congratulations, rebecca!
i didn't know we had an alum with the LAB...
i'll try to get to the show (i'm in the city next week for the jarzyna macbeth at st. annes and may be able to stay another day) but could you put me on your mailing list for your projects? i'm at juanitarockwell at gmail dot com and would love to talk with you - i sometimes bring a group of our grad students to nyc to see work, and would love to talk with you about what you're doing.
peace,
juanita rockwell





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What's a Little Death (A Play with Songs)
Play and Lyrics by Juanita Rockwell / Music and Sound by Chas Marsh / Directed by Leslie Felbain
An Original Production by 3 Hands Clapping
www.3handsclapping.org
Something is rotten in the StateU
A gravedigger's working overtime, thanks to an endless war, and the earth is so stuffed with bodies that it's spitting them back out - including a ragged pack of the formerly living who bear a striking resemblance to those littering the stage at the end of Hamlet.

At the Source Festival
July 5 @ 2pm & 8pm and July 6 @ 2pm.
1835 14th St. NW, Washington, DC www.sourcedc.org
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hi i grad. from the theatre dept. in 1990- i have a play i wrote at the public through june 28th- a dark comedy, Penalties & Interest- tix only $10.00 done with labyrinth theatre co. if anyone is in town and wants to come- fun office absurdist play. www.labtheater.org
best, rebecca

Hey everyone,

Good to see this thing is back up and running!! I miss it. I hope everyone is doing well. I've been busy getting my MFA in Directing from Florida State University. I start my third year in August. It has been a life long dream to get my MFA since my days at Towson. I'm not sure what is going to happen after, but I'm trying to just enjoy the ride now. I'm coming back to Maryland this summer to hang out until my semester starts in August. I'd love to connect with some of the old crew. Shout out to Conservatory- Fall 1995 (did I really write 1995...yikes!)

Love and Kisses
Ryan

monique, My email address is

jherzog@towson.edu

If you are an Alum.. Why else would you be here...
Please fill out the alumni survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vY8o...LTPc2w5R2BnSg_3d_3d

We need this for our national accreditation.
  
Thanks

Jay

So I just filled out the accreditation survey, and it suggested I visit this board and share what I'm doing, so...

I'm still in NYC, working primarily as a freelance costume designer and wardrobe stylist. I split my time between "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," the Metropolitan Opera, and a variety of TV/print wardrobe styling projects. (I recently worked on a show for Comedy Central, and also had my work on the cover of Entertainment Weekly!) I do a bit of theatre design as well--the last thing was the off-off-Broadway premiere of a new play in which all of the characters were vegetables and plants (no kidding!)

If you're interested, my online portfolio is here:
http://www.becky-frey.com

Hope everyone is well!

SO glad I popped on here. It has been a long time! Congratulations Monique! What a blessing! So nice to get updates...

I am in Hawaii, on the Big Island. I have been here for 3 months and it is heaven. I am running a retreat center, so if you have a group you would like to bring for an intensive. Please keep it in mind. I am going to attach my generic letter that I send to teachers. If it strikes your fancy or someone you know, please pass it along.

Otherwise, I have a fairly new e mail address, would love to hear from some old friends: Kundalinijeannie@hotmail.com

Love to all!



Aloha, Blessings and Namaste,
I am writing you from our gorgeous oasis on the Big Island of Hawaii.
We are a full service retreat center that will help you co-create an
abundant and transformative teachers training or retreat for your
students. We are located on 5 acres of serene grounds, our main studio
is a bright and vibrant 40X20 temple with bamboo floors and windows on
all sides overlooking the ocean. Our yoga deck has the same dimensions
and has a full ocean view. Our sanctuary is pristine, and conveniently
located to everything on the island, surfing, snorkeling, whale
watching, rain forests, volcanos, white sand beaches, black sand
beaches, hiking, and hotsprings. There are so many luscious things to
do on the island. I would love to help you create your dream retreat.
Teachers generally teach two classes a day and are compensated $2000
for every 10 students they bring, plus your airfare is covered, room and board. This is a great opportunity to really nourish your spirit while enriching your students. Our web site
has additional information about past retreats and some pictures,
WWW.EXOTICYOGA.COM
I would love to talk to you more about your retreat. Please feel free
to call me at 808-775-0177 or e mail with questions. Mahalo!
Love and Sat Nam,
 
Ardas

Mad Breed
MAD BREED—on the eve of their parents’ wedding, the offbeat teenaged siblings of John Wilkes Booth decide to put on a play. All is going well until Adah, an African American freewoman with Shakespearean dreams, arrives and the complications begin. Experience the insanity, brilliance, fisticuffs and over-the-top sibling rivalry of one of Maryland’s most notorious families one glorious summer evening on a family farm in Belair, Maryland.
A historic comedy for all ages.

