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Glenn Adamson, gadamson@execpc.com
Involvement: 1991-1994, actor, director
Shows: The Dumbwaiter, Three One Acts '93 (Precious Flower, Aria Del Capo)
Currently: I am now a curator at the Chipstone Foundation, a private decorative arts foundation in Milwaukee. In that capacity I curate shows at the Milwaukee Art Museum and teach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Michael J. Babish, mjb33@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1996-2002, actor, director, crew, steering committee
Shows: All In The Timing, Plaza Suite, The Bacchae, At This Evening's Performance, Big River, The Perfect Party, A Comedy of Errors, The Glass Menagerie, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Cyrano de Bergerac, Ancient History, Don't Drink the Water, Sweeney Todd, An Evening of One-Acts '00 (Eris, Simon Lebopowitz), The Lion In Winter, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Shadow Box, Arsenic and Old Lace
Currently: Working in the Boston area.
Joseph Beck, jjb11@earthlink.net
Involvement: 1994-1999, actor, director, Artistic Director
Shows: The Taming of the Shrew, Murder Most Academic, The Bacchae, A Comedy of Errors, Ancient History, Summer and Smoke
Currently: I am now an independent theater director/producer/actor in Los Angeles. Just directed a world premiere comedy at the Met Theater in Hollywood (www.themettheatre.com), working summers doing a children's show for state and county fairs, and operating a hotel for the exclusive use of Alan Rosenberg. If anyone's headed out to LA, send me a message!
Amy Lee Bennett, alb15@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1998-2003, actor, director, stage manager, steering committee, Advisor
Shows: The Glass Menagerie, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Lion In Winter, The Revenger's Tragedy, We Bombed In New Haven, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Importance Of Being Earnest '02, Twelfth Night
Currently: Studying for an MA in children's literature at Simmons College in Boston, http://ayelle.net/.
Amy Beyer, amyrbeyer@hotmail.com
Involvement: 1997-2000, actor, stage manager
Currently: I am working on a Master's degree in Elementary Education and working at a Preschool.
Margaret Collins, mec36@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1998-2001, actor, director, General Manager, Artistic Director
Shows: A Comedy of Errors, Cyrano de Bergerac, Ancient History, Study Break: An Evening of One Acts '99 (The Red Coat), Sweeney Todd, The Lion In Winter, The Revenger's Tragedy
Currently: Traveling for a year, then perhaps going in search of an MFA...
Lauren Feldman, lmf13@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1998-1999, actor.
Shows: The Glass Menagerie, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
Currently: Now in professional theater as an actor, teacher, and playwright.
Benjamin W. Fierce, bwf6@cornell.edu
Involvement: 2000-2003, actor, Artistic Director
Shows: The Lion In Winter, The Revenger's Tragedy, We Bombed In New Haven, Arsenic and Old Lace, Twelfth Night
Currently: Working in the Boston area.

Rebecca Foster, rfoster@newburgh.k12.ny.us
Involvement: 1994-1996, actor, director, steering committee
Shows: Two One Acts '94 (This Is A Test '94), 12 Angry Men, All In The Timing
Currently: Director of Communications, Newburgh Enlarged City School District.

Lauren Gasparo, laurengasparo@earthlink.net
Involvement: 1994, actor, asst. director
Shows: The Heidi Chronicles, Top Girls
Currently: I'm in Los Angeles pursuing acting -- got my MFA in Acting from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999. I've been in a couple short films and 4 commercials -- 2 are running nationally right now (Lowe's and Homeowner's Loan) and one is on the way (Land's End -- altho I don't think you'll be able to tell it's me b/c I'll be illustrated). That's pretty much it for me. I'm living in Pasadena, specifically..

Peter Gunn, pdg1@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1993-2001, actor, director, crew, steering committee, Advisor
Shows: The Importance of Being Earnest '93, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Nature and Purpose of the Universe, Into the Woods, Pippin '97, Big River, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Sweeney Todd, The Lion In Winter
Currently: Computer support for a suburban school district in Beaverton, Oregon. Bought a house out here -- old friends please come visit!
