Friends: Following is the text of Carol Thompson's recent comments. (In general, just blog and not comment, perhaps. The comments are hard to read. But we love Carol anyway.) Thanks! Best, Wally PS: If you blog in silence, do you still get read?

Hi, Carol here. Mazel Tov on the new blog. LOVE the name not only for the Theater but because Jamieson is my favorite booze and tickled by the password. I so wish I had been there for your first meeting and for hugs all around. Love to all of you. Here are some alumni credits written in bureaucratese. In addition to Andrea and Jim there are a couple of other alumni starring in series this fall. Proud of all of your accomplishments!

Letitia Lange (MFA 2006) has been cast to understudy the young nun, Sister James, in the National Tour of Doubt.

Tawny Cypress (BFA) will costar in the new NBC series Heroes on Mondays at 9 pm.

Aaron Stanford (BFA) stars as Will Traveler in the new ABC series Traveler.

Calista Flockhart (BFA) is in the new ABC series Brothers and Sisters.

Bill Bowers (MFA) Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents Bill Bowers’ one-man show It Goes Without Saying to open its 12th Off Broadway season. This solo piece by actor and mime Bill Bowers takes the audience on a scenic tour of Bill's life thus far; from his childhood in the wilds of Montana, to his outrageous jobs as a performer, to the whirlwind of working on Broadway, and studying with Marcel Marceau. The production runs through October 8 and received a standout review in the September 9the issue of the New York Times.

Zenzele Cooper (BFA) will perform the role of Adriana in The American Globe Theater’s production of The Comedie Of Errours directed by Kelley McKinnon. The production will run in New York City from September 15 to October 7, 2006.

Michael Esper (BFA) will appear as the rock star in a updated version of Eric Bergosian’s SubUrbia, off Broadway at Second Stage in New York running from September 6 to October 29.

Sebastian Stan (BFA) stars in the remake of The Covenant as Chase Collins. The film opened in mid September.

Tim DeKay guest starred with Vincent Spano in the September 12, 2006 FOX series premiere of Standoff as an air traffic controller in crisis.

James Tupper (MFA) costars in the new NBC series Men In Trees as Jack. The pilot aired on September 12, 2006 and will hereafter air on Friday nights. The series stars Anne Heche.

David Miller (MFA) directed a production of Below The Belt by Rick Dresser, which was named Outstanding Production in the Fort Worth area. The play was produced by produced by Amphibian Productions, a company formed primarily of Rutgers Theater Alumni. The cast featured MFA alumni Jonathan Fielding and Evan Mueller. David Miller is the recently appointed Program Manager of the Education Department for Broadway’s Roundabout Theater in NYC

JV Mercanti (MFA directed Icarus for Amphibion Productions in Fort Worth this summer with MFA alumni Charlie Sandlan, Steven Balantzian, Katya Campbell and Carmen Lacivita in the cast.

PS Hal Scott would love that you named this after Jameson!
CT

Hello West Coasters,
I cannot believe that this little venture is now Bi-coastal. Congrats to you all for getting your Blog up and running and for accomplishing your first Gathering. My hat is off.
Now we can have East Coast vs West Coast Gang wars.... or just drinks.

Hope to meet you all some day.

My Best,
Raymond McAnally
RTA Coordinator 'East Coast'

About blogging: All of the rules from the first post apply, but they need to be done from www.blogger.com. I'm figuring this out as I go along; please e-mail me if you have a question: wallymarzano@gmail.com.

Alumni update: On Monday night, the 18th, MFA alum Andrea Anders (of NBC's 'Joey') is a series regular on the new CBS show 'The Class,' at 8 pm. Also, acting alum James Tupper is a series regular on the Anne Heche vehicle 'Men In Trees,' on ABC Friday nights at 9 pm.

Thank you. Wally Marzano-Lesnevich, BFA 2000

Dear MGSA West Coast alumni:

Welcome to the new West Coast blog! It’s our hope that this blog can serve as an informal gathering for alumni to post news of an upcoming project, a job opportunity or just a bit of news. For inspiration, please check out the East Coast blog: http://news.rutgerstheateralumni.com.

We’d like you to feel free to blog whenever, whatever you want. (Yeah, we trust you. Foolish? Maybe.) To do so: The username is: RTALA; the password: Thompson; the given name of the blog: Rutgers Theatre Alumni Network; and the corresponding e-mail: rutheateralumni@earthlink.net. Go crazy!

For those of you attended the inaugural gathering of the RTA West Coast on Sunday, September 10th at The 4100 Bar, a hearty thank-you. To get the contact info. on alumni you met there, just shoot one of us an e-mail. For those of you who didn’t make it, it was legendary. Check back here for forthcoming info. on the next gathering, to be held in early October.

Also, be sure to check out alumni Jamie Wollrub’s new production of current head-of-playwrighting Lee Blessing’s ‘Two Rooms,’ at The Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica through September 30th. For more info., visit: www.powerhousetheatre.com.

Thank you. Elaine Zofrea (zof@earthlink.net), Dianne Graebner (di_version@hotmail.com) and Wally Marzano-Lesnevich (walymarzano@gmail.com)