Conservatory of Theatre Arts:
Acting Faculty (Board of Study)

David Bassuk
Professor of Theatre Arts
B.A., Purchase College; M.F.A., Southern Methodist University.
david.bassuk@purchase.edu

Philip Carlson
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
philip.carlson@purchase.edu

Robin Christian-McNair
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.A., University of Houston; M.F.A., Rutgers University. Guild-certified Feldenkrais practitioner.
r.christian-mcnair@purchase.edu

Leigh Dillon
Visiting Associate Professor of Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.F.A., Purchase College.
leigh.dillon@purchase.edu

Jill Echo
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.F.A., M.F.A., Purchase College.
jill.echo@purchase.edu

David Gideon
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College; studied with Lee Strasberg for 11 years.

A. Dean Irby
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
B.A., Dillard University; M.F.A., New York University.
dean.irby@purchase.edu

Christopher McCann
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.F.A., New York University.
chris.mccann@purchase.edu

Ronni Stewart
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
B.A., New York University.
ronni.stewart@purchase.edu

J. Allen Suddeth
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.F.A., Ohio University.
j-allen.suddeth@purchase.edu

Charles Tuthill
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.F.A., New York University.
charles.tuthill@purchase.edu

David Wells
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
david.wells@purchase.edu

Rosalyn Coleman Williams
Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
B.F.A., Howard University; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama.
rosalyn.williams@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

Rina Saltzman: Theatre and Performance

Faculty Emeriti

Lawrence Kornfeld
Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts
B.A., Adelphi University; graduate study, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Professor of theatre arts, 1983–2004, and dean, Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film, 1983–86.

George Morrison
Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts
Studied at the Yale School of Drama and The Actors Studio. A founding faculty member of the Acting Program at Purchase College. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Eulalie Noble
Associate Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts
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.

Joseph Stockdale
Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts
B.A., Western Michigan University; M.A., University of North Carolina; Ph.D., University of Denver.

Updated Oct. 6, 2011

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