Theatre Alumni - Where Are They Now?

Browse the profiles and resumes of some of Ball State's theatre and dance alumni below. If you're an alumnus of our program, please send us your resume and a note about your activities so we can post them here! Please send your information and headshot to Kristin Ramsey karamsey@bsu.edu.

Recent "candid" photo taken at the wedding of BSU Theatre grads Elijah Dotson and Melissa Shinn (both of whom live in Los Angeles, California) in December of 2006. Photo also includes Theatre/Dance graduates (from left to right) Tim Lueke (New York), Natalie Ellis (Chicago), Kathryn Gilbert (Los Angeles), Shane Davis (Los Angeles), Kelli Horton (Los Angeles), Chris Bryant (Louisville area), Tony Llewellyn (Los Angeles), Rachel Shuherk (Los Angeles), Kate Lee (Los Angeles), Scott Halberstadt (Los Angeles), Eddie Franklin, Department Chair Bill Jenkins, Erin Schlabach (London), Jen Jurek (New York), Amy Shepard (Los Angeles), Heidi Nees (Illinois), Ryan Woodle (New York), Bill & Tricia Zimmerman (Ohio), and Mike Doty (Indiana). Graduates not pictured include Liz Davito (New York) & Cathy Burns (Los Angeles).

Several Ball State Alumni friends reunite in Chicago for a fun karoake night. Pictured: AJ Wright, Cassie Liveris, Erin Ordway, Kirsten Day, Matt Gibson, and Bryan Campbell.

Recent Chicago based BSU alums after performance of The Wall Reader written by Tom Murray (05). Theatre alums include Danni Smith (06), AJ Wright (05), Erin Ordway (04), Nate Hart, Brittany Lee (06), Tom Murray, Bobby Richards (06), Kaitlin Fumarolo (07), Shelly Koop (06), Martin Monahan (06), Ticha Guillaud (06), Dustin Spence (07), Peter Corey (07).

Jeff Lawhorn just recently got engaged! Congratulations!

Jennifer Keller married Lincoln Skinner on August 25, 2007 in Hudson, OH. Jamie Marshall-Bennett(Ball State Alumni) was her matron of honor and her husband, Dustin Bennett(Ball State Alumni) served as an usher and scripture reader. Congratulations Jennifer and Lincoln!

Here is a group picture of some Ball State Alumni that live/work/audition in NYC! Clockwise from left to right are: Billy Blanken, Adam Shapiro, Jeff Lawhorn, Megan Pohlard, Kirsten Day, Samuel Ladd, and Renee Gonzales.

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Theatre students entertain Atlanta alumni and friends of Ball State.

This is a photo of the new BSU alumni founded group in Chicago, Strangeloop Theatre!

Featured from left to right: Letitia Guillaud ('06), Danni Smith ('05), Nathan Hart, Jillian Rafa ('05), Thomas Murray ('05), Martin Monahan ('05), Michael Arthur ('05), Tara Branham ('08), Shannon Bracken ('05), Dustin Spence ('07), Shaun Renfro ('08), Christine Harrison ('07), Kyle A. Martin ('07), Brittany M. Lee ('06), Kaitlin Fumarolo ('07), Bobby Richards ('06), and Carley Cornelius ('07).

Kellie Clark Wedding

Theatre Alums in picture are: Jarl Oliver, Tricia Zimmerman, Robb Coles, Cassie Liveris, Chris Bryant, Billy Zimmerman, Leanne Oliver, Kellie (Harrison) Clark, Jamie Grant, Kirsten Day, Liz Bolger, Michael J (no period) Taylor, J.R. Grass (not sure what JR's new last name is!), Tony Sirk

Cynda Williams began a professional life of acting and singing after relocating to New York from her native Chicago. Her debut film Mo' Better Blues, directed by Spike Lee, was a critical and commercial success. Blessed with a role that also required singing, her song Harlem Blues went #1 on the R&B charts. That film opened the door to her next performance in Carl Franklin's One False Move-the true icebreaker for Cynda's career. This break out independent film appeared on many Best Film lists and Cynda was nominated for the coveted Spirit Award.

