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Music Theatre Alumni

Daniel J. Watts, ’04

Awards: Tony Award Nominee (Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Ike in Tina), Outer Critics Circle Award Winner (Outstanding Featured in a Musical, Ike in Tina), Barrymore Award Winner (Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole)

Broadway: Tina, the Tina Turner Musical, Hamilton, Motown: The Musical, After Midnight, Ghost the Musical, In the Heights, Memphis, The Little Mermaid, The Color Purple

Off-Broadway: The Last of the Love Letters, The Jam: Only Child, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Whorl Inside a Loop, The Refuge Plays

Regional: Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (People’s Light Theater and Geffen Playhouse)

TV/Film: Werewolf by Night, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Blindspot, The Last O.G., The Deuce, Smash, The Chi

Grant Gustin

Broadway: Water For Elephants

TV/Film: The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow (Barry Allen), Glee (Sebastian Smythe), 90210 (Campbell Price), Rescued by Ruby (Dan), Puppy Love (Max)

National Tour: West Side Story

Kennedy Caughell, ’12

Broadway/Tour: Paradise Square, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, American Idiot, Wicked

Off-Broadway/NY Theatre: Superyou The Musical, Chix 6, Freaky Friday, Sidekicks!

Regional: Nederlander Theatre, The Barnstormers Theatre, Berkley Rep, Staccato Musicals, John W. Engeman Theatre, New London Barn Theatre, CCPC Summer Theatre, Discoveryland, Music Theatre Wichita, Goodspeed Musicals

Nasia Thomas, ’15

Broadway: Caroline, Or Change, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, SIX: The Musical

Tour: Beautiful

Regional: Last 5 Years (Out of The Box Theatrics), Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (Berkeley Rep, Kennedy Center, Center Theatre Group, Mirvish Toronto), Beauty and the Beast (TUTS), Hairspray (Muny), The Color Purple (Muny)

Taylor Trensch

Broadway: Camelot, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dear Evan Hansen, Hello, Dolly!, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Matilda the Musical, Wicked

Off-Broadway: Bare, RENT

First National Tour: Spring Awakening

Regional: Pioneer Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla, Barrington Stage, Vivian Beaumont Theater, The New Group

TV: Law & Order: SVU, Evil, Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Netflix)

JJ Niemann, ’17

Broadway: Back To The Future (Original Broadway Cast), Book of Mormon

Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, The Rev. Theater Co., The MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, 5th Avenue Theatre

SMASH: Broadway Workshop

Social Media Influencer: over 1 million followers across social channels

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, ‘15

TV/Film: The Color Purple (Young Celie), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, We Stay Looking (HBO)

Broadway/Tour: The Lion King

Awards: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture (The Color Purple)

Barrett Wilbert Weed, ‘11

Broadway: Mean Girls, Lysistrata Jones

Off-Broadway: Heathers, FOUND The Musical, Bare: The Musical

Fergie Phillipe, ‘17

Broadway: Camelot, Hamilton

Tour: Hamilton

Regional: The MUNY, Playmaker’s Rep Company, Merry Go Round Playhouse, Arkansas Shakespeare Theater, Heritage Theater Festival

TV/Film: The Good Fight, The Gilded Age, Law and Order: SVU, Space Cadets

Adam Kaplan, ’12

Broadway/Tour: A Bronx Tale, Newsies, Kinky Boots (1st National), Show Boat (NY Philharmonic)

Regional: Music Theater Wichita, Flat Rock Playhouse

TV/Film: Deception, Maja + Theo (short), The Point of Divergence

Nick Martinez, ’15

Broadway: Moulin Rouge!

Dariana Mullen, ’21

Broadway: The Great Gatsby

Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Gatehouse Theatre Company, HCT Summerstage

Workshops: Playwright’s Horizons

Patrick Clanton, ’14

Broadway: Moulin Rouge!

