Alumni Credits

Marymount Manhattan College theatre alumni are working on Broadway, off-Broadway, in television, in film, at regional theatres, and everywhere in between.

Many of our students also go on to graduate schools across the country and the world.

Just a few examples of where you can see Marymount Manhattan Theatre alumni working:

BROADWAY (SAMPLING)

Act One
After Midnight
Aida
American Buffolo
A Night with Janis Joplin
Big Fish
Book of Morman
Bring It On: The Musical
Bullets Over Broadway

Hair
Hairspray
Hands on a Hard Body
How to Succeed In Business
Without Really Trying
Jekyll & Hyde
Kinky Boots
Legally Blonde
Mary Poppins

Next to Normal
Once
Peter and the Starcatcher
Rent
Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
Spring Awakening
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Lion King
The Vertical Hour
Wicked

Off-Broadway & New York City (Sampling)

54 Below
A2K Productions, LLC
Atlantic Theatre Company
Birdland
Blueprint Theater Project
Broadway’s Rising Stars
Classic Stage Company
Classical Theatre of Harlem
The Duplex

Encores!/NY City Center
Hip to Hip Theatre Company
La MaMa
Lincoln Center Theatre
Manhattan Theatre Club
Metropolitan Room
New World Stages
New York Classical Theatre
Public Theatre

Repertoria Espanol
Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54
Second Stage Theatre
Signature Theatre Company
Sleep No More NYC
Take Wing and Soar Productions
The Mint Theatre
The Pearl Theatre
The Puppet Shakespeare Players

NATIONAL TOURS (SAMPLING)

American Idiot
Billy Elliot
Bring It On: The Musical
Chicago
Dreamgirls
Evita
Hair

Jekyll & Hyde
La Cage Aux Folles
Legally Blonde
Mamma Mia
Memphis
Next To Normal

Sister Act
Spring Awakening
The Producers
War Horse
West Side Story
Wicked

REGIONAL & OTHER THEATRES (SAMPLING)

Actors Theatre of Louisville
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
American Repertory Theatre
Chatham Players
Cider Mill Playhouse
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Dallabes Theatre Center
Disney Cruise Lines
Florida Repertory Theatre
Florida Studio Theatre

Gateway Playhouse
Goodman Theatre
Guthrie Theatre
Hangar Theatre
Hong Kong Disney
Jupiter Theatre
La Jolla Playhouse
Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

North Shore Music Theatre
Old Globe Theatre
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Two Rivers Theatre
Walnut Street Theatre
Westchester Broadway Theatre
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Yale Repertory Theatre

Film & Television (Sampling)

666 Park Avenue
America’s Got Talent
American Idol
Burn Notice
Castle
Cold Case
Criminal Intent
Glee
The Good Wife
Greatest Mysteries:
Buckingham Palace
Julia & Julia

Last Resort
Law & Order
The Leftovers
Life on Mars
Little Children
Mad Men
Masters of Sex
Medium
Mooz-Lum
Numb3ers
Nurse Jackie

Orange is the New Black
Sex and the City
Side Effects
Smash
So You Think You Can Dance
The Big Bang Theory
The Edge of Seventeen
The Men Who Built America
The Office
True Blood
White Collar

Employment in the Arts (Sampling)

Anchor, www.PopSugar.com
Assistant Choreographer, NBC’s Smash
Assistant Professor (Lighting Design), North Carolina School of the Arts
Associate Producer, Discovery Channel’s Bering Sea Gold
Associate Professor of English in the University Theatre, Colgate University

Author, In Stone: A Grotesque Faerie Tale (Bold Strokes Books)
CFO & Founder, Platt Productions
Costume Designer/Costume Shop Manager, The Pearl Theatre Company

Executive Producer & Host, Bridge the Gap TV
Featured Writer, www.huffingtonpost.com
Head of the Video Department, Schaubühne Theatre (Berlin)
Project Coordinator/Investor Relations, Dodger Properties, LLC

GRADUATE SCHOOLS (SAMPLING)

American Conservatory Theatre
American University
Boston University
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University

East 15 Acting School at the University of Essex (UK)
Emerson College
Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory
Harvard University/American Repertory Theatre
Julliard School

New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Old Globe/University of San Diego
University of California, Los Angeles
Virginia Commonwealth University
Yale School of Drama

