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![Susan Still Kilrain '79 Publishes Children's Book]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695929937/walnuthill/urcouwnqgd9nvol73y2r/AnUnlikelyAstronaut-Cover-HR.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695929937/walnuthill/urcouwnqgd9nvol73y2r/AnUnlikelyAstronaut-Cover-HR.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695929937/walnuthill/urcouwnqgd9nvol73y2r/AnUnlikelyAstronaut-Cover-HR.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695929937/walnuthill/urcouwnqgd9nvol73y2r/AnUnlikelyAstronaut-Cover-HR.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1695929937/walnuthill/urcouwnqgd9nvol73y2r/AnUnlikelyAstronaut-Cover-HR.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1695929937/walnuthill/urcouwnqgd9nvol73y2r/AnUnlikelyAstronaut-Cover-HR.jpg","width":2200}])
Renowned former NASA astronaut, Navy test pilot, and aerospace engineer Susan Still Kilrain '79 recently published her children's book, An Unlikely Astronaut.
![Nicholas Ranauro '09 at Constellation Stage & Screen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695930863/walnuthill/lqrziuhxpeadh6bxs6b4/384452102_18391372123019514_3794648565969819677_n.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695930863/walnuthill/lqrziuhxpeadh6bxs6b4/384452102_18391372123019514_3794648565969819677_n.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695930863/walnuthill/lqrziuhxpeadh6bxs6b4/384452102_18391372123019514_3794648565969819677_n.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695930863/walnuthill/lqrziuhxpeadh6bxs6b4/384452102_18391372123019514_3794648565969819677_n.jpg","width":1080}])
Nicholas is currently directing and choreographing Curious George: The Golden Meatball at Constellation Stage & Screen.
![Zoe Rabinowitz '01 at Philadelphia Fringe]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695220914/walnuthill/utwmzztub0dmutm8zw9p/TIHWR_CB_socials2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695220914/walnuthill/utwmzztub0dmutm8zw9p/TIHWR_CB_socials2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695220914/walnuthill/utwmzztub0dmutm8zw9p/TIHWR_CB_socials2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695220914/walnuthill/utwmzztub0dmutm8zw9p/TIHWR_CB_socials2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1695220914/walnuthill/utwmzztub0dmutm8zw9p/TIHWR_CB_socials2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1695220914/walnuthill/utwmzztub0dmutm8zw9p/TIHWR_CB_socials2.jpg","width":2200}])
Dance Department graduate Zoe Rabinowitz '01 will be at this weekend's Philadelphia Fringe Festival, presenting This is How We Remember, a multimedia performance.
![Jason Cheeseman-Meyer Presents at Salmagundi Club]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695239201/walnuthill/lpqepzxsfzahnlwqz3yw/FB_IMG_1694707175623.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695239201/walnuthill/lpqepzxsfzahnlwqz3yw/FB_IMG_1694707175623.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695239201/walnuthill/lpqepzxsfzahnlwqz3yw/FB_IMG_1694707175623.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695239201/walnuthill/lpqepzxsfzahnlwqz3yw/FB_IMG_1694707175623.jpg","width":1080}])
This Thursday, September 21, Visual Art faculty member Jason Cheeseman-Meyer will be at New York City's Salmagundi Club, giving a presentation entitled "Steering Chaos".
![Cooper Jordan '10 Producing SAW]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695240443/walnuthill/xdcyrneyx2xaq5y42oot/800x800.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695240443/walnuthill/xdcyrneyx2xaq5y42oot/800x800.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695240443/walnuthill/xdcyrneyx2xaq5y42oot/800x800.jpg","width":800}])
Cooper Jordan '10 lead produces SAW The Musical, beginning previews on West 45th Street this weekend ahead of the SAW 10 film release.
![Colin Canavan '18 in Hamlet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695926611/walnuthill/purf84fgnujj4lcdeejd/376044901_865135294972993_5238393083345782930_n.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695926611/walnuthill/purf84fgnujj4lcdeejd/376044901_865135294972993_5238393083345782930_n.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695926611/walnuthill/purf84fgnujj4lcdeejd/376044901_865135294972993_5238393083345782930_n.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695926611/walnuthill/purf84fgnujj4lcdeejd/376044901_865135294972993_5238393083345782930_n.jpg","width":940}])
Colin will perform the role of Laertes in Ballet Austin's Hamlet.
![Announcing the New Director of the Community Theater Academy: Katie Preisig Schiering ’05]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1693598426/walnuthill/vmskanlmomrg2iefdqb4/image0.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1693598426/walnuthill/vmskanlmomrg2iefdqb4/image0.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1693598426/walnuthill/vmskanlmomrg2iefdqb4/image0.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1693598426/walnuthill/vmskanlmomrg2iefdqb4/image0.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1693598426/walnuthill/vmskanlmomrg2iefdqb4/image0.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1693598426/walnuthill/vmskanlmomrg2iefdqb4/image0.jpg","width":1808}])
We are thrilled to share that the new Director of the Walnut Hill School for the Arts Community Theater Academy is Katie Schiering, a 2005 graduate of our Theater Department!
![Jenna Howard-Delman ’18 in PUFFS]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1693596468/walnuthill/hqoxqhgrxcd9usmev9bz/6EBE33AD-A018-446A-927A-971DCE815E81.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1693596468/walnuthill/hqoxqhgrxcd9usmev9bz/6EBE33AD-A018-446A-927A-971DCE815E81.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1693596468/walnuthill/hqoxqhgrxcd9usmev9bz/6EBE33AD-A018-446A-927A-971DCE815E81.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1693596468/walnuthill/hqoxqhgrxcd9usmev9bz/6EBE33AD-A018-446A-927A-971DCE815E81.jpg","width":828}])
Jenna Howard-Delman ’18 recently played Suzie/Harry/Myrtle in the Chicago premier of Puffs at the Otherworld Theatre.
![Kannen Glanz '20 Wins 2022 Lorna Strassler Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692885107/walnuthill/fikgqcnmwvljpdisqdqz/20230714_SchoolSponsorLunch_pChristopherDuggan_14227.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692885107/walnuthill/fikgqcnmwvljpdisqdqz/20230714_SchoolSponsorLunch_pChristopherDuggan_14227.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1692885107/walnuthill/fikgqcnmwvljpdisqdqz/20230714_SchoolSponsorLunch_pChristopherDuggan_14227.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1692885107/walnuthill/fikgqcnmwvljpdisqdqz/20230714_SchoolSponsorLunch_pChristopherDuggan_14227.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1692885107/walnuthill/fikgqcnmwvljpdisqdqz/20230714_SchoolSponsorLunch_pChristopherDuggan_14227.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1692885107/walnuthill/fikgqcnmwvljpdisqdqz/20230714_SchoolSponsorLunch_pChristopherDuggan_14227.jpg","width":2200}])
Kannen Glanz '20 has been announced as the recipient of the 2022 Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence, presented by Jacob’s Pillow.
![Nastia Goddard '22 at the Fringe Festival]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692717935/walnuthill/kyxywez9ww3rrzxa6mug/368568721_957282198676741_2474552594734491978_n.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692717935/walnuthill/kyxywez9ww3rrzxa6mug/368568721_957282198676741_2474552594734491978_n.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1692717935/walnuthill/kyxywez9ww3rrzxa6mug/368568721_957282198676741_2474552594734491978_n.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692717935/walnuthill/kyxywez9ww3rrzxa6mug/368568721_957282198676741_2474552594734491978_n.jpg","width":1080}])
Nastia Goddard ’22 performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer, portraying the role of Dara in the world premiere of Adam Szymkowicz’s play The Night Children.
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