Department of Theater Arts

Department Leadership:

Interim Chair: Ellen Bredehoft
Associate Chair: Christopher Cartmill
Director of Production: Jenn Stauffer
Academic Director of Design & Production: David Gordon
Head of Acting: Cameron Knight
Head of B.A. Theater Program: Marshall Jones III
Head of Costume Design: Valerie Marcus Ramshur
Head of Costume Technology: Ellen Bredehoft
Head of Dramaturgy: Christopher Cartmill
Head of Lighting Design: Don Holder
Head of Scenic Design: Lee Savage
Head of Stage Management: Anne McPherson
Head of Technical Direction: Jenn Stauffer
Head of M.F.A. Playwriting: Kathleen Tolan

Professors:

David Esbjornson, B.A., Gustavus Adolphus; M.F.A., New York

Associate Professors:

Ellen Bredehoft, B.F.A., Idaho, M.F.A., Boston

Christopher Cartmill, B.A., Washington and Lee; M.F.A., Virginia David Gordon, B.F.A., New York

Don Holder, B.S., Maine; M.F.A., Yale; Honorary Doctor of Arts, Muhlenberg College

Marshall Jones III, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., New York

Cameron Knight, B.F.A., Michigan (Flint); M.F.A., Delaware

Jenn Stauffer, B.A., Macalester College

Kathleen Tolan, B.A., SUNY (Empire State College); M.F.A., Brooklyn College

Assistant Professors:

Deb Jackel, B.F.A., Rutgers

Danielle Liccardo, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Anne McPherson, B.A., Reed College; M.F.A., Yale

Valerie Marcus Ramshur, B.A., Bennington College; M.F.A., New York

Lee Savage, B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Yale

Lecturers:

Valeria A. Avina, B.A., Graceland University; M.F.A., Iowa

Shane Ballard, Fashion Institute of Technology

Jeff Bender, B.F.A, Michigan

William Carden, St. Lawrence, Brandeis

Elizabeth Hope Clancy, B.A., William and Mary; M.F.A., Yale

David Dannenfelser, B.A., William Paterson; M.A., New York, Sarah Lawrence College

Colleen Dolan, B.F.A., Rutgers

Kate Douglas, B.F.A., New York

Andy Elliott, B.A., San Diego State; M.F.A., Indiana (Bloomington)

Helen Farmer, B.A., Guelph; M.F.A., Rutgers

Karin Graybash

Jerilyn Jurinek, B.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago; M.F.A., Columbia

Jessica Kahkoska, B.A., Northwestern

John Keller, B.A., Holy Cross; M.F.A., Rutgers

Letitia Lange, B.A., Pennsylvania State; M.F.A., Rutgers

Pat McCorkle, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., New York

Lauren McLoughlin, B.A., Rutgers; M.F.A., Rutgers

David Murin, B.F.A., New York

Sari Ruskin, B.A., M.A., City College of New York; Ph.D., Long Island

Cat Tate Starmer, M.F.A., Yale

Dayle Towarnicky, B.F.A., New York; M.A., Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Denise Wagner, B.F.A., SUNY (Purchase); M.F.A., North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

Christine Whalen, B.A., Rutgers

Antu Yacob, B.A., Minnesota-Duluth; M.F.A., Rutgers

Professors Emiriti:

Lee Blessing, B.A., Reed College; M.F.A., Iowa

Eileen Blumenthal, B.A., M.A., Brown; Ph.D., Yale

F. Mitchell Dana, B.F.A., Utah State; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama

William Esper, B.A., Case Western Reserve; Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater; teaching training with Stanford Meisner

Vickie Esposito, B.A., Rutgers; M.F.A., Minnesota

John Jensen, B.S., Oregon; Pratt Institute and Lester Polakof School of Design

Virginia Johnson, B.S., Moorhead State, M.A., Bowling Green

Kevin Kittle, B.A., Caldwell College; M.F.A., Rutgers

Eric Krebs, B.A., M.A., Rutgers

Barbara Marchant, B.A.., Fort Wright College; teaching training with William Esper

Joseph F. Miklojcik Jr., B.S., Northwestern; M.A., Connecticut

R. Michael Miller, B.F.A., M.F.A., Washington Amy Saltz, B.A., Wisconsin