Poo-Wá-Bah, 2010-2012 tion’s Mellon Anchor Tenant Program, Hofstra University, and Gritty Cherries Productions; LaRussa received critical acclaim in Dance Europe Magazine where Tim Martin writes, “…another example of LaRussa’s excellent sense of dance theatre”, named one of the Top Five Queens Trendsetters by the It’s Queens magazine and honored on NY1 News, Queens’ Person of the Week; has been a panelist for the Queens Council on the Arts and was featured in their artSPY Series: Dance in Queens; in 2009, LaRussa founded Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre – THE ACADEMY, a performing arts institution and home for his company in Middle Village/ Queens NY; LaRussa’s dance credits include Robin Becker Dance, Now Dance, La Compania, Michael Mao's ballet, Firecracker, and numerous projects with Broadway Choreographer, David Marquez, including Tom Sawyer (Broadway) and the Alan Awards. Larsen, Liz (’78) - appeared in TV show, Law and Order; played the promiscuous Honey in Broadway production of Bingo, about which the New York Times said “ . . . Ms. Larsen deserves credit for making audiences care about one of the oldest stereotypes: the dumb blonde . . .”; Tony nominee, 1992. LaSala, Kristen (’06) - worked on crew of movie Leave Me Behind. Lavin, Sean (’89) - he and his wife now live in Los Angeles; working as head of production for Waterland Entertainment Group, which produced a weekly national cable television show, In The Cellar, a half hour program similar to a TV news magazine show exploring anything and everything that has to do with wine. Lavner, Steve (’97) is Co-Owner of ZipthunkSound, a voice over demo and production studio, with fellow Hofstra alum, Fred Berman (www.zipthunksound.com) and Vice President and Senior Associate with executive search firm, Diversified Search. Since graduating Hofstra, Steve has played keyboards and guitar for bands Zipthunk! and Lisa Jackson and Girl Friday, opening up for such artists as Pat Benatar, The Psychedelic Furs and Sandra Bernhard. He also performed on Broadway as LeFou in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Steve is currently writing and performing songs for “Rockaroo,” a kid’s music group he hopes will someday open for The Wiggles at Madison Square Garden. He lives in New Jersey with his lovely wife Megan and their 2 dogs, Sam and Dink. Lawless, Jessica (’97) - appeared in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in South Florida. Lawrence, William (’67) - retired high school drama teacher, Farmingdale, NY; has done work Off-Broadway, regional theatre, TV commercials and is a drama and literature teacher at Elderhostels in the south. Layer, Michelle (’83) - news anchor, National Public Radio station and elementary school teacher, Buffalo, NY. Lazarus, Norman (’90) - left Walt Disney World Entertainment after six years and continued to work in corporate events; went to Dubai with Air Dimensional Design to work on the ground breaking ceremony for the Dubai Festival City; living in Pennsylvania. Lederer, Suzanne (Freilich) (’71) - freelance actress, living in Santa Fe; several guest spots on TV.
Leduc, Lindsey (’04) - member of Giordano Jazz Dance, Chicago, touring the globe and nationally; teaching and choreographing for Giordano Dance Center, Dancenter North and Stephanie’s Academy of Dance; soon to be married to Pedro Brenner. Lee, Peter (’61) - freelance writer, photographer and musician living in East Northport, LI. Leeds, Lydia (’77) - Executive Producer, CortesSeidner, Corporate Communications productions. Leek, Richard (’93) - living in Boston doing a lot of technical theatre work; Assistant Stage Manager on the Boston production of Tony ’n’ Tina's Wedding; electrician for Boston Chamber Theatre. Leone, John (’85) - teaches the Meisner Technique in NYC; performed “Songs My Father Loved” at Feinstsein’s, NYC (March ’11); appeared in Broadway production of Jersey Boys; TV show, Law and Order; in Broadway production of Les Miserables. Lermand, Barbara (’80) - Research Program Administrator for Leukemia Society of America; pursuing second Master of Arts in TESOL at Adelphi University; teaches English as a Second Language at LaGuardia Community College. Lerner, Robert (’81) - Detective, NYC Transit Police. Elliott Levine (’91) - is Education Strategist for Hewlett Packard and, not only drives educational leadership in the U.S. but has worked with ministries of education as far as Northern Ireland, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait and Australia. Elliott just hosted an event in Tucson, AZ called “HP Campus Legends”which garnered local and national sports media, working alongside such athletes as Kurt Warner, Rick Fox and Diana Taurasi. He recently assisted in the donation of computers to the Dionne Warwick Institute, an elementary school in East Orange, NJ where the famous signer attended as a child. He was one of her special guests at a Lincoln Center reception honoring her 50th anniversary in the entertainment industry. Elliott also just completed a photo and video shoot for HP and will be one of the faces for recruiting efforts worldwide. His 7-year old daughter Sierra is also catching the performing bug. Her second grade project, “Flat Stanley”—a paper doll—made its way to Hollywood this spring where it met and posed with all of the American Idol finalists backstage after the show.
