{"id":207126,"date":"2020-09-04T16:16:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T20:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/?page_id=207126"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:49:04","slug":"faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/about-the-department\/faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> Heather Benton<\/a><\/p> Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p> Debbie Saivetz<\/a><\/p> Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p> Sarah\u00a0Koestner\u00a0<\/b>is an actor, teacher and coach and has been seen in\u00a0<\/span>The Libertine (<\/span><\/i>director Eric Tucker),\u00a0<\/span>Waiting for Lefty (<\/span><\/i>The Working Theater),\u00a0<\/span>Betrayal\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Teatro LaTea) and\u00a0<\/span>Love Song\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(The Access Theater) in New York City. Regional credits include\u00a0<\/span>Landscape of the Body, The Maids, Doubt,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and\u00a0<\/span>One Good Marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/i>with The Garage Theater Group.\u00a0<\/span>She Stoops to Conquer\u00a0<\/span><\/i>with Centenary Stage Company,\u00a0<\/span>The Understudy\u00a0<\/span><\/i>with Amphibian Stage Productions, and\u00a0<\/span>A Month of Sundays\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and\u00a0<\/span>Over the River and Through the Woods\u00a0<\/span><\/i>with The Public Theatre in Maine.\u00a0Sarah\u00a0has taught for NYU, Rutgers University, and New York Film Academy. She received her BFA in Acting from Emerson College and her MFA from Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts <\/span>under William Esper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ran\u00a0Xia <\/b>is a Shanghai-born, Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary theatre artist. Beatrice Terry Resident at the Drama League (2021\/22); Resident Director at the Tank (inaugural Artist of the Year 2019); Guest director ar Barnard (Orlando, fall 2021), Commissioned playwright at Vanderbilt University (To Stab a Butterfly Through the Heart); Usual suspect at Exquisite Corpse Co; audio producer at Black Revolutionary Media, etc.\u00a0Ran\u00a0holds immense respect for tardigrades, gets enthused by long train rides and Franz Marc’s Blue horses, and is really to PLAY.\u00a0<\/span>ranxia.info<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Rachel Graf Evans<\/b> (she\/her) is a writer and theatre artist recently returned to Atlanta. Dramatic writing credits include: PHEROMONE: AN AWKWARD OLFACTORY INQUIRY (Finalist: Philadelphia Theatre Company 2021 Terrence McNally Award; Winner: Elon University 2021 New Play Award\/Virtual Production; 2018 Working Title Playwrights Ethel Woolson Lab); RANDI & ROXANNE (Finalist: 2021 Lanford Wilson New American Play Award\/Reading at Southeast Missouri State University; 2020 Hollins Playwright\u2019s Lab Reading); BUILT TO FLOAT (Winner: 2018 Essential Theatre Award for Georgia Playwrights). RGE is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Ring of Keys, Working Title Playwrights, and the New Play Exchange. M.F.A. Musical Theater Collaboration, Graduate Certificates: Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies; Teaching in Higher Education (Temple University). M.F.A. Playwriting Candidate (Hollins University, est. 2022). B.A. with High Honors: Theatre\/Gender, Sexuality, & Feminist Studies (Oberlin College). Stay tuned at <\/span>www.rachelgrafevans.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Avery Glymph<\/b>\u00a0is a DC native and an award-winning actor, teacher, and director based in New York City. Holding a Master of Fine Arts degree as a graduate of the George Washington University\u2019s Academy for Classical Acting through the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Avery also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Avery recently directed the mainstage production of \u201cStick Fly ” by Lydia R. Diamond at his Alma Mater, the UNC School of the Arts, and is an instructor of Acting in the Department of Theatre Arts at Duke University,.<\/span><\/p>\n Joe Jung,<\/b>An actor\/musician living in New York City, Joe holds a BA from Western Michigan University and an MFA from the University of Connecticut and has performed in theaters in NYC and throughout the country. He is also Artistic Director of Project: Theater, a company established in 2004 to foster new works (Unity (1918), <\/span>Occupation, Mangella, Our Bar) <\/span><\/i>and revive forgotten gems (<\/span>J.B., The Secretaries, The Great American Desert). <\/span><\/i>Having studied the training techniques of Tadashi Suzuki under Ellen Lauren and Eric Hill, Joe has spent the last two decades leading workshops designed to awaken the actor\u2019s body and help them embrace the mental and physical challenges extant in the pursuit of acting.<\/span><\/p>\n Virginia Scott<\/b>\u00a0teaches\/taught physical comedy, clown, commedia, bouffon, play, physical acting, treteau, and all that kind of wiggling it around at schools such as The Juilliard School, A.C.T.,\u00a0Movement Theatre Studio,\u00a0and Tisch School of the Arts at NYU: International Theatre Workshop in Amsterdam, Stella Adler Studio, Meisner and Open Arts Studio.\u00a0TCG just\u00a0published\u00a0<\/span>Discovering the Clown: the Funny Book of Good Acting<\/span><\/i>\u00a0by Christopher Bayes with\u00a0Virginia\u00a0Scott.