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Matt Fox - Class of 1992 Two Year Program Graduate. Star of ABC's "Lost". Kent Taylor in “Vantage Point.” Star of Fox Network's "Party Of Five"

Lauren Graham - Star of "Gilmore Girls." Joan Baxter in “Evan Almightly.”

Ashley Pearse - Performing at the NYC Fringe Festival in "Cycle The Play."

Jenn Gotzon - Won "Best Actress" for "Stained" at the 2008 168 Film Festival. 2008 Rising Star Award for "Chemistry" at Wildwood By The Sea Film Festival. Star in Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon" as Nixon's daughter Tricia. Appearances in "Pushing Daisies", "House" & "CSI:NY".

Chris Werkmeister - Class of 2008. National commerical for Denny's.

Cliff Rivera - Class of 2008. World Premiere of SoHo Rep Walkerspace. Appearances in "Ugly Betty", "Lipstick Jungle" and "Last of the 9th" on HBO.

Annemijn Nieuwkoop directed her first feature film "Where There Is No Light" and also starred as lead role in "Love on Ice"

Chris Van Kirk - Lead role in independent film "Paint It The Color Envy". Commercial for Kitano Hotel.

Manish Dayal - Starring in the Off-Broadway "Rafta, Rafta..." winner of the Lawrence Olivier Award for best Comedy.

Shelley Hennig - Class of 2007 Two Year Program Graduate. Contract role on "Days of Our Lives"

Gabriel Womack - Starring in the Universal Pictures film "Copperhead" that filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria. Jodie in “Hotel California” and Pete in “White Wall.”

John-Paul Lavoisier - Starring on ABC's "One Life to Live" since 2002. He plays the character of "Rex Balsom"

Josh Sussman - In the new films “Stay Cool” and “Drake and Josh in New York!” National commercials for Domino's, Oscar Meyer and State Farm Insurance.

Daryl Williams - Booked on Law & Order and Law & Order SVU.

Scott Holroyd - Class of 2001 Two Year Program Graduate. Chase Alexander in "Dirty Sexy Money", Brian in “TIMER." Paul Ryan on CBS' "As The World Turns"

Tessa Ghylin - Class of 2000 Two Year Program Graduate. Series regular on NBC's "Ed" and supporting in Bob Giraldi’s film "Diner Rush". Guest star on NBC's "Law and Order"

Teddy Sears - Guest star in "CSI:Miami,” “Ugly Betty” and “Las Vegas.”

Mike Havok - National commercials for Radio Shack, Microsoft & Clariton.

Megan Sikora - Played Bambi Bernet along side David Hyde Pierce in “Curtains” on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include “Dracula: The Musical” and “Wicked.”

Onahoua Rodriguez - Guest spots on “ER,” “Judging Amy,” “Cold Case,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Sheild” and “Weeds.” Films include “A Poor Kid’s Guide to Success” and “Pandemic.”

Tania Pilar Ragland - Booked her first audition for iCarly on Nickolodeon

Michael Kevin Walker - "As The World Turns". Appearing in the film “4Chosen.” Yellow Book national commercial; two short films - "The Attick" and "Eddie"; industrial film for NASD.

Bethany 'Vanoy' Burnough - In the new film "Movin' In" with Estelle Harris due out in 2008.

Liz Nichols - Reporter for CBS affiliate

Steven Tyler O'Connor - Shot a pilot for a TV show called "Black Out", starred in "Bad Fish" and appears on Fox's reality show "Kitchen Nightmares."

Tony Bussio - Booked national commercial for Fitness Depot running in October 08 on Canadian Television.

Stephen Hershey - Plays "Pete" in "Treading Water". Assistant Director of the Harmony Theater Company.

Stu James - Featured in the critcally acclaimed film "Dreamgirls". In the upcoming film “Burning Sands.” Benny in “Rent” on Broadway.

