ALUMNI

PENNSBURY DRAMA ALUMNI

We are extremely proud of all of our alumni's accomplishments. Realizing that it's hard to keep up with everyone, and also to keep this site current, please feel free to send any additions/updates to us for inclusion to phsdrama@pennsburysd.org. We'd love to hear from you!

CLASS OF 2010

Megan Fulmer

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
B.F.A Musical Theater from Montclair State University
Dancer, Actor, Singer, Model based in NYC
Straight Outta Oz (first tour) starring Todrick Hall (2016)
The Female Swing in national tour of Shrek the Musical (2012)
Ensemble of The Bodyguard Musical Papermill Playhouse/First National Tour starring Deborah Cox (2016-2018)

Dara Orland

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
NYU Tisch: School of the Arts ; Drama Major, Psychology Minor (2014)
Dancer, Actor, Singer in NYC
Choreographer with Off-Broadway and International credits
Performed in multiple cabarets and reading of New Musicals

CLASS OF 2009

Kory Geller

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
NYU Tisch: School of the Arts; Dance Major
Choreographer in NYC

CLASS OF 2008

Max Cove

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Northwestern University
Acting in Philadelphia

Patrick McTamany

Member of Thespian Troupe 830

CLASS OF 2007

Katie Grubb

Member of Thespian Troupe 830

Ryan Nunn

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Northwestern University
Episode of The Big C
Film
Chicago Theater

CLASS OF 2006

Kirk Kelly

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Production Company

Matt South

Thespian Troupe 830 Board Member 2003/2004 (Induction Chair)
Teaches Music at Charles Boehm
Directed PHS Musical & Boehm Musical
Teaches private lessons in Lower Bucks

Siri Nelson

Member of Thespian Troupe 830

Chelsea Viacava

Winner of Pennsbury's Got Talent
Singer, Songwriter Pop and Rock

CLASS OF 2005

Colin Aarons

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Swarthmore, 2009
Washington in We the People (Theatreworks, 2011)

Maggie Langtry

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Gettysburg
New York TV Production
In LA for 2.5 Years

Whit Leyenburger

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
NYU Tisch: School of the Arts (2009)
Royal Academy of London (2012)
Plays Richard III in Shakespeare's Richard III at the Adirondack Theater
Recently performed in Shakespeare in the Park
Directed the Bohemians Numerous Plays

Lisa Weiner Mindelle

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Cincinnati College Conservatory
Part of the National Cast of In Ragtime (Nebraska)
Avenue Q, Rainbow Valley

Tim Popp

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Muhlenberg College
Dancer, Actor, Choreographer, Instructor, Director
Wolf PAC Children's Theater in Narberth, PA
Butterfly Project

CLASS OF 2004

Christy Altomare

Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (2008)
Actor, Singer, Dancer, and Songwriter
Jerusha Abbott in Daddy Long Legs (2011)
Daughter Sophie Sheridan, Daughter in Mamma Mia! (2012, Broadway)
Toured as Wendla in Spring Awakening
Episode of The Big C
3 Independent CDs
Anastasia (2016-2019) Broadway

Bob Lenzi

BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University
Broadway: Miles Tuck in Tuck Everlasting, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, South Pacific.
Off Broadway: Dogfight, Hello Again. Select Regional Theater: Papermill Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Yale Repertory Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage. Film: Park Avenue, SATC2, The Happening, The Village.
Select TV: “Monsterland”, “Orange is the New Black”, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, “The Good Fight”, ”Deception", "Blue Bloods”.
Pennsbury Theater credits include Emile de Beque in South Pacific, Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music, Lancelot in Camelot, as well as Narrator in Blood Brothers and Franklin Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along for the Pennsbury Thespian Troupe.

Matt Katz

Member of Thespian Troupe 830

Kristin Kauffman

Founder Newtown Student Theater Festival 2011, 2012
Artistic Director Buck County Playhouse Student Theater Festival 2013, 2014
Performer at Pennsylvania Renaissance Festival 2010, 2011
Performer at Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival 2012
Founder Hickory Dickory Dark Productions murder mystery company

Lara Kitain

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Thespian State Board member (2003, 2004)
International Thespian Society Officer At Large (2004)

CLASS OF 2003

Sara Accardi

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Arcadia University (2007)
Development Manager at Bristol Theatre for 5 years
Currently, Individual Giving and Events Manager at Theatre Development Fund in NYC
Also a 16 year volunteer with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Teaches Musical Theatre to Westminster Choir College's Summer Intensive Program.

Damien Bucci

Student of Mary Kay Everett
Teaching English and Theater in Florida

Jordan Cohen

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Northwestern University
Law School, now an Entertainment Lawyer
Currently enrolled at NYU for a doctorate in theater

Asher Roth

AsherRothMusic.com
Attended West Chester University
Rap Singer; Several Albums

Zach Woods

Student of Mary Kay Everett
NYU
Comedia, Actor, Writer, Teacher, Films, Theater, TV, Commercials
Plays Gabe Lewis in The Office (2010-2013)

CLASS OF 2002

Marla Weiner Mindelle

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Marlamindelle.com
Cincinnati College Conservatory
Ensemble in South Pacific (Broadway)
Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act (Broadway)
Step Sister, Gabrielle, in Cinderella (Broadway)
Putnam County Spelling Bee, and the Kitty in the Drowsy Chaperone (National Tour)
Runner-up in FOX TV Comedy Writing Contest (2007)
Musical Miniseries, The Devil's Bitch
Along with her sister Lisa, Marla releases a new comic sketch every Tuesday at CUNextTuesdays.com

