The unique structure of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies provides the opportunities of a larger community to interconnect and collaborate.
While the degree programs in the dance and theatre disciplines retain their individuality, the School affords the inter-disciplinary prospects that enable landmark creativity and scholarship to flourish. Dynamic interaction between faculty, staff and students encourages innovative ideas and new initiatives.
ADMINISTRATION
Leigh Wilson Smiley
Director School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Anne Warren
Associate Director of Dance
Misha Kachman
Associate Director of Theatre
Director of Undergraduate Theatre Studies
Alvin Mayes
Director of Undergraduate Dance Studies
Karen Bradley
Director of Graduate Studies
Head of Dance Performance and Scholarship
Head of the MFA in Dance
Daniel Conway
Head of Dance/Theatre Design and Production
Head of the MFA in Design
Laurie Frederik Meer
Interim Head of Theatre Scholarship and Performance Studies
Interim Head of the MA/PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies
Scot Reese
Head of Theatre Performance
Leslie Felbain
Head of the MFA in Performance
FACULTY CLUSTERS
Dance Performance and Scholarship
Karen Bradley
Adriane Fang
Sharon Mansur
Alvin Mayes
Sara Pearson
Miriam Phillips
Anne Warren
Patrik Widrig
Theatre Performance
Walter Dallas
Leslie Felbain
Mitchell Hébert
Scot Reese
Leigh Wilson Smiley
Ashley Smith
FACULTY CLUSTERS
Dance/Theatre Design and Production
Daniel Conway
Helen Q. Huang
Paul Jackson
Misha Kachman
Brian MacDevitt
Jared Mezzocchi
Daniel MacLean Wagner
Theatre Scholarship and Performance Studies
Faedra Chatard Carpenter
Franklin J. Hildy
Esther Kim Lee
Laurie Frederik Meer
Heather Nathans