Cynda has since appeared in numerous films including: Salvador Litvak's When Do We Eat, Billy Wirth's MacArthur Park, P.J. Castellante's Relax...It's Just Sex, Darin Scott's Caught Up and Wesley Strick's The Tie That Binds. She has also performed memorable quality television roles including: BET's Hidden Blessings, Lifetime's The Courage to Love, HBO's Dorothy Dandridge, Oprah Winfrey's ABC miniseries, The Wedding, and PBS' Tale of the City.

Cynda presently resides in Los Angeles with her producer husband Roderick Plummer and Sophia Gabrielle, their daughter. Cynda continues to sing and accept quality roles in film and television.

Jeffrey Lawhorn (Director/Actor/Etc.) recently directed THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Festival 56 in Illinois to excellent reviews. In March 2006 he produced and directed THE PALOOKA, a new play by Brandon Ramos, at the Access Theatre in New York, which garnered six Innovative Theatre Award nominations, including Outstanding Director and Outstanding Production of a Play. Other NYC Directing credits include: A TOUCHING STORY (Emerging Artists Theatre), THREE WOMEN (EAT), L-O-V-E (EAT, Samuel French Festival), THE LAST FIVE YEARS and numerous readings. Recent acting credits include: CRAZY FOR YOU, WEST SIDE STORY (Action), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Borachio) and BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (Paul). He is a member of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab, Emerging Artists Theatre Company, and is working on a new play with Moises Kaufman at Tectonic Theatre Project. Jeffrey works as an associate talent agent at the Beverly Anderson Agency in New York.

Debra Denys Smith has lived and worked in New York City for the past seven years. In the past year alone, she taught and choreographed for numerous dance schools and theatre camps and performed on the Broadway stage in the annual benefit Nothing Like a Dame. Her favorite performing credits include:

A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden)
Anything Goes (Lincoln Center Benefit starring Patti LuPone)
Funny Girl (The Actors Fund Benefit)
Fame! (European Tour)
Steel Pier (National Tour)
Crazy For You (PBS Great Performances)

Currently you can see Debra revisiting her role as a Rockette for her third season in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York. She is a proud member of AEA and AGVA.

Debra's Resume (PDF)

Bill Jenkins Chairperson of the Department of Theatre and Dance Associate Professor of Theatre

Bill Jenkins is the Chair of Ball State University's Department of Theatre and Dance where he serves as an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, Directing, and Acting. Since arriving at Ball State, he has directed The Laramie Project (which was selected as the national alternate for the KC/ACTF Competition), A Flea in Her Ear, A Little Night Music, The Philadelphia Story, Cabaret, and Orpheus in the Underworld. Mr. Jenkins also annually directs Ball State's "New York Showcase" with NY Casting Director Stephanie Klapper.

Professor Jenkins is an active professional director whose experiences includes extensive work in Chicago with the Noble Fool Theatre (Ruthless, Musical of Musicals: The Musical, and Roasting Chestnuts), Famous Door Theatre Company (The Living, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Production), and work with the musical theatre group Cabarrah including the 2006 Sondheim Celebration at Millenium Park, Illinois Shakespeare Festival (Knight of the Burning Pestle and Fifteen-Minute Hamlet, among others), Summer Studio Theatre Company at the Krannert Center (Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Educating Rita, Born Yesterday, This Property is Condemned, and An Unsatisfactory Supper), Nebraska Repertory Theatre (Measure for Measure), and Ball State's professional summer company Shakespeare Under the Stars (Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet). In addition to his directorial credits, Professor Jenkins serves as the President of the Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC) and is active as an evaluator for the acting auditions through the University/Resident Theatre Auditions (U/RTA) in Chicago.