\u00a0Virginia\u00a0created The Commedia Company and Some Clowns, groups who perform contemporary, original commedia and clown shows, associated with her New York City based studio, Fizgig\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.fizgigstudio.com<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Virginia\u00a0has long created new works with clowns, variety artists, stand-ups and comedians of all kinds at venues such as The Irish Repertory Theatre, Ars Nova Mainstage, UCB, The US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, The Comedy Central Theatre, and The\u00a0Guilded\u00a0Balloon in Edinburgh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Vanessa Butler<\/a> Brian Cichocki<\/a> Erin Gorski<\/a> Susan Knight<\/a> Ellen Lancaster<\/a> Sarah Koestner<\/a> Becca McLarty<\/a> Tommy Schrider<\/a> Director of Dance<\/strong> \n\n\n<\/p> Elizabeth McPherson<\/a><\/p> Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p> \n\n\n<\/p> Stefanie Batten Bland<\/a><\/p> Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p> Kathleen Kelley<\/a><\/p> Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p> Maxine Steinman<\/a><\/p> Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p> Caryn Binder-Bregman<\/strong><\/a> Benjamin Briones<\/a> Julia Burrer<\/strong><\/a> Emma Capar<\/strong><\/a> Lisa Covin (Harvie)<\/strong><\/a> Margot de La Barre<\/strong><\/a> Jessica DiMauro<\/a> Karen Gayle<\/strong><\/a> Lauren Grant<\/strong><\/a> Lisa M. Grimes<\/a> Ruoyi He<\/a> Kumi Kay<\/a> Larry Keigwin<\/strong><\/a> Pamela Licht<\/a> Allen H. Maniker<\/strong><\/a> David Morgan, MFA<\/strong><\/a> Christina Paolucci<\/a> Carl Paris<\/strong><\/a> Emmanuele Phuon<\/strong><\/a> Trebien Pollard<\/strong><\/a> Susan Pope<\/strong><\/a> Claire Porter<\/strong><\/a> Alexa Racciopi<\/strong><\/a> Maiya Redding<\/a> Donna Scro Samori<\/strong><\/a>Acting Faculty<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Welcome our New Acting Faculty<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nPart-Time Faculty\/Adjuncts\/Visiting Specialists<\/h3>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nMovement for the Actor
\nChoreographer
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nbutlerv@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nActing, Directing
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\ncichockib@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nDirector
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nGorskie@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nPlayscript Interpretation
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\ncarlins@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Instructor
\nCreativity, Shakespeare
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nlancastere@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nVoice
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nKoestners@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nVoice
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nMclartyb@montclair.edu<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Faculty
\nActing
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nschriderf@montclair.edu<\/a>
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\nDance\u00a0Faculty<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Part-Time Faculty\/Adjuncts\/Visiting Specialists<\/h3>\n
\nLaurie A. Abramson<\/a>
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nBallet
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nabramsonl@montclair.edu<\/a>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nHealth and Wellness
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nbinderbregmc@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nBallet
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nbrionesb@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nModern
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nburrerj@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nBallet
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\npressmane@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nharviecovinl@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\n973-655-7000
\ndelabarrem@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nModern Dance
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\ndimauroj@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nModern Dance
\n973-655-7000
\ngaylek@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nDance Appreciation, Ballet
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\ngrantla@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nModern Dance
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\ngrimesl@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nBallet and Modern Dance
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nher@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Instructor
\nHealth and Wellness
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nkayk@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nModern Dance
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nkeigwinl@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nLatin Dance
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nlichtp@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\nKaren Love<\/strong><\/a>
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nAfrican Dance
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nlovek@montclair.edu<\/a>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nFunctional Anatomy
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nmanikera@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nCapoeira
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nmorgandav@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Dance Admissions Coordinator
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nBallet
\n973-655-4011<\/a>
\n<\/a>paoluccic@montclair.edu<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nparish@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nMFA Program
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nphuone@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nContemporary Dance Practices
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\npollardtr@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Faculty and BA Dance Coordinator
\nDance Education
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\npopes@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nImprovisation
\nChoreography, Laban Movement Analysis
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nporterc@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nBallet
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nalexaracioppi@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nBallet
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nreddingm@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nImprovisation
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nscrosamorid@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n