Sabina Zuniga Varela (MFA ’11) performed as Gloria in California Shakespeare Theater’s production of You Never Can Tell at the Bruns Amphitheater.
Roland Buck III (BA ’14) was seen in a Toyota Camry national commercial starring Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor. Buck can also be seen in the second season premiere of Chicago Med and the 2016 film Sleight. Amber Coney (BFA ’14) stars as Carolina “Cricket” Diaz in Freeform’s new TV series Dead of Summer. She also wrote the teleplay and acted in James Franco’s remake of Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? for Lifetime. Taylor Dearden (BA ’15) stars as Ophelia in the upcoming MTV show Sweet/Vicious. Arielle Fishman (BA ’16) performed as the Princess in The Light Princess at South Coast Repertory’s Theatre for Young Audiences. Kimberli Flores (MFA ’15) performed as the bride in Blood Match at Sacred Fools.
Photo by Kevin Berne.
Marly Hall (BFA ’16) assisted in mounting “The Artistry of OUTLANDER” exhibit at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. A.J. Helfet (BA ’14) was seen in HBO’s All the Way — starring Bryan Cranston, directed by Jay Roach and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
Corey Johnson (MFA ’14) will be performing as the prime minister in a new play by Mike Bartlett, called King Charles III, at the Arizona Theatre Company. Jinwoo Jung (MFA ’16) performed in La Cage aux Folles at East West Players. Joseph Kennedy (BFA ’12) has been a series regular set costumer for The Mindy Project. Philip Labes (BA ’15) can be seen in the films Viral and Internet Famous. Molly McGraw (BFA ’10) was named one of American Theatre magazine’s “Six Theatre Workers You Should Know.” Dylan McTee (BA ’15) plays Nate in the new MTV show Sweet/Vicious. Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx (BA ’11) has been selected as a 2016 National Directors Fellowship Finalist and a Los Angeles Emerging Arts Leader Protégé. This year, he served on the California Arts Council grant review panel in addition to directing Lizzy at Ensemble Studio Theatre LA, directing Softer at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and producing The End Times (LA Times Critics’ Pick) at Skylight Theatre Company with Playwrights’ Arena.
Chantal Nchako (MFA ’16) performed opposite James Franco, Camilla Belle and Summer Phoenix in the upcoming film The Mad Whale. She also performed in a workshop of the play BLKS by Aziza Barnes for the Ojai Playwrights’ Festival. Nahal Navidar (MFA ’14) saw her latest full-length play, Then Came the Fall, about the Middle Eastern identity in a post 9/11 world, developed and culminated in two public readings at Silk Road Rising in Chicago. Alice Pollitt (BFA ’15) was most recently the production stage manager for Lisa and Leonardo at the New York Musical Festival. Brandon Rachal (BA ’13) played Cassio in Inner City Shakespeare’s production of Othello. He also had roles in Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night with Downtown Rep. He is currently a company member with Story Pirates, performing at schools in New York and Los Angeles. Patrick Reilly (BFA ’15) played the lead role of Tunny in the La Mirada Theatre production of American Idiot. Taylor Ruge (BFA ’12) is a project coordinator at Thinkwell Group.
Pia Shah (MFA ’13) stars in and co-wrote Grass, a best feature film nominee at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Meagan Smith (BFA ’16) assisted in mounting “The Artistry of OUTLANDER” exhibit at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Dee Dee Stephens (MFA ’14) was recently in the west coast premiere of Red Velvet at the Atwater Playhouse. Melissa Trupp (BFA ’10) is production stage manager for The Walt Disney Company’s cruise lines. Megan Guthrie-Wedemeyer (BFA ’16) has joined the costume team for the Starz hit drama Outlander. She also helped mount “The Artistry of OUTLANDER” exhibit at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Charlotte Mary Wen (BA ’13) was in the ensemble with student Bella Hicks in American Idiot at the La Mirada Theatre. Colin Woodell (BFA ’14) costars in the Netflix original film XOXO.
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