University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Duane Cyrus

Director, Theatre of Movement

UNC-Greensboro professor

Sarah Catt

Director of choral activities/assistant professor

Elmhurst College

Aaron Kaplan

Orchestra director

Glenbrook North/South HS

Greg Carr

Instructor of speech and theatre

Harris-Stowe State University

June Panagakos Podagrosi

Founder, executive director

Child’s Play Touring Theatre

Betsy Wilson

Head, Undergrad Library

1978-92

Ryan Suffern

Head of documentaries

Kennedy/Marshall Co.

Robert Falls

Tony-winning director

Goodman Theatre, Chicago

Carrie Fullerton

Executive director

Bloomingdale Park District

Shaila Kotadia

Director of Culture and Inclusion

Stanford School of Medicine

Frederick Marx

Oscar-nominated filmmaker

Made 1994’s ‘Hoop Dreams’

Jon Lee Brody

LA-based filmmaker

Iron Will Productions

Norm Berns

Producer, director

ProStar Media

Noah Spiegel

Managing director

Nashville Children’s Theatre

Chris Landreth

Award-winning animator

2004 Oscar for ‘Ryan’

Felicia Wong

Emmy-winning director

Showtime Networks

Colleen Callahan

Director, Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Distinguished Service Award recipient

Roger Young

Emmy-winning director

Did ‘Magnum P.I.’ pilot

Tom Caneva

Director, Marching Illini

1999-2006

Peter Griffin

Director, Marching Illini

2006-11

Marty Weiss

Writer/director

Formerly of Amazon Studios

Michael Halberstam

Artistic director

Writers Theatre of Glencoe

Chuck Pelletier

TV/film veteran

Director, Princess Cruises

Ang Lee

Movie maker

3 Oscar wins with 3 movies