HIGHLIGHTS
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 ..."
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.
Theatre


 
Elizabeth Anderson   2000/Theatre
Besides teaching Liz is also a professional working actor on the stage and in film. ...[more]
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Jessamyn Ansary   2001/Theatre
Graduate of Carnegie-Mellon in 2005. Editorial assistant for All-Story mag at Zoetrope in 2002.  She recently relocated to the East Village, in New York to pursue writing.  She's published poetry and short fiction and recently sold a short...[more]
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Enrico Banson   1997/Theatre

In 1998, the brother and sister team of Enrico and Jerianne Banson formed JERICA an independent production group based in [more]

Kevin Bigley   2005/Theatre
2010: Shot a pilot as a lead for NBC directed and written by Vince Vaughn. Just finished shooting a small role in a Ron Howard picture. Appeared in two more pilots, one for FOX and one for ABC. Has an A1 steak sauce commercial airing in August. Curre...[more]
Aya Cash   2000/Theatre
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... ...[more]
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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. ...[more]
Erika Clary   1989/Theatre
2010: Principal, MsJones Design. Web Design and Development specializing in non profit and public affairs. Now into visual arts. LOVED my time at SOTA. Currently, Happy and Healthy. 2 kids (boy and girl), wonderful husband. [more]
Danielle Decker   2007/Theatre
Danielle is attending UC Santa Barbara, majoring in anthropology, graduating in 2011. She's the Captain of the Junior Varsity Mock Trial team. (2009)
Joshua Farr   1999/Theatre
Currently living in Mesa, Arizona. (2009)
Giovanna Federico   1999/Theatre
Graduated from SUNY Purchase with a BFA and Chapman University with an MFA (2008). Winner of Best Director 2008 Cecil Award, Chapman University. Thesis film "Bean" screened in over 10 film festivals. Film teacher at The Green School of Young Hollywo...[more]
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Devin Grayson
Devin is a graphic/comix artist. After transferring to SOTA from Berkeley High, she studied theater. She graduated early and then took course work at a community college, before moving to New York and studying writing at Bard College. "Currently I'm...[more]
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Lindsey Hartley   2004/Theatre
Lindsey Alexandra Hartley (uses her middle name because of the ‘other’ Lindsey Hartley) SOTA Theatre 2004, The Theatre School of DePaul University grad (where she performed in The Heidi Chronicles with SOTA Theatre alum Jessica London-Shi...[more]
Grace Ingland   2007/Theatre

2010: Griffith Observatory, Museum Guide, Los Angeles, Teach astronomy, life sciences. Worked on Improv shows, musicals, and student films so far since I've been in L.A. www.facebook.co...[more]

Addie Johnson   1994/Theatre
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John King   1998/Theatre
Works in the MP Lab at Lucas Arts: That's all I can say; it's really fun, though.
Anais Koivisto   2001/Theatre
See Anais' web page for the most up-to-date info http://anaiskoivisto.com ...[more]
Yuri Lane
While attending the School of the Arts at McAteer High, he performed in plays at the Berkeley Rep and the American Conservatory Theater. Although he continued to beatbox with friends, it wasn't until he graduated from college at the Pacific Con...[more]
Stella Lochman   2003/Theatre

While at SOTA, Stella also got involved with Ron Chase's Art & Film for several years, then studied in Paris and is currently back in San Francisco. In 2005 she participated in an art benefit hosted by Making Impressions Fine Printing Salon, a...[more]

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Jessica London-Shields   2004/Theatre

Jessica graduated in 2008 from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago. She performed the role of Heidi Holland in the Heidi Chronicles her senior year.

Gabriela Lovelace   2006/Theatre
Gabriela is currently attending Humboldt State University. (2009)
Lauren Macmillan   1997/Theatre
2010: Pilgrim Films and Television, North Hollywood, CA, Executive Assistant

UC Santa Barbara, BFA, Theatre, 2001

Lauren graduated from the theatre department in 1997. After graduating she went on to get a BFA in acting from U...[more]
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Tony Mark   1986/Theatre

Tony currently works as a director and editor for Benchmark Productions in Studio City, CA. He was in SFSOTA's first graduating class, and went on to attend the Tisch School of the Arts Film School at NYU, graduating in 1990. In 2006, he won an E...[more]

