Where Are They Now?

Linda Jackson (Founder; Producer, 1974-1975; etc.) is the Managing Director of Connecticut Opera, having previously served as the General Director of the Berkshire Opera Company since August 2001. From 1998 until moving to the Berkshires she served as the Executive Director for the Byrd Hoffman Foundation, and during the 1997-1998 season she worked as the Artistic Administrator for Opera Pacific. In 1997 Linda traveled to 63 U.S. cities as the Company Manager for the New York City Opera National Company production of La Boheme, and from 1994-1996 she was the General Manager for 651, an Arts Center at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Linda spent 1981 through 1994 at the Chautauqua Opera in the following capacities: Production Stage Manager (1981-1982), Production Manager (1983-1984), Managing Director (1985-1987), and finally General Director (1988-1994). From 1984-1987 she served as Production Manager for Texas Opera Theater -- the touring arm of Houston Grand Opera, was the Production Stage Manager for Greater Miami Opera from 1981-1984, and was the Stage Manager for Houston Grand Opera from 1977-1980. Prior to beginning her career in Opera, Linda worked with several Off-Off Broadway companies including Jean Erdman's Theater of the Open Eye. She holds a degree in English and Theater Arts from Douglass College.

Luigi Jannuzzi (Author/Director, Who Are These People In My Living Room? (1979), A Box Full of Hope (1978); Actor, All This and More (1979); etc.) is a Playwright-In-Residence at the New Jersey Repertory Company, New Jersey Tec. and the WaterFront Ensemble of Hoboken. Luigi's many published plays include: A Bench At The Edge (Best One-Act 2001 in Scotland and the United Kingdom), The Barbarians Are Coming, The Appointment and With or Without You. His awards include the 1986 Goshen College Playwriting Peace Prize, a 1987 New Jersey State Council of the Arts Fellowship and a 1995 and 1998 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Luigi teaches at Immaculata High School in Somerville, NJ, and is a member of The Dramatists Guild. One of him most recent plays, Night of the Foolish Moon, was designated a finalist in the National Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, CT by the center's Artistic Director, Lloyd Richards.

Marshall Jones III (Artistic Director, 1984-1985; Board Member, 1983-1984; Author/Director, Miracles (1985); Director, Blue Note (1984); Actor, Arms of Rain (1983); etc.) was recently appointed President of the Non Traditional Casting Project, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for diversity and inclusion in the arts. Since leaving Cabaret he has held a variety of key executive positions at some of New York City’s most prestigious venues. Marshall was the General Manager and CEO of New York's legendary Apollo Theater, the Company Manager for Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, and was the Associate Producer for Madison Square Garden's musical extravaganza, A Christmas Carol. He has recently returned to Rutgers to teach theater management, a skill he began to hone at Cabaret.

Lilaia M. Kairis (Assistant Producer, 1992-1993; Publicist, 1990-1992; House Manager, 1989-1990; Co-Founder of the Director's Program, 1992) used the skills she developed at Cabaret as a producer and founding member of the Eclectic Players with whom she directed Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar during the summers when Cabaret was dark. She is currently the Membership Sales Manager at the New Victory Theater in Manhattan, the oldest theater in New York. Previously, she was the Sales and Promotions Manager at the State Theater, New Brunswick, a former 1921 vaudeville house which has become one of the premier performing arts presenters in the country. Lilaia began working there as a part-time Box Office Operator and has since held positions as Box Office Manager, Marketing Assistant and Assistant Director of Marketing and Public Relations. Her advice to current Cabaret members: "Take full advantage of the wonderful resources and supportive environment at Cabaret. Enjoy your time there and use your experiences to fuel your dreams!"

Ana Cammarata Kalet (Improv Troupe Director, 1993-1994; Director, God's Favorite (1991); Actor, Godspell (1995), A ... My Name Is Alice (1994), My Cup Ranneth Over (1992); etc.) met her husband, Mark Kalet, while playing "Felicia" in Paul Ridnick's I Hate Hamlet at Villagers Theatre in Somerset. In 1997 Mark proposed to her during a performance of A Midsummers Nights Dream at the Chatham Community Players Theater. Today they are the proud parents of two boys, Joseph and Daniel, and a daughter, Jocelyn. Ana also splits her time between performing in plays such as Anne Warbucks, Two by Two, A Christmas Carol, Noises Off!, and Blithe Spirit (all at Playhouse 22), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Villager's), and directing plays such as Family Recipies, Phone Tag (at Chatham), Ladies of the Camellias, The Tempest (at Villager's Black Box), Wait Until Dark, A Midsummers Nights Dream (both at Villager's Mainstage), and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (at the Kelsey Theater). To say hello, email Ana at ana.kalet@comcast.net.

