Alumni - 1970's
Loren Johnson - 1979
Currently works with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Previously worked
in film production and as a Stage Manager for such theatres as Children's Theatre
Company in Minneapolis.
Scott Stroot - 1979
Head of Department of Theatre and Dance, Western Kentucky University
He has earned an Associate Degree
in Nursing from St. Mary’s Junior College, and an M.F.A.
in Stage Direction from the University of Minnesota. Scott worked as an RN at what was
then St. Mary’s Hospital, and served as Artistic Director
of the Minnesota Shakespeare Company, with SCSU
alum Tim Streeter (BA Theatre 1979) at his side as Managing Director. Scott, his wife Mary
Ann Johnson (SCSU BA English, 1978) and daughter Kate headed east
to New England, where for the next 15 years he served variously
as Theatre Program Director, Creative Arts Division Chair and Associate
Academic Dean of Bradford College in Bradford, Massachusetts, teaching
Acting, Directing, Theatre History, Aesthetics and Taiji. His
professional gigs out east included stints as a founding member
and performer with the performance art collaborative InCollusion, a
dancer in Mary Lee Karlin’s modern dance company Dancers
at the Edge of Time, a columnist for the
arts journals ArtNEW England and P-Form, and
free-lance director in the Boston area. In 2001, Scott and family –which
now included daughter Kelly- moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky,
where Scott now serves as department head of the Western Kentucky
University Department of Theatre and Dance. He continues
to direct and perform professionally , most recently
as Serge in Yasmina Reza’s Art at the Public
Theatre of Kentucky, in Bowling Green, and director of
the The Importance of Being Earnest and The
Merry Wives of Windsor at the Kentucky Repertory Theatre
in Horse Cave, Kentucky.
Jane Hammill-Golembeck - 1978
Professional commercial actor and voice talent for film and theatre.
Kim Alan LaFontaine - 1978
Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Texas at Arlington. Directed the world premiere of Richard M. Sherman's new musical "Little Old Broadway" in Arlington in 2005. Member of United Scenic Artists Union 829.
Bonnie B. (Teske) Kalla - 1975
Head of Circulation at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s
University Libraries
Manager of Music Library on the St. Ben’s campus.
Sally J. Zuehlke - 1974
In-House Recruiter for Amerilab Tech. Inc. and writer for the company
newsletter.
James Robert (Bob) May - 1972
Professor of Playwriting at the University of Central Arkansas.
Artistic Director/Playwright for Children's Theatre To Go, Inc.
in Arkansas.
G. James Olsen - 1971
Vice President of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches
and author of many publications including "Why Angels Have Wings".
Janice Kastendieck - 1970
Theatrical Draper for Parson-Meares, Ltd in New York, NY. Has worked
on many Broadway shows including Lion King and Marry
Poppins, National Tours, Operas, and dance in US, Europe,
and Japan.
