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Design for Stage & Film Class Notes

The following is a list of what just some of our graduates have been doing.  If you would like to let your fellow alumni know what you've been up to, be sure to submit your own class note to be published on the web and in the Tisch Newsletter.


Polly Smith 1975 Design for Stage and Film

Emmy Award-winning costume designer for puppets. She is currently designing for the rabbit puppets on the Disney Channel’s series Bunny Town.

Richard Dorfman 1981 Design for Stage and Film
Weekend Waterfront Manager at South Street Seaport Museum where he is a Relief Captain for the Schooner Pioneer, a 19th century sailing vessel and is coordinating volunteers for the restoration of the 325' full rigged ship Wavertree.
Stephan Olson  1987 Design for Stage and Film

Stephan Olson is production designer on How I Met Your Mother on CBS and Hot Properties on ABC. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Nancy, and their two children, Lily and Cooper.

David Zinn  1991 Design for Stage and Film

Costume designer for Broadway’s Xanadu.

topLisa Lehr 1994 Design for Stage and Film

Currently working as a Show Director/Choreographer for Stiletto Entertainment in LA, providing production shows for Holland America Line.

Kristy Iris 1995 Design for Stage and Film

Contributing Author author- Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction and Contributing Writer: Networking Times May/June issue, article: Empower Your Space. Currently training consultants for Fizom Inc. www.fizom.com

Mark Ricker  1995 Design for Stage and Film

Production Designer; is currently prepping Julie & Julia for Columbia Pictures.  The film is directed by Nora  Ephron, and stars Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams as Julie Powell.

Meghan Healey  2000 Design for Stage and Film

Winner of the 2007 HOLA for Best Costume Design for Zanahorias (Off-Broadway). She also recently designed costumes for Lightbox Theater’s Milk-n-Honey at 3LD, and scenery and costumes for Rob Handel’s adaptation of The Knights as part of Target Margin’s Aristphanika Festival.

Daryl Eisenberg 2006 Design for Stage and Film

Daryl Eisenberg Casting (www.decasting.com) cast My First Time, which is currently running at New World Stages.

topBrian Ireland 2006 Design for Stage and Film

Recently engaged, and over the next year he plans on working between New York City and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Court Watson  2006 Design for Stage and Film

Set designer for Ford's Theatre’s A Christmas Carol in Washington, D.C. and Lend Me a Tenor at the J.W. Engeman Theatre, directed by B.T. McNicholl.  He recently served as Associate Designer on Ich war noch niemals in New York, das Musical, in Hamburg, Germany.  He also designed the world premiere of Meet John Doe at Goodspeed Opera. He has assisted on Broadway productions of "Grease!", "Lestat", "Little Women", "High Fidelity", "The Coast of Utopia", "Cry Baby", "Mauritius", and "South Pacific."