Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Jordan Schildcrout
Professor of Theatre and PerformanceCo-Chair of BA Program in Theatre and Performance- BA, Yale University
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
jordan.schildcrout@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Faculty
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Michi Barall
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre and PerformanceMFA, Stanford University
PhD, Columbia University -
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)lenka.pichlikova@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
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Alex Correia
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)alex.correia@purchase.edu- BFA, Marymount Manhattan College
- Directing program (three-year graduate-level fellowship), The Juilliard School
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Rachel Dickstein
(on leave: Spring 2022)Associate Professor of Theatre and PerformanceCo-Chair of BA Program in Theatre and Performancerachel.dickstein@purchase.edu- BA, Yale University
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James Dunn
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part Time)james-o.dunn@purchase.edu- BA, Middlebury College
- MFA, L’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacque Lecoq
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LaVonda Elam
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)lavonda.elam@purchase.edu- BFA, DePaul Theater School
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Linda Gelman
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)- BA, SUNY Buffalo
- MA, Columbia University
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Steve Gomer
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)steve.gomer@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Lora LaVon
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)lora.lavon@purchase.edu- BFA, New York University
- MFA, Yale University
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Steven Sapp
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Jeana Scotti
Lecturer, Theatre and Performance (Part-time)jeana.scotti@purchase.edu- MFA, Rutgers Mason Gross
- BA Theatre and Performance, Purchase College
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Peter Sprague
Technical Director, Theatre and PerformanceLecturer of Theatre and Performancepeter.sprague@purchase.edu- BA, Pomona College
- MFA, Southern Methodist University
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Arminda Thomas
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time) -
Andrea Thome
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performanceandrea.thome@purchase.edu- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
Contributing Faculty
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Liam Joynt
Lecturer in ActingAssociate Chairliam.joynt@purchase.edu- MFA, Rutgers University
- BA Union College
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David Bassuk
Professor of Actingdavid.bassuk@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Southern Methodist University
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Paul Megna
Assistant Professor of Literaturepaul.megna@purchase.edu- BA, SUNY Buffalo
- MA, University of Rochester
- PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Pamela Prather
(on leave: 2020-21)Associate Professor of Actingpamela.prather@purchase.edu- BA, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
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Matthew Stern
Lecturer in Theatre Design/Technologymatthew.stern@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, San Diego
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Ronni Stewart
(on leave: Spring 2022)Associate Professor of Actingronni.stewart@purchase.edu- BA, New York University
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Maggie Surovell
Lecturer in Actingmargret.surovell@purchase.edu- BA, Temple University
- MFA, University of Georgia
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Jack Tamburri
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre ArtsDirector, Conservatory of Theatre Artsjack.tamburri@purchase.edu- AB, University of Chicago
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Anita Yavich
Associate Professor of Theatre Design/Technologyanita.yavich@purchase.edu- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
Faculty Emeriti
Lenora Champagne
Professor Emerita of Theatre and PerformanceLecturer in Playwriting- BA, Louisiana State University
- MA, PhD, New York University
lenora.champagne@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Julius Novick
Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies- BA, Harvard University
- DFA, Yale University
Gregorio Rosenblum
Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Drama Studies- BA, University of Chile
- MFA, Karlova University of Prague
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
