Katie Westbrook, CHICAGO, Papermill Theatre

Jennifer Beckham Bridges ('08) is married and living in Ruston, LA.  She is working on the play Bus Stop with the Ruston Community Theatre.

Caitlin Bruggeman ('07) is currently living and working in Atlanta.  She recently finished a year-long performance internship with Actor's Express, where she had the opportunity to assistant direct The Last Five Years and understudy the one-woman show When Something Wonderful Ends in the theater's 20th anniversary season.  She also appeared in Large Animal Games, an intern showcase production written by Atlanta playwright, Steve Yockey.

Sarah Conner ('03) is keeping busy as the Resident Stage Manager of the Bus Barn Stage Company.  She just opened the West Coast Premiere of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, a new musical featuring the songs of Neil Sedaka. Sarah is also the Education/ Recreation & Volunteer Supervisor for the Santa Clara Vally Blind Center. Finally, Will Brown, her boyfriend of almost 3 years, proposed this past June. She accepted and the wedding is set for April 24, 2010. Details at http://sconnerandwbrown.weddings.com.

Chip Dobbs ('05) continues to work summers at the Georgia Rennaissance Fair as a street Magician. In the real world, however, he recently got placed on the Hostage Negotitations Team of Cherokee County and is also working as a road deputy.

Nylsa Dunbar ('00) is currently working in full-time ministry as the Life Missions Ministry Assistant at Heritage Christian Church, in Fayetteville, GA.  She had the amazing opportunity to travel twice this year to Mexico to serve as a short term missionary building houses and a Children's Bible School. 

Timothy Ellis ('89)  -  Timothy is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida in the UCF Conservatory Theatre.  He is teaching voice, acting and dance for the department.  This past year he also appeared as Gremio/Dance Captain in Orlando Shakespeare Theatre's production of "Kiss Me, Kate."  Since graduating from LaGrange, he has appeared on Broadway in "Annie Get Your Gun" as well as the national tours of "Show Boat" and "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."  Timothy also toured through Germany and Switzerland playing the role of Magaldi in "Evita."  Regional theatre experience includes performances at Goodspeed Opera House, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Arvada Center for the Performing Arts, Seaside Music Theater and Atlanta Lyric Theatre.  As choreographer, Timothy has worked on productions of "West Side Story," "Rocky Horror Show," Beehive," "Debbie Does Dallas," "Oklahoma," "Pulp," "Cinderealla" and "Peter Pan."  Check out his website.
 
Brandon Johnson ('03) toured internationally with Missoula Children's Theatre, and is currently living in NYC with his wife Diandra ('03).  He is now working with I. Weiss, providing theatrical equipment, rigging, and soft goods to Broadway theatres and shows as well as to theatres across the country.

Scottie Knollin ('07) is working full-time as an Entertainment Ambassador for the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. He's also actively pursuing film/TV acting. This year he has made an appearance in a commercial for Time/Life and completed the film Love on the Rocks as Barry.  He also had featured extra roles in Tyler Perry's The Family that Preys and Van Wilder 3. This December he will be reviving his role as Frank in Spirit Life Productions original musical The Point of the Story.

Libby Mikle ('05) spent the summer stage managing at Hershey Park and is happy to report she will be taking her Equity card at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, FL in the fall.

Bobbi Leigh Mullins (Stansky) is teaching first grade in Ellijay, Ga., and is the wife of a minister.  She has two children and two step-children.

Mr. Tracy Nunnally has worked in professional theatre since the late 1980's.  He is the owner and president of Hall Associates Flying Effects, the president of the North American Association of Flying Effects Directors (N.A.A.F.E.D.), and an active member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).  Mr. Nunnally specializes in all aspects of rigging, motion control, pyrotechnics, special effects, and scenery construction, and has designed and executed an extremely diverse range of systems and effects for clients all over the world.  Through his company, Mr. Nunnally provides flying effects for over 200 productions per year, including numerous productions of Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Angles in America, Seussical the Musical, and A Christmas Carol.  Specific credits include the Broadway production of Curtains, the original Asian tour of Peter Pan, the Broadway Asia production of SpongeBob SquarePants, and original native-language productions of Peter Pan in Mexico City, Mexico, and Oslo, Norway.  Mr. Nunnally is also a tenured professor and the Technical Director of the Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance, in DeKalb, Illinois.  He uses the resources of his company to expose his students to professional environments, and uses the educational setting to further the development of innovative and unique special effects.  Please visit http://www.niu.edu/theatre/  for more information about this unique theatre technology program.

Chris Rumery ('00) moved to New York to get her MFA in costume design at Tisch NYU.  She now lives in Brooklyn freelancing. This spring Chris spent 4 months in Taiwan designing for parades and just opened a show called Bedbugs!!!  the musical.

Lindsay Thrush ('04) is getting married on May 23 and moving back to LaGrange.

Eria Vali ('99) is the Director of the Gilmer High School Theatre Depart in Ellijay, GA.  She is currently in production for A Midsummer Night's Dream which they will also be performing for the One Act Play festival at GTC as well as for Region One Act Play Competition.

Katie Westbrook ('06) is the Choral Director at LaGrange High School, and also recently performed with the LaGrange Lyric Theatre in The Music Man at Price Theatre.

Chris Wiley ('06) is a company member of Atlantis Playmakers based out of Billerica, MA. He is currently performing in a stage combat show called FIGHT VI: Return of the Jed-Pie, going to the New England Fringe Festival. He is also a part-time swordsmanship instructor at "GuardUp" working with weapons from foam swords to foils. He is also an infrequent background actor in Boston area movies (If you look, you can see me in Indiana Jones 4...not my most glamorous moment but a lot of fun nonetheless).