James Kaplan (Resident Musical Director, 1982-1983; Composer, The Winter's Song (1980); Musical Director, Celebration (1983), Marry Me A Little (1981), Child of the Seventies (1979)) composes music for American Folklore Theatre in Door County, Wisconsin. Several of these shows have also played at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, including Guys on Ice, and Lumberjacks in Love. He also co-authored a cabaret show about the Weavers, called Goodnight Irene, which also played at Milwaukee Rep. His new musical, The Bachelors, premiered in March 2001 at Milwaukee Rep; and his World War II musical, Loose Lips Sink Ships, opened the 2001 summer season at the American Folklore Theatre. He married his sweetheart, Molly Malone, and the Kaplan's had their first child, Sarah Elizabeth, on May 1, 2001. James resides in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and can be reached at mrjspoons@charter.net.

Stephen Kazakoff (Actor, Arms Of Rain (1983); etc.) is a teacher and professional fight coordinator. He teaches drama at Freehold Regional Performing Arts High School and at the Howell High School Fine & Performing Arts Center. Recent directorial credits include Julius Caesar at the Kelsey Theater and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Studio Theater of TCNJ. As a member of Shakespeare '70, , Mercer County NJ's only classical theater company, Steve has performed in many shows including The Merchant of Venice ("Shylock"), The Rivals ("Captain Absolute"), Measure for Measure ("Angelo"), Tartuffe ("Tartuffe"), The Taming of the Shrew ("Petruchio"), and A Woman of No Importance ("Lord Illingworth").

Leila Kenzle (Actor, Celebration (1983); etc.) received her big break when she was cast as a stripper in the Off-Broadway production of Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding. In 1989, she moved to Los Angeles and found work in the first of five television series pilots. Most recently, Leila starred as "Kate DiResta" on UPN's DiResta and as "Fran Devanow" on NBC's Mad About You. Some of her other TV credits include appearances on Friends, The Golden Girls, Diagnosis Murder and a recurring role on the television series Princesses. She has appeared in the feature film Other People's Money, starring Danny DeVito, Dogmatic, and HBO's Breast Men, starring David Schwimmer. She is also a successful producer, and her film Bigger Fish was awarded first prize at both the Chicago and the Seattle Film Festivals. In her spare time, Leila works with adolescent wards of the state as part of Children's International Institute and is active in multiple sclerosis charities. She and her husband live in West Hollywood, California.

Debra Kirschner (Author/Director, The House That Jack Built and Other Feminist Fairy Tales (1994); etc.) received her BA from Rutgers University in Theater Arts and Women’s Studies and is a graduate of New York University's Film Intensive Program. She wrote and directed the indie feature The Tollbooth, starring Marla Sokoloff and Tovah Feldshuh, as well as the short film Changing Clothes, which has screened at national and international film festivals and received an Honorable Mention award at the Philafilm International Film Festival in Philadelphia. Her screenplay, The Mammaries, was a semi-finalist in the Lone Star Screenwriting competition, as well as the Independent Feature Project's From Script to Screen competition and The New Century Writer competition. Debra teaches a filmmaking course through induloop.com, and works as a freelance editor and script supervisor on independent film and video projects.

Matthew Klain (Theater Technician, 1993-1994; Actor, Ten Little Indians (1995), The Water Engine (1995), The Life of Galileo (1994), The Good Doctor (1993)) is thrilled to once again be writing in the third person. After graduating from Rutgers with a degree in English and Cinema Studies he moved to Boston and fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a Unix systems administrator with Fidelity Investments. He plays bass in and around New England with various projects and composes his own music on the side. He was married in September 2004 to Miss Kyle Partridge and bought a home in Nashua, NH so that he may live free or die. Cabaret Theatre was a major player in his overall college experience, and he is happy to have been a part of it. He grows more sentimental with age. To say hi, you can write to him at plexiglasseye@hotmail.com.

Adam Klasfeld (Actor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2001), 237 (2000), Joined at the Head (2000)) graduated from Rutgers College with highest honors in Theater Arts and has studied acting at the London Academy of Theater under Richard Digby Day. He appeared on the New York stage in Midsummer Night's Dream (HERE Arts Center) and has performed extensively outside of Manhattan, including at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland (in Witches, Riches and Wedding Cake). Adam has been involved in the films sexpotjesus (winner of the Audience Award at the New Jersey Film Festival) and Conversational Pieces. Amphibian Productions included a staged reading of his play Europa's Child as part its Spring 2004 season. He has a freelance publicity practice and is a staff writer for theatermania.com

Gregg Klein (Producer, 1990; Publicist, 1988-1989; Director, Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1989), The Actor's Nightmare (1988), Mr. Tucker's Taxi (1988); Actor (1989), The Diary of Anne Frank (1987); etc.) has relocated to the West Coast, and is currently working as a theatrical agent in California.

Michael Koren (Composer, Child of the Seventies (1979)) graduated from Harvard Medical School. Today Michael is a cardiologist and the head of a drug research firm in Florida. He's married and has three daughters.

