Theatre and Performance

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Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

Rachel Dickstein
Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance
Co-Chair of Theatre and Performance
- BA, Yale University
rachel.dickstein@purchase.edu
Jordan Schildcrout
Professor of Theatre and Performance
Co-Chair
- BA, Yale University
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
jordan.schildcrout@purchase.edu

Faculty

Michi Barall

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
- AB, Stanford University
- MFA, NYU
- PhD, Columbia University
Tania Chelnov- Snitow

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
- BA, Smith College
- MFA, UNC Chapel Hill
Alex Correia

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
- BFA, Marymount Manhattan College
- Directing program (three-year graduate-level fellowship), The Juilliard School
alex.correia@purchase.edu
Lora LaVon Dole

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
- BFA, New York University
- MFA, Yale University
lora.dole@purchase.edu
Linda Gelman

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
- BA, SUNY Buffalo
- MA, Columbia University
Donnie Mather

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)

BFA, Western Kentucky University

donnie.mather@purchase.edu
William Bryant Miles

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
- BFA, Howard University
- MA, Goldsmiths, University of London
william.miles@purchase.edu
Stephanie Prugh

Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)

PhD in Theatre, University of Colorado, Boulder
MA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
BA, University of Colorado, Denver
Rebecca Rich

Director of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts

Associate Professor of Theatre

MFA Acting - Temple University
BFA Musical Theatre - Ithaca College

rebecca.rich@purchase.edu
Andrew Saito

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
- BA, UC Berkeley
- MFA, University of Iowa
andrew.saito@purchase.edu
Jeana Scotti

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

Production Manager, Theater and Performance

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance
- BA, Pomona College
- MFA, Southern Methodist University
peter.sprague@purchase.edu
Andrea Thome

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
andrea.thome@purchase.edu
Stephanie Weeks

Lecturer in Theatre and Performance (Part-time)
- BA, Malcalester College
- MFA, American Conservatory Theatre
stephanie.weeks@purchase.edu
Cezar Williams

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)

Director of New Plays Now

BS, New York University

Contributing Faculty

Jill Echo

Lecturer of Acting
- BFA, MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
jill.echo@purchase.edu
Mariana Carreño King

(on leave: Spring 2025)

Assistant Professor of Playwriting
- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
mariana.carreno@purchase.edu
Paul Megna

Assistant Professor of Literature
- BA, SUNY Buffalo
- MA, University of Rochester
- PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
paul.megna@purchase.edu
Ronni Stewart

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

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

Faculty Emeriti

Lenora Champagne
Professor Emerita 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
Julius Novick
Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies
- BA, Harvard University
- DFA, Yale University
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