March 2008

See highlights of Chris Peluso's performance as Marius at the Marriott Lincolnshire theatre here.

Alumnus Andy Mientus (Michigan '09) will play the role of Huck in Big River at Music Theatre of Wichita this summer, immediately before beginning rehearsals for the First National Tour of Spring Awakening!

Alumna Korey Buecheler (Elon '11) was cast in Peter Pan at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera this summer.

Alumna Ana Llewellyn (Penn State '11) was cast in 2 shows for this summer's MUNY season - The Producers and My One and Only.

Kirsten Bracken will be going on as Amber in the Broadway production of Hairspray for the entire week of March 25-30!

Natalie Weiss was asked to sing on the original cast recording of Ryan Scott Oliver's new musical Alive At 10. She played the lead role of Kimberly Sharp.

Senior Dominique Bonino was just cast as Clara in the first regional production of The Light in the Piazza with Palo Alto Players. Rehearsals start March 3. The show opens April 26 (on her birthday!) and will run through May 11.

Mark Christine will be performing the lead role in a new Doug Cohen show, Glimmerglass, at the Spirit of Broadway Theatre in Norwich, CT through April 6. Broadwayworld article

Charlie Murphy will perform in Carnegie Mellon's upcoming production of The Boys Next Door.

Alumni Will Skrip and Will Hughes (Northwestern '11) will be playing the roles of Gordo and the Doctor, respectively, in an upcoming Northwestern production of A New Brain.