When SCPA students went on their annual Washington trip they had the opportunity to meet former SCPA graduate (Class of 1986), Clarke Thorell. Clarke was starring as Corny Collins in Hairspray on Broadway. Clarke has been in a number of Broadway plays and made many TV appearances including appearances on "Law and Order: SVU," "Ed," "Rescue Me," and "The Sopranoes." Playing Andy Williams, Clarke recently toured Europe, South America and the U.S. with Liza Minnelli, recreating the nightclub act made famous in 1948 by her godmother, Kay Thompson, and the Williams Bros.

Emmy award winning host of lifestyle programs such as "Streetside San Diego," "Life Moments," "The Olympic Ozone," "Holidays on Horton Square," and "NBC 7/39's International Auto Show," Kimberly King was named 2006 San Diego Magazine's "50 People to Watch." Watching her is exactly what San Diegans have been doing for over 10 years when they tuned into NBC 7/39.

An upbeat, positive addition to the news team, Kimberly worked as feature, entertainment, news and traffic reporter. She's covered some ground, both on the air and in the air, aboard Newschopper 7/39.

"Streetside San Diego" and "Behind the Scenes With Kimberly King" gave Kimberly the opportunity to interview such well-known celebrities as LaDanian Tomlinson, Trevor Hoffman, Steve Finley, Ellen DeGeneres, Suzanne Somers the cast of "Scrubs," "ER," "My Name Is Earl," "Las Vegas," and many others.

A San Diego native, Kimberly studied music, dance, voice, and theatre at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts before attending USIU's School of Performing and Visual Arts College on a Musical Theatre scholarship. She ultimately graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication.

Her volunteerism is well known throughout San Diego, where she headlined fundraising efforts for a variety of worthy causes including United Cerebral Palsy, Children's Dental Health Association, the Old Globe Theatre, Kids' Korp, YMCA, SDSU, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego Fire Rescue among others.

Carey Scott is a 1993 graduate of SCPA. He went on to be trained under legendary master teacher Stella Adler. Carey has been a professional actor for over 25 years. He has appeared in over 75 films and tv shows as well as dozens of plays in New York and Los Angeles. Some of his co-stars include Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp, Whoopi Goldberg, Madonna, Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Haley Joel Osment, Jennifer Aniston, Martin Lawrence, Alec Baldwin, James Spader and many others.
Carey has been teaching at his own acting school, The Rehearsal Room, in Los Angeles and San Diego for over 25 years.

He recently directed his second full length feature film, To the Wall, for SONY Pictures. To the Wall will open theatrically nationwide, September 2009.

Carey has been a member of SAG, AFTRA and Equity for over 25 years.

Described as "energetic, exciting, and rhythmically dynamic," composer Kenneth D. Froelich’s music has recently emerged as a vibrant new voice in the world of contemporary chamber and orchestral literature.

His music has been performed by many world renowned performing ensembles, including the American Composers Orchestra, Duo46, Earplay, the Empyrean Ensemble, the California EAR Unit, the Jolles Duo, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Conundrum, the University of New Mexico Percussion Ensemble, the University of Southern California Symphony Orchestra, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, and the Orpheus Ensemble of Fresno. Additionally, Kenneth has received several national awards and recognitions for his compositions from ASCAP, the National Association of Composers/USA, Meet the Composer, the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (in conjunction with MTNA), the Percussive Arts Society, the New York Youth Symphony, the Society of Composers, Inc., IDEAS (Interactive Digital Environments Arts and Storytelling), and others. Works of his have been performed internationally in Germany, Italy, England, China, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Finland. His work “Clockwork Automata” is available on saxophonist Alan Durst’s CD “Tangos y Serenatas”, published by Centaur Records.

Kenneth D. Froelich was born in Chester, PA and raised in San Diego, CA. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California, and both his Master of Music degree Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University. His principal composition teachers include Claude Baker, Don Freund, Sven-David Sandström, Eugene O'Brien, Donald Crocket, Frederick Lesemann, Morten Lauridsen, and Erica Muhl.

Kenneth currently lives in Fresno, CA with his wife Jennifer and daughter Katerina, where he is appointed as Assistant Professor in Music Composition at California State University, Fresno. Prior to his appointment at Fresno State, Kenneth taught at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in Sewanee, TN. Kenneth’s percussion ensemble work “Accidental Migration” is available through C. Alan Publications. Additional music is available through JOMAR Press, or by contacting Kenneth directly at kfroelich@csufresno.edu. You can also visit his website at http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~kfroelich