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Let Us Know About You!
Please include yourself on this page! Send any updates about
yourself and our friends that you'd like to share ... what you're up to, contact
info and any photos (esp. then and now). This can be sent to me via
email (I prefer pictures that are .jpg or .gif files) at
KKamlet@aol.com or snail mail
(email me for address). Anything you send me via regular mail that you'd
like back (such as photographs) will certainly be returned quickly.
Information will be added to this site as I receive it. Anybody who
attended P.A. during the years we were there (not just the graduated Class of
'83) or who was on Faculty at that time is warmly invited to submit information
for this page!
(You can click
on many of the pictures in this section to see a larger view)
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Corbett Thomas, Charlene M.
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Ephron, Kai |
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Fiore, Mark |
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Jarvis, Erich |
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Jones, Kevin |
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Klein, Eric (Huck Hirsch) |
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Laderman, Michael |
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Licht, Jason |
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Maile, Julian |
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Miller (Chaka), Jonas |
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Maggie |
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Lorriann T. |
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Rinehart, Henry |
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Shanerman Ventura, Lorna |
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Spielman Funkhouser, Amy |
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Spiteri-Jenkins, Lisa
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Statman, David |
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Weiss, Douglas
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Mike Bosze
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"Mike Bosze here. I am a
graduate from '83 ... It's nice to see where my fellow PAers are at.
I'm glad that someone has taken the time. I also enjoyed the pics from
this years reunion. I so wanted to attend but was unfortunately working at
the time.
I would like to offer some
information about myself. Since graduating, I have been working as a
Producer (http://www.broadwayvideo.com/production/bio_bosze.html)
for Lorne Michaels and
Saturday Night Live. I have been with Lorne for the past eighteen
years. I am currently producing Prime Time and Late Night Specials for SNL
as well as other various television and DVD projects. That about sums it
up.
I'd like to connect with some
of my fellow classmates and look forward to the next reunion in June.
Please keep me posted as to any plans made.
I look forward to hearing from
you.
Best Regards!
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Mike Bosze"
Contact Info: Email:
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Charlene M. Corbett Thomas (Music) |
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"This is Charlene M.
Corbett, piano major. Well it's Charlene M. Thomas now. My sister in her
boredom at work decided to "google" everybody she knows and came across
your website. Sweet! My mom has been awfully curious about how those crazy
kids who crashed at her house when it stormed on "Cabaret night" are
doing.
I am happily married, living in Charlotte, NC. I am currently teaching
chorus and drama at a middle school here. Still singing, playing, writing
and living off of my music. Music is still my ultimate fix and my therapy!
This is a picture of me and my hubby, Ted of four years and seven
months.
Be blessed always,
Charlene '83
Contact Info: Email:
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Adrian Danzig (Drama) |
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"I've been laying bigfoot
tracks in the woods around Dayton Ohio for the past 11 years and I have
never cut my toe nails since I seen ya. And I'm also all extra married and
shit. I'm living in Chicago now producing, directing, performing in
and teaching clown theater through my company 500 Clown (http://www.500clown.com),
and teaching at a the longest titled theater school in Chicago. (The
Theater Conservatory at The Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt
University). I'm eating well, fasting on Mondays and am not enjoying
having my dollars spent on this war. " Contact Info: Email:
gnuyak@earthlink.net |
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Kai Ephron (Drama) |
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Kai sent his contact info and
asked for it to be posted for those who'd like to be in touch. Contact Info: Email:
kaiephron@mac.com Cell:
323-459-3919 |
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Kaethe Fine (Drama) |
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Mark Fiore (Music) |
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Mark is living in Las Vegas and
he wrote, "Saying hello to everyone, and hoping to hear hello back. Would
be nice to catch up."
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Mark is also working with John
Steinmetz and Ken Kamlet on a documentary about PA ...
Click Here for a preview. |
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Contact Info: Email:
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Sharon Flowers Thomas
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"Hello Fellow Alumni,
This is Sharon Thomas, formally
Flowers. They say all the world is a stage & I have been playing
every part. I am a wife, mother, business partner & happy to be an
American! The years after PA have been wonderful and nurturing.
I live in Georgia with my husband & five children. My husband & I
have a small construction company that has most recently led to an
opportunity for me to be more involved in interior design & decorating.
My oldest son is attending Mercer University with a double major in
business & music. Maybe someone in this family will be a star yet!
I look forward to continuing to share in the lives of those whose lives
have touched me in the 80's.
I hope to see as many of you as
possible in June.
Please continue to keep in
touch."
