Theater Arts Faculty

  • Pamela Berlin

    Directing Faculty

    New York credits include Endpapers at the Variety Arts Theatre, Steel...

  • Jacquie Bird

    Jacquie Bird has enjoyed a lengthy and fulfilling career as a triple threat, appearing on Broadway, film...

  • Michael Blake

    Michael Blake holds an M.F.A. in dance from Purchase College. He received his early ballet and modern dance training from Rutgers University and...

  • Lee Blessing

    Head of Playwriting Program

    Lee Blessing has become a major voice in the modern American theater. His plays have been nominated for Tony and Olivier awards and a Pulitzer...

  • Eileen Blumenthal

    Eileen Blumenthal has a Ph.D. in...

  • William Carden

    William Carden was artistic director of the HB Playwrights Foundation for 11 years where he directed Mrs. Klein and Collected Stories ...

  • Edward Coco

    Edward Coco holds an M.F.A. in Scenography (Scenic and...

  • Allen Cutler

    Properties Supervisor

    Allen Cutler is a visual artist and designer.  He has been Prop Master and Prop Designer at The Berkshire...

  • F. Mitchell Dana

    F. MITCHELL DANA has lit over 600 professional productions in addition to working as a, technical director, head electrician on...

  • Richard Dresser

    Richard Dresser’s plays are widely produced in New York City, regional theater, and Europe. They include ROUNDING THIRD, BELOW THE BELT,...

  • David Esbjornson

    Chair, Department of Theater

    Mr. Esbjornson’s recent work as a director includes the Broadway debut of...

  • William Esper

    Faculty Emeritus

    William Esper has been the head of his own studio in New York City for more than 30 years as well as the director of the Professional Actor...

  • Vickie Esposito

    Associate Head Of Design Program

    Her first job after completing her MFA was as resident designer for Chimera Theater, St. Paul.  After 2½ years, she and her husband...

  • Julie Foh

    Voice and Speech

    Julie Foh holds an M.F.A. in Voice and Speech from the American Repertory Theater’s...

  • Lana Fritz

    Assistant Professor of Theatre Design/Technology (Purchase...

  • Tanya Gibson-Clark

    Acclaimed choreographer Tanya Gibson-Clark's dynamic work has been featured on stage, on American and Italian television, and in videos,...

  • David P. Gordon

    David Gordon has designed the scenery for more than 250 productions and has worked extensively on and Off-Broadway and for regional theatres and...

  • Louise Grafton

    Louise has been making props for more years than she cares to admit. She has worked for regional theatres, the New York Shakespeare Festival,...

  • Karin Graybash

    Sound Supervisor

    Karin Graybash is a freelance sound designer and engineer. She has designed productions...

  • Jane Guyer Fujita
    Jane Guyer Fujita teaches...
  • Joseph Hart

    Joseph Hart is a master teacher of ensemble theater and creative dramatics as well as playwright, actor and director. His eight years of study...

  • Deborah Hedwall

    Head of M.F.A. Acting Program

    Deborah Hedwall received her professional acting training from...

  • Israel Hicks

    Israel Hicks passed away July 3, 2010.

    Mr. Hicks was an associate artist of the Denver Center Theatre Company where he made history by...

  • Catherine Homa-Rocchio

    Costume shop supervisor

    Catherine Homa-Rocchio has worked with costumes for 26 years.  Before joining...

  • Doug Hosney

    His work includes Broadway, off-Broadway and national tours as well as dance production for Pilobolus Dance Theatre. He served as general...

  • Donald Jensen

    Emeritus

    Donald Jensen has designed and painted for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theaters, as well as for ballet, opera, television, and film. In...

  • Virginia Johnson

    Emeritus

    Virginia Johnson spent eight years at The Juilliard School, with three years as costume shop supervisor. She has assisted costume designers on...

  • Marshall Jones, III

    Jones has 20 years of theater and live entertainment management experience in a wide variety of key executive positions at some of New York city...

  • Jerilyn Jurinek

    Jerilyn is a painter of figurative art built on an architectural use of color. Eschewing commercial exhibitions in favor of human development...

