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Cincinnati Enquirer

We are often asked what our Musical Theatre majors do after graduation. Many of our alumni are appearing in Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, in national touring productions, at regional theatres, in stock, on television and in almost every entertainment-related field. They also forge careers as writers, directors, musical directors, choreographers, agents and managers, producers, conductors and teachers of the craft. Pictured below is a selection of our students who are currently representing us in the profession. Featured students change periodically.

	◄ Karen Olivo Winner of the 2009 Tony Award as Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Anita in West Side Story.		◄ Ashley Brown Stars in Disney's Mary Poppins in Chicago and Los Angeles after creating the role on Broadway.
▼ Christy Altomare Plays Wendla in the first national tour of the hit musical Spring Awakening.			▼ Josh Prince Choreographer of Shrek: the Musical on Broadway. Outer Critics Circle Award nomination.
	▲ Stephen Flaherty Tony-winning composer of the forthcoming Broadway revival of Ragtime.	▲ Kevin McCollum Tony Award nominee for West Side Story (2009). Winner for In the Heights, Rent and Avenue Q.
Savannah Wise ► Plays Sherie in the hit musical Rock of Ages on Broadway.		Liz Pearce ► Currently appears in Billy Elliott on Broadway.
	▼ Betsy Werbel Currently appearing in the national tour of Wicked.
▲ Jason Patrick Sands Currently appearing in the Broadway company of the long-running hit, Chicago.		▲ Cindy Marchionda Appearing in cabaret at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.	▲ Alessa Neeck Currently appearing in the national tour of Little House on the Prairie.
		Josh Kobak ► Currently appearing in the road company of Rent: the Broadway Tour.
▲ Leslie Kritzer Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for the Off-Broadway musical, Rooms.	▲ Danette Holden Currently appearing in Shrek: the Musical on Broadway.		◄ Kirsten Wyatt Currently appearing in Shrek: the Musical on Broadway.
		▼ Sara Sheperd Currently appearing in the national tour of Legally Blonde.
▲ Matt Bogart Currently appearing in the Broadway company of Jersey Boys.	▲ Justin Bohon Currently appearing in the Broadway production of Nine to Five.		▲ Tory Ross Currently appearing in the Broadway production of Nine to Five.
Lauren Kennedy ► Currently performing in the new Off-Broadway musical, Vanities.
	◄ Lisa Howard Currently appearing in the Broadway production of Nine to Five.	▲ Kyle Brown Currently appearing in the national tour of Legally Blonde.	▲ Max Quinlan Currently appearing as Fabrizio in Light in the Piazza at Marriot Lincolnshire in Chicago.
			◄ Justin Patterson Currently appearing in the Broadway production of Nine to Five.
▲ Brandon Bieber Currently appearing in the national tour of Mary Poppins.	▲ Alexa Green Currently appearing in the West Coast production of the hit musical Wicked.	▼ Seth Rettberg Currently appearing in the Broadway production of Avenue Q.
			▲ Sharon Wheatley Currently appearing in the Broadway production of Avenue Q.
▲ Shoshana Bean Shoshana has just released a solo album of original songs, Superhero.	▲ Billy Tighe Currently appearing in the national tour of Dirty Dancing.	▼ Geoffrey Packard Currently appearing in the Broadway company of Phantom of the Opera.
▼ Randy Harrison Currently appearing in the Berkshire Festival Theatre production of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen.			▲ Kaitlyn Davidson Appearing as Val in a new production of A Chorus Line in Salt Lake City.
	▲ Julie Kotarides Currently appearing in the national tour of A Chorus Line.	Tony Yazbeck ► Appearing in the forthcoming Goodman Theatre revival of Animal Crackers.
Tom Viola ► Executive Director for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS			◄ Eric Sciotto Currently appearing in Rock of Ages on Broadway.
	▼ Meggie Cansler Appearing in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow.
▲ Colt Prattes Currently appearing in the national tour of A Chorus Line.		▲ Brian Sears Appearing in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow.	▲ Kristy Cates Currently appearing in the new Off-Broadway children's musical Click Cluck Moo.
	◄ Preston Boyd Appearing in the forthcoming national tour of Young Frankenstein.		▼ Jim Walton Appearing in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Bye-Bye, Birdie
▼ Kearran Giovanni Appearing in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow.		.▲ Halle Morse Currently appearing in the Broadway company of the long-running hit, Mamma Mia.
	▲ Todd Gearhart Appearing in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Bye-Bye, Birdie.		◄ Your Picture Here Join the list of alumni representing us in the profession.
*Casting Changes happen very rapidly. The information above was correct on July 31, 2009.
Alumni: if you wish to be featured on The Alumni Page or would like to update your information, please send materials to berga@ucmail.uc.edu. We would love to hear your stories about the "good old days" (whether they were last year or last decade). If you're dancing the Can-Can, living in Cannes or canning tomatoes, we'd like to hear about it. And please, if you changed your name after leaving CCM, remind us what it was when you were in school. Also, if you are so inclined, consider donating some of your time and/or hard-earned dollars to the various scholarship funds at CCM. The current Musical Theatre majors would be very grateful for your support.

The CCM Musical Theatre Young Alumni Award is presented each year at the Senior Showcase in Cincinnati. This award is given in recognition of excellence in Musical Theatre or a related field by an alum of the Musical Theatre program at CCM in the past two decades. This year the award was presented to Lauren Kennedy.

Lauren Kennedy
2009 CCM Musical Theatre
Young Alumni Award

Lauren is currently starring Off-Broadway in Vanities, following a successful run at the Pasedena Playhouse. Previously, she starred as "The Lady of the Lake" in the Tony Award winning musical Spamalot and opposite Val Kilmer in The Ten Commandments at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. In London, she was seen in Trevor Nunn’s Royal National Theatre production of South Pacific (Nellie). On Broadway, she performed in Les Miserables (Fantine), Sideshow (Daisy Hilton) and Sunset Boulevard. Other theatre work includes The Last Five Years (originated Cathy), The Rhythm Club (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Lead Actress), White Christmas (originated Judy Haines), Hot Shoe Shuffle (Maddy), Breakfast At Tiffany's (originated Holly Golightly), Nine (Carla/Paper Mill), Evita (Eva), Chess (Florence) and Jekyll And Hyde In Concert (Emma). Lauren’s solo recordings, “Here and Now” and “Songs of Jason Robert Brown” are available on the PS Classics label. Lauren is married to actor Alan Campbell.

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	STEPHEN FLAHERTY CCM, 1986
	Stephen composed his first score at age 14. He studied at CCM with Lehman Engel, founder of the BMI Workshop, which he entered immediately after graduation. Since 1983, he has collaborated with Lynn Ahrens (as lyricist), creating works for theatre, film, and concert stages across the country and internationally. Their most recent musical, A Man of No Importance, opened at Lincoln Center. Their adaptation of the stories of Dr. Seuss, The Seussical, premiered on Broadway in 2000. In 1998, they won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Ragtime and received two Grammy nominations for recordings of the score. In the same year they received two Academy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations for the animated feature Anastasia. Their hit Broadway musical Once on this Island, received eight Tony nominations, including Best Score and Best Book. Other works include My Favorite Year, the first original musical produced by Lincoln Center, Lucky Stiff which won the Richard Rodgers Award and a concert piece for orchestra, chorus, soloists and speakers, With Voices Raised, commissioned by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra.

	Banner above: Kurt Domoney, Jason Patrick Sands and Eric Santagata in My One and Only, Corbett Auditorium.

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