Geoff Haggerty, gph6@cornell.edu
Involvement: 2002, actor, Arsenic and Old Lace
Currently: In a wildly (hopefully) funny group in NYC called Elephant Larry.
Mark Harrahy, mmh6@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1993-1997, actor, director, steering committee
Shows: The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Heidi Chronicles, The Taming of the Shrew, Two One Acts '95 (The Actor's Nightmare), A Broadway Musical Revue F'95, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet '96, The Nature and Purpose of the Universe, All In The Timing, Into the Woods, Pippin '97
Currently: I am living in Stamford, CT with my wife "The lovely and vivacious" Hanna and my cockapoo Alex. I am working at Unilever -- the purveyor of fine products like Dove & Lever 2000 soap, Vaseline, and Axe Deoderant. And I am completing my MBA at NYU part-time -- (all the while wishing I was doing theatre instead!) Any other Gateway alum in the area or abroad -- feel free to drop me an email. I would love to see you/hear from you.
Debra Kemp, dlk7@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1993-2000, actor, director, several steering committee positions over the course of over 6 years of involvement, Board Member of Friends and Alumni of Gateway Theatre, and pretty much general backstage stuff (I was the wardrobe department for a whole lot of shows)
Shows: The Importance of Being Earnest '93, The Man Who Came To Dinner, The Heidi Chronicles, A Broadway Musical Revue S'95, Two One Acts '95 (The Fifteen Minute Hamlet '95), A Broadway Musical Revue F'95, Orchards, Murder Most Academic, The Nature and Purpose of The Universe, Into the Woods, Pippin '97, Big River, Evita, Sweeney Todd
Currently: I currently live just outside of Boston with my beau in a Victorian that we are restoring to its former glory. And I have done almost no theatre since moving here two years ago, but I do keep in touch with "local" Gateway folks -- Tom LeCourt and Kristin Joy (Willoughby) Levin -- as well as several who live nowhere near me! Please feel free to get in touch!
Mikki (Michelle) Knudsen, stormfish@aol.com
Involvement: 1992-2000, actress
Shows: Pippin '92, Orchards
Currently: Writer by day (children's books mostly), Uris & Olin Library supervisor by night (yes, back in Ithaca, like so many before me...) http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/mak6/
Nadia Liu, nl24@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1998-2002, director, designer, crew, steering committee
Shows: Summer and Smoke, A Comedy of Errors, The Glass Menagerie, Evita, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sweeney Todd, The Lion In Winter, Arsenic and Old Lace
Currently: Stuff and things.
Barbara Losoncy, brl1@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1993-1995
Rice Murray Majors, ram2@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1990-94, 1996-2000, director, musical director, steering committee
Shows: PB&J - This Is A Test '90, PB&J - Man Of La Mancha, The Mennen-Lyon-McFaddin Marionettes - Two One Acts (Library of Death, The Strange Man Who Gave Away Rocks '91), Two One Acts '91 (Sparks in the Park), Pippin '92, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Waiting for Godot, Three One Acts '92 (The Strange Man Who Gave Away Rocks '92, This is a Test '92, And the Air Didn't Answer), A Little Night Music, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Problem, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Three One Acts '93 (Precious Flower), The Heidi Chronicles, Two One Acts '94 (The 25-Minute West Side Story), The Nature and Purpose of the Universe, Into the Woods, Pippin '97, Big River, Evita, Falsettos, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Sweeney Todd
Currently: Attending graduate school for library science in the pacific northwest (Emporia-on-the-Willamette) and conducting a gay & lesbian concert band.
Kristin Maloney, kammy8@aol.com
Involvement: 1993-1997
Shows: Three One Acts '93 (How Does a Thing Like That Get Started?), Into the Woods, Pippin '97
Currently: New York, NY Musical Theatre Performer. NYC credits include: "The Glass Blowers" New York City Opera, the Off-Broadway musical "The Streets of New York" (2002 Drama League Distinguished Performance nominee -- Liam Neeson won for "The Crucible"!), Lola in "Damn Yankees" at Forestburgh Playhouse in the Catskills, Roxie in "Chicago."
