alUmni featUreD on stage anD screen

alUmni featUreD
on stage anD screen
From Modern Family to Glee, AMDA graduates have appeared on
countless hit television shows and feature films throughout the years.
From Ragtime to Wicked, you’re likely to find more AMDA alumni on
Broadway than graduates of any other performing arts college.
Jesse tyler ferguson
graD Year: 1995
Jesse received a 2010 Emmy
nomination for his performance as
Mitchell on ABC’s Modern Family.
Jesse also starred as Richie in
CBS’s The Class, on Broadway in The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee as Leaf Coneybear,
and in Shakespeare in the Park’s The Merchant of
Venice opposite Al Pacino.
Gretchen mol
graD Year: 1992
Starring as Gillian Darmody in
Martin Scorsese’s new HBO series
Boardwalk Empire, Gretchen is
best known her performance as
the “pin-up sensation that shocked the nation” in
the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page. Gretchen
also starred in ABC’s Life on Mars and in the Oscarnominated film 3:10 to Yuma.
rizwan manji
graD Year: 1994
Starring in NBC’s new show
Outsourced as Rajiv Gidwani,
Rizwan has also been featured
recently on episodes of FOX’s
Glee, ABC’s Better Off Ted and the CW’s Privileged.
He can be seen in the films Transformers as Akram and
Charlie Wilson’s War as Colonel Mahmood.
emily Padgett
graD Year: 2005
Before leading the Broadway
cast of Rock of Ages as Sherrie,
Emily performed in the Broadway
productions of Grease and Legally
Blonde: The Musical. Emily also starred as Sandy in the
national touring company of Grease and as Demeter
in the national tour of Cats.
natalie Zea
graD Year: 1995
Natalie appears as Winona in
the FX series Justified, and as
Christinith in the film The Other
Guys starring Will Ferrell and
Mark Wahlberg. Natalie also starred in the NBC
daytime soap Passions and on ABC’s Dirty Sexy
Money, after which she landed a recurring role on
HBO’s Hung.
Jason derülo
graD Year: 2006
Jason’s hit single “Whatcha Say”
reached #1 on the Billboard Hot
100 chart and is featured in the
film The Town starring Ben Affleck.
Jason also appeared as himself in the MTV movie
Turn the Beat Around, has toured internationally
with Lady Gaga and performed on both American
Idol and the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
J. elaine marcos
graD Year: 1996
J. Elaine can be seen as Lisa
Bartlett in the feature film
Morning Glory starring Harrison
Ford, Diana Keaton and Rachel
McAdams. She also performed on Broadway in the
Tony-award winning revival of A Chorus Line, and in
the documentary film Every Little Step.
sam underwood
graD Year: 2007
Sam recently starred alongside
Alec Baldwin in a revival of Equus
at Guild Hall in East Hampton,
NY, where he earned rave reviews
from the New York Times for his portrayal of Alan
Strang. Sam also recently appeared as Eugene in
the Irish Repertory Theatre’s production of Candida.
THE AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY
america’s premier
college of performing arts
AMDA Alumni Currently Performing on Stage and Screen
Broadway: Memphis Brad Bass (Ensemble; u/s Huey, Frank Dryer, Perry Como), 2000. West Side Story Isaacw
Calpito (Inca), 2001. Desiree Davar (Shark Girl Swing; u/s Anita), 2001. The Addams Family Colin Cunliffe (u/s Lucas
Beineke; Swing; Assist. Dance Capt; Puppet Perf. Capt), 2000. Million Dollar Quartet Erik Hayden (u/s Elvis
Presley / Carl Perkins), 1998. Phantom of the Opera Sarah Anne Lewis (Ensemble), 1996. Chicago Terra C.
MacLeod (Velma), 1993. American Idiot Leslie McDonel (Ensemble; u/s Heather, Whatsername), 2000. Mamma
Mia Michael Mindlin (Pepper), 2003. Rock of Ages Emily Padgett (Sherrie), 2005. Becca Tobin (Swing; u/s Sherrie),
2005. Wicked Alexander Quiroga (Ensemble), 1997. Stephanie Torns (Ensemble; u/s Elphaba), 2007 Jersey Boys Jake
Speck (Swing; u/s Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, Tommy DeVito), 2003.
national tours: 9 to 5 Mamie Parris (Judy Bernly), 1997. Micah Shepard (Ensemble), 2004. Beauty and the
Beast Jessica Moore (Ensemble), 2007. Cats Jason Wise (Tumblebrutus), 2008. Chicago Brent Heuser (Fred Casley),
2007. Lindsey Roginski (Liz; Roxie u/s), 2003. A Chorus Line Netanel Bellaishe (Larry), 2010. Paul Flanagan (Al), 2005.
Dreamgirls Talitha Farrow (Ensemble; Joann; Effie u/s), 2008. Brittany Lewis (Ensemble; Charlene; Michelle u/s),
2007. Grease Mark Raumaker (Ensemble), 1998. Omar Garibay (Dance Captain; Sunny/Doody u/s), 2008. Jersey
Boys John Edwards (French Rapper; Barry Belson), 2006. In The Heights Genny Lis Padilla (Carla; Nina/Vanessa
u/s), 2003. Legally Blonde: The Musical Tiffany Engen (Serena), 2000. Rhiannon Hansen (Margot), 2006. South
Pacific Genson Blimline (Stewpot), 1998. Spamalot Jacob L. Smith (Sir Dennis Galahad), 2009. Melissa Denise Lopez
(Ensemble), 2007. Wicked Michelle Johnson (Nessarose), 2006. The Wizard of Oz Ana Bortello Machado (Ensemble;
Dorothy u/s), 2010. Philip Northington (Male Swing), 2009. West Side Story Jay Garcia (Chino), 1999.
