If you were involved in Theatre at Plano West while you were a student here, please email Carla Ford-Rich at cford@pisd.edu. If you want to get in touch with someone on the list, email Mts. Rich and she can get you in touch with each other.

Awalt, Stewart (2002) Stew is at Baylor studying Theatre Design with a focus in Stage Management and Lighting Design.

Beran, Jonathan (2001) Is currently a 3rd year BFA Acting major at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago. His past Theatre School credits include The Tempest, California Suite, The Dining Room, and Dogg's Hamlet. Currently, Jonathan is working on an 80s Musical version of 12th Night. Yes, he actually dances in this. Jonathan is a member of the Student Government Association within The Theatre School as well. He also works at a the Lookingglass Theatre in downtown Chicago.

Betts, Brad (2003) Brad is currently attending Oklahoma State University where he is a Political Science/History double major. Brad is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and enjoys many fun social activities with his chapter. Once an All-State Technician, always an All-State technician is a motto he lives by.

Chinnici, John (2001) He is currently at Emerson College in Boston, Mass, working on a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. He now spends most of his days taking in
alt-country records and Larry McMurtry novels. At
night, John produces short fiction about the
contemporary American southwest. Otherwise, he likes
to write and act in short films, receiving critical
praise for his comedic portrayal of Satan in a student film.

Crockett, Emily (2002) She is now a sophomore at Northwestern University. She lives in Jones Residential College,and the hall has a hundred people--lots of music and theatre majors, but plenty of arts and they have a performance area and perform for each other all the time. Emily was an undecided arts and sciences major all of last year, but eventually realized that her place was in the 5-year double degree program between the School of Music and CAS (College of Arts and Sciences). She has been a Vocal Performance major since the beginning of the year. Her other major is English. She has done some theatre at Northwestern including the adaptation of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. She was called back for RICHARD III. She is dancing in a 30 hour dance marathon to raise money for Autism.

Elsmar, Aline (2001) Aline is at the University of Dallas. This semester she has the lead in the mainstage, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA, which is Eugene O'Neills retelling of the Orestia set in post Civil War New England. She will be playing Christine Mannon, which is the equivalent of Clytaemestra. And then in the Fall, for her senior project she is doing the first ever one woman show at the University of Dallas, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE.

Gatjanis, Nick (2002) Nick is at the University of Oklahoma. doing very well! He is a a Business Finance major and will be graduating May 2005. He is thinking of possibly switching to Accounting and he is trying to get an internship this summer with a company in Dallas.

Genchur, Brian (2003) Brian is at the University of Texas at Austin majoring in Broadcast Journalism, but doing some theatre work on the side, and wants to start doing some local movies around town this next semester.

Goddard, Sarah (2003) Sarah is a student at the
University of Texas at Austin majoring in Corporate Comm. She is a Sweetheart for Delta Sigma Phi. Brandy Dullum, Shelley Smith and Sarah will all be living under the same roof beginning next semester.

Hudson, David (2003): David is at The University of Evansville. He was cast into the second mainstage production for the semester, THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT. He is playing the Sergeant and Prospector # 2. It's a good step up from last semester because as the sergeant he has quite a few lines, and a nice little scene. The show is being guest directed which is really cool, because it won't be someone who he’s been working with. He's a very nice older man named Sam Smiley, he was the original department chair at UE when our current department chair was a student here! He definetely knows what he is doing so far, and David is really excited that he made it into a nice role in a huge show.

Jones, Justin A.P. (2002) Justin is finishing up his
2nd year with the Quad C Theatre, CCCC Plano. He has
been given many chances to work the last 2 years
professionally and at the school. At Quad C he
directed and designed a production of Nicky Silver’s
The Altruists in November 2003. He also directed the
premier of Ruminations of Affluence, written by up and
coming playwright Josh Nannigna. In theatre he worked
on Quad C’s production of Horton Foote’s trilogy
Courtship, Valentine’s Day, & 1918 (Bobby Pate). He
lead as Giuseppe Zangara in Assassins, Quad C’s entry
into the American College Theatre Festival. At ACTF
he was awarded an Irene Ryan nomination by The Kennedy
Center. Justin was also featured as a dancing sperm in
Quad C’s production of Baby: a musical last spring.
Recently Justin has created a small head shot
photography business and has a growing portfolio. On
the artistic side Justin has designed 5 of Quad C
Theatre’s official posters in the last 2 seasons and
has more designs on the way. Justin was recently accepted to
The Boston Conservatory and also has an offer at Otterbein
College in Ohio.

Kaplan, Julie (2002) Julie is currently a sophomore double major in theatre and history at Northwestern University. Last year, she discovered the world of stage management and has since stage-managed three shows in a row (Footloose, The Vagina Monologues, and currently Mud). She is the new member coordinator of Alpha Delta Pi, treasurer of the Jewish Theater Ensemble, and the assistant-producer of Boomshaka (a drum-dance group).

Alison Kreideweis(2004): Alison is at the University of Kansas and is currently listed as an Education major...however this is a clever disguise considering she is undecided. She is considering majors ranging from Psychology to Theatre & Film, but is leaning towards some kind of major that would deal with Early Childhood. She plans on rushing at the beginning of her sophmore year, which was not something she was planning on, but found herself to be drawn in to. Updates on that will be given in the future. She is also dabbling a little bit in theatre still, and was cast as Sis in the senior directed play of WASP by Steve Martin. We'll see what comes of that in the future as well. Other than that, she is very happy enjoying the cold weather and is looking forward to the snow and her first sledding experience. It should be great.

