other art forms through the medium of participatory theater and communal celebration.” Their production this year will have an Appalachian theme, so plan a trip to see the show at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College in December. In other news, Dominica is now the parent of a college freshman. Her Yale baby, Faraday, is studying cognitive science at Hampshire College, and Faraday’s younger sister Austen Janna, also a Yale baby, is a freshman in high school. “Once you graduate YSD,” according to Ed Blunt ’99, “you have a foundation—if you use it—that will evolve for the rest of your life!” Ed recently led leadership and wealth training for 1,200 people in South Africa, and then again for 7,500 in the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. He also travelled to Israel and Greece. Ed thanks the School for giving him the foundation and tools to impact lives around the world. As Kathryn Calnan ’99 finished her third season as director of development at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI, the theatre hosted its 17th Annual Pell Awards Gala fundraiser. The awards honor the legacy of the late Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell, who was a supporter of the arts throughout his lifetime. The honoree this year was Kate Burton ’82, who was presented with the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. Joanna Glushak ’99 feels fortunate to be continually acting, either on the road with national tours, in regional productions, or in New York. When not performing, she is back
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Geoff Zink ’99, Michael Parrella ’00, Chris Darland ’95, and Stephen Lars Klein ’99 (in the iPad) have joined Arup, a global engineering and consulting practice for the built environment. home on the Upper West Side. This year brought Michael Goodfriend ’96 into the cast of a blood-soaked production of Dracula at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he had the pleasure of reuniting with fellow alum Amy Morse ’00, who played Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet on the mainstage. Michael is now performing in the premiere of Lucile Lichtblau’s ’56 new play The English Bride at Centenary Stage and is looking forward to continuing when it moves to
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New York’s 59E59 Theatres. Michael is also enjoying his first job as a professor of theatre, teaching acting at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. He continues to write and produce Left Jab for Sirius XM Radio. Wrapping up his sixth season as managing director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., Jeffrey Herrmann ’99 has also been teaching in the graduate arts management programs at George Mason and American Universities.
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Robert Schneider ’94, dfa ’97 with his wife Francoise. Joanna Glushak ’99 Jennie Israel ’96 with her daughter, Stella Grace, born on June 22, 2012. Ed Blunt ’99 Jonah Drew Herrmann, son of Jeffrey Herrmann ’99 and his wife Sarah, was born on December 11, 2012.
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