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About the Theater Faculty

Our faculty provide comprehensive training in all the professions of Theater, from Playwriting and Acting to Costume Design and Directing. They offer as well a study of theater's 2,500-year history and literature. Students engage in the presentation of dramatic work in a community where creativity and critical thought combine in the exploration of the artistic and intellectual challenges inherent in the making of theater.

UCLA Theater has some of the most distinguished faculty and visiting artists in the world. With this professional training, students are following in the footsteps of our illustrious alumni.

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    - Design for Theater and Entertainment Media
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    - Directing
    - Musical Theater
    - Theater and Performance Studies

Theater Roster Faculty

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

Neil Jampolis Lighting Designer for Sir Jonathan Miller's take on Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte

Shelly SalamenskyRecently appointed Fulbright Specialist published a new book in December.

Patricia Harter Curator of "Tall Tales" at the Geffen Playhouse

Sue-Ellen Case Professor	Myung Hee Cho Assistant Professor	Gary Gardner Professor	Hanay L. Geiogamah Professor
Susan Foster Professor	Michael Hackett Chair	Patricia Harter Vice Chair, Curriculum	Neil Peter Jampolis Professor
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko Professor	Deborah Landis Professor	Sean Metzger Assistant Professor	Joseph M. Olivieri Associate Professor
Rich Rose Vice Chair, Undergraduate Studies	S.I. Salamensky Associate Professor _	Jose Luis Valenzuela Professor _	Edit E. Villarreal Professor _

Professors Emeriti

Alan Armstrong Professor Emeritus	John R. Cauble Professor Emeritus	Lynn M. Dally Adjunct Professor Emerita	Robert H. Hethmon Professor Emeritus
John H. Jones Professor Emeritus	Anna Krajewska-Wieczorek Professor Emerita	Michael McLain Professor Emeritus	Joanne T. McMaster Professor Emerita
Thomas J. Orth Sr Lecturer SOE Emeritus	David Rodes Sr Lecturer SOE Emeritus	Mel Shapiro Professor Emeritus	Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei Professor Emerita
William D. Ward Professor Emeritus	William T. Wheatley Professor Emeritus	Margaret L. Wilbur Professor Emerita

Visiting & Adjunct Faculty

Raquel Barreto Adjunct Assistant Professor	Dan T. Belzer Adjunct Assistant Professor	Mark Bennett Lecturer	Elizabeth Brohm Visiting Assistant Professor
Jonathan A. Burke Lecturer	Adele Cabot Adjunct Assistant Professor	Scott Conte Adjunct Assistant Professor	Michael Donovan Visiting Assistant Professor
Mary Jo DuPrey Visiting Assistant Professor	Jacey Erwin Visiting Assistant Professor	Shirley Jo Finney Visiting Associate Professor	Marilyn Fox Visiting Assistant Professor
Paul E. Girard Lecturer	David Gorshein Lecturer	F. Nicholas Gunn Adjunct Professor	Peggy Hickey-Perez Visiting Assistant Professor
Daniel A. Ionazzi, Jr. Lecturer	Lainie Kazan Visiting Associate Professor	Linda Kerns Adjunct Associate Professor	Nancy Keystone Visiting Associate Professor
Brian E. Kite Visiting Associate Professor	Jessica Kubzansky Visiting Assistant Professor	Amy Lieberman Visiting Associate Professor	Jeremy L. Mann Adjunct Associate Professor
Richard E. Martinez Lecturer	Ed J. Monaghan Adjunct Associate Professor	Gulu Monteiro Visiting Assistant Professor	Judith E. Moreland Adjunct Assistant Professor
Matt Pelfrey Visiting Assistant Professor	Marek Probosz Visiting Assistant Professor	Jean-Louis Rodrigue Adjunct Associate Professor	Robin Schneider Lecturer
April Shawhan Adjunct Associate Professor	Peter Shushtari Visiting Assistant Professor	Jonathan Snipes Visiting Assistant Professor	Natsuo Tomita Lecturer
Bruce Vaughn Adjunct Assistant Professor	Paul M. Wagar Adjunct Associate Professor	Jonathan Wang Visiting Assistant Professor	Chryssie Whitehead Lecturer

In Memoriam

Gilbert Cates

Donald B. Crabs

Henry Goodman

Sylvia Moss