Arianna Tice, Senior Theatre Arts (Performance Concentration)
Arianna Tice was crowned Miss New York East Coast USA 2023 on February 26th. In addition to her title, she won Most Congenial and Most Confident. She also received the Most Photogenic award for the third time in a row. Lastly, she was awarded $200 towards competing for the Miss East Coast USA national title this coming summer.
John P. Bray, 2000 Theatre Arts
John has edited an anthology of plays for virtual platforms - Stage It and Stream It: Plays for Virtual Theater - which will be released in June 2023 by Applause Theater and Cinema Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield. In addition, a collection of Bray's own quirky plays, titled Unproduceable Plays, has been published by Next Stage Press.
Katie Gudzik, 2022 Theatre Arts
Photo by Nelson Castillo
Elliot Frances Flynn
Elliot Frances Flynn can be seen in two feature films, which showed in theaters in February and March 2023: New York Times Critic's Pick "Linoleum", starring comedian Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), & "Confession", starring Michael Ironside. Her performance in "Confession" was met with acclaim at the film's world premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival.
Cooper Mulderry, 2016 Theatre Arts
Cooper Mulderry became the Technical Director of the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York City.
Madison Gattullo, 2022 Theatre Performance
Since graduating, Madison Gattullo has been working towards accomplishing many new goals regarding non-profit work and community service. In November she was crowned a delegate with the Miss America Organization for the 2023 year as Miss Richmond County, representing her home borough of Staten Island! The Miss America Organization is the largest provider of scholarships for young women in our country and she is proud to be advocating for her social impact initiative of arts accessibility and inclusivity for students of all varying abilities all over the NYC area. She is working diligently with small business owners, school administrators, and outside programming to ensure students have access to the arts and that such programs are accessible to them. The next step in this accomplishment is her competing in the Miss New York competition on June 3rd in Peekskill, NY. She thanks the incredible faculty at SUNY New Paltz for believing in her! Follow her journey at @missrichmondcounty23ny on Instagram!
10 years anniversary concert at Don’t Tell Mama in NYC
Courtney Pincus, 2011 Theatre Arts
Courtney celebrated 10 years of success with "To the Stage", the theatre storefront studio she opened and created.
From its humble beginnings in a classroom at St. Anthony’s Church to a dedicated storefront studio on Brower Avenue, which now has 150 students, To The Stage in Oceanside has become a haven for the performing arts on Long Island.
To celebrate its impressive 10-year anniversary, the performing arts school is holding a special concert, entitled “To The Stage Celebrates 10” at Don’t Tell Mama in New York City on Sept. 10.
Read the full article here
