Entertainment and Theatre Arts Alumni News

Our SMSU Alumni Have Worked in a Wide Range of Job Areas and Geographic Locations, Including:

• 1000 Ways to Die, Spike TV, CA (actor)
• ABC, Madigan Men, Wonderland (actor)
• Accidental Genius Productions, SD (actor)
• American Players Theatre, WI (production assistant)
• Atlantic Theater Company, NY (actor, costume designer)
• Bare Bodkins Theatre, SD (artistic director, director, actor, costume designer)
• Barn Theatre, MN (director, scenic designer, technical director, actor)
• Blackhills Playhouse, SD (costume designer)
• Breadloaf Theater, VT (technical director)
• Brave New Workshop, MN (actor)
• Broadway, The Iceman Cometh, Merchant of Venice, Mastergate, NY (actor)
• Brownville Village Theatre, NE (actors, director)
• Buoyant Theatre Collective, MN (actors)
• Center Stage, NY (costume designer)
• Chased by an Elephant Theatre Company, IL (actor, playwright)
• City College Theatre, NY (costume designer)
• Classic Stage Company (costume designer)
• CLIMB Theatre, MN (actors)
• Clockwise Theatre, IL (actor)
• Comedy Central, The Chappelle Show (actor)
• Cortland Repertory Theatre, NY (actor)
• Dakota Players, SD (costume designer)
• Des Moines Civic Center, IA (technical director)
• Disney (intern)
• Festival Theatre of St. Croix Falls, WI (actor)
• Films, Goodfellas, The 25th Hour, Enchanted, Everyone Says I Love You, Pieces of April, et al (actor)
• Four Humors Theatre, MN (actor)
• Fox, The Jury, WW3 (actor)
• Gateway Theater, NY (technician)
• Graber Productions, MN (actor)
• Guthrie Theatre, MN (actors, intern)
• HBO, The Wire (actor)
• Hilberry Theatre, MI (designers)
• Hot City Theatre, MO (playwright)
• iCarly, Nickelodeon, CA (actor)
• Jungle Theater, MN (actor)
• Labyrinth Theater Company, NY (actor)
• Lillian Theatre, CA (actor)
• The Lookinglass Theatre, NY (costume designer)
• Lyric Arts Theatre, MN (stage manager, actors)
• Maine Shakespeare Festival, ME (marketing/development director)
• Manhattan Theatre Club/Tribeca Playhouse, NY (actor)
• McLeod Summer Playhouse, IL (actor)
• Minneapolis Theatre Garage, MN (actor)
• Mortar Theatre Company, IL (playwright)
• National Theatre for Children, MN (actor)
• National Tour, The Piano Lesson (actor)
• NBC, Law & Order, L&O: SVU, L&O: CI, Ed, Third Watch, et al (actor)
• New York Theatre Workshop, NY (actor)
• Nicu’s Spoon Theatre, NY (costume designer)
• NoHo Arts Center, CA (actor)
• North Shore Music Theatre, MA (production administrator, company manager)
• Odyssey Theatre, CA (actor)
• Park Square Theatre, MN (stage manager)
• PBS, Poof, Liberty (actor)
• Peninsula Players, WI (actor)
• Penobscot Theatre, ME (marketing/development director)
• Pickwick Puppet Theatre, NJ (puppeteer)
• Primary Stages, NY (actor)
• Provision Theatre, IL (actor)
• Public Dreams Theatre, MN (actors) • Rochester Community Theater, MN (technical director)
• Sacramento Music Circus, CA (actor)
• San Francisco Opera, CA (technician)
• Santa Fe Opera, NM (stage crew)
• Seacoast Repertory Theatre, NH (costume designer)
• Signature Theatre, NY (actor)
• South Dakota Arts Council, SD (director, playwright in residence)
• Southern Ohio Light Opera, OH (interns)
• Stage Left Theatre, IL (playwright, technical director)
• Talent Poole, MN (voiceover artist for regional and national clients)
• Teatro Milagro/Miracle Theatre, OR (marketing director)
• Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, OH (actor)
• Theatre for a New Audience, NY (costume designer)
• Theatre in the Round, MN (actor)
• Theatre Ten Ten, NY (costume designer)
• Triangle Theatre, NY (actor)
• Twenty Percent Theatre Company, MN (actor)
• Two Beans Productions, NY (costume designer)
• Valleyfair Live Entertainment, NY (actor)
• Vee Corp., MN (carpenter, road technician)
• Victory Film Productions, MO (actor)
• Weathervane Theatre, NH (costume designer)
• Yellow Tree Theatre, MN (actors)
• Augustana College, SD
• Bucknell University, PA
• Concordia University (Chicago), IL
• Dakota State University, SD
• Indiana University, IN
• Indiana University School of Opera, IN
• Indiana University-South Bend, IN
• North Dakota State University, ND
• Oklahoma State University, OK
• Ridgewater College, MN
• Riverland Community College, MN
• Southwest Minnesota State University, MN
• University of Minnesota-Duluth, MN
• University of Nebraska-Kearney, NE
• University of North Dakota, ND
• University of Wisconsin-Platteville, WI

Where SMSU Theatre Alums Have Gone to Grad School

• American Conservatory Theatre (acting)
• Minnesota State University, Mankato (acting, technical direction, costuming)
• Purdue University (directing, stage management)
• Temple University (dramaturgy)
• University of Delaware – PTTP (technical direction)
• University of Iowa (technical direction)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (technical direction)
• University of Wisconsin-Superior (technical direction)
• University of Montana (technical direction)
• University of Nevada-Las Vegas (acting, playwriting)
• University of South Dakota (directing, costume design)
• Wayne State University (scenic design)
• Western Illinois University (acting) 

Scholarships and Awards Available to SMSU Entertainment and Theatre Arts Students:

• Alpha Psi Omega Scholarship
• Gala Fine Arts Scholarship
• Crosmun Award
• Hezlep Award
• SMSU Theatre Scholarship
• Mustang Transfer Scholarship
• President’s Award
• Vice President’s Award
• Dean’s Award
• Leadership Award
• Presidential Scholarship

If you have alumni news and updates you'd like to share, please send postings to Nadine.Schmidt@SMSU.edu.