John Roberts MFA 1985 Design
Still 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.

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	News from the Chair by Tom Bloom, Chair, Associate Professor, Scenic Design Before the month of October was even upon us we already closed our first show of the season - Waiting for the Parade... (read more)
	A Hug For Everyone By Suzy Quinn This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write.  I would easily trade in this assignment for a 20-page research paper on the major laws of thermodynamics, and I got a C+ in “How Things Work”.  Lizzy Hafter never got poor grades in school. (read more)
	Elvis People by L. Douglas Grissom, Associate Professor, Playwriting When Tom Bloom asked me to write a few words about my play, ELVIS PEOPLE, for the newsletter, I was flattered, but a little uneasy... (read more)
	Departed Friends By Bob Chapel, Professor of Drama Producing Artistic Director/Heritage Repertory Theatre 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. (read more)
	The Day Our Tree Fell Down by Richard Warner, Professor, Acting I’m driving along Rugby Road, heading to my 9:30am class in B006. Guys are crawling out of the frat houses, strapped into book bags, clutching coffee mugs. Three sorority sisters are huddled under one umbrella sharing a notebook, quizzing each other for this morning’s 20-per-cent-of-my-grade all-nighter…. (read more)
	UVA Actors Past and Present Collaborate at World AIDS Conference By Joel Grothe This past August, through the generous support of the University of Virginia, I was able to attend the World AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, and work on a very special performance of Biro, the stunning one man show written and performed by UVA alum Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine... (read more)
	Faculty News News from Pam Black, Gweneth West, Bob Chapel, John Frick... (read more)
	The Department of Drama Non-Endowed Named Funds Four funds to benefit students studying various disciplines within the dramatic arts currently exist within the Department of Drama. (read more)

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