Christopher McFarland   1997/Theatre
BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University (Tisch) in 2001. Currently studying for MFA at Yale Drama School in Acting.
Laylah Muran de Assereto   1989/Theatre
Owner and Principal Consultant at Little Moon Consulting in San Francisco. Business Management and Process Analysis and Consulting. What's new: I just produced the annual benefit production of Sheherezade IX:  2008 A Year In Review for the Playw...[more]
Kira Onodera   1996/Theatre

2010: Self Employed writer and actor living in Brooklyn. I perform a one woman show that I wrote and directed called The Crease Question. I am currently thinking of going back to school for my Master's in Theater Education and English to further...[more]

Mary Phuong   2000/Theatre
Graduated from San Jose State University in 2004 with a BS in Marketing. Working at Patriot Memory in Fremont, CA, as a Marketing Specialist, including coordinating trade shows.
Adona Pierre   1999/Theatre
Graduate Silicaon Valley College with an A.S. in Pharmacy (4.0) in 2000. Currently studying for a BA in Business from Golden Gate University. What's new: I have a five year old daughter who is the joy of my life. I am no longer doing Theater, after I...[more]
Woods Prael   1985/Theatre

2010: Warrensburg High School, MO, English Teacher. Teach Sophomore English, Career English (seniors), Horror Literature (freshmen), Creative Writing, and direct one acts for competition. While finally finishing up my masters, I am ramping up for...[more]

Leilani Reis-Kane   1996/Theatre

2010: Senior Assistant at Accenture, San Francisco, Event Planner.

San Francisco State, BA, 2001, Social Work. UC Berkeley, 2010, Certificate Facilities Management. FMP thru IFMA.


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 ..."
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Pablo Roman-Alcal?   1997/Theatre
2010: Self-employed. Currently working professionally as a musician and international DJ based in Berlin, Germany. Releasing music on Independent labels and holding a residency at famous Berlin institution Bar25. [more]
Summer Shapiro   2001/Theatre

After graduating in Drama from UCLA, Summer returned to SF to attend the Clown Conservatory. In the spring of 2006 she began working with Cirque du Soliel's John Gilkey.

http://www.projectartbridge.org

Kira Soltanovich   1991/Theatre

Stand-up comic, actress, and writer, Kira was born in L'vov, Ukraine. She grew up in multi-cultural San Francisco, surrounded by immigrants of all shapes and sizes. There she attended School of the Arts ... just like "FAME" but with fewer white p...[more]

Alicia Stamps   2005/Theatre
Alicia was graduated from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, with a BFA in Theatre (cum laude) in 2009. She performed as Ensemble in Seattle in Book-It Repertory Theatre's production of THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS. She is currently...[more]
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Naomi Stein   1986/Theatre

Naomi has been working for the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley for the past fourteen years. She uses theater as an interpretive tool for science, teaching back-country skills to teens and providing assemblies & hands-on science activitie...[more]

Theresa Thorn (Hossfeld)   1999/Theatre
Graduated from Sara Lawrence College with a BA in Liberal Studies in 2003. Studying law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, graduating 2009. What's new: Jesse Thorn and I were married in San Francisco in August 2009.  Jesse was also a theatre m...[more]
Regan Treewater   2003/Theatre

2010: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. PhD Candidate. I teach first year Russian at the university level and conduct research for the department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies while doing my own dissertation work.

Univ...[more]

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Aisha Tyler   1986/Theatre
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. ...[more]
MIchelle Velasco   1993/Theatre

2010: Tour Manager/Tour Producer, Los Angeles. Produce and manage mobile marketing tours for well known brands. Always performing , always a DJ / karaoke host, has combined my talents into a full time job in marketing. Constantly traveling and lov...[more]

Romolo Wilkinson   2008/Theatre

2010: Currently in the second year of training and pursuit of my bachelor of fine arts degree in acting at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, BFA, Acting.[more]

Gerri Wilson   1986/Theatre
2010: UPS driver, San Francisco.
Jason Wong   2006/Theatre

Jason graduated with honors from the theater department at SOTA. He is attending Harvard. His current activities involve contributing to the Harvard Political Review, teaching AP U.S. Government, editing at an Asian American literary magazine (T...[more]

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Sherri Young   1985/Theatre
Sherri Young founded The African-American Shakespeare Company in 1993 and has been its Executive Director since. ...[more]