Faculty
Alison Barthwell
Adjunct
Carson Becker
Adjunct
Karen Berger-Nolte
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Stage Makeup, Multi-Media Makeup, Wig Dressing
Magica Bottari
Adjunct
Kristi Bramlett
Adjunct
Justin Brill
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Instructional Areas
Acting, Musical Theatre Performance
Michael Brown
Assistant Professor
Instructional Areas
Physical Theatre; Devised Theatre; Collaborative Creation; Clown and Comic Theatre; Movement; Mask Performance; Lecoq-based approaches to Actor Training
Rachel Bunting
Adjunct
Ernie Bustamante
Assistant Professor
Jason Buyer
Adjunct
Dale Calandra
Adjunct
Philip Caldwell
Adjunct
Will Casey
Adjunct
Marc Chevalier
Associate Professor of Instruction
Kristiana Colon
Adjunct
Carolyn Cristofani
Adjunct
Rachel Damon
Adjunct
Scott Davis
Adjunct
Katherine DeVore
Adjunct
Nykol Dedreu
Adjunct
Thomas Dixon
Adjunct
Ariane Dolan
Adjunct
Brian Duncan
Adjunct
Andrea Dymond
Adjunct
Jennifer Ellison
Adjunct
Annie Ermel
Adjunct
David Fiorello
Adjunct
Rachel Flesher
Adjunct
Linda Fortunato
Adjunct
Lillian Frances
Adjunct
Marc Frost
Adjunct
Heather Gilbert
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Live Entertainment Lighting, focused in theatre and dance, additional interest in Concert. Collaboration for Theatre Designers and Directors, Period Styles, Intro to Design.
Adam Goldstein
Adjunct
Susan Gosdick
Adjunct
JulieAnn Graham
Adjunct
John Green
Director Graduate Program
ProfessorInstructional Areas
Guided Reading and Research in the MFA in European Devised Performance Practice. Stage Directing in the BFA/BA undergraduate programs in Directing.
Kaitlyn Grissom
Adjunct
John Hildreth
Adjunct
Jermaine Hill
Assistant Professor
Instructional Areas
Acting for the Musical Theatre Stage, Musical Theatre Performance Practice, Music Direction for the Musical Stage, Vocal Pedagogy, Voice for the Actor
Norm Holly
Adjunct
Jennifer Hubbard
Adjunct
Mhd. Riad Hussain Ismat
Adjunct
Margaret James
Adjunct
Joseph Janes
Adjunct
Precious Jennings
Adjunct
Victoria Johns
Adjunct
Dawn Jones
Adjunct
Tom Kieffer
Adjunct
Lori Klinka
Adjunct
Anthony LeBlanc
Adjunct
Anne Libera
Assistant Professor
Instructional Areas
Comedy Writing and Performance, Improvisation
Khalid Long
Assistant Professor
Instructional Areas
Dr. Long's teaches African American theatre, Traditions of World Theatre, Global Drama, American Drama, Feminist Theatre and Performance, Asian American theatre history, and Dramaturgy.
Rachael Mason
Adjunct
Cyndi Maxey
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
I teach a presentation (speaking) and communicating course in the Theater Department called Speaking Out. I designed the course and it is the only area I am interested in teaching .
Timothy McCain
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Playwriting--Theater Arts--Physical Theater--Devised Theatre--Text Analysis--Dramaturgy--Acting
Emily McConnell
Adjunct
John McFarland
Adjunct
Marissa McKown
Adjunct
Aram Monisoff
Adjunct
Ashley Neal
Adjunct
Clare Nolan
Adjunct
William O'Connor
Adjunct
Scott Olson
Adjunct
Thomas Pasculli
Adjunct
Richard Penrod
Adjunct
Janice Pytel
Adjunct
Courtney Ring
Adjunct
Barbara Robertson
Adjunct
Diane Robinson
Adjunct
Patricia Roeder
Adjunct
Grant Sabin
Adjunct
Elizabeth Sandberg
Adjunct
Brian Shaw
Professor
Instructional Areas
Acting, Community Arts Practice, Theater Research
James Sherman
Adjunct
Carin Silkaitis
Allen and Lynn Turner Chair
ProfessorInstructional Areas
Carin has been teaching in Chicagoland for the past 22 years. Her favorite subjects include: Acting on Camera, Realism/Naturalism, and Acting Shakespeare.
Catherine Slade
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Voice and Performance Vocal Education Through Poetry Sound Sense And Text Memories and Breath
Josh Sobel
Adjunct
Craig Spidle
Adjunct
Vanessa Stalling
Adjunct
Emma Stanton
Adjunct
Sonita Surratt
Adjunct
Margaret Thalken
Adjunct
Suzanne Thompson
Adjunct
Kendra Thulin
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Voice for the Actor, Voice and Language, Voice and Text, Shakespeare, Theatre Foundations, Shaw/Coward/Wilde, Accents and Dialects
Anneliese Toft
Adjunct
Michael Tutaj
Adjunct
Amy Uhl
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Theatre, Music, Dance, Service Learning, New Works
Shanna VanDerwerker
Adjunct
Andra Velis Simon
Adjunct
Richard Walker
Assistant Professor
Instructional Areas
Improvisation Comedy Performance Acting Silent Comedy Stand UP Character Work On-Camera Comedy Writing Storytelling
Adrienne Ware
Adjunct
Wendi Weber
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Albert Williams
Associate Professor of Instruction
Instructional Areas
Theatre history, text analysis, musical theatre history, Chicago theatre history, theatre in Chicago, musical theatre
Celeste Williams
Adjunct
David Woolley
Professor of Instruction
Instructional Areas
Stage Combat, Shakespeare, History
David Yondorf
Adjunct
Julie Young
Adjunct