Jonathan Korzun (Musical Director, March of the Falsettos (1985); etc.) is the Chairperson of the Fine and Performing Arts Department and the Director of Bands at Southwestern Michigan College.

William Kovacsik (Director, Wenceslas Square (1991); Author, The Run of the River (1990), Epistles (1990); etc.) joined Cabaret while taking classes at Mason Gross and serving as the Assistant Director of Development for George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Ball State University, where he is Managing Director for the Department of Theatre and Dance. Previous to this appointment, Bill taught playwriting at Carnegie Mellon (where he received his MFA) and the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where he also led the Advanced Playwrights Lab. Bill's plays include Pillar of Salt, So Long to Beauregard, Slice of Immortality (Carnegie Mellon Summer New Plays Project), Scales of Justice (Best Play - 1999 Dayton Playhouse FutureFest), Move to First (Summer Shorts Festival, Coral Gables, FL), and The Alpha State (1993 Samuel French Short Play Festival). His two plays that premiered at Cabaret in 1990 have gone on to win awards including Best Play of the 1995 Pittsburgh New Works Festival by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (The Run of the River), and the 1996 Coe College Playwriting Award (Epistles). Bill is the recipient of the 1994 Herb Gardner Award for Playwriting, and was a fellow of the Shubert Foundation from 1992-1994.

Alexis Kozak (Associate Producer, 1997-1998; Author, Oedipus Wrecked (1998); Director, The Good Person of Szechwan (1998) (Henry Rutgers Scholar Project), The Fantastics (1997); Actor, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1995); etc.) recently moved back to the East Coast after spending the last few years in Los Angeles where he peformed the roles of "Grigori" in Pentecost at the Evidence Room in L.A. and "Constantine" in The Seagull at the Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena. Alexis participated in the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors' Lab West and was a member of Wordsmiths, an L.A. based playwrighting group which has garnered a national reputation for spawning writers focused on craft. His play Crucifying Aunt Bea was read at the Los Angeles Theatre Center as part of the Wordsmiths' New Play Festival. Most recently, Alexis co-wrote and directed The Black Bird Returns with Cabaret alum Barbara Panas at the 45th Street Theatre in NYC.

Douglas Lally (Actor, A Few Good Men (1996), Ten Little Indians (1995), The Life of Galileo (1994), Equus (1994), A Christmas Carol (1993); etc.) has returned to the stage after a short hiatus, performing at New Jersey's Nutley Little Theater, Villagers Theatre, and with The Attic Ensemble. Previous roles include "Max" in Lend Me A Tenor at the North Carolina Summerfest, "Henry Drummond" in Inherit the Wind; and "Barrymore" in I Hate Hamlet, for which he was nominated Best Actor in the 1996 NJACT Awards; as well as numerous video, CD ROM, and voiceover works. Doug was most recently seen in The Black Bird Returns, written by Cabaret alums Alexis Kozak and Barbara Panas, at the 45th Street Theatre in NYC.

Andrew LaMonica (Special Projects Chair, 1997-1999; Coffeehouse Manager, 1996-1997; Director, Crazyface (1998); Actor, The Good Person of Szechwan (1998), Evita (1995); etc.) graduated from Mason Gross with a BA in Graphic Design and Composition. He is currently working as a freelance artist in New York City, focusing on graphic design for print, marketing campaigns, and multi-media, as well as motion graphics and film making. Ande has been featured in a variety of major design publications and events. His most recent credits include Adobe.com, AIGA 365, and Print Magazine. His work can be seen at ande.nu.

Michael Lazar (Actor, Speed-The-Plow & Some Freaks (1990); etc.) graduated from Rutgers College with a double major in biology and pyschology, attended medical school at The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and is currently a surgical resident at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Visit Michael on the web at http://www2.umdnj.edu/~lazar/.

Taryn Lennon (Associate Producer, 1998-1999; Secretary, 1997-1998; Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1998); Stage Manager, The Gnadiges Fraulein (2000), Wolf Lullaby (1999), The Fantasticks (1997)) has been an active member of the New Jersey Renaissance Festival performing in a number of roles including armed stage combat and archery. This same company does a Haunted Village in which Taryn has had the pleasure of being a damsel in distress and the popular village hag. Teaching high school English at JP Stevens in Edison, Taryn is still dabbling here and there in theatrical word and is always eager to defend her title as the "Wicked Witch of the West Stage Manager" so graciously conferred upon her by Cabaret Theater three years in row.

Frank LeRose (Board Member, 1983-1984; House Manager, 1983-1984; Asst. House Manager, 1981-1982; Actor, Arms of Rain (1983), Pvt. Wars (1981), Nights (1981), Happy Holidays (1980); etc.) directed many coffeehouses and all of the holiday shows from 1981 through 1984. Frank is currently teaching fifth grade at a Charter School in Englewood, NJ, as well as teaching drama during the summer months where he writes and directs shows with the kids each year. He still performs periodically, singing in clubs, at coffeehouses (in NY & NJ), and in community theater with his wife Kim (during the times when they are not busy taking care of their most important production - their son Joshua!). Franks remembers the Cabaret as a safe haven at Rutgers, treasuring the memories of all the work done there, and especially the people who were his second family.