Written by Jacqueline E. Lawton, Directed by Juanita Rockwell, Dramaturged by Jewel Greenberg
Featuring: Kristen Egermeier, Zachary Fernebok, Danny Gavigan, Lee Liebiskind, Amanda Thickpenny and Anastasia Wilson

May 2nd - June 1st, 2008 at Joe’s Movement Emporium
3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mt. Rainier, MD 20782 (just off of Rhode Island Avenue)
Performances: Fridays at 8, Saturdays at 4 and 8 and Sundays at 5.
For $12 tickets go to www.activecultures.org or call 301-526-9921.

For information about GROUP SALES or to schedule a STUDENT MATINEE on Thursday, May 8th or Thursday, May 2nd or call 301-526-9921

jherzog@towson.edu

Jay, what is an email address to send you a pic too? Thanks for posting her. lol!

Monique, What fabulous news. Please send me a picture for the department office board.

Much love to your family

Jay

She's here! Gabrielle Elyse. My beautiful baby girl! She arrived on April 4th at 3:37 a.m. after a long labor! She is perfect. Full head of brown hair and olive skin. I can't believe I'm a mom. Thought I'd share the good news.

  Hope everyone is well.

Yay for Mini-Monique! Let us know the moment she makes her world debut! So fantastic! Laurie was right there in Rockville, but was in the process of moving to South Carolina.

So just a few plugs... I finished shooting an episode of America's Most Wanted, so that may be on television someday. The case was pretty horrific, so I'll spare you the details, but I've got a link at www.katedanley.com if you want more info (I played the "Cathy" mentioned in the article).

Also, I'm performing every Friday night in the improvised soap opera "Scandal!" at the Acme Comedy Theater, for anyone is out here in LA. www.acmecomedy.com

Aaaaannnnnd finally, I founded a sketch comedy group called Hair of the Mangy Dog and we've been invited to perform at the LA Comedy Festival this May, which is pretty nifty. So if you're around in May, come check us out! www.hairofthemangydog.com

I think that is officially it...

Hi everyone. Hi Kathy..say hi to Laurie back for me. Where is she?
Anyway, I am currently 36 weeks pregnant/9months and counting. I can't wait to see her. I'm so excited.
I was dancing again, until the baby news. I plan on going back when she is born. I hope to also get back into theatre too. I say that now, when baby comes, who knows. lol.
Miss you all and hope everyone is well. I will email when she arrives! I'm due April 12th.

Courtney. I have pics from all the shows in the office.

ALL. April 11 at 8pm.
Donegal X-Press, an Irish rock band with 3 alums,
will be playing the Mainstage Theatre for an Alumni/Fundraiser

$20 tickets now on sale
http://marylandartsfestival.stores.yahoo.net/donegalxpress.html

It should be great fun.
If you are on Facebook... invite me to be your friend and I will keep you
up to date.

Jay

Yes Hillary.
There are a number of people out there.
All from more recent years that yours.

Mary OConor is ASM at Steppenwolf,
Yurgen Hooper is an actor out there.
And there are more.
Most graduated in the last 4 years.

Hey all! I spend most of my time between Chicago and Kansas City (flight attendant)Are there any alums in theater in Chicago? I would love to go and see some local theater. -Hillary

 


Greetings,


Wanted to tell everyone about a new project I'm creating, the booksailor podcast. BookSailor.com will be a new site launching within the next few months to help promote children’s books, children’s music, and children’s literacy. The web site is currently under construction and I am working feverishly to pull everything and everyone together. As it is my desire to have several weeks of material fully prepared before we go live, I am at this point actively seeking out authors and musicians who are interested in promoting their work.

I know few children who don’t love being read to, as such the main focus of each week’s podcast will be the reading of a children’s book. This reading may be done by the author, by myself, or by another gifted storyteller/actor.(Anyone in the area who'd like to do a reading- let me know!) The podcast will be rounded out by book reviews, book recommendations, and music designed specifically for children.

