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Wyatt Kuether - 2004
After earning BFA Acting degree, Wyatt toured with the Hamstead Players doing children's theater across the country. He worked with the York Theater in New York City in Thrill Me as an understudy and the fight choreographer. He participated in the Strawberry One Act Festival in a one act play, Summer's Time, which was nominated best play. He has worked with the Aquila Theater Company on A Very Naughty Greek Play, Twelfth Knight, and The Invisible Man (choreographed by Doug Verone). He had also done background acting for VH1, The Sopranos, and the latest Bollywood film, and performed improv at The Original New York Improv. Toy Box did a reading of his play, Hindsight, and the Rubicon Theater Project in Chicago has produced his play 11 in 1 out.

Eli Kranski - 2003
A BFA Acting graduate, Eli has completed his third Off-Off Broadway show, the original musical Extraordinary!, at the award-winning Vital Theatre Company. Recent stage roles include Zelda in Samuel the Fourth (DramaticsNYC) and Mike in 127 Cups of Coffee, (Looking Glass Theatre). Other projects include Social Grace, a comedy directed by B.D. Wong and his first feature film, Demon Resurrection.

Michael Holmes - 2002
Michael is the co-founder, along with fellow alums Jon Barsness (2001) and Scott DelaCruz (1999), of the Toy Box Theatre Company in New York City. In November 2002 they produced Greener Grass, written by and featuring Michael and Jon, at the Beckmann Theatre. Holmes also appeared on Conan O' Brien as a "Hunky Newcomer" for sweeps.

Katie McGlynn - 2001
Since Katie's graduation in 2001 with a BFA in Acting she has been seen in the recent production of Accomplice with the Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota and the Utah Shakespeare Festival's touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Betsy Skowbo - 2000
Since graduating with her BFA in Acting, Betsy has become a core member of the Milwaukee Shakespeare Company. She has appeared in MSC's productions of Macbeth, Measure for Measure, and, most recently, Romeo and Juliet (as Juliet). Upcoming roles with MSC include Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Local and regional work include roles with Chamber Theatre (Regional Premiere - A Hotel On Marvin Gardens, Heartbreak House, Present Laughter), Renaissance Theatreworks (The Captain's Tiger), Bialystock & Bloom (Bash), and Commonweal Theatre Company (A Christmas Carol).

Scott DelaCruz - 1999
Scott, a Theatre graduate, is currently the Production Stage Manager for the York Theatre's production of Roadside, the new Jones and Schmidt musical (creators of the Fantasticks and 110 in the Shade). Other Off-Broadway and New York Stage Managing credits include: The Good Companions, Cyrano, and Regina (York Mufti Series); Two, King Lear (Aulis); Unmerciful Good Fortune, Giants Have Us in Their Books, Miriam's Flowers (INTAR); Cat's Paw (Soho Rep). He recently completed the scenic design for Two for the Aulis Collective. Regionally, he has worked for the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre in Iowa where he performed the role of Neville Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood; stage managed several shows and directed Children's Theatre. Scott is a co-founder, with recent grads Michael Holmes and Jon Barsness, of the Toy Box Theatre Company in New York. In November 2002, he directed the company's production of Greener Grass.

Andrea Anders - 1997
Anders is currently starring in the new CBS comedy “The Class” and is best known to television audiences for her role as Alex Garrett in the NBC comedy "Joey." Her other television credits include "Law & Order," "Tru Calling," "Oz," "One Life to Live" and GUIDING LIGHT. She also appeared in the feature film "The Stepford Wives." Anders is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, where she earned BFA Acting Degree in 1997. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University in 2001. Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Anders currently lives in Los Angeles.

Craig Haen - 1997
Craig graduated from UWSP with a BA in both Theatre and Psychology, finding the place for both loves in the field of drama therapy. A Registered Drama Therapist and Certified Group Psychotherapist, Craig obtained his Master’s Degree from New York University. He is currently Clinical Director of Adolescent Services for Kids in Crisis, and specializes in work with traumatized and severely emotionally disturbed young people. He was active in the treatment of the families and service professionals in the New York area following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He co-edited the book Clinical Applications of Drama Therapy in Child and Adolescent Treatment (Brunner-Routledge, 2005), and presents training sessions and workshops around the country.

Patrick Connolly - 1994
Patrick, a graduate of the BFA Acting Program, currently appears in a recurring role on the daytime drama All My Children. For the last nine years, he has performed nationally with the Connolly Dance Company along with his wife Kristianne (Deters), a graduate of the UWSP Dance Program. Patrick will also be co-starring on Criminal Minds in March 2006.