This is a list of people associated with the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), a magnet arts school in Cincinnati, Ohio and part of the Cincinnati Public Schools. It includes all notable alumni who attended and all of the principals and artistic directors since the founding of the school.
Name | Known for | Relationship to SCPA | Citation |
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Andy Biersack | Founder and lead vocalist of American rock band Black Veil Brides; has done minor acting on the side | Former student | |
Ron Bommer (Bohmer) | Broadway performer in Ragtime , The Woman in White , Les Misérables , Fiddler on the Roof , The Phantom of the Opera , and Sunset Boulevard | Graduate | [2] [3] |
Barbara Britton | Dancer with New York City Ballet | Graduate | [2] |
Rebecca Budig | Emmy nominated TV actress in All My Children , and Guiding Light | Graduate | |
Rocky (Roscoe) Carroll | Tony nominated Broadway performer in Piano Lesson , Emmy nominated TV actor in Roc , Chicago Hope , NCIS , and NCIS: Los Angeles | Graduate | [2] [4] |
Mia Carruthers | Singer-songwriter, TV performer in Taking the Stage | Student | |
Shamika Cotton | TV actress in The Wire | Graduate | |
Iman Crosson | Actor, Obama impersonator, and Internet personality | Graduate | |
Gabrielle Dennis | TV and Film actress in The Game , and Rosewood | Graduate | |
Carmen Electra (Tara Leigh Patrick) | TV and movie actress in Baywatch , Scary Movie , Date Movie, Epic Movie , Meet the Spartans , and Disaster Movie | Former student | |
George Evans | Jazz vocalist, and multi-award-nominated recording artist | Graduate | |
DJ Fokis (Randy Ellis) | Hip hop turntablist and producer | Former student | |
Stephen Geoffreys | Tony Award nominated Broadway performer for The Human Comedy , and movie actor in Fright Night | Graduate | [5] |
David Goldsmith | Writer, lyricist, and script consultant. Motown: The Musical (Broadway) Invisible Thread (off-Broadway, 2nd Stage Theatre), bookwriter/lyricist of Having It All (musical) , lyricist of Imagine This , Beautiful People , and The Adventures of Pinocchio | Graduate | [6] [7] |
James Graham | Psychologist | Graduate | |
Justin Jeffre | Recording artist in 98 Degrees | Graduate | |
Drew Lachey | Recording artist in 98 Degrees , TV performer in Dancing with the Stars | Graduate | |
Nick Lachey | Recording artist in 98 Degrees , TV performer in Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica , and producer of Taking the Stage | Graduate | |
Brandi Chavonne Massey | Professional Broadway Actress, Recording Artist | Graduate | |
Todd Louiso | Film and TV actor in High Fidelity , Scent of a Woman , Apollo 13 , The Rock , Jerry Maguire and numerous TV appearances; director of the film Love Liza | Graduate | |
Sjohnna Bruce McCray | Winner of the Walt Whitman Award for Poetry Rapture (2015), | Graduate | [8] |
Sarah Jessica Parker | Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning TV and film actress in Sex and the City , The Family Stone , and Smart People | Former student | |
Jeff Sams | TV and film actor in Soul Food , Waiting to Exhale , and numerous TV appearances | Graduate | [2] |
Brad Stenz | Recording artist in Moth | Graduate | |
Cyrus Voris | Emmy nominated movie and TV screenwriter and producer of Bulletproof Monk , Kung Fu Panda , and Sleeper Cell | Graduate | [9] [10] |
Madison Young | Award-winning adult film star and director | Graduate | |
Donovan Zimmerman | Puppeteer and co-founder of Paperhand Puppet Intervention | Graduate |
Year(s) | Principal | Previous position |
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1973 | Lewis Harrison | Principal, Mount Adams Public School |
1974 | Gerald Dressman | Principal, Highlands Elementary School |
1975–1991 | William Dickinson | Music Teacher, Gamble Middle School |
1991 | Cecil Good (acting) | |
1992–1997 | Dr. Rosalyn England | Principal, Central VPA High School, St. Louis, Missouri |
1997–2004 | Jeff Brokamp | Principal, Crest Hills Year-Round School |
2004 | Mr. Lewis took over the role as Principal. | |
2004–2006 | Clarence Crum | |
2006–2007 | Jonathan Carlisle | Assistant principal at the former Colonel White High School for the Arts, Dayton, Ohio |
2007-2008 | Kimberly S. Brown | Interim Principal- 2007-2008- Assistant Principal at Academy of World Languages (AWL) |
2008–2010 | Dr. Jonathan Futch | Assistant principal, Withrow High School, Cincinnati, Ohio |
2010–2011 | Anthony Flower | |
2011–2015 | Steve Brokamp | |
2015–present | Michael Owens |
Year(s) | Artistic Director | Previous position | Citation |
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1975–1992 | Jack Louiso | Dance studio founder | |
1993 | John Farrell (acting) | Teacher, SCPA | |
1993–1994 | Stephan Berry (acting) | Band teacher, SCPA | |
1994 | Linda Krumme (acting) | Dance teacher, SCPA | |
1995–1997 | Stephan Berry | Band teacher, SCPA | |
1997–2001 | Steve Finn | ||
2001–2005 | John Gardner | Head of music department, SCPA | |
2005–2015 | Dr. Isidore Rudnick | Music Department Coordinator at the University of Maine at Augusta | [11] |
2015–2022 | Angela Powell-Walker | ||
2022- Present | Maggie Perrino |
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