The Ithaca College Department of Theatre Arts has a rich history of graduating alumni who have achieved great success in their careers. Here is a list of some notable alumni.
Tim Jerome '65 Broadway actor and singer; productions include Tarzan, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Man of La Mancha, Me and My Girl, Grand Hotel, Beauty and the Beast, and La Boheme
Greg Mosher '71 Director; The Glass Menagerie for the Kennedy Center's Tennessee Williams Explored series, former artistic director at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre and the Goodman Theatre, producer of Broadway's The Dead, and a two-time Tony Award winner
Paul Gallo '74 Lighting designer; recent work on Broadway includes Man of La Mancha, Civil War, Titanic, The Tempest, Big, The Rocky Horror Show, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, as well as the Tony Award winners Crazy for You and the revival of Guys and Dolls; nominated for a Tony Award for lighting design for 42nd Street and The Crucible
CCH Pounder '75 Actor; TV credits include The Shield, ER, and Millennium; movies include Boycott, Redemption: The Stan "Tookie" Williams Story, Face/Off, and Bagdad Cafe
Tony Meola '76 Sound designer; winner of a Drama Desk Award for sound design for The Lion King; Broadway shows include Wicked, The Wild Party, Sweet Smell of Success, Footloose, Moon over Buffalo, The King and I, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and She Loves Me
Marc Redanty '78 Agent; Bauman-Rednaty & Shaw, New York
Steven Brill '80 Lighting designer; Lighting Design Group, CBS's The Late Show with David Letterman; NBC's studio coverage of the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and Salt Lake City; CNN's American Morning with Paula Zahn
Daniel McDonald '82 Actor; nominated for a Tony Award as Bill Kelly in Steel Pier, appeared in High Society on Broadway
Steve Michelman '91 Production draftsman; Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas
Kerry Butler '92 Actor; featured on Broadway as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Xanadu (Tony Nomination), also featured in Hairspray, Blood Brothers, Les Miserables, and as Belle in Beauty and the Beast; appeared off-Broadway in Bat Boy ,
Joe Calarco '92 Playwright and director; Shakespeare’s R&J off-Broadway; director for A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Shakespeare Theatre and In the Absence of Spring at Second Stage, two-time winner of the Helen Hayes Award for best director
Michelle Federer '95 Actor; Nessarose in Broadway's Wicked
Matthew Fox '96 Theater manager; Broadway's August Wilson Theatre
Mark Price '96 Actor; Broadway cast of Mary Poppins, All Shook Up, Wonderful Town and Mamma Mia, and cast member of Sweeney Todd at Lincoln Center
Jennifer Waldman '97 Actor; Broadway and national tour of Titanic and Wicked
Jennifer Hall '99 Actor; The Wild Party on Broadway, ABC's All My Children, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and HBO's Unscripted
Eric Sutta '99 Technical director; national tours of Seussical and Rent
Matt Cavenaugh '01 Actor; leading roles in A Catered Affair, Grey Gardens, and Urban Cowboy
Brandon Andrus '02 Actor; Curly in the national tour of Oklahoma!
Ben Feldman '02 Actor; understudy for Jason Biggs in Broadway's The Graduate and costar of the WB series Life With Fran
Ben Wilson '95 Actor; Caveman in the nationawide Gieco commercials Omaha World-Herald Story on Ben
Joe Reid '05 Actor; Curtains on Broadway