Noveen Moinpour

Noveen Moinpour (Stage Management) is not only working full time as Director of Softball Operations with the UCLA Softball team, she is also working as a stage manager for a few productions in the Los Angeles area.

The first production is Jewtopia, which has been playing at the Greenway Court Theater in West Hollywood for the past few months, with a possible extension through March. You can find out more information on the show at jewtopiaplay.com

Noveen is also working on the West Coast Premiere of Dust and Rubble by the Tenement Street Workshop. These two plays will be presented together at the Hudson Theatre Guild in Hollywood and Noveen will be stage managing their shows on January 31st and February 1st. For more information on the production, visit their facebook page here.

Rachel Lee and Baby It's You

Rachel Lee (Musical Theater) is moving to New York on February 1st where she will begin work on Baby It's You, a new musical opening on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre April 27th. Rachel will be the production assistant in the music department for the production. Baby It's You is a musical about music producer Florence Greenberg and features the music of The Shirelles.

Check out this article on the show at playbill.com

Colin O'Brien-Lux in Deaf West's Pinocchio

Colin O'Brien-Lux (Acting) is in the company of Deaf West Theatre's production of The Adventures of Pinocchio. Colin is the signer for Gepetto, Puppet Master, and in the ensemble. Performances run February 17th-March 27th at the company's theatre in Hollywood. You can find out additional information about the production at the company's website here.

Colin is also an active member of The Ahimsa Collective and recently assistant directed their clown show Everybody Nose The Scoop.

Liz Gonzalez in Cab'relesque

Check out Liz Gonzalez (Musical Theater) in Cab'relesque, an evening of live music, sketch and stand up comedy, performance poetry, and more on January 28th at the Complete Actor's Place in Sherman Oaks. The show begins at 8PM with a complimentary open bar from 7:30-9:00.

Visit www.cabrelesque.com for ticketing and additional information.

Nicolette Robinson on Perfect Couples

Make sure to check out Nicolette Robinson's (Musical Theater) sitcom premiering this week! Perfect Couples airs this Thursday, January 20th on NBC 8:30/7:30c.

Jessica Marie Taylor in Kiss Me Kate

Jessica Marie Taylor (Musical Theater) will be playing Lois/Bianca in The Relevant Stage's production of Kiss Me Kate. Performances run February 17-27 at the Warner Grand Theatre.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.therelevantstage.com

Madeline Harris in (Un)Godly

Madeline Harris (Acting) will be in (Un)Godly, a new and original work produced by The Ahimsa Collective featuring Madeline and a company of six dancers. It is a one woman show and Madeline plays six different characters. Performances are January 22-23 at the Hayworth Theatre downtown.

For more information on the show, visit the company's website here.

Pazzazz!

Pazzazz! is a new musical written by Milt Larsen, Joseph Hoffman, and two-time oscar award winning composer Richard Sherman. After a production in 2008, the show has been rewritten for a production March 26-27 at the Lombero Theatre in Santa Barbara. The cast features the following UCLA class of 2010 students:

Mikey Hawley(Acting) as George M. Cohan

Carly Bracco(Musical Theater) as Ethel Levy

Klarissa Mesee(Musical Theater) as Ensemble

The cast also features Jamison Lingle as Josephine Cohan and Caitlin Beitel as Ensemble from the musical theater class of 2009.

This production was also cast by professor and casting director Michael Donovan.

To find out more information on the show, visit www.pazzazzthemusical.com

Westwood

Be sure to check out Westwood, a new series created by Kevin Michael Martin (Acting). Find out more information on the show at www.westwoodtvshow.com.

Nicholas Tubbs in The Adding Machine

Nicholas Tubbs (Acting) will be appearing in the ensemble of the West Coast Premiere of The Adding Machine, a new musical at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. The production also features current UCLA acting student Travis Leland. Performances run January 22-March 13 2011. For more information and tickets, visit www.odysseytheatre.com.

Chris Reinacher in Peter Pan.

Chris Reinacher (Acting) is the most recent Bruin to join the cast of Three Sixty Entertainment's touring production of Peter Pan. The cast also features Emily Yetter (Acting), Elijah Trichon (Acting), and Joshua Kuehl (Musical Theater). Chris will be joining the company in the Atlanta leg of the tour. This production was cast by professor and casting director Michael Donovan.

