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STONESTREET ALUMNI |
Congratulations
to our Stonestreet Alumni who have gotten and continue to
get work, as well as representation by industry professionals:
(This
page is under constant development as we are in the on-going
process of gathering information. If you are an alumnus,
please go to our E-mail gateway
and e-mail us information as to your projects -- past, present
and future!)
We
have organized this page by semester rather than in any
order of booking dates or releases of films or television
appearances. As this page grows (as it surely will), we
shall probably at some point create separate web pages for
each semester. Many students at Stonestreet spend several
semesters in our Workshop -- it is the last semester that
the student attended that is listed.
And
unlike other drama schools that recite auditions or callbacks,
this page is devoted to actual gainful employment and agency
representations primarily as a result of the relationships
our students garner through our program.
Fall
2003 Alumni
Melissa
Gallo (Fall 2003) - Signed with Cunningham Escott
& Depene from meeting them in Stonestreet's Showcase
class. Also, just signed a four-year contract with One
Life to Live in the role of Adriana Colon.
Melissa Gallo
Melissa
writes: Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't contact
you sooner. This is Melissa Gallo from last semester and
I just wanted to let you know that I have signed a 4 year
contract with One Life to Live as Adriana Colon. My first
air was yesterday and today. And more episodes will air
the first week of February. February 3rd and 4th I believe.
I having a WONDERFUL, EXCITING, AND FABULOUS time and
am so excited! I am signed with CED and very happy there
too and it really is all thanks to Stonestreet that I
was able to encounter all these amazing opportunities.
And to the Laundra's..... what can I say?! I am putting
all that knowledge from your class to good use!! I've
gotten many compliments on my "professionalism, and
also looking like I had done this before" and it
is purely because of your class. And Anthony ... you're
audition tips really helped me nail the screen test. You're
the best. Thank you all so much!
Sincerely,
Melissa Gallo
Fall 2003
Fall
2002 Alumni
Emily
Klein (Fall
2002) - Signed with Abrams Artists for voiceovers and
commercials. Booked a voiceover for a Jolly Rancher commercial.
Jill
Frutkin (Fall 2002) - Signed by Abrams Artists
for Voiceovers.
Jaime
Kirchner (Fall 2002) - Signed with Cunningham,
Escott & Depene for commercials.
Joe
Mallon - (Fall 2002) - After working with Stonestreet's
instructor Peter Rofe on Joe's voiceover reel, and connecting
with Cunningham, Escott & Depene as a result of our
Advanced Showcase Class, Cunningham will represent Joe
mallon in all areas: film, television, commercials and
voiceovers.
Summer
2002
Shannon Schlussel (Summer 2002) -
Shannon Schlussel, who attended Stonestreet Studios Film and Television Acting Workshop during the Summers of 2001 and 2002, has been enjoying considerable success since arriving in Los Angeles in January 2004. Shannon appeared in the Hallmark Cable Television Movie, MYSTERY WOMEN: THE MYSTERY WEEKEND which has rerun many times during the past six months. She also was a Guest Star in Nickelodeon’s DRAKE AND JOSH, was featured on HBO’s popular hit series ENTOURAGE with Mark Wahlberg and appeared on Fox Cable Channel’s THE BEST DAMN SPORT TALK SHOW PERIOD, CBS’s soap opera GUIDING LIGHT and numerous television commercials.
Since graduating from Arizona State University in December, 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre, Shannon has continued her acting studies with the Margie Haber Studios and the Scott Sedita Acting Studios of Los Angeles. Shannon is represented by Maier Management, general agent (www.maiermanagement.com) and Nu Talent, commercial agent, both of Beverly Hills.
Spring
2002 Alumni
Carrie
Klein (Spring 2002) and Laura Blumenfeld
(Spring 2002) - Carrie and Laura are assisting Alyssa
Rallo Bennett (director of the Stonestreet Film
& Television Acting workshop) in a multi-media theatrical
production of The
Pack.
Carrie Klein, Alyssa Rallo Bennett and Laura Blumenfeld
at a National Public Radio broadcast of Justice Talking
on the subject of second-hand tobacco smoke in the workplace.
Summer
2000 Alumni
Antonio
Macia (Summer 2000) - Booked commercials for The Breeder's
Cup, Sony 989 Sports and Taco Bell.
