Theatre Alumni News
More than 350 different actors have stepped onto our stages over the last 16 years. The whereabouts of 14 of them is reflected below. We'd love to know more about the other 336. Please keep us informed of what's happening in your lives. I will endeavor to share that information with your peers via a yearly newsletter. Email me at btyrrell@centralia.edu.Alumni News, Updated 10/9/07
Alum names are in alphabetical order; dates indicate the shows performed in at Centralia College, not the time spent earning their degree.DOUG ALEXANDER is entering his second year in the theatre program at Western Washington University.
AUSTEN ANDERSON, KATE BELDEN and CHASE HARVEY (2007) are currently enrolled in the theatre program at the University of Idaho. All three were cast in the fall semester production of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Nights Dream."
ANNA GARRISON (1991-1994) enters her first year of teaching Theatre and English at Yelm High School. She resides in Tumwater, Washington. After a number of years spent in the Bellingham/Marysville vicinity, it's good having her back in the area. Welcome back, Anna.
ROBYN HEIAN (1997-2000) graduated from Columbia College's Dance Education program in Chicago before returning to the area in 2004 to co-direct "Talking With" with Jana Tyrrell and appearing as Hedy LaRue in "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" at Centralia College (2005). She recently married and now resides in Portland, Oregon.
ANDY HILLSTROM (2003-2005) completed his BFA in Theatre at the University of Idaho in spring 2007. At UI he appeared in a number of productions including "Boy Gets Girl," fall 2005, with Nellie Doelman, CWU undergraduate and Helena in C.C.'s spring 2004 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Lend Me a Tenor." Andy recently relocated to Portland, Oregon and will appear in a production of "As Is" in November 2007.
JOSH and REBECCA WITT KRUPKE (1999-2002) have appeared in a number of plays in the greater Seattle area including work at The Village Theatre in Issaquah.
ELEISE MOORE (2002-2004) recently finished her second and final year as part of PCPA's (Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts) company in Santa Maria, California. She was seen in their summer productions of "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Urinetown" in Solvang, CA this summer.
LINDA MORRIS (1991-1993) recently completed her seventh season with the prestigious Oregon Shakespeare Festival, her fifth as a member of the Actors Equity Association. She currently resides in Olympia, Washington.
PAUL PURVINE (2000-2004) recently appeared in Harlequin Productions "Macbeth" in fall 2007. After a lengthy respite from the classroom, Paul will finish his AA at Centralia College in fall 2007 and enroll at The Evergreen State College in winter 2008 to pursue a teaching degree in the performing arts. Paul's Harlequin credits are numerous, including "A Midsummer Nights Dream" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead." Paul also appeared in Olympia Little Theatre's production of "Bus Stop" and Theatre Artists Olympia's "Macbeth" in summer 2005.
CASEY RAIHA, likewise, is beginning his second year with AMDA, the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, in Los Angeles, CA.
HEIDI RIDER (1997-2000), a veteran of many Harlequin Productions shows, moved to New York City in 2006 to pursue a theatre degree at Hunter College.
