Special Thanks Thanks to Linda Gellman and Chicago City Limits for donating a one-day improve pass as prizes for members of the winning team. Thanks to Adam Frank, Patrick Keohane and The Public Theater for donating two tickets to February House, their upcoming musical, which will be awarded to the “MVP”s of the winning team. Thanks to JoAnn Gall, from the Theater Development Fund, for helping to arrange for tickets to a show (TBA) which Macaulay has purchased as prizes for the winning team. Thanks to all of the judges for donating their time to make this event a success.

SING! could not have happened without the funding and support of Macaulay Honors College and all of its staff. The Macaulay Scholars Council would like to especially thank Drew Adair for his help in planning this event. In addition, the Macaulay Scholars Council would like to thank James Salem, Aparna Gokhale, Kristin

Lamonte, Michael Squitieri, John Oros and Colby Minif ie for their help during the planning process.

Saturday, November 19th 8:00PM

@ Macaulay Honors College

Judges, cont.

SING! was coordinated by Kaitlyn O’Hagan, MSC representative for Hunter College, Class of 2013. Contact her at kt.ohagan@gmail.com with questions or comments about MHC SING! 2011.

Wednesday November 16

8:00PM

Thursday November 17

8:00PM

$5 suggested donation for all performances.

Half of the proceeds will go to funding MHC SING! 2012

Half of the proceeds will be donated to Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources

and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised over $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the

United States.

Drew Adair, Associate Director of Student Development, Macaulay Honors College, holds a dual BA in English and Theater from Antioch College and an MS Ed in Counseling from Fordham University. A former member of Actors Equity (1996 – 2000), Drew has performed Off-Broadway with the Negro Ensemble Company in Another Chance, 1997; with Philadelphia’s Freedom Theater in both Purlie (1996) and Black Nativity (1995); and in the American Music Theater Festival’s production of BOBOS (1994). He has also thoroughly enjoyed performing now and again at such New York cabaret establishments as The Duplex, Don’t Tell Mama, and the former Village Gate. Drew is delighted to connect to his past and present – and nurture the talents of Macaulay students – through SING!

Linda Gellman is a producer and founding member of Chicago City Limits. In addition to being an improvisor, she has worked as an actress, singer, and dancer in plays, musicals, cabaret shows, and on TV. She has taught improvisation for many years to adults and children both at Chicago City Limits and at schools, colleges, and arts institutions. In the corporate world, Ms. Gelman teaches workshops focused on creativity, problem solving, and communication. She also teaches improvisation to senior citizens and Early Alzheimer patients, helping them use cognitive functions and their own life stories in fun and rewarding sessions.

Campus Teams Judges

Manu H. Kumasi , originally from Queens, New York, graduated in 2009 from the Macaulay Honors College (Baruch campus) with a B.B.A. in Economics. He moved to Washington D.C. upon graduation to work for a management consulting firm and in his spare time performed in various plays and staged readings in the DC area. In January 2011, he enrolled in the Honors Conservatory program at The Theatre Lab. At “The Lab”, Manu has performed as Josh in The Rimers of Eldritch, Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard, and Cliff in The Woolgatherer as well as many other roles in class scenes and monologues. When the program concludes in December, Manu hopes to use the lessons learned and experience gained this year to craft a successful career in acting and continually improve as an artist.

Brooklyn

Baruch

Queens

Hunter

Dan Blondell graduated from Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in 2010 with a degree in Philosophy. He currently works at the Friends of THIRTEEN, helping to strengthen local community ties with New York's largest public media company, WNET. As an occasional actor, a gradually improving improviser, and a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts (Drama '06), Dan is very excited to contribute to SING! at Macaulay.

Maneesha Bhugwansing ‘14 Shannon Chen ‘15 Ru Xiao Chen ‘14 Emily Cheung ‘14 Haesol Jun ‘14 Misu Kim ‘14 Victoria Tsang ‘14 Quan Vu ‘15 Ying Zhang ’14 Matthew Melore ‘14

Cyril Abraham ’15 Sarah Allam ‘15 Elizabeth Coluccio ‘15 Amy Gijsbers van Wijk ‘14 Jon Farrell ’15 Jacqui Larsen ‘15 Anna Liang ’14 Megan Low ‘15 Kevin Molaro ’15 Carlos Molina ‘14 Jenna Peet ’14 Maryam Razaz ‘15 Vanessa Rene ’14 Daniel Scarpati ‘15 Michael Squitieri ’14 Victoria Tang ‘15 Jessen Thomas ’15 Albert Tong ‘15 Joseph Valerio ’15 Jessina Wong ‘15

Shekeima Dockery ‘13 Prahelika Gadtaula ‘15 Gabriela Geselowitz ‘13 Hunter Gross ‘15 Tom Hart ‘15 Christine Hirt ‘15 Oliver Houser ‘15 Linda Huang ‘14 Henry Kramer ‘15 Michael Lanci ‘15 Genevieve Mcnamara ‘15 Cynthia Perez ‘14 Shanika Powell ‘15 Jason Sloan ‘15 Ashley van der Grinten ‘15

Anastasia Deda ‘15 Zach Adler ‘15 Zohar Bachiry ’15 Carlsky Belizaire ‘15 Yvette Deane ‘15 Annmarie Errico ‘15 Mitchell Guido ‘15 Yossi Szpigiel ‘15 Mina Braglia ’14 Ebrahim Afshinnekoo ‘15

Julia Young hails from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she also attended school. While at the University of Michigan, she founded an improv troupe, “The Impro-fessionals,” won several stand-up comedy contests, and also won the Peter and Barbara Benedek Prize for Best TV Script for her 30 Rock spec script. She is a writer for the new truTV show, Impractical Jokers. Julia is also a national touring company performer with Chicago City Limits. Julia lives somewhere in Harlem.