Prior to his arrival at Ball State, Bill served as the Head of Directing at the University of North Dakota. While at UND, his production of How I Learned to Drive was the first ever production from that institution selected for performance at the Regional KC/ACTF Competition. He received his MFA in directing from Illinois State University, and also holds a Masters and Bachelors degree from Ball State University in speech communications and acting. His greatest role is that of husband to his beautiful wife, Sarah and father to his beloved golden retriever, Daisy.

Warren Jackson is a proud member of Actors Equity. He earned his MFA in acting from the University of Arizona. Recently, he appeared as a national spokes-model for VERB, a national campaign promoting physical activity for kids. Based out of Chicago, he has worked regionally with Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Arizona Theatre Company. He also worked with theatres like Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Court Theatre, Lifeline Theatre among others. He received a nomination from the Black Theatre Alliance of Chicago for the Ossie Davis Award for Best Featured Actor in a production, for his performance in Victory Gardens Theatre's world premiere of Shoes by Gloria Bond Clunie.

Shelly Koop is a 2005 graduate of Ball State with a BS in acting. While at Ball State, she appeared in The Most Massive Woman Wins (Carly), Lysistrata (Nurse), I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (Woman #2), A Flea in Her Ear (Olympia), Comedy of Errors (Ensemble), and Anything Goes (Evangeline Harcourt). She had an amazing four years at Ball State and is now back in Chicago, Illinois, where she is from originally. Shelly is currently working on the Ball State Chicago Showcase with other recent grads and loves her life as an actor in Chicago!

Shelly's Resume (PDF)

Megan has a BS in dance performance from Ball State and an MA in dance/movement therapy from Columbia College Chicago. She is currently teaching jazz and ballet at Indiana University Northwest and serves as the artistic director of the student dance company. She is an independent choreographer and has set choreography on the Orchesis Dance Company, Wheel World Dancers, Rebound Dance Company, Northwest Theatre Guild, and the Dancer's Studio Ensemble. She is a cofounder of Rebound Dance Productions, which presents an annual festival of dance, music, and art in Chicago.

Megan's Resume (PDF)

Jamie Leann Marshall-Bennett was born in Seoul, South Korea, on February 24, 1981. She was adopted by her parents, John and Jana Marshall. Though acting was her major, Jamie discovered quickly that she had many other talents behind the scenes as well. She did it all: assistant stage manager, stage manager, director, writer, producer, assistant director, and light board operator.

Jamie met her husband/soulmate/love of her life at Ball State, Dustin Michael Bennett. Jamie and Dustin were wed on February 1, 2004, at the Court Theatre in Los Angeles. Soon after, Jamie landed her first entertainment job at Entertainment Tonight as a production assistant. While she was at ET, a new show called The Insider started up, and Jamie found herself at a new show. She is now the production manager for The Insider.

Jamie's Resume (PDF)

Adam Shapiro

Adam Shapiro has been a resident of NYC since 2004. Most recently, he played the title role of Mudge in the national tour of Henry and Mudge. Prior to that, he spent most of 2005-2006 working on The Yiddish are Coming! The Yiddish are Coming!; the brand new show by Joal Paley and Marvin Laird (Ruthless), in which he was fortunate enough to originate a role in the off-broadway workshop and subsequent productions in Coral Springs, FL and Denver, CO. In addition, Adam toured as Geppetto in AFT's Pinocchio. Regional Credits include Ragtime (Tateh), Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph..., Footloose, and Annie Get Your Gun (starring Tom Wopat). Currently, Adam is rehearsing the lead role for the new Off-Broadway musical Gimpel Tam (Gimpel the Fool) with the National Yiddish Theatre. www.adamshapiro.net

Liz Davito has been working in film and theatre in New York City since she graduated in 2001. Theatrical productions around the city include work with LaMama, The John Houseman, The Blue Heron, Gorilla Rep, Makor Theatre, and The Ontological. She is most often found performing with her theatre company; on stage, online, digitally and internationally, Anonymous Ensemble produces the muliti-media political rock show, The Best. Liz is featured in Four Eyed Monsters (Two Spirit Award nominations, winner of indieWIRE's Sundance Channel Audience Award). Her voice can be heard on several commercials and as a frog-loving kid Ted. (www.lizdavito.com)

