Life after SCU

Samantha Pejouan '18 Talent Development, The Collective (boutique sales recruitment firm for startups), San Francisco, CA

Madison Schiffman '18 Medical student, UNC Wilmington

Kylie Joerger '19 Artistic Direction Apprenticeship, Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Derek Sikkema '19 MFA Acting, Asolo Conservatory, Florida State University

Isaac Addai '21 MFA Acting, University of Iowa

Abigail Nairn '21, MLitt Museum & Gallery Studies, St Andrews University, Scotland, UK

Tara Tedjarati '21 London, UK

Céline Alwyn ’02 MA Contemporary Dance, London School of Contemporary Dance, UK; Dance and Pilates teacher, previously a Cirque du Soleil performer as “Oceane”, Dralion, and an ensemble dancer Bombay Dreams on Broadway

Lauren Baines ’08 MFA Dance (Choreography & Performance), Mills College; artistic director, Lauren Baines Dance/Theatre; performer, choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, teacher and producer; Assistant Director, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University

Claire Calalo Berry ’07 MFA Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine; artistic director, for change dance collective; teacher at Performing Arts Academy of Marin, CA

Erin Lafferty '13 Teaching Artist and Choreographer, New York & CT; Education and Outreach Manager, Goodspeed Musicals, CT

Nikki Long ’00 Dance Captain, Disney's Aladdin on Broadway and Casting Associate, Disney's Aladdin National Tour

Tara Macken ‘06 Hollywood stunt woman: The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, A Wrinkle in Time, Iron Man 3, After Earth, Suicide Squad, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Star Trek Into Darkness

Rebecca Reuter '05 Co-director, Omega Dance Company, New York; Assistant Director, Community Engagement, The Juilliard School, New York

Callie Tepper '13 MS Dance/Movement Therapy, Pratt Institute; Licensed Creative Arts Therapist at Astor Services for Children & Families, Rhinebeck, NY

Adam Zotovich ’97 Broadway producer: The Color Purple, The Addams Family, A View From the Bridge, Driving Miss Daisy, Of Mice and Men, Legally Blonde the musical, Dear Evan Hansen, An Act of God, An American in Paris

Jeffrey Adams '10 MFA Acting, School of Drama, The New School; Actor in San Francisco

Scotty Arnold '08 MFA Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Musical theater writer and founding member of the Musical Theatre Factory, New York

Elaine Avila '87 Playwright-in-Residence, Quest University Canada; founder LEAP Playwriting Program at Vancouver’s Arts Club Theater, co-founder International Climate Change Theatre Action, Fulbright Scholar, awarded Notáveis dos Açores (Notable Descendant) for her theatre work by the Government of the Azores, Portugal

Chad Eschman '08 Graphic designer, playwright and performing artist, Founder/Creative Director of Trap Street multi-media performing arts company, Los Angeles

Katie Fitzgerald '09 Founder of Teatro Catalina, Villa Catalina, Nicaragua

Julie Garnye '96 Actress, singer, voiceover artist, writer and director; Come From Away National Tour

Monique Hafen Adams '10 Actress in San Francisco, Best Actress--Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle 2018

Camille Hayes '14 Theatre Director

Jennifer Jigour '06 "The Artist with the Golden Paintbrush" -- Visual artist, painter, illustrator, author Secret Agent Moscow graphic novel

Ron Lagomarsino '73 Movie director: My Sister's Keeper, Running Mates, Dinner at Eight; Stage and TV director, Joan of Arcadia, My So-Called Life, Picket Fences (winner, 1993 Directors Guild of America Award), Driving Miss Daisy, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, Ghost Whisperers, Baby Boom, Hart of Dixie

Francesca McKenzie '09 MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama; Actress in New York and New Orleans

Michael X. Martin '76 Actor on Broadway and on National Tours including My Fair Lady, Kiss Me Kate, Les Miserables, Oklahoma, Ragtime, It Should Have Been You

Jonathan Rider '90 Fight Choreographer (also an EMT and fire fighter), San Francisco, CA

Karen Simpson '92 Artistic Director for Penninsula Youth Theatre, Palo Alto, CA

Tina Stafford '92 Actress in New York, Off-Broadway: A Song Floating, on National Tours: Once the Musical, Jolson the Musical, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, and in Regional Theatre

