Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira, class of 2001

The Theater and Dance Department is enormously proud of our alumni. They are professional actors, choreographers, dancers, designers, directors, playwrights, producers, scholars, screenwriters, and arts teachers leading distinguished careers in major cities of the United States and around the world.

It is especially rewarding for us that Theater and Dance students have easy access to alumni’s work at major performance venues in the Twin Cities. In turn, our alumni enjoy meeting current students, and are generous with their time and their own networking capabilities. They stay connected to Macalester and often return as guest artists to our campus.

Aditi Brennan Kapil
Aditi Brennan Kapil – Writer, Actress, and Director aditikapil.com
Adrienne Nelson
Adrienne Nelson – Actor, Dialect and Acting Coach adrienne-nelson.com
Faye Price
Faye Price – Creative Artist and Theatre Maker, LinkedIn
Gwenyth Shanks
Gwyneth Shanks – Assistant Professor in Theater and Dance, Colby College
Jack Reuler
Jack Reuler – Founder, Mixed Blood Theatre
Kate Bredeson
Kate Bredeson – Professor of Theatre, Reed College
Macelle Mahala
Macelle Mahala – Professor of Media X, University of the Pacific
Mandi Masden
Mandi Masden – Actor and Writer mandimasden.com
Paul Whitaker
Paul Whitaker – Lighting Designer, Theatre Consultant at Schuler Shook paulwhitakerdesigns.com
Rachel Bernsen
Rachel Bernsen – Choreographer, Performer, Dance Educator, and Alexander Technique teacher rachelbernsen.com
Roy Gabay
Roy Gabay – Broadway and Theatre Producer and General Manager
Sha Cage
Sha Cage – Actor, Public Speaker, Curator, and Teacher, Twin Cities
Zachary (Zeej) Anderson – Independent Videographer, ZeejVideo
James ‘JW’ Williams – Actor, James A. Williams