The BookSailor target age range is 4-12. Most of today’s children’s programming is, in my opinion, appallingly designed to simply sell more licensed and branded toys. I want to give parents an engaging, exciting, and enlightening alternative for their children. While the booksailor web site will include links enabling visitors to purchase the books and CD’s that are highlighted in the podcast, we will also be regularly singing the praises of the public library system. (If this sounds a little familiar reading rainbow was a huge inspiration.)

If you would like your book or music to be considered for future BookSailor podcasts please send me a review copy of your work. I prefer a physical copy, but will accept digital submissions. Please contact me with whatever questions you might have at info@booksailor.com or mattmcdunnell@aol.com


Matt McDunnell
BookSailor.com
1607 First Ave
York, Pa
      17403

Hey guys! Just a quick reminder, Rent is at the Hippodrome theatre next weekend, March 7, 8, &9. If you might be coming out to see it, give me a holler - I'll be onstage on keys 2! Will also be out and about around downtown/Mt. Vernon area probably. Hope everyone is doing well :)

Nick

katonkeyz@gmail.com

Hey ya'll! I'm looking for anyone with some performance pics of 2001's How to Succeeeeeed...Trying?

Thanks. Hope everyone is well!!!

morganickney@comcast.net

Hello all! I think it's been 5 years since I've posted. Anyway, my theatre company in Los Angeles, Son of Semele Ensemble, is still alive and kicking. We're doing Melancholy Play, by Sarah Ruhl, at the moment...getting some very exciting press! Check out the website if you're so inclined.

sonofsemele.org

Other than that, still working with children with autism. I'm getting my certification in Behavior Analysis next month and getting married in August. Whew. Hope everyone is well. Drop me a line. krisbren@mac.com

Just dropping a reminder post to alums who are still local. Check out "Six Dead Queens...and an Inflatable Henry" at the Mobtown Theatre from February 15th to March 8th. Scenic design by yours truly, PLUS a fabulous cast featuring none other than fellow alum Kerry Brady! Tickets are selling fast! I'm so proud of this show. It's funny and weird and touching. (Just the things i like best in theatre. :) )

Hope to see lots of you there! I'll be in the booth running the gajillion projection cues I managed to write. :P

Edited by author 01-19-2008 01:39 AM
So glad to see our alumni page make a comeback! What is there to say? I just celebrated my third year in NYC and it was the best year of my life for enough reasons that could fill an entire novel! Main highlights were getting to perform in the DC Fringe Festival (a group up here took the show down there), doing a short film with my brother for the first time ever, being in Verizon Wireless' network (I've done background on at least half a dozen of their commercials), a random appearance on Fox Business Channel during a promotion I was doing and a ton of other things. Oh and by the way, I saw John Glover in "Drowsy Chaperone" last summer. It was one of the best musicals I've ever seen on Broadway, so sad it closed.

For anyone who's in NYC or visiting or just wants to say hello, please do so! E-mail is actorgersh21@yahoo.com or add me on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/actorgersh and you will need to enter either my last name or e-mail to add me. Also for all you Orioles fans out there (if you haven't abandoned them yet) I formed a fan club up here so if you want an invite to the next event when the season starts by all means let me know! Hope everyone is having a prosperous and exciting new year so far!

Hey all! I think a reunion is well in order! Anyone know what happened to Monica Murphy? I haven't heard from her in years!

Glad to hear you're teaching for BSOM Michelle. Is Karla Kettler still there? She's actually a really old girlfriend of mine! Small world. I worked in admissions for them for a while too up here at the York Campus.

Been really getting the itch to get back on the stage. Thinking about auditioning for the local community theatre's "Into the Woods" It's been a LONG time!I'm pretty rusty!

Anyone I know have young kids- I'm all about play dates on the weekends- my boys are 4 and 6.

Give me a shout - mattmcdunnell@aol.com

MAtt

Hey Towson!

Just got word that I am off to Asia to tour with the show "42nd Street". I will be playing the part of "Anytime Annie"! I will be there for six months and will hit South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand! So I am SUPER excited! I will return to NYC in July to hit the audition circuit once again!

Hope all is well with everyone!

-Jenna

Yay! New Message Board! Congrats, Monique, on your new wee one! Laurie says hello!

I've got a new show I'm in to pimp to anyone out here on the west coast. After an extended run Off Broadway in New York, R.R.R.E.D. the Musical is playing Los Angeles for two short weeks and YOU, my lucky duck friends, YOU can buy a ticket to TEH AWESOME.

