Acting

Major

BFA

Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

Liam Joynt
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)
Co-Chair of Acting
- MFA, Rutgers University
- BA Union College
liam.joynt@purchase.edu
Maggie Surovell
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)
Co-Chair of Acting
- BA, Temple University
- MFA, University of Georgia
margret.surovell@purchase.edu

Faculty

David Bassuk

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

(on leave: 2022-23)

Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)
- BFA, New York University
trazana.beverley@purchase.edu
Leon Addison Brown

Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)

BFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts

leon.brown@purchase.edu
Jill Echo

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

Lecturer of Acting (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
Le’Asha Julius

Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)

BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College

leasha.julius@purchase.edu
Ed Malone

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

Visiting Assistant Professor
- BFA, New York University
christopher.mccann@purchase.edu
Mitchell McCoy

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

Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)
- BA, Duke University
- MFA, Columbia University
scott.mccrea@purchase.edu
Sarah Petersiel

Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)
- BA, Brown University
sarah.petersiel@purchase.edu
Jeana Scotti

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

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

Associate Professor of Acting
- BA, New York University
ronni.stewart@purchase.edu
Rosalyn Coleman Williams

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

Contributing Faculty

James Dunn

Lecturer of Acting

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

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

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

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

Credit: © 2016 Jason Gillman PhotographyIn memoriam:

Charles Tuthill, Lecturer of 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.