Fine Arts Building, Room 115 (registration required, theatre and film majors only) Lights, Camera, Careers! Hear from and connect with department alumni who have used their theatre and film degrees in a variety of entertainment career paths. Learn more about what you can be doing now to pursue a career you love! Featuring former students: Adetinpo Thomas (BA Theatre, 2011, MA Acting – Uconn, 2015): Actor (The Color Purple, Devotion, Hawkeye, Black Lightning, Legacies, The Outsider, Ambitions); Producer (Clean Slate, The Earth Will Not Swallow Us). Paige Pulaski Jones (BA Theatre, BA Mass Media Arts 2013): Post Technology Management team for Warner Brothers Discovery, balancing needs and asks of the video editors, graphics artists, and operations, legal, and software engineers. Michael Wolmer (BA Theatre, 2008): Senior Sales Associate with the Barbizon Lighting Company, lighting professional in Film/TV & Live Entertainment Production, member of IATSE. Tom Von Dohlen (BA Theatre, BA Political Science, 2018) founder and CEO of Defiant Lens Productions, director of independent feature films Gander Man and Gentle Giants and has worked with Marvel, Amazon, Hulu, PetSmart, and Twitch. Collins Desselle (BA Theatre, BA English 2011, MFA Theatre Mgt - Univ. of AL, 2013), Assoc. Director of Strategic Institutional Advancement at the Alliance Theatre, managing foundation and government fundraising for their season and education programs. Thursday, November 13 2025, 4 - 6pm Sponsored by the Career Center, Department of Theatre and Film, and the Mentor Program