Julio Neira - Class of 2002 Commercials for Verizon, ESPN, Olive Garden, Tylenol, AT&T. Guest star roles on "Law & Order S.V.U.", "Jane Pauly Show", Co-Star on "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Johnny Zero". Signed with CED, national voiceover for Coca Cola and the play ‘Crossing Currents’

Amy Tedesco - Guest spot on NBC's "Law & Order"

Ryan Brannan - 14 Episodes of "All My Children"

Patti-Anne Ali - "Blood and Rum" at the Theatre for the New City. Cast in the role of "Maryamma" in "Miss Witherspoon" at the Amphibian Stage. The play was named as one of the top 10 plays of 2005 by both Time and Newsweek.

Angelique Cabral - Nationals for Toyota, Chase, national voiceovers for sobe and diet 7UP, and dayplayers on AMC, OLTL, and GL.

Jeremy Batiste - In the films "The Perfect Sleep" and "Shadowboxing 2". Also starring in the series "Noah's Arc" and in the films "Paranuae" and "Guerilla".

Anthony McMurray - "All My Children", starring as "Chad" in "Almost Maine" by John Carinni

Ryan Hill - Starring in "The Horse, The Bird, The Monkey & The Dancer" at Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis.

Lillian Pennypacker - Class of 2008. Booked a national commercial for McDonald's

Samantha Leah Marulli - National commercial for Nike.

Donovan Sanders - Booked a national tour with Theatreworks USA performing the children's musical "Max and Ruby".

Tenisha Torres - Guest star in Law and Order SVU. Commercials for Dunkin Donuts and Ace Hardware.

Don Money - 2004 Graduate - Playing the character of Rob Emerson on CBS' "As The World Turns". You can also see him starring in the new series on fangoria.tv "War of The Dead: Z.E.R.O." Also appearing in the upcoming films “The Adventures of Walter Bloom and Gallery of Fear.” Lead in the indie film “Obsidian Mirrors.”

Ashley-Brooke Silver - Appearing in the film “Absolute Trust.” Booked four days on "One Life to Live"

Landon LaVigne - Lead in a film about the Citadel Military School called "El Cid". He also featured in the film "On the Job Training".

Marisa Vitali - In You & I written and directed by Christopher J. Scott and an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival 2006.

Tonia-Marie Gallo - Class of 2006 - Commercial for Chevy in the 2007 Superbowl

Vicki Jeudy (Class of 2007) and Vance Bradford (Class of 2005) - In the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway show "Platanos and Collard Greens". In the film “Bottom Feeder.”

Anthony Bossio (Class of 2000) - Played Joe Fantelli on CTV mini-series "Would Be Kings"; National Commercials in USA & Canada for Casio Cameras & McCain’s Self-Rising Pizza and for Tim Hortons; spot with Donnie Whalberg in a show called "Runaway". “Instant Star” now in it's second season on CTV. Bollywood feature film called "Look-Alike;" radio play for CBC Radio called Katy & Salvy; a play called "Home of the Brave" at Teatron Theatre.

Tony Sandrew - Tony in "Tony & Tina's Wedding" in Las Vegas

Teddy Sears - Guest star in "CSI:Miami"

Amit Patel - "Prison Break" on Fox. He will also star in the film “Tremens” in 2009. Other projects include the films “Bleep Love” and “Film 101,” as well as a reccuring role on “Redo Gaden.”

James Hunter - "American Gangster" principle role

Toney Chem - "One Life to Live"; independent film "At My Hope"

Hilary Greer - "All My Children". Films include “Death on Demand” and “The Fantastic Two.” Commercial for Capital District Physician's Health Plan, also recurring on All My Children, and Accident Investigator Under-5 for Discovery Channel, and featured in Rob Thomas Video-This is How a Heart Breaks.

Phillip Brock - Off-Broadway "Boys Just Wanna Have Fun"

Lyndi Arns - Booked a lead in an independent film "Their Choice"; Byron LaRosa directs, Rome Productions produces

Alvaro Sena - In Cherish at Nicu's Spoon Theatre

Craig DiFrancia - “Chappelle’s Show” on Comedy Central, “The Guiding Light,” “One Life to Live” and “Third Watch.” Films include “The Passionist,” “Night Falls Fast,” “They’re Just My Friends” and “Last Night.”

