Faculty and Staff
Theatre Department faculty are both master teachers and working professionals. They bring a breadth and depth of experience in all aspects of theatre, and make each individual’s educational journey both exciting and successful.

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Administration


Gage Williams, Department Chair, Set Design and Production Design, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faye Barron, Administrative Assistant, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Colleen Ruth, Theatre Accountant, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Actor Training Program


Jacque Lynn Bell, Alexander Technique and Movement for Actors This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jerry Gardner,
Movement/Butoh, Actor Training Program, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Peder Melhuse,
Acting and Voice, Actor Training Program, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Charles Morey, Artistic Director of Pioneer Theatre Company, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Cathy Pollock, Alexander Technique, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

David Schmidt, singing for The Actor Training Program, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sarah Shippobothom, Acting, Dialects, Head of the Actor Training Program, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sandra Shotwell, Acting, Voice and Speech, Actor Training Program, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


Theatre Studies


Sydney Cheek O'Donnell, Theatre History, Dramaturgy, Directing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Xan S. Johnson, Child Drama, Young People's Theatre Directing, Youth Theatre at the U, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bob Nelson, Theatre history, Literature, Performance, New-Play Development  email

Tim Slover, Playwriting, Dramatic Literature, London Study Abroad Program, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


Performing Arts Design Program


Kyle Becker, Technical Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Amanda French, Hair and Makeup, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Joe Payne, Sound Design and Webmaster, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Karen Porcher, Properties Designer, Set Decoration, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jesse Portillo, Lighting Design, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Brenda Van der Wiel, Costume Design, Shop Foreman, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Gage Williams, Department Chair, Set Design and Production Design, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


Stage Management


Barbara Sturgis,
Head of BFA Stage Management, Production Manager, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jeffrey Williams, Production Stage Manager, Pioneer Theatre Company, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


General and Non-Major Course Faculty


Margo Andrews,
Acting for Non-Majors, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Penelope Caywood, Artistic Director of Youth Theatre at the U, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ron Frederickson,
Acting, Voice and Diction, Text Analysis, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Hugh Hanson, Acting for Non-Majors, Drama Arts TV, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Amy Oakeson, Musical Theatre, email

Bill Parkinson, Tai Chi Yoga, Meditation/Movement, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

William Poore, Acting for Non-Majors, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Richard G. Scharine,
Professor Emeritus, American Political Theatre, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Barbara Smith, Acting for Majors and Non-Majors, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tommie St. Cyr, Movement Awareness, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 

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