Tiiu Eva Rebane

Tiiu Eva Rebane is originally from Las Vegas and has called New York home since graduating from Ball State University in 2001. She recently crimped her hair for Baby at the Bristol Riverside Theatre, directed by DJ Salisbury. She also played 12 characters in the New York premier of the 4 person musical comedy, Are We There Yet? Other favorites include Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Jenny Wiley Theatre), Isabel in Pirates of Penzance (Brooklyn Family Theatre), singing with Oceania Cruises and touring with National Theatre's The Giver. TV includes: CSI: Miami and a pilot with Paul Reiser. She is currently welcoming the 60's in the National Tour of Hairspray, playing multiple characters as the Female Authority Figure.

Kathryn Gilbert resides in North Hollywood, CA. After interning at Dino De Laurentiis Company on the NBC-Universal Studios lot, she began working as an Assistant Film Sales Agent to John Matthew in Beverly Hills. She has worked with John on the worldwide sales and delivery of such pictures as SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, as well as several award-winning Italian films by Producer Aurelio De Laurentiis. Last spring, she choreographed and appeared on stage as Ariel in The Met Theatre's production of THE TEMPEST in Hollywood, CA. This fall she will work with The Victory Theatre Center to produce six 10-minute plays written by students in the Burbank school system. In her spare time, Kathryn coaches one of the Women's Windy City Softball teams, The Roxy Harts.

Cathy has been out in LA for two years. She has spent the past two years auditioning, taking classes, and doing extra work. Her current goal is to have an agent or manager by pilot season (which starts in December). She is working as a bartender to pay the bills, and she loves living and playing in LA!

Cathy's Resume (PDF)

Christine Barger is currently a working actress in Los Angeles. She moved to LA after booking her first role in ALONG CAME POLLY while on an exchange program with Cal State LA. She took a break for a little over a year to work at a corporate office of a large real estate company. She was drawn back to her passion of entertaining and gave up her day job to focus entirely on her career in entertainment. To find out up to date info go to www.christinebarger.com.

Christine Barger's resume

Cain is a '93 Graduate of BSU, with a Double Degree in Performance and Technical Theatre Design. He is never happy just on one side of the fence. Cain's hometown is Dunkirk, IN but now resides in Raleigh, NC since 2000. He has been working professionally in Theatre since the day after graduation. Now, taking a break from the arts, has the greatest job of his life, Daddy to his daughter Gabriela and loving husband to wife Alexandra. Next big adventure for him is a move further south to Brazil, South America, to teach English and perhaps even Theatre. All the while exposing his daughter to her mothers culture and customs. "My passion for the arts is shadowed only by my passion for my family."

After graduating from Ball State in 2001, Natalie moved to New York City where she toured and performed Off-Broadway with Freestyle Repertory Theatre. She also led master classes for Students Live, conducting pre-show workshops for Peter Pan, Rent, Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray and Spamalot. In addition, she worked for Wingspan Arts and the New Amsterdam Theatre. This past August, Natalie completed her Master of Arts in Educational Theatre at New York University. She recently relocated to Chicago from NYC and continues to work as an actor and teaching artist. Currently, you can catch her in The Awesome 80's Prom. www.natalielynnellis.com

Amy graduated in May 2000. After leaving college, she moved to Cincinnati to do live shows and entertainment management. She now lives in Los Angeles, and has been a resident for five years successfully living as an artist. She is the owner of EYE KNOW PHOTO. Website www.eyeknowphoto.com . Her days are filled with photography and The Amy Shepard Show. You can catch her every Friday and Saturday night at Jillians Universal City Walk, doin' it up.

