Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
David Grill
Associate Professor of Theatre Design/Technologydavid.grill@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Lori R. Wekselblatt
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)lori.wekselblatt@purchase.edu- BA, Indiana University
- MS, Baruch College, City University of New York
Faculty
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Evan Adamson
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Troy Atkinson
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College
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Marcy Barbeau
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time) -
Christine Botta
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)BFA, Ohio University
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Tracy Christensen
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BS, Northwestern University
- MFA, Rutgers University
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Alexander Dodge
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BA, Bennington College
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Murielle Etienne
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)First Hand, Costume Shop Support- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Maruti Evans
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, University of Miami
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Stephen Ferri
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Janene Fetky
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)BFA, Ithaca College
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Colyn Fiendel
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College
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Andy Hall
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BA, University of Minnesota
- MFA, New York University
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Dan Hanessian
Associate Professor of Theatre Design/TechnologyDirector of Productions for School of the Arts- BA, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Alison Hublard Hershman
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)Head Draper and Workroom Supervisor, Costume Shop- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Bonnie J. Howland
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College
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Sun Hee Kil
Assistant Professor, Theatre/Design TechnologyMFA, University of Cincinnati, Conservatory of Music
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Arnold Levine
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
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Tim Mackabee
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
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Ina Mayhew
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Johnny Milani
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, North Carolina School of Arts
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Erica Norgaard
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)BFA, State University of New York, Purchase College
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Hochi Ortega-Asiatico
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BA, Parsons School of Design
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Nancy Palmatier
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BA, SUNY Geneseo
- MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
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Jesse Edward Poleshuck
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Kristen Robinson
Assistant Professor of Theatre Design/TechnologyBA, Centre College
MFA, Yale School of Drama -
Jennifer Schriever
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Matthew Stern
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BA, University of California, San Diego
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Mark Turner
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)Production Manager, Conservatory of Theatre Arts- BA, San Francisco State University
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Mark Viola
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Grant Wilcoxen
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Drew Wimmer
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)Scene Shop Supervisor- BA, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
- MFA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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David Woolard
Lecturer of Theatre Design/Technology (Part-time)BFA, Southern Methodist University
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Anita Yavich
Associate Professor of Theatre Design/Technology- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
- MFA, Yale School of Drama
Contributing Faculty
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A. Dean Irby
(on leave: Fall 2024)Associate Professor of Acting- BA, Dillard University
- MFA, New York University
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Stephanie Prugh
Lecturer of ActingPhD in Theatre, University of Colorado, Boulder
MA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
BA, University of Colorado, Denver
Faculty Emeriti
Michael J. Cesario
Associate Professor Emeritus of Theatre Design/Technology- BFA, University of Wisconsin
- MFA, Ohio University
Lana Fritz
Assistant Professor Emerita of Theatre Design/Technology- BFA, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
- MFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elaine Galen
Associate Professor Emerita of Theatre Design/Technology- BA, University of Pennsylvania
- MA, New York University
- Graduate study, Philadelphia College of Art
- Advanced studies, Art Students’ League of New York and Grande Chaumiere, Paris