Mission Statement
As alumni for the NYU TSOA Grad Acting Program, we are passionate about the training we received and dedicated to enhancing our essential roles as artist citizens. Therefore, we have created the Grad Acting Alumni Association, to engage and connect the alumni of our program. Through the GAAA, the combined power of our alumni’s skills and talents will function as a multidimensional support mechanism, helping us to excel as the artist citizens we were trained to become. In collaboration with our NYU colleagues and other supporters, our Association is committed to sustaining the Grad Acting Program’s excellence, competitive edge, and diversity for years to come. We have created the Grad Acting Alumni Fund to further those goals and enable our graduates to go forth as distinguished artists and contributing citizens, unencumbered by prohibitive debt.
Our association:
- Facilitates opportunities to develop and showcase new work
- Builds and sustains a network of our graduates
- Maintains an interactive website
- Raises funds for the Grad Acting Alumni Fund, which will ensure Tuition Freedom in perpetuity for the program’s future students
The Board
The Board of the Grad Acting Alumni Association is currently: Eliza Baldi (’05), John Ellison Conlee (’94), David Costabile (’95), Angel Desai (’97), Stephanie DiMaggio (‘08), Joel de la Fuente (’94), Ben Graney (‘08), Ann Matthews, Lisa Rothe (’95), Giovanna Sardelli (’90), Danielle Skraastad (’99), Robert Stanton (’85), Timothy Thomas (’88), and Jonathon Ward.
The Graduate Acting Alumni Fund
The GAAA Fund pays for places where alumni gather to keep alive the creative conversations we began as students. These places sustain the common vocabulary and spirit we share.The GAAA Fund supports this website, as well as the Programs & Initiatives listed on it. The GAAA Fund also supports THE TUITION FREEDOM CAMPAIGN, which could make NYU’s Graduation Acting Program tuition free for every student in perpetuity.