Where SMSU Theatre Students and Alumni Have Worked

(Paid/professional, in theatre, film, TV, entertainment, radio, etc.)

ABC, Madigan Men, Wonderland, General Hospital, In an Instant, Roseanne, Family Matters, Grace Under Fire, The Drew Carey Show (actors); Modern Family, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scrubs (video assist operator)
A&E Network (stand-up comedian)
Accidental Genius Productions, SD (actor)
Actors Theater of Minnesota, MN (stage manager)
A.D. Players at the George Theater, TX (executive artistic director)
Albert Lea Community Theatre, MN (director)
Albuquerque Little Theatre, NM (executive director)
American Players Theatre, WI (technical director, production assistant)
American Theatre Company, IL (wig master)
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, MN (scenic designer)
Arc Theater, IL (actor)
Arizona Theatre Company, AZ (wig master)
Artistry, MN (actor, assistant director, stage manager, wardrobe technician, interim costume shop manager)
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, SC (dresser)
Ashland Productions, MN (director, scenic designer, costume designer)
Atlantic Stage, SC (scenic designer)
Atlantic Theater Company, NY (actor, costume designer)
Baldwin Wallace University, OH (wig master)
Ballet Tech, NY (wardrobe supervisor)
Bare Bodkins Theatre, SD (artistic director, director, actors, costume designer)
Bare Theatre, NC (props master)
Barn Theatre, MN (director, scenic designer, technical director, lighting designer, combat choreographer)
Bartlett Theatre, NC (props master)
Beacon Productions, NY (costume designer)
Black Hills Playhouse, SD (costume designer, actor, costume tech)
Bombshell Studios, NC (props master, costume designer)
Breadloaf Theater, VT (technical director)
Brave New Workshop, MN (actors, writers)
Broadway, The Iceman Cometh, Merchant of Venice, Mastergate, NY (actor)
Brookings Community Theatre, SD (Director)
Brownville Village Theatre, NE (actors, director)
Buoyant Theatre Collective, MN (actors)
Cain Park Theatre, OH (wig maker)
Carousel Dinner Theatre, OH (wig master)
Cary Players, NC (props master)
Case Western Reserve University, OH (wig master)
Catalina Players, AZ (actor)
CBS (writer), Madame Secretary (actor), JAG (video assist, visual effects)
Center Stage, NY (costume designer)
The Chameleon Theatre Circle, MN (scenic designer)
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, MN (draper/stitcher)
Chased by an Elephant Theatre Company, IL (actor, playwright)
Children’s Theatre Company, MN (production assistant, stage manager, assistant stage manager, run/stage crew, actor)
Cirque Dreams tour, national (props)
City College Theatre, NY (costume designer)
Classic Stage Company (wardrobe supervisor)
Classical Actors Ensemble, MN (actor, stage manager)
Cleveland Playhouse, OH (wig master)
CLIMB Theatre, MN (actors)
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre, IA (props artist, assistant stage manager)
Clockwise Theatre, IL (actor)
Coastal Carolina Performing Arts Center, SC (dresser)
Cockroach Theatre, NV (actor, playwright)
Columbia Pictures, CA (technician)
Collective Unconscious Performance, MN (scenic designer)
Comedy Central, The Chappelle Show (actor)
Conundrum Collective, MN (actor)
Cornwell’s Turkeyville Dinner Theatre, MI (production assistant)
Cortland Repertory Theatre, NY (actor)
Dangerous Productions, MN (actor)
Dakota Academy of Performing Arts, SD (director, teaching artist)
Dakota Players, SD (costume designer, actor)
Daleko Arts, MN (actor, stage managers, assistant director)
Dangerous Productions, MN (actor)
Dead North, MN (actor)
Denver Center Theater Company, CO (wig master)