Susan M. Nissle, par.avion@gmx.net
Involvement: 1990-1994, 1996-1998, actor, choreographer, loaner of props and giver of advice, historian/photographer, steering committee
Shows: PB&J - This Is A Test '90, PB&J - Man Of La Mancha, The Mennen-Lyon-McFaddin Marionettes - Two One Acts (The Strange Man Who Gave Away Rocks '91), Pippin '92, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Little Night Music, The Man Who Came To Dinner, Into The Woods, Pippin '97, Portrait of a Woman, Big River
Currently: Susan left Ithaca a second time to return to the patent litigation trenches. She works in Manhattan mere steps from TKTS but only goes to the theater when Rice is in town.
Ross Paul, rap25@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1999-2001, actor, director, steering committee
Shows: Cyrano de Bergerac, Sweeney Todd, An Evening of One-Acts '00 (Love and Other Stories), The Lion In Winter, We Bombed In New Haven, The Shadow Box
Currently: Working in Philadelphia.
Stacey Pavesi, bettybond@yahoo.com
Involvement: 1999, actor, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
Currently: In NYC, trying to decide whether I like my desk job's security more than I like performing.
Alison Randall, aer10@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1998, actor, Summer and Smoke
Currently: In NYC doing clinical research at Columbia and hopeful future public health student.
Jen Rich, jlr46@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1999-2000, actor, stage manager
Shows: Cyrano de Bergerac, We Bombed in New Haven
Currently: Program Development Assistant at Court TV and working as much as time allows with Greenville Community Theatre in Scarsdale, NY. Having fun bopping around NYC. Missing Ithaca but visiting often as my brother, Jonathan, is a Cornell sophomore.
Babak Sanii, bs35@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1996-2000, actor, director, steering committee
Shows: The Nature And Purpose Of The Universe, A Comedy of Errors, Cyrano de Bergerac
Currently: In San Francisco!
Steve Stumbris, svs2@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1990­1994, actor, technical director, steering committee
Shows: PB&J - Man of La Mancha, Pippin '92 (arranged special guest appearance of Merv, the throne), Laughing Wild, Reckless, A Little Night Music, Two One Acts '93 (You Guys and Your Damn Windows), The Man Who Came to Dinner, Two One Acts '94 (The Fifteen Minute Hamlet '94)
Currently: Living in quiet central PA working as an engineer. Did a couple community summer Shakespeare shows in VA (http://monticello.avenue.org/fourcp/) and another couple shows recently at Bucknell. Biggest production so far: Gabriel, summer 2001 (a coproduction with Margot Vigeant ’94).
Jacob Tennessen, Jacob@EcologyFund.net
Involvement: 1999-2001, actor, steering committee
Shows: The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Sweeney Todd, An Evening of One-Acts '00 (Simon Lebopowitz), The Lion In Winter
Currently: Living with parents, working as a tour guide at a cave... probably teaching high school in NYC come Fall.
Joye Thaller, joye.thaller@improvboston.com
Involvement: 1997-1999, actor, director
Currently: Working full-time as an environmental engineer in Boston. Work part-time as Director of Operations at ImprovBoston, a local improv comedy theater. Taking workshops there as well. Preparing for my graduation show in October 2002. Acting in Pocket-Full-Of-Tales, a children's theater group which does both scripted and improv theater for and with children. Participating in other theater groups on a show by show basis.
Vicki Tromanhauser, vat5@columbia.edu
Involvement: 1993-1994, stage manager, director
Shows: The Man Who Came To Dinner, The Heidi Chronicles
Currently: Finishing my dissertation on Virginia Woolf in Columbia's English department and teaching literature courses. I live in Brooklyn with my husband Tom Festa.
Jaime Wiener, jnw6@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1998, actor, Summer and Smoke
Currently: Living and acting in NYC.
Xania V. Woodman, xvw1@cornell.edu
Involvement: 1999-2001, actor
Shows: Cyrano de Bergerac, Sweeney Todd, An Evening of One-Acts '00 (Simon Lebopowitz), The Revenger's Tragedy, The Shadow Box
Currently: Living in Vegas, exercising my other passion, restaurants.
Jaime Zins, jzins@projectresourcesgroup.com
Involvement: 1998, Social Chair



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