Elliott Levine with Dionne Warwick
Elliott Levine with Rick Fox
Lewis, Cheryl (’89) - danced in Peter Pucci’s new Pucci: Sport at the Joyce Theatre, NYC. Lewis, Elizabeth (Betsy) (Moritz) (’86) - living in Westchester County NY; daughter Sarah is 17 years old, son Christopher is 15 years old; on several Theater Boards throughout the tri-state area and has done several local films and tons of local theater. Lewis, Irene (’63) - Artistic Director, Baltimore Center Stage; directed production of The Skin of Our Teeth with John Goodman for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Central Park. Lindemann, Dawn (Alger) (’96) - employed at Goodspeed Opera House, Haddam, CT (’96-’99) house manager at The Bushnell, Hartford, CT (’03 -’05); office manager, architecture firm, Bristol, CT; former member of Hartford Chorale; current member of Greater Middletown Chorale; chorus member of Evita; participates in local community theater. Lindsley, Meredith (’95) - attended Emerson College in Boston. Lombardi, Linda (’96) - after 15 years in Seattle, Linda traded one Washington for another and moved to D.C. where she works as the Associate Director of Marketing for Arena Stage; before leaving Seattle she directed a new adaptation of Sophocles’ Ajax. Loughead, Amy (’93) - actress living in NYC; starred in ’Night, Mother at the TBG Arts Center, NYC; appeared in The Fear Project at The Barrow Group (www.barrowgroup.org), an award-winning Off-Broadway theatre company in mid-town Manhattan: a reviewer from Backstage called her “glib” and a critic from Theatremania said her performance was played with “kooky charm”; also runs the professional acting school at The Barrow Group. Lowenthal, Joshua (’00) - Assistant Company Manager of Lincoln Center production of A Man of No Importance. Luckert, Lane (’81) - has appeared on stage in more than fifty productions, including True West, Beyond Therapy, The House of Blue Leaves and a critically-acclaimed thirteen-character performance in The Baltimore Waltz; credits include writing, directing, radio, comedy and teaching, as well as management positions with numerous theatre companies; has enjoyed a ten-year association with Madison Square Garden where he has lent his talents to A Christmas Carol, The Wizard of Oz, and the Rangers, Knicks and MSG Network; co-founded the Nathalie Ackerman Theater Arts Scholarship at Hofstra. www.LaneLuckert.com Ludlam, Charles (’65) (deceased) - founder and former artistic director of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company in Manhattan; in February ’05 Lincoln Center Library hosted a panel on him and his company. Luise, Kristy (’11) earned a B.S. in Education, Dance Education May 2011, and now has a fulltime dance specialist job at P.S./I.S 268, a K-8th grade public school in Jamaica, Queens. MacDonald, Emilee (’00) - marketing director at Hippodrome State Theatre, Gainesville, FL. Mack, Lindsay (’07) - has been steadily working as an artist in NYC since graduation. Select NY Credits: Abigail Williams in The Crucible (The Gallery Players); Antigone in Anouilh’s Antigone (The Brecht Forum); Cinderella in Into the Woods (CNR Drama); Sydney Black/Brad in Death to Sydney Black (HERE Arts Center, Mainstage); Lindsay/Love in A Pale Horse . . . (Ontological-
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