Dana Levin (Actor, Election Year (1992), Society of Mask (1992), Cabaret Improv Troupe (1992), Wenceslas Square (1991)) is currently working in New York City for Body Positive, an AIDS service organization. Since graduating in 1995, she has continued her involvement in theater and improv, performing in several productions in the City. Dana recently completed her Masters degree in Educational Theatre at New York University. She also works with Hospital Audiences, Inc., a not-for-profit organization which uses drama to educate people about different social issues, and provides access to the arts to New Yorkers who are isolated from the cultural mainstream. Dana was a Henry Rutgers Scholar.

Charles Linnell (Public Relations, 1996-1998; Musical Director, The Fantasticks (1997); Actor, Joseph (1996)) has been teaching music and theater since graduating from Mason Gross in 1998. He has taught in CT, CA, and NJ, and currently is the choral director at Kinnelon HS, where he also serves as musical director for the spring shows. You can visit him during the summer at Wild West City in Netcong, where he'll be singing in the saloon! Chuck lives in Rockaway, NJ, with his beautiful wife, Deborah. He can be reached at acappella101@gmail.com.

Richard Arthur Lloyd (Technical Director, 1982-1984; Author, Little Pink Skeletons (1986), 'Mo (1984), The Lighthouse (1983); etc.) is a playwright as well as a scenic and lighting designer/technician. He was the New Jersey State Council on the Arts 1990-1991 Fellowship Recipient in Literature (Playwriting), and is the author of five full-length plays, three dramatizations, twenty one-act plays, and one collaboration. Of these he has enjoyed twenty-eight stagings. Richard is an Associate Member of the Dramatists Guild and was the Artistic Director of the New Jersey Playwrights Workshop (January '87 - April '90). Currently, he works at The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey in Network/Technical Support and as the Assistant to the Director of Library Services. Richard can be found on the web at http://www.music.columbia.edu/~roosevlt/lloyd/

Roxanne Lugo (Associate Producer, 1993-1994; Publicist, 1992-1993; Asst. Publicist, 1991-1992; Actor, My Cup Runneth Over (1992), God's Favorite (1991); Cabaret Improv Troupe (1993-1994); Stage Manager, The Rise & Rise of Daniel Rocket (1991)) is currently working as a Parole Officer in Newark, NJ, and likes to escape from the stress of everyday life by performing with the North Bergen Players. Roxanne has this to say to current Cabaret members: "the memories and the great friends you'll make there will still be in your life many years from now -- those were the best four years of my life and I'm glad I had a place like the Cabaret to spend so much of my time in."

Phyllis Lyons (Actor, The Winter's Song (1980), Child of the Seventies (1979); etc.) has most recently been seen in films Sorority Boys and Donnie Darko, the television movie Thirst as well as HBO's The Rat Pack ("Pat Kennedy Lawford"), and the critically acclaimed If These Walls Could Talk. She has had major roles in television's Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage ("Louise Farentino") and Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story ("Mary Jo Buttafuoco"). Phyllis was a regular on All My Children playing "Arlene Dillon Vaughn" from 1990-1993.

Sydne Mahone (Author/Director, Somalia Rose (1980), Street Sounds (1979); etc.) is a dramaturg and writer. She has held the position of instructor at Tisch School of the Arts and at the University of Iowa. Sydne was the 1999 Scholar-in-Residence for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles (Getty Research Institute Award), and distinguished dramaturg-in-residence at both Dartmouth College and Brown University. She was the director of play development at Crossroads Theatre Company in New Jersey from 1985 to 1997. While at Crossroads, she conceived, and was staff producer for, the annual Genesis Festival of New Plays, as well as serving as the production dramaturg for 30 plays including new works by August Wilson, Rita Dove, Ntozake Shange, and George C. Wolfe. She has been a guest dramaturg for the Iowa Playwrights Festival, the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, the Denver Theater Company, and Seattle Group Theatre, and also served as a visiting playwright mentor at the Yale School of Drama. She has written articles that have appeared in Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book (Greenwood Press, 1997), Dramatists Guild Quarterly (Fall, 1996), Quarterly Black Review (Nov./Dec., 1995), and The National Black Drama Anthology (Applause Books, 1995). She was the editor for With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (William Morrow, 1998), and editor and contributor for Moon Marked and Touched by Sun: Plays by African American Women (Theatre Communications Group, 1994). Sydne is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, the Black Theatre Network, and the African Grove Institute for the Arts.

Jodi Maltzman is now Jodi Baslaw. See above.

