Head of the Department

Brant Pope — Department Head

Thomas O. Mitchell — Associate Department Head


Acting Faculty

Robert Anderson — Associate Professor

Kathleen F. Conlin — Barnard Hewitt Chair in Directing

Lisa Gaye Dixon — Associate Professor

Henson Keys — Professor, Chair of Acting Program

Robin McFarquhar — Professor

Robert Ramirez — Assistant Professor

Daniel Sullivan — Swanlund Professor, Directing

Jill Walmsley Zager — Assistant Professor, Voice, Speech, Dialects


Design, Technology, and Management Faculty

Thomas Blake — Assistant Professor, Technical Director

René Chadwick — Clinical Assistant Professor, Costumes, Wigs and Makeup

Terri Ciofalo — Assistant Professor, Stage Management

Anne C. de Velder — Assistant Professor, Costume Shop Manager

Kenneth M. Egan — Facility Supervisor

Nicole Faurant — Instructor, Costuming

Regina Garcia — Assistant Professor, Scenic Design

Lisa Kidd — Instructor, Lighting

Thomas V. Korder — Assistant Professor, Technical Director

Janice Lines — Visiting Assistant Professor, Costume Design

Wenhai Ma — Incoming Chair, Scenic Design

Verda Beth Martell — Assistant Professor, Technical Direction

Rebecca McBride — Assistant Professor, Theatre Management

Kathy A. Perkins — Professor, Chair of Lighting Design Program

Karen Quisenberry — Chair, Stage Management

Christina Rainwater — Visiting Lecturer, Scenic Artist

Julie Rundell — Assistant Professor, Properties

Jon Schoenoff — Chair, Sound Design and Technology

Joe Thompson — Visiting Assistant Professor, Theatre Technology

David K. Warfel — Assistant Professor, Lighting

Michael Williams — Assistant Professor, Lighting Director


Theatre Studies Faculty

Lisa Fay — Program Coordinator, INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre

Allean Hale — Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre History

Thom Miller — Guest Lecturer, INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre

J. W. Morrissette — Program Coordinator, Instructor, INNER VOICES Theatre


Emeritus Faculty

Bernhard Works — Scenic Technology


MA/PhD Faculty

Peter A. Davis — Associate Professor, Theatre History

Robert B. Graves — Dean, College of Fine and Applied Arts

Valleri Hohman — Visiting Assistant Professor

Esther Kim Lee — Associate Professor, Chair of MA/PhD Program


Office Personnel

Sandra Eades — Account Technician, Business Support

Sarah G. Kent — Manager of System Services

Keri Nekrasz — Assistant to the Head

David Swinford — Admissions & Records Representative, Student Support