Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Liam Joynt
Lecturer of ActingCo-Chair of Actingliam.joynt@purchase.edu- MFA, Rutgers University
- BA Union College
Maggie Surovell
Assistant Professor of ActingCo-Chair of Actingmargret.surovell@purchase.edu- BA, Temple University
- MFA, University of Georgia
Faculty
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David Bassuk
Professor of Actingdavid.bassuk@purchase.edu- BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, Southern Methodist University
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Leon Addison Brown
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)leon.brown@purchase.eduBFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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James Dunn
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part Time)james-o.dunn@purchase.edu- BA, Middlebury College
- MFA, L’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacque Lecoq
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Laura Esposito
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)laura.esposito@purchase.eduMFA, Yale University
BFA, New York University -
Brandalyn Fulton
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)brandalyn.fulton@purchase.edu- BA, University of Michigan
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A. Dean Irby
(on leave: Fall 2024)Associate Professor of Actingdean.irby@purchase.edu- BA, Dillard University
- MFA, New York University
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Le’Asha Julius
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)leasha.julius@purchase.eduBFA, State University of New York, Purchase College
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Christopher McCann
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)christopher.mccann@purchase.edu- BFA, New York University
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Scott McCrea
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)scott.mccrea@purchase.edu- BA, Duke University
- MFA, Columbia University
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Stephanie Prugh
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)PhD in Theatre, University of Colorado, Boulder
MA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
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Rosalyn Coleman Williams
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)rosalyn.williams@purchase.edu- BFA, Howard University
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
Contributing Faculty
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Mariana Carreño King
(on leave: Spring 2025)Assistant Professor of Playwritingmariana.carreno@purchase.edu- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
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David Recca
LecturerChorus Directordavid.recca@purchase.edu- MusB, Performers Certificate, Purchase College, SUNY
- MM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
- MMA, Yale University
- DMA, Yale University
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Jack Tamburri
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Artsjack.tamburri@purchase.edu- AB, University of Chicago
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
Faculty Emeriti
Lawrence Kornfeld
Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts (Acting)May 21, 1930- August 14, 2023- BA, Adelphi University
- Graduate study, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Eulalie Noble
Associate Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts (Acting)- Neighborhood Playhouse, School of the Theatre, and American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York
- studied with Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, and Martha Graham
Pamela Prather
Associate Professor Emerita of Actingpamela.prather@purchase.edu- BA, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
Credit: © 2016 Jason Gillman Photography
In memoriam:
Charles Tuthill, Lecturer of Acting
The Conservatory of Theatre Arts mourns the loss of beloved acting teacher Charles Tuthill. He was a bridge for so many people to so many other people, all out of his deep abiding love for the theatre and the people who make it. Our deep condolences go to his husband Steve Freeman and his family.