- 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
- Betel Arnold, playwright — Symposium panelist and presenting artist for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- 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
- Dennis Bensie, master wigmaker, college instructor of theatrical wigs & makeup — Wig consultant for Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight
- 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
- Margaret Boyle, scholar in Spanish Theatre, Bowdoin College — Guest for a symposium on Wild Thing and its historical context
- Sharon Bridgforth, Theatrical Jazz scholar and theater artist — Delivered the Lois E. Toko Lecture and led a workshop in Theatrical Jazz
- Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, international, all-women, improvised jazz ensemble — Skype interview with Multicultural Theater Practice students
- Rosemary Cano, co-founder/ Artistic Director of eSe Teatro — Symposium panelist and participant for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- Yanira Castro (A Canary Torsi), interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of communal practices, performance, installation, and interactive technology — Guest speaker in Multicultural Theater and the Latino Experience
- Ed Check, scenic designer — scenic design advisor, Water Station
- Dustin Chinn, playwright — Snowflakes playwright, artist in residence for Play Lab
- Migdalia Cruz, playwright (Miriam’s Flowers)— Symposium panelist and participant for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- Olivia D’Ambrosio, Producing Artistic Director, Bridge Repertory Theater, Boston — Career Prep guest speaker
- Claire DeLiso, scenic designer — visiting lecturer, scenic design advisor
- Paul Dennis, choreographer and dancer — guest choreographer for Baltimore
- Kanchuka Dharmasiri, Lecturer at the University of Peradeniya and theatre director, translator and comparatist — Guest speaker in Theatrical Frontiers: Live Performance in the World Today
- Mark Dold, actor — guest speaker, CareerPrep class
- Lara Dubin, resident lighting designer at Chester Theatre Company — Guest designer, Yoga Play
- Prince Duren, playwright and actor — visiting lecturer in playwriting
- Traci Einstein, Alexander Technique Teacher and movement educator for actors — Guest speaker in The Michael Chekhov Technique: Embodying Character
- Ben Emerson, Sound Designer — Guest Artist for Sound Design 1 and Music Production/Recording Class
- Timothy Eriksen, Oscar-nominated musician — Composer, music director, and performer for Twelfth Night and Refugee
- 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
- Magdalena Gomez, American playwright, poet, social activist, motivational speaker, and performer: Opening invocation speaker and served symposium participant in Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- Andrew Griffin, lighting designer for Goldstein (Off-Broadway, Actors Temple) The War Boys (Access Theatre) Lucie Pohl: Hi Hitler! (Cherry Lane) and theatre consultant for Nextstage Design: Guest designer, Next to Normal
- Terry Guest, playwright, actor, director and teaching artist — Guest speaker in Contemporary Playwrights of Color
- Juliana Haubrich, scenic designer — Guest designer on They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!; scenic design advisor forMFA students on The Hatmaker’s Wife and Twelfth Night.
- Dr. Jorge Huerta, Chancellor’s Associates Professor of Theatre Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego — Keynote speaker and workshop leader for Building Bridges as We Walk: A Celebration of New Writing by Latine Scholars and Practitioners
- J. Jared Janas, owner of Backstage Artistry, providing make-up, hair, and wig design for theater, television, and
- film — Guest speaker in Costume Workshops, Wig and Makeup
- Terry Jenoure, jazz musician, poet, and director of Augusta Savage Gallery — Guest lecture on Black Theater in Theater 331: Modern Black Theater
- Becca Jewett, costume designer/Costume Shop Manager/Crafts Artisan — Guest speaker in Costume Fabric Painting
- Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Theatrical Jazz scholar and theater artist — Delivered the Lois E. Toko Lecture and led a workshop in Theatrical Jazz
- 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
- Heather Korman, costume designer, production company founder — Guest speaker in Costume Design
- 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
- Katherine MacKenzie (Katie Mack), Acting instructor — Guest speaker in Fundamentals of Acting
- 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
- Noe Montez, Associate Professor of Drama and Chair of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies at Tufts University — Roundtable discussion leader and symposium participant for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- Onawumi Jean Moss, local storyteller and performer — Attended a luncheon with the students of Multicultural Theater Practice to discuss her projects, guest speaker on panels and events
- 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
- Andrew Roberts, theater-maker and adult literacy educator — Fight choreography for Twelfth Night
- 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
- Omer Abbas Salem, actor and playwright, 2022 winner of the 3Arts / SIF Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation — Guest speaker in Contemporary Playwrights of Color
- Olga Sanchez Saltveit, Assistant Professor of Theatre at Middlebury College and Artistic Director Emerita of Milagro Theatre — Roundtable discussion leader and symposium participant for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- Eric Sawyer, composer, faculty member at Amherst College — Musical Director, Wild Thing
- Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Associate Dean of UTeach Fine Arts (Fine Arts Education) — Symposium panelist for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- Hana Sharif, Artistic Director at Arena Stage — Guest speaker in Dramaturgy Methods
- Jasmine Sharma, performer/writer/activist focusing her work at the intersection of race/femininity/Americanness — Guest speaker in Contemporary Playwrights of Color
- 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
- Caitlin Smith Rapoport, lighting designer, Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University — Guest designer, The Interrobangers
- 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
- Nathalie Vicencio, performing artist, consciousness awakener and human rights activist — Symposium participant and performer for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium
- Cazayka Walker, host at House of Vogue at House of Yes — Guest artist in Hip Hop Feminisms course
- Denise Wallace-Spriggs, milliner – guest instructor, millinery workshop
- Stephan Wangh, performer and Grotowski instructor — Guest lecturer in Movement class
- Emma Weinstein, professional playwright — Playwright residency for Play Lab
- Ciera Wells, costume designer — visiting lecturer, guest advisor for Baltimore costume design
- Darius Omar Williams, director and scholar — instructor of Black Theatre Workshop
- Michael Wilson, screenwriter — guest speaker, Career Prep class, Dramaturgy Methods
- Ryan Winkles, fight choreographer and performer — Fight choreography for Wild Thing, Sweat, other events.
- Pablo Yglesias, Cuban-American DJ, writer, historian, percussionist, artist, designer — DJ for Building Bridges As We Walk: A Latinx Symposium dinner
- Fan Zhang, costume designer in New York — Guest lecturer in Costume Studio
Guest Artists and Scholars
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. These artists add new perspectives to our classes and give students an opportunity to work side by side with professional artists in addition to their faculty mentors, opening up not just educational opportunities but broadening their post-college professional networks. 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. See a selection of other artists in the list below.
