Arts and Entertainment
Below are just some of our most notable alumni who have been making their mark on the world.
Our Notable Alumni
Rhoda Blumberg '38*
Winner of Golden Kite Award in 1986
Justin Vivian Bond '85
Actor, Author, and Performance Artist & Lambda Literary Award
Melanie Chartoff '70
Daytime Emmy Award Winner
Bunny Hoest '53
Cartoonist and Co-Creator, The Lockhorns & National Cartoonists Society’s Hall of Fame
Phil Hymes '49*
Saturday Night Live Lighting Director 2018 Emmy Winner for Outstanding Lighting Design and Lighting Director
Scott James '84
Veteran journalist and fiction author Television news Emmy award winner
Artie Kornfeld
Musician, Producer, and Music Executive & Creator and Promoter of Woodstock '69
Jonathan Larson '82*
Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Broadway musical RENT
Suzanne Luna '86
An American producer and director best known for The Ellen DeGeneres Show Daytime Emmy Award winner
Gregory Piccioli '89
An Emmy Award winning television producer
Peter A. Principato '87
Emmy Award Winning Variety Sketch Writer
Carlton Douglas “Chuck D” Ridenhour '84, '13 (Honorary)
Leader of the Rap Group Public Enemy & member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Todd Robinson '82
Actor, writer and producer; Emmy Award Winner
Harold "Hype" Williams
Music Video and Film Director, Film Producer and Screenwriter & BET, Billboard, MTV Video Music and NAACP Image Awards
Jacqueline A. Woodson '16 (Honorary)
New York Times Bestselling Author and Poet Laureate