WKU Theatre & Dance Alumni
Alphabetical List of Profiles
Emily Althaus
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
"Licorice Pizza" (2021)
"Orange is the New Black" (TV Series 2015-17)
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2015)
"Blue Bloods" (2015)
"Togetherness" (2015)
Mara Farris Babb
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Guest Artist (as requested):
The School of Creative and Performing Arts (Lexington, KY)
The North Alabama Dance Festival (Florence, Alabama)
Becky Ann Baker
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
"Spiderman" (2007)
"Men in Black" (1997)
WKU Distinguished Hall of Alumni
2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: "Girls" (Nominee)
2015 Critics Choice Television Awards for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: "Girls" (Nominee)
Charles Buckner
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre - Chicago, IL
Summer intensive instructor for company
Outreach residency - Chicago Park District
Ardent Dance Company guest artist
JUIXX music video dancer
Dancer in new HBO series for 2019
Kirker Butler
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Animated Program: "The Cleveland Show" (Nominee)
2009 Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Comedy Series: "The Family Guy" (Nominee)
Author of "Pretty Ugly"
Brittany Copeland
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Rigging Support Stage Staff at Royal Caribbean International
Scene Shop Supervisor at Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Carpenter at WKU Scene Shop
Mckenzie Day
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Instructor at Foot Honeys
Creative dance instructor at Vision Prep Charter School
Tap and ballet instructor for New Ballet outreach
Choreographer for Graceland Performing Arts Camp
Grace Delahanty
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Costume and Wardrobe for film “Fifty Shades Freed”—truck customer
Costume and Wardrobe for film “Fifty Shades Darker”—truck customer
Costume and Wardrobe for TV series “Altered Carbon”—costume truck supervisor
Costume and Wardrobe for TV series "See"—costume truck supervisor
Costume and Wardrobe for film “Skyscraper”—costume truck supervisor
Costume and Wardrobe for movie “Night at the Museum: Secrets of the Tomb”—seamstress
Costume and Wardrobe for film “Bad Times at the El Royale”—truck customer
Ally Dilliha
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Owner of SOKY Stitches since 2020
Costume Shop Supervisor at WKU T&D
Alterations Manager/Specialists at David’s Bridal
Overhire Stitcher at Houston Ballet in Houston, TX
Seamstress at Universal Studios Orlando
Stilt Walker for Macy’s Holiday Parade at
Universal Studios OrlandoDresser/Costumer at Universal Studios Orlando
Erin Finn
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
New York, NY
Smashworks
Erin Lyon Dance Company
Parson’s School of Design Benefit Gala
Elements Contemporary Ballet: Chicago, IL
Nathan Fister
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Nashville Ballet, Second Company
NYC Christmas Spectacular featuring the Radio City Rockettes
West Side Story in Tokyo, Japan
Rebecca Gotsch
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Dance teacher; COCA Center of Creative Arts
Choreographer for Shrewsbury Youth Center
Joshua Gustafson
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
(Stage Manager) Broadway: The Inheritance, Hadestown, The Band’s Visit, Gettin’ The Band Back Together.
National Tour: On Your Feet!
Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd at Barrow Street Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Atlantic Theater Company.
Regional: New York Stage & Film, Goodspeed Musicals, Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Louisville Ballet
Derby Dinner Playhouse
Mitchell Haley
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Choreographer at Inaside
Performs with B.I.S.I. Chicago Dance Company, Ardent Dance Company, and Jayson Tisa Dance Company
Desiree Hall
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
"Best Night Ever" (2013)
"Donner Pass" (2011)
" Teen Wolf" (2011)
Margaret Hoshor
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
IMEE Dance Company
Lehrer Dance
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Ballet Met
The Ruth Page Center for the Arts
Dance Theater of Harlem
New Dialect of Nashville
Broadway Dance Center
Martha Graham Dance Company
Conner Keef
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Training at The Old Globe/University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Acting Program pursuing an MFA in Acting beginning Fall '24
Toured for two consecutive seasons with Aquila Theatre Company
Ruby Lewis
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
Indigo in the Broadway show
"Cirque du Soleil Paramour" (2016-17)
"Pass the Light" (2015)
"Girl Meets World" (TV Series 2014)
Masters of Sex" (2013)
"Desperate Housewives" (TV Series 2004)
Matt Long
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: "Mad Men" (Nominee)
"Ghost Rider"
"Sydney White"
"Jack and Bobby"
Hannah McCarthy
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Company Dancer: Numinous Flex
Teachers: Artistry in Motion
Community dance teacher for low income families
Tiffany McCord
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
American College Dance Festival
Atlanta Ballet’s Summer Intensive
Elements Contemporary Ballet
Currently teaches throughout the Chicagoland area in genres of Ballet/Pointe, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Tap.
Adrienne Nixon
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Current Production Manager at The New Blak
First Hand/Hatter’s Apprentice at The Mysterious Rack
Three years at Actors Theatre of Louisville: Costume Design Assistant (two years) Costume Construction Journeyman (first year)
Stitcher at Shakespeare & Company
Sara Pecina
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Part time dance teacher at two studios in Norman, OK
Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Dance at Berry College
Adam Perry
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
"Frozen" on Broadway (2019)
"Hello Again" (2017)
"Hail Caesar!" (2016)
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
Jade Primicias
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Dancer with MOMIX, NYC: USA Premiere, Spring Italian Tour
Dance teach in New York
Online English teacher for Chinese students: Co-creator of program
Michael Rosenbaum
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
Behind the Voice Actors Awards for Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD
Title or Theatrical Short: "Justice League: Doom" (2012), Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy
Horror Films, USA for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series: "Smallville" (TV Series 2006)
Hannah Scott
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
MFA in Dance in the graduate program at Sam Houston State University
Teaching Assistant for SHSU’s Fine Arts and Mass Communications Course
Bob Shryock
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Feste and Antonio in Twelfth Night (Ripple Effect Artists, New York, NY)
Templeton in Charlotte's Web (Lexington Children's Theatre, Lexington, KY)
Jonas in The Giver (Lexington Children's Theatre, Lexington, KY)
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (South Brooklyn Shakespeare, Brooklyn, NY)
Edmund in Long Day's Journey into Night (Hodes Vocal Theatre, New York, NY).
Chandler Smith
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Associate Producer at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Line Producer at Little Island NYC
Associate Producer at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Artistic Apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville
Hannah Slattery
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Dancer: Elements Contemporary Ballet: Chicago, IL, Bowling Green, KY
Premium Projects Inagural Cast - Doha, Qatar
SKYPAC Youth Theatre Choreographer
Dance Images Studio Instructor
Christa St. John
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Ballet Chicago
Louisville Ballet
Charleston Ballet Theatre
Atlantic City Ballet
Paradise Ballet Theatre
Key West Contemporary Dance Company.
Darron L. West
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
2017 Best Revival of a Play: "Six Degrees of Separation" (Nominee)
2012 Tony Award for Sound Design: “Peter and the Starcatcher"
Three-time Drama Desk Award winner (Sound Design)
"Lobby Hero" (2018) sound design
Derick Wilson
WKU Theatre & Dance Alum
Known for:
"Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn" (February 2020)
"Oxalis" (2017 post-production)
"The Last Girl" (2017 post-production)
"Future Man" (2017)
"Life Hack" (2017)
AMC's "Preacher" (TV Series 2016)
"Aquarius" (TV Series 2016)
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