Contact Info: Email:
SRTHOMAS322@AOL.COM |
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Elliot Goliger (Drama) |
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| I am a landscape, general contractor, and tree pruning contractor in
San Francisco. After PA I went to Purchase and left during Sophomore year.
I traveled through the US and spent some time in Santa Fe where I became
interested in plants, took classes about plants, and hiked through the
Sangre de Christo Mountains. This was a great experience and has really
influenced my life choices. When I came to San Francisco in 1986, I fell
in love with the beauty of the Bay Area, and the access to so many
beautiful natural places. I took a few jobs but soon got into tree work
and I became a certified Arborist. This morphed into my Landscape Business
which is now my primary gig:
http://www.artisanslandscape.com. I also have another
company: Arborcadabra Arborist Co. 415-PRUNE-IT.
I live with my boy, Elon (born 5-7-00), and my wife Gail Mallimson
(we’ve been married for 10 years) on Bernal Heights in San Francisco.
She's a photographer and film and video artist. Thank you Kenny for doing
all this work for the PA Clan. " |
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Eden Harvest (Drama) |
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"I married Teresa Spinella (PA
'84) ten years ago and we live in Santa Monica. Our baby Girl's name
is Gianna Harvest. She is still acting and I am Director of Communications
& Finance at a Society of Nuclear Physicians at UCLA. " |
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Contact Info:
Email: QBLandry@aol.com |
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Erich Jarvis (Dance) |
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Erich is enjoying a
successful career as a Neurbiology Professor and has done a terrific job
of keeping in touch and letting us know what he's up to ... here are some
new updates
And here are some previous
happenings we've heard about from Erich:
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The latest edition of the
Alumni Update Newsletter congratulated Erich for his recent honor ... a
neurobiology professor at Duke University Medical School, Erich received
the 2002 Alan T. Waterman Award, the National Science Foundation's highest
prize for young professors, for his research on vocal learning and the
brain. |
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Erich also emailed us to say hi
and mention his website (http://www.jarvislab.net/). He encourages fellow classmates to include links to their web sites
when submitting to this site. Thanks Erich and congratulations! |
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Erich dropped a note to say,
"Two days ago a turned 40, and several weeks ago I received tenure at Duke
University. So things are looking decent." |
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Contact Info:
Erich D. Jarvis, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology, Box 3209
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina 27710
(919) 681-1680 Phone / (919)
681-0877 Fax
Email:
jarvis@neuro.duke.edu
http://www.jarvislab.net/
http://www.jarvislab.net/Publications.html |
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Kevin Jones
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"Wow, its been a while ...
I am alive and well (relatively) and living in sunny Deltona, Florida. I
spent 3 years living in London, but have been here since 92 (except for a
brief 3 yr stint in Anaheim, Ca.). I work for a software company
developing application programs for government entities.
The years from HS to 92
contained mostly fun things ... bartending in London, Film and TV
production stuff, even a safari in Kenya. I also visited James Carroll
(best buddy in HS) when he was playing French Horn in the Army in Germany
back around 99. He was living down here in Melbourne for a while but
I think he moved to Georgia ... too much to recall.
Looking forward to hearing from
you. "
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Contact Info:
cell: 407 416 1483
Kevin Jones
Advisory Developer
SunGard HTE
1000 Business Center Drive
Lake Mary FL 32746
Email:
kjones@hteinc.com
www.sungard.com/hte
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Ken Kamlet
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After PA I went on to NYU (Tisch) and then worked around
throughout the country as an actor, writer, producer (a number
of theatre productions, 1 documentary film) and even as a standup comic.
My play "Regular" has received several professional productions and I've written
for a number of publications (print and online) on a variety of subjects
including feature stories for Tennis Magazine, Spotlight, The Washington
Post, Borscht, America Online, etc. |
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Have mostly lived in New York
City, but I did spend 3 years in Minneapolis and have traveled throughout
the world.
I took a detour out of "the biz" a few years ago in order to accept a
position with a major investment firm. Recently, I decided to
relocate to the Los Angeles area to return to my roots in the performing
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My partner (of 17 years)
Gregg is a very busy stage director and we enjoy spending as much time as possible with
our happy Chihuahua, Sparky. |
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Contact Info:
1541 N. Martel Ave., #229
Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 882-6215
Email:
KKamlet@aol.com or
SparkyUnleashed@aol.com |
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Eric Klein (Huck Hirsch)
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"Hello. This is Huck. (huh?
huck who? what?) put down your yearbooks. ... back in the 80s I was a
curly-haired boy named Eric Klein. (oh. him.) Among the many
things that have changed in 20-some-odd years is my name. Was Eric Klein.