Jackie Senatore - Films: “Corbis,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin,” “Sarah’s Metaphor,” “Best Regards, Love Angelina” and “Vernerde Fiore!” TV: “All My Children.”

Iris Almario - “King of Queens,” “Sex in the City,” “Las Vegas,” “The Young and the Restless” and “General Hospital.” Films include “Smoke” and “The Last Request.”

Harrison Butler - Playing the younger half in "Tuesdays with Morrie" at the Processional Summer Theater there in Greeley, Colorado

Mary Pat Dowhy - “Significant Others” on Bravo as well as guest spots on “Las Vegas,” “Scrubs,” “Judging Amy” and “7th Heaven.”

Keith Pillow - Guest star on “Judging Amy,” “The Shield,” “Bones,” “Dexter,” “Nip/Tuck” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”

Nancy Eng - TV appearances include “Nights of Prosperity” and “Law and Order: SVU.” Bud Light National commercial.

Marisa Vitali - In You & I written and directed by Christopher J. Scott and an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival 2006

Vivan Dugre - Booked a “CSI: NYC” as well as a three episode role on “CSI: Miami.” She can also be seen in “Conspiracy,” “The Suzy Prophecy” and “Kabluey.”

Alejandra Ambrosi - Just finished shooting "Arriba" in Costa Rica with Joshua Marston, the director of the award-winning "Maria Full of Grace" Halima Henderson and Mark Mallek in "A Family's Play" with the Diversity Players of Harlem. Has also appeared in the films “Eavesdrop” and “Yeah No Definitely.”

Yan Xi - In the films “Proving Ground: From the Adventure of Captain Redlocks” and “She’s Out of My League.” She has also appeared on “The Wire” for HBO.

John Weigand - U/5 on CBS, As the World Turns, Beauty and the Beast, playing Maurice (the father & inventor) at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre-West in Arizona

Frantz St. Louis - Joined the Los Angeles theater production of "Devil’s Night" written by Marshall Allman (Prison Break) and Scott Haze. He will appear in the movie version of the play in 2009. Frantz also played the role of "Paperboy" in an episode of "The Shield" (FX) entitled "Rap Payback." HBO original movie ‘Everyday People’ and Fox TV series "Johnny Zero"

Mike Bordwell - In Joan's Voices at The Medicine Show Theate

Megan Sikora - In "Curtains" starring David Hyde Pierce the Ahmonson in LA from July to September, coming to Broadway after that.

Ron Butler - Television appearances include “Dirty Sexy Money,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Eli Stone,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” and “Crossing Jordan.” Films include “True Jackson,” “Rain” and “Smother.” Costar “Summerland”

Brittany Palmer - Will soon be seen in the films “Stricken” and “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.” She has also been on a few episodes of “The Guiding Light.” The role of Kerry on “All My Children” on ABC

Ashley-Brooke Silver - Plays Rachel Marshall in the independent film "Absolute Trust," Harvey Mandlin, Director.

Emma Bell - Film roles include Melinda in “New York City Serenade,” Young Girl in “Death in Love,” and Jenny in “The Favor.” She was also on “The Bedford Diaries” (WB).

James Rana - LOVES LABOUR'S LOST at The Shakespeare Theatre in D.C. the show will then transfer to the Royal Shakespeare Company Anthony Bagnetto Shortly After Takeoff at Altered Stages. He will be seen in the film “Spring in Her Step” in 2008.

Darbi D. Worley - Will play the role of Jane in “Breadcrumbs” directed by Mike Nichols.commercials for McDonalds, Verizon, Abbott Labs, zappos.com, Papa John’s, Aveda, Dove Skincare; television series, “Breaking Vegas” and “Rescue Me.” Most recently the new series, “House Smarts.” Supporting role “Breaking Vegas” for the History Channel

Chris Bachman - TV debut on Love Monkey (CBS). He also appeared in the movie “Snakes on a Plane.”

Stephanie Darakjian - Guest lead on “Conviction” (NBC). Films: “The Time Machine” and “Figment.”