Joe Mancuso (Assistant Producer, 1979; Director, Who Are These People In My Living Room? (1979), Zastrozzi - The Master of Discipline (1985); Actor, The Winter's Song (1980); Child of the Seventies (1979); etc.) is currently serving as Executive Director of the Union County Arts Center. Since October of 1996, he has served as the day-to-day operational leader of the organization and works closely with the Program Director in establishing and selecting artistic programming. Joe has also served as producer and/or director for regional as well as New York productions, and his original stage adaptation of the works of Carl Sandburg entitled Lessons On How To Behave Under Peculiar Circumstances premiered at the 28th Street Playhouse in New York. For twelve years, Joe was the Executive Director (and co-founder) of Shoestring, the internationally renowned performance and theater workshop organization for young audiences. During his time with Shoestring he produced more than twenty productions for the Shoestring Players, engaging the imaginations of an estimated audience of over two million children and adults. He has also produced more than three thousand workshops for children and adults in topics ranging from creative dramatics to creative writing. An estimated sixty thousand people have participated in these hands-on workshops. For the past fourteen years, he has been, and continues to be, a part-time faculty member at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University where he introduces more than eight hundred college students each year to the world of live performance. He has also guest lectured and directed at Miami University and Rutgers-Newark. Joe has a Masters Degree in Theater Arts from the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.

Skye Gabel Mann (Actor, Feiffer's People (1992), Rumors (1992)) went to Cardozo Law School after graduating from Rutgers and practiced law in New York City for a few years before starting a family. She now lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband Jeff, their children Dylan and Shayna, and their dog Sonny.

Cynthia Martells (Actor, Child of the Seventies (1979), All This and More (1979), Street Sounds (1978); etc.) is an actor and has been seen on Broadway in August Wilson's Two Trains Running ("Risa" - 1992 Tony Nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play; 1991-1992 Outer Critics Award for Best Debut Performances; Helen Hayes Award Nominee), Off-Broadway in Aven'u Boys ("Linda"), and in the films Nurse Betty, The Wood, and Gattaca. Cynthia has also been a featured actor on All My Children, Judging Amy, Touched by an Angel, The X-Files, City of Angels, Ellen, NYPD Blue, ER, Sisters, New York Undercover, Chicago Hope, Law & Order, and portrayed "Dr. Richter" in the cult sci-fi television show Strange Luck and "Maggie Hayes" in Veritas: The Quest.

Mary Martin is now Mary Corradino. See above.

William Mastrosimone (Founder; Author, 'Ham (1977), Walkers To The Ocean (1977), Buffalos (1975); Director, Monkeywrench (1976); Actor, Ruby Lips (1974); etc.) went on to write many plays including Extremities (also screenplay), The Woolgatherer, Devil Take the Hindmost (winner of the David Library Award), Shivaree, The Binding Light, Like Totally Weird, Tamer of Horses, Bang, Bang You’re Dead (also screenplay), and Benedict Arnold (also screenplay). William also maintains a successful screenwriting career having written With Honors, Sinatra (Golden Globe Award : Best Minisieries) and HBO's The Burning Season (Emmy Nomination). His plays have received numerous awards, including a Golden Globe Award, A New York Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Roxanne T. Mueller Award. Bang, Bang You’re Dead has been performed over 15,000 times and can be downloaded (and performed it for free with permission) at http://www.bangbangyouredead.com. The screenplay adaption of Bang, Bang You’re Dead was awarded the audience award at the Nantucket Film Festival. William is a member of the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni and the Dramatists Guild of America.

Jon Matthias (Special Projects Coordinator, 2002-2003; Webmaster, 2001-2002; Marketing Director, 2000-2001; Director, Lend Me a Tenor (2003), WASP (2001); Writer/Director, Theater ADD (2000), Merely Players & Santa's Not Real (and Other Fairy Tales) (1999); Actor, Assassins (2003), Trip a Little Fish (2002), Musical! The Musical (2002), The Who's Tommy (2000)) is currently a general manager of a coastal coffee house in New Jersey. Jon has done a full spectrum of retail/food service management in his career thus far, including a music store, two movie theaters, and a restaurant. Jon's last acting role was in Treaty 321! (originally Musical! The Musical) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in NYC as part of the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival, reprising his role as "Johnson" from the Cabaret's stage. Jon currently works in the facilities maintenance field at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

Dina Maugeri (Actor, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (1993); etc.) is a member of Seattle, Washington's EXITheatre and has performed there in a number of shows including Undo, Hero ("Hero"), Pressed Against the Meat Cleaver ("Bella Sinclair"), Projekt 2000.2, and Cry, Goddess, Rage ("Helen of Troy"). She has also appeared in The Two Nobel Kinsmen ("Emilia") with GreenStage, Seattle's Shakespeare in the Park company. While not acting, Dina is the billing manager at Seattle Naturopathy, Acupuncture and Birth Center.

