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Clarkstown Summer Theatre Alumni Page Part 1
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Class of 1992-1993 and 1997. Jason was in the cast of CSTF in "Hello Dolly" in 1992 and "Babes In Arms" in 1993. He also played mandolin and guitar in the orchestra in "Fiddler On The Roof" in 1997. He graduated from Clarkstown North High School and went to on to graduate from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Jay is presently part of a rock band called  "Honor
Society". The band members consist of Jay Rosen (Keyboard, Vocals)
Michael Bruno (Lead Vocals, Guitar) Andrew Lee (Bass, Vocals) and
Alexander Noyes (Drums). Jay and Mike, who also is a New City native
have written many of the groups songs. They are presently living in
Los Angeles, where they just finished recording a new CD. They
will be on tour all summer with the Jonas Brothers. Plus they will
have their own tour at the same time. Their new CD, out this fall,
will contain some songs that were co-written with the Jonas
Brothers. You can visit them at their website at:
www.myspace.com/honorsociety and on YOU TUBE,
www.youtube.com/user/HonorSociety?ob=1.
Jason playing with Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers at the San Diego Sports Arena, November 15, 2008.
Irving Plaza New York February 15, 2009: Honor Society performed with the Jonas Brothers at a sold out performance at the Filmore at Irving Plaza. Honor Society performing at the House of Blues
This video was taken at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on 3-28-09. |
RICHARD HOLBROOK
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Class of 1974-1977.
Hi CSTF, I performed for four summers
with The Clarkstown Summer Theatre Festival
from 1974 to 1977. I was Freddy in the 1977 Clarkstown Summer
Theatre Festival production of My
Fair Lady. It was a glorious production and I have
wonderful memories not only of the shows but also of the
terrific people I came into contact with during those four
terrific summers. I worked with such marvelous professionals as Eugene
and Judy Gurlitz, Harley Streiff, Carol Ross, Juanita James,
Lucille Weinger, Casper and Shirley Anne Roos, and Jeremy Broun
- top-notch people all the way. All those wonderful people
provided a valuable training ground to help me and my classmates
learn the craft and discipline of acting and singing and to
learn to respect that craft. I will always treasure those people
because they helped make me the singer and performer I am today.
As Stephen Sondheim wrote, "I'm Still Here". So feel free to contact me. Looking forward to seeing you all in August.
Take care,
Richard Holbrook
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For
the past several years , I have been living in New York City and
singing in cabaret shows throughout Manhattan. My CD,
Richard Holbrook Steps Out, was released in 2004 and is
still selling quite well, thank you. JESSICA MARLOWE-GOLDSTEIN
| Class of 1977.
Jessica Marlowe-Goldstein (Three Penny Opera,
Summer 1977) - MFA Acting from University of Washington,
graduated with honors and teaches currently for Seattle
Children's Theatre and Interlake High School where she teaches
English, Theatre, and Speech. She received her teaching
credential from Antioch University in 2006 and in the same year
won Best Supporting Actress in for her work in independent
movie, Apart From That,
which opens this July in twenty different theatres all over the
country. After Jessica received her Equity card in 1987, she
worked in regional theatres including Perseverance Theatre(AK),
Fredericksburg Theatre (VA), Princeton Repertory (NJ), Black
hills Playhouse (SD), and Seattle Repertory Theatre(WA).
She just finished acting in the 72 hour film competition in the Seattle Film Festival in a comedy called Kung Fruit. Theatre credits include lead roles in Man & Superman, King Lear, Dark Rapture, Scotland Road, Inspecting Carol, Savage in Limbo, Chorus Line, Julius Caesar, Up, The Miser, Wait Until Dark, The Cherry Orchard, among others. Due to the nomadic life of an actor/director, Jessica started her family late at age 46, and now has a bouncing baby boy named Jonah. She lives in Seattle with her actor husband, Brian King, where they maintain a sleep-deprived existence. |
DAVID FRIED
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Class of 1997.
CSTF Alumni and Legislator David Fried was
elected to the Rockland County Legislature on November 4, 2003
at the age of 24. He is one of the youngest County
Legislators to serve in the history of New York State.