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Brent M. Watkins is originally from the very small town of Winchester, Indiana. He majored in Musical Theatre and Music Education at Ball State University. While at BSU, he spent his summers performing at America's Rockin' Roller Coast, Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio). He then went onto spend a year performing at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. As fortune would have it the next two years were spent onboard the MV R-4 in Tahiti with Renaissance Cruises and then the MV Marco Polo (NCL) travelling the world. He has spent the past few years living in NYC and travelling to both the Netherlands and Tokyo with Big League Theatrical's amazing production of "The Who's Tommy."

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Andrew Planck

Since graduating from Ball State in 2005, Andy has been living in New York City. He traveled the country in the Broadway National Tour of MAN OF LA MANCHA as the Captain of the Inquisition and a Muleteer. Andy also recently finished the National Tour of THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE for
Theatreworks/USA. Aside from his touring credits, Andy also has experience working Regional Theatre and Summer Stock. Regional credits include Richard Henry Lee in 1776, Orin Scrivello (the Dentist) in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Andrew Aguecheek in TWELFTH NIGHT, the Minstrel in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, and Teddy Slaughter in THE FULL MONTY. Favorite Ball State credits include Dr. Parker in BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL, Moonface Martin in ANYTHING GOES, Martinet in A FLEA IN HER EAR (Irene Ryan Nomination), Senator Wingwoah in THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, and Percival Browne in THE BOYFRIEND. Andy was also a Finalist in the Region III KC/ACTF Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and was the recipient of the Judges' Choice "Outstanding Musical Theatre Performance" Scholarship. Andy is now a proud new member of Actors' Equity Association! For more information, check out: www.andyplanck.com

Robyn Norris has been a working actor and improviser in Chicago for over 8 years. She currently tours with The Second City Touring Company. You can catch her regularly at Comedysportz, where she is an ensemble member, and at iO playing with the Signatures. Robyn has written and performed in three original sketch shows with the very talented, Hans Holsen. She also formed the sketch group Waste Management and has performed with Profiles Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, Shaking the Tree, Fox Force Five, Serendipity Theatre and WNEP. Robyn would like to thank her family for their love and support, and her friends and peers who inspire her and make her laugh every single day. She is the founding member of seven8nine productions...check out their comedy videos at seven8nine.net !

Kirsten Day is currently in the World Premiere/1st National Tour of 'Go Diego Go, Live!' She plays Alicia, Diego's older sister, and is thrilled to be working for one of her all time favorite networks, Nickelodeon. She graduated from Ball State University in 2004 with a double major in Acting and Musical Theater, and moved to New York City right after to pursue her professional acting career. Her first national tour was the musical 'Junie B. Jones,' with the company TheatreWorksUSA. She has also played Erma in the Heights Players production of 'Anything Goes.' Kirsten is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and thanks her family, friends, God, and guardian angels for all of her success. CARPE DIEM!

Dave Storrs(Actor/Writer/Director) lives in Los Angeles, CA. T.V. credits include, ER COME TO PAPA, BREAKING UP WITH SHANNON DOHERTY, and SCARE TACTICS(which his Rat Monster bit, got #1 prank of all time...according to VH1, and we know how much VH1 knows about comedy...still, Dave has never gotten #1 before, so he'll take it.
Lat year Dave wrote, acted and directed on the second season of Hi-Jinks for Nick at Nite. He has written and performed his One Act play INBETWEEN, with Kristen Wigg (SNL). Recent film projects include INIGMA WITH A STIGMA, and JAPAN, starring Peter Fonda. His short film FLOAT A BRIEF STORY, showcasing him in his "whitite tighties", had it west coast debut at LA shortfilm festival...a lot of people vomited at all the hair. Currently Dave is working on a new NBC show THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE, set to air in early April. You can catch him on the Internet series PROM QUEEN, produced by Michael Eisner. You can catch him online at atomfilms.com or go at his website davestorrs.com

David Storrs Resume

Beth Rodriguez began her dance training at the University of Louisville Dance Academy. After graduating from Ball State, Beth moved to NYC where she began fostering a performance career. Since then, Beth has worked with various emerging choreographers, including Lexington Dance Collective, Beth Portnoy, Elizabeth Reynolds and M. Lindsey Smith. Beth has also worked with noted artists Sarah Skaggs, Caroline Liadakis/Chet Walker 8&a1 Productions, Orquidea Dance/Kimberly Hope Jewart, Elizabeth Eastman, Courtney Drasner, Deborah Damast, Katiti King and Jana Hicks.