Harry Maurer (Author/Performer, Very Sleight of Hand (1980, 1981), Cabaret Conjuring (1979); etc.) was not only Cabaret's resident magician, but when Harry was studying theater by day at Rutgers he was entertaining at night at the Playboy Club in New York City. In only two years he performed over 1,300 shows at the New York Playboy Club. His big break came in 1982 when he was selected to work with entertainment legends Joey Bishop and Jackie Vernon on tour and then in Atlantic City, selling out nearly 2,000 seats per day for four months! Harry soon began hosting his own shows in Atlantic City and opening for The Supremes, Rita Rudner, Billy Ekstein, Rich Jeni, Rosie O’Donnell, Frankie Avalon and others. He was the first magician to perform magic at a professional football game, and has used his entertaining abilities to promote companies and corporations -- not only at conventions and trade shows, but in original trade show films and television commercials. Harry and his wife Carol-Ann reside in Houston, Texas and spend an average of 47 weeks a year entertaining around the world. Visit Harry on the web at http://members.aol.com/hmmagic.

Stan Meyer (Scenic Designer, 1985; Set Designer, March of the Falsettos (1985), In Trousers (1984), A Night in the Ukraine (1984), Titanic (1984); etc.) was nominated for a 1994 American Theatre Wing Design Award and a 1994 Outer Critics' Circle Award for his work on Broadway's Beauty and the Beast. Some of his other New York productions include March of the Falsettos, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Cloud 9, and Manhattan Punchline Theatre productions' The Secret Garden (for Theatre Works USA). At the Southern California Grove Shakespeare Festival, he worked on King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and two L.A. Dramalogue Award-winners, The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Comedy of Errors. Stan also contributed to the Disney theme park original musicals Plane Crazy!, Dick Tracy in Diamond Double Cross, and Mickey's Nutcracker, filmed for the Disney Channel.

Kathryn Milea (Author, Little Pink Skeletons (1986), Slight Departure (1983), Just This Once (1982); etc.) is a resident playwright with the Waterfront Ensemble in New Jersey. Her most recently produced plays include Park Bench Bingo (Midtown International Theater Festival 2000), and Serious Golf.

Thomas Miller (Stage Manager, Evita (1995)) also had the pleasure of working with many of the Cabaret folks through his involvement with the RCPC Performing Arts Committee. Through RCPC, he was Asst. Tech Director for Man of La Mancha (1993) and Producer of Jesus Christ Superstar (1996). Thomas is now a Project Manager at a clinical trial company and lives with his partner just outside Philadelphia. He can be reached at thomas9000@gmail.com.

Kim Mitchell (Actor, You Can't Take It With You (1993)) moved to Boston, got married and received a Masters in Educational Psychology. She continues to work in various stage productions, enjoy improv comedy and sing part time with a jazz band.

Adele Mongioi (Actor, The Snow Queen (1981), The Winter's Song (1980), Steppin' Out (1980), Happy Holidays (1980); etc.) performed at the Astor's Beechwood Mansion in Newport, RI and in a string of theatrical tours and musicals after leaving Cabaret in 1983. She later returned to NJ to direct at St. Mary's High School a production she wrote and conceived called Broadway Dreamers, and then Once Upon A Mattress. Adele returned to RI to rejoin the theater group and began performing her jazz act in clubs throughout the state. Adele also taught "Theatre 100" at the University of Rhode Island and directed the final class production of Spoon River Anthology. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1994 and began working for Universal Studios in their 'creative' division, where she designed and planned shows and events. After leaving Universal, Adele began working with fitness guru Richard Simmons at his Beverly Hills studio and is featured in Dance Your Pants Off and Richard's infomercials and ads on QVC. Today, Adele is the Sales Administrator and Special Events Planner for a company in the Los Angeles area, specializing in a "relaxing" product. Never able to leave the entertainment industry completely behind, she still does voice overs, commercials, and video production work.

Paolo Montalban (Actor, Closer Than Ever (1993), Rumors (1992), Godspell (1992); etc.) was discovered by a New York City agent during a performance of Closer Than Ever at the Cabaret. He was recently seen in Central Park as "Eglamour" in the New York Public Theater Production of Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Musical, and on Broadway as "Manjiro" in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Pacific Overtures. He has also been seen on Broadway in The King and I, Off-Broadway in Business as Usual, and in the national tours of Man of La Mancha, Aladdin, Godspell, Kiss Me Kate and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Paolo is featured on the cast albums of King Island Christmas and Heading East, and has recently released an eponymous solo album. Paolo's breakthrough role was as the Prince in the ABC/Disney movie event Cinderella. Other TV and film credits include "Kung Lao" in Mortal Kombat: Conquest, American Adobo and The Great Raid. In 1998 he was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." Visit epaolo.com.

