Notable Thespians

The International Thespian Society, the honor society of middle and high school theatre students, has inducted more than 2.4 million students since it was founded in 1929. To qualify for induction into ITS, a student needs at least 100 hours of work in theatre arts.
Many of those 2.4 million Thespian alums have gone on to distinguish themselves in their professional lives. Here’s a sampling of well-known Thespians in the entertainment industry and beyond.
Performance
Amy Acker
Matthew Ashford
Kathy Bates
Meredith Baxter
Gary Beach
Lorraine Bracco
Wayne Brady
Aidy Bryant
Meg Bussert
Kelly Clarkson
Kevin Covert
Gavin Creel
Stephanie D’Abruzzo
Fran Drescher
Adam Driver
Faye Dunaway
Trevor Einhorn
Annabeth Gish
John Goodman
Dion Graham
Clifton Hall
Tom Hanks
Goldie Hawn
Christina Hendricks
Barbara Hershey
Kelly Hu
Don Johnson
Anthony Kiedis
Val Kilmer
Zoë Kravitz
Cloris Leachman
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Marcus Lovett
Madonna
Will Makar
James Marsters
A Martinez
Kevin McCollum
Laurie Metcalf
Matthew Modine
Jason Moore
Janelle Monáe
Jill Paice
Paula Prentiss
Tony Randall
Jai Rodriguez
Stephen Schwartz
Tommy Sands
Andrew Seeley
Jaclyn Smith
Danny Strong
Sally Struthers
Miles Teller
Charlene Tilton
Tommy Tune
Dick Van Dyke
Jerry Van Dyke
Dee Wallace Stone
Mare Winningham
Non-Performance
Laurie Baskin, Director of Research and Policy, Theatre Communications Group
Kathleen Belcher, Stage Director, Metropolitan Opera
Doug Booher, Director of Events, Indiana University
Matt Conover, VP Disneyland Live Entertainment, Walt Disney Company
Michael Durnil, President and CEO of Simon Youth Foundation
Kevin Fortson, Sr. VP, Warner Horizon Television
Carolina Garcia, Director of Original Series, Netflix
Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General
Alvin Katz, Partner, Katten, Muchin, Rosenman, LLP
Sharon Kneebone, Executive Director, National Society for Histotechnology
Don Loftus, President, Parlux Ltd.
Megan Tulac Phillips, Head of Marketing, Enterprise Agility, McKinsey & Company
Jenelle Riley, Deputy Awards and Features Editor, Variety
Mark Weinstein, Sr. VP and Global Head of Customer Engagement, Hilton

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