Spring
2000 Alumni
Mario
Lavandiera (Spring 2000) - Booked a lead role on The
Sopranos and a commercial for New York 1. Booked a lead
role on the television series Campfire Stories.
Shale
Marks (Spring 2000) - Booked a role on an episode
of Ed.
Fall
1999 Alumni
Christine
Meyers (Fall 1999) - Signed with Jordan, Gill &
Dournbaum. She has booked a demo commercial for Proctor
& Gamble, an extra role on All My Children, and a
commercial print ad of brandwise.com. She has also booked
a national commercial for McDonalds.
Ryan
Homchick (Fall 1999) - Booked an episode of Law &
Order and the third season finale of The Sopranos. Booked
a national commercial for Burger King with fellow Stonestreet
alumnus Gina Young. Ryan has since done an episode of
ED and has booked five additional national network commercials.
Ryan has signed with Abrams Artists.
Lisa
Bockowski (Fall 1999) - Appeared in the feature film
Center Stage. Also has been offered a role in the television
show Change of Heart.
Erin
Fritch (Fall 1999) - Booked a a national commercial
for Burger King.
Summer
1999 Alumni
Antonio
Macia (Summer 1999) - Sole writer and starred
in the feature film Anne B. Real which was recently
nominated for Best Feature at the Pan American Film Festival.
Cori
Anne Nelson (Summer 1999) - Booked commercials for
Web Zinger, Ford and an industrial for Berklee College.
Liz
Hendrickson (Summer 1999) - Booked a national commercial
for Marshall's. Also booked a small role in the feature
film Shaft, starring Samuel Jackson.
Katherine
Ann Morgan (Summer 1999) - Booked a supporting role
in Dawson's Creek.
Courtenay
Nelson (Summer 1999) - Booked a commercial for Webslingers.com.
Michael
Washington (Summer 1999) - Booked a Pepsi commercial.
Spring
1999 Alumni
Kristoffer
Polaha (Spring 1999) - Plays the lead role as
John F. Kennedy, Jr. in the TBS cable movvie "JFK,
Jr." that premeires on Sunday, January 12, 2003.
Booked a recurring role on the Fox TV series The Third
Degree.
Meredith
Ostrom (Spring 1999) - Booked a principal role in
Abel Ferrara's new feature film, R'Xmas. Also cast in
a principal role in the feature film Love Goggles, directed
by Tony Travis and to be released sometime during 2000.
Meredith is managed by Major Model Management in New York
City (212-685-1200).
Gina
Young (Spring 1999) - Booked a national commercial
for Burger King with fellow Stonestreet alumnus Ryan Homchik.
Gina continues to work with Jordan, Gill & Dornbaum.
Gary
Kenney (Spring 1999) - Booked an industrial Discovery
Channel commercial and a Panasonic commercial as well
as an HDTV commercial (ABC); Coca Cola voiceover; role
on As the World Turns
Anna
Rudd (Spring 1999) - Appeared in HBO's series Sex
and The City
Jen
Daum (Spring 1999) - Host of cable television show
called Burly TV on TBS Superstation.
JEN DAUM
Visit Jen's Website at www.jendaum.com
Stephanie
Sanditz (Spring 1999) - Signed with Esptein-Wycoff-Corsa-Ross
& Associates. She recently booked a lead role in a
skit for Strangers with Candy on Comedy Central. Also
appeared in HBO's series Sex and The City
Yvonne
Williams (Spring 1999) - Booked a role on As The World
Turns.
Robert
Frannicola (Spring 1999) - Appeared in a featured
role in the Ben Affleck feature film The Boiler Room.
The Boiler Room is now out in video and DVD, which you
can rent or purchase. He has a featured role in Riding
in Cars With Boys.
Fall
1998 Alumni
Lamya
Jezek (Fall 1998) - Booked a role in the the television
series Felicity, as well as a role on the series Opposite
Sex. Lamya has also landed a recurring role on David E.
Kelley's new prime-time television series Boston Public.
Lamya plays the character who some refer to as the "web-devil."
LAMYA JEZEK on Boston Public
Lamya
Jezek: "My Stonestreet teachers saw something
in me, and they pushed me every which way that they possibly
could, to challenge me, so that I could find other places
in myself that I didn't know were there. Things they knew
were there even before I did. It's been invaluable, because
it's something that I utilize to this day. The role that
I play on Boston Public I did not in a million
years think would be a role I would be playing. It's not
me. It's not something I would ever do. And my Stonestreet
teachers taught me to from day one 'do not type-cast yourself.'
