Summer 2009:

Congratulations to Jim Parsons (MFA '01) for his Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series Emmy Nomination for his role in the CBS comedy THE BIG BANG THEORY.

Henny Russell (MFA '97) is cast in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming Broadway production of THE ROYAL FAMILY by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes.

MFA Graduates Brian Hutchison (MFA '00) and Erika Rolfsrud (MFA '95) in EXIT THE KING on Broadway.

Heather Raffo (MFA '98) is the recipient of the 2009 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award from the USD College of Arts and Sciences for her work including the critically acclaimed 9 PARTS OF DESIRE, which began as her Thesis Project in the Globe/USD MFA Program.

The 2009 Shakespeare Festival is in high gear with MFA students playing such roles as Sebatian and Maria in TWELFTH NIGHT, and Montfleury and Valvert in CYRANO.

MFA Students in the company of CYRANO DE BERGERAC photo: Craig Schwartz

Summer 2008:

All fourteen MFA students appeared in The Old Globe's Summer Shakespeare Festival. Roles played included Helena in ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; Paris, Benvolio, Tybalt, and Lady Montague in ROMEO AND JULIET; and Abraham Slender, George Page, and Anne Page in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.

Bruce Turk, Kimberly Parker Green (MFA), and James Winker in ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; Anthony von Halle (MFA), Owiso Odera and Graham Hamilton in ROMEO AND JULIET, Nat McIntyre in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Photos: Craig Schwartz

Seven of the MFA students will be appearing in The Old Globe's SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage this winter, and one student will appear in the Globe's SINCE AFRICA in the Copley Theatre.

Summer 2007:

Six MFA students will be appearing in three different productions this upcoming Spring Season at The Old Globe. John Keabler in the World Premiere of IN THIS CORNER; Joy Farmer-Clary, Ashley Clements, Sloan Grenz, Tony von Halle are in SEA OF TRANQUILITY; and Michael Kirby will be in THE AMERICAN PLAN.

MFA Program director Richard Seer directs the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Wendy Wasserstein's THIRD.

Alum Jim Parsons co-stars on the new CBS comedy THE BIG BANG THEORY.

Four Old Globe/USD Alumni appeared in THE COAST OF UTOPIA this year. Receiving the most Tony Awards of any play in history, this monumental work was directed by Old Globe Artistic Director Emeritus Jack O’Brien.

Co-Founder of The Old Globe/USD Graduate Acting Program Craig Noel received the National Medal of Arts this November. The National Medal of Arts is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States Government. The National Medal of Arts is awarded by the President of the United States to a select few each year.

David Pittu, Josh Hamilton, Aaron Krohn (MFA Alum), Baylen Thomas (MFA Alum), David Harbour in THE COAST OF UTOPIA. Photo: Paul Kolnikp