Tour: Oklahoma! (1st National), School of Rock (1st National)

Regional: Arrow Rock Lyceum, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, North Carolina Theater, Casa Mañana, North Shore Music Theater

Hannah Kevitt, ’23

Broadway: Back To The Future (Original Broadway Cast), Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast)

Regional: Heritage Theater Festival, Serenbe Playhouse, Interlakes Summer Theater, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte

Kamal Lado, ’21

Broadway/National Tour: Moulin Rouge!

Jared Goldsmith, ’18

Broadway/Tour: Dear Evan Hansen

Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, Cortland Repertory Theater, Romano Playhouse Theatre

Film/TV: Spiderman 3, The Ant Bully, Blue’s Clues, Better Than Nate, Snap (Anthology Series), Macy’s Day Parade

Social Media Influencer: 1 million followers across channels

Sayo Oni, ’23

Broadway: Hadestown

Andrew Stevens Purdy, ’20

Broadway: The Book of Mormon

Regional: ACT of Connecticut, The Gateway, Forestburgh Playhouse, Interlakes Theater, Reagle Music Theater

Sidney Nicole Wilson, ’21

Broadway: The Lion King

Regional: NC Black Repertory Co., Virginia Musical Theater

Michael Callahan, ’13

Broadway/Tour: Aladdin, Cinderella

Regional: Asolo Rep, Goodspeed, Ogunquit Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Hangar Theater, Music Theater Louisville

Ginna Claire Mason, ’13

Broadway/Tours: Wicked, Newsies, Flashdance

Las Vegas: Duck Commander: The Musical

Regional: Flat Rock Playhouse, U of Findlay Summer Stock, Post Playhouse

Film/TV: Preach, A Holiday Spectacular, A Heidelberg Holiday, A Carol for Two

2024 Commencement Speaker Elon University

Alec Michael Ryan, ’19

Broadway: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical

Tour: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Jersey Boys

Regional: Theatre Under The Stars, White Plains Performing Arts Center, New London Barn Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, REV Theatre Company

Michael Schimmele, ’18

Broadway: Aladdin

Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, STAGES St. Louis, RTP, Variety Theatre, Tent Theatre, The MUNY, Transcendence Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre

Gerald Caesar, ’16

Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Choir Boy, A Bronx Tale the Musical

TV/Film: Dear Evan Hansen, Only Murders in the Building

Regional: PCLO, The Muny, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Paramount Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus

Cara Rose DiPietro, ’21

TEDxUCDavis: “Confessions Of A Recovering Theatre Kid”

Regional: New London Barn Playhouse, Connecticut Stage Company, Arena Stage, The Link Theatre, The Palace Theatre, Interlakes Summer Theatre, Quintessence Theatre Group, The Prizery, Timber Lakes Playhouse

Readings/Workshops: Rutka (Lincoln Center)

Social Media Influencer: over 300K followers across channels

Matt Shingledecker, ‘08

Broadway: Wicked, West Side Story, Spring Awakening

Tour: Wicked, Spring Awakening

Off-Broadway: Rent

Willem Butler, ’22

National Tour: Anastasia (Dmitry)

Alexa Wildish, ’10

The Voice: Season 24

Tucker Stampen, ’17

Agent Associate at DGRW

Renell Taylor, ’23

Broadway: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical

Off-Broadway: Jelly’s Last Jam (New York City Center)

Regional: Kennedy Center, PCLO, Bucks County Playhouse, Lexington Theatre Company, Forestburgh Playhouse, Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, Tent Theatre

Lauren Adams, ’04

Comedy: Upright Citizens Brigade

TV/Film: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Gretchen), Modern Family, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Greener Grass, Red Dead Redemption II, Special

Steven Telsey, ’18

Broadway: Harmony

National Tour: The Book of Mormon

Off-Broadway: Harmony

Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Shenandoah Music Theatre, Penguin Repertory, Forestburgh Playhouse, Theatre Workshop Nantucket

TV/Film: George: Rise of A Revolution (FOX)

Kiira Schmidt, ’03

Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Follies, Anything Goes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas

TV/Film: Smash

Paul Heesang Miller, ‘10

Broadway: The King and I, Mamma Mia!, Aladdin

Allison Pearce, ’00

Broadway: Curtains, Cry Baby, Good Vibrations

Off-Broadway/National Tour: Cabaret, Enter Laughing

Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, San Diego Repertory, Cygnet Theater, Goodspeed, Flat Rock Playhouse