Is Huck Hirsch. Also living in LA.
... please put me in the loop (reunions, etc.) Looking forward to seeing
any and all ... or in some parallel reunion galaxy in the future.
if anyone feels like doing this (photo above right) this is what I'm
teaching (minus the lava pit). The class is appropriate for all
levels of curious types.
Btw, I once had an ice cream sundae at Howard Johnson's with Mrs.
Katz-Cohen ... and it wasn't the worst date I've had. She was sociable.
Sending homeroom hugs and Cafe Cubano kisses,
> huck"
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Contact Info: Email:
Go2huck@aol.com
Phone: 323-556-1489 |
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Tobin Kramer
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Tobin emailed us to let us know
he is a trained Social Worker living in New York. He attended the
SPAA reunion in April. |
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Contact Info: Email:
tmaxwell662003@yahoo.com |
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Beth Kuehn Monge (Dance) |
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"Hello! Hello! It's hard to
believe that it has been 20 years already ... so what happened to Beth?
After graduation, I danced for
a couple years and taught ballet for a while here and there. I met
Cheto (my husband) in 1986 and started school at Hunter College in 1987
with plans of being an Art History major. Somewhere along the way, I
shifted direction and ended up with a BS in computer science from NYU and
and MS in the same subject from Stanford University. Cheto and I got
married in 1991. He's an architect and has his own business doing
architectural renderings. Cheto and I live in San Diego with our two
beautiful boys, Colin (2.5 years) and Christopher (14 months) and our dog,
Sancho.
I work as a software engineer
at a wireless communications company called Qualcomm, where I go back and
forth between writing software and managing projects.
It's a thrill to hear about
what folks are up to on the web-site! I'd love to attend the
reunion, but we will be just back from a trip to Puerto Rico to visit
Grandma ... so I'm not sure we'll make it, but who knows." |
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Contact Info: Email:
bkmonge@qualcomm.com |
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Michael
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Click Here to read Michael Laderman's
Valedictory Speech from our graduation; June, 1983.
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After I graduated from Performing Arts, I went to Purchase. After that,
I spent a year as a musicology student at CUNY Graduate Center. I took a
year off from school to revamp my flute technique and take auditions, then
transferred to Stony Brook, where I got my M.M. and D.M.A. While I was at
Stony Brook, I won a Javits Fellowship that among other things paid for 4
summers taking master classes in Italy and France. My whole educational
experience was generally fun and interesting, though no school was ever as
much fun for me as PA.
Since I got my Doctorate, I’ve been freelancing, playing a few solo
recitals, and teaching at colleges in the “Outer Boroughs.” Though my
whole formal musical education was classical and I’m still very much a
classical musician, I’ve also become increasingly interested and
proficient in jazz over the years, and I really enjoy playing jazz with
good musicians. I find that while my classical background obviously helps
my jazz, the converse is also true. So I’m planning my next recital of
French and French-influenced music with a like-minded pianist while I’m
also involved in preparations for summer performances of ZSound Collect, a
medium-sized jazz band I’m in.
As a teacher, I’ve had the satisfaction of seeing flute students
blossom under my guidance, and I’ve also taught some interesting courses
like Intro to Opera and Modern Music, with an upper-divisional course in
Jazz scheduled for next semester at Polytechnic U. in Downtown Brooklyn. I
also do some writing tutoring at Poly, which is a nice change of pace and
interesting and satisfying in a different way from my other work. In
addition to Poly, I also teach at Queensborough Community College and the
Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College.
I’ve lived in the East Village since 1996 and love it! Please contact
me at (212) 254-6555 or by email at pan@musician.org. I loved PA and I
loved my class, so it was a great joy to see those of you who made it to
the SPAA reunion in April! I hope to hook up with whoever is in town for
the Alumni & Friends reunion in June, so drop me a line.
All the best,
– Michael " Contact Info:
(212) 254-6555
Email:
pan@musician.org
http://www.fluteperformer.com/
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Jason Licht (Drama) |
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"A lot has changed since I last
wrote.
I now have two boys, Joshua, 3 and Toby, 4 months. Having children has
been the biggest change in my life to date. We moved to Cobble Hill
in Brooklyn, a more child friendly neighborhood which has exploded with
families.
After my first son was born I took a series of staff jobs as a Lighting
Director, first for Fox Sports, then for ESPN Classic and last for Sprint.