Legislator Fried represents Legislative District 13, covering the
Village of Spring Valley in the Town of Ramapo. His
district is one of the most economically, religiously,
culturally, and socially diverse communities in the region.
This is what makes District 13 the unique and special place that
it is. It is a cross section of our nation right here at
home in Rockland County.
Although born in Anaheim, California, Legislator Fried has lived
in Rockland County since he was ten weeks old. He is a
graduate of Spring Valley High School and he and his family
continue to live here. His parents, Beverly and Sandy, own
and operate an automotive repair shop in Spring Valley and his
younger brother, Aaron, is finishing classes at RCC and is a
volunteer firefighter and ambulance driver.
Outside of his legislative duties, Legislator Fried is a student
at the world-renowned Cardozo School of Law in New York City.
He has chosen to concentrate his studies on Civil Rights and
Constitutional Law. He is a member of JAMCCAR, the Spring
Valley NAACP, the Rockland Negro Scholarship Fund, the Rockland
Children's Advocacy Network, the League of Women Voters, and is
a board member of the Spring Valley Chamber of Commerce and Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County.
Prior to serving in the Legislature, Legislator Fried received his
bachelor's degree in Political Science and Psychology at
Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. He spent three
years as an advance aide to President Clinton, the First Lady,
and Vice President Gore. In this capacity, Legislator
Fried traveled on behalf of the White House to many U.S. states
and foreign nations. He was also the Director of
Intergovernmental Relations for the Town of Ramapo and
Congresswoman Nita Lowey's district representative in her
Rockland County office.
Legislator Fried believes in community-centered leadership.
He has committed his service in the County Legislature to
representing all of the residents of District 13 and Rockland
County. He is an advocate for children, families, and
entrepreneurs. He focuses his legislative agenda on
providing opportunity to the community, increasing our
collective quality of life, and decreasing costs of living.
Legislator Fried's first initiative as County Legislator was the
creation of the District 13 Community Awareness Task Force.
This council works with the Legislator on numerous public policy
fronts and consists of a diverse group of community leaders and
citizens. The
Legislator invites citizens to work with him and encourages
families to participate in government and the legislative
process. His door is open to all! |
ANNETTE CORTES
| Class of 1994-1995.
Wow! So glad to see that CSTF is continuing to enhance the
lives of so many young people. I was in Oklahoma in 1994
and played Adelaide in Guys N Dolls in '95. I had such a
great time at CSTF and have continued my theater career.
After I left summer theater I headed off to Marymount
Manhattan College where I receive a BFA in Acting with a minor
in musical theatre in 2000.
After graduation I appeared in several off-Broadway productions
including the off-Broadway modern-day adaptation of "Pirates of
Penzance" aboard the Peking at Southstreet Seaport. I also
did a bit of touring.
While touring with different children's theatres I decided that
I loved working with children and bringing theatre to the
classroom. So in September of 2003 I began my studies to
receive an MA in Educational Theatre at New York University.
In addition to school, I also manage and am the lead singer of a
classic Motown band called BLUE VELVET (www.bluevelvetmotown.com), which
performs all over Rockland and the tri-state area at bars,
lounges, outdoor events and parties.
I hope to be an artist in residence when I graduate and would
love to implement some workshops at CSTF...my old stomping
grounds!
Keep up the great work!
