Theatre Arts Alumni News

OUR SMSU ALUMNI HAVE WORKED IN A WIDE RANGE OF JOB AREAS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS INCLUDING:

• 1000 Ways to Die, Spike TV, CA (actor)
• ABC, Madigan Men, Wonderland (actor)
• Accidental Genius Productions, SD (actor)
• American Players Theatre, WI (production assistant)
• Atlantic Theater Company, NY (actor, costume designer)
• Bare Bodkins Theatre, SD (artistic director, director, actor, costume designer)
• Barn Theatre, MN (director, scenic designer, technical director, actor)
• Blackhills Playhouse, SD (costume designer)
• Breadloaf Theater, VT (technical director)
• Brave New Workshop, MN (actor)
• Broadway, The Iceman Cometh, Merchant of Venice, Mastergate, NY (actor)
• Brownville Village Theatre, NE (actors, director)
• Buoyant Theatre Collective, MN (actors)
• Center Stage, NY (costume designer)
• Chased by an Elephant Theatre Company, IL (actor, playwright)
• City College Theatre, NY (costume designer)
• Classic Stage Company (costume designer)
• CLIMB Theatre, MN (actors)
• Clockwise Theatre, IL (actor)
• Comedy Central, The Chappelle Show (actor)
• Cortland Repertory Theatre, NY (actor)
• Dakota Players, SD (costume designer)
• Des Moines Civic Center, IA (technical director)
• Disney (intern)
• Festival Theatre of St. Croix Falls, WI (actor)
• Films, Goodfellas, The 25th Hour, Enchanted, Everyone Says I Love You, Pieces of April, et al (actor)
• Four Humors Theatre, MN (actor)
• Fox, The Jury, WW3 (actor)
• Gateway Theater, NY (technician)
• Graber Productions, MN (actor)
• Guthrie Theatre, MN (actors, intern)
• HBO, The Wire (actor)
• Hilberry Theatre, MI (designers)
• Hot City Theatre, MO (playwright)
• iCarly, Nickelodeon, CA (actor)
• Jungle Theater, MN (actor)
• Labyrinth Theater Company, NY (actor)
• Lillian Theatre, CA (actor)
• The Lookinglass Theatre, NY (costume designer)
• Lyric Arts Theatre, MN (stage manager, actors)
• Maine Shakespeare Festival, ME (marketing/development director)
• Manhattan Theatre Club/Tribeca Playhouse, NY (actor)
• McLeod Summer Playhouse, IL (actor)
• Minneapolis Theatre Garage, MN (actor)
• Mortar Theatre Company, IL (playwright)
• National Theatre for Children, MN (actor)
• National Tour, The Piano Lesson (actor)
• NBC, Law & Order, L&O:SVU, L&O:CI, Ed, Third Watch, et al (actor)
• New York Theatre Workshop, NY (actor)
• Nicu’s Spoon Theatre, NY (costume designer)
• NoHo Arts Center, CA (actor)
• North Shore Music Theatre, MA (production administrator, company manager)
• Odyssey Theatre, CA (actor)
• Park Square Theatre, MN (stage manager)
• PBS, Poof, Liberty (actor)
• Peninsula Players, WI (actor)
• Penobscot Theatre, ME (marketing/development director)
• Pickwick Puppet Theatre, NJ (puppeteer)
• Primary Stages, NY (actor)
• Provision Theatre, IL (actor)
• Public Dreams Theatre, MN (actors) • Rochester Community Theater, MN (technical director)
• Sacramento Music Circus, CA (actor)
• San Francisco Opera, CA (technician)
• Santa Fe Opera, NM (stage crew)
• Seacoast Repertory Theatre, NH (costume designer)
• Signature Theatre, NY (actor)
• South Dakota Arts Council, SD (director, playwright in residence)
• Southern Ohio Light Opera, OH (interns)
• Stage Left Theatre, IL (playwright, technical director)
• Talent Poole, MN (voiceover artist for regional and national clients)
• Teatro Milagro/Miracle Theatre, OR (marketing director)
• Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, OH (actor)
• Theatre for a New Audience, NY (costume designer)
• Theatre in the Round, MN (actor)
• Theatre Ten Ten, NY (costume designer)
• Triangle Theatre, NY (actor)
• Twenty Percent Theatre Company, MN (actor)
• Two Beans Productions, NY (costume designer)
• Valleyfair Live Entertainment, NY (actor)
• Vee Corp., MN (carpenter, road technician)
• Victory Film Productions, MO (actor)
• Weathervane Theatre, NH (costume designer)
• Yellow Tree Theatre, MN (actors)
• Augustana College, SD
• Bucknell University, PA
• Concordia University (Chicago), IL
• Dakota State University, SD
• Indiana University, IN
• Indiana University School of Opera, IN
• Indiana University-South Bend, IN
• North Dakota State University, ND
• Oklahoma State University, OK
• Ridgewater College, MN
• Riverland Community College, MN
• Southwest Minnesota State University, MN
• University of Minnesota-Duluth, MN
• University of Nebraska-Kearney, NE
• University of North Dakota, ND
• University of Wisconsin-Platteville, WI
   

Where SMSU Theatre alums have gone to grad school:

American Conservatory Theatre (acting)
Minnesota State University, Mankato (acting, technical direction, costuming)
Purdue University (directing, stage management)
Temple University (dramaturgy)
University of Delaware – PTTP (technical direction)
University of Iowa (technical direction)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (technical direction)
University of Wisconsin-Superior (technical direction)
University of Montana (technical direction)
University of Nevada-Las Vegas (acting, playwriting)
University of South Dakota (directing, costume design)
Wayne State University (scenic design)
Western Illinois University (acting)

Scholarships and Awards available to SMSU Theatre students:

Alpha Psi Omega Scholarship
Gala Fine Arts Scholarship
Crosmun Award
Hezlep Award
SMSU Theatre Scholarship
Mustang Transfer Scholarship
President’s Award
Vice President’s Award
Dean’s Award
Leadership Award
Presidential Scholarship

If you have alumni news and updates you'd like to share, please send postings to Nadine.Schmidt@SMSU.edu.