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Mike Ragone '20
Mike Ragone '20
I’m going to be in a staged reading of a play, alongside SSU alum Stephen Zubricki, titled Slippage, written by SSU alum Robert Brennan! Slippage runs on August 9th at 2 and August 10th at 6, as part of the Boston’s New Playwrights Festival at the Calderwood Theatre.
Isaac Goldbaum '22
Isaac Goldbaum '22
Isaac Goldbaum is thriving as a stage manager and set designer in NYC and in upstate New York! He has worked on multiple off-Broadway shows (both world premiers & revivals). His favorite productions include "Madwomen of the West" with Marilu Henner, Caroline Aaron (Mrs. Maisel), Brooke Adams and Melanie Mayron directed by Tom Caruso, The Sabbath Girl starring Marilyn Caserta (Six) and Diana DiMarzio (Sweeney Todd with Patti Lupone), and Ceremonies in Dark Old Men with Norm Lewis (Phantom), Morgan Siobhan Green (Hadestown) and Grammy winner Felicia Boswell (Jesus Christ Super Star Live!). He has also set designed upstate regionally for Penguin Rep and worked on other projects including Golem Owned a Tropical Smoothie. In his free time he does freelance design work and subs as a PA. He stays very close with his Salem family and has worked with alumni Lily Barnes at Penguin Rep.
Danielle Woods '16
Danielle Woods '16
Since graduation, I’ve been keeping delightfully busy in the Greater Boston theatre scene. I’ve had the joy of directing productions like Urinetown, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Lucky Stiff, and Ramona Quimby. I also teach private acting lessons to the talented and theatrical youth of the South Shore at the South Shore School of Theatre, where the teen drama is always welcome! Up next, I’m thrilled to direct Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic with the TCAN Players in Natick. Mischief managed? Not quite, I’m just getting started.
Myles McMann '17
Myles McMann '17
I am the Technical Director of North Shore Music Theater now and am the Union Shop Steward. In 2020 I helped lead the organizing of NSMT into IATSE Local 11 and since 2021 I have been a member of that Union. In 2022, other former SSU alum Isabel Samuel and I got married and now live in Haverhill Mass.
Demi DiCarlo '20
Demi DiCarlo '20
Demi DiCarlo, a Salem State 2020 Commonwealth Honors Scholar and BFA Theatre Performance graduate with a minor in Spanish, just accepted a position as an English Language and Culture Assistant in Manzanares el Real, Spain! She will be assisting an English teacher in a primary school for the 2020-2021 school year.
Buen viaje, Demi!
Tristan Burke '19
Tristan Burke '19
After graduating Salem State University where he jointly pursued a BA in Theatre Arts and his MEd in Theatre Education, Tristan is thrilled to be joining Bourne High School as the new Theatre Arts teacher and Drama Program Artistic Director. During the summer, Tristan can be found directing in the black box theater at Weston Drama Workshop. He would like to thank his SSU family for their constant advocacy and support during his time in Salem and wishes them all the best of luck as they continue to navigate the dangers of this pandemic and the sociocultural horrors of our world today. SSU theatre credits at Salem State included: J.P. Morgan/Willie Conklin/Admiral Peary/New Rochelle Ensemble (Ragtime), Dr. Sanderson (Harvey), Macduff (Macbeth), Trigorin (The Seagull), The Lifeguard (The Drowsy Chaperone), Talus (Medea), and Austin (True West). Awards: 2017 KCACTF Region 1 Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship semi-finalist, Presidential Arts Scholar 2018.
Delaney Jenkins '19
Delaney Jenkins '19
Delaney Jenkins is a graduate of the accelerated 4+1 Theatre Education Program at Salem
State University, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre in 2019, followed by her Master of Education this May of 2020. Now certified in MA and RI, Delaney will be teaching drama full-time at Achievement First’s Promesa Elementary School. She is beyond excited to be on this founding team in Providence RI. She reports her Nana’s advice going into this academic year to “Stay in the moment, and we can make it through anything we set our mind to.” Some previous credits at SSU include Emma Goldman (Ragtime), Veta Louise Simmons (Harvey), and Kate Osboure (Cripple of Inishmaan).
Claudia Cruz '19
Claudia Cruz '19
Claudia Cruz has just been hired as the Relief Manager for the Atlanta Artist Relief Fund!
"Cloud is grateful to be able to join the Atlanta Artist Relief Fund! As an artist, Cloud strives to provide a therapeutic experience for BIPOC that will uplift, strengthen, and show them that our stories are just as valid and vital as any other. Cloud is beyond excited to work with AARF to further extend her mission." - Claudia 'Cloud' Cruz
Claudia also started her own cloth mask company this spring, making and donating hundreds of masks to people in need!
"Early march, Claudia returned home to Georgia to quarantine with her family. While home, her then 5 month old niece, India, was having trouble breathing with some sort of respiratory bug. India was so bad that she admitted to the NICU for 5 days. That’ s when it all started. The doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists had to share the same gown. It got to the point where they had to sign out one N95 mask to go into the India’s room and give it back. This hurt Claudia so much. She was home and needed to do something. So, after hundreds of YouTube videos she taught herself to sew in one night! She has been sewing from the moment she wakes up to the moment she goes to bed... at 2:00am, most nights. Her mission is to help her community stay safe and healthy. As of right now, Claudia has made about 550 masks which have went to the medical workers in her community, family, and friends! Claudia hopes to make a difference and inspire in these uncertain times."
To learn more about Cloudy Creations, or purchase your own handmade mask, please click HERE
Brittani Napoli '18
Brittani Napoli '18
Dancer, Actress, Vocalist, Pianist, Teacher! Former Winthrop School of Performing Arts student Brittani Napoli is Back at WSPA!
Brittani attended WSPA from the time she was three years old until she graduated high school at 18. In her last two years at WSPA, she taught and assisted in multiple dance classes before going on to pursue her BFA in Theatre Performance at Salem State University where she also studied Dance. Brittani has directed, music directed, and choreographed over 13 shows including Into the Woods, Legally Blonde, High School Musical, and Beauty and the Beast. Onstage, Brittani performed regionally with Priscilla Beach Theater and Salem State Theatre, and toured nationally with Speak About It before deciding to continue her journey in Education. She is now teaching preschool in Beverly. Brittani cannot wait to return to her home, and get back to teaching at WSPA!
Nate McNiff '06
Nate McNiff '06
#VikingsLiftingVikings celebrates The Wandering Stage, owned by Nate McNiff '06.
The Wandering Stage strives to provides a unique, affordable, easy to book, professional, one stop shop for all outdoor events not only for theater goers, but for non-profit organizations, hospitals, and senior living communities where individuals often have limited mobility. With The Wandering Stage you can bring the arts to all!
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