Faculty and Staff
Jacob Allen
Chair and Head of Musical Theatre – Musical Theatre Performance, Music Theory, Musical
Theatre History
Alice Rainey Berry
Director of Publicity and Promotion, Web Master
Sarah Brown
Performance, Acting for TV and Film, Audition Prep, Solo Performance
Holly L. Derr
Artistic Director and Head of Directing – Theatre History, Dramatic Literature, Theory
& Criticism
Jen Gillette
Assistant Professor – Head of Design and Technology – Costume Design, Visual History,
Costume Technology, Principles of Costume Design, Rendering
Stephen Hancock
Rawlins Professor – Performance, Playwriting, Directing
Holly Lau
Rawlins Professor – Performance, Modern Dance, Dance History, Labanotation
Anita "Jo" Lenhart
Head of Performance/Acting – Voice and Body Training, Shakespeare, Dialects, Text
work, Performance,
Rick Mayfield
Assistant Technical Director
Michael Medcalf
Assistant Professor – Dance – Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Choeography, Dance History
Jill Guyton Nee
Head of Dance – Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Modern, Choreography,
Pedagogy
Michael S. O'Nele
Associate Professor – Technical Director – Technical Design, Management & Fabrication
Anthony Pellecchia
Associate Professor – Lighting Design, Sound Design, Stage Management, Multi-Media
Brian J. Ruggaber
Associate Professor – Scenic Design, Properties, Scenic Painting, Visual History,
AutoCAD, Rendering
Kristin Shupe
Administrative Secretary
Tracy Thomas
Assistant Professor – Musical Theatre Performance – Individual Voice, Acting Through
Song, Keyboarding, Musical Direction
Kathleen Kovarik
Costume Shop Manager
John J. Yorke
Coordinator of Graduate Studies – Performance, Script Analysis, Theory and Criticism