CLASS NOTES
hour that the Pope resigned, the first time in hundreds of years, she was on a private tour of the Vatican with two Swiss Guards. Her tour included the Pope’s private gardens, the armory of the Swiss Guards and their private quarters, as well as the Vatican museums and private areas of St. Peter’s Cathedral. She was one of the only journalists to see the Pope on the property that day. Two days later she attended the Pope’s first discussion with the public after he resigned.
1990 Caleb Reese starred in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in June at Phoenix Theatre. Here’s what The Arizona Republic had to say about Caleb’s performance: “Marlboro Man-handsome
with a clean but muscular tenor, he embodies the anachronistic combination of frontier warrior and pop-punk idol, which makes it all the more hilarious when he whine-sings, in parody of emo rock, “Life sucks/And my life sucks in particular.” Before returning to the theater, Caleb spent nine years
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performing with his rock band, The Instant Classics. 1991 Kerr Lordygan tells us, “A short film I was in, “When Kings Battle,” was selected for the Hollyshorts Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best of the Fest. I also directed a short play called Carrying On,
The highlight was spending lots of time with Kimberly Cox ’91 and her two children, Ayla and AJ, during their weeklong vacation at Mission Beach. 1992
which is now going to be published as a result. I wrote and produced a short called “Sexxxting,” currently being submitted to festivals, and I wrote and starred in “Squelch,” a film produced for the LA 48 Hour Film Festival. I’m still president of Eclectic Company Theatre in North Hollywood. We are working on ONE DAY PLAY (which I invented and own) as fundraisers. We write a full-length play in one night and it’s fully produced the next night, with two performances - it’s a crazy stress mess but so awesome! I’m also working for Rotten Tomatoes. Oh, and I’m now lead singer for the metal band Fetal Zombie.” Lavinia Schreuder writes, “This summer Emma (my daughter) and I enjoyed entertaining friends on their summer vacations to our beautiful San Diego that we are so very lucky to call home.
Helen Kopnina earned her Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 2002. She is a faculty member at The Hague University of Applied Science and a coordinator of the sustainable business program and researcher of environmental education. Helen is the author of nine books, including East to West Migration (2005) and Future Trends in Environmental Anthropology (2013). Her research interests include conservation, environmental education, and environmental anthropology. This past summer she returned to the Southwest to travel in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Nadia Lancy traveled to North Carolina this past summer with her mom. “We had a great road trip together to several little mountain towns and saw lots of waterfalls. In other news, I am working on my side photography business, Nadia’s Lens, and planning a home tour in my historic