HIGHLIGHTS
Sam Rockwell
Aya Cash
Aya Cash graduated from the Guthrie BFA Acting Program at the University of Minnesota... She has most recently been getting rave reviews for her New York theater work...
Margaret Cho
Korean-American Margaret Cho graduated in Theater in the late 1980s, when SOTA was on the McAteer campus.  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared April 30, 2008 "Margaret Cho Day". The related festivities were taped, along with a set that evening a the Punchline Comedy Club.
Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler graduated in Theater from SOTA in 1986, when the school was on the McAteer campus. She attended Dartmouth and first pursued a career as an advertising executive. She quickly changed course to pursue a solo standup comedy act in the 1990s in Los Angeles.
Sherri Young, Director & SF Arts Commissioner
Sherri Young founded The African-American Shakespeare Company in 1993 and has been its Executive Director since.
Recent Updates
Polly Nelson   2011/IM
2013: Anticipated grad year - 2014.
2012: I am currently studying at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, hoping soon to earn my A.A in Social and Behavioral Sciences, and then after that I plan to transfer to a 4 year university where I...[more]
Danielle Ochs   1987/Theatre
Graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Sociology 1991 as a Regents Scholar. JD from UC Hastings College of the Law 1995. Members and shareholder Ogeltree Deakins PC, San Francisco, practice labor and employment litigation. Two kids - Micah, 21,...[more]
Cleopas Pierce   1998/Vocal

 (2012) SWP Certificate Program from Georgetown University in Law and Society, 2009. Interned at Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues, Member of Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity- Mu Alpha Chapter,

Manwe Sauls Addison   1999/Dance
(2013) Certificate Program in Dance at the Alvin Ailey School. Works as a self-employed creative directory, directing and choreographing for recording artists and live events. I recently just directed my first wedding for the creator of Hip hop ab...[more]
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell,  who attended SOTA for two years, was part of the Labyrinth theater ensemble in New York, founded by Philip Seymour Hoffman and  John Ortiz. The NY Times article says he "embodied an excitement, a raw, energetic passion ......[more]