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Design and Technical Theatre, 1982 -- Emmy® nominee Robert Maverick is an acclaimed special effects and makeup designer for films and television. His Hollywood credits include Pirates of the Caribbean, Big Fish, Star Trek, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He teaches and lectures on makeup and special effects and his work can be seen on his website. Maverick returned to WMU in 1997 and 2007 to design special effects and makeup for Frankenstein and Dracula. Read More

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Musical Theatre Performance, 2008 -- Topher Nuccio has performed on tour (Curious George; Live!) and in many regional theatres such as the Arvada Center (All Shook Up, Seussical, Sunset Blvd), Music Theatre of Wichita (2008 Season), Northern Stage (Spelling Bee), and the Infinity Theatre Company (Little Shop of Horrors). Most recently, he joined the cast of the hit Off-Broadway musical Silence!: The Musical, and shot an episode of the TBS sitcom, "Are We There Yet?" Read More

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Directing and Stage Management, 2006 -- David Alpert is the assistant director for the upcoming Broadway revival of THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal, and the Associate Director of musical Flashdance. Assisting credits include White Noise produced by Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… in its world premiere, directed by Michael Greif, Knickerbocker Holiday at Lincoln Center, and the Broadway revival of Guys & Dolls. www.david-alpert.com Read More

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Theatre Performance, 2000 -- Geoff Button, an actor and director in Chicago for several years, recently completed his MFA in Directing at Northwestern University and was just appointed to a faculty position in the division of Music Theatre Performance in the Department of Theatre at that institution. Read More

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Theatre Performance, 2010 -- Crystal Lucas-Perry is currently in graduate school at New York University. This summer, Crystal will work and perform at the esteemed Williamstown Theatre Festival. She will have the opportunity to perform alongside Sam Rockwell and Jessica Hecht in A Streetcar Named Desire directed by David Cromer. She will also be in Fellowship Company working with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tommy Kail who will create a new musical and a new play to premiere at the festival. Read More

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Music Theatre Performance, 2008 -- Before graduating from WMU, Kelly Feight began her career as a news producer. Today, she is the Executive Producer for WXMI – FOX 17 Morning News in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She continues to perform on a regular basis as part of the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus. She was seen on the WMU stage in our productions of A Little Night Music, The Pajama Game and Brigadoon. Read More

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Musical Theatre Performance, 1995 -- In just over three years, Kathleen Rose Perkins acquired a BFA in Musical Theatre. After traveling parts of the Midwest performing in various regional theatres, Kathleen made her way to Los Angeles. Since then, Kathleen has worked solely as an actress in film and television. Credits include Without a Trace, How I Met Your Mother, Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, a recurring role on HBO's Tell Me You Love Me and Michael Bay's The Island.  Read More

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Musical Theatre Performance, 1982 -- Marin Mazzie is currently starring on Broadway in Next To Normal. Marin received Tony and Drama Desk nominations and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Lilli/Katharine in the hit revival of Kiss Me, Kate, and later received an Olivier Award nomination when she made her West End debut. Other Broadway credits include: Monty Python's Spamalot (also West End), Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics nominations), and Passion. Read More

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Design and Technical Theatre, 2010 -- Joshua Reid has been working in New York City at the  Lincoln Center Festival and the Fringe Festival, as well as such venues as the David H. Koch Theater, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Carnegie Hall.  Joshua has worked on Broadway as the sound engineer for the House of Blue Leaves and RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles. Currently, he is the associate to sound designer Abe Jacob. Read More

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Music Theatre Performance, 2009 -- Just six months after graduation from WMU's MT Program, Mikey made his broadway debut as Big Deal in the hit broadway revival of West Side Story; directed by Arthur Laurents. While West Side Story was closing, Mikey started rehearsals to join the Broadway company of American Idiot, where he got the privilege to share the stage with rock legends like Billy Joe Armstrong and Melissa Etheridge. Mikey has since joined the first national tour of the musical Wicked. Read More

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Music Theatre Performance, 2009 -- Hannah Elless recently made her Broadway debut in the revival of Godspell! She made her Equity debut in the National Broadway Tour of Mamma Mia! Other professional theatre credits include: Private Lives, The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Emperor’s New Clothes (Chicago Shakespeare Theater; One More Sleep 'til Christmas w/William Finn (Laurie Beechman); Lizzie in Baby (Actors Theater Company); Gertrude McFuzz in Gertrude McFuzz (Fontana Performing Arts). Read More

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Theatre Performance, 2005 -- After graduating from WMU, Larry Herron went on to earn his M.F.A. in Acting from the University of California, San Diego. Herron was a featured guest on three primetime network shows last fall: Medium, Numb3rs, and Cold Case. Other television credits include ER, Lie to Me, and Chocolate News. Herron's WMU credits include Othello, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Six Degrees of Separation, A Flea in Her Ear, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Read More

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Theatre Performance, 2000 -- Page Kennedy is a successful film and television actor who resides in Los Angeles. Television credits include Weeds, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case, CSI: Miami, Boston Legal, My Name is Earl, The Shield, NYPD Blue, Medical Investigation, Philly, Blind Justice, The Kennedys and Six Feet Under. He starred with Samuel L. Jackson and LL Cool J in the film S.W.A.T. and can also be seen in the films In The Mix and Shackles. Read More

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Theatre Performance -- As a columnist for ESPN.com's Page 2 and a CNN contributor, LZ Granderson writes a weekly column for CNN.com. He is a 2010 nominee and the 2009 winner of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for online journalism and a 2010 and 2008 honoree of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for column writing. He also has hosted the web-based ESPN360 talk show Game Night. Read More

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Music Theatre Performance, 1998 -- Brooke Elliott graduated from WMU's Music Theatre Performance program and has had an active and successful career since leaving in 1998. She is currently starring with comedian Margaret Cho in Lifetime's new television series, Drop Dead Diva. She has had an extensive on-stage career having been seen on Broadway in The Pirate Queen and Taboo as well as in the national tours of Wicked and Beauty and the Beast, among others. Film credits include What Women Want. Read More

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Design and Technical Theatre -- Patricia Nichols holds a MFA in Lighting Design from University of California San Diego. Ms. Nichols is the Associate Lighting Designer for the Broadway and all domestic and international productions of Jersey Boys, Broadway’s Pirate Queen, the Broadway and all touring productions of Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays. Her Assisting credits include Lestat (Broadway), Mambo Kings (San Francisco), Lennon (San Francisco), Dracula (Broadway), and Wicked (San Francisco). Read More