Matt Meigs, ’12

Broadway: Wicked, Carousel, Holiday Inn, Tuck Everlasting, Matilda

National tours: Wicked, Mary Poppins. Las Vegas: Rock of Ages (Franz)

Regional: Muny, Flatrock Playhouse, Theatre by the Sea

Mackenzie Bell, ’09

Broadway/Tour: Shucked, Summer, Sunset Boulevard, Pippin, Jersey Boys (1st Nat’l, Chicago, Vegas), Flashdance (1st Nat’l)

TV/Film: Inventing Anna, Fosse/Verdon

Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla, The Muny, Casa Mañana

Lisa Goldstein, ’03

TV/Film: One Tree Hill (Millicent Huxtable)

Tanner Ray Wilson, ’13

Broadway: Hadestown, Head Over Heels (Original Broadway Cast), Cats

Tour: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

NYC Theatre: Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular

Matthew Masten, ’09

Broadway: Side Show (Producer), Of Mice and Men (Associate Producer), Swept Away (Producer)

Off-Broadway: Buyer & Seller (Associate Producer)

Jaron Cole, ’23

Casting Assistant for Casting by ARC

Lindsay Northen, ’03

Broadway: Wicked

National Tour: The Sound of Music

TV/Film: New Amsterdam, Tales of the City, The American, The Last OG, Mr. Robot, CSI Miami

Regional Theatre: Pirates!, The Music of Tin Pan Alley, Big River, How to Succeed, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Joseph…, The Music Man

Chris Wood, ’10

National Tour: Spring Awakening (Melchior)

TV/Film: Legacies (Kai Parker) – The CW, Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Prince Adam/He-Man) – Netflix, ThirtySomething(Else) (Leo Steadman) – ABC, Supergirl (Mon-El) – The CW, Containment (Jake) – The CW, The Vampire Diaries (Kai Parker) – The CW, The Carrie Diaries (Adam Weaver) – The CW, Girls (Paul) – HBO, Major Crimes (Brandon North) – TNT

Awards: Teen Choice TV Villain (Nominated), Teen Choice Action TV Actor (Nominated)

Drew Redington

Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, New York, New York, Mean Girls, The Prom, Holiday Inn (Roundabout Theatre Co.)., Spamalot

Regional: Goodman Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, The MUNY, Marriott Theatre, Casa Mañana, TUTS Houston, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Jake David Smith, ’19

Broadway: Frozen

Off-Broadway: Between The Lines

Tour: Les Misérables

Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Marriott Theatre, Rubicon Theatre Company

Elsa Keefe, ’24

Broadway: & Juliet

Regional: Paramount Theatre Aurora, Cape Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Seacoast Repertory Theatre

Zion Middleton, ’23

National Tour: Ain’t Too Proud

Regional: SpeakEasy Stage, Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, Rev Theatre Company

Candace Rhodes, ’23

National Tour: Come From Away

Daniela Rodrigo, ’21

National Tour: A Beautiful Noise

Regional: Marriott Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, Gatehouse Theatre Company, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Hunter Brown, ’15

Broadway: Swept Away

National Tour: Sound of Music, Fame

Regional: Arena Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Gateway Playhouse, JW Engeman Theatre, The Argyle Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, The Lost Colony, Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, Roxy Regional Theatre, Show Palace Theatre

John Yi, ’11

Broadway: KPOP

Off-Broadway/New York Theatre: Big Gay Jamboree, Snow In Midsummer, Notes From Now, KPOP, Soft Power, Oliver!

National Tour: Cinderella, Miss Saigon

TV/Film: Kaleidoscope – Netflix, The Other Two – Comedy Central, Mr. Robot – USA, The Kennedy Center At 50 – PBS, Vial, Over The Moon – Netflix

Regional: George Street Playhouse, Guthrie Theater

Timothy Scott Brausch, ’22

National Tour: Chicago, My Fair Lady

Regional: Virginia Repertory Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Piedmont Players