Robyn Gryphe - "Olive Oyl", lead in two "Popeye" cartoon V/Os -- a radio spot and industrial for King Features, the original producers of "Popeye"

Trey Teufel - Macduff in Macbeth at Utah Shakespeare Festival

Christopher Villa - TV: Ballroom Bootcamp on The Learning Channel; Film “BoysTown” and “The Onion Movie.”

Christian Kauffmann - Jackson Hewitt commercial playing Frankenstein

Brad Snedeker - Starred in the film “The Pink Conspiracy.” Guest Star on “ER” and “Reba.”

Rachel Nau - Needs to catch us up on two years of steady work since completing the conservatory. Commercials: "This vote counts," "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," two spots for TV Land, Comedy Central - "Dave Attell Promo"; Internet: Host for a dating web site Zogo.com; Film: "The Wicked," "Sanctified," "Affair Play," "The Recital," "The Best is Yet to Come"; Theatre: "Untitled as of Yet"

Todd Detwiler - Recurring on All My Children as an orderly, two student films, one for Brooklyn College called "Nevermore" and another for the New School called "Laid"

Brooke Blanchard - As "Jill the Paramedic" on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy

Nadine Heimann - "Vanessa" a series regular on the HERE network's Dante’s Cove

Omar Mora - Independent movie call East Side Story a lead character in a student film

Greg Barkhamer - Traffic.com commercial

Archie McGregor - National spot for Pepperidge Farms Whim cookies

Suzanne Johnson - The Food Network, Barclay's Bank,Dextrol (demo), TV Land/ Wendy's, National Cable Television Industry, Good House Keeping TV, The Show, The Vitamin Shoppe, Cinqular Wireless, Bluefly. Com, Bluefly.com (demo-radio), Ronald McDonald House.

Karen Craig - Now a successful screenwriter "Forbidden Secrets" for Lifetime

Denis J. Lanza - In a new play by Eugenia Macer-Story called "Just 45 Minutes to Paradise;” also doing a one man show entitled "The Knife Assassin" in conjunction with the La Muse Venale Acting Troupe at Where Eagles Dare Theatre and “O'Connor the Dog” in the 13th Street Repertory Co.'s children's play "Wiseacre farm." Films include “Fetish Mode.”

Kevin Shea - In two indie films “Chaos Unlimited” and “The Outcast.” Upcoming feature films include “Banshee!!!” and “Sasquatch Assault.”

Lewis Gelb - Robitussin national, MTV-bound music video, also "The Sopranos" and "Chappelle's Show."

Elise Rovinsky - Two independent films - Sheriff Nickie Welles in “Person of Interest” and one of the leads, Mary-Ellen, in “Bear Women” Will Manning in “Trash” at Access Theater for FringeNYC.

Gillian Delgado - 48-hour film competition, "Without a Clue" playing Miss Scarlet as well as “My Imaginary Friend Lars Stevens.”

Paula Vogel’s - Script “And Baby Makes Seven” was staged at Temporary Theatre Company

Angel Cabral - Booked Toyota national spot with Chad Pennington and Eli Manning; also did two SOBE voiceover national spots, is recurring as an Under-5 on All My Children, and also shot a National JP Morgan Chase commercial

J. Teddy Garces - Has been seen on “One Life to Live,” and “Cold Case.” He will be featured in the 2008 films “Feed” and “Mano.” Law and Order (Criminal Intent) on NBC, Sylvania Light Bulbs national commercial, industrial film "Defense Contractor," independent short films "No One Will Ever Know" and "Ignacio."

Jennifer Johnson - Featured in the May issue of Fashion O (the Oprah Magazine)

Travis Woods - As a redneck soldier in the feature film “Spaghetti Park”

Patricia Cajuste - Promo for MTV video/music awards Robitussin national, MTV-bound music video, also "The Sopranos" and "Chappelle's Show"

Jesse Bernstein - “Law and Order,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Veronica Mars.”

Paul Gosselin - “One Life to Live,” “The Big Bad Swim” and “Frozen Impact.”

Jerry Broome - “One Life to Live” and the feature film “Death on Demand.”

