Moriarty '02 lives in Maine and
is currently the Technical Director for the Bates College theatre.
Shane Nickerson lives in Hollywood where
he works in commercials and sitcoms when not producing
reality television.He’s worked on Big Brother, Newlyweds:
Nick and Jessica, Rich
Girls, and various other comedy-reality shows. He is the Supervising
Producer on the
eco-travel show,Trippin, andthe Co-Executive Producer
on Rob and Big on MTV.
Cheryl Perry ‘79 currently lives
in New Hampshire where she is employed at Keene State College as
the Theatre Operations Manager.
Natalie Pope currently lives in Los Angeles
where she works for a major Hollywood studio as a set dresser. She
has won numerous awards for her work in this field.
Caroline Price, ’02,
is currently getting her MFA at Wayne State University where she is
acting in rep at the Hilberry Repertory Company as Juliet in Romeo
and Juliet and
Sarah in Translations.
Sara Sweet Rabidoux is
Director of Hoi Polloi Dance Company and choreographed for KSC last
year.
Jesse Raynes is an actor who has worked
professionally in New York and Los Angeles. He recieved his MFA in
Acting in Illinois.
Mary Robarge lives in Keene,
NH and is employed by Keene State College Theatre as the Costume
Shop Foreman.
Jeremy Robarge lives in Keene and is employed
by the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College as
the Production Manager for touring events.
Lindsay Rogers Bartlett is a local
actress who has worked for The Edge Ensemble, the Vermont Theatre Company
and Actor's Theatre of Chesterfield.
Matt Sheahan ’82 lives in
Denver where he works in video production. Richard
Stockwell & Curtis
Herr live in Philadelphia and are the managing directors of
the Langhorne Players community theatre.
Norman St. Germain '83 lives
in Nashua and currently owns and manages his own Theatrical supply
company.
G. Benjamin Swope attended graduate school
at Boston University where he worked for the Huntington
and is now a freelance Lighting Designer.
Eric Walther '00 Currently lives in
New Hampshire and is active with the Branch River Theatre in
Marlborough, NH.
Josh Webb is currently Technical Director
of Theatre at the Worcester Academy. He is married to Christina
Petruzzo who is also a KSC theatre Grad.
Kim Wilkins ‘81 lives
in Las Vegas where she founded and manages her own convention display
company.
Dave Whalley, '95 is a resident artist
with Chemically Imbalanced Comedy in Chicago and is currently
directing Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade.
Malissa White ’82
is an assistant professor of Theatre Arts and director of theatre at
the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg Kentucky. She got
her MFA in Directing from Illinois State
University.