Alumni and Student News

Krystin Benedyk, MFA playwriting '05

• Earned a second MFA in screenwriting from USC
• Recently worked on the documentary Darfur Now!

Daniel Brodie, BA ’06

• Designed the video and media for Arias with a Twist at HERE Arts Center in New York City

Jessica Brown-Velez, BA theatre '03

• Pursuing her PhD in theatre research at UW-Madison focusing on postcolonial dramatic literature of East Africa

Paula Davis-Larson, MFA design '99

• Received tenure and promotion to association professor of costume design at Bucknell University

Mollie Flanagan, BA scenography '07

• Resident lighting designer for LEVYDance
• Part of the San Francisco Mime Troupe staff

Cori Gardner, BA theatre '95

• Managing director of Wingspan Arts in New York City

Summer Jack, BA scenography '05

• Pursuing her graduate costume design studies at the Yale School of Drama in the fall

Pamela Johnson, BA theatre '81

• Costume designer at Sonoma State University

Tania Katan, BA theatre '96

• In August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in her one-woman show Saving Tania's Privates

Victoria Keegan, BA theatre '95

• Directed Moonlight and Valentino for North Valley Playhouse

Lise Kloeppel, MFA Theatre for Youth '05

• Accepted a tenure-track position at UNC Charlotte, a position once held by TFY alumna Trish Snoyer Black
• Currently director of education at Childsplay

Mark Koniarz, BA theatre '96

• Named supervisor of aircraft appearance for Southwest Airlines
• Worked with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans 9th District

Christina Marin, PhD Theatre for Youth '05

• A member of NYU's Steinhardt School of Education faculty where she was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Star award by the NYU graduate student organization

Catherine Powell, BA theatre '95

• Formed Powell Productions and is developing a TV show: The Journey — Interviews for Mind, Body & Spirit   

Amanda Schaar, BA theatre '06

• Appeared in the Childsplay production of Tale of Two Cities, directed by distinguished alumnus David Saar) and the Poor Players/Shakespeare Sedona production of Richard II

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