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U-M Theatre graduates find careers in a large number of performance, production, educational and administrative areas throughout the U.S. and the world. The solid academic education and professional training received at the University of Michigan equips our graduates to compete and succeed in a wide range of artistic, visible and rewarding careers. For more alumni news, see our news page.
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Theatre at Michigan has yielded a distinguished group of alumni, including:
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Don Harvey (Miami Vice, The Pretender, Die Hard II, Hudson Hawk, Eight Men Out) |
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| Maureen Anderman (Later Life at Playwrights Horizons) |
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| Sophina Brown (American Tour of The Lion King and television’s The Education of Max Bickford, Law and Order, As the World Turns) |
Greg Jbara |
Christine Lahti |
Miriam Shor |
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| Greg Jbara (Broadway’s Revival of Damn Yankees, the film Married to It) |
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| Ann Crumb (Broadway’s Aspects of Love, Circle in the Square’s Anna Karenina) |
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| James Earl Jones (The Great White Hope, Field of Dreams, Cry the Beloved Country) |
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| Priscilla Ferguson-Wagstaffe (Indiana Repertory Theatre) |
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| Tim Grimm (Clear and Present Danger; television’s Gabriel’s Fire) |
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| Tim Hopper (Broadway’s Present Laughter, television’s Law and Order, Third Watch, and the films Vanilla Sky, Class Action, The Last of the Mohicans) |
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| Christine Lahti (Leaving Normal, The Doctor, Housekeeping, Chicago Hope) |
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| Matthew Letscher (The Mask of Zorro, Gods and Generals, NBC's Good Morning, Miami) |
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| Miriam Shor (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, T.V.’s Inside Schwartz, the film Bedazzled.) |
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| David Paymer (Mr. Saturday Night, City Slickers, Quiz Show) |
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| Gilda Radner (Saturday Night Live, The Woman in Red) |
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| Joseph Urla (The Bodyguard) |
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Other successful graduates can be found behind the camera and off stage:
Libby Appel, Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Hal Cooper, television director (Empty Nest, The Powers That Be, Maude, All in the Family, I Spy, Mary Tyler Moore)
Wendy Goldberg, Artistic Associate at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage
Adam Greenfield, Literary Manager for Seattle’s Empty Space Theatre
Lawrence Harbison, senior editor at Samuel French, Inc.
Don Hart, head of Hart Productions video company
Sharon Jensen, head of the Non-Traditional Casting Project, New York City
Atanas Ilitch, original producer of Detroit’s Second City improv theatre
Jack O'Brien, Artistic Director of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre
Ed Karam, theatre reviewer for Playbill.com, Fortune, People and Time magazines and The Guardian newspaper
Kathleen McGill, associate producer for A Beautiful Mind and the NBC series Ed
John Rich, television director (Gunsmoke, Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family)
Steve Wyman, television producer/director (Days of Our Lives)
Steve Zuckerman, television producer (Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Full House, Murphy Brown, The Drew Carey Show)
Our design alumni include:
Francesca Callow, costume designer with the Stratford Festival Theatre
Martin Pakledinaz, Tony Award-winning Broadway costume designer for Kiss Me, Kate and Thoroughly Modern Millie
Laurie Trevethan, theatrical stylist for film, video and stills
Veronica Worts, costume designer for the Worth Street Theater’s Isn’t It Romantic? and Christopher Shinn’s Four
U-M Theatre alumni are also prominent in the academic arena:
Robert Chapel is Chair of the University of Virginia Drama Department.
Sarah Bay-Cheng is Assistant Professor of English and Theater at Colgate College.
Kathleen Conlin is Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois.
Steve Gilliam is on the faculty at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
Robert Knopf is Associate Professor of Acting and Directing at Connecticut College.
Mary Maher is Professor Emerita with the University of Arizona.
Dennis Parker is Associate Professor of Theatre at Ohio State University.
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