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 John Roberts MFA
1985 DesignStill in Florida now 14 years on with Disney. Oldest son will attend University of Florida in '07 and will major in Aerospace Engineering. Youngest now in middle school and creating havoc for batters when he pitches for his AAU baseball team. Now married 18 years and it seems like only yesterday I was in Grad School. Time Flies. Would love to hear from any of the folks who were there when I was in the early 80's. Elizabeth Bernard BA 2004 Drama (Lighting Design) After graduation, I spent a short period of time in Chicago continuing to work for the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and various other Chicago playhouses before deciding to follow (and marry!) my beau Scott Sommers to Washington for training as a US Diplomat. We are currently living in Ouagadougou (wah-gah-doo-goo), Burkina Faso in West Africa on Uncle Sam's dime, and we'll be working at the Embassy here until June of 2007. After that, it'll be a new country every two or three years. My career as a fine art photographer (to oversimplify: it's just static lighting design, right?) has been going full tilt boogie since our arrival here with expat event photography, field photography for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and art shows. No theatre for me at this post, but maybe next time... Cheers to all the sparkies! Kristin Chebra BA 1997 Drama and Government I am an Entertainment Manager at Walt Disney World. It's the greatest job in the world,I get to work where people play. Drop me a line if you're headed down to Orlando! Andrea (Haggard) Wakely BA 1993 Biology/Drama (Costuming) Studio Art Minor I started a costuming company in 2000 called Twin Roses Designs and offer in-stock and custom ordered costumes to individuals and groups. Our website is http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com if you’d like to check it out! Bannon Puckett BA 1993 Drama & English Upon graduating from UVA, Bannon lived in Los Angeles for a year working at the headquarters for Samuel Goldwyn's national arthouse chain Landmark Theatres. In 1996, he completed his M.Ed. in English Education at the University of Georgia. After a stint as a Managing Editor for a small electronic publishing company, he moved to Seattle to be a Marketing Communications Manager at Microsoft, where he helped launch the web site for the Xbox. Since 2002, Bannon has been bringing together his theater, marketing, writing, and education experience as the Senior Advertising Copywriter for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In early 2006, he bought his first condo in Alexandria, Virginia, and continues to hang out with his trusty beagle Salinger. See what our alumni
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To all of our friends of the Department of Drama I sadly relate that, in addition to Jim Hillgartner, one of our finest HRT actors over the past twenty years, we also lost two more of our “champions” – Howell Draper and Stacy Boyle, both whom passed away this past summer. Stacy was the wife of Roger Boyle who was one of the major forces in the shaping of the Virginia Players and the Department of Drama. Roger was with the University and the Department for 44 years. Along side of him was Stacy who continued to be a force after Roger’s death on our behalf (and on behalf of the Heritage Repertory Theatre) organizing and running our UVA Women’s Club Drama series over the past decade as well as being a vital member of the Heritage Repertory Theatre Guild. We can’t remember an opening night for either a Drama Department play or an HRT play where this petite, vivacious, and wonderfully warm woman (with chopsticks in her beautifully coiffed hair) wouldn’t be in her seat, reveling in whatever she was seeing up on stage (whether it was good or not).
Howell Draper for the past decade was one of our leading actresses in HRT productions such as Steel Magnolias, Blithe Spirit, Lost in Yonkers, Lend Me a Tenor, and most recently as Daisy in Driving Miss Daisy, among a number of other shows. Although her performances were cherished by all, she was also so helpful in her fundraising and community development efforts, working side by side with me for several years. So much of HRT’s recent audience growth is much because of Howell’s tireless efforts to promote our theatre however, and whenever, she could. But most of all, these two inspiring women were our dear, dear friends. Life
in the theatre will simply never be the same due to their passing. I
wish to pay homage to their memory. They will never be forgotten.
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Last Updated on February 11, 2013 |
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