Marisol Lopehandia - One Life to Live and As the World Turns

Alex Feldman - Class of 1999, guest starred on “CSI: Miami,” “Cold Case” and “Law and Order: SVU.” He can also be seen in the films “The Midnight Man,” “Kush,” “Trespassers” and “Suits on the Loose.” Film directed by James Toback ‘When Will I Be Loved’ which opened at the Cannes Film Festival, four independent films: ‘Come Away With Me,’ ‘Trespassers,’ ‘Bible Boyz,’ and ‘The Final Patient,’ National spot for Ford Trucks. Voiceovers for national commercials for Chrysler, Motorola, & Starburst Candy

Griffin Matthews - Guest star on “Numb3rs” (CBS) and “Cashmere Mafia.” Commercials for Virgin Mobile and Dr. Scholl's, promo for Nickelodeon

Stephen Ott - In the Indie feature "Homecoming."

Luis Pedron - Films include “Writer’s Block,” “American Adobo,” “The Devil and Daniel Webster” and “The Theif.” He also directed and appeared in the short film “Party Games.”

Kevin Kilner - Guest star on Crossing Jordan, guest star on “CSI:Miami”

Sylvia Norman - National commercials for XM Radio, Home Depot, Sears, and an MTV Promo for "Punked"

Shellee Nicols - Films include “Petstory,” “Death and Taxis” and “Ellipsis.” and in the indie film “Half In Love.”

Florina Petcu - In three independent features: “Winter Solstice,” “The Pied Piper of Manhattan,” and “The Racket” also part of MacBeth.com multimedia project.

Peter Paulsen - BRAVO special "100 Scariest Movie Moments", independent features "Hell's Half Acre," “Coconut,” and "Dress Rehearsal"

Dawnnie Mercado - Two episodes of Judging Amy, CBS, "Legacy," “Strong Medicine,” “What About Brian”, "Consent." and “Third Watch” on NBC

Damian Ladd - Lead in the indie film “Demon Resurrection.” Other films include “Dress Rehearsal” and “American Black Beauty.”

Jessica Niles - “One Life to Live” and “American Heiress.”

Naomi Kakuk - Films: “The Producers.” Broadway: “The Frogs” and “The Producers.”

Keisha Alfred “Law and Order: SVU,” “Shark,” “House M.D.” and “Criminal Minds.”

Jonathon Dickson - Lead role Breaking Vegas

Brianna Shaughnessy - Supporting role, “Breaking Vegas” for the History Channel

Kevin Shay - Lead role, “Breaking Vegas” for the History Channel

Sonya Rose - “Breaking Vegas” for the History Channel plus a starring role in the movie “The C.O.R.P.S.”

Mary Pat Dowhy - "Significant Others" on BRAVO in the role of Ginny and a film by Rodriguo Garcia called "Nine Lives" starring Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Sissy Spacek.

Travis Wood - Has appeared on “All My Children,” “The Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns.” His film appearances include “Zombie Strippers!” and “The Slaughter.”

Robyn Gryphe - "I Love NY" spot O/C and lead character V/O, the role of Athena for the video game "King of the Fighters - Maximum Impact"

Langdon Bosarge “Law and Order” and “Ten Lives.”

May Porter - Indie films “Cherry on Top” and “Coochie” plus feature film “Big Fish”

Amy Herring - Reoccurring role on “All My Children.” Films roles: “Origin of Species” and “Nina.”

Carl Palmer - “As the World Turns” on CBS and “The Sopranos” on HBO Lena Georgas – “Kingdom Hospital” on ABC. Films such as “The Pelican Brief” and “We Pedal Uphill.”

Emily Ann Turner - Films include “Cupidity” and “The Winner is…”

Justin Daniel - Guest spots on “Ed” and “Strangers With Candy.” Also appeared in the film “The Good Shepherd.”

Jena Girouard - National network commercial for Pier One and films such as “Slow Jam King” and “It’s Just Coffee.”

Keith Pillow - Guest star on “Judging Amy”

Melanie Crim - Indie films “Shooting Livien,” “Talking in Black and White” and “Central Park Jog.”

