Alumni R-R

Courtney Reed (03)

graduated from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio where she majored in theatre. College credits includeNine, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun, Ragtime, As You Like It, Grease, Urinetown, Aida, and WSU Winter Dance Ensemble. Favorite regional credits include Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Liza), Anything Goes (Charity), Geppetto & Son (Blue Fairy), and 1776(Martha Jefferson). She is currently sailing around the world singing and dancing aboard Holland America Line cruise ships.

Elizabeth Reed (07)

is an English/Education major at the University of Mary Washington. While at Westfield, Elizabeth performed in four mainstages, three summer stage productions and the one acts. At UMW she has appeared in the Klein Theatre productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Elegies: A Song Cycle and in the Studio 115 productions of The Tempest (Prospero), bobrauschenbergamerica (Bob's Mom) and Reefer Madness (Mae). She works for the UMW Theatre Department and was awarded an Albert R. Klein Memorial Theater scholarship. She was inducted into the Alpha Psi Omega honorary theatre fraternity.

Branson Reese (06)

lives in New York City and is pursuing a career in comedy. While at Carnegie Mellon University, Branson performed in six scenes written and directed by students during the 2008, 2009, and 2010 seasons of Playground: A Festival of Independent Student Work. Currently, he’s studying improv with the Upright Citizen's Brigade and The Magnet Theater in New York City as well as taking writing courses. He also performed in a rock opera entitled, Tales of Brave Ulysses, written and directed by Jeremy Ungar. He is a cast member and director for the Story Pirates (www.storypirates.org), a children's arts and creative writing organization founded in 2003 that conducts creative writing and drama workshops that lead to musical sketch comedy shows acted by adults and comprised entirely of stories written by kids. These award-winning shows have been described as “Monty Python meets Schoolhouse Rock.” Based in New York, Story Pirates has grown to reach hundreds of thousands of children in over 100 schools across the country. During the summer of 2010, he appeared in On the Square Productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Benjamin Reese (08)

attends Temple University in Philadelphia. He is pursuing a degree in Communications and Film Media. He performed in 9 mainstages while at Westfield HS and appeared in six Westfield Theatre Booster Summer Stage productions.

Derek Rommel (04)

earned a B.A. in Theatre, cum laude, from Radford University in May 2008. Derek was featured in numerous mainstage productions at Radford, appearing as John in The Lion in Winter, Torvald in A Doll's House, Gooper in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Charles in Pippin and John Smith in the premiere of Trust: One Story of Pocahontas and John Smith. He also performed in many studio productions, most notably as Matt Friedman in Talley's Folly and Mr. Vanislaw in Betty's Summer Vacation. Derek began his professional career while still in college with two summers appearing in the historical drama Blue Jacket in Ohio, playing Captain Arbuckle in 2006 and returning in 2007 in a lead role as the Shawnee Chief, Cornstalk. After graduating in 2008, Derek performed with the Post Playhouse Summer Repertory Theatre in Nebraska as Emile in South Pacific, Jud in Oklahoma! and Jule in Guys and Dolls. Derek then toured the country in two musicals with American Family Theatre, first as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and later as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. In the Spring of 2010, Derek appeared in the world premiere of the musical Stanley’s Party at the Manhattan Children’s Theatre in New York.

Jeremy Rommel (09)

attends the University Honors program at Virginia Tech. He is majoring in Humanities, Science and the Environment and is pursuing minors in Sustainable Agriculture and Spanish.

Kyle Rommel (02)

Undoubtedly drawing on his experience as a lead in Dancing at Lughnasa, Kyle was cast in a featured role in UNCW's production of the Irish play, Shadow of a Gunman as was another Westfield theatre veteran, Katy Roege. Kyle and Katy also appeared in extra roles in Dawson's Creek, which is filmed in Wilmington. Kyle graduated from UNCW in May 2006 with a degree in Marine Biology and Chemistry and is currently working as a scientist for Genesis Project Inc., an environmental consulting firm located outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

Leslie Erin Roth (09)

attends Amherst College in Massachusetts where she is pursuing a BA in Theater & Dance with a concentration in Acting while double majoring in English. Recent credits on Amherst stages include Sweeney Todd the musical, In Wonderland, and Paradise Street. Leslie sings with The Bluestockings, an a capella vocal group with a unique, soulful sound, and dances with Amherst Dance and DASAC. While at Westfield she appeared in Into The Woods, A Doll House, Romeo and Juliet, The Wiz, High School Musical, Macbeth, Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma!, Beauty and the Beast, and one-act competition performances of Getting Out, The Laramie Project, and The Apple Tree. A seven time National Capital Area CAPPIES nominee, her role as Nora Helmer in the Best Play nominated production of A Doll House earned her nominations forLeading Actress and Choreographer while the role of Evvamene in the Best Musical nominated production of The Wiz earned her a nomination for Female Dancer. Leslie’s theatre reviews have been published in the Washington Post and earned her CAPPIES nominations as a Critic for her writing. In 2008 Leslie attended Virginia Summer Residential Governor’s School for Theatre and was a five year member of the musical theater company Encore Theatrical Arts Project.

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