People and Programs

Faculty and Staff

Meet the people whose work helps make the Department of Theater what it is.

Faculty and Staff

Christopher Baker
CBaker@hartfordstage.org
Lecturer, Dramaturgy
B.S. Northwestern University
M.F.A. American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard/Moscow Art Theatre School
Biography

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Margo Caddell
margocaddell@yahoo.com
Lecturer, Lighting Design 
B.A. Dance, University of Cailfornia-Long Beach
M.F.A. Lighting Design, University of Massachusetts- Amherst
Biography
Website

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Willow Cohen
willow@theater.umass.edu
Business Manager  
B.A. Marketing, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Biography

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Joanne Corbeil-Harper
jcorbeil@admin.umass.edu
Office Manager 
Biography

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Michael Cottom
mcottom@theater.umass.edu
Assistant Professor, Technical Theater
B.A. Theatre and Drama, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.F.A. Theatre Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biography

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Mark Dean
msdean@theater.umass.edu

General Manager
B.A. U. C. Berkeley
M.F.A. Rutgers University
Biography

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Milan Dragicevich
miland@theater.umass.edu
Assistant Professor, Acting
B.A. University of California at Los Angeles
M.F.A. Performing Arts-Theater, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Biography

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Michael Dubin
DubonicMan@aol.com
Master Electrician
Biography

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Harley Erdman
harley@theater.umass.edu
Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor, Dramaturgy
B.A. Swarthmore College
M.A. University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Theater History and Dramatic Criticism, University of Texas at Austin
Biography

julie fife

Julie A. Fife
jafife@theater.umass.edu
Production Manager
B.S. Theater, Skidmore College
Biography

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June Gaeke
jgaeke@theater.umass.edu
Associate Professor, Costume Design
B.S. University of Wisconsin
M.F.A. Costume Design, University of Wisconsin
Biography
Website

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Marcus Gardley
mgardley@theater.umass.edu
Assistant Professor of African-American Theater and Playwriting
B.A. San Francisco State University
M.F.A. Yale University
Biography

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Anna-Maria Goossens
amgoossens@verizon.net
Public Relations Director
B.A. English, Amherst College
Certificate of Arts Management, UMass Arts Extension Service
Biography

Michelle Hendrick

Michelle Hendrick
Michelle.Hendrick@trincoll.edu
Lecturer, Performance
B.A. University of Massachusetts
M.F.A. University of North Carolina, Professional Acting Training Program
Biography

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John Iverson
johni@theater.umass.edu
Assistant Technical Director
B.A. Theater Arts, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Biography

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Kristin Jensen
kristinkumera@gmail.com
Costume Shop Manager
B.S. Miami University
M.A. University of Kentucky
M.F.A. University of Texas at Austin
Biography

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Gina Kaufmann
gina@theater.umass.edu
Assistant Professor, Performance and Directing
B.A. University of Iowa in Iowa City
M.F.A. University of Texas at Austin
Biography
Website

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Megan Lewis
meganlewis@theater.umass.edu
Assistant Professor, Theater History & Criticism
B.A. Kenyon College
M.A. Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Biography
Articles by Dr. Lewis

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Gilbert McCauley
gilmac@theater.umass.edu
Associate Professor, Directing 
B.A. Oklahoma City University
M.F.A. University of Illinois, Directing
Biography
Website

Felicia McNeill Malachite
fmalachite@gmail.com
Costume Shop Assistant
B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Biography

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Julie Nelson
jnelson@theater.umass.edu
Undergraduate Program Director
Associate Professor, Voice, Movement, and Acting
B.A. University of Michigan
Biography

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Priscilla Page
pmpage@theater.umass.edu
Lecturer, Dramaturgy 
B.A. California State University Hayward
Advanced Certificate in Feminist Studies, University of Massachusetts
M.F.A. Dramaturgy, University of Massachusetts
Biography

Will Power

Will Power
willpower.power7@gmail.com
Lecturer, Playwrighting/Devised Theatre
B.A. San Francisco State University
Biography
Website

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Penny Remsen
remsen@theater.umass.edu
Department Chair
Professor, Lighting Design
B.F.A. Rockford College
M.F.A. Lighting Design, Temple University
Biography
Website

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Miguel Romero
mromero@theater.umass.edu
Professor, Scenic Design
B.F.A. New York University
Biography
Website

Kara-Lynn Vaeni
karalynn@newgeorges.org
Lecturer, Performance
B.F.A. Hofstra Univeresity
M.F.A. Directing, Yale School of Drama
Biography

David Wiggall
dwiggall@smith.edu
Lecturer, Sound Design
Biography

 

Guest Artists

Paul Dennis, choreographer, Urinetown

Andrew Lichtenberg, musical director, Urinetown

Scott McArthur, sound designer, Urinetown

Tony Simotes, director, Midsummer Night's Dream

Molly Smith, Rand Lecturer

Professors Emeriti

 

Edward Golden
profgolden@yahoo.com
Professor Emeritus, Theater, Acting and Directing
B.A., Harvard University, M.F.A., Boston University, Ph.D., Tufts University
Biography

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Julian Olf
jolf@theater.umass.edu
Professor Emeritus: Dramaturgy and Directing
B.A., Union College
M.A., Columbia University
Ph.D.,  New York University
Biography

Virginia Scott
vscott@theater.umass.edu
Professor Emerita, Dramaturgy
B.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Biography

Richard Trousdell
Professor Emeritus, Acting and Directing
B.A., Adelphi
M.A., New York University
M.F.A., D.F.A., Yale University
Biography

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Patricia Campbell Warner
warner@theater.umass.edu
Professor Emerita, Costume History
BA (hons), University of Toronto
Teaching Certificate, Art Specialist, University of Toronto
MA, Ph.D., History of Design/Costume History, University of Minnesota
Biography

 

 

 

 

 

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