Participating Faculty
Margaret Araneo
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theater History & Criticism, Interim Program Head/MA Theater History & Criticism Fall 2011
Rose Burnett Bonczek
Associate Professor, Program Head/BFA Acting
Thomas Bullard
Professor, Program Head/MFA Directing
Robert I. Cohen
Associate Professor of Stage Management and Productions
Mary Beth Easley
Artistic Director, Assistant Professor of Audition Technique and Scene Study
Amy E. Hughes
Assistant Professor of Theater History & Criticism
(on fellowship leave during 2011–12)
Victor (Kip) Marsh
Associate Professor, Theater Department Chairperson, Program Head/Design & Technical Theater
Helen E. Richardson
Associate Professor of Theater History & Criticism
(on sabbatical until Feb 1, 2012)
Teresa Snider-Stein
Assistant Professor of Costume Design
Tobie S. Stein
Professor, Program Head/MFA Performing Arts Management, Tow Professor (2011–12)
Laura Tesman
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Deputy Chairperson
Lynn M. Thomson
Associate Professor of Dramaturgy and
American Theater
Robert Widman
Associate Professor of Economics
Judylee Vivier
Professor, Program Head/MFA Acting, Interim Graduate Deputy Chairperson 2011–12
Technical Theater Staff
Jeanette Aultz
Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor
Beth Bloomfield
Technical Director
Michael Hairston
Technical Director — Lighting and Sound
Deborah Hertzberg
Costume Shop Supervisor
Jeff Stiefel
Technical Director
Office Staff
Ruth Picans
College Assistant
Jaclyn Smerling
Administrative Assistant
Recent Faculty
The following is a list of faculty and staff whose contributions we wish to acknowledge by keeping
their bios active.
Polina Klimovitskaya
Assistant Professor of Acting
Rebecca Cunningham
Professor of Costume and Head of Costume Shop
Samuel L. Leiter
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theater,
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Adjunct Faculty
Mark Blum
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Contemporary Scene Study, Chekhov, Shaw, and Ibsen Scene Study
Rich Butler
Adjunct Lecturer, Stagecraft
Michael Chin
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stage Combat
Ed Clarkson-Farrell
Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Theater Arts
Gary Cowling
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Acting for the Camera
Jorge Dieppa
Adjunct Lecturer, CADD
Aubrie Lynn Fennecken
Adjunct Lecturer, Theater Management
Andrew Flatt
Adjunct Lecturer, Promotion and Marketing for the Performing Arts (Vice President, Marketing, Disney Theatrical Productions)
Charlotte Fleck
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dialect & Diction
Allison Ford
Adjunct Lecturer, Rendering
Ragnar Freidank
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Actor/Director Collaboration
Matthew Frey
Adjunct Lecturer, Lighting Design
Robert Friend
Adjunct Lecturer, Promotion and Marketing for the Performing Arts (Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Choice Ticketing Systems)
Jennie Greer
Adjunct Lecturer, Fundraising for the Performing Arts (Director of Advancement, New Dramatists)
Debbi Hobson
Adjunct Lecturer, Costume Construction
Niluka Hotaling
Adjunct Lecturer, Drafting, Stagecraft, Intro to Theatre Production and Props Construction
Jim Jack
Adjunct Lecturer, Acting/Shakespeare, Voice 3
Michael Colby Jones
Adjunct Lecturer, Applied Voice and Movement
Adrienne Kapstein
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Movement for the Actor/Lecoq Techniques
Kevin Kennison
Adjunct Lecturer, Business of Acting, Audition Technique
Paul King
Adjunct Lecturer, Theater in the Classroom (Executive Director, New York City Department of Education, Office of Arts and Special Projects)
Karen Kinsley
Adjunct Lecturer, Stage Make-up
Eddie Lieber, Esq.
Adjunct Lecturer, Labor Relations for the Performing Arts (Director of Labor Relations, Disney Theatrical Group)
Roger Manix
Adjunct Lecturer, Kundalini Yoga for the Actor
Mimi Maxmen
Adjunct Lecturer, Costume Design
Jeremy McCarter
Adjunct Lecturer, Theater Criticism
Belinda Mello
Adjunct Lecturer, Alexander Technique, Movement for Actors, Mask, Introduction to Acting
Simona Migliotti
Adjunct Lecturer, Rendering
Jen-Scott Mobley
Adjunct Lecturer, Development of Dramatic Structure
Doug Paulson
Adjunct Lecturer, Voice Production for the Actor
Daniel Posener, Esq.
Adjunct Lecturer, Performing Arts and the Law (Director of Business and Legal Affairs, Disney Theatrical Group)
Valerie Clayman Pye
Adjunct Lecturer, Shakespeare
Mary B. Robinson
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Directing
Marc Routh
Adjunct Lecturer, Business and Management for the Performing Arts (President, Marc Routh Productions)
Laura Smith
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Alexander Technique
Eugene Solfanelli
Adjunct Lecturer, Stage Combat
Derek Stenborg
Adjunct Lecturer, Scenic Painting
Paul Tetreault
Adjunct Lecturer, Seminar in Performing Arts Management (Director, Ford's Theatre Society)
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Adjunct Lecturer, Promotion and Marketing for the Performing Arts (President, Walker International Communications Group)
Adrian Wattenmaker
Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Acting
Ian Wen
Adjunct Lecturer, Movement for the Actor III
Peter West
Adjunct Lecturer, Lighting Design
Harold Wolpert
Adjunct Lecturer, Seminar in Performing Arts Management (Managing Director, Roundabout Theatre Company)
Francine Zerfas
Adjunct Lecturer, Catherine Fitzmaurice Voice Technique
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