Department Chair

Kenneth Prestininzi, Chair of the Theater Department, Associate Professor of Theater

Kenneth Prestininzi

Chair of the Theater Department, Associate Professor of Theater

Playwriting • Creative ensemble • Performance studies • Theater history and literature


Faculty

Alison Andersen, Assistant Professor of Theater

Alison Andersen

Assistant Professor of Theater

Stage management • Production management • Technical theater • Scenic and Lighting Design


Virginia Anderson, Associate Professor of Theater

Virginia Anderson

Associate Professor of Theater

The AIDS Epidemic in Theater and Film • Theater History • Musical Theater • Theater and Social Change • Theater for Young Audiences • Circus History


David Jaffe, Professor of Theater

David Jaffe

Professor of Theater

(On sabbatical, Academic Year 2018-2019)

Actor training • Collectively created performance • Theatrical adaptation • The works of Anton Chekhov


Sabrina Notarfrancisco, Associate Professor of Theater

Sabrina Notarfrancisco

Associate Professor of Theater

Costume design • Costume construction • Costume history • Costume shop management


Nina Papathanasopoulou, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics in Theater

Nina Papathanasopoulou

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics in Theater

Greek drama and performance • Classical mythology and its reception • Greek art and architecture • Greek and Latin poetry


Rodney Dumond

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theater, Technical Director

Robert Richter

Adjunct Instructor

Oona Curley

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theater

Jude Sandy

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Heather Lesieur

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theater


Staff

Aimee Couture

Academic Department Assistant

Associated Faculty

Blanche Boyd, Roman and Tatiana Weller Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence

Blanche Boyd

Roman and Tatiana Weller Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence

Fiction writing • Narrative nonfiction


In Memoriam

Linda Herr

Professor Emeritus of Theater