Everybody else is going to be trying to do it, but don't
do it yourself. Because of my commitment to this, I found
an agent and a manager out here in Los Angeles, who also
believe in me as an actor, and they push me every which
way they can to be seen for so many different things."
Matt
DeVinney (Fall 1998) - Has appeared in numerous episodes
of Upright Citizens Brigade on Comedy Central. He also
booked a promotional for the Science Fiction Channel.
Peter
McDonnell (Fall 1998) - Booked an industrial Discovery
Channel commercial.
Paul
Papakakis (Fall 1998) - Went out to Los Angeles and
is now back in New York City. Thank you Paul!
PAUL PAPADAKIS
Vanessa
Londino (Fall 1998) - Booked a national Flexon Sunglasses
commercial; freelancing with Cunningham, Escott &
DiPene.
Carla
Greene (Fall 1998) - Booked a national Burger King
commercial; commercial for the WNBA. Carla also booked
a guest starring role on Strangers with Candy.
Kelli
Roosth (Fall 1998) - Booked a role in a Saturday Night
Live skit (aired 12/5/98).
Sarah
Liebowitz (Fall 1998) - Booked a role in a Saturday
Night Live skit (aired 12/5/98).
Nathaniel
Rubin (Fall 1998) - Booked a role in a Saturday Night
Live skit.
Maria
Setaro (Fall 1998) - Booked a role in a Saturday Night
Live skit.
Jennie
Russo (Fall 1998) - Booked a role in a Saturday Night
Live skit.
Kimberly
Strouse (Fall 1998) - Freelancing with Cunningham,
Escott & DiPene.
Katie
Nehra (Fall 1998) - Katie has moved to Los Angeles
and she is doing well. She is reporting back to us about
her employment successes.
KATIE
NEHRA
Summer
1998 Alumni
Carrie
Goddard (Summer 1998) - Carrie Goddard relocated from
New York to Los Angeles in the Summer of 2001. Currently
studying for a BS in Multimedia/Web Design at the Art
Institute of Los Angeles while preparing to implement
her own unique brand of entertainment publicity. She's
proud to list fellow Stonestreet alum L.B. Fisher among
her clients at her new Web design company, First Look
Productions (http://www.firstlookproductions.com)! E-mail
Carrie at: carrie@firstlookproductions.com
Carrie
Goddard
L.B.
(Ryan) Fisher (Summer 1998) - He has a recurring role
on this season's Felicity. He also appeared in a sizeable
role in this the Fall 1999 season of ER. Ryan has also
done voice-overs for Disney. He is currently working in
a small role in the feature film Freak Talks. In addition,
he has played Peter Tork in VH1's Daydream Believers:
The Monkees Story.
Melissa
Sagemiller (Summer 1998) - Booked a lead role in the
feature film Soul Survivor, starring Wes Bentley, Luke
Wilson and Casey Affleck. She also had a leading role
in the feature film Get Over It. She also book national
spots for Chevy Cavalier, Blockbuster Video, Playtex Tampons,
Pepsi (a European spot) and Knorr's Pasta. Melissa has
also had roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
MELISSA
SAGEMILLER
Noah
Kressler (Summer 1998) - Currently is an agent-in-training
at William Morris Agency.
Gemma
Roskam (Summer 1998) - Booked a national commercial
on Vicks 44D which aired in 1998 and 1999. Gemma also
appeared in the feature film The Replacements.
Fall
1998 Alumni
Vanessa
Londino (Fall 1998) - Booked a national Flexon Sunglasses
commercial and a small role in the featurew film If You
Only Knew.
Spring
1998 Alumni
Brian
David Cohen (Spring 1998) - Booked several national
commercials, including Mercury automobiles, Cheez-Its
and Dannon Yoghurt. Brian also in two appeared in two
feature films True Vinyl and Kegless, and stars in a TV
movie entitled Food for Thought.
Spring
1997 Alumni
Kevin
Thomas Conroy (Spring 1997) - Appears in the feature
film Wet Hot American Summer.
Fall
1997 Alumni
Sheetal
Sheth (Fall 1997) - Starring role in the feature film
ABCD, released November 30, 2001.
