People

Amy has enjoyed a two-decade career as a sound designer, collaborating on a wide variety of fascinating projects, and currently serves as Undergraduate Program Director of the UMass Department of Theater.

Elisa Gonzales is a professional voice and dialect coach, actor, writer, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theater.

Gilbert McCauley has directed Off-Broadway and at regional theatres around the country.

Christopher Baker is a dramaturg, playwright, director and teacher with over 30 years’ experience in regional, Off-Broadway and academic theatre and current Chair of the UMass Department of Theater

Carl Bridge assists in scenic fabrication, prop-making and the paint finishes of scenery, and serves as a mentor to scenic students, designers, and technicians.

Yao Chen is a costume and scenic designer with international design credits.

Willow Cohen is the Department of Theater Managing Director.

Joanne has been employed at the University of Massachusetts since 1986.

Milan Dragicevich is an award-winning performer and playwright, with a passionate interest in crafting bold new stories that reflect our complex world.

He has been master electrician for UMass and numerous national and international organizations.

Harley Erdman is a dramaturg, playwright, and scholar whose work focuses on adaptation and translation.

Julie Fife has been an Equity Stage Manager for 34 years and loves teaching and sharing the art and craft of stage management with others.

Anna-Maria Goossens is the Department of Theater Public Relations Director as well as the House Manager.

Brandon has been in the construction industry since 1993.

Ryan Hickey is a sound engineer.

Gina Kaufmann is a professional theater director and a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Association (SDC), as well as a professor in the Department of Theater at UMass Amherst.

Emily first started working in technical theater several decades ago, and has since explored many parts of the industry.

Felicia Malachite has spent her entire life creating costumes for theater, dance, and live music.

Priscilla María Page is a writer, performer, dramaturg, and faculty member in the Department of Theater at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she also directs the Multicultural Theater Certificate.

Peter Kallok is a Professor Emeritus of Theatre Design, Hampshire College who joins us to teach lighting for 2026-2027.

Talya Kingston is a playwright, dramaturg and theater educator with a particular interest in new play development and theatre for social change.

Juliana von Haubrich is a visual artist and scenic designer.

Kyle Boatwright (she/her) is a director, actor, musician, and educator based in the Pioneer Valley.

Maya Quiñones (she/her/hers) is a dramaturg, teacher, and actress.

Hanh Rioux (they/them) is a Vietnamese-American costumer, stitcher, and storyteller

Michael has been involved in theater technology and the arts for over 30 years.

June Gaeke has designed over eighty productions for companies and festivals.

A professor of performance (emeritus) and former co-chair of the Department of Theater at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, he was director throughout his twenty-five year tenure of a long list of classic and contemporary productions there and on other stages.

Kristin Jensen has taught draping, pattern making, advanced costume techniques, and fundamentals of stagecraft.

Julie Nelson has acted Off Broadway and in regional theater.

Penny Remsen joined the Department of Theater in 1985, and she considers teaching here to be her most important legacy as a lighting designer.

Miguel Romero has designed for theater, opera and dance works at UMass, in western Massachusetts, and with leading companies in New York, Miami, San Francisco, Houston, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Boston, Cairo, and London.

Richard Trousdell came to the Department in 1978 to direct for The Commonwealth Stage and to teach directing and directing theory.