DSU Theatre Alumni

If you have updates for this list or if you participated in DSU Theatre while a student at DSU and would like to be on it, please contact us at

1-800-279- 4295 ext. 2060 or write to:

DSU Theatre
c/o Ken Haught
291 Campus Drive
Dickinson, ND 58601

Kristina Akers - Class of 2003
After two years working in layout for the Dickinson Press, Kristina is going to graduate school at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln for her MBA. She hopes to apply it eventually in a career in Theatre Administration.

Josh Amundson - Class of 2004
Josh has finished off his undergraduate. He works in Dickinson at the Rattlesnake and is thinking about grad school.

Rana (Amundson) Webber - Class of 2000
Rana completed her MFA in Costume Design at Idaho State University in 2003. She is now the costume shop manager at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Sue Anderson - Class of 1978
Sue teaches English, Speech and Theatre at Richardton/Taylor High School and is a member of the North Dakota Speech and Theatre Association Hall of Fame

Sandy Baer - Class of 1996
Sandy is working in medical administration in Bismarck.

Jen Banister - Class of 2003
Jen does product testing for Cloverdale Meats in Mandan.

Suzi Bogner - Class of 2002
Suzi is an admissions representative for Dickinson State University. She travels to various high schools around the upper midwest to promote DSU (and, happily for us, DSU Theatre).

Andrea Bouck - Class of 2004
Andrea works in costume design and construction for the Barksdale Theatre in Richmond, VA. She plans to start work on an MFA in Costume Design as soon as she can.

Christine Brunner (Frederick) - Class of 2001
Christine teaches at a preschool in Austin, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband Michael.

Jesse Buchholz - Class of 2003
Jesse is teaching Theatre and Speech at Sierra Vista High School in Las Vegas. He and his wife, Heather, have two little girls.

Carly Bullinger - Class of 2004 (AA)
Carly is moving to Washington state with TJ Lackner to complete her BA degree.

Leslie Chaska (Wilkie)- Class of 1996
Leslie is teaching English and Speech at Dickinson High School.

Jonathan Cole - Class of 1997
Jon has completed his PhD in Theatre at the University of Oregon. He is now an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Willamette University in Salem, OR.

Marianne Derow - Class of 1987
Marianne works in management with a Toronto based opera company.

Michele Enderle - Class of 1998
Michele has been working with a temp agency in Minneapolis and auditioning for professional theatre and musical ensembles in the Twin Cities area.

Jordan Franzen - Class of 2003
Jordan is teaching Theatre, Speech and English for Beulah High School in Beulah, ND where he lives with his wife, Shanna (formerly Christman who also made frequent appearances on the DSU stage back in 2001-02).

Michael Frederick - Class of 2001
Michael is in administration with Hormel, Inc. in Austin, Minnesota.

Brenda Frolich (Meade) - Class of 1997
When last contacted, Brenda was managing a community theatre in Big Pine Key, Florida.

Annette Gunsch (Bender) - Class of 1996
Annette is teaching Biology and coaching Speech and Theatre at Selfridge High School.

Rick Haptonstall - Class of 1991
Rick completed an MFA in theatre at Humbolt State in California. After four years of directing and managing at Omaha Children's Theatre, he now teaches and technical directs/designs for University of Montevallo in Alabama.

Jarvis Jahner - Class of 2004
A designer and technical director for the Brownsville Village Theatre in Brownsville, NE, Jarvis plans to work a year and then pursue a graduate degree.

Mark Klemetsrud - Class of 1991
Mark has worked as a professional actor in the Minneapolis area. He is now a faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He continues to perform throughout the upper Midwest doing impersonations of Theodore Roosevelt.

Jaime Kuntz - Class of 1999
Jaime was still on active duty with the United State Army learning to fly helicopters, when last contacted. She plans to pursue a Master's degree in Mass Communication when she is discharged.

TJ Lackner - Class of 2004
A regular on the DSU stage in the mid 1990s, TJ returned to us for some great shows in 2003 and 04. He plans to do graduate work in Washington state.

Mark Lovell - Class of 1999
Mark is working in Seattle at a computer game software company. We are led to believe that he is taking ballroom dancing lessons. He is going to be married on Halloween, 2004.

Kory Martin - Class of 2004
Still working at Ralphie's, Kory is thinking about attempting some professional acting.

Mandy Messmer (Wardner) - Class of 1998
Mandy is teaching English, Speech and Theatre in Bismarck. She taught in Beulah for a couple of years before making the switch. She is married to Cory Wardner, also a veteran of numerous DSU Theatre productions in the 1990s.

Courtney Miner - Class of 2004
While working as a nanny in Minneapolis, Courtney has been doing a lot of theatre in the evenings. Her credits include both community and professional gigs.

Bruce Owen - Class of 1983
At last contact, Bruce was working with the History Theatre in Minneapolis.

David Schlosser - Class of 1999
Dave is working as an actor in Minneapolis. At last count, he has twenty professional stage roles, one commercial, one national commercial and two independent film roles under his belt. He also writes scripts and does some set design. In his spare time he works in hotel management.

Melissa Schmacher - Class of 2004
Melissa has just taken a job as the Executive Director of Arts on the Prairie in Dickinson.

Cebe Schneider - Class of 1997
Cebe is the Dickinson area reporter for KQCD TV.

Klint Sickler - Class of 2004
Klint is a customer relations executive with TMI in Dickinson.

Rachel Thomas - Class of 1993
Rachel has sought work as an actress in New York City and Los Angeles since her graduation. She has appeared in several commercials and soap operas. She now resides in Los Angeles.

Rick Walter - Class of 1986
Rick works as a professional actor in New York City. He has performed with numerous repertory companies in the city and in nearby states. He has made several TV commercials and guest appearances on TV series, including a nice spot on a recent Law and Order. Rik was the Theatre Program's Alumni Fellow for 2003.

Chris Winhold - Class of 2003
After a stint as stage manager and technical director for the Ingersoll Dinner Theatre in Des Moines, Iowa, Chris returned to North Dakota and is working in Bismarck for a collections agency..

Jim Zimmerman - Class of 1975
Jim is a Professor of Theatre at University of Wisconsin - River Falls. His graduate work was at Southern Illinois University. Jim was a founder of Dakota Stage in Bismarck.