UTEP Theatre and Dance Alumni
THEATRE PERFORMANCE CONCENTRATION
Isabelle Rivera
BFA Musical Theatre 2021
KCACTF Region 6 Aspire Fellow
Jorge Blakely
BFA Musical Theatre 2020
2021 Company Dancer at TEXAS - The Musical
NYC at Open Jar Institute Residency
Bianca Taylor
BFA Performance 2020
Arena Stage Fellow, Washington D.C.
Gabriel Franco Kull
BFA Performance 2019
MFA Acting at University of Arkansas 2023
Nichole Audrey Hardgrove
BFA Musical Theatre 2019
Costuming Internship at Walt Disney World
Ana Miramontes
BFA Performance 2019
MFA Acting Candidate at University of Arkansas
Lauren Wagner
BFA Performance 2019
Production Assistant at TheatreSquared
MFA Candidate at Western Illinois University
Cynthia Alvarez
BFA Performance 2018
MFA Acting at UCLA 2021
Gabriella Torres
BFA Performance 2017
MFA Acting at Juilliard 2021
Nancy Batres
BFA Performance 2016
Working Actor. Has worked with the Latinx New Play Festival in San Diego
Abel Garcia
BFA Performance 2016
MFA Acting at UC-Irvine 2021
Lluvia Almanza
BFA Performance 2018
Appeared in Orange is the New Black
Anthony Michael Stokes
BFA Performance, 2008
EPISD Teacher of the Year 2017- 2018
TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN CONCENTRATION
Kassia Curl
BFA Lighting Design 2021
Graduate School- UC Irvine
Ian Gilliam
BFA Sound Design 2021
Audio/Video Apprenticeship at Santa Fe Opera
Victor Maldonado
BFA Lighting Design 2021
University of Iowa MFA program in Lighting Design, 2024
Lindsay Hearon
BFA Scenic Design & Stage Management 2020
Props Crafts Apprentice
Chris Morere
BFA Scenic Design 2020
Production Crew at Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
Scenic Designer for PRF 2021 Christmas Show
Itzel Martinez
BFA Technology & Design 2020
KCACTF Region 6 Aspire Fellow
Juan Ontiveros
BFA Theatre Design & Technology 2020
Scene Shop Foreman at UTEP
Alex Ringering
BFA Technology & Design 2020
Sound & Lighting Design for various productions at the UTEP Dinner Theatre, Wise Family Theatre and Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Currently the Technical Supervisor at the Office of Special Events at UTEP
Karla Sofia Perez Lopez
BFA Costume Design 2019
Graduate Assistantship- University of Connecticut
Merle DeWitt
BFA Lighting Design 2018
MFA Lighting Design at UC-Irvine 2021
Nita Mendoza
BFA Lighting Design 2018
MFA Lighting Design at UC-Irvine 2021
Jim Lupercio
BFA Lighting & Sound Design 2017
Segerstrom Sound Engineer- South Coast Re CA
MFA Sound Design University of Minnesota Twin Cities 2025
Diana Davila
BFA Scenic Design 2016
Associate Lead Carpenter at the Public Theatre in New York City
Marissa Díaz
BFA Technology & Design 2016
MFA Lighting Design at UC-Irvine 2019
First Circle Design Inc., 2018 - 2020
Currently Visiting Assistant Professor and Lighting and Sound Shop Supervisor at UTEP
Adrian Salas
BFA Lighting Design & Stage Management 2016
Head of Lighting, Sound, and Video Tech at PSAV
Shop Foreman with Brite Ideas at Complete Technical Solutions in Orange County
Trent Ware
BFA Lighting Design 2015
Assistant Electrician at the American Ballet Theatre
Adam Bishop
BFA Lighting Design 2014
Lead Production Video- Five Ohm Productions, NYC
Marq Gonzalez
BFA Lighting Design 2013
Head Electrician- Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre
Jorge Munoz
BFA Lighting Design 2011
Owner- JEMDesign.MX
Don Cieslik
BFA Technology & Design 2009
Working Video Programmer in New York City
STAGE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION
Cassandra Soto
BFA Stage Management 2022
2021 Summer Internship at Lyric Repertory Theatre in Logan, Utah
Jesus Lopez Vargas
BFA Stage Management 2018
MFA Stage Management at UC-Irvine 2021
Lilliana Rubio
BFA Stage Management 2016
Production Assistant at Indiana Rep
Miriam Mendoza
BFA Stage Management 2016
MFA Stage Management at UC-Irvine 2021
Stage Manager at Center Theatre Group
Nicholas Lowerre
BFA Stage Management 2014
Freelance Stage Manager
DANCE PERFORMANCE CONCENTRATION
Katie Harding
BFA Dance 2019
Development Associate at Jacob's Pillow
Brandon Ray Alba
BFA Dance 2018
Co-Founder & Artistic Director - FAWNZ Dance Company
Oliver Dominguez
BFA Dance 2017
Co-Founder - FAWNZ Dance Company
Gabriela E Moreno
BFA Dance 2016
Has performed in national touring shows, such as Escape to Magaraitaville
Sarah Diller Escobedo
BFA Dance & Stage Management 2014
Production & Rentals Manager at Jacob's Pillow
EDUCATION CONCENTRATION
Justin Del Valle
BA Theatre Education 2021
Theatre Teacher, San Elizario ISD
Rachel Rosales-Contreras
BA Theatre Education 2020
Theatre Teacher, San Antonio ISD
Brandon Salgado
BA Theatre Education 2020
Theatre Teacher, El Paso ISD
Martyn Morales
BA Theatre Education 2019
Theatre Teacher, El Paso ISD
Sarah Curtis
BA Theatre Education 2021
Theatre Teacher, El Paso ISD
KCACTF Region 6 Student Directing Initiative Fellow
Jakeline Dominguez
BA Theatre Education 2018
Theatre Teacher, San Antonio ISD
Jenny Luna
BA Theatre Education 2016
Theatre Teacher, Socorro ISD
Rossy Sanchez
BA Theatre Education 2015
Theatre Teacher, Socorro ISD
Emma Butler
BA Dance Education 2014
Dance Teacher, El Paso ISD
B.A. IN THEATRE
Michael Torres
BA Theatre 2004
Member of IATSE Local 700 Motion Picture Editors Guild
FEATURE FILM CREDITS: Kong: Skull Island (Warner Bros.), Secret Obsession (Netflix), Child's Play (M.G.M.). Half-Brothers (Focus Features), Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (Marvel Studios), Knights of the Zodiac (Sony)
Rachel Arreola
BA Theatre 2018
Archer Fellow at the Kennedy Center
Owner, Vistosa Nails