Department of Theater

Interim Chair: Ellen Bredehoft

Interim 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 Production: Jenn Stauffer

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

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

Cameron Knight, B.F.A., Rutgers; M.A., New York

Jenn Stauffer, B.A., Macalester

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

Assistant Professors of Professional Practice:

Deb Jackel, B.F.A., Rutgers

Danielle Liccardo, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

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

Valerie Marcus Ramshur, B.A., Bennington; 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; 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; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence

Colleen Dolan, B.F.A., Rutgers

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

Andy Elliot, 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., 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 Emeriti:

Lee Blessing, B.A., Reed; 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 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

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

Eric Krebs, B.A., M.A., Rutgers

Barbara Marchant, B.A., Fort Wright; 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