Alison Elliot in Blithe Spirit

Alision Elliot (Acting) just finished a run of Blithe Spirit at A Noise Within in Glendale. You can find out more information about A Noise Within at their website, www.anoisewithin.org.

Jessica Marie Taylor in Holiday Spectacular

Jessica Marie Taylor (Musical Theater) recently finished working on the Cabrillo Music Theater Holiday Spectacular, which featured Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy. Jessica was featured in the ensemble.

Carly Bracco in Loving Repeating

Carly Bracco(Musical Theater) will be in the West Coast Premiere of Loving Repeating, a musical about the life of Gertrude Stein, as Woman 1. Performances run January 18-February 13 at International City Theatre in Long Beach. The production was cast by professor and casting director Michael Donovan. For more information, visit ictlongbeach.org.

Mikey Hawley in The Blank Theatre's The Cradle Will Rock

Mikey Hawley(Acting) will be in The Blank Theatre Company's production of The Cradle Will Rock. The musical runs February 5-March 20 2011 at The Blank Theatre in Hollywood. To find out more information on the production, visit www.theblank.com.

Bruins in Arizona

The UCLA Theater class of 2010 is starting to move away from Los Angeles and spread throughout various parts of the United States, including Arizona!

Cason Murphy(General Studies) moved to Prescott, Arizona immediately after graduation to assume the title of Technical Director of the Prescott Fine Arts Association. He recently played Freddie in the company's production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Cason is also the site coordinator for Americorps.

Angelica Richie(Musical Theater), who moved to New York shortly after graduation, will be in Phoenix until February in the ensemble of Broadway Arizona Theatre's production of My Fair Lady. You can follow Angelica's adventures on her personal blog here.

Cami Gonzales in Frida Libre

Cami Gonzales (Musical Theater) will be touring schools all around San Diego county in Frida Libre, a new children's musical being produced in conjunction with the La Jolla Playhouse. The musical is about the early life of painter Frida Kahlo, who Cami will be originating the role of. The musical will run from February to early April. This production was cast by professor and casting director Michael Donovan.

Cami can also be seen in a commercial for Kashi that is currently on the air.

You can check out more of what Cami has been up to on her personal blog here.

Holiday Cheer

Celebrate your holiday season by supporting the class of 2010 in all of their holiday performance endeavors!

Madeline Harris(Acting) will be doing double duty as an elf this holiday season, both working at the Grove as one of Santa's Helpers and featured as a hip-hop dancing elf in a holiday Bounty commercial.

Liz Gonzalez(Musical Theater) will be working at Universal Studios Hollywood in her second consecutive show after working with the park over Halloween with their Halloween Horror Nights. Liz is currently featured in Universal's Grinchmas show. Performances are December 11 and 12 and December 18-January 2.

Clay Stefanki (Musical Theater) is currently in Festival of Christmas at Lamb's Player's Theatre in San Diego. You can find out more information about the show here.

The Wait List

The Wait List is an improv, short form, and live performance comedy group that has Anne Lane(Acting) and Chris Reinacher(Acting) among its creators. Their films have been in various festivals and won several awards for acting, writing, and directing, including winning the national grand prize for best picture of Campus Movie Fest. They've had meetings with a few different major television networks (Comedy Central, ABC, and others) about creating and being featured in content, and recently made a series of digital shorts for an MTV showcase of up-and-coming talent. They have regular shows at the Improv Space and other venues.

The Wait List has also featured Julie Alexander(Acting), Mikey Hawley(Acting), Emily Yetter(Acting), Kylie Alesso(Acting), and Lesley Holligsworth(Acting) in their work.

Check them out at waitlistcomedy.com.

Nicolette Robinson

Nicolette Robinson(Musical Theater) has had a very successful post-graduation life! In addition to being a part of the staged musical workshop Post Office at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Nicolette just finished filming the first season of Perfect Couples, a new NBC sitcom on which she is a series regular. The show premieres January 20th and airs Thursday nights at 8:30 on NBC. One episode will also feature fellow 2010 graduate Kevin Michael Martin(Acting).