Loftin, Natalie (2001) Natalie Loftin is at Oklahoma City University doing very well. She is currently in the opera, THE MERRY WIDOW. She has the second lead (Valencia) and has some wonderful songs. She is the comic relief. Natalie spent the summer in New York studying at NYU. She had a wonderful time and saw most everything on Broadway. Natalie is toying with the idea of trying out for Miss OCU….we might see her on the Miss America Show. Mr. Sykes would be proud!

Mack, Sara (2001) After taking a semester off to spend some quality time back in Plano, Sara is back at USC in Los Angeles. She should be graduating in May 2005, majoring in Theatre with a minor in Communications and the Entertainment Industry. She plans on interning this summer in a casting department at a production company in CA since she's pursuing a career as a casting director. Go wolves!

Malecek, Julie (2001) Julie is a junior at the University of Oklahoma. She is majoring in Visual Communications and minoring in Religious Studies.

Marcheschi, Nicole (2003) Since graduation Nicki has been accepted to the Universtiy of Western Ill. She plans to major in Political Science and minor in Technical Theatre.

McKown, Bryan (2002) is attending the University of Southern California where he is majoring in Cinema-Television Production. He is staying busy writing and directing a number of short films for class. This semester he is continuing to intern for Academy Award winning producer Michael Phillips and plans to stay in Los Angeles this summer to find another internship in the film industry.

Pitt, Ashley (2003) Ashley is at Emerson College in Boston majoring in Musical Theatre Performance (BFA Degree). She is having a great time. The fall semester of 04, she will be studying in the Netherlands and living in a castle and travel will be much of the curriculum. She will be auditioning for PIPPIN this spring.

Reyes, Gwen (2002) I am currently a rising junior at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. I was assistant stage manager for my first show, The Quilters, in Fall '02. After that show, I took my first sabbatical from theatre in almost 4 years. I focused on my studies and am now a member of Alpha Lambda Delta--a first year honor society for undergrads. I manage an art gallery on campus and I pick and work with bands and comedians that play our concert series over the semesters-- such as Dave Matthews and John Mayer. I am currently a Communications and Philosophy double major with a minor in Film Studies (my love). I have made over a dozen short films for classes and personal enjoyment, as well as, spent
way too many mornings watching the sun rise writing a last minute critique of a film or the importance of Socrates and Marx. I am starting a film club on campus next year for all students, sitting as a chair for our club council, and acting as secretary for Young Democrats. Summer 04 I have plans to move to NYC for an internship in Entertainment Management with a company owned by a Sweet Briar Alumnae. After Sweet Briar, I want to attend Law School and specialize in Entertainment/Communications/Media/Intellectual Property Law, and eventually manage artists and produce films.

Shiff, Blair (2003): She is majoring in Broadcast Journalism with an emphasis in sports. She has a sports update radio show every Friday night on WERS 88.9 FM. This is the only completely student run radio station in the country. She also runs a teleprompter and occasionally anchors for the school TV station, WEBN, for a Sportscenter like environment. She also sings in the church choir down the road. She will be traveling abroad to the Netherlands this upcoming fall semester (2004) and will hopefully be interning with local radio stations in Texas over the summer. She was accepted into Zeta Phi Eta. It's a co-ed fraternity that is strictly for the Communications, Arts and Sciences. They do a lot of community service such as fundraising for AIDS cures and American Cancer society and blankets for the homeless.

Shelley Smith (2003) graduated from Plano West in 2003 and headed out west to the University of Colorado to study advertising. However, being a native Texan soul she will be transferring to University of Texas in fall 2004 to continue her major in advertising and plans to throw a little photography and theatre into the mix. There’s just no place like home. Hook Em'

Tilis, Heather (2001) Heather is at Tulane University majoring in Political Science and Women’s Studies. Heather worked as an intern in Washington DC this last summer. She took a theatre class but other than being an audience member, has not had time or an opportunity to pursue her love for theatre.

Van Poole, Eryn (2003): Eryn is at North Texas for at least another year-- then who knows. She had a wonderful time traveling Europe this past summer and she is doing well.

Walters, Rachel (2003): Rachel is at Texas Christian University. She is really excited about starting up programs with HyperFrogs, for which she is the Peer Education Chair for such things as Safe Sex Week, as well as planning to do programs in the local elementary schools. She also started a new job on campus working in the Campus Life office. She is taking a Survey of Musical Theatre class this semester and enjoying it a lot. Theatre will always be part of her life.

Washington, Alicia (2000) She is currently a junior at Yale. She continues to be strongly involved in politics. She just completed her term as President of the Yale College Democrats which afforded her the time to write opinion articles for the Yale Daily News, the main campus publication. Although she no longer does theatre, the skills she acquired in theatre have been beneficial. Politics requires good communication and public speaking skills, both of which she feels theatre made me comfortable in doing. In addition, she tutors 4th and 5th grade students in preparation for an end-year competition called Book Bowl. Also, she is a peer advisor at the Undergraduate Career Services Center where she is qualified to critique resumes and cover letters as well as offer advice on job, internships, and study abroad opportunities. She will be taking the LSATs this summer and applying to law school in the fall. She hopes to take a year off before law school to either spend a year in Spain or work in Washington D.C. Currently, her ultimate goal after practicing law for some time is to run for public office.

Yonack, Samantha (2002) Sam was reading over a scene the other day and one of the lines was "Pshaw Child," and it made her think of us and LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL. She says “We were so lucky to actually have teachers in high school who actually knew what they were talking about.” She is at California School of the Arts.