Des Moines Civic Center, IA (technical director)
Direct TV, CA (production technician)
Disney, CA (technician, intern)
Disney+, CA (production manager)
Dordt University, IA (costume shop manager)
Eat Street Players, MN (actor)
Ebony Showcase Theatre, CA (actor)
Eden Prairie Players, MN (sound designer)
Empire Theatre, ND (designer, technical director)
Ensemble Theatre Company, CA (community development manager)
Fairmont Summer Theatre, MN (director)
Fat Chance Productions, MN (stage manager, prop master, assistant to the director)
Fearless Comedy Productions, MN (actors)
Festival Theatre of St. Croix Falls, WI (actor)
Films: Goodfellas, The 25^th Hour, Enchanted, BlacKkKlansman, Da 5 Bloods, The Old Man & the Gun, Everyone Says I Love You, Pieces of April, Pete’s Dragon, The Retrievers, Hap and Ashley, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, McHale’s Navy, J. Edgar, Bruiser, Kingsnake, Fire Lily, and others (actors); Telling Lies in America, White Ghost, Prison for Children (wigs/hair); Tombstone (costumer); La La Land, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Straight Outta Compton, Now You See Me, Red Dawn, X-Men: First Class, Water for Elephants, Films, continued: The Lincoln Lawyer, Fast & Furious, The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Pineapple Express, Hancock, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Bucket List, Live Free or Die Hard, Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Spider-Man 3, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, You, Me and Dupree, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Fun with Dick and Jane, The Island, The Amityville Horror (2005), National Treasure, Spider-Man 2, 13 Going on 30, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Mulholland Drive, The Wedding Planner, Pay It Forward, Anna and the King, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Postman and many others (video assist operator, second video assist operator); The Last in Line (props master, wardrobe and costume designer), Passing (props master, set decorator), Citizen Ashe (props master, costumer)
Final Stages Mobile Scenic Studio, MN (owner-operator)
Fire Hall Theatre, ND (actor, director, playwright)
Flying Turtle Theatre Company, ND (actor, director, designer)
Folsom Prison Experience-Johnny Cash immersive tribute drama, MN (actor)
Fortune’s Fool Theatre, MN (actor)
Four Humors Theatre, MN (actor)
Fox, The Jury, WW3, Glee, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (actors); The Mindy Project (video assist)
Fox and Beggar Theater Company, MN (lighting tech/op, performer)
Fox Sports North, MN (producer)
Freshwater Theatre, MN (scenic designer, stage manager, sound designer)
FX, Sons of Anarchy (actor)
Gabaca Productions, AZ (voiceover, owner)
Gainesville Theatre Alliance, GA (artistic managing director)
Gallery Players, NY (costume designer)
Gateway Theater, NY (technician)
Ghoulish Delights, MN (actor)
Glass Cactus, Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, TX (backline/AV technician)
Goodman Theatre, IL (wig master)
Graber Productions, MN (actor)
Great Lakes Theater, OH (wig master)
Gulfshore Playhouse, FL (education assistant)
Guthrie Theatre, MN (actors, master carpenter, intern)
Haunted Basement, MN (scenic designer)
HBO, The Wire (actor); Silicon Valley (second video assist operator)
Hilberry Theatre, MI (designers)
Historic Mounds Theatre, MN (actor)
HOMEFIRES web series, CA (writer)
Home Street Home premiere rock musical (actor)
Hot City Theatre, MO (playwright)
HUGE Improv Theatre, MN (actor)
Hutchinson Center for the Arts, MN (playwrights, director)
IATSE Locals #13 & #67, MN (union stage hand, technician)