television and feature films: HawthoRNe Eric Badique (Extra), 2009. Salt and The Good Wife Victoria
Cartagena (Agent and Teresa Reyes), 2002. The Glades and NCIS David de Lautour (Lenny Nelson and Daniel Sturgis),
2002. Meet Monica Velour and It’s Kind of A Funny Story Jee Young Han (Amanda and Do-Gooder),
2007. Nurse Jackie and White Collar Christopher Jackson (Trey and Nico), 1994. The Newest Pledge and A
Thousand Words Amanda Musso (Trudy and Receptionist), 2005. Army Wives Lee Tergesen (Officer Clay Boone),
1980. One Life to Live Teddy Toye (Teddy), 2009. In Plain Sight and Revenge of the Bridesmaids Chryssie
Whitehead (Krista and Rachel), 2001. The Hard Times of TJ Berger and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Alex Rose
Wiesel (Cute Nerdy Girl and Mermaid Model), 2007.
AMDA ALUMNI HAVE APPEARED IN
THE FOLLOWING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS:
Ragtime, Cats, Hair, Footloose, In The Heights, American Idiot,
42nd Street, Gypsy, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Jersey Boys,
The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Avenue Q, Bajour, Wicked, Grease,
Beauty And The Beast, Finian’s Rainbow, The Frogs, The Best Little
Whorehouse In Texas, The Boy From Oz, A Christmas Carol, The
Color Purple, On The Twentieth Century, Pal Joey, The Seagull,
Side Show, Taboo, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, That Summer That
Fall, The Threepenny Opera, Triumph of Love, You’re Welcome
America: A Final Night With George W. Bush, Zanna Don’t,
Dreamgirls, Funny Girl, Good Vibrations, Hairspray, The King And
I, Laughing Room Only, Cry-Baby The Musical, Curtains, Dracula
The Musical, Memphis, On The Town, Legally Blonde The Musical,
Rent, Mating Dance, Marie Christine, 9 To 5, 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee, Aida, The Addams Family, South Pacific,
All Shook Up, Carousel, Smokey Joe’s Café, Chicago, Spamalot,
West Side Story, Xanadu, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Evita,
Fiddler On The Roof, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Wedding
Singer, Five Guys Named Moe, The Three Sisters, Spamalot, The
Crucible, Tarzan, A Chorus Line, Once Upon A Mattress, Anything
Goes, Shrek The Musical, Rock of Ages, White Christmas, Kiss
of the Spider Woman, Sweet Charity, Young Frankenstein, High
Society, Jekyll And Hyde, Kat And The Kings and many more.
AMDA ALUMNI HAVE APPEARED
IN THE FOLLOWING FEATURE FILMS:
American Beauty, A Beautiful Mind, Camp, Far From Heaven, Goodfellas, Mambo
Italiano, The Cooler, Dick Tracy, The Firm, Bulworth, Reds, Romeo and Juliet,
Stir Crazy, Girl Interrupted, Bless the Child, The Matthew Shephard Story, The
Guru, The Money Kings, Rounders, Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, The Shape
of Things, Malcolm X, Wayne’s World, Monster, Point Break, Manic, Scary Movie,
A League of Their Own, Bonfire of the Vanities, Boomerang, Cabaret, Hannah
and Her Sisters, Love Story, Regarding Henry, Sea of Love, May and many more.
AMDA ALUMNI HAVE APPEARED
IN THE FOLLOWING TELEVISION SHOWS:
Mad Men, Smallville, House, M.D., Army Wives, Kings, Rescue Me, Medium, Cold
Case, In Plain Sight, CSI: Miami, 30 Rock, Southland, Ugly Betty, American Dad,
Six Feet Under, Judging Amy, It’s All Relative, Sex and the City, Cagney and Lacey,
Picardia Mexicana, Guiding Light, Ed, Two of a Kind, Cybill, Friends, Dharma and
Greg, Oz, Law and Order, ER, Touched by an Angel, Homicide: Life on the Street,
The Wire, Beautiful Girl, Undercover Christmas, The Magnificent Ambersons,
Sell This House, The Haunted, Third Watch, One Life to Live, All My Children,
The Nanny, Another World, NYPD Blue, The Magnificent Seven, Promised Land,
Walker, Texas Ranger, Cosby Mysteries, Passions, The Shield, Roots, North and
South, The Sopranos, The Practice, The Wedding Dress, Picnic, Carrie, Boston
Public, Spin City, The Cosby Show, Chicago Hope, The Tiger Woods Story,
Saturday Night Live, Welcome Back Kotter and many more.
AMDA ALUMNI HAVE APPEARED IN THE FOLLWING NATIONAL TOURS:
Chicago, Les Miserables, Rent, Godspell, Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, The Full Monty, Oklahoma!, Thoroughly Modern Millie,
Seussical the Musical, Oliver!, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, 42nd Street, Cabaret, Smokey Joe’s Café, Grease, Cats,
The Rocky Horror Show, The Wizard of Oz, Victor/Victoria, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Show Boat, Fame, Footloose, The Buddy
Holly Story, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate, Damn Yankees, The Lion King, The Sound of Music, The Civil War, State Fair, Ragtime, Peter Pan, Crazy
for You, Steel Pier, Zorba, Fosse, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Singin’ in the Rain, Bye Bye Birdie, Mame, Once on this Island, South Pacific, Little Shop
of Horrors, Camelot, The Three Musketeers, A Chorus Line, Starlight Express, Titanic, Snoopy, Anything Goes, Romeo and Juliet, Man of La Mancha, A
Christmas Carol, Cyrano de Bergerac, Nunsense Jamboree, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and many more.