BROOKLYN COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF THEATER

 

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,
Department Chair

 

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