Acting

Major

BFA

Meet Our Faculty

Board of Study Coordinator

Christopher McCann
Visiting Assistant Professor
- BFA, New York University
christopher.mccann@purchase.edu

Faculty

David Bassuk

Professor of Acting
- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Southern Methodist University
david.bassuk@purchase.edu
Trazana Beverley

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- BFA, New York University
trazana.beverley@purchase.edu
Jill Echo

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- BFA, MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
jill.echo@purchase.edu
Brandalyn Fulton

Lecturer in Design/Technology (Part-time)
- BA, University of Michigan
brandalyn.fulton@purchase.edu
A. Dean Irby

Associate Professor of Acting
- BA, Dillard University
- MFA, New York University
dean.irby@purchase.edu
Liam Joynt

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- MFA, Rutgers University
- BA Union College
liam.joynt@purchase.edu
Ed Malone

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- Licentiate Acting Diploma, London College of Music and Media
- Ecole Jacques Lecoq, France
- Ecole Philippe Gaulier, France
Mitchell McCoy

Lecturer in Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)
- BFA, New York University
mitchell.mccoy@purchase.edu
Scott McCrea

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- BA, Duke University
- MFA, Columbia University
scott.mccrea@purchase.edu
Henry McDaniel

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- MA, Voice Studies, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
- MFA, Acting, Indiana University
- MS, Education, Emphasis in Touring Children’s Theatre
Sarah Petersiel

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- BA, Brown University
sarah.petersiel@purchase.edu
Pamela Prather

(on leave: 2020-21)

Associate Professor of Acting
- BA, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
pamela.prather@purchase.edu
Dennis Hilton Reid

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- MFA, Yale University
- AA, American Academy of Dramatic Arts
dennis.reid@purchase.edu
Susan Shopmaker

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- BA, Hamilton College
susan.shopmaker@purchase.edu
Ronni Stewart

Associate Professor of Acting
- BA, New York University
ronni.stewart@purchase.edu
Maggie Surovell

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- BA, Temple University
- MFA, University of Georgia
margret.surovell@purchase.edu
Rosalyn Coleman Williams

Lecturer in Acting (Part-time)
- BFA, Howard University
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
rosalyn.williams@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

James Dunn

Lecturer in Acting

Lecturer in Theatre and Performance (Part Time)
- BA, Middlebury College
- MFA, L’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacque Lecoq
james-o.dunn@purchase.edu
David Recca

Lecturer in Music

Choir Director
- MusB, Performers Certificate, Purchase College, SUNY
- MM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
- MMA, Yale University
david.recca@purchase.edu
Peggy Stafford

Visiting Assistant Professor of Playwriting
- BA, Seattle University
- MFA, Bennington College
margaret.stafford@purchase.edu
Jack Tamburri

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

Interim Director, Conservatory of Theatre Arts
- AB, University of Chicago
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
jack.tamburri@purchase.edu

Faculty Emeriti

Leigh Dillon
Associate Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts (Acting)
- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Lawrence Kornfeld
Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts (Acting)
- 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

Credit: © 2016 Jason Gillman PhotographyIn memoriam:

Charles Tuthill, Lecturer in Acting

The Conservatory of Theatre Arts mourns the loss of beloved acting teacher Charles Tuthill. He was a bridge for so many people to so many other people, all out of his deep abiding love for the theatre and the people who make it. Our deep condolences go to his husband Steve Freeman and his family. We will share information on Facebook about a celebration of his life as arrangements are made.

May 1, 2017