Idaho Shakespeare Festival, ID (wig master)
Illinois Shakespeare Festival, IL (technical director)
Illusion Theatre, MN (intern, stage manager)
Imagination Theatre, MN (puppeteer)
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, MN (Development Director)
The Jason Bishop Show, Illusionist and Magician, US tour (technician)
Jon Hassler Theater, MN (actor)
Jungle Theater, MN (actor, technical director)
KAAL-TV ABC 6 News, MN (Promotion Coordinator)
KAUS Radio, MN (on-air personality)
KCAU Radio, IA (director)
KCRG-TV, IA (Emmy-winning news anchor)
KiMo Theatre, NM (manager)
KMSP Radio, MN (sound engineer)
KQPR Radio, MN (on-air personality)
KSTP Radio, MN (sound engineer)
KTCA Radio, MN (sound engineer)
The Laboratory Theater of Florida, FL (actor)
Labyrinth Theater Company, NY (actor)
La Jolla Playhouse, CA (wig master)
Lake George Theatre Lab, NY (actor)
Lakeshore Players, MN (director, technical director)
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, NV (wig master)
La MaMa E.T.C., NY (actor)
Lee Pictures, MN (award-winning film and video production company, owner-operator, director)
Light Opera Works (now Music Theater Works), IL (wig master)
Lillian Theatre, CA (actor)
Locally Grown Theatre, MN (director, actor)
The Lookinglass Theatre, NY (costume designer)
The Lost Colony, NC (stage manager, spot operator)
The Lounge Theatre, CA (Ovation Award-nominated playwright for Big Baby, actor)
Lyric Arts Theatre, MN (stage manager, props master, box office manager, house manager, actors, scenic designer, audience services manager)
Lyric Opera, Cleveland, OH (wig master)
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, OK (technical director, Director of Civic Production)
Madison Repertory Theatre, WI (technical director)
Maine Shakespeare Festival, ME (marketing/development director)
Manhattan School of Music, NY (dresser and wardrobe assistant)
Manhattan Theatre Club/Tribeca Playhouse, NY (actor)
Marion Ross Performing Arts Center, MN (manager)
Market Garden Theatre, MN (scenic designer)
Marriott Theatre, IL (wig master)
Marshall Area Stage Company, MN (directors)
Masters of Illusion tour, East Coast (assistant stage manager)
Matchbox Children's Theater, MN (director)
MCC Theater, NY (costume staff)
McLeod Summer Playhouse, IL (actor)
Memorial Auditorium, MN (technical director)
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, IL (actor)
MGM, CA (technician)
Midsommer Flight, IL (actor)
Midwest Communications, SD (Assistant Program Director, Music Director)
Minneapolis Theatre Garage, MN (actor)
Minnesota Dance Theatre, MN (costumer)
Minnesota Fringe Festival, MN (technician, director, actors, props master, costumer, set dresser)
Minnesota Jewish Theater, MN (actor, director)
Mission Theatre Company, MN (scenic designer, assistant stage manager, actor)
Missoula Children’s Theatre, MT (actor)
Mixed Blood Theatre, MN (actor, scenic designer)
MN Shorts Play Festival (playwright)
Mondo Liquado Light Show (lighting specialist)
Monkey Wrench Productions, MN (web monkey)
Monstrous Little Theatre Company, SD (actor)
Moore Creative Talent, MN (on-camera talent agent)
Mortar Theatre Company, IL (playwright)
Music Academy of the West, CA (performer)
The Mystery Café, MN (actor)
National commercials, Malt-O-Meal, Sun Country Airlines (actors)
National Theatre for Children, MN (actors, school communications representative)
National Tour, The Piano Lesson (actor)
NBC, Law & Order, L&O:SVU, L&O:CI, Ed, Third Watch, Real People, et al (actors)
Netflix, CA – The Good Cop, (actor, production technician)
Nevada Conservatory Theatre, NV (playwright)
New American Theatre, CA (actor)
New London Barn Playhouse, CT (wig maker)
New York Public Theater, NY (actor)
