Alan Ball, Producer, Writer, Director and Actor spoke with SFT second year students on Friday, April 13th. He spoke about the business from the perspective of one its most celebrated artists. Check out imdb.com for more info about his accomplishments.

Stand Up! You saw the students of Rick Crom's Stand Up Comedy class in 2 performances at NYC's famed Comedy Cellar. Comedian Colin Quinn recently spent some time as a guest with the class.

April 27, 2007: Student Peter Hermann is starring as Dan Woodruff on Broadway in "Talk Radio".

April 27, 2007: Student Katherine Puma and faculty member Craig Wroe are performing in "Blithe Spirit" at the Riverside Theater.

April 25, 2007: Grad Gabriel Womack is starring in the new Universal Pictures film "Copperhead" currently filming in Sofia, Bulgaria.

April 24, 2007: 2005 Graduate Jacqueline Freidlander is working in FX Network's "The Riches" with Minnie Driver. She's also just booked a national commercial for T Mobile.

April 23, 2007: Graduates Ryan Brannan, Joe Silvio and Tommy South as well as faculty member Quinn Cassavale are performing in the new play "To Paul" at the 45th St. theatre.

April 19, 2007: Graduate Jeremy Batiste is currently finishing two films "The Perfect Sleep" and "Shadowboxing 2". You've also seen him starring in the series "Noah's Arc" and in the films "Paranuae" and "Guerilla".

April 18, 2007: Student Angelique Cabral caught us up today on a bunch of work she's been doing. Nationals for Toyota, Chase, national voiceovers for Sobe and Diet 7UP, and dayplayers on AMC, OLTL, and GL.

April 16, 2007: 2007 Graduate Patti-Ann Ali has been cast in the role of "Maryamma" in "Miss Witherspoon" at the Amphibian Stage. The play was named as one of the top 10 plays of 2005 by both Time and Newsweek.

April 11, 2007: Student Landon LaVigne is the lead in a film about the Citadel Military School called "El Cid". He also featured in the film "On the Job Training".

April 10, 2007: 2006 Graduate Yasmine Mangum booked a national network commercial for Domino's Pizza.

April 9, 2007: Faculty member MaryAnn Conk is starring in PBS's new series based on NPR's "Car Talk". It is an animated show being directed by Tom Sito of "The Lion King", "Shrek", and "The Little Mermaid". She'll be the voice of 2-3 characters on each episode.

April 6, 2007: Summer Program alum Ashley-Brooke Silver booked seven days on "One Life to Live".

April 5, 2007: 2002 Graduate Julio Niera - Commercials for Verizon, ESPN, Olive Garden, Tylenol, AT&T. Guest star roles on "Law & Order S.V.U.", "The Jane Pauly Show", Co-Star on "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Johnny Zero".

March 22, 2007: 2004 Graduate Don Money is playing the character of Rob Emerson on CBS' "As The World Turns". You can also see him starring in the new series on fangoria.tv "War of The Dead: Z.E.R.O."

February 26, 2007: 2006 Graduate Amy Tedesco booked a Guest Star role on NBC's "Law and Order". She appeared in the March 27th episode.

February 6, 2007: You saw 2001 Graduate Scott Holroyd on "CSI:Miami" on February 26th.

February 1, 2007: Ryan Brannan a 2006 Graduate booked 14 episodes on ABC's "All My Children".