Beth's choreography has been shown at Williamsburg Arts Nexus, Dixon Place, BRIC, The Merce Cunningham Studio, and Brookly Arts Exchange in NYC. Her Louisville debut took place with Moving Collective in January, 2007.

Beth is also a teaching artist. She has taught within outreach settings, has instructed special need populations, and was dance faculty at various schools, most recently at Indiana University Bloomington. She has also offered master classes as a part of International Modern Dance Festivals in Poland, Belarus, and St. Petersburg, Russia. Beth recently earned her Master's from NYU. She currently freelances in the Louisville area, and is continuing the work of Beth Rodriguez Dance Projects locally. (www.bethrodriguez.com)

Les Reinhardt graduated from Ball State in 2002, got married, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and has been there ever since. She is a proud member of Actor's Equity, and works as an Equity Stage Manager in the Bay Area. Currently she is in her 5th year as Resident Stage Manager for Ballet San Jose, in San Jose, California. She has worked for American Conservatory Theare and the Magic Theatre (both in San Francisco), California Shakespeare Theatre (since 2003), Peninsula Ballet Theatre and on the pre-Broadway production of Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme. Since moving to the Bay Area, Les is happy to say that she has been lucky enough to only work in the arts and hopes to continue this trend for as long as she possibly can.

Les Reinhardt Resume

Ryan Stutz completed his senior year at Ball State in the spring of '07. His favorite roles while at Ball State include Gordon (A New Brain), Jimmy (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Jidder (The Musical of Musicals the Musical), and Victor (Cabaret). This past summer Ryan worked at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, MI playing Pinocchio in the professional premiere of Disney's Geppeto and Son and receiving his equity card for playing Carl in Seven Bride's for Seven Brothers. Most recently, Ryan is set to play Abraham in AltarBoyz at the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. He is a proud AEA member!

Currently Nikki works as an independent choreographer for Las Vegas based company FancyPantsProductions Inc., Cedar Point Amusement Park, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Kings Island, and Geauga Lake. She has choreographed approximately 45 shows to date in 7 years. Awards include 6 international choreography awards for her work at various amusement parks. Her performance career has consisted of dancing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Carnival Cruise Lines, The Isle of Capri Casino's, Beef and Boards, The Carousel Dinner Theatre, Legends in Concert (Branson, Mo.) and working as a magician's assistant for Tim Hill. She teaches dance in Ft. Wayne, IN where she is married to Jeremy Prichard and has one daughter named Ava.

Taylor has studied improv and sketch comedy in Chicago at Second City and IO. After performing with an IO house team and in several sketch shows around Chicago, she was cast in and is currently a part of the mainstage cast at Boston's Improv Asylum. She has been on the mainstage for over two years now and is happily performing in their 14th revue. She performs 7 shows a week as well as teaching in their Improv Training Center. She is also directing Improv Asylum's developmental cast as well as directing house teams that perform once a week. She can also be seen in her two person sketch show Taylor Loves Harry that is performed at Improv Asylum and was a part of the Boston Comedy Festival. If you are in the New England Area, you might just hear her voice on the radio or see her in some commercials. If you are in the health care industry, you just might see her pretending to be a Doctor in some super hip industrials. Taylor is planning to move to Los Angeles in the New Year and marriage after that.

