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PDFAlumni from the University of Washington School of Drama are advancing the artistic conversation through their innovative and diverse work both regionally and across the globe. Our graduates, many who have gone on to become highly successful, represent the best of what the School of Drama has to offer. Whether they went on to become television stars, acclaimed film producers, exceptional costume designers, artistic directors, or theatrical entrepreneurs, the UW School of Drama was the foundation for their growth as artists.
Alumni Web Pages
| Name | Degree |
Class Year |
|---|---|---|
| Smith, Lois | Alumna | 1951 |
| Le Roy, Zouanne | BA Drana | 1956 |
| Aylward, John | BFA Drama (PATP) | 1971 |
| Smart, Jean | BFA Drama (PATP) | 1974 |
| Reed, Pamela | BFA Drama (PATP) | 1975 |
| Henry, Gregg | BFA Drama (PATP) | 1975 |
| Groener, Harry | BFA Acting (PATP) | 1976 |
| Karn, Richard | BFA Drama (PATP) | 1979 |
| MacLachlan, Kyle | BFA Drama (PATP) | 1982 |
| Shelton, Lynn | BA Drama | 1987 |
| Buron, Ingrid Sanai | BA Drama | 1995 |
| Limón, Ada | BA Drama | 1998 |
| Leach, Allison | BA Drama | 2000 |
| Bostwick, Linsey | BA Drama | 2000 |
| Arsenault, Holly | Director of Engagement & Public Information Officer | 2001 |
| Place, Michael | BA Drama | 2004 |
| Beauzay, Eric | BA Drama | 2004 |
| Smith, Devon | BA Drama | 2006 |
| Klaveno, Mariana | BA Drama | 2009 |
| Shanthi, Hope | BA Drama | 2012 |
| Anderson, Evan Christian | BA Drama | 2012 |
| Arriaga, Javonna | BA Drama | 2013 |
| Ramsey, Bobbin | BA Drama (performance) | 2013 |
| Phillips, Ben | BA Drama | 2013 |
| Name | Degree |
Class Year |
|---|---|---|
| Donkin, Ellen | Ph.D.; now at Hampshire College | 1982 |
| Lutterbie, John | PhD program, Chair of Theatre Arts, Stony Brook University | 1983 |
| Sullivan, Esther Beth | Ph.D.; now at Alaska Pacific University | 1989 |
| Read, Alan | PhD Program, now at King's College London | 1989 |
| Sieg, Katrin | Ph.D.; now at Georgetown University | 1991 |
| Canning, Charlotte | Ph.D.; now at University of Texas at Austin | 1991 |
| Russell, Susan | Ph.D.; now at Gettysburg College | 1993 |
| Wilcox, Dean | Ph.D.; now at University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 1994 |
| Jones Cavanaugh, Jennifer | Ph.D.; now at Rollins College | 1995 |
| Douthit, Lue | Ph.D.; now Director of Literary Dev. & Dramaturgy, Oregon Shakespeare Festival | 1995 |
| Anderson, Lisa | Ph.D.; now at Arizona State University | 1995 |
| Smith, Terry Donovan | Ph.D.; now at California State University, San Bernardino | 1996 |
| Johnson, Katie | Ph.D.; now at Miami University | 1996 |
| Underiner, Tamara | Ph.D.; now at Arizona State University | 1997 |
| Barnett, Dennis | Ph.D.; now at Coe College | 1998 |
| Holland, Dorothy | Ph.D.; now at University of Richmond | 1999 |
| May, Theresa | Ph.D.; now at University of Oregon | 2000 |
| Chemers, Michael | Ph.D.; now at UC Santa Cruz | 2001 |
| Warner, Vessela | Ph.D; now at University of Alabama at Birmingham | 2002 |
| Cheek O'Donnell, Sydney | Ph.D.; now at University of Utah | 2004 |
| Polster, Joshua | Ph.D.; now at Emerson College | 2006 |
| Reilly, Kara | Ph.D.; now at University of Exeter, UK | 2006 |
| Warrick, John | Ph.D., now at North Central College | 2006 |
| Jackson-Schebetta, Lisa | Ph.D.; now at Skidmore College | 2010 |
| Kammer, Mimi | PhD; now at Simpson College | 2011 |
| Higgins, Jeanmarie | Ph.D.; now at Penn State School of Theatre | 2011 |
| Granshaw, Michelle | Ph.D.; now at University of Pittsburgh | 2012 |
| Al-Saber, Samer | Ph.D.; now at Stanford | 2013 |
| Coen, Elizabeth | PhD | 2016 |
| Finque, Susan | PhD Program | 2017 |
| Marsh, Sarah | PhD Program | 2017 |
| Karlidag, Bahar | PhD Program | 2017 |
| Goodson, Christopher | Cornish College of the Arts | 2017 |
