Christine Ebersole - American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Florence
Henderson
Awards
Johanna Day (1984) was the recipient of the Helen
Hayes Award for Outstanding Actress in a Resident
Play for her work in The Rainmaker at Arena Stage.
Will Gartshore (1996) is the recipient of the
Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in
a Resident Musical for his role in Assassins at
Signature Theatre.
Linda Brennan (1983, and Faculty) was awarded
the Clinton E. Phillips Scholarship by the California
Association of Marriage and Family Therapists at
their awards ceremony last May.
Gena Rowlands (1952) was nominated for an
Emmy Award for Actress in a Miniseries or movie
for her role in What if God Were the Sun.
Mary Jo Slater (1967) has been nominated for two
Emmy Awards for casting; Casting for a Miniseries,
Movie or Special for The Starter Wife and Casting for
a Drama series for The Tudors.
1940’s
Lauren Bacall (1942) will star in the feature film
Wide Blue Yonder. She was the guest of honor at the
Haugesund Film Festival in Norway.
Charles Durning (1948) will be in the feature film
Audie and the Wolf.
Don Rickles (1948) received a life-time achievement
award – the Pinnacle Award at the Aspen Comedy
Festival. He was also the subject of a documentary,
The Rickles Factor, by director John Landis.
1950’s
Edwin Beschler (1951) received the Best Actor
Award in the 2007 Playwrights Platform Festival of
Short Plays in Boston, MA. He continues to act in
plays, films and commercials in the Boston area.
Florence Henderson (1953) unveiled her onewoman
show, All the Lives of Me, at Joe’s Pub, at New
York City’s Public Theater in June 2007. She was
also the recipient of the Gypsy Award, an award
presented by the Professional Dancers Society that
recognizes performers for long careers as stars of
musical productions in every medium. She can also
be seen in the film Venus and Vegas.
Neville Mur (1958) is a playwright residing in
St. Louis, MO. His play Brooklyn Bagatelle was given a
public workshop in St. Louis, and his two ten-minute
plays were finalists in the Spectrum Short Play
Festival at the First Run Theatre also in St. Louis.
1960’s
Danny DeVito (1966) was honored at the Karlovy
Vary Film Festival with the Crystal Globe for his
contribution to world cinema. His recent acting
credits include the feature films Reno 911!: Miami
and Nobel Son. He is at work on the upcoming
feature One Part Sugar.
Pamela Gray
with
Victor Garber
Jane Keitel
with actor
Brendan Burke
Alumni SPOTLIGHT
Craig Dudley (1966) played Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth
Night at the Tri-state Actors Theater in Sussex, NJ.
Elizabeth Franz (1962) was in The Autumn Garden
at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer
Jane Lynahan Karklin (1967) is now devoting her
time to writing.
Sandy (Burstein) Rochelle (1963) wrote, directed
and produced the feature length documentary Silent
Journey which profiles her son David who is autistic
and deaf.
Mark Sadan (1963) produces doc-dramas for the
National Road Safety Foundation. Most recently he
produced and directed The Other Breakfast Club,a
documentary about patients who suffered traumatic
brain injuries as the result of automobile accidents.
Mark is also one of the original film producers of
Sesame Street.
Wendy Tetley Tonkovich (1969) is a speech/language
assistant at an elementary school in Vermont.
James Whitmore Jr. (1968) has been directing
episodes of Jericho, NCIS and The Unit.
Richard Zavaglia (1968) appeared on stage with
Lou Diamond Phillips in A Few Good Men at the Casa
Manana Theatre in Fort Worth,Texas.
1970’s
Lee Colee–Atnip (1977) resides in Texas where she
is involved the music department at Texas Women’s
University as an actor and director with the
Wimberley Players.
Beth Broderick (1977) continues to work on
television’s Lost and will be seen in the feature
thriller Timber Falls.
Kim Cattrall (1974) is in the feature film Shortcut
to Happiness.
Rita (Cocchiarella) Conlon (1976) performed in
local and regional theatres, spent four years in the
US Air Force and is currently working for an
international law firm in Manhattan.
Michael Countryman (1976) was on stage at
NYC’s Second StageTheatre in the premiere of
The Butcher of Baraboo, directed by Judith Ivey.
Carol Crittenden (CJ Critt) (1976) recently
performed her solo show By Rail in NYC and in
Dallas.
Paul DeBoy (1977) covered two roles in Sarah
Ruhl’s, eurydice at Second stage in NYC.
Christine Ebersole (1975) will star in the role of
Margo Channing in Applause for City Center’s
Encores! in February. The role was created onstage
by Lauren Bacall (1942).
Michael
Countryman
Ann Marie Famularo (1979) lives on Long Island
where she is a dance teacher and choreographer.
Cristina Fontanelli (1977) appeared at Feinstein’s
at the Regency Hotel in NYC earlier this year.
Lance Hannify (1976) is on the executive board of
the San Diego Actors Alliance and is a special events
designer. He has two sons who are pursuing acting
and singing careers.
Dennis Haysbert (1977) will star in the feature
film Saravia.
Lori (Kornhaber) Kaye (1975) is the Executive
Producer for Bravo’s First Class All the Way.
Carmela Lanza (1979) moved to Baltimore last
year to pursue an MFA degree in theatre at Towson
University. She has been producing and directing
community inspired theatre that explores social and
emotional issues, and is also an artist-in-residence in
K-12 schools.
Wanda Libardi (1973) was appearing in cabaret
this summer in Williamstown, MA. In November
she will appear at the New Colonial Theatre in
Pittsfield, MA.
Jeffrey Markle (1979) co-starred in two episodes of
Grey’s Anatomy and will be seen later this year on Las
Vegas. On stage, he played Durdles in The Mystery of
Edwin Drood which was presented by the Sacred
Fools Theatre in Hollywood.
Dan McGeachy (1975) is currently directing and
performing in Nashville,TN.
Dennis Nichols (1972) and Michael Wilhelm (1978)
performed in the stage adaptation of All I Really
Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. The play was
produced by All for One Productions in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, of which Dennis is a charter member.
Donna Pescow (1975) recently guest starred on
The Soprano’s and Crossing Jordan.
Paula Rand (1978) has a studio where she teaches
many different styles of singing.
Eric Roberts (1977) will play a mafia kingpin in the
feature film The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman
Returns and can be seen in the feature film Witless
Protection. On television he can be seen on the
popular series Heroes.
Hester (Mary Ann) Schell (1974) teaches film acting
at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
and Fine Arts Foundation. Along with acting, she
produces social conscious documentary videos. She
is currently in post-production on her short film
Ju$t Under a Million.