The Department of Drama and Dance Dugal, Kevin (’87) - teaching at Bishop Kellenberg High School, LI; married; performs in community theatre. Dunatov, Lara Jane (’99) starred in one-act musical, Desiree of Beverly Hills (NYC); still with sketch comedy group called spurn with own production company called spurn Productions of which she is one of the founding members; produced short films and other theatre projects as well as their sketch show; producing a musical that is in the Fringe Festival this year called Genius Famous in which she will appear; was on Wheel of Fortune and dabbles in Hand Modeling from time to time; is a licensed real estate agent working in Manhattan. Dunlap, Drew (’08) - has worked both on stage and back stage at various community theatres in New York and Connecticut most recently at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. He currently lives in Margaretville, NY but will be attending The National University of Ireland at Galway’s Masters in Drama and Theatre Arts program in September ’11. Dunlop, Chris (’72) - international freelance company manager (with wife Josette Amato ’76). Durante, Jonathan (’99) - living in Los Angeles, working as a Private Banker for Wells Fargo; married to Corrinne; appeared in movie, LaLinea, with Andy Garcia; made Diet Dr. Pepper TV commercial; appeared in several indie movies; played role of Graziano in The Merchant of Venice which won critical acclaim in Back Stage West. Eck, Scott (’79) - has been traveling around the globe with The Laughingstock Company performing his most recent play Ice Cold Courage: The Shackleton Experience; still works regularly with Hofstra alums including Jill Keyishian, Owen O’Farrell, Bill McCauley, Michael Perlstein, and continues to give work opportunities to young actors everywhere; is in the process of writing a new show based on the Victor Frankel book Man’s Search for Meaning, as well as a new show called “Truth Against the World: The Vision of Frank Lloyd Wright.”
Scott Eck with Owen O’Farrell’s son Owen Matthew
Economou-Conlin, Elaine (’90) - married, living in Ann Arbor; works at the Musical Society at the University of Michigan; choreographing and performing there and in Chicago. Edwards, Susan F. (’72) - freelance actress, NY. Edwards, Vanessa (’97) - working for Jeff George Photographic; directed a short film entitled Little Red . . . or Grandma Likes Pie; acted in an independent film called Fear of the Dark shot on DVD. Ellison, Cori (’75) - consultant for Lincoln Center’s Art of the Song Series and Senior music Editor of Stagebill magazine; music journalist, lecturer, broadcaster and translator specializing in opera and vocal music; contributor to the New York Times, Opera News, and BBC Music and books such as The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
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and The Compleat Mozart; Assistant Professor of Music at New York University School of Continuing Education; taught a distance learning course on “The Operas of Mozart.” Elmore, Amy (’92) - married, living in Chicago; sales manager at Showtime Networks. Emberton, Heather (Weiler) (’78) - son, Matthew; teaches at Circle of Dance, on LI and Arts-in -Education in NY; choreographer for Broadhollow Theatres. Enck, Elizabeth (’89) - Associate Producer, Business News Area, CNN. Engle, Deborah (Baum) (’01) - performed in The Baby Dance at Broadhollow Theatre, LI ; also Buried Child, at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows and The Good Daughter, at the New Jersey Repertory Theater. Engstrom, Kurt (’90) - living in North Hollywood, CA; played Security Guard on Lifetime TV game show, Debt. Epstein, Gary (’75) - talent and literary agent (Epstein-Wyckoff and Associates) New York and Beverly Hills. Eramo, Peter (’95) - after teaching high school English and theatre arts for nine years, moved (from New York) to Arlington, Virginia in November 2010 to work as the publicist for the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre under the auspices of Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer; in addition, has been writing film reviews and commentary for the online entertainment magazine Brightest Young Things—as well as continuing writing on film for the Magic Lantern Film site (www.petereramofilm.com); last performed in Earth and Sky and as Bernard in Boeing, Boeing; hopes to get back on the stage in the amazing DC theatre community. Eskelson, Dana (’87) - appeared in Lascivious Something at the Julia Miles Theater, produced by Women’s Project and the Cherry Lane Theater (May ’10); played the mother in multiple Ikea TV commercials; appeared in A Perfect Couple at the Women’s Expressive Theater, Inc., NYC; appeared in After Ashley (with Anna Paquin and Kieran Culkin) at the Vinyard Theatre, NYC; appeared in episode of TV drama, Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Ey Robert (’74) - Reference Librarian at Wolf Block LLP in Philadelphia and sometimes New York. Falciano, Stephanie (’93) - professional Ballroom and Latin dancer/competitor; U.S. Latin top six finalist; planning to study in London with world champions; freelance actor in NYC; completed one year program at the School for Film & Television. Fallica, Carlene (’89) - exercise/dance specialist practicing in LI. Falzoi, Jill (’90) - working toward Master’s degree in Arts Performance at NYU. Farid, Riham (’96) - graduate, Hofstra Law School; married. Farrell, John (’83) - teaches voice privately and runs his own business, Music Production Services, creating vocal demos and music sequences to CD’s. Fasano, Barbara (’80) - cabaret singer, NYC; married to Eric Comstock; 2011 MAC Award nominee (major artist); performed at the Colony (Palm Beach, FL) Apr.-May ’11; performed songs from new CD Bitter/Sweet at the Met Room, Feb. ’11; she and her husband performed at the Café Sabarskay, NYC (Oct. ’10); at the Algonquin
Hotel in Helluva Town: A New York Soundtrack about which the New York Times said it is “a hotbed of pleasure”; This Thing Called Love at the Cooperstown Chamber Musical Festival (Aug. ’10); performed on a Cruise Gourmet Voyage to Paris (Apr. ’11); joined the cast of Sondheim Unplugged , NYC (Oct. ’10); performed at Metropolitan Room, NYC (Dec. ’09)—“Mr. Comstock and Ms. Fasano are turning the neighborhood into a hotbed of pleasure”—Stephen Holden, the New York Times; her CD, Written in the Stars, was awarded the 2007 Back Stage and Mac Awards for record of the year; recipient of two Back Stage Bistro Awards and MAC nominee; Hofstra Alumni Achievement Award.
Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock performing at the NationalJazz Museum in Harlem
Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock performing in Manhattan
Ferraioli, Richard (’05) - Masters in Performance Studies at Hofstra; Managing Director of the Queens Players, the resident company of the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, NY; directed Fool for Love at the Access Theatre, NYC (Feb.Mar. ’11); opened a second theatre 3/4 round which seats 100 and in which Measure for Measure was performed (March ’10); Artistic Director of Variations Theatre Group (founded by fellow alum, Kirk Gostowski and him) to “provide opportunity for emerging artists to work on modern American classics and new works; also bringing theatre to underprivileged areas, hospitals and vet and retirement homes.” Ferrar, Gary (’06) - after interning for the Wooster Group, became the artistic director of The Hyper Aware Theater Company, which recently produced Time Traveling with Cannibals and Wild Blue, inspired by Steven Slater; directed When You’re 90, It Helps to Laugh for the Tiny Theater Festival at The Brick; currently developing loose adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories. Ferrer, Carmel (’82) - award-winning actress, active in Washington, DC area community theater; works at Nature Conservancy headquarters in Arlington, VA.