| Browne, Jyana | PhD Program, now at University of Maryland | 2017 |
| Hutchison, Jacob | PhD Program | 2018 |
| Seifert, Kristin | PhD Program | 2019 |
| Name | Degree |
Class Year |
|---|---|---|
| Hébert, Mitchell | MFA Acting, PATP | 1983 |
| Emond, Linda | MFA Acting, PATP | 1986 |
| Young, Jack | MFA Acting, PATP | 1986 |
| Smith, Harris | Chair, Dept. of Theatre, University of Utah | 1991 |
| Modrizadeh, Leyla | MFA Acting, PATP | 1994 |
| Millan, Rene | MFA Acting, PATP | 1999 |
| Hutchison, Christopher | MFA Acting, PATP | 1999 |
| McHale, Joel | MFA Acting, PATP | 2000 |
| Raney, Colleen | MFA Acting, PATP | 2001 |
| Simons, Ron | MFA Acting, PATP | 2001 |
| Henke, Saffron | MFA Acting/PATP | 2001 |
| Navarra, Michael | MFA Acting, PATP | 2002 |
| Waschke, Amy Kim | MFA, Acting, Professional Actor Training Program, BA, Drama | 2004 |
| Kaminiski, Marya Sea | MFA Acting, PATP | 2004 |
| Albright, Francile | MFA Acting, PATP | 2005 |
| Mullen, Chance | MFA Acting, PATP | 2006 |
| Gilliespie, Brian | MFA Acting, PATP | 2006 |
| Southern, Georgia | MFA Acting, PATP | 2006 |
| Akhavan, Barzin | MFA, Acting (PATP) | 2007 |
| McLeod, Katharine | MFA Acting, PATP | 2008 |
| von Fliss, Montana | MFA Acting, PATP | 2008 |
| Ludwigsen, Jennefer | MFA Acting, PATP | 2009 |
| Blakely, Aaron | MFA Acting, PATP, BA Drama | 2009 |
| Stroppel, Thomas | MFA Acting, PATP | 2009 |
| Kennedy, Carl | MFA in Acting | 2010 |
| Lian, Kayla | MFA Acting, PATP | 2011 |
| Frear, Amy | MFA Acting, PATP | 2011 |
| Robinson, Monique | MFA Acting, PATP | 2012 |
| Loveland, Sarah | MFA Acting, PATP | 2012 |
| Kruse, Phil | MFA Acting, PATP | 2012 |
| Holt, Valeka | MFA Acting, PATP | 2012 |
| Giampietro, Matt | MFA Acting, PATP | 2012 |
| Telesmar, Christian | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Shue, Jonathan | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Mousavi, Darius | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Jha, Pankaj "J" K | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Iglesias, Yesenia | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Hilson, Amanda | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Hill, Brianne | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Wood, Kimberly Nicole | Professional Actor Training Program | 2014 |
| Ellis, Sunam | Professional Actor Training Program | 2015 |
| Donoghue, Christopher | Professional Actor Training Program | 2015 |
| Lamadrid, Anna | Professional Actor Training Program | 2015 |
| Ngo, Joe | Professional Actor Training Program | 2015 |
| Salaiz, Andrea | Professional Actor Training Program | 2015 |
| Castro, Moises | Professional Actor Training Program | 2016 |
| Patti, Rebekah | Professional Actor Training Program | 2016 |
| Gee, Christen | Professional Actor Training Program | 2016 |
| Roushdi, Rudy | Professional Actor Training Program | 2016 |
| Virden, Zach | Professional Actor Training Program | 2016 |
| Fort, Claire | Professional Actor Training Program | 2016 |
| Pavela, Tatiana | Professional Actor Training Program | 2017 |
| Cotten, Tré | Professional Actor Training Program | 2017 |
| Moss, Jessica | Professional Actor Training Program | 2017 |
| Lozano, Hazel | Professional Actor Training Program | 2017 |
| Edwards, Skye | Professional Actor Training Program | 2017 |
| Shaw, Porscha | Professional Actor Training Program | 2018 |
| Henderson, Bria | Professional Actor Training Program | 2018 |
| Glaser, Tamsen | Professional Actor Training Program | 2018 |
| McKevitt, Bridget | Professional Actor Training Program | 2018 |
| Miller, Allen | Professional Actor Training Program | 2018 |
| Brown, André G. | Professional Actor Training Program | 2018 |
| Brown, Allyson | Professional Actor Training Program | 2019 |