Mike Brouwer, an Anthony and Arena Award-winner from Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a 2006 Cum Laude graduate of Ball State University's Musical Theatre program. While at Ball State, he appeared in Side Show, The Boy Friend, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Assassins, Bat Boy: The Musical, Anything Goes, Cabaret, and Disappeared, for which he received an Irene Ryan Acting Award Nomination. Mike also participated in the 2006 New York Showcase. Professional credits include Pump Boys and Dinettes and Smokey Joe's Café, both at the BSU Downtown Dinner Theatre. Mike has called the Big Apple home since January 2007. New York credits include the First National tour of TheatreworksUSA's production of Max & Ruby, written by Carol Hall (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), and PROJECT's Peter and the Wolf. Television work includes "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," and "Fringe." Proud member of AEA!

Jennifer Keller has been living and working in Los Angeles since 2005. A proud member of the SAG, Jennie can be seen on TV in a National Commercial for American Express, on the web with the Gieco Caveman in the "Caveman's Crib Party" at www.cavemanscrib.com and on video in student films and coporate industrials for companies such as AAA and Canon Printers. While a student at Ball State, Jennie was crowned Miss Ball State University, and after graduation, went on to compete in her home state in The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program, where she was the 4th Runner Up to Miss Ohio 2004. She was awarded the Miss Ohio Spirit Award as well as the prestigious Miss America Community Service Award for her work in raising awareness on college campuses about Dating Violence. This honor is given by MAO to only one woman per state. In her spare time, Jennie enjoys spending time with her wonderful husband Lincoln Skinner; taking classes at The Actor's Space; and hanging out with fellow BSU alums, Jamie and Dustin Bennett.

Jennifer Keller Resume

After getting his BA from Ball State University and his MFA in lighting design from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana, Andy moved to NYC in 2000. He worked on several national tours upon moving to the city. He was the head electrician on the national tour of Leader of the Pack, Chess, and Tommy. He then went on the road as the assistant electrician for the first national tour of Contact. Upon returning to NYC for good, he has worked on many off-Broadway shows, MTV, industrial, and now Broadway productions as a stagehand in the electrics department. Andy was the head electrician for Brooklyn, The Musical, the assistant electrician for Lestat, and electrician for Lion King, All Shook Up, Movin' Out, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and is currently the moving light technician at Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Andy has also worked as a lighting designer and assistant lighting designer in New York. He has designed for fashion shows at the New York Hilton, and worked as the assistant lighting designer for Stephen Sondheim's 70th birthday gala celebration of Sweeny Todd at Avery Fisher Hall starring Patti Lupone, George Hearn, and Audra McDonald, and as the assistant lighting designer for Lincoln Center's gala production of Anything Goes, also starring Patti Lupone.
Andy currently resides in Maplewood, NJ with his wife Mindy and their amazingly beautiful daughter Michayla.

Dustin is a resident Chicago actor and lighting designer. Dustin has recently appeared in Robert Ayres' North American premier production of The Castlecomer Jukebox (Shapeshifters Theatre), and Thomas Murray's World premier production of The Wall Reader (City Lit Theatre). Dustin's Chicago design work includes Karen Kessler's production of War (Seanachai Theatre), and Joe Slowik's production of The Time of Your Life (Provision Theatre). Dustin will be back on stage April 3, 2008 in David Wolley's World premier production of Los Desaparesidos (Babes with Blades) at The Raven Theatre in Chicago.

Dustin Spence Resume

Todd Lahrman is an accomplished actor in Chicago, IL. where he has performed in Jolly at the Goodman Theatre, and Communicating Doors with the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. Other Chicago credits include: The Caretaker at Mary Arrchie Theatre, Glory of Living, Autobahn, and The Things We Said Today at Profiles Theatre, Line at Oracle Theatre, The Search for Odysseus with the Simple Theatre Company, and The Giver at Apple Tree Theatre. Todd has also performed at The NYC Fringe Festival with Striding Lion Interarts' production of Billy the Mountain. Other Striding Lion performances include: The Giver, I Met by Moonlight, and City Beautiful. Todd attended Ball State University, where he studied theatre and creative writing. He is a former Airborne Ranger and has studied The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique with Mala Powers and Jack Colvin in Los Angeles.

Tom Lahrman Resume