Vinny Moscatello (Actor, Midsummer Night's Dream (1998); etc.) received his BS/BA in Computer Engineering / Theater Arts, currently resides in New Jersey, and is pursuing his Masters of Business Administration - Arts Management degree from Rutgers School of Business. Vinny currently works for The McGraw-Hill Companies as a Strategic Sourcing Manager and is a landlord in the New Brunswick area. He hopes to continue investing in real estate and pursue his dream of opening a theater company of his own. Contact: vincent_moscatello@hotmail.com.

Kevin Motley (Director, Stagedoor Songbook (1982), All This and More (1979); Author, Patti at the Met (1982); Fight Coordinator, Headin' West (1979); Choreographer, Jacques Brel (1984); Actor, Is There Life After High School? (1984), Jacques Brel (1984); etc.) is a senior agent in the celebrity commercial department of J. Michael Bloom Associates Talent Agency in New York City, where he represents, among others, in the area of voice overs and on camera commercials, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Pryce, Tim Daly, Tony Goldwyn, Mercedes Ruehl, Janine Turner, Grant Shaud, and Brad Pitt. He previously held the position of director of public relations for the Department of Theater Arts at both the University of Massachusetts and Rutgers University.

Kirsten Myklebust (Producer, 1991-1992; Production Manager, 1989-1991) received her Masters in Speech and Theatre from Montclair State in 1994 and went on to Georgian Court College to attain teacher certification in English and Speech, Arts & Dramatics. Kirsten taught for a few years at The Actor's Training Institute (by the Count Basie theatre) on Monmouth Street in Redbank, New Jersey and currently teaches English and Theatre Arts at Toms River High School North. Kirsten is also an adjunct professor of Speech Communication at both Brookdale Community College in Monmouth County and Ocean County College.

Stephanie Nichols is now Stephanie Buckley. See above.

David Nikithser (Actor, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1993)) left Rutgers in 1993 and began working full time in information technology. David has managed to squeeze in some community theater, including roles in Godspell, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum, A Chorus Line, and The Fantasticks with various groups in North Jersey. Recently married, he is currently employed by Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. as a Network Manager and lives in East Windsor, NJ.

Lauren O'Brien (Actor, Godspell (1995)) is the Director of Education at the Playwrights Theater of NJ in Madison. She teaches Creative Dramatics, Acting, and Playwriting to kids and teens while running the State Council's New Jersey Writers Project that sends poets, playwrights and prose artists into statewide schools. After graduating from Douglass in 1996 with a BA in Theater, Lauren did an internship with the NJ Shakespeare Festival, worked as a teaching artist for the Shoestring Players, and finished a Masters in Educational Theatre from New York University in Ireland.

Liam O'Brien (Costume Manager, 1994-1996; Graphic Artist, 1993-1994; Director, Lysistrata (1996); Actor, The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail (1995), The Good Doctor (1993), Across the Language Barrier (1992); etc.) was a Henry Rutgers Scholar in English at Rutgers and graduated with an MFA in Costume Design from the University of California, San Diego. His New York credits include: The Secret Narrative of the Phone Book at The Kraine Theater, Machinal at the Actor's Studio, The Rats are Getting Bigger at the Fringe, The Laramie Project at the New School, and The Debating Society, Gun Club, Greater Messapia, and Below the Belt elsewhere in NYC. Los Angeles credits: Angel's Flight, Meetings on the Porch, and ibid. San Diego credits: Gross Indecency, Lot's Daughters and Breaking the Code at the Diversionary, I Think I like Girls and Ladybird with La Jolla Playhouse, and Two Queens, One Castle at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis. Liam and his wife live in Jersey City, NJ.

John Otterstedt (Actor, You Can't Take It With You (1993), Cabaret Improv Troupe (1993)) graduated from Rutgers in 1995 and soon started a career as an elementary school teacher in Ridgewood, NJ. He earned a masters degree in curriculum from Teachers College, Columbia University in 2002. Unfortunately, his only connection to the theater world is an occasional improvisation game in the classroom. John keeps busy hanging with his family, running local 5K races and maintaining his two web sites (rutgersfan.com and uconnrecruiting.com). John is married to the former Susan Pausche (RC '96), and they have two children, Matthew and Christopher.

Barbara Panas (Associate Producer, 1996-1997; Artistic Director, 1995-1996; Director's Program Chair, 1994-1995; Director, Hamlet II (1994); Actor, Museum (1999), The One Person (1997), Lysistrata (1996), Ten Little Indians (1995), The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1995), The Water Engine (1994), The Life of Galileo (1994), The Good Doctor (1993), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1993), Rumors (1992)) has received her Masters in Education and now is the HOPES (The Hoboken Organization Against Poverty and Economic Stress) Education Director in Hoboken, NJ. Bebe continues to work with her theater company, Sandford Street Productions, producing a number of shows including Cabaret alum Alexis Kozak's original comedy Odipus Wrecked, which was first staged at the Cabaret in 1998. Most recently, Barbara co-wrote with Alexis and starred in The Black Bird Returns at the 45th Street Theatre in NYC.