Annette Cortes
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ALAN KIRSCHENBAUM
Alan (left) with his dad Freddie Roman
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Class of 1977-1979. CSTF alumni Alan Kirschenbaum is the son of Comedian and CSTF honorary trustee Freddie Roman. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in marketing, Kirschenbaum shunned the high stakes of the business world for the paramutuel stakes of the Meadowlands Racetrack in northern New Jersey. "I had horses when I was at Penn," Kirschenbaum says, "so when I left Penn I went to work doing the only thing I wanted to do, which was train standard bred race horses. That career had lasted three years when Kirschenbaum, tired of the fact that his horses were eating better than he was, decided it was time to try something else. "I love sitcoms, and I was always sort of thought of as a funny guy," he says, "so you gravitate towards what you're good at." He moved to Los Angeles and got a job writing at Dear John and moved from there to Anything But Love to Baby Talk to the short-lived Man of the Family. "That show," he says, "lasted seven episodes -- which was probably about six too many." Kirschenbaum's biggest thrill in television came when Down the Shore, a show he created, was picked up by Fox for the summer of 1992. "When I wrote the pilot for Down the Shore we had a lot of trouble getting it shot. But HBO, the studio I was involved with at the time, convinced Fox to let us do a live presentation of it for them -- like a play. We didn't film it. They couldn't test it. They couldn't do research on it. They couldn't do all the things that a network usually does. They just had to watch it and decide from watching it. There was a tremendous amount of pressure. You couldn't fix it in post-production. You couldn't produce the hell out of it in order to hide the weaknesses. And all the executives, including Barry Diller -- who at that time ran Fox -- came down and watched it. And it went great, and they picked it up. That was my best day in show business." Following three years as executive producer of Coach, with his CSTF fellow alumni and friend Philip Rosenthal, Kirschenbaum and producer buddy Greg Garcia sold their pilot "Yes Dear" to CBS. |
PHILIP ROSENTHAL
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Class of 1977-1979.
Phil is the Creator and Executive Producer of "Everybody Loves Raymond".
He graduated from Clarkstown High School North and then went to Hofstra
University in Hempstead on Long Island. He also was Producer and Writer on the
ABC-TV show
"Coach". Philip's wife Monica had a recurring role as brother
Robert's wife on "Everybody Loves Raymond". To read a wonderful article about "Everybody Loves Raymond" from Entertainment Weekly Magazine: CLICK HERE!
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| Honorary trustee Phil Rosenthal was written about in
USA TODAY. Here is a re-print from May 2, 2000. Copyright 2000 - Gannett
Newspapers-USA TODAY. Putting a new spin on the president's talents By Peter Johnson, USA TODAY Phil Rosenthal was asking this question Monday: "If you tell the most powerful man in the world what to do and he does it, does that make you the most powerful man in the world?" Rosenthal, creator and producer of CBS' Everybody Loves Raymond, had reason to ask: He directed President Clinton's now-famous video that spoofs his waning days in the White House. Networks have been rerunning the video since Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where Clinton got a standing ovation. On Monday, MSNBC was announcing times it would run the entire video. "The phone has been ringing off the hook," Rosenthal said as a crew from Access Hollywood waited to talk to him. He also appeared on CNN's Talkback Live. 
The video - in which Clinton washes the presidential limo, rides a bike
through a hallway and watches clothes dry - took 90 minutes to shoot
over three sessions last week. The final shoot was just hours before
Saturday's dinner.Rosenthal says Clinton is a natural actor. In the laundry scene, "I just told him to watch the clothes spin around in the dryer. He came up with the eyes rolling and the head moving, and he did it expertly. He is, like, scarily good. I gave him my card and said, 'I'm always looking for actors on the show.'" Rosenthal got the gig, which he did free ("I did it for my country"), after being called by high school pal Mark Katz, who writes gags for Clinton. As for his new status, Rosenthal says he put the power question to his wife, Monica. Her response? "She won't buy it." HOLLYWOOD.COM INTERVIEW Alan and his friend and CSTF alumni Phil Rosenthal were interviewed by Hollywood.com about the creative process in comedy writing. To read the complete interview: CLICK HERE! |
Jennifer Frankel
| CSTF Alumni Jennifer Frankel is the daughter of CSTF Honorary Trustee and Coupe' Dance studio founder and Director Diane Frankel Coupe'. Jennifer is now on Broadway in the musical "Chicago". She is a veteran of many Broadway shows including "The Wild Party", where her picture above was taken. |
Jessica Rosen
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Class of 1988-1991. CSTF alumni Jessica
Rosen is a Producer at E! Entertainment Network, Video Fashion Weekly
and the Style Network in New York. And, on the side she's been designing tops
and accessories for her friends and herself. In addition she has started a
successful line of belts, which are available on line.
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