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Acting

Department Chair

Faculty

Contributing Faculty

  • Mariana Carreno King

    Mariana Carreño King

    Assistant Professor of Playwriting
    • BA, Goddard College
    • MFA, University of Southern California
  • David Recca

    Lecturer
    Chorus Director
    • MusB, Performers Certificate, Purchase College, SUNY
    • MM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
    • MMA, Yale University
    • DMA, Yale University
    david.recca@purchase.edu

Faculty Emeriti

  • Leigh Dillon

    Leigh Dillon

    Associate Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts (Acting)
    • BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
  • Lawrence Kornfeld

    Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts (Acting)
    May 21, 1930- August 14, 2023
    • BA, Adelphi University
    • Graduate study, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
  • Eulalie Noble

    Associate Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts (Acting)
    • Neighborhood Playhouse, School of the Theatre, and American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York
    • studied with Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, and Martha Graham
  • Pamela Prather 2021

    Pamela Prather

    Associate Professor Emerita of Acting
    • BA, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
    • MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
    pamela.prather@purchase.edu

Theatre and Performance

Department Chair

Faculty

  • Michi Barall

    Michi Barall

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
    • AB, Stanford University
    • MFA, NYU
    • PhD, Columbia University
  • Lenka Pichlíková

    Lenka Pichlíková Burke

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance

    • MA, University of Texas, Dallas
    • MFA, Academy of Dramatic Arts, Charles University (Prague)
    • Advanced Master Artist, Czech Republic
    • MLS, Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven)
    • PhD, Academy of Dramatic Arts in Prague (DAMU)

    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
    lenka.pichlikova@purchase.edu
  • Tania Chelnov

    Tania Chelnov- Snitow

    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    • BA, Smith College
    • MFA, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Alex Correia

    Alex Correia

    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    • BFA, Marymount Manhattan College
    • Directing program (three-year graduate-level fellowship), The Juilliard School
    alex.correia@purchase.edu
  • James Dunn

    Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)
    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part Time)
    • BA, Middlebury College
    • MFA, L’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacque Lecoq
    james-o.dunn@purchase.edu
  • Linda Gelman

    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    • BA, SUNY Buffalo
    • MA, Columbia University
  • Steve Gomer

    Steve Gomer

    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    • BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
    steve.gomer@purchase.edu
  • Amber Hennes

    Amber Hennes

    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    Assistant Production Manager and CMFT Shops Supervisor
  • Ash Marinaccio

    Ash Marinaccio

    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    • Ph.D. The Graduate Center, CUNY (Theatre and Performance)
    • M.Phil The Graduate Center, CUNY (Theatre and Performance)
    • MA New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (Performance Studies)
    • BA, Pace University (Theatre Directing and Anthropology)
  • Williambryantmiles

    William Bryant Miles

    Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
    • BFA, Howard University
    • MA, Goldsmiths, University of London
    william.miles@purchase.edu
  • Andrew Saito

    Andrew Saito

    (on leave: Fall 2023)
    Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
    • BA, UC Berkeley
    • MFA, University of Iowa
    andrew.saito@purchase.edu
  • Jordan Schildcrout

    Professor of Theatre and Performance
    • BA, Yale University
    • PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    jordan.schildcrout@purchase.edu
  • Jeana Scotti

    Jeana Scotti

    Lecturer, Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    • MFA, Rutgers Mason Gross
    • BA Theatre and Performance, Purchase College
    jeana.scotti@purchase.edu
  • Peter Sprague

    Production Manager, Theater and Performance
    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance
    • BA, Pomona College
    • MFA, Southern Methodist University
    peter.sprague@purchase.edu
  • Andrea Thome

    Andrea Thome

    (on leave: Fall 2023-Spring 2024)
    Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
    • BA, Harvard University
    • MFA, New York University
    andrea.thome@purchase.edu
  • Cezar Williams

    Cezar Williams

    Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
    Director of New Plays Now

    BS, New York University 

Contributing Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Lenora Champagne

    Lenora Champagne

    Professor Emerita of Theatre and Performance
    Lecturer in Playwriting
    • BA, Louisiana State University
    • MA, PhD, New York University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
    lenora.champagne@purchase.edu
  • Julius Novick

    Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies
    • BA, Harvard University
    • DFA, Yale University
  • Philippa Wehle

    Professor Emerita of French, Drama Studies, and Literature
    • BA, Bucknell University
    • MA, Middlebury College
    • PhD, Columbia University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Theatre Design/Technology

Department Chair

Faculty

Contributing Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Michael J. Cesario

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Theatre Design/Technology
    • BFA, University of Wisconsin
    • MFA, Ohio University
  • Lana Fritz

    Assistant Professor Emerita of Theatre Design/Technology
    • BFA, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
    • MFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Elaine Galen

    Associate Professor Emerita of Theatre Design/Technology
    • BA, University of Pennsylvania
    • MA, New York University
    • Graduate study, Philadelphia College of Art
    • Advanced studies, Art Students’ League of New York and Grande Chaumiere, Paris