Performing Arts Alumni
Stephens College's Conservatory for Performing Arts has a strong national reputation thanks to the impact of our alumni! For more information on our programs contact The Conservatory today!
Notable alums include, but are not limited to:
Actress (Broadway's 1776, My Fair Lady, The Addams Family, South Pacific, Les Miserables, Avenue Q)
Actress (Broadway's Groundhog Day, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, A Little Night Music, Young Frankenstein)
Actress (In the Heights, Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Short Term 12)
Don’t be afraid to reach out in your city! When I lived in New York, there were some amazing Stephens alumnae who took me under their wings, fed me when I was struggling and celebrated with me when I began booking jobs. ... My greatest and most rewarding friendships and collaborations have been with Stephens alumnae.”
The network of Stephens is strong.
Lighting designer/Electrician Ballet Hispanico
Christopher Bowe '12
Assistant Technical Director at AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts
Broadway, television, film and video game actor
Scott Cavin '89, MFA Illinois State College
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Chadron State College; Scenic and Lighting Designer, Technical Director and Production Manager
Dancer, Paul Taylor Dance Co.
Actress (As the World Turns, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives)
Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor
Broadway, film and television actress
Brandon PT Davis '10, MFA University of California, Irvine
Scenic designer for more than 90 productions across the U.S.; Stephens College Guest Artist (2021-2022)
Choreographer, Actress (My Fair Lady, National Tour: Cabaret)
Staging Supervisor and Technical Director (Broadway's Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, and NBC's live productions of The Sound of the Music and The Wiz)
Actress (True Blood, Shameless, Sideways, American Horror Story)
Brianna Firestone
Director of Marketing, Insights & Strategy at Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Actress (The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives)
Alexander Freer '11, MFA California Institute of the Arts
Lighting Designer
Executive Director, Young Dancers in Repertory, Brooklyn, NY
Dancer, Choreographer, Educator, Photographer, Paul Taylor Dance Co.
Actor (National Tour debut: My Fair Lady. New York: Camelot (Lincoln Center), Louisiana Purchase (Musicals Tonight!), Dangerous to Dance With (Dream Up Festival). Regional: Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, KC Starlight Theatre, New Theatre Restaurant, American Heartland Theatre, Quality Hill Playhouse, Chestnut Fine Arts, Okoboji Summer Theater)
Actor (Oregon Shakespeare, Guthrie Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Resident Artist at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, CA
Tony Award-winning actress and singer (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Private Lives)
Ashley Harrison '05
Costume designer for film, dance and theatre; cutter/draper at Columbia Performing Arts Centre
Brandy Lee Hatcher
Health and Safety Supervisor, The Walt Disney Company
Cami Huebert '12
Instructor of Costume Technology, University of Alabama; First Hand, Utah Shakespeare Festival
New York-based actor and director
Mariah Lee '13
Actor (Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: I’m Sorry (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Kenny’s Tavern, Interior (59e59), HORSE GIRLS (the cell). Regional: Robin Hood (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Crimes of the Heart, The Liar (Okoboji Summer Theatre), Blithe Spirit (Southwest Shakespeare Company). Film: The Real American. TV: "City on a Hill", “Law & Order: SVU”, “Untitled Jenny Lumet Pilot.”
Director, Alley Repertory Theatre
Katie McKellar
Production director, Theatre22 (Seattle, WA); has worked with Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders, Sound Theatre Company, Annex Theatre, Book-It Repertory and The Satori Group
Susie McMonagle
Actress (Broadway tours and multiple productions of note in Chicago)
Karyn Meek '95
Production Stage Manager (National Tours for Disney's The Lion King, Hello, Dolly!, La Cage aux Folles, The Drowsy Chaperone, and 9 to 5; Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812); Stage Manager (Broadway's Rent, Fiddler on the Room, Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf, and Elf)
When I first started, women in the technical fields were a rarity. However, at Stephens, there was never a question of what I could accomplish because of my gender. That fundamental premise allowed me to develop a strong sense of empowerment. The other thing that makes Stephens an incredible place is the personal attention that the faculty are able to give each student.
Television, film and theatre actress (Lost, V, Revolution, Dead of Summer, Once Upon A Time, The Expanse, The Purge: Election Year, Answers to Nothing, Santa Clause)
Herbert Moore '08
Television and film actress
Actress (Young Sheldon, Toy Story, Designing Women, Pretty in Pink, Ghostbusters)
Actress (Jerome Robbin's Broadway and Cabaret)
Prop Shop Foreman and Carpenter/Fabricator, The Old Globe in San Diego, CA
Daniel Schultz, MFA FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Acting Training
Writer, actor, director and arts administrator; former artistic director of the Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville
G. Benjamin Swope '03, MFA NYU Tisch Design for Stage and Film
Manny Tamayo '98
Playwright, director and production manager; former artistic director, Factory Theatre, Chicago, IL
Senior vice president of casting and talent relations at the Disney Channel
Mark Taylor '73, MFA United States International University
Actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Innerspace; Arachnophobia; Homeward Bound)
Film and television actress (Bride of Chucky and more in the Child's Play franchise, Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress), Family Guy)
Television, film and theatre actress (Gilligan's Island, second national tour of Neil Simon's Chapter Two, second national tour of They're Playing Our Song)
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