<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/46-ellen-orenstein"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/83_ellen-orenstein.rev.1453900866.jpg" alt="Ellen Orenstein" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="499" data-max-h="374"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/46-ellen-orenstein">Ellen Orenstein</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Ellen Orenstein is an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and the Coordinator for Freshman/Sophomore Acting at Marymount Manhattan College. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the University of Washington.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/45-richard-niles"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,26,1602,1628/5853_richard-niles-color.rev.1453902566.jpg" alt="Richard Niles" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,26,1602,1628/5853_richard-niles-color.rev.1453902566.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,26,1602,1628/5853_richard-niles-color.rev.1453902566.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1602" data-max-h="1650"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/45-richard-niles">Richard Niles</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/43-david-mold"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,10,683,692/19281_clZ-edcw.rev.1542566331.jpg" alt="David Mold" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,10,683,692/19281_clZ-edcw.rev.1542566331.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,10,683,692/19281_clZ-edcw.rev.1542566331.jpg 3x" data-max-w="683" data-max-h="1024"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/43-david-mold">David Mold</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Chair, Division of Fine and Performing Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Professor Mold is the Chair of the Division of Fine & Performing Arts. Courses he teaches include Acting I (THTR 211/212), Acting II (THTR 341/342), The Business of Acting (THTR 418), Professor Mold served as the first elected vice president of the College’s Faculty Council from 2007-2010. He is also active in higher education as a consultant in program review for fine and performing arts departments, completing such reviews for Iona College and York College, CUNY.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/48-mark-ringer"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/82_markringer.rev.1453900866.jpg" alt="Mark Ringer" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="200" data-max-h="272"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/48-mark-ringer">Mark Ringer</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type"><p> Professor of Theatre Arts</p></div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Mark Ringer is a Professor of Theatre Arts at MMC. He has worked as an actor, director, and dramaturge throughout the United States and Europe. His translations of Euripides’ “Bacchae” and Lessing’s “Nathan the Wise” have received successful performances as have several of his adaptations. He was seen Off Broadway as Polonius in two different stagings of “The Heart of My Mystery: The Hamlet Project”, an adaptation which he co-authored. His one- play fusion of Shakespeare’ s “Henry IV Parts I and II” was produced at the Shakespearean Theatre of Maine, a production in which he also played Falstaff. He has worked professionally on productions of half of Shakespeare’s plays.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/1399-melissa-tonning-kollwitz"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,479,480/18770_Melissa_Tonning-Kollwitz.rev.1535502036.jpg" alt="Melissa Tonning-Kollwitz" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,479,480/18770_Melissa_Tonning-Kollwitz.rev.1535502036.jpg 2x" data-max-w="479" data-max-h="480"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/1399-melissa-tonning-kollwitz">Melissa Tonning-Kollwitz</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/2650-lori-zepp"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/230,166,1928,1862/18819_IMG_3694.rev.1536614750.JPG" alt="Lori Zepp" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/230,166,1928,1862/18819_IMG_3694.rev.1536614750.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/230,166,1928,1862/18819_IMG_3694.rev.1536614750.JPG 3x" data-max-w="2133" data-max-h="3200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/2650-lori-zepp">Lori Zepp</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/38-john-basil"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/180,61,1589,1470/15453_john_basil_headshot.rev.1496667820.jpg" alt="John Basil, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/180,61,1589,1470/15453_john_basil_headshot.rev.1496667820.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/180,61,1589,1470/15453_john_basil_headshot.rev.1496667820.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1639" data-max-h="2048"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/38-john-basil">John Basil</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/41-robert-dutiel"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/80_robert_dutiel.rev.1453900865.jpeg" alt="Robert Dutiel" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="199" data-max-h="208"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/41-robert-dutiel">Robert Dutiel</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/950-timothy-johnson"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1365,2048/11028_timmy2_copy.rev.1472490809.jpg" alt="Timothy Johnson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1365,2048/11028_timmy2_copy.rev.1472490809.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1365,2048/11028_timmy2_copy.rev.1472490809.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1365" data-max-h="2048"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/950-timothy-johnson">Timothy Johnson</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Professor Johnson received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music with Flute as his major instrument. During his senior year at B-W he was the First Prize Winner in the Conservatory’s Annual Concerto Competition. He received an MFA in Acting from the University of Washington. He was an Assistant Professor of Acting/Movement at Ohio University. He is a former Artistic Associate at Rosie’s Theater Kids.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/50-jill-stevenson"><img src="/live/image/gid/48/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,807,776/16646_Jill_Image.BW.rev.1519151538.jpg" alt="Jill Stevenson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/48/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,807,776/16646_Jill_Image.BW.rev.1519151538.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/48/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,807,776/16646_Jill_Image.BW.rev.1519151538.jpg 3x" data-max-w="807" data-max-h="776"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/50-jill-stevenson">Jill Stevenson</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type"><p> Professor of Theatre Arts</p></div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/1403-emily-clark"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1017,0,3148,2133/18801_IMG_3727.rev.1536246078.JPG" alt="Emily Clark" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1017,0,3148,2133/18801_IMG_3727.rev.1536246078.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1017,0,3148,2133/18801_IMG_3727.rev.1536246078.JPG 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2133"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/1403-emily-clark">Emily Clark</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/40-kevin-connell"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,427/9370_facebook_day_of_shoot_copy.rev.1453903646.jpg" alt="Kevin Connell" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,427/9370_facebook_day_of_shoot_copy.rev.1453903646.jpg 2x" data-max-w="427" data-max-h="640"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/40-kevin-connell">Kevin Connell</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Chair of Theatre Arts<br/>Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Recruiter for Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">KEVIN CONNELL is currently a Professor of Theatre Arts, at Marymount Manhattan College, where he serves as the Assistant Chair and Recruiter for the Department of Theatre Arts. He attended The Ohio State University (BFA) and the University of California, San Diego (MFA).</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/1713-karen-kinsley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.rev.1473350236.jpg" alt="Karen Kinsley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.rev.1473350236.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.rev.1473350236.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1365" data-max-h="2048"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/1713-karen-kinsley">Karen Kinsley</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/51-christine-riley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,200,300/218_mysqldb.rev.1453900900.jpeg" alt="Christine Riley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="200" data-max-h="300"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/51-christine-riley">Christine Riley</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Christine is currently a member of the faculty at Marymount Manhattan College, a musical director for Camp Broadway and maintains a private vocal coaching studio.</div>
<span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/49-patricia-hoag-simon"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2976,2370/18823_Pat_B_and_Hal.rev.1536679400.jpg" alt="Hal Prince and Patricia Birch congratulate Pat Simon for her work directing The Human Comedy" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2976,2370/18823_Pat_B_and_Hal.rev.1536679400.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2976,2370/18823_Pat_B_and_Hal.rev.1536679400.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2976" data-max-h="2370"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/49-patricia-hoag-simon">Patricia Hoag Simon</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Program</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>