New York Theatre Workshop, NY (actor, costume staff-dresser)
Nickelodeon, iCarly, CA (actor)
Nicu’s Spoon Theatre, NY (costume designer)
Nimbus Theatre, MN (actors)
NoHo Arts Center, CA (actor)
North Carolina Public Television, NC (Promotions Director)
North Carolina Theatre, NC (props master)
North Shore Music Theatre, MA (production administrator, company manager)
Northwestern University, IL (wig master)
Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, IN (technical director)
Odyssey Theatre, CA (actor)
Old Creamery Theatre, IA (actor)
The Old Globe, CA (wig maker)
Old Log Theatre, MN (assistant technical director, stage manager, wardrobe, box office, assistant stage manager)
Opera Cleveland, OH (wig master)
Opera Colorado, CO (makeup artist)
Opera House for the Arts, ME (costume coordinator)
Opera Santa Barbara, CA (performer)
Orlando Shakespeare Theater, FL (actor)
Orpheum Theatre, MN (dresser)
Out of the Box Theatrics, NY off-Broadway (production designer)
Pacelli Catholic Schools, MN (Drama Director)
Papermill Theater, PA (wig master)
Paramount Studios, CA (technician)
Park Square Theatre, MN (stage manager, assistant stage manager, sound designer)
Pat Paulsen national comedy tour (performer)
Paul Bunyan Playhouse, MN (actor, stage manager)
PBS, Poof, Liberty (actor)
PCPA – Pacific Conservatory Theatre, CA (production electrician intern)
Peninsula Players, WI (actor)
Penobscot Theatre, ME (marketing/development director)
Phipps Center for the Arts, WI (director, props, scenic designer)
Phoenix Theatre, MN (writer)
Pickwick Puppet Theatre, NJ (puppeteer)
Pillsbury House Theatre, MN (scenic designer)
Playwright Cabal, MN (playwright)
Prairie Repertory Theatre, SD (costume designers, sound)
Primary Stages, NY (actor)
Privileged Model Management, MN (actor, model)
Provision Theatre, IL (actor)
Public Dreams Theatre, MN (actors)
The Public Theater, NY (wardrobe)
Public Theater of Minnesota, MN (actor)
Raleigh Little Theatre, NC (props master)
R&J Broadcasting, MN (on-air personality)
The Red Letter Society, MN (actor, writer)
Redwood Area Theatre, MN (director)
Regional commercials (Midwest and beyond), Park Dental, Minnesota Lottery, North Memorial Health, Arctic Cat, Red Wing Boots, 2^nd Swing Golf, Slumberland, Xtream, Cenex (actors)
Reverend Matt’s Monster Science, MN (actor)
River Bottom Productions, MN (technical assistant)
Rochester Community Theater, MN (technical director)
Roosevelt University, IL (wig master)
Rosetown Playhouse, MN (scenic designer)
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (wig maker)
Sacramento Music Circus, CA (actor)
St. Croix Off-Broadway Dinner Theatre (stage manager, assistant stage manager, assistant director)
Sandbox Theatre, MN (scenic designer)
San Diego Repertory Theatre, CA (wig master)
San Francisco Opera, CA (technician)
Santa Fe Opera, NM (stage crew)
Seacoast Repertory Theatre, NH (costume designer)
Shadow Horse Theatre, MN (actor)
Shakespeare & Company, MA (wig maker)
Shattered Globe Theatre, IL (wig maker)
Showtime, CA (technician)
Signature Theatre, NY (actor, technical director)
Six Points Theater, MN (house manager)
Skylark Opera, MN (actor)
Sony Pictures, CA (technician)
South Dakota Arts Council, SD (director, playwright in residence)
South Dakota Public Television, SD (Continuity and Video Promotions Director)
Southern Ohio Light Opera, OH (interns)
Spike TV, 1000 Ways to Die, CA (actor)
Special When Lit, MN (producer, writer, actor)
Spoleto Festival, SC (wig maker)
Spotlight Theatre of Staten Island, NY (costume designer)
Stage Left Theatre, IL (playwright, technical director)
Stages Theatre Company, MN (actors, summer theatre workshop staff)
