Kristen Allen Blodgette, CCM '76

Musical coordinator, musical director, musical supervisor, conductor, musician.

• "Evita" (opens April '12, musical director, musical supervisor)
  
• "Lovemusik" ('07, musical supervisor)
• "Mary Poppins" ('06, associate conductor and second keyboard)
• "The Woman in White" ('05-06, musical director, associate musical supervisor, conductor)
• "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" ('05, musical director)
• "Jesus Christ Superstar" ('00 revival, associate musical supervisor)
• "Riverdance — On Broadway" ('00-01, musical coordinator)
• "Sunset Boulevard" ('94-97, associate musical supervisor)
• "The Phantom of the Opera" (1988-2000, associate musical supervisor, rehearsal pianist, keyboards, replacement conductor)
• "Cats" ('82-?, associate musical supervisor)

Alton Fitzgerald White, CCM '86

Actor. See TV credits, too.

• "Lion King" ('10-11, again assuming the role of Mufasa)
• "The Color Purple" ('05-08, as Mister)
• "Ragtime, The Musical" ('98-00, as Coalhouse Walker Jr.)
• "Lion King" ('95-97, as Mufasa)
• "The Who's Tommy" ('93-95)
• "Miss Saigon" ('91-92)
• "Smokey Joe's Café" (Broadway and original London company)

Bill Nolte, CCM '76

Actor and Tommy Award-winning textile designer.

• "La Cage aux Folles" (revival, '10-11, playing Tabarro)
• "The Producers" ('01 as Franz Liebkind, '05-07 as Max Bialystock)
• "Amour" ('02)
• "Jane Eyre" ('00-01, won the '00 Gypsy Robe for playing Richard Mason)
• "1776" ('97-98 revival, playing Col. Thomas McKean)
• "King David" ('97, starring as Goliath)
• "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" ('93-94, won the '93 Gypsy Robe for playing Issachar)
• "The Secret Garden" ('91-93)
• "Me and My Girl" ('88-89, playing Lord Battersby)
• "Cats" ('85-86, playing Old Deuteronomy)

Robert Elhai, CCM '83

Noted arranger, orchestrator and music producer. See his TV credits and his extensive movie credits, too.

• "Lion King" ('97-present, orchestrator who received both the Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations in '98 for best orchestration; also associate music producer for the show, arranged dance and incidental music, composed "Simba Confronts Scar")
  

Shoshana Bean, CCM '99

Actress. (Visit her website. Check out her pop album “Superhero.”)

• "The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken" benefit concert ('08)
  
• "Wicked" ('05-06, starring as Elphaba the witch -- first nabbed the role as an understudy who quickly threw on makeup and a costume to take over for an injured actress who fell through a trapdoor)
  
• "Hair" benefit concert ('04, starring role)
• "Hairspray" ('02-04, originated the role of Shelley)
  
• "Dreamgirls" benefit concert ('01)

She also sang backup for Michael Jackson and friends at his 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden.

 Matt Bogart, CCM '94

Actor. Visit his website. Watch video of Bogart singing at "Jersey Boys" after-party. Hear samples from his albums.

• "Jersey Boys" ('08-12, in starring role as Nick Massi)
• "Aida" (as Radames)
• "The Civil War" ('99)
• "Smokey Joe's Cafe"
• "Miss Saigon" (as Chris)

Joshua Kobak, CCM '95

Actor.

• "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" ('11, playing Meeks)
  
• "American Idiot " ('10-11)
• "Tarzan" ('06-07)
• "Rent"

Tiffany Haas, CCM '05

Actress. Soprano. Named Miss Ohio 2003. Hear her sing.

• "Wicked" ('09-11, enemble)

In the fall '11, she went on the second national tour, starring as Glinda.

Read the DailyPress.com article.

Betsy Werbel, CCM '96

Actress. See her TV credit.

• "Wicked" ('11-present, after appearing in the natonal tour)
• "Les Misérables"

See Werbel in a "It Gets Better" video.

Kaitlyn Davidson, CCM '09

Actress. Visit her website.

• "Nice Work If You Can Get It" ('12, Gershwin musical comedy starring Matthew Broderick)

Natalie Bradshaw, CCM '07

Actress.

• "Sister Act" ('11-present)
• "Hair" ('10 revival)

Jennifer Bowles, CCM '04

Actress, dancer.

• "American Idiot" ('11)
  

Brandon Bieber, CCM '07

Actor.

• "Mary Poppins" ('07-11)
  

Sarah Jane Everman, CCM '03

Actress. Previously the 1999 America's Junior Miss (wearing green in the photo).
Also read about her Junior Miss experience.

• "Promises, Promises" revival ('10-11)
• "Shrek: The Musical" ('08-10)
• "Apple Tree" ('07)

Lauren Kennedy, CCM '93

Actress. Visit her website.

• "Monty Python's Spamalot" ('05-09, as the Lady in the Lake)
• "Side Show" ('97-98, as Daisy Hilton)
• "Sunset Boulevard" ('94-97, w/Glenn Close)
• "Les Miserables" ('90s, as Fantine)

C. Randall White (Whitescarver), CCM ’83

Stage manager. Also worked on world tours with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, plus concerts for Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand.

