Theatre & Dance Alumni

Fall 2012 Greetings from the Theatre & Dance Department

Its the beginning of another fall semester here at Dickinson College in the Theatre and Dance department and we are off to a busy start.  We are welcoming back Professor Jon Liebetrau who will be teaching Theatre during Professor Todd Wronski's second season in England.  Also, Professor Dawn Springer will be teaching dance and filling in while Professor Sarah Skaggs in on sabbatical this fall.  We wish Professor Skaggs a fruitful and productive sabbatical and Professor Wronski another good year of opportunities in the Norwich Humanities program.

Sherry Harper-McCombs  spent the summer with the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in West Virginia as Costume Designer, accompanied by student intern; Sydney Moffat. Karen Lordi-Kirham directed two shows in Saranac Lake, New York for the Pendragon Theatre, assisted by a student intern.   Professor S. Benjamin Farrar was busy light designing for Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca in Massachusetts and Switzerland.  

The class of 2016 will be arriving any day now, followed quickly by auditions, and before you know it, the whole craziness that you all remember so well will be underway once again. Join us for the production of The Spitfire Grill or Five Under Forty dance concert. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Have a great semester!
Jenny

Theatre & Dance Alumni

Theatre and dance alumni have traveled many paths since graduation. From Broadway to Bombay, our graduates enter all walks of life. Here, many take this opportunity to reflect on the lasting value of their Dickinson College education.

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David Franz Brubraker Memorial Page ("Mr. B")

David Franz Brubaker (1925-2002)

David F. Brubaker, known affectionately to thousands of Dickinsonians and Mermaid Players simply as "Mr. B", passed peacefully from life's stage on May 29th, 2002. A memorial service in celebration of his life and career was held on June 6th, 2002 in the theatre that he built along with his wife Marj Green Brubaker.

His life was gentle, and the elements so mix'd in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world 'This was a man!' --William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (Act V, Scene V)

A scholarship fund has been established at the College in the names of David F. and Marj Green Brubaker. Contributions may be mailed to:
Dickinson College Development Office
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle PA 17013-2896
Please note "Brubaker Scholarship Fund" on your contribution

Alumni News

Scott McPheeters and Sara Nye recently collaborated on a production for the Philly Fringe Festival titled “Chick.” Scott also continues very actively in the Philly dance scene, having recently performed with the Nichole Canuso Dance Company.

Kim Kalish produced an Equity Showcase production on Theatre Row (Samuel Beckett Theatre) of Songs for a New World. The production benefited the Patrick Michael McMurphy Memorial Foundation. She is taking Improv classes at Upright Citizen's Brigade and is heavily involved with a sketch group called "The After School Specials". Kim also reports that Andrea Schwartz is currently splitting her time between Baltimore and New York. Both Kim and Andrea are working on a web series, and Ellen Joffred is on her way to New York.

Kris Mioskie performed in "Don't Tell Mama's in the Cabaret.

Speaking of New York, Andy Kirtland has relocated there, and has landed a staged reading as well as a day job with the Baseball Foundation. He is also continuing to act with the New England Shakespeare Festival. More recently, he performed in "Macbeth", playing Banquo and the Doctor, among others for the Stella Adler Studios.

Rick Fisher was the toast of New York as he received his second Tony Award, this time for the lighting of Billy Elliot.

Across the river, Midge McCoy is teaching theatre classes in New Jersey and also works at the Hartford Insurance Company. Sarah Gafgen continues to add roles to her resume, recently as Annie Oakley in the Ptittman Broadway Theatre’s production of Annie Get Your Gun. She also works extensively with Philadelphia’s Hedgerow Theatre. More recently, she has been involved in the Philly Theatre.

Janet Zarecor, Josh Sherman and their Impetuous Theatre Company keep making waves and headlines in New York.

Vlad Olievschi recently relocated to Europe where he is working with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Michael McElroy is currently working at the Arden Theater in Philadelphia, a little acting, box office and teaching drama classes to children.

Andre "Dre" Herbert '15 has worked with the Orlando Shakespeare Festival after spending the summer working in a Theatre in Maine. More recently, she was the production manager for a play festival in Brooklyn, stage managing "Ragtime" the musical with a cast of 50 in North Carolina and she was stage managing the first show of "The 39 Steps".

Brie Hines '14 and Lindsay Anderson '14 were featured during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, as well as Shamus Hunter McCarty '14 for design. The three are co-founders of Hyphen-Nation Arts. In addition, McCarty '14 was the Assistant Director and Designer for the Summer Theatre of Meredith Village, Assistant Director for the Flashpoint Theatre Company, and is designing for Wolf Performing Arts Center as well.

Kathryn (Kat) Rother '16 worked with Director Noah Tuleja, a previous adjunct Professor of Theatre, on a show during the Fringe in NYC.