Our alums are working all over the world doing al sorts of things! We are so proud to share just a couple of things our alumni have been doing recently.
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Alumnus Spotlight: Hutch Pimentel ’12
This winter, we’re continuing our alumni spotlight series, featuring even more of our favorite Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts Department alumni! This week, we talked to Hutch Pimentel ’12. While at K, he/they directed two shows: Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat. He/they also wrote a Theatre Arts SIP titled…
Theatre Arts Alumni and Asian-American Representation
Two Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts alumni have recently been involved with projects which are sparking discussion about Asian-American representation in United States media. Joe Tracz ’04 created the Netflix show Dash & Lily, which is an adaptation of the Dash & Lily book series. Steven Yeun ’05, on the other hand, stars in an A24…
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Alumna Spotlight: Aly Homminga ’20
This winter, we’re continuing our alumni spotlight series, featuring even more of our favorite Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts Department alumni! This week, we talked to Aly Homminga ’20. At K, she was heavily involved with the Theatre Arts Department, working in the Theatre Arts Office and acting in many shows, such as Fun Home and…
Alumnus Spotlight: Cody Colvin ’18
This winter, we’re continuing our alumni spotlight series, featuring even more of our favorite Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts Department alumni! This week, we talked to Cody Colvin ’18. At K, he started out playing football, but eventually gravitated toward the arts, singing in various ensembles and becoming a member of the Festival Playhouse family. A…
Alumna Spotlight: Katy Loebrich ’90
This fall, we’re doing a spotlight series featuring some of our favorite Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts Department alumni! This week, we talked to Katy Loebrich ’90. While at K, she appeared in August Strindberg’s The Ghost Sonata her freshman fall. After that, she filled a variety of production positions, including wardrobe assistant, props master, sound…
Alumna Spotlight: Kate Kreiss ’19
This fall, we’re doing a spotlight series featuring some of our favorite Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts Department alumni! This week, we talked to Kate Kreiss ’19. While at K, she appeared in several plays, including Bad Jews, The Learned Ladies, The Rocky Horror Show, Student Body, and Twelfth Night. She was also co-captain of the…
Recent Alumni News
Quincy Isaiah ’17 has recently been cast in the HBO Limited Series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. For the hour-long drama series, Quincy will be playing Magic Johnson, a fellow Michigander. He joins cast members Jon C. Reilly and Solomon Hughes.
Learn more about the show, premiering March 6, by watching the trailer.
Steven Yeun ’05 has been cast as Brian in Jordan Peele’s upcoming horror film Nope. He also played Jacob in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari. For that performance, he was the first Asian-American nominee for the Oscar’s Best Actor!
Kate Kriess ’19 was hired as the Social Media and Web Manager at the Grand Theatre in Wausau, WI. She’s planned a virtual event called The New Normal Festival. Great work, Kate!
Hunter Himelhoch ’19 was accepted to the Disney College Program! They will be working in costuming in the Disney Parks.
Colleen Schuldeis ’15 recently got a job as the Assistant Technical Director and Assistant to the Production Manager at Northlight Theatre in the Chicago area.
Joe Tracz ’04 created a new show on Neflix called Dash & Lily that premiered Christmas 2020.
Lisa Ludwinski ’06 wrote a cookbook called Sister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit. She owns and operates a bakery of the same name (Sister Pie). The business includes baking classes and an online pie shop. Check out the website and the Sister Pie cookbook. Keep her in mind if you ever need a delicious, and beautiful, pie.
Z Worthington ’17 did the sound design for the play Athena by Relentless Award Winning Playwright Gracie Gardner playing at JACK in Brooklyn.
Read Playbill’s article, Gracie Gardner’s Fierce Fencing Drama Athena Begins at JACK.