animals in exchange for scholarships. The Warehouse Theatre Company is a student-run playhouse on campus which stages an average of four different productions per academic season. Citizen Jane Film Festival The Citizen Jane Film Festival was an annual film festival established at Stephens College. The festival was first held October 17–19, 2008. Films were chosen that showcased women behind and in front of the camera. Though the festival has been discontinued, Citizen Jane continues in the form of a lecture series hosted by the Stephens College digital filmmaking program. Athletics The Stephens athletic teams are called the Stars. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the American Midwest Conference (AMC) since the 2008–09 academic year. The Stars previously competed as an NAIA Independent from 2004–05 to 2007–08. Prior joining the NAIA, Stephens was also a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): in the Division III ranks from 1994–95 (when the school re-instated back its athletics program) to 2003–04; and in the Division II ranks from about 1982–83 to 1986–87, before transitioning to club status until discontinuing the athletics program after the 1988–89 school year. Stephens competes in four intercollegiate varsity sports: basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball. Former sports included cross country. Club sports include competitive dance and esports, which is the first varsity esports team at an all-women's college. Alumnae The Stephens College Alumnae Association has more than 20,000 members internationally. Alumnae are found in every state. Notable alumnae Stephanie Beatriz, actress Paddy Bowden, psychotherapist, wife of Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson Nancy Elizabeth Brown, Vice Admiral, United States Navy Shirley Clarke, filmmaker Nancy Cozean, former journalist and politician Joan Crawford, actress (did not complete first year) Frances Crowe, peace activist Leslie Easterbrook, actress; best known for her role as Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy series Shirley Adele Field, Oregon legislator and judge Susan Flannery, soap actress on CBS The Bold & the Beautiful, retired December 2012 after 25 years Karith Foster, stand-up comedian and radio personality Wally Funk, aviator and astronaut Tammy Grimes, actress and singer Anne Gwynne, actress Corky Hale, jazz musician Joan Robinson Hill, equestrienne and socialite Eva Johnston, classical scholar; first American woman to receive a Doctoral degree from the University of Konigsburg; second female Professor and first Dean of Women at the University of Missouri Jeane Kirkpatrick, first female U.S. Ambassador to the