Becky Ann Baker

Born in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Baker grew up as an "army brat," moving from base to base with her parents. Since the sixth grade, when she performed in a school play, Baker had the acting bug. Music and dance propelled her further and by high school she was landing all the lead roles. An accomplished actress of stage, film and television, she made her first Broadway appearance in the 1978 production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Her musical and dance background also helped win her roles in the Broadway performances of Titanic, A Streetcar Named Desire and Assassins. Off-Broadway her credits include Paul Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, the critically acclaimed June Moon, Durang, Durang, Two Gentlemen of Verona" and more. A devoted stage actress, Baker is a founding member of The Drama Department, a New York-based theater company, and in 1994 she received the Drama League award for her work in Night and Her Stars. Her motion picture credits include Celebrity, The Confession, Men in Black, Sabrina, Unstrung Heroes, White Squall, and Lorenzo's Oil. Baker also has an extensive television credit list, including Stephen King's The Storm of the Century, Ruby Ridge, Star Trek: Voyager, and NBC's Frasier and L.A. Law.

Photo: Michael Maloney of the San Francisco Chronicle

Adam Perry (2004)

Adam graduated in the spring of 2004 and was almost immediately cast in the international tour Cats. Talented, versitile and dedicated, Adam has gone of from there to perform in a variety of productions, seen here in the 2006 national tour of Sweet Charity with Molly Ringwald.

Monique Ryan (1986)

Monique Ryan went on from WKU to further her career by dancing with some very notable dance companies: Alvin Aliey American Dance Theater, Philadanco Dance Company, Patdro Harris Co, Gus Giordano Dance Company, and Total Dance / Dancical Productions. While with Total Dance Theater, Monique toured to more than 50 cities throughout the U. S. performing with entertainers such as Elton John, Luther Vandross, and M. C. Hammer, to name a few. Monique is currently the owner and executive director of Dance Theatre of Huntsville in Huntsville, AL where she shares all that she has learned from the great instructors of the dance and theater world.

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Michael Rosenbaum (1996)

Since his graduation, Michael has been working steadily on both the small and big screens. Some of his appearances include the films "Urban Legend," "Sorority Boys," and "Bringing Down the House." He has also gathered a small cult following as young Lex Luthor on the WB's "Smallville."

Darron West (1989)

Sound Designer and company member of Anne Bogart's SITI Company, Darron's soundscapes have been heard in hundreds of productions worldwide. His directing credits include Kid Simple for the 2004 Humana Festival at Actors Theater of Louisville, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and Eurydice for Children's Theater Company Minneapolis, and SITI's War of the Worlds Radio Play. Awards include the 2004 Henry Hewes Design Award, a Princess Grace, a 1998 OBIE Award, and the Entertainment Design Magazine EDDY.

Madison Lewis

Since graduating from WKU, Madison (formerly Susan M. Oswald) has been active as a performer with Chicago's Second City, as a private student of Utah Hagen in NYC, an actor on NBC's popular medical drama ER, and as founder of her own production company, Monument Entertainment.

Leo Burmester

A veteran of of both feature films and Broadway, actor Leo Burmester was a classic character actor. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Leo's 20 year film career included James L. Brooks' BROADCAST NEWS, Martin Scorsese's THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST and GANGS OF NEW YORK, James Cameron's THE ABYSS, and John Sayles's PASSION FISH and LONE STAR. Broadway credits includes appearances in the original casts of LES MISERABLES and URBAN COWBOY, as well as roles in BURIED CHILD, BIG RIVER,
and AH, WILDERNESS! Sadly, Leo past away in 2007. The screen and stage will miss him, and so will we.

Matt Long - 2002

Soon after graduating, Matt landed a role in an MTV commercial followed by snatching the title role in the WB's political drama "Jack and Bobby." Matt is proud to be another WKU graduate on what is affectionately being referred to in the Theatre Department as the "Wku-B."

Debra K. Stevens

Debra K. Stevens is in her 23rd season with Childsplay. During that time she has worked as an actor, teacher, director, choreographer, playwright, and is currently an Associate Artist with a focus on Education.  Debra is a continuing member of The Writer's Circle with Actors Theatre of Phoenix and is on the Arizona Commission on the Arts roster as an Artist-in-Education.  Debra received a B.A. in Speech and Theatre from Western Kentucky University and a Master's Degree in Theatre from Arizona
Sate University.

Bart Lovins - 1988

A member of Actors Equity for ten years, Bart has performed in nearly every state in America, Canada and Japan.  Has directed regionally and while in Manhattan, directed the 20th Anniversary Production of The Elephant Man off-Broadway and co-founded Spinning Graves Productions which created and produced off-off Broadway theatre successfully for three years.  Bart continues to direct and perform professionally and is currently founding director of the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center which has been recognized by the Kennedy Center for its unique contributions to education and the arts in central Kentucky.

Scott Denny - 1989

Originally from Terre Haute, Indiana, Scott came to WKU to major in chemistry and instead left with a degree in Perfoming Arts!  Since graduating Scott has performed Off-Off Broadway in New York and all over the country on the Broadway national tours of THE MUSIC MAN, FOOTLOOSE and 1776. He has worked at over 25 regional, stock and dinner theatres in over 70 productions, including Houston's Theatre Under the Stars, Houston Grand Opera, Stage One Wichita, and the Prather Family of  Theatres. Scott also serves as an Assistant Editor of John Willis Theatre World, an annual theatrical resource book.

David Meyers Gergory

David Myers Gregory began his professional acting career with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Richard Foreman's surrealistic production of The Golem with Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham and Oscar nominee Randy Quaid. His theatre work includes numerous theatre productions such as Balm in Gilead, Look Back in Anger, Blood Wedding, Romeo and Juliet,King Lear and Orpheus Descending among many others.

His film work began with Dan Sullivan's Religion Inc. starring Sandra Bullock and later starred in Straw Weisman's DeadMate, followed by featured roles in Soho Murders, Just Like Americaand the awesome short film Feed Your Head for which he was awarded the Blum Kolver Award for acting by the American Film Institute.

David has had re-accuring roles on television in "As the World Turns" as Clyde and the Warner Brother's television series "New York News" as the religious fanatic with the wonderful ensemble cast of Mary Tyler Moore, Gregory Harrison, Joe Morton, Melina Kanekederes and George C. Scott.

David is an alumni of WKU and the Juilliard School and a successful artist and gallery owner where he makes his home in Nyack, New York.