Department of Theater Arts

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

Associate Chair/Head of Acting: Barbara Marchant, B.A., Theater Arts, Washington State

Associate Head of Acting: Kevin Kittle, B.S., Caldwell College; M.F.A., Mason Gross School of the Arts/Rutgers

Head of B.A. Theater Program: Marshall Jones III, B.A., Rutgers; M.A., New York 

Head of M.F.A. Playwriting:  Kathleen Tolan, B.A., Empire State College/SUNY; M.F.A., Brooklyn College

Professors:

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

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

Associate Professors:

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

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

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

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

Heather Rasche, B.F.A., New York; M.A., New York/Tisch School of the Arts; Ph.D., California (Santa Barbara)

Jennifer Stauffer, B.A., Macalester College

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

Assistant Professors:

Christopher Cartmill, B.A., Washington and Lee; M.F.A., Virginia

Nathan Crocker, B.F.A., North Carolina-Greensboro; M.F.A., California (Irvine)

David Letwin, B.F.A., SUNY (Purchase); M.F.A., Rutgers

Danielle Liccardo, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, The America Globe Theater

Leslie Lyter, B.A., Franklin & Marshall College

Lecturers:

Shane Ballard, Fashion Institute of Technology

Jeffrey Bender, B.F.A., Michigan

William Carden, St. Lawrence; Brandeis

Caroline Chao, B.S., Standford

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

Gabrielle Demeestere

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

Louise Grafton, B.A., Pennsylvania; M.A., Indiana

Karin Graybash

Christopher Hallady, B.A., George Washington; M.F.A., Rutgers

Catherine Homa-Rocchio

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

John Keller, B.A. College of the Holly Cross; M.F.A., Rutgers

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

Joseph Mancuso, B.A., M.A., Rutgers

Rogelio Martinez, B.A., Syracuse; M.F.A., Columbia

Mikiko Suzuki McAdams

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

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

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

Billy Serow, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan; Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater

Christine Whalen, B.A., Rutgers

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

Professors Emeriti:

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

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 Sanford Meisner

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

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

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

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

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

Rutgers' Conservatory at Shakespeare's Globe in London

Director: Barbara Marchant

Instructors:

Joseph Atkins, Singing

Bill Buckhurst, Acting

Giles Block, Text

Tim Carroll, Acting

Richard Cave, Feldenkrais

Peter Hamilton Dyer, Text and Globe Performance Practice

Chloe France, Assistant Director

Anna Healey, Movement

Mary Howland, Dialect

Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper, Text and Contexts

Huw Prall, Historical Dance

Kate Sagovsky, Movement

Patrick Spottiswoode, Reading Around

Jonathan Waller, Combat

Lucinda Worlock, Voice