Katie Thompson's voice (www.katiethompson.com) has more soul than a Pentecostal tent revival. Adam Jackman's book is so funny, you'll want to wear Depends. When's the last time you saw a show in LA that didn't make you want to spork your eyeballs out? Come out this or next week and your answer will be "January".

R.R.R.E.D.
A New Musical
Book by Adam Jackman, Katie Thompson & Patrick Livingston
Music & Lyrics by Katie Thompson
January 3-12
Thu-Sat at 8pm
$20
The McCadden Place Theatre
1157 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038

http://www.plays411.com/rrred
http://www.rrredthemusical.com

Hello Towson Alums!

I am writing to see if you are interested in auditioning for MAD BREED by Jacqueline Lawton at Active Cultures, the vernacular theatre of Maryland. MAD BREED begins rehearsals on March 29th and runs May 2nd – 25th at Joe's Movement Emporium. MAD BREED was commissioned and developed by Active Cultures and will be directed b y Juanita Rockwell. Please contact Mary Resing at activeculturestheatre@yahoo.com or 301-526-9921 to schedule an audition for Saturday, January 12.

Below is a description of the play and a list of the roles we are casting as well as bios for the playwright and director. We are proud to say that although Active Cultures is a new and small theatre company, all artists are paid (they are paid only a tiny tiny stipend but they are paid something).

MAD BREED-- On the eve of their parents' wedding, the offbeat teenaged siblings of John Wilkes Booth decide to put on a play. When they are unexpectedly joined by an African American actress on the run, romance, Shakespearean verse and mayhem ensue. Experience the insanity, brilliance and over-the-top sibling rivalry of one of Maryland 's most notorious families one silly summer on their family farm in Belair, Maryland .
CHARACTERS:

    * Adah (30/16), beautiful, smart, brave, a free African American girl, who dresses up as a boy to perform in minstrels, incredibly talented, she adores Edwin.
    * Edwin (32/18), handsome, genuine, Junius' mentor, dresser, companion, and guide while on tour, he has personal aspirations to be an actor himself, he adores Adah.
    * Wilkes (27/13), terribly handsome, charming, scrappy, Junius' favorite son, precocious, racist, driven, a good, strong actor, and politically minded.
    * Asia (16), Junius' youngest daughter, creative, determined, and adores Wilkes to a fault, loves Sleepy for who she knows he could be, if he tried.
    * Sleepy (18), opportunistic, a bit of a playboy, Edwin's classmate, wants desperately to be a tragedian actor, but is more suited for comedy. This actor will also speak the voice of Shadow of a Man.
    * Blanche (16), a princess, ridiculous, a horrific actress, neighbor to the Booths, she loves Edwin to a distraction.

Playwright JACQUELINE E. LAWTON is the author of Blood-bound and Tongue-tied, Deep Belly Beautiful, and The Devil's Sweet Water. Her plays have been developed and received workshop readings at Didactic Theater Company in collaboration with the Kitchen Theatre (Round House Theatre); the Kennedy Center 's Page to Stage Festival under the sponsorship of the Shakespeare Theater Company; Rorschach Theater Company's Magic in Rough Spaces New Play Development Program, and Woolly Mammoth Theater Company (with support from Arena Stage). Most recently, Ms. Lawton's play The Devil and The Marine was written and produced as a part of Rorschach Theater Company's MythAppropriations. Ms. Lawton is a three time semi-finalist for the Playwright's Center PlayLabs and recently received the Young Artist Program Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities to fund further development of The Devil's Sweet Water (keep and eye out for that in February 08).

JUANITA ROCKWELL is a director, writer and dramaturge with over 20 years experience developing new works for theatre, opera, radio and multi-media. She recently directed Shoot the Messenger, a site-specific solo performance in a 100 year-old barn in Connecticut . She directed the workshop premiere of The Sound of Waves, a music theatre piece by Donna DiNovelli/David Rodwin, for Mabou Mines/Suite Resident Artists program. She was Co-Director of Squonk Opera's multi-media production Burn, which premiered at Pittsburgh 's City Theatre and toured nationally as Inferno. She also wrote/directed/co-designed A Cave in the Sky, a work with puppets, performers, and video, for The Artists at St. Ann's Puppetlab at The Culture Project in New York City and in collaboration with her husband, musician/sound/video designer Chas Marsh. Other productions she has directed include Moliére's The Misanthrope (Blue Heron Theatre, NYC), Beckett's Play (with sculptor John Antone at Washington Project for the Arts, DC), and James Sellars' music theater pieces Chanson Dada (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and For Love of the Double Bass ( Madrid, Helsinki, Yorkshire ).

