West Wing/Penn alum star coming to Philly this Monday (11/12)!

(l to r): Melissa Fitzgerald (C'87) and Allison Janney

Attention tri-state/Philly residents!

On Monday, November 12, Melissa Fitzgerald (C'87), former West Wing star and her good West Wing pal Allison Janney will be coming to Philly for a special fundraiser reception.

As reported here, Melissa is helping to bring attention to Uganda through Voices of Uganda, a documentary she produced about a unique theater program from Los Angeles traveling to northern Uganda to work with youths who have been affected by 21 years of civil war.

More information about this event and how to get tickets after the jump!



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Melissa Fitzgerald (C'87) helps to bring change to Uganda with documentary

Melissa Fitzgerald (C'87), former West Wing star, is helping to bring attention to Uganda through Voices of Uganda, a documentary she produced about a unique theater program from Los Angeles travelling to northern Uganda to work with youths who have been affected by 21 years of civil war.

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Kevin Misher (C'87) picks a (street) fight

Kevin Misher (far left) on the set of The Interpreter.

Photo by ;Phil Bray - © 2005 Universal Studios.

Kevin Misher (C'87) to produce an untitled action film.

According to comingsoon.net, the film is about:

"a rough-hewn heroic tale about realizing dreams of glory, putting audiences ringside at high-stakes underground street fights. Tatum [O'Neill] will star as Sean Arthur, a young man who scrapes up a living scalping tickets in NYC. With family tragedy in his past and his father keeping him at a distance, this outsider has little to motivate him. A chance encounter with a veteran street-fighting coach leads to a whole new career for Sean. The ensuing bouts get tough, especially with the criminal element horning in, so Sean gets tougher. He will fight to win, not only the prize money but also the unexpected new relationships that are strengthening him."

Kevin is currently in post-production on Christian Alvart's Case 39, starring Renée Zellweger and Jodelle Ferland, for release this winter. For you comic book fans out there, I also see on his IMDB profile that he'll be producing "Sub-Mariner". His earlier producing credits include The Interpreter and The Rundown.

When I first moved to LA around 1996, Kevin was part of a bunch of successful Penn alumni at Universal Studios including Stacey Snider (C'82) (former Chairman of Universal Pictures, now CEO/co-chair of Dreamworks), Ali Brecker Shearmur (C'89) (former Exec VP of Universal, now producing deal at Paramount) and Marc Platt (C'79) (Executive Producer). It's great to see that they've all gone on to great success. Stay tuned on DuelingTampons.com for future posts about what all of these alumni are up to!

Click to check out an article the DP did a while back on Kevin

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