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in the industry? Name names! Tons! From my high school production of Lucky Stiff, my best friend Brett Figel is a New Yorkbased actor who has performed on the Young Frankenstein National Tour. I love Brett so much. We try to see each other in everything we do! Right now many of my Montclair State and Paper Mill peers are killing it on Broadway and in National Tours including Rob McClure (starring in Honeymoon In Vegas on Broadway), Joshua Dela Cruz (Aladdin on Broadway), Andrea Dotto (Joseph… National Tour), Adam Bashian (The Phantom of the Opera National Tour), and Amanda Catherine Phillips (White Christmas National Tour). From my Paper Mill class, Jelani Remy is starring in The Lion King National Tour and Constantine Rousouli has performed on Broadway in Ghost, Wicked, and Hairspray. I am insanely inspired and proud. Catch me up on your career path since graduation. I’ve been out of school for over four years now and am very blessed to have been consistently working since! After college I headed out to the White Mountains of New Hampshire where I played one of my favorite roles, Lina Lamont in Singin’ In The Rain. Instead of moving to New York with all my friends from college, I moved to Philadelphia to do an acting apprenticeship with the Walnut Street Theatre. After that I went on to work all over the Greater Philadelphia area, making my Walnut Street mainstage debut and continuing to expand as a teaching artist. When I’m not performing, you can find me in the classroom or studio. I love it equally and miss my students so much when I’m on the road! What are some career highlights so far? One of my biggest highlights came in the beginning of 2012 when I created my own one woman show called I Can’t Read Music! - a cabaret full of tunes made famous by my favorite musical comedy starlets who (like me) Advertise here for $25 - $100 call 732-280-7625 pg 57