• "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" ('11-12)
• "9 to 5" ('09)
• "The Pirate Queen" ('07)
• "Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only" ('03)
• “Ragtime” ('98-00)
• “Starlight Express” ('87-89)
• “Sweet Charity”

Sara Gettelfinger, CCM ’99

Actress. (Read Playbill article. See photos from her campus visit. Also, see more "Addams Family" photos from her national tour.

• "A Free Man of Color" ('10-present)
• “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (’05-06, as Jolene, the starring role she originated, and playing opposite John Lithgow)
• “Nine” revival (’03, w/Antonio Banderas)
• “The Boys from Syracuse” revival (’02)
• “Anything Goes” revival (’02)
• “Seussical” (’00-01, as a Bird Girl)

Nikki Renee Daniels, CCM '01

Actress. Soloist at Carnegie Hall and with the San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops and Ottawa Symphony Orchestra.

• "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" ('12 revival, playing Clara)
• "Anything Goes Revival" ('11 revival)
• "Promises, Promises" ('10-11 revival)
• "Les Miserables" revival (’06-07)
• "Lestat" (’06)
• "Children and Art" (’05)
• "The Look of Love" (’03)
• "Nine" revival (’03)
• "Aida" ('00, original production)

Links

• Watch video of Nikki singing.
• See '12 Playbill article on her.
• See '09 Broadway.com article on her.

Phil Reno, CCM '83

Musical director, conductor, arranger, musician.  (See video where Reno is called a "musical wizard" at the Tony Awards.)

• "Elf" ('10-11, musical director, conductor, vocal arranger, keyboards)
• "Promises, Promises" ('10-11, musical director, conductor)
• “The Drowsy Chaperone” (’06-07, musical director, conductor, vocal music arranger)
•  “Thou Shalt Not” (‘01, musical director, conductor)
• “The Producers” (original production ’01, associate conductor, keyboard)

Tyler Maynard, CCM '01

Actor. Received the '05 Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award nominee as featured actor in an Off-Broadway musical for "Altar Boyz".

The New York Times wrote: "Maynard steals every scene with his way-too-enthusiastic choreography, his sassy showgirl moves and his coy swooning. The actor's mock-innocent facial expressions and sly comic timing are a constant delight. ... It's Mr. Maynard who stops the show. He's the most fully shaped character, and (his) daffy performance is the sharpest of the night."

• "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" ('11-12, revival)
• "The Little Mermaid" ('08-09, staring as Flotsam)
• "Mary Poppins" ('06-07)
• "Mamma Mia!" ('01-?)
  

Eric Sciotto, CCM '97

Actor, dance captain. Visit his website. (Watch a video of Sciotto singing.)

• ""Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" ('11, performer, dance captain)
  
• "Pal Joey" ('08-09)
• "Cry-Baby" ('08, original cast)
• "A Chorus Line" revival ('06-08)
• "Sweet Charity" revival ('05)
• "Sweet Smell of Success" ('02, original cast)
• "42nd Street" revival ('01-02)
• "Aida" ('00-01, original cast)
• "Annie Get Your Gun" (original cast)

Ashley Kate Adams, CCM '09

Actress.

• "La Cage aux Folles" ('10-11, as Colette)

Sharon Wheatley, CCM att. '90

Actress, assistant stage manager, dance captain. Author of 2008's "'Til the Fat Girl Sings: From an Overweight Nobody to a Broadway Somebody." Visit her website.

• "Avenue Q" (assistant stage manager, dance captain, understudy, '07-09)
• "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" ('06, performer)
• "The Phantom of the Opera" (performer)
• "Les Misérables" (performer)
• "Cats" (performer)
  

Brian Sears, CCM '05

Actor. Performed on 2010 "Good Morning America."

• "The Book of Mormon" ('11, from the creators of South Park)
• "Lend Me a Tenor" revival ('10)
  
• "Finian's Rainbow" revival ('09-10)
• "Grease" revival ('08-09)

Aaron Serotsky, CCM ’97

Actor. Received CCM's 2008 Julia Winter Cohen Career Excellence Award. See his TV credits, too.

• “August: Osage County” (’08-09)

Matt Risch, CCM '04

Actor. Read Playbill article about Risch getting the role.
(Watch video of Risch talking about being the understudy who took over the lead role in "Pal Joey.")

• "Pal Joey" revival ('08-09, starring in title role, w/Stockard Channing)
• "Legally Blonde" ('07-08, as Carlos)
• "Chicago"

Cara Hannah Sullivan, Cler '97, MFA (CCM) '02

Wig stylist. See her TV credits, her Alumni Dream job story and the story the New Yorker did on her during strikes by writers and stagehands.

• "The Phantom of the Opera" ('07, managing more than 12 wigs)
  
• "The Producers" (closed in '07)
• "110 Degrees in the Shade"
• "The Pirate Queen"
• "Les, Miserables"
• "Spamalot"
• "The Little Mermaid"
• "You’re Welcome, America: A Final Evening with George W. Bush" (Will Ferrell’s comedy special)
  

Jessica Hendy, CCM ’93

Actress. (Watch her sing in a video with fellow alumni Matt Bogart and Shannon Stoeke.)

• “Amour” (’02, original cast)
• “Aida” (’00, original cast)
• “Cats” (’82, original cast)