FACULTY & STAFF  

Faculty members have an intense love of the theatre and a passion that is readily conveyed to students, who cannot but

receive this gift and respond in kind.

They maintain active professional lives, enabling them to pass along up-to-date information concerning every aspect of the

profession in broad-based training.

Students are given individual attention, getting to know faculty members in small, intimate settings.

Theatre & Drama Faculty & Staff

Administration
  Priscilla Lindsay, Associate Professor & Chair of Theatre & Drama Department
  Jennifer Knapp, Department Administrator
 

Becky Seavegeau, Student Services Assistant

  Tim Abbott, Administrative Assistant
   
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance / Interarts Performance
   
  Sarah-Jane Gwillim, Assistant Professor (Acting)
  Holly Hughes, Associate Professor, School of Art & Design (Performance Art); Lead Faculty (Interarts Perfomance)
  Philip Kerr, Professor of Theatre (Acting)
  Annette Masson, Associate Professor (Voice); Junior/Senior Advisor
  Janet Maylie, Clinical Associate Professor (Acting & Acting for the Camera); Foundation Advisor
  John Neville-Andrews, Professor and Head of Performance (Acting & Directing)
  Jerald Schwiebert, Assistant Professor (Movement & Acting)
 

Malcolm Tulip, Clinical Associate Professor (Acting & Movement); Directing Concentration Advisor;

Lead Faculty (Interarts Performance); Associate Professor of Art and Design

   
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Production
 

Toni Auletti, Lecturer (Scenic Painting); Charge Scenic Artist, University Productions

  George Bacon, Lecturer (Costume Construction); Assoc. Costume Shop Mgr., University Productions
  Mark Allen Berg, Lecturer (Electrics); Master Electrician, University Productions
  Gary Decker, Assistant Professor (Scenic & Lighting Design)
  Douglas Edwards, Lecturer (Technical Theatre); Technical Director (Power), University Productions
  Jessica Hahn Professor (Costume Design); Head of Design & Production
  Richard Lindsay, Lecturer (Technical Theatre); Technical Director (Walgreen), University Productions
  Vince Mountain, Professor (Scenic Design)
  Rob Murphy, Associate Professor (Scenic & Lighting Design)
  Christianne Myers, Assistant Professor (Costume Design)
  Henry Reynolds, Assistant Professor (Sound Design); Information Systems Mgr., University Productions
  Arthur Ridley, Lecturer (Properties); Properties Master, University Productions
  Nancy Uffner, Assistant Professor (Stage Management); Production Stage Mgr., University Productions
   
Bachelor of Theatre Arts - Theatre Studies
  Enoch Brater, Kenneth R. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature, College of Literature, Arts & Sciences (Dramatic Literature)
  Glenda Dickerson, Professor (African-American Theatre), Minor in African-American Theatre Advisor
  Barbara Hodgdon, Professor of English Language, College of Literature, Arts & Sciences (Shakespeare)
  Petra Kuppers Associate Professor of English Language, College of Literature, Arts & Sciences (Performance Studies)
  Mbala Nkanga, Associate Professor (World Performance, Theatre Studies); BA  Advisor
  OyamO, Professor (Playwriting)
  E.J. Westlake, Associate Professor (Drama & Theatre History); BTA  Advisor
  Leigh Woods, Professor and Head of Theatre Studies (Drama & Theatre History)
   
Arts Administration - Bachelor of Theatre Arts Concentration/SMTD Minor
  Gregory Poggi, Professor; Advisor to Performing Arts Management Minor
  Jeffrey Kuras, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Director of University Productions
  Kerianne M. Tupac, Adjunct Lecturer; Marketing & Communications Dir., University Productions
   
Professors Emeriti
  Jack E. Bender
  Alan Billings
  John Russell Brown
  Peter W. Ferran
  Erik Fredricksen
  Zelma Weisfeld

 

Administrative Staff

jennifer knappJennifer Knapp
Department Administrator

734-764-5351

jenknapp@umich.edu

 

 

 

Becky SeauvageauBecky Seauvageau
Student Services

734-764-5352

bseauv@umich.edu

Native to the Ann Arbor area, Becky has returned to the area after having lived in western and upstate New York for nearly 20 years. She has worked at Niagara University, as well as the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs (summer home to the New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra). Becky has two grown children and resides in Pinckney, MI with her Cocker Spaniel named Autumn. She tells us that she feels excited and privileged to be a part of the Theatre Department at U-M. We quickly have grown to appreciate Becky's skills in keeping the office well-organized and running smoothly, not to mention the candy jar that she keeps next to her desk!

 

Tim Abbott

Administrative Assistant

734-764-5350

trabbott@umich.edu

 
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