 | Marist Arts Alumni in the News Chaz Duffy '10 2/10/2011 Chaz Duffy (’10) is a freshman at High Point University pursuing a double major in Theatre Performance and Cultural Anthropology. He appeared in the November 2010 production of Our Town, and will play the role of Jimmy Smith in the April 2011 production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Chaz is also part of the 14-member men’s a cappella group, “The Toccatatones.”
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 Christopher Manley '10 2/10/2011 Christopher Manley (’10) is pursuing a BFA in Music Theatre at Elon University.
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 Christopher Vaughan '03 2/10/2011 Christopher Vaughan (’03) sings with the Emory University Choir and “The Graduates,” an a cappella group. Chris graduated From Emory with a degree in Psychology and Music and currently works as a researcher for the Emory University School of Medicine.
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 Coles Prince '10 2/10/2011 Coles Prince (’10) is pursuing a BFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts.
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 Elena Ricardo '09 2/10/2011 Elena Ricardo (’09) Elena '09 is taking a leave of absence from Emerson College to be part of the ensemble of the new Broadway-bound musical, Bring It On. It is based on the popular series of movies by the same name, about high school competitive cheerleading. Five Tony Award winners are on the creative team and Elena is one of 27 hired for the first mounting of the show, which opened at the Alliance Theatre in January 2011. Elena is the understudy for the two female leads.
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 Hallie Ricardo '04 2/10/2011 Hallie Ricardo ('04) graduated from the University of Southern California in 2008 and is currently living in Los Angeles. She is auditioning for film and television and was last seen in the Disney made-for-TV movie Star Struck.
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 Katherine Bain '10 2/10/2011
Katherine Bain (’10) is a freshman at Elon University where she is studying education and sings with the Elon University Choir.
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 Katie Meyer '08 2/10/2011 Katie Meyer (’08) is pursuing a film degree from the University of Southern California where she is now a junior. Katie presented her film thesis this fall, a short film called Window Shopping inspired by her love of children’s fairy tales. Simon Cross (’08) collaborated on the musical score and she served as editor, director and producer, raising funds to underwrite the project.
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 Kelly McGinnis '04 2/10/2011 Kelly McGinnis (’04) received her BFA from Auburn University in 2008. She is Youth and Community Coordinator at the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Art Museum in Nashville where she oversees community art classes and activities. Her own work was recently exhibited at the Belle Meade Plantation Art Gallery.
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 Laura Gamble '06 2/10/2011 Laura Gamble (’06) graduated from UGA in 2010 with a Bachelor’s in Music Education, with Honors. She is now the Choir and Drama Director at Pacelli High School in Stevens Point, WI. She directs three choirs and two theatre productions per year.
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 Lindsey Trout '05 2/10/2011 Lindsey Trout (’05) , studied Theatre Performance and Communication at Saint Louis University where she began acting professionally with the Muddy Waters Theatre Company and the St. Louis Shakespeare Company. She also has studied masterclasses with Michael York and Lynn Redgrave. She now lives in NYC and is pursuing her MFA at The New School for Drama. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, her film credits include supporting roles in Alice Upside Down and Up in the Air, starring George Clooney. She was featured in Stephen Soderbergh’s The Informant, starring Matt Daemon, and in Connie Steven’s Saving Grace B. Jones. She will be seen next in Repatriate, due out in early 2012.
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 Meg Brooks '07 2/10/2011 Meg Brooks (’07) plans to graduate in 2011 with an honors English degree in Creative Non-fiction from the University of Chicago. She has continued to be in shows from time to time, and has taken several art history classes. She still sings jazz at her Dad’s restaurant, East Atlanta Graveyard Tavern when she’s in town, and will have a number on the Savoy Kings’ forthcoming CD.
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 Patty Vaughan '07 2/10/2011 Patty Vaughan (’07) plays clarinet with the University of Alabama’s Tuscaloosa Winds. She is pursuing a Journalism degree.
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 Rachel Morgan Walsh '95 2/10/2011 Rachel Morgan Walsh (’95) is a 1999 graduated of Simmons College in Boston where she double majored in Art History and English. She is VP of Operations and Research for User Insight, the largest qualitative research firm in the U.S. Her work involves international research gathering opinions and feedback on specific products and topics and she recently completed a study in Germany and Denmark. She married Michael Walsh five years ago and they live in Sandy Springs with their daughter, Anne, who is three. They expect a baby boy in April.
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 Robert Cooper '06 2/10/2011 Robert Cooper (’06) graduated cum laude from Kalamazoo College in June of 2010. He majored in East Asian Studies with a concentration in Japanese and a minor in Theatre Arts. He is employed by Impossible Dream, a communications technology company based in Tokyo and provides English translation of software products and marketing materials. Robert spent a year abroad in Kyoto, where he earned the second-highest language certification in Japanese.
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 Sarah Morgan Berryman '00 2/10/2011 Sarah Morgan Berryman (’00) majored in Advertising at the University of South Carolina and later became a project manager for Asset Archives, where she inspected, catalogued and assisted in the valuation and appraisal of some of the most valuable art collections in the world. She is now an Underwriting Analyst at Chartis Insurance. This past November, Sarah married Cliff Berryman, a fellow Atlantan she met while working in New York . They live in Morningside.
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 Stephanie Villerreal '09 2/10/2011 Stephanie Villerreal (’09) sings with UGA’s Classic City Jazz, a 16-member vocal ensemble. Check them out on Facebook.
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