Paul Ventura, Commercial Casting Director, Paul Ventura Casting, Los Angeles

Kit Wilder '83 Fight Choreographer, Actor, director around the Bay Area; Associate Artistic Director for San Jose City Lights Theatre

A. Zell Williams '06 MFA Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; Playwright, Staff writer for Law and Order SVU

Rachel Zampelli '04 Actress in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and New York

Lori Coltrin ’81 Executive Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering, Los Angeles

E. David Cosier ‘82 Scene Designer, NYC Signature Theatre and others

Carol Dacey-Charles '89 Stage Manager and leadership coach, NY

Steven Fetter '13 Theatre Operations Manager, Santa Clara University, CA

Eva Fredrickson ‘06 Costume Designer/Wardrobe Crew for Television, graphic designer

Hope Hannafin, Costume Designer particularly Film and Television

Matthew Johns '09 Lighting Designer, Assistant Technical Director, REDCAT, Los Angeles

Kyle Langdon ’15 Theatre Sites Manager, Palo Alto Unified School District, CA

Tiernan O’Rourke '19 Mechanical Designer, Tait (stage technologies), Lititz, PA

Tony Asaro '98 Vocal Music Teacher, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA

Cameron Coulter '15 English Teacher, Jilin City, China

Tom Gough '87 Chair, Theatre Arts department & co-founder, Theatre Conservatory, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA

Duncan Graham '77 VP Academic Affairs, San Jose City College (retired); previously Dean, Fine Arts & Communication, Foothill College and a Stage Manager for American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), San Francisco

Russ Marcel '95 Director, Theatre Arts, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA

Doug Santana '97 Director of Performing Arts, Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, CA

Chloe Townsend '19 Dance teacher, Valley Christian Schools Conservatory of the Arts, San Jose, CA

Jeffrey Adams '10 MFA Acting, School of Drama, The New School

Céline Alwyn ’02 MA Contemporary Dance, London School of Contemporary Dance, UK

Scotty Arnold '08 MFA Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU

Lauren Baines '08 MFA Dance (Choreography & Performance), Mills College

Claire Calalo Berry '07 MFA Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine

Francesca McKenzie '09 MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama

Nick Manfredi '14 MFA Acting, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine

Gavin Mueller '15 MFA Acting, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine

Sarah Olive-McStay '16 MA Musical Theatre (Performance), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Callie Tepper '12 MS Dance/Movement Therapy, Pratt Institute

Sonya Venugopal '15 MFA Musical Theatre, Boston Conservatory at Berklee

A. Zell Williams '06 MFA Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU

Elizabeth Connelly '15 Stanford Medical School; Santa Clara University Trustee

Amber De Buizer '98 Assistant Vice-President, Development, Santa Clara University

Devin Della Maggiora '17 MSc Political Science, London School of Economics

Harout Dimijian '96 Attorney, Los Angeles

Ella Fogel '19 Operations Manager, PSAV (corporate event management & operations), San Francisco, CA

Freya Helton '19 Enrollment Advisor, City University of Seattle

Anna K. Houk '12, Medical Resident, Aurora, CO

Eileen Jao '10 Assistant District Attorney, Santa Cruz D.A.'s office, CA

Tennyson Jones '14 Full Cycle Recruiter for Post Production, Netflix, Los Angeles

Zahra Langford '96 Senior Interaction Designer and User Experience Lead, Harry & David, Medford, OR

Nick Manfredi '14 Expert Client Advisor, Louis Vitton Hard-sided Luxury Luggage, New York

Mark Novak, MD '01 Family Medicine, Oakland, CA

Maj. Marc Serra, DDS, FACS '00, Oral & Maxilliofacial Cosmetic Surgeon, U.S. Army

Michael Standifer '16 Senior Financial Analyst, Mozilla

James Houghton ’81   
Founding Artistic Director, Signature Theatre, NY 1991-2005; Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division at The Juilliard School 2006-2015. 
College of the Fellows of the American Theatre 2013; Honorary Doctorate of Performing Arts, Santa Clara University 2013; Special Award for Sustained Achievement, 60^th Annual Obie Awards 2015. 
The Pershing Square Signature Center NY won the 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award.