Unfortunately the shows were cancelled. The business is changing with new
smaller cameras and reality shows being so plentiful. I will
continue working freelance until I figure out where the TV business is
going." |
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Contact Info:
Jason Licht
233 Court St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
917-921-5591
Email:
Jelicht@earthlink.net |
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Julian Maile (Drama) |
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| "Greetings fellow PA'ers-
Great to see all these beautiful people. I was unable to attend the
reunion last year, but from the pix it looked like a gas. Sad to see the
loss of some of our classmates ...
A little about myself? Well, I realized at PA that I would never be a
professional dancer due to the fact that I was in the drama dept.
So I became a professional musician instead, and over the past 20 years,
have developed some great chops, and worked with some of the best in the
biz ... I live and work in NYC, in some name-brand musical theatre
productions ...
I would have sent a recent picture, but honestly, I have the same
haircut now, anyway - and this after 20 years of furiously keeping up with
the fashions. Oh well.
Would be cool to hear from you ..." |
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Contact Info: Email:
julianmagpie@hotmail.com |
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Jonas Miller (Chaka) (Drama) |
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| " Blessings All,
Just a quick update ... I'm living in Los Angeles for the last 8
years. Believe it or not, still chasing that "dragon" called
"acting". However, aside from that I am doing voiceovers to pay the
bills. I'm currently working on my third screenplay. I am also
doing all of that behind the scenes stuff such as P.A.ing, 2nd A.D.ing as
well as 1st A.D.ing. Anything thing so long as I am close to it in
some way, shape, form or fashion. I'm not married, have no children,
but am still very much looking forward to both someday soon. I can't
wait to see folks."
God Bless.
JC." |
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Contact Info: Email:
jonas.chaka@gmail.com |
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Maggie Nieves (Drama; Class
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| "Hi everyone! My life has been a series of been there done that’s. Did
the college thing, thought I should go Full Time army. Did the full time
Army thing then rethought the college thing and now I'm presently working
as a Systems Engineer for Sprint as a day job. I have a wonderful family
of four kids, three boys (ages 14, 12 and almost 8) and a girl (9.5) they
are the air that I breathe. I've never strayed from the Arts scene. I've
been writing comedy for 5 years and I've been singing in some capacity as
a backup or featured vocalist for the past 18 years. I'm now entering my
latest endeavor into the Kansas City Jazz scene as a soloist for the past
3 years and loving every minute of it. I'd love to hear from you, feel
free to drop me a line anytime!!!!"
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in June 2004 for the Class of 1984 (and is inviting it's adjacent
classes of 1983 and 1985).
Contact Info:
Maggie Nieves
13411 W 109 Terr
Lenexa, KS 66210
Home: 913-338-5235
Cell: 913-744-9532
Work Email:
magaly.v.nieves-cole@mail.sprint.com
Home Email:
illmakeulaff@hotmail.com |
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Lorriann T. Olán
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"After P.A., I went to Oberlin,
where I stopped playing music. I realized at P.A. that I would never be a
professional musician and decided to take a break. I became a pseudo
athlete instead, but regret not keeping up the chops. I have been
fortunate to play every now and then with the University Wind Ensemble. I
returned to NYC for a few years to work at a law firm before deciding on
graduate school. Then lived in Boston for four years and married an
academic (art history) I met in college years before. In 1993, we moved to
Virginia (unfortunately, one of the hot seats for the death penalty), have
three small kids, and two full-time jobs. Life is good, I can't complain.
Work is satisfying, small town life has more to offer than I ever
imagined, and family life keeps me busy. I'd love to hear from old
friends, and have promised Henry to check out his restaurant when I visit
NYC.
Regards to all,
Lorri" |
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Contact Info: Email:
lorri@rockbridge.net |
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Henry Rinehart (Drama) |
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Is the owner of HENRY'S
Restaurant located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan |
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Henry hosted a
get-together after the SPAA reunion on Saturday, April 5th at his
restaurant.
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Click Here For Details
about the Reunion and after-party at HENRY's |
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Note: Henry has once
again offered to host an "after-party" on Friday, June 13, 2008 following the
reunions at SPAA and LaGuardia H.S. Essentially, please drop by
after 8:00pm and keep in mind that that everyone will have individual
tabs. |
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Contact Info:
c/o HENRY'S
2745 Broadway @ 105th Street
212-866-0600
Email:
hrinehart@nyc.rr.com or
henry@henrysnyc.com |
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Amy Rosenfeld Poux
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Amy emailed to let us know she
is now the Executive Director of Working Playground, Inc. and will be
sending us more information about what she's up to soon. |
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Contact Info:
Amy Rosenfeld Poux
Executive Director
Working Playground, Inc.
http://www.workingplayground.org/
1123 Broadway, Ste 904
New York, NY 10010
tel. 212 242-4812 / fax. 212 242-4813
Email:
WorkinPlay@aol.com |
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Patricia Ruffin
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Congratulations to Pat and
her husband who welcome their first child, daughter Zora, in June 2004!
