USD Magazine, Summer 2001

made her New York theater debut. Zimmerman, who graduated in 2000 from USD's master of fine arts program at The Globe Theatres, worked as an under- study during the show's premier last summer at the Globe.That class assignment gave her a leg up when an understudy spot opened in the East Coast cast in January. "My fi rst night, I had to go on with little rehearsing," recalls Zimmerman of her New York premier."I was learning dance 1992 UNDERGRADUATE Kristine Ashton was promoted co vice president ofThe Mitch Schneider Organization, a Los Angeles public relations firm. Ashcon's cl ient list includes record– ing artists Ko rn , Papa Roach and Disturbed... . Eric England is enjoying a "serene, healthy and simple lifesryle" as a phocographer

steps 30 minutes before the cur- tain went up, which was terrify- ing. But it's for that kind of rush that I do it." The play is an adaption of the 1997 movie in which out- of-work British steel workers bared it all to make a few bucks. The musical version, set in Buffalo, N. Y., is staged at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and recently received IO Tony nomi- nations, including one for best musical. The musical is about father- hood, friendship and marriage. in Denver. ... Loree (Hill) Luther operates her own dessert catering business, All in Good Taste, in Carlsbad, Calif. .. . Nancy Marcello works at Sony Pictures in Culver Ciry, Calif. She is pursuing an M.B.A. at Loyola Marymount Universiry.. .. Joseph O' Rourke, Jr. reports that his company, O'Rourke Distributing, Inc., has offices in Dallas and San Anconio, Texas, and recently opened

But in the end, it's about six guys who strip down to their birth- day suits. The naked truth? Zimmerman has never peeked. "You know during the whole show you're going to see them strip," Zimmerman says. "It all builds up to that. But, oddly enough, I never watch the last moment because they're my friends and I just can't do it." At one point, each guy's only protection is a well-placed hat. "In the beginning, they wor- ried the light cue would be one a location in Puerto Rico.... Karin (Anderson) Shady moved co Lou isville, Ky., with husband Roger and their children Tyler, 6, and Emi ly, 3. Karin is an accountant working with the Latin American subsidiaries of several companies.... Jennifer Tombini teaches high school and is working on a master's degree in education. She is also a busy mother of two.

second off or that their hats might slip," Zimmerman says. But now, she says, it's no big thing. Nevertheless, the crew some- times teases. Once, the orches- era's female conductor dropped her top during the finale. Another time the orchestra performed in the buff. Zimmerman understudies for five different characters in the show.There's Estelle, the main character's gi rlfriend, a gum chewer with huge hair and a short skirt; Susan, who's giggly GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL Jebette Caterina (M.A.) teaches English at Mt. Carmel High School. .. . Stephen Nellis (M.Ed.), wife Janice and daughter Katelyn Dawn moved co Canascota, N.Y.

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