  • Mathew Kaplan

    Mathew Kaplan is bringing an extensive professional background to the Theater Department at Mason Gross. He has worked in scene shops for the...

  • Kevin Kittle

    Kevin Kittle has worked as Joseph...

  • Eric Krebs

    Emeritus

    Eric Krebs is the founder and artistic director of the Off-Broadway John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks theaters. His New York producing credits...

  • David Letwin

    David Letwin teaches ...

  • Jan Leys

    Jan Leys (movement) is a native of Antwerp, Belgium. He arrived in New York in 1980 and danced for five years with The Muller/Works. There, he...

  • Danielle Liccardo-Massood

    Danielle Liccardo-Massood began her...

  • Joseph Mancuso

    Joseph A. Mancuso has more than twenty years of significant experience as an artist, educator and arts/business administrator including a...

  • Barbara Marchant

    Vice Chair/Head of Acting; Director, Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare's Globe

    Barbara Marchant (Head of B.F.A. Acting and Director of the Rutgers Conservatory at...

  • Patricia McCorkle

    McCorkle Casting, Ltd. (Pat Mccorkle...

  • Joseph Miklojcik, Jr.

    Emeritus

    Joseph Miklojcik, Jr. designed the sets for Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Member of the Communist Party? at the Promenade Theater...

  • Peter Miller

    Peter Miller has an undergraduate degree from Harvard and studied scene painting with Lester ...

  • R. Michael Miller

    Head of Design And Production/Set Design

    R. Michael Miller designed the Broadway, Off-Broadway, Los Angeles and 6 other regional  productions of  Stephen...

  • David Murin

    David Murin was recently represented with his designs for the...

  • Chris O’Connor

    Chris O’Connor founded Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 2002. He...

  • Lenard Petit

    Lenard Petit is the director of the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio...

  • Tim Pickens

    Technical director

    Tim Pickens has been associated with the theater department for the past ten years. He spent his professional career in regional theater,...

  • Gerald Rabkin

    Emeritus

    Gerald Rabkin earned his undergraduate degree at Brooklyn College and his graduate degrees at Ohio State. After teaching at Indiana and Kansas,...

  • Heather Rasche

    Heather Rasche, is an actress, a scholar, and an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework. As an actress she premiered works by many...

  • Shane Rettig

    Shane Rettig is a sound designer, composer and musician. New York: The Public Theatre, The New Group, Soho Rep, The Summer Play Festival, The...

  • Sari Ruskin

    Sari Ruskin trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and HB Studios. She studied dance with Sophie Maslow at the New Dance Group Studio and holds a...

  • James Ryan

    James Ryan has written over fifteen plays and a dozen screenplays. His work has been produced at Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre,...

  • Amy Saltz

    Head of Directing Program

    Amy Saltz has directed extensively throughout the United States and Russia. New York City affiliations have included Playwrights' Horizons,...

  • James L. Sargent

    Lighting Supervisor

    James Sargent served as the master electrician for the national tour of Grease...

  • Susan Schuld

    Susan Schuld served on faculties with Circle and the Square, CAP...

  • Harold Scott

    Emeritus

    Harold Scott passed away at his home, July 16, 2006.

    Harold Scott was a member of the original company of the Repertory Theater of...

  • Greg Seel

    A graduate of Wilmington College, Ohio, before training at the Drama Studio, London. He first studied Alexander Technique with Walter Carrington...

  • William Serow

    Billy Serow has had a long and varied career in show business. He started acting at the...

  • J. Allen Suddeth

    J. Allen Suddeth has worked professionally for the past thirty years out of the New York...

  • Kathleen Tolan

    Kathleen Tolan (...

  • Dennis Turney

    Dennis Turney  began teaching students Shakespeare in Houston for the Shakespeare...

  • Robin Vest

    NYC: Spirit Control (Manhattan Theater Club), When I Come to Die, and Graceland (...

  • Samuel Brett Williams

    Samuel Brett Williams’ plays have been developed and/or produced at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights...