Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Rachel Dickstein
Associate Professor of Theatre and PerformanceCo-Chair of Theatre and Performancerachel.dickstein@purchase.edu- BA, Yale University
Jordan Schildcrout
Professor of Theatre and PerformanceCo-Chair- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
- BA, Yale University
jordan.schildcrout@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Faculty
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Michi Barall
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance- PhD, Columbia University
- MFA, NYU
- AB, Stanford University
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Tania Chelnov- Snitow
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)- MFA, UNC Chapel Hill
- BA, Smith College
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Alex Correia
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)alex.correia@purchase.edu- BFA, Marymount Manhattan College
- Directing program (three-year graduate-level fellowship), The Juilliard School
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Lora LaVon Dole
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)lora.dole@purchase.edu- MFA, Yale University
- BFA, New York University
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Donnie Mather
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)donnie.mather@purchase.eduBFA, Western Kentucky University
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William Bryant Miles
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performancewilliam.miles@purchase.edu- MA, Goldsmiths, University of London
- BFA, Howard University
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Goldie Patrick
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)goldie.patrick@purchase.eduMFA, Columbia University
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Stephanie Prugh
Lecturer of Acting (Part-time)stephanie.prugh@purchase.edu- PhD in Theatre, University of Colorado, Boulder
- MA, University of Colorado, Boulder
- BA, University of Colorado, Denver
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Rebecca Rich
Director of the Conservatory of Theatre ArtsAssociate Professor of Theatrerebecca.rich@purchase.edu- MFA, Acting - Temple University
- BFA, Musical Theatre - Ithaca College
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Attilio Rigotti
Visiting Assistant Professoratillo.rigotti@purchase.edu- MFA, New York University
- BA, NYU Abu Dhabi
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Andrew Saito
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performanceandrew.saito@purchase.edu- MFA, University of Iowa
- BA, UC Berkeley
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Jeana Scotti
Lecturer, Theatre and Performance (Part-time)jeana.scotti@purchase.edu- MFA, Rutgers Mason Gross
- BA , Theatre and Performance, Purchase College
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Purva Bedi Stoler
Lecturer, Theatre and Performance (Part-time)purva.stoler@purchase.edu-
BA Theatre & Economics (double major) from Williams College cum laude
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Andrea Thome
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performanceandrea.thome@purchase.edu- BA, Harvard University
- MFA, New York University
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Cezar Williams
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance (Part-time)Director of New Plays Nowcezar.williams@purchase.eduBS, New York University
Contributing Faculty
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Mariana Carreño King
Associate Professor of Playwritingmariana.carreno@purchase.edu- BA, Goddard College
- MFA, University of Southern California
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Paul Megna
Associate Professor of Literaturepaul.megna@purchase.edu- BA, SUNY Buffalo
- MA, University of Rochester
- PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Jack Tamburri
Lecturer of Theatre Artsjack.tamburri@purchase.edu- AB, University of Chicago
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
Faculty Emeriti
Lenora Champagne
Professor Emerita of Theatre and PerformanceLecturer in Playwriting- BA, Louisiana State University
- MA, PhD, New York University
lenora.champagne@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Julius Novick
Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies- BA, Harvard University
- DFA, Yale University
Philippa Wehle
Professor Emerita of French, Drama Studies, and Literature- BA, Bucknell University
- MA, Middlebury College
- PhD, Columbia University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