| Tafesh, Adrian | Professional Actor Training Program | 2019 |
| Jones, Taylor | Professional Actor Training Program | 2019 |
| Guevara, Phillip Ray | Professional Actor Training Program | 2019 |
| Cheshire, Alana | Professional Actor Training Program | 2019 |
| Castañeda-Gonzales, Tricia | Professional Actor Training Program | 2019 |
| Friday, AJ | Professional Actor Training Program | 2019 |
| Name | Degree |
Class Year |
|---|---|---|
| Shannon, Peggy | MFA Directing | 1986 |
| Swackhamer, Leslie | MFA Directing | 1990 |
| Rivas, Tlaloc | MFA Directing | 1999 |
| Domski, Jude | MFA Directing | 2000 |
| Costello, Josh | MFA Directing | 2003 |
| Fisch, Tamara | MFA Directing | 2007 |
| Chiang, Desdemona | MFA Directing | 2009 |
| Bennett, Paula | MFA in Directing | 2011 |
| Adcock-Starr, Leah | MFA Directing | 2015 |
| Polzin, Tina | MFA Directing | 2015 |
| Ryan, Sean | MFA Directing | 2017 |
| Oyetimein, Malika | MFA Directing | 2017 |
| Haefner, Cody Holliday | MFA in Directing | 2019 |
| Friou, Amanda | MFA in Directing | 2019 |
| Name | Degree |
Class Year |
|---|---|---|
| Smith, Harris | Chair, Dept. of Theatre, University of Utah | 1991 |
| Name | Degree |
Class Year |
|---|---|---|
| McDermott, John | MFA Scenic Design | 1996 |
| Martin, Robert J. | MFA Costume & Scenic Design | 1998 |
| Lieberman, Andrew | MFA Scenic Design | 1998 |
| Brown, Christopher | MFA Scenic Design | 1999 |
| TenEyck, Steve | MFA Lighting Design | 2001 |
| Smucker, Matthew | MFA Scenic Design | 2002 |
| O'Shea, Steve | MFA Lighting Design | 2002 |
| Burgess, Melanie | MFA Costume Design | 2002 |
| Zeyl, Jennifer | MFA Scenic Design | 2003 |
| Williams, Marion | MFA Scenic Design | 2003 |
| Bartek, Ann | MFA Scenic Design | 2004 |
| Smith, Andrew D. | MFA Lighting Design | 2005 |
| Layton, Andrew | MFA Scenic Design | 2005 |
| Lim, Czerton | MFA Scenic Design | 2006 |
| Short, Melinda | MFA Lighting Design | 2007 |
| Chisholm, Mairi | MFA Costume Design | 2007 |
| Dobay, Stephen | MFA Scenic Design | 2008 |
| Baas, Diane | MFA Lighting Design | 2008 |
| Wilder, Lara | MFA Lighting Design | 2009 |
| Zibello, Deanna | MFA Scenic Design | 2009 |
| Frank, Candace | MFA Costume Design | 2010 |
| Minahan, Michael | MFA Scenic Design | 2011 |
| Armes, Anastasia | MFA Costume Design | 2011 |
| Wilson, Linnaea Boone | MFA Costume Design | 2012 |
| Van Winkle, Emily | MFA Lighting Design | 2012 |
| Mumaw, Christopher | MFA Scenic Design | 2012 |
| Mannion, Andrew | MFA Scenic Design | 2012 |
| Cumings, Marnie | MFA Lighting Design | 2012 |
| Apatoff, Rachel | MFA Costume Design | 2012 |
| Petrovich, Michaela | MFA Costume Design | 2014 |
| Flynn, Ryn | MFA Lighting Design | 2014 |
| Panzarella, Allison | MFA Costume Design | 2014 |
| Sipila, Jennifer | MFA Scenic Design | 2014 |
| Arnold, Paul | MFA Lighting Design | 2014 |
| Bernard, John | MFA Lighting Design | 2015 |
| Hare, Melinda | MFA Costume Design | 2015 |
| Ogasawara, Maya | MFA Costume Design | 2015 |
| Roberts, Jared | MFA Scenic Design | 2015 |
| Michaels, Thorn | MFA Lighting Design | 2016 |
| Marcos, Lex | MFA Scenic Design | 2017 |
| Soble, Kyle | MFA Lighting Design | 2017 |
| Fischer, Kenrick | MFA Lighting Design | 2017 |
| Bartlett, Fawn | MFA Costume Design | 2017 |
| Buckstaff, Meleta | MFA Costume Design | 2017 |
| Webb, Matthew | MFA Lighting Design | 2018 |
| Parker, Amber | MFA Lighting Design | 2018 |
| Hogue, Emily Woods | MFA Costume Design | 2018 |
| Weinzatl, Pamela | MFA Costume Design | 2018 |
| Le, Isabel | MFA Scenic Design | 2018 |
| Winterle, Alex | MFA Scenic Design | 2018 |
| Zhang, Wenzheng | MFA in Scenic Design | 2019 |
| Lin, Shin-yi | MFA in Scenic Design | 2019 |
| Starling, Ranleigh | MFA in Lighting Design | 2019 |
| Halfhill, Lindsey | MFA in Costume Design | 2019 |
| Fell, Jordan | MFA in Costume Design | 2019 |
