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Our “In Memoriam” video celebrating working artists, 2023-2024

Published February 24, 2025 | Last Updated February 27, 2025 Leave your thoughts »

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Based on suggestions from past podcast guests and Rehearsal Room participants, I created this “In Memoriam” video.

I wanted to highlight artists that might not appear in other montages; there may be some overlap, but while most aren’t household names, they still spent their lives as working actors and artists.

It features 35 artists who left us in 2023-2024; the names are listed below as well as in the description or caption of the video. I really appreciate everyone who sent in names of colleagues, and I imagine some will know at least a few if not many of the people included.

It was an honor and joy to put this together; I learned quite a bit about all these amazing careers out there. I hope to keep making these.

Artists included in the video:

  • Ken Page
  • Gloria Stroock
  • Bill Bushnell
  • Patti Yasutake
  • Keith Baxter
  • Linda Gehringer
  • Adrian Bailey
  • John Iacovelli
  • Manong “Muni” Zano
  • Gwen Van Dam
  • Robert Goldsby
  • Tony Todd
  • Catherine Lynn Davis
  • David Schweizer
  • Anja Lee
  • Alan Rachins
  • Chris Kayser
  • Joanna Merlin
  • Dan Kern
  • Vinie Burrows
  • Douglas Rowe
  • Michael McDonald
  • Glynis Johns
  • Hinton Battle
  • Joan McCall
  • Kurt Kuniyoshi
  • Joseph Hardy
  • Linda Lavin
  • Nicolas Coster
  • Martin Benson
  • Sarah Rice
  • Ted Weiant
  • Samm-Art Williams
  • Helen Gallagher
  • Tony Mordente

(I’ll try to include links for everyone at some point. Lots of great work to explore!)



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