November December 2023 College News

Cristina Sastre , Rachel Webb , Annie Wallace , and Alex Aponte all performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. [6] Cristina Sastre began previews for How to Dance In Ohio at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre as Ashley Amigo. Eden Witvoet performed in a reading of the musical adaptation of To Sir, With Love produced by the Ogunquit Theatre and the Lythgoe Family as Barbra Pegg. Grayson Yockey and Caleb L. Peters performed as Bob and Phil in White Christmas at the Legacy Theatre. Annie Wallace has been rehearsing for the Broadway production of A Beautiful Noise while also periodically performing the same evening in the Broadway production of Aladdin . Ana Yi Puig (MT 2020) recently completed her first season as one of the stars of the Disney+ series Goosebumps . In advance of her playing that co- starring role of Isabella, ABC highlighted her as one of 16 emerging artists in their Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase . Ana played Young Tiffany Blanchette in the film Senior Year (2021), played Tiff Myers in an episode of Gossip Girl (2022), and provided the voice for Pearl in nine episodes of Jade Armor (2022). On stage she has performed in Spring Awakening at Theatre Under the Stars (2019) and in Who Hurt You? at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre (2023). Ana’s roles at Texas State included Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2019) and Bart Simpson in Mr. Burns: A Post- Electric Play (2018). Yong Suk Yoo wrote and directed the interdisciplinary dance performance Nolpan: Khoj in October. It was invited and performed at the 47th Annual Navaratri Festival at the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University in CT. The Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre presented the James W. Price Ten Minute Play Festival in November. Eight student written plays were selected and given staged readings. The plays included works by writers, Theodore Wright , Dara Benedict , Zach Hancock , Kady Waldmann , Alejandro Rodriguez , Hunter Domzalski , Valentine Pena , and Kate Herlihy . ALUMNI ACCOLADES Taylor Aronson opened Million Dollar Quartet Christmas at The Rep Albany. [4] Paul Amrani opened the Chicago national tour. Trevor Berger performed as Barry Mann in La Miranda’s production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical . [4] Michael Burell performed in the HBO drama The Gilded Age . Anna Gassett performed as Graziella in the international tour of West Side Story . [5] Joann Gilliam and Julia Estrada performed in Little Shop of Horrors as Crystal and Audrey at the San Antonio Broadway Theatre. Beau Harmon performed as Moose in Crazy for You at the solo repertory theatre. Kyra Johnson participated in an industry reading of The Ladies Man as Donna. Lily Kren performed as Cindy Lou in Winter Wonderettes at Gulf Shore Playhouse. Daniel Miller made his broadway debut in the previews of Harmony at the Barrymore Theatre. Ana Yi Puig performed as Kira/Vanessa in Who Hurt You? at The Orlando Shakespeare Theater. 20 | November and December 2023 | College News Taylor Aronson opened at The Rep Albany The Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre presented the James W. Price Ten Minute Play Festival Multiple MT alumni performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 4 5 6 Ana Yi Puig starring as Is- abella in Disney+ series Goosebumps #ALUMNI SPOTL IGHT College of Fine Arts and Communication | 21