Andrew Owens

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Opera Tenor
Currently in Germany 2012

CLASS OF 2001

Jason Conrad

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Muhlenberg
Lighting, Piano, Singing
Currently a special effects technician on Disney Cruise Lines
Numerous Lighting and Special Effects Venues

Dan Gordon

Member of Thespian Troupe 830

Tim Gross

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Muhlenberg College

Avi (Avram) Wisnia

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Singer, Songwriter, Piano, Acoustic Brazilian bossa nova, soul, and jazz.
aviwisnia.com
Debut Album, Something New (2012)

CLASS OF 2000

Kim Onasch

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Attended Pennsbury and home-schooled
Played Jennifer Munson in As the World Turns from 1999-2002
Regional Theater

CLASS OF 1999

Nathan Swanson

Teaches Music

CLASS OF 1998

Ilyna (Loni) Becker

NYU Tisch: School of the Arts
Actor
Off Broadway
Commercials (plays the Orange Exclamation in Big Lots Ads)

Dan Mahoney

Comic Actor in Chicago

Jared Mass

Penn State
VP of Development at MGM's Production Headquarters in LA

Joy Pearson

Point Park College of the Performing Arts
Dancer, Singer, Actor
Toured with Broadway's Crazy for You
Film, TV, Theater, Albums, Cruise Ships
Moved to LA

CLASS OF 1997

Mark Keller

University of Penn
Publicity Writer for PA Ballet

CLASS OF 1996

Leah Swanson Fitzpatrick

Teaches English and Drama

CLASS OF 1995

David Baronoff

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
University of Pennsylvania
Lawyer, Actor, and Manager in LA
Involved with the Orchestra Tour of Star Trek
Producer at Bad Robot
Involved with production of Cloverfield, What About Brian, and Lost

CLASS OF 1993

Erin Cottrell

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Film, Theater, and TV Role in All My Children
Played Caroline Ingalls in the 2005 miniseries, Little House on the Prairie
Played Misse Davis in five of eight Love's Long Journey Series
Won 2 Camies and 1 Tennie

CLASS OF 1992

Mathew Singer - 1992

Ithaca College
Opera, Met Chorus and La Boehme Opera

CLASS OF 1991

Roxanne Dundish

Actor
Annie on Broadway
Liza Minnelli's Stepping Out

Heath Hurwitz

NYU Tisch: School of the Arts
Big Apple Circus

Kristine Passentino

Bloomington, Indiana
Opera and Theater
Worked at McCarter Theatre

Jennifer Riker

Actor in Theater and Televison
Credits for NCIS, Madmen, and Touch

CLASS OF 1990

Jen Mazzucca

Pittsburgh
Teaches Drama and English in Baldwin Middle School, Philadelphia PA.

CLASS OF 1986

Lou Markert

Cornell, 1997
University of Minnesota
McCarter Theater in Minneapolis

CLASS OF 1980

Ed Hovick

Student of Dr. John Roche
Head of Math Department at Michigan
Called several years ago about how beneficial high school drama had been.

CLASS OF 1975

Robb Curtis Brown

Yale College and The Yale School of Drama
Accomplished Film, Television, and Stage Actor
Accomplished on Broadway and Off Broadway
Has appeared in over 75 television series, including recent roles on NCIS, Shark, Castle, The Game, and Big Love. He can also be seen as Dan the Weatherman in the Showtime series, Look.
Created the part of Vance Evans, Sharpay and Ryan’s Dad, in High School Musical 2, and reprised the role in the feature High School Musical 3 and Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure. Other TV movies include Pandemic, The Christmas Box, Citizen Jane, Healing Hands, and Backyard Wedding for the Hallmark Channel
Movies include, It’s Complicated, Trading Places , The Men Who Stare At Goats, Dreamgirls, Spiderman 3, Bruce Almighty, Red Dragon, Catch Me If You Can, After The Sunset, Guess Who, and the recently completed My Mother’s Curse with Barbara Streisand and Seth Rogan.
Spent 8 years on Broadway and Off Broadway. In David Hare's Plenty, which moved to Broadway's Plymouth Theatre for a sold out run. As Octavius in Julius Caesar at the Newman Theatre for The New York Shakespeare Festival alongside Al Pacino and Martin Sheen, as Bassianus in Titus Andronicus at the Delacorte Theatre in Central and in Hyde in Hollywood at the American Place Theatre for Playwrights Horizons, a production that was subsequently ﬁlmed for PBS.
Inducted into Pennsbury Theater Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012

CLASS OF 1974

Richard Kind

Attended PHS Drama Summer Camp
Studied under Dr. John Roche for 6 Years
Over 190 Credits in both TV and Film
Played Max Klein, the agent who sells script used by actors going to Iran in Argo (2012)
Regular in sitcoms including Spin City from 1996-2002

CLASS OF 1973

Marc Chamlin

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Student of Dr. John Roche
Entertainment Lawyer

CLASS OF 1970

Paul Schlicher

Member of Thespian Troupe 830

CLASS OF 1969

David Friedman

Charter Thespian Member
Student of Dr. John Roche
Lawyer

Debbie Pearl

Member of Thespian Troupe 830
Student of Dr. John Roche
www.DeborahPearl.com
Singer, screen writer
Writer for Designing Women

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