More reporting on our UT Theatre Students interning in New York this Fall, courtesy of Professor Emerita Bonnie Gould:

Tuesday, September 4, was the final intern ‘installation’ — Kristin Allard at Primary Stages, and Sara Waugh at The Krasny Office. 

As they were meeting their supervisors it was gratifying to hear them say they were in New York for the internship and would be happy to work whatever hours whenever needed. 

Impressions on both sides of the introductions were enthusiastically positive.

That evening we gathered again at the Westway Diner (thanks to Ronny Venable and Lianne Kressin,who introduced me to this popular — and relatively inexpensive — theatre eatery) with UT Alums and Friends for a proper “send off” to their New York experience.

(From left to
right: ) Bonnie Gould, Sara Waugh, Laurie Schroeder(William and Mary graduate who participated in UT’s Avignon Theatre Workshop in Avignon, France), Thomas DeMarcus, Chris Czyz, Colin Fisher, Sarah Byrd and Kristin Allard.

While in New York getting Kristin Allard, Sara Waugh, and Maureen Stanley get established in their Fall internships, UT Theatre Professor Emerita Bonnie Gould met up with UT Theatre alumnus Chris Czyz.

Chris has been living in New York for a while now, at various jobs including working at several theatres (including some Box Office work!) and with NBC Sports.

Apparently, Chris hasn’t met Miss Right just yet, and at a gathering Sunday at the Westway Diner presented Bonnie with an autographed copy of the article profiling him in the “Meet Market” (Dating) section of the New York Post.

Which young lady should Chris choose to date?  Help the boy out.

Another report from Bonnie Gould on our trio of Fall New York Interns: 

Saturday Sara Waugh and Kristin Allard arrived and moved into their New York digs: Sara is in a lovely women’s residence, The Webster Apartments on 34th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues; Kristin is in the famous New Yorker Hotel on 34th and 8th Avenue, with students from all over the country participating in all fields of internships and off-campus semesters. Both of them will be able to walk to their work (Primary Stages and The Krasny Office).

This afternoon (Sunday) we had a lovely, albeit small, gathering of UT folks — Labor Day weekend is not the best time to find New Yorkers in town — to “meet and greet” the newest UTK’ers.  Chris Czyz (BA, Theatre, 2001) and Sorab Wadia (Master of Music/Voice, 2001) joined Maureen, Sara, Sara’s parents, Michael and Lida Waugh, Kristin and me for brunch at the theatre-friendly (= not too expensive) Westway Diner.  A good beginning. Maureen arrived flushed (and, I think, a bit tired) from her first day at work (Saturday) at New York Theatre Workshop.  Sounded like she was “thrown in”: she said at first the folks she was working with were skeptical about getting a “green” intern, but by the end of day, they were saying, “Hey, can we have her back?”   Not surprised.