Department of Theater

Chair: David Esbjornson

Associate Chair/Head of Acting: Barbara Marchant

Associate Head of Acting: Kevin Kittle

Head of Set Design: R. Michael Miller

Head of Costume Design: Valerie Marcus Ramshur

Head of Lighting Design: Don Holder

Head of B.A. Theater Program: Marshall Jones III

Professors:

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

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

R. Michael Miller, B.F.A., M.F.A., Washington

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

Associate Professors:

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

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

Professors of Professional Practice:

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

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

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

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

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

Leslie Lyter Ferrari, B.A., Franklin and Marshall College

Valerie Marcus Ramshur, B.A., Bennington College; M.F.A., New York (Tisch School of the Arts)

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

Instructors:

Shane Ballard, Fashion Institute of Technology

Caroline Chao, B.S., Stanford

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

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

Danielle Licardo, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, The American Globe Theater

Lecturers:

Jack Brady

William Carden, St. Lawrence, Brandeis

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

Allen Cutler

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

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

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

Karin Graybash

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

Catherine Homa-Rocchio

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

John Keller, B.A., Holy 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

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

H. Nate Morgan, B.S., Skidmore College

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; The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater

Sarah Sirota, M.F.A., Rutgers

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

Amy Saltz, B.A., Wisconsin