Roger Paradiso (Author, Monkeywrench (1976); Director, Drive in Theater (1978); etc.) is still working in film and theater. He executive produced City By the Sea, starring Robert DeNiro, co-produced The Thomas Crown Affair, served as line producer on At First Sight, and was one of the producers for Bullet, and The Manhattan Project. Roger's other film credits include unit production manager on Soapdish, Beaches, Moonstruck (look for this inside joke in the film -- during the opening credits a sign advertises the opera La Bohème, conducted by Roger Paradiso!), Wise Guys, and 9½ Weeks. He was the New York location manager for the original film version of Annie, and has written and directed the award-winning short films Looping, Bytes from the Underclass and The Dream Conspiracy. Roger has also written and directed numerous plays Off-Broadway and in regional theaters.

Andrew Parker (Actor, Biloxi Blues (1989); etc.) graduated from Rutgers College in 1991 to pursue a career in medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He kept himself in the performing world by working with Murder On Cue interactive dinner theater company all through medical school and into his residency. He completed a residency in Otolaryngology, better known as Ear, Nose and Throat, at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in 2001, and is in private practice in Norwalk, Connecticut. Treating voice disorders in performing artists is really something he loves to do, given his background in the arts. He currently performs with a classic rock cover-band called "DNR" or "Do Not Recusitate", a band comprised of all physicians. He lives in Westport, CT with his wife Melissa and two amazing kids, Ethan and Daphne. He looks forward to hearing from old friends at drajparker@aol.com.

Kevin Parsons (Stage Manager/Actor, Hair (1997); etc.) graduated from Rutgers College Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in American Studies. During his time at Rutgers, Kevin published several articles in the Journal of American Studies, and performed in the RCPC musicals Jesus Christ Superstar and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum. In 2001, he received his JD from Seton Hall University School of Law, and now works as an attorney at Gill & Chamas in Woodbridge, New Jersey. In his spare time Kevin plays both the guitar and bass and enjoys the occasional round of golf.

Joseph Patenaude (Director, Jacques Brel (1984), Arms of Rain (1983); Actor, A Night in the Ukraine (1984); etc.) passed away on March 9, 2007. He was the Chair of the Theatre Arts Department at Drew University, specializing in acting and directing. Joe was a member of the Acting / Directing Lab with the Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC. Directing credits included 12 Miles West, Spirit On The Plains (world premiere), Three Sisters, Beirut, The Grapes of Wrath, Our Town, Nicholas Nickleby, Crimes Of The Heart, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Dining Room, Fifth of July, Petya (toured U.S. colleges) and Minnesota Moon.

Laura Pettyjohn (Technical Director, 1995; Staff, 1994-1995; etc.) graduated with a BA in English from Livingston College in 1996. She and her son, Aidan, reside in Hanover, Maryland where Laura works as a User System Specialist for the Chemical Propulsion Information Agency, operated by The Johns Hopkins University. Laura has done some free theater tech for the Colonial Players of Annapolis, and her son enjoys the fact that he can be literally anything he wants to for Halloween.

Andrew Petschenik is now Andrew Parker. See above.

Barrett Phelan (Actor, The Pink Thunderbird Convertible (1996); etc.) currently lives in San Francisco where he concentrates on commercial and voiceover work. He's into Zen Buddhism, making music (www.myspace.com/barrettphelan), and exploring his new city. Barrett has worked at the Summit Stage where he has appeared in Brighton Beach Memoirs ("Stanley"), Bus Stop ("Bo"), and The Heiress ("Morris Townsend"). He has appeared in the Chatham Players's productions of Fiddler on the Roof and A Christmas Carol as well as at the Atlantic Theatre in New York.

Nnamdi Pole (Co-Director, Speed-The-Plow & Some Freaks (1990); Asst. Director, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You; Actor, Mr. Tucker's Taxi (1988)) While at Rutgers, Nnamdi also directed plays with the Queen's Players including Present Tense (1987). Outside of Rutgers, he co-founded the Creatures of Awareness, a theater company dedicated to raising money to assist charitable organizations (especially those devoted to combating HIV, AIDS, and Cystic Fibrosis). Nnamdi co-directed The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, co-starred in I'm Not Rappaport, and designed lighting for Burn This with the Creatures of Awareness. He later completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, Nnamdi taught drama to young boys with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). His last acting credit was in the Big White Fog at Berkeley's Black Repertory Group in 1993. Nnamdi is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at The University of Michigan and can be reached at nnamdi@umich.edu. Nnamdi is a member of the Cap and Skull Society of Rutgers College.

Edward Potosnak III (Master Electrician, 1992-1993; Asst. Electrician, 1991-1992; etc.) received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and a Masters degree from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, and now teaches high school chemistry at Bridgewater Raritan High School. At Rutgers he also directed Into the Woods, and Man of La Mancha with RCPC, and was President of the Rutgers University Glee Club. Ed is a member of the Cap and Skull Society of Rutgers College.