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