Playwriting and Screenwriting

Minor

Major

BA

Meet Our Faculty

Board of Study Coordinator

A. Dean Bell

Associate Professor of Practice in Screenwriting
- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
dean.bell@purchase.edu
Peggy Stafford

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

Full-Time Faculty

Lenora Champagne

Professor 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
Eric Mandelbaum

Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwriting
- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
eric.mandelbaum@purchase.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Liz Duffy Adams

Lecturer in Playwriting
- BFA, New York University
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
lizduffy.adams@purchase.edu
Scott Adkins

Lecturer in Playwriting

MFA, Brooklyn College
BA, Lutheran College
Margot Bordelon

Director of New Plays Now
Jaffe Cohen

Lecturer in Screenwriting
- BA, Tufts University
- BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
- MFA, Bard College
jaffe.cohen@purchase.edu
Sara Cooper

Lecturer in Playwriting
- BFA, MFA, New York University
sara.cooper@purchase.edu
Gregory DePaul

Lecturer in Screenwriting

JD, Rutgers Law School
MFA, Catholic University
Amina Henry

Lecturer in Playwriting

BA, Yale University
MA, New York University
MFA, Brooklyn College
Ryan Homsey

Lecturer

Director, Academic Resource Center

BM, Purchase College, SUNY
MM, New York University

ryan.homsey@purchase.edu
Susan Kouguell

Lecturer in Screenwriting
- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
susan.kouguell@purchase.edu
Basil Kreimendahl

Lecturer in Playwriting
- BA, University of Tampa
- MFA, University of Iowa
basil.kreimendahl@purchase.edu
Martyna Majok

Lecturer in Playwriting
- BA, University of Chicago
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
martyna.majok@purchase.edu
Elisabeth Oleksker

Lecturer in Playwriting

MFA, New York University
BA, Antioch College
Katherine Pearl

Lecturer in Playwriting

MFA, Brown University
Edward Pomerantz

Associate Professor of Screenwriting
- BA, City College of New York
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
edward.pomerantz@purchase.edu
Charly Simpson

Lecturer Playwriting

BA: Brown University
MSt: New College, University of Oxford
MFA: Hunter College
Jack Tamburri

Lecturer in Playwriting
- AB, University of Chicago
- MA, MFA, Yale School of Drama
john.tamburri@purchase.edu
Andrea Thome

Lecturer in Playwriting
- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
andrea.thome@purchase.edu
Melisa Tien

Lecturer in Playwriting

MFA, Columbia University
BA, University of California, Los Angeles.
John G. Young

Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Film
- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
john.young@purchase.edu
J.D. Zeik

Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Film
- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
john.zeik@purchase.edu