"After PA, I went straight to
Brooklyn College where I majored in Music Performance. Upon graduation I
worked in an instrument repair shop and taught music privately. Eventually
began substitute teaching for the Board of Ed. This led to a regular
position at P.S. 182 in East Harlem teaching band, chorus (grades 3-6) and
general music (grades K-6).
I finished my masters degree at
Hunter college (Music History) I am currently in my 13th year in public
school education.
Our music department has
received Project Arts and VH1 save the music grants. We even did a
commercial for save the music!
Love to hear from members of
the class." |
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Contact Info:
| Work:
P.S. 182 (B.B.M.S.)
219 East 109th Street
NYC 10029
(212) 860-6031
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Home:
1540 Unionport Road
Bronx, NY 10462
Cell: 646-295-8010 |
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PRuffin606@aol.com |
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Lorna Shanerman Ventura (Dance) |
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| "Can it really be 25 years ago? Seems impossible. Thinking back
on that time...
I often wonder why my mother allowed me to ride the subway, for a half
hour into the city, alone?
I recall feeling like a rock star as I entered the building after the
release of "FAME."
I always enjoyed fully committed drama students, in the stairways,
doing character study in age make up.
I held my breath, at a music assembly, in awe of the talent on that
stage.
I knew I was working with a group of the most creative and inspiring
dancers I 'd ever come across.
I think of that time as a world filled with raw talent and a commitment
to our passions. Kids with dreams and endless ideas and energy.
I am still in the business, living here in NYC. After my scholarships
with Alvin Ailey and Ballet Hispanico, I continued my concert dance career
and taught here in NYC as well as internationally. From Germany to Paris
and Holland to Japan.
I booked my first theater job and pretty much continued in that
direction. The choreography bug came quickly after that and I know it was
ignited during my PA years.
I have been fortunate enough to have worked Broadway as a performer as
well as a choreographer. I have also worked on Film and Television with
some amazing talent. I am presently working on a dance film documentary
which I hope to complete by the end of this year.
I have two beautiful daughters Chloe 7, Lily 3, and a remarkable
husband Fitzgerald.
I will not be able to attend Friday but look forward to catching up
with some of you on Saturday.
Sincerely,
Lorna Ventura AKA Lorna Shanerman" |
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Contact Info: Email:
lornaventura@nyc.rr.com |
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Amy
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| "Hi to all.
After PA I went to Cornell for a BS and MS in nutrition. Moved to
Boston, got married in '95 to musician John Funkhouser, traveled across
Asia for a year, then landed back in NYC, running clinical trials in
Nutrition. Had a baby in 99 (Willow), moved back to Boston where I
am now the administrative director for a non-profit running Cancer
Clinical Trials for the National Cancer Institute.
Photos 9/2001" |
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Contact Info:
207 Maple St. Needham MA, 02492
(Home) 781 449-2205
(Work) 617 632-3610 Email:
funkhousera@gmail.com
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Lisa Spiteri-Jenkins
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"My name is Lisa Spiteri
Jenkins ... I was in the dance dept. at P.A. I was supposed to graduate in
'83 with all of you guys but my family moved to CA in '82. I now live in
Thousand Oaks, CA ... It has been wonderful to reconnect. I've
attached a current picture.
Thank you for all you've done to reconnect the P.A. gang! The site is
great.
I look forward to hearing from you."
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Contact Info:
Email:
curlylisaj@adelphia.net |
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David Statman
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"Words don't begin to describe
the feelings your website brought up (which makes sense – me being a
writer and all – currently, I'm a creative director / copywriter at an ad
agency). Of course the power of the stage still has me in its sway ...
I've been working on a musical version of "The Man Who Fell To Earth" for
the past few years (think "Jesus Christ Superstar" via U2's ZooTV tour).
I hope you are well and I look forward to seeing everyone at the reunion.
(We'll see if my now 7-month old son Will and wife Nina) are up to joining
me. All the best,
– Dave Statman" |
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Contact Info:
Executive Director, Creative Development
Time Warner Global Media Group
One Time Warner Center
17th Floor • 17-257
New York City, NY 10019
(212) 484-7066
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