Lisa Terezakis - “Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Stratford Shakespeare Festival, commercial for Pilgrim’s Pride and feature film “Duane Incarnate”

Stefanie Bari - Recurring guest starring role on “NYPD Blue”, featured part on “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” and a part in “Tony and Tina’s Wedding” Off Broadway

Meridith Ross - Indie films “Cupidity”, “Momma’s Boy” and “Friends Like These”

Arol Jahns - Indie films “Chessmates” and “The New Resident” also supporting role in “Ed” on NBC

Anthony Bagnetto - “Combat Jump” on the History Channel, feature film “Nothing Really Happens” and indie “Hot Oral Hygiene”

Jennifer Chambers - Ulla in “The Producers” on Broadway

Pete Postiglione - Films including “Our Lady of Victory,” “Winter of Frozen Dreams” and “Senioritis.”

Noelle Monteleone - “Love on the Rocks,” “Baby Blues,” “Simple Things” and “The Year without a Santa Claus.” Guest spot on “Army Wives.”

Christina Grandy - “The Guardian” on CBS, “The West Wing,” “Third Watch” and “The Evidence.” Movies include “Some Kinda Joke” and “Bruce Almighty.”

Jay Russell - “The Play What I Wrote” at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway. Television roles include “Spin City,” “Law and Order” and “The Sopranos.”

Jennifer Boggs - Lead role in the feature horror film “Jinininki”

Joe Whelski - Lead role in the indie film “Light Under the Rock”, as well as appearances in “Ghost Story” and “Hung-Up.”

Rob Masabny - “Can You Tell” on the Oxygen Network, as well as “Harrison Macauley Is Going to Kill Me.”

Erica Mansfield - National tour of “Mama Mia”

Stephanie Nasteff - National voice-over commercials for Arrid Total Deodorant, Dannon Lite-n-Fit Smoothie, Chapstick Lip-Moisturizer, Little Tikes Toys, and Southern Company

John Weigand - MTV and NY Lottery commercial, “Noise” an indie film, “Spectropia” indie interactive film, “Show Boat” at La Comedia Dinner Theatre Spiro Papas – spot on “The Real Food Show”

Lena Georgas - TV shows include “Nu3bers,” “Kingdom Hospital” and “Law and Order.” She has also worked extensively in Off-Broadway theaters.

Eileen Hannah - Indie film “Shock Act,” student film “Lost & Found” and “Rounding Third.” She has also appeared on “All My Children” and “Another World.”

Ghislaine Rollins - NBC news promo and “The Definition of Insanity.”

Michelle Pawlina - Lead role in the indie film “Yalita”

Keith Camire - Student film “January 28th” and “Beyond Recognition.”

Herve Clermont - Lead role in the feature film “Friendly Fire” w/Gary Busey and Deborah Wilson

Natalie Picow - Feature films “Nosey Parker” and “Exiled.” TV work includes “Law and Order.”

D’vorah Bailey - “Ed” on NBC and “Heights.”

Dawn Derow - Lead singer for Cirque du Soleil

Hilary Prentice - “Wedding Night” & “Dangerous Liaisons” at The Abington Theatre & “Bitch Macbeth” at The Kraine Theatre

Deja Kreutzberg - “Law & Order” on NBC, “Hope & Faith,” “As the World Turns” and “CSI:Miami.” “The Tempest” at The Storm Theatre

Craig DiFrancia - “Chappelle’s Show” on Comedy Central & an indie film “Technology vs. Man”

Tamar Kagan - In the feature films “Black Prince,” “Good Luck in Her Eye” and “Tiny Dancer.”

Bryn Dowling - “The Producers,” “Chicago” and “The Frogs” on Broadway. Film: “The Producers.”

Joe O’Keefe - “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” on NBC

Julia Pennington - Guest star on “JAG” and national commercials for Isuzu and UPS

Michael Ariemma - Off-Broadway productions of “The Manchurian Candidate” & “A Clockwork Orange.” Films include “East Broadway” and “Big Apple.”

Travis Wood - Recurring role on “All My Children”

Rosanna Canonigo - “Play Ball!: A Trilogy of Baseball Films,” and “Truly, Madly, Deeply.” Also “Night of Ether” at the Center Stage Playhouse