We've been fortunate over the years to have welcomed an array of talented creative and academic guests to the department for workshops, classes, and collaboration on our season productions. Among those we've welcomed: A National Medal of the Arts recipient Ping Chong, who is recognized as one of our country's most significant multidisciplinary artists and is seen in the photo here working with students on our production of his Collidescope 2.0.
Rachel Alderman, Artistic Associate, Hartford Stage Company — Career Prep Guest Artist
Kent Alexander, actor and community activist — guest artist during Baltimore, workshop leader on inclusion and equity for faculty and staff
Josefina Baez, New York-based Dominican writer and performance artist — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
Brett Bailey, South African theater maker — spoke to dramaturgy classes
Eliza Bent, playwright — guest speaker for community meeting about producing, guest performer for Community Play Read
Amy Berryman, playwright — Walden playwright, artist in residence for Play Lab
Kyle Boatwright, actor, musician — music director, Mr. Burns
Margaret Boyle, scholar in Spanish Theatre, Bowdoin College — Guest for a symposium on Wild Thing and its historical context
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, international, all-women, improvised jazz ensemble — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
Ed Check, scenic designer — scenic design advisor, Water Station
Dustin Chinn, playwright — Snowflakes playwright, artist in residence for Play Lab
Olivia D’Ambrosio, Producing Artistic Director, Bridge Repertory Theater, Boston — Career Prep guest speaker
Paul Dennis, choreographer and dancer — guest choreographer for Baltimore
Mark Dold, actor — guest speaker, CareerPrep class
Prince Duren, playwright and actor — visiting lecturer in playwriting
Ben Emerson, Sound Designer — Guest Artist for Sound Design 1 and Music Production/Recording Class
Michael Faulkner and Michael Perez from The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged — Guest speakers, Career Prep
Courtney Flores, California-based, Latina costume designer — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
Norman Frisch, dramaturg — guest speaker, Dramaturgy Round Table
Naya Gabriel, artist — artist exhibitor for Water Station
Michael Garcia, performer — guest actor and choreographer for Mr. Burns
James Glavan, head of the Costume Technology Program at University of Texas-Austin, wrote the updated edition of Richard Corson’s Stage Makeup — Guest at Community Meeting, led a stage makeup workshop
Terry Jenoure, jazz musician, poet, and director of Augusta Savage Gallery — Guest lecture on Black Theater in Theater 331: Modern Black Theater
Devorah Kengmana, projection designer — projection design for Baltimore
Karl Knapp, cellist — Guest artist playing period music for Wild Thing
Karen Kohlhaas, actress with Atlantic Acting School — Career Prep guest artist
Maggie Lacey, actress — Career Prep guest artist
Moriah Leigh, choreographer and dance instructor — choreographer for Bacchae
M Sloth Levine, playwright — The Interrobangers playwright, artist in residence for Play Lab
Ben Liebert, performer — guest speaker, Career Prep class
Suzanne LoManto, director of RiverCulture in Turners Falls — Guest speaker in Public Relations Class
Harry McEnery, performer — guest performer for Community Play Read
Michelle Memran, filmmaker, The Rest I Make Up — Guest Lecturer, symposium about playwright Maria Irene Fornes and the film The Rest I Make Up
Local storyteller and performer Onawumi Jean Moss — Attended a luncheon with the students of Multicultural Theater Practice to discuss her projects
Akua Naru, hip hop artist — Guest artist in Hip Hop Feminisms
Devon Painter, artist — Guest lecturer in Costume Studio
Monica Palacios, Chicana writer, performer, and self-proclaimed hip chick — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
Liza Jessie Peterson, playwright and poet — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students in partnership with the Latinx Cultural Center and the Magic Triangle Jazz Series
Will Power, Hip Hop theater pioneer, playwright, and poet: Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
Sarah Pucket, pianist — pianist for Musical Theatre course
Risher Reddick, actor and acting instructor — visiting lecturer in performance and dramaturgy, voice and speech coach for Baltimore, Bacchae
Isabel Rodes, Victoria Teijeiro, and Juan Hernando Vázquez, Spanish theater performers — Gave a guest workshop in Theater 321 in conjunction with the presentation of Desde lo invisible
Regine Romain, photo-anthro-journalist, performer and educator — Guest lecturer in Brown Paper Studio
Eric Sawyer, composer, faculty member at Amherst College — Musical Director, Wild Thing
Glenn Siegel, local Jazz concert producer and radio DJ — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
Shante Smalls, scholar, artist, and writer focusing on Black popular culture — Guest artist in Hip Hop Feminisms course
Matthew Spellberg, scenic designer — guest speaker in scenic design classes
Liana Thompson Knight, dramaturg — instructor of Theater 332
Ben Tibbetts, pianist — pianist for Musical Theatre course
Diep Tran, senior editor of American Theatre magazine and host of Token Theatre Friends — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
Cazayka Walker, host at House of Vogue at House of Yes — Guest artist in Hip Hop Feminisms course