Hey guys! :) Thanks for the new guestbook, Jay! Hope everyone is doing well... I moved to NY in June and love every second of it. Did a few projects for NYU and some freelance stuff to keep me busy.

And on Jan. 1st, I'm leaving to go out as Associate Conductor/Keys 2 for the RENT tour. If anyone's around Bmore in early March, I think we hit the Hippodrome for a weekend, I'd love to see ya! For chicago people, we're at the Palace for a week in Feb! Check it out!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. It will be a baby girl. I hope she dances...lol! I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. Miss you all and think of you often. Stay well. We should all plan a '96 and '97 reunion. That would be fun!

Greetings fellow alums. It's goot see this back up and running without someone trying to sell me Viagra.. Yeah I may be getting older but still don't need it. Anyway I just wanted to say hi. I'm still involved in community theatre here in Los Alamos but busy with my full time job running a medical practice. Hope everyone is well. By the way does anyone know what happened to Mike Beaver?? Take care.

I'm an alumni now? Weird.

Greetings from The Windy City!

Jess Neilson, Haily Wineland and I are the new wave of migration to Chicago and everything is going splendidly, all working really hard, and staying crazy busy. I just closed The Elephant Man at Steppenwolf as the Stage management apprentice (basically the non-equity asm) and am moving on to something different for the next three months and then back at Steppenwolf for Dead Man's Cell Phone in the spring. If anyone is in the area and looking for tickets, get in touch! The other ladies are doing wonderfully and I'll let them make their own posts.

Happy (early) Thanksgiving everyone!

Mary

Hey All:

If anyone is planning on being in Frederick on Sunday night, The Wayfarers (Me, Brad Dunnells, and Jason Tinney) will be playing at Bushwallers at 8pm. We'd love to see you.

Best to Everyone, Hi Shelly, and Monique, I am so happy for you!

Laura

Hey Everyone,
Is this the new Alumni Page? I hope everyone is well. I'm teaching at Baltimore School of Massage.
Congrats Monique!!! Good luck with the pregnancy.

Well, Ian beat me to the punch and already posted the notification that I'm doing Much Ado About Nothing at Everyman Theatre, so listen to him and come check us out in that fine little show of ours. It's shaping up to be quite a good production. I'm also going to be in a show over at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland sometime starting in March. It's called Lost and Foundling. I'll post updates here for all to see sometime in the new year. Hope everyone is well, drop me a line if you want to hang out some time.

mark_paul_krawczyk@hotmail.com

Just a quick shout out that I'm in Everyman Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing opening on November 9th. Several other Towson people are in the cast: Mark Krawczyk,Megan Anderson, Vivienne Shub, and Daniel Ettinger is designing the set.

check it out at www.everymantheatre.org

Hi everyone. Long time no talk. Hope everyone is doing well. I have good news. I am now 4 months pregnant. yeah! I'm excited. Wanted to tell you. Take care everyone. Feel free to email me at
Moe3207@aol.com

Hey all,

    Glad to see that this thing is back up and running iwhtout the spamming. So if you are interested I will be in a production of "Getting Out" at the Clark Street Playhouse with Journeymens Theatre Ensemble of which I am an artistic associate. The show is running from Aug 28th-Sept 21st on Wed-Saturdays. Please if you are interested check out Journeymens sight. www.journeymentheater.org

Hey all! Sad to see the old guestbook go bye-bye...but hey, here we are again. Just dropping a line to see how everyone's summer is going. I've been keeping busy as a Jill-of-all-trades around Baltimore. Nothing like painting New Argentina drops at 1:30 in the morning to make you feel alive, right? :) Next stop...Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry with The Mobtown Players...it's going to be something really special. Check me at stagemgrelby@yahoo.com or www.myspace.com/stagemgrelby.

Love and Hugs to all those who haunted the back hallway from 1997-2001!!

Hello All,
This is the Frenchie back in town!
I just want to say hello to everyone and say that I just took a look at the new building and I must say...I am a little jealous!
anywhoo, I will be at the Theatre Projects with the Run of the Mills Theatre Company this Fall for the play Blood Wedding if anyone wants to stop by!!!!
Take Care everyone

Enjoy this site.
Let us know what you are up to and reunite with old friends.

Jay