Alumni
Theater, Dance & Media aims to launch a generation of graduates who will use their experience in storytelling, performance, and media for careers inside and outside the arts.
Learn more about our alumni!
TDM Alumni Profiles 2024 - 2025
TDM Alumni Profiles 2023 - 2024
TDM Alumni Profiles 2022 - 2023
Aislinn Brophy '17
Aislinn is writing and making theatre in Boston! Their most recent YA novel, Spells to Forget Us, was published last September; it was nominated for an Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel: Young Adult, long-listed for a Massachusetts Book Award, and chosen as a finalist for the New England Book Awards. This past summer, Aislinn’s writing has been supported by the Highlights Foundation and the Camp Stomping Ground Artist-in-Residence Program. Aislinn also had the pleasure of participating in Fresh Ink Theatre’s 10th Annual Mad Dash this year as a playwright!
Website: aislinnbrophy.com IG: @aislinnbrophyauthor
Jonathan Castillo '21
Jonathan just moved to Chicago after living in Austin for the past four years! In Austin, Jonathan’s work has consisted of acting as Le Bret in Cyrano, writing and directing In The Space of______ for Fronterafest, sound designing for Spear in Corrib theatre, and more.
Ruva Chigwedere '21
Ruva is excited to start her first year in NYU Tisch's graduate acting program this fall! This past year, she's worked on many exciting productions, including Hedda Gabler, Ariano Suassuna's The Rogue's Trial, and Phanésia Pharel’s Refuse It. She also had a great time meeting new people in the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship community as a part of the Class of 2024. This summer, she is moving back to the east coast and eating as many bagels as she can.
Website: ruvachigwedere.com IG: @ruvalicious
Laura Coe '22
Laura works as a freelance choreographer, dancer, and producer, traveling nationally and internationally to perform, research, and teach. Her current project ‘Groundwork’ connects her contemporary practice dancing with the earth with a reclamation of Chickasaw spoken and movement language (Chikashanompa/stomp dance) and the community building and land stewardship that those values encompass.
IG: @lauracoedance
Landy Erlick '19
Landy is a screenwriter in Los Angeles. One of her first jobs after graduating was working as the writer’s assistant on Wicked: Part One and Wicked: For Good. Since then, she has developed a television series with Paramount TV/CBS Studios, and she has two original films in development.
IG: @fromlandy
Madi Fabber '22
Madi is writing plays and making art in NYC! She recently debuted her play 'crabby' in this year's Ars Nova ANT Fest. She also had a reading of her play 'HOUSE' on August 5th @ 8pm at The Flea. Sometimes, she writes plays with longer than one-word titles and proper capitalization, but you'll have to follow her for updates on those.
Website: madifabber.com IG: @madifabber
Kristian Arnell Hardy '24
Kristian is based out of Nashville, TN where she works for a social impact nonprofit rooted in weaving a better South. Artistically, the past year has been filled with directing, acting, and even intimacy coordinating. She is thrilled to serve as the directing apprentice for Nashville's regional premiere of James Ijames' "Fat Ham" this winter!
Website: kristianarnell.com
Gregory Lipson '20
Gregory is a ticketing manager at Insight Tix where does ticket pricing for Broadway shows and national tours including Hamilton, MJ, and Dead Outlaw. In his spare time, he directs shows around NYC.
Website: gregorylipson.com
Lindsay McAuliffe '20
Lindsay is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Vocal Performance: Classical Voice (Opera) at NYU Steinhardt. She wrapped her first year in May and cannot wait to dive into her second year in Fall 2025. She is loving diving deep into opera! In June and July 2025, she interned and assistant directed two shows with Delaware Valley Opera Center in Lake Huntington, NY.
Madison Pankey '24
Madison spent the last year auditioning and growing as an artist in Atlanta, GA. She's been working on student films and short films, and she recently starred in her first feature length film, an indie horror set to come out in October 2025 @deepsouthdeathhousefilm. She is currently assisting on a film in NYC, and she is looking forward to more collaboration with peers!
IG: @madisonpankey
Sarah Rossman '19
Sarah currently works in development at the nonprofit Hear Your Song, which empowers children and teens with serious illnesses to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. Her original musical, Next Year in Connecticut!, for which she wrote book and lyrics with composer Sequoia Sellinger, premiered off-Broadway in July at Classic Stage Company through the sheNYC festival.
Website: sarahrossman.com
