UPDATED: K-State Theatre Students Working and Interning

Please congratulate all these K-State Theatre folks (both current students and recent graduates) for their summer work! Apologies if someone was left off this list. Please email me at sbskelton@ksu.edu with updates and I will make additions. Big thanks to Morgan Sterrett for designing the survey and collecting a good portion of this information.

If you are a student looking toward work or an internship next summer, please reach out to these students and former students. Click on the links and see what your fellow students are doing and start planning for next summer! – Shannon

Current students and recent graduates are working professionally and interning in: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Louisiana, Illinois, Virginia and London . . . .

CURRENT STUDENTS AND 2018 GRADUATES

Kerstin Messmer

Class of 2018

Summer Sound Engineer for Parks and Recreation

https://ks-manhattanprd.civicplus.com/334/Musicals

For 2018-2019 she was selected to be  Electrics Intern at Trinity Rep (“one of the most respected regional theatres in the country”) in Rhode Island.

https://www.trinityrep.com/

Kaitlin Cherie Kirby

Class of 2018

Stage Managing Seussical for Manhattan Parks and Recreation

https://ks-manhattanprd.civicplus.com/334/Musicals

Will Averna

Senior

Working tech for Manhattan Parks and Recreation for Alice in Wonderland

https://ks-manhattanprd.civicplus.com/334/Musicals

Cody O’ Hare

Class of 2018

Cody and Jonah Ericson relocated to Salt Lake City to pursue their dreams of establishing a theatre company. They are currently in the planning and developing stages with eyes toward a Fall project.

Madison Plouvier

Class of 2018 (Dec)

Maddie will be student teaching at Leavenworth High School in the drama classroom this Fall. This summer, she will be participating in their June Drama Summer Camp.

Jonah Ericson

Class of 2018

Jonah and Cody O’Hare have relocated to Salt Lake City to pursue their dreams of establishing a theatre company. They are currently in the planning and developing stages with eyes toward a Fall project.

Alex Wakim

Class of 2018, Music

He will be attending NYU in the Fall for Film Music Composition.

Sterling Oliver

Senior

Sterling and Brent Weaver’s ORIGINAL MUSICAL Somewhere will be premiering at the Kansas City Fringe Festival.

https://kcfringe.org/

https://twitter.com/SomewhereFringe

Trace Campbell

Senior

Trace will be performing in  the Sterling Oliver/Brent Weaver musical Somewhere at the KC Fringe.

https://kcfringe.org/

https://twitter.com/SomewhereFringe

JD Warren

Junior

Tent Theatre – Marketing/Operations Assistant (Missouri) Cry-Baby, Peter and the Starcatcher, and The Drowsy Chaperone)

https://tenttheatre.missouristate.edu/

Great Plains Theatre – Actor (White Rabbit/Ensemble in Shrek) – earning EMC

http://www.greatplainstheatre.com/

Drew George

Class of 2018

Brownville Village Theatre (Nebraska)- Actor/Designer/Scene Shop Supervisor 

Henry-The Tell Tale Farce

Snail-A Year With Frog and Toad

Ralphie/Diego-Maybe Baby It’s You

Scenic Designer-The Haunting of Hill House, Maybe Baby It’s You

http://www.brownvillevillagetheatre.com/

Ian Boyd-Duncan

Junior

Attending the National Stage Combat Workshop in Ruston, Louisiana on the campus of Louisiana Tech. He will be earning credit toward his Actor Combatant Certification. He is currently creating a new musical.

https://www.safd.org/train/national-stage-combat-workshops/

Isabella R Vardaman

Sophomore

Manhattan Parks and Rec -Scenic Carpenter (Alice In Wonderland and Seussical)

https://ks-manhattanprd.civicplus.com/334/Musicals

Kim Wong

Junior

Great Plains Theatre- Tech Intern (Camelot, Lion in Winter, Shrek the Musical)

http://www.greatplainstheatre.com/

Shiana Tyler

Class of 2018

Acting Intensive- Globe Theatre through Performing Arts Abroad

I will be trained by London Actors at the Globe. Get tours of the Globe and of various Shakespeare related places around Stratford-Upon-Avon. I will also get to see multiple shows in London.

https://www.performingartsabroad.com/programs/

Michael Frederick Duncan

Junior

Riley County – Counselor for Theatre Programming
Arts in the Park – Intern

https://ks-manhattanprd.civicplus.com/334/Musicals

Kelly Urschel

Senior, Music

The Coterie/ The White Theatre (KC) – Katherine in Newsies

http://thecoterie.org/performance/disneys-newsies#.Wwn6sEgvzIU

Noah Lindquist

Senior, Music

The Coterie Theatre’s Production (KC) of NEWSIES, playing Jack Kelly

http://thecoterie.org/performance/disneys-newsies#.Wwn6sEgvzIU

Hunter Cobey Nelson

Senior, Theatre and English Major

Roundabout Theatre Company (New York City) – Literary/Artistic Intern

I’ll be researching, reading and covering scripts, attending workshops and performances, arranging Tony Award voter ticketing and helping with other office duties.

https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/

Morgan Lynn Sterrett

Senior, Theatre Major

Music Theatre Heritage’s production of CATS, playing Rumpleteazer and Jemima (KC)

https://musicaltheaterheritage.com/

Unicorn Theatre, Marketing Intern (KC)

https://www.unicorntheatre.org/

Cassidy in SOMEWHERE at KC Fringe, Book and lyrics by Brent Weaver and Music by Sterling Oliver

https://twitter.com/SomewhereFringe

Great Plains Theatre’s production of SHREK, playing Alice in Wonderland/ Ensemble

http://www.greatplainstheatre.com/

Emma Margaret Price

Sophomore

Great Plains Theatre- Teen Fiona/Ensemble in Shrek the Musical

http://www.greatplainstheatre.com/

The Columbian- Rosie  in Bye Bye Birdie

http://columbiantheatre.com/main.asp

Jacob Edelman-Dolan
Senior
Manhattan, KS Parks and Recreation
Summer Musical- Theatre Specialist
Arts in the Park- Stagehand

https://ks-manhattanprd.civicplus.com/334/Musicals

Brett Broadbent

Senior

Working at McCain

http://www.k-state.edu/mccain/events/

Elizabeth Kritikos

Senior

Liz was nominated and accepted into The 2018 Summer Shakespeare Intensive at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia.

She will attend a performance by the Wicked Folly Touring Troupe as well as productions of Macbeth, Sense and Sensibility and The Taming of the Shrew. In addition, she will participate in combat, language and audition workshops as well as various conversations with Shakespeareans from both sides of the Atlantic.

https://americanshakespearecenter.com/education/

DRAMA THERAPY STUDENTS