Alumni in the Arts
Alumni in the Arts
Alumni Updates & News
Jesuit Drama is proud of all of its alumni! Please drop us a note and tell us what you’re up to…on or off stage.
JR’s Being Funny
Drama alum JR De Guzman ‘04 (Batboy) just landed an NBC deal for his stand up comedy.
Check out what he’s been up to by reading the Sac Bee article “No joke: He’s about to see his career go big” here.
Scott’s at the CMT helm
Congratulations to Jesuit Drama alum Scott Klier ‘89 who was just named Producing Artistic Director of California Musical Theatre (CMT), one of the area’s largest non-profit arts organizations that produces the Broadway Series and Music Circus.
Please read the Sacramento Bee announcement that’s linked below.
Also, check out the CMT website.
Matt’s Doing “Live Radio”
Congratulations to Matt Huffman ‘93 on making his Lincoln Center debut this month!
From the Lincoln Center website:
John’s on Broadway
John Sanders ‘95 is currently on Broadway in the smash hit musical “Matila” playing “Mr. Wormwood,” Matilda’s father, a used car salesman with a few scruples loose.
Click below to visit the Broadway site.
Break a leg, John!
Brian’s on Tour
See Brian Rivera '94 in "The King and I"
Click below for more information.
Congratulations, Brian!
Riley’s Got Sense
PCPA's "Sense and Sensibility"
“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly
happy;
but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.”
Congrats, Riley!
“What it means to act like a human”
Why Theatre Majors Are Vital in the Digital Age
An article from the Chronicle of Higher Education…
Tim’s at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival Helm
Jesuit Drama alum Tim Orr ‘91 (Moonface in Anything Goes, R.P. McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods, to name just a few roles) is currently at the helm of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder Colorado as their Producing Artistic Director.
Click on the links below to read more about Tim and about what he does!
Riley’s at Arts West
In Seattle? Go see Riley Shanahan in Paul Downs Colaizzo’s edgy, contemporary play Really Really, opening January 21st.
Congrats, Riley!
Click on the link below to read more about it.
Andrew & Connor at Cap Stage
See them in "The Behavior of Broadus" this winter
Jesuit Drama alums Andrew Perez and Connor Mickiewicz can be seen in Cap Stage’s winter production The Behavior of Broadus, a new musical about the incredible, sort-of-true story of John Broadus Watson, father of Behaviorism and modern advertising.
To find out more about the show, click the link below.
Greg’s Selling Cars & Improv-ing
Jesuit Drama alum Greg Sabin hones his comic & improv craft
You may recognize the face: it’s “Newton Carruthers,” fictional, local television spokesperson, performed by Jesuit Drama alum and improv talent Greg Sabin.
Check out Greg’s act at the Sacramento Comedy Spot where he has performed and taught since 2003! (Click on the link below…)
Greta’s Talking Movies
Sac Bee interviews Greta Gerwig about her new film, “Mistress America”
Click on the link below to read Greta’s recent Sacramento Bee interview on her critically acclaimed film that just came out.
Brian’s on Broadway
Brian Rivera in Lincoln Center's "The King & I"
The Sacramento Bee interviewed Brian Rivera about his role in Lincoln Center’s The King & I:
Rivera got hooked on theater after seeing a Jesuit High production of “Into the Woods.”
“I was completely amazed by their production and so I started trying out for the shows,” Rivera said by telephone from the Mime Troupe’s San Francisco office.
Andrew is a Party Animal
Andrew Perez writes . . .
“For the month of April, I will be touring with The Party Animals as we perform for the kids and families on Armed Forces bases overseas. I feel crazy lucky to have this opportunity and to get to give even just a little bit back to the men and women who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.”
Click on the link to see Andrew at work!
Peter conducts “A Chorus Line”
Working in the arts in NYC
Peter Hodgson (Achilles in America, Urinetown, Sweeny Todd) is currently studying at NYU’s Tisch Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program on scholarship. He is a graduate from NYU Steinhardt with a degree in Music Theory and Composition where he studied with Grammy Award winner Herschel Garfein.
His latest project is with RoundTable Theatre, coordinating the music for their upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line.
For more information about the project, click on the link.
Kelley goes to Carnegie!
Jesuit Drama alum Kelley Jakle (The Princess Bride, Heaven Can Wait, Urinetown, Move) will be a soloist at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, March 29th at 2:00pm.
Since graduating, Kelley has worked in film (Pitch Perfect, 42), television (The Sing Off!), and theater (Spring Awakening).
To find out more about the concert, please click the pdf on this page.
Congrats, Kelley!
Sing with Dr. Anne-Marie
Jesuit Drama alum teaching and performing in Sacramento this winter
Click here for more info on taking a master class with Anne-Marie Dicce who will be performing with the Sacramento Baroque Soloists this winter.
Great to have you back in Sac, Anne-Marie!
Sac Bee shout-out for Jesuit Drama
2014 highlights in theater in the Sacramento region
Congrats to Jesuit Drama and Ed Trafton ‘84 for their shout-out in the Sacramento Bee’s recent “2014 highlights” article.
Read Bee theater critic Marcus Crowder’s full article which is linked below.
Chris Sullivan in NBC’s “Peter Pan” Live
Jesuit Drama alum in holiday broadcast
Tune in to NBC this December 4th to see alum Chris Sullivan in Peter Pan Live!
(He’s the pirate on the right; once a Marauder, always a Marauder…)
Congratulations, Chris!
John Sanders ‘95 in National Tour
"Peter and the Starcatcher" in Folsom
Click on the link to read the Sac Bee article.