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 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, 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
Michelle Federer '95 Actor; Nessarose in Broadway's Wicked
Matthew Fox '96 Theater manager; Broadway's Virginia Theatremaha World-Herald
Mark Price '96 Actor; Broadway cast of Wonderful Town and Mamma Mia, and cast member of Sweeney Todd at Lincoln Center
Jennifer Waldman '97 Actor; Broadway and national tour of Titanic
Jennifer Hall '99 Actor; The Wild Party on Broadway, ABC's All My Children, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Eric Sutta '99 Technical director; national tours of Seussical and Rent
Matt Cavenaugh '01 Actor; leading role of Bud in Urban Cowboy on Broadway
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 a new Fran Drescher comedy for WB
Ben Wilson '95 Actor; Caveman in the nationawide Gieco commercials Omaha World-Herald Story on Ben
