Meghan Bode will be graduating from UNM with a BA in Theatre, with an emphasis in acting, which she began working on in 2003. She has acted in numerous shows (culminating with playing Viola in Twelfth Night), on Rodey Stage, Theatre X, and in The Words Afire Festival, and served on the Theatre X Committee (Associated Students of Theatre and Dance) for almost her entire college career. After graduation, Meghan is determined to pursue acting by auditioning her little heart out in hopes of getting some kind of paying gig. Her time at UNM has been invaluable, and she treasures all of the friends and guidance that she has encountered here.

Megan Elizabeth Dean graduates with a BA in Theatre, with an emphasis in Musical Theatre. While at UNM she did technical work for many plays and dance concerts. She has also performed in community theatre playing Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods, and the Hard Bitten Ghost in C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce. After graduation, she plans to pursue work in stage and film. She thanks her family and friends for all their support and guidance and she thanks all her teachers who helped her find her inner actress.

Alisia Downing is a graduate from UNM with a BA in theatre - acting emphasis. She had a great experience playing a variety of characters both at UNM and in the community. She will continue to pursue acting as a career while doing behind the scenes work: sets, lights and even directing, as she has fallen in love with those as well. Most recently she assistant directed “The Shape of Things” in Theatre X and is currently "an overripe Italian girl" in Shanley's “Savage in Limbo” at Sol Arts.

Babak Gharaei-Tafti graduates this spring with a BA in Theatre, with an emphasis in acting.  At UNM, Babak has appeared in Metamorphoses, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Madwoman of Chaillot, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, and his final performance at UNM, as Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Babak's professional Credits include the role of  Bobby in the Santa Fe Film Festival official selection The Faithful and The Foul and has just finished filming his role in Paul Haggis's newest film, In the Valley of Elah.

Jenny Marlowe will be graduating with a BA in Theatre, with a Musical Theatre emphasis in 2006. While at UNM she appeared in the Rodey Mainstage productions of Urinetown (Hope Cladwell), Candide, and Once Upon A Mattress. After graduation,she plans to pursue work as a film actress. In film she has worked with Joe Mantegna, Kim Basinger, and Edward Furlong.  Her most recent film work is the role of Karly in HDNM Production Company's The Hunted. Jenny is also a singer/songwriter.  Her website is: www.jennymarlowe.com.

Kathryn Olguin is graduating with a BA in Theatre and minor in Media Arts. Her acting credits at UNM include Perla Y Estrella, Marisol, Medea, Men Onions and Other Things That Make Me Cry, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Pale Idiot, and Antigone. During her last two years at UNM, Kathryn developed a new interest in directing. She directed the short film The Gravedigger, and two plays, Fat Men In Skirts and The War Boys. Finally, she would like to thanks her family and friends for all of their love and support.

Rebecca Orchant wrote her first play in high school as part of the Wrinkle Writing program. Aside from a brief stint as a history major in New Jersey, she never really stopped. She's been lucky enough to have unrivaled and unending support from her family and friends on her journey toward starving-artist-dom. Rebecca would encourage anyone with nerves of steel or an appetite for educational chaos to take part in the Words Afire festival. It is a truly unique opportunity for those of us loony enough to write our words down on paper. Her plans after graduation (yikes, by the way) are to meet crazy people, eat new and exciting foods, see places she can't pronounce the names of properly, and steal all of those experiences for writing material.

Maria Alyssandra Ortiz will be graduating from UNM with a BA in Theatre, emphasis in acting. She will be performing in The Dreamer Examines His Pillow and Twelfth Night for her last performances at UNM. She has been seen in The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, The Madwoman of Chaillot, and Fat Men in Skirts. Maria plans on moving to Chicago to train at Second City and improve her comedic acting with improv after graduation.

Justyn Vogel is graduating from The University of New Mexico with a BA in Fine Arts with an emphasis in theatre/directing. She has directed The Lonesome West and And Baby Makes Seven for the X Theatre and will be working with the Tricklock company during their Revolutions 2007 festival. She is looking forward to working with local theatres in Albuquerque and Chicago.

Heather Anne Yeo is a theatre major with a concentration in acting. Favorite roles include Maria in Twelfth Night, Peaches in How to Conquer a Southern Woman and Phyllis in Fat Men in Skirts. Heather is the P.R. officer for the student production company, the Associated Students of Theatre and Dance, aka X-committee. Heather is planning to audition for anything and everything and hopes to be spending her future years as a working actor. Thanks to Gene Douglas and Paul Ford. Extra special thanks go to Denise Schulz for being such a wonderful teacher and a true inspiration over the past three years.