SteppingStone Theatre, MN (scenic designer, properties master, ASM)
Strike Theater, MN (actor)
Summerset Theatre, MN (director)
Take It With You Live Radio Theatre, MN (actor)
Talent Poole, MN (voiceover artist for regional and national clients)
TBS, Angie Tribeca (actor); Cougar Town (video assist operator)
Teatro Milagro/Miracle Theatre, OR (marketing director)
Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama, OH (actors)
Texas Shakespeare Festival, TX (actor)
Theater at the Center, IN (wig master)
Theatre de la Jeune Lune, MN (actor, stage manager)
Theatre du Mississippi, MN (actor, director, stage manager)
Theatre for a New Audience, NY (wardrobe supervisor)
Theatre for a New City, NY (actor)
Theatre in the Park, KS (crew)
Theatre in the Round, MN (actors, technician, props, scenic designer)
Theatre Latté Da, MN (spot operator)
Theatre Midwest, IA (dramaturg)
Theatre Mu, MN (technical director)
Theatre People web series, MN (actor)
Theatre Pro Rata, MN (actors, company member)
Theatre Ten Ten, NY (costume designer)
Theatre Unbound, MN (actors)
3 Crazy Ladies Productions, NY (actor, casting assistant)
Timber Lake Playhouse, IL (technician)
Tinc Productions, NY (scenic artist, stagehand)
Triangle Theatre, NY (actor)
TUTA Theatre Chicago, IL (wig master)
20th Century Fox, CA (technician)
Twenty Percent Theatre Company, MN (actor)
20% Theatre Company, IL (actor)
Twin Cities Horror Festival, MN (artistic director)
Two Beans Productions, NY (costume designer)
Umbrella Collective/Savage Umbrella, MN (actor, collaborator, company member)
Underdog Theatre, MN (scenic designer)
Universal Studios, CA (writer, technician)
University of San Diego, CA (wig master)
Unto These Hills Outdoor Drama, NC (actor)
Upstream Arts, MN
Valleyfair Live Entertainment, NY (actor)
Vee Corp., MN (carpenter, road technician)
Victory Film Productions, MO (actor)
Vilification Tennis, MN (improv performer)
Vineyard Theatre, NY (wardrobe supervisor)
Virgin Valley Theatre Group, NV (artistic director)
VStar Entertainment Group, NV (puppet technician, head props, national tour)
Warner Bros. Studios, CA (actor, writer, technician)
Washington Pavilion, SD (master electrician, crew)
Wayward Theatre Company, MN (actor)
WCCO-TV/CBS, MN (Engineering Supervisor)
Weathervane Theatre, NH (costume designer, stitcher, dresser)
Wilder Pageant – Fragments of a Dream, MN (writer, actor)
The Winding Sheet Outfit, MN (actor)
WKY Radio, OK (on-air personality)
Yellow Tree Theatre, MN (actors, stage manager, playwright)
The Zephyr Theatre, MN (actor)
Z-Fest Film Festival, MN (director, actor)

Colleges, universities, and arts schools (faculty, staff, administrators):

Augustana University, SD
Bucknell University, PA
Coastal Carolina University, SC
Concordia University (Chicago), IL
Dakota State University, SD
Huston Baptist University, TX (Dean of Fine Arts)
Indiana University, IN
Indiana University School of Opera, IN
Indiana University-South Bend, IN
Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, CA
North Dakota State University, ND
Oklahoma State University, OK
Ridgewater College, MN
Riverland Community College, MN
Rochester College, MI
Southwest Minnesota State University, MN
Truman State University, MO
University of Minnesota-Duluth, MN
University of Nebraska-Kearney, NE
University of North Dakota, ND
University of South Dakota, SD
University of Wisconsin-Platteville, WI
Western Carolina University, NC (Director of the School of Stage & Screen)
Willamette University, OR

Grad schools and conservatories:

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

Western Illinois University (acting, lighting design)

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