List of School for Creative and Performing Arts people

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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.

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Alumni

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Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress Sarah Jessica Parker
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Baywatch actress Carmen Electra (formerly Tara Patrick)
NameKnown forRelationship to SCPACitation
Andy Biersack Founder and lead vocalist of American rock band Black Veil Brides; has done minor acting on the sideFormer 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 BrittonDancer 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 artistGraduate
DJ Fokis (Randy Ellis)Hip hop turntablist and producerFormer student
Stephen Geoffreys Tony Award nominated Broadway performer for The Human Comedy , and movie actor in Fright Night Graduate [5]
David GoldsmithWriter, 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 PsychologistGraduate
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 ArtistGraduate
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 McCrayWinner 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 appearancesGraduate [2]
Brad Stenz Recording artist in MothGraduate
Cyrus VorisEmmy 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 directorGraduate
Donovan ZimmermanPuppeteer and co-founder of Paperhand Puppet Intervention Graduate

Principals

Year(s)PrincipalPrevious position
1973Lewis HarrisonPrincipal, Mount Adams Public School
1974Gerald DressmanPrincipal, Highlands Elementary School
1975–1991William DickinsonMusic Teacher, Gamble Middle School
1991Cecil Good (acting)
1992–1997Dr. Rosalyn EnglandPrincipal, Central VPA High School, St. Louis, Missouri
1997–2004Jeff BrokampPrincipal, Crest Hills Year-Round School
2004Mr. Lewis took over the role as Principal.
2004–2006Clarence Crum
2006–2007Jonathan CarlisleAssistant principal at the former Colonel White High School for the Arts, Dayton, Ohio
2007-2008Kimberly S. BrownInterim Principal- 2007-2008- Assistant Principal at Academy of World Languages (AWL)
2008–2010Dr. Jonathan FutchAssistant principal, Withrow High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
2010–2011Anthony Flower
2011–2015Steve Brokamp
2015–presentMichael Owens

Artistic directors

Year(s)Artistic DirectorPrevious positionCitation
1975–1992Jack LouisoDance studio founder
1993John Farrell (acting)Teacher, SCPA
1993–1994Stephan Berry (acting)Band teacher, SCPA
1994Linda Krumme (acting)Dance teacher, SCPA
1995–1997Stephan BerryBand teacher, SCPA
1997–2001Steve Finn
2001–2005John GardnerHead of music department, SCPA
2005–2015Dr. Isidore RudnickMusic Department Coordinator at the University of Maine at Augusta [11]
2015–2022Angela Powell-Walker
2022-

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