SHEETAL
SHETH in ABCD, a Feature Film
Released November 2001
Fall
1996 Alumni
Mark
Malkoff (Fall 1998) - Continues to write and produce
comedy shows. Mark has produced six sketch comedy shows
in the Ralph series and produced, wrote and starred in
Maybe I Can Laid in Jail.
Spring
1996 Alumni
Avery
Waddell (Spring 1996) - Has a recurring role on the
television series Boston Public. Booked a national Burger
King commercial, and has had supporting roles in the feature
films Road Trip, In Too Deep, Restaurant, Nice Guys, The
New Guy, Tempest Eye and in the HBO miniseries The Corner.
Avery has also appeared on an episode of Malcolm in the
Middle.
AVERY
WADDELL in Boston Public
Paige
Cline (Spring 1996) - Landed a leading role in an
independent feature film Barstow 2008 (starring Mindy
Sterling of the Austin Powers movies) which will soon
be screened at Sundance. Also has a recurring role on
the Lifetime Cable channel show Any Day Now with Annie
Potts.
Spring
1995 Alumni
Brian
Baer
(Spring 1995) - Cast in a primary role in a new series
being produced in Florida starring Victoria Jackson. Cast
in one of the leading roles in the soap opera Miami
Sands, which is showing in overseas markets.
Brian
Baer: "The training I received at Stonestreet
not only enriched and challenged me in my development
as an actor, but also prepared me in more ways that I
ever knew for the real world of film and television acting.
The day-to-day Stonestreet studio work, not only in front
of the camera, but behind the camera as well, gave me
the solid instruction and confidence I needed to get work
in the business. From learning audition techniques to
the not so subtle differences between stage and film acting,
I was more than ready to begin my career in this field."
Summer
1993 Alumni
Selma
Blair
(Summer 1993) - The lead in Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane,
a WB Network television series produced by Disney premiered
in January 1999 (currently off the air). Selma also had
a major role in the feature film Cruel Intentions, and
was recently a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Selma has a major role in the yet to be released feature
film Down To You with Julia Stiles and Freddie Prinze
Jr. She has also been cast in the feature films Girl and
Can't Hardly Wait, Girl, Legally Blonde, Highway and The
Sweetest Thing.. She has also booked a leading role in
Todd Solondz's new feature film, Storytelling, which received
a very favorable review in the New York Times, where Selma's
performance was described by A.O. Scott as "astonishing."
Not to go unmentioned, Selma has appeared on the front
cover of several women's and entertainment-related magazines.
SELMA
BLAIR Cruel Intentions
And
Selma recently was on the front cover of W Magazine
looking very 1960s!:
Diedre
Quinn (Summer 1993) - Has appeared in the TV movie
The Last Dance and played Miss Texas in Miss Congeniality.
Spring
1993 Alumni
Bryan
"Skeet" Ulrich (Spring 1993) - Need we say
anthing about Skeet!!! Feature films: Scream, Touch, Chill
Factor, Ride With the Devil, The Craft, The Newton Boys,
As Good As it Gets, Nobody's Baby, Soul Assassin and Kevin
of the North. His latest film is entitled Anasazi Moon.
SKEET ULRICH in Scream
Summer
1992 Alumni
Judah
Domke (Summer 1992) - Appeared in the feature films
Spanking the Monkey, Loving Jezebel and stars in the feature
film Whipped.
Nicole
Ari Parker (Summer 1992) - Appeared in several feature
films including The Incredibly True Story of Two Girls
in Love, 200 Cigarettes, Boogie Nights, Subway
Stories, Remember the Titans, A Map of the World and
Blue Streak. Nicole acted in her first film project
at Stonestreet.
NICOLE ARI PARKER
Idina
Menzel (Summer 1992) - Originated the role of Maureen
in Rent on Broadway. She has since appeared in the feature
film Just a Kiss. Idina also has her own album of songs
that has been released.
IDINA MENZELl
Spring
1992 Alumni
Curtis
Hawkins (Spring 1992) - Curtis is living in Los Angeles
writing up a storm. He has written seven full-length screenplays,
eight television pilots, twenty-five treatments and a
half-written novel. Jodie Foster is apparently considering
producing one of Curtis's screenplays, and Curtis is in
negotiations with Quincy Jones to produce one of his television
pilots. You may contact Curtis at chawkins@treepeople.org.
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