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Alumni from the University of Washington School of Drama are advancing the artistic conversation through their innovative and diverse work both regionally and across the globe. Our graduates, many who have gone on to become highly successful, represent the best of what the School of Drama has to offer. Whether they went on to become television stars, acclaimed film producers, exceptional costume designers, artistic directors, or theatrical entrepreneurs, the UW School of Drama was the foundation for their growth as artists.

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  • a photo of Samer Al-Saber
    Assistant Professor, Stanford University, PhD, Theater History and Criticism, Class of 2013
  • a photo of Ken Cerniglia
    Broadway Dramaturg, Scholar & Writer, PhD, Theater History and Criticism, Class of 2001
  • Associate Professor, University of Oregon, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Ecodrama Playwrights Festival, PhD, Class of 2000

Alumni Websites

PhD Program
Namesort descending Job Title Class Year
Al-Saber, Samer Assistant Professor, Stanford University 2013
Anderson, Lisa Associate Professor, Arizona State University 1995
Barnett, Dennis Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Coe College 1998
Browne, Jyana Assistant Professor, University of Maryland 2017
Canning, Charlotte Professor of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas at Austin, Received Regent's Outstanding Teaching Award 1991
Cerniglia, Ken Broadway Dramaturg, Scholar & Writer 2001
Cheek O'Donnell, Sydney Associate Professor of Theatre, Associate Dean, University of Utah 2004
Chemers, Michael Professor of Play and Design, UC Santa Cruz, Chair, Department of Performance 2001
Cima, Gibson Assistant Professor of Theatre History, Head of Theatre Studies, Northern Illinois University 2012
Coen, Elizabeth Assistant Professor and Head of the M.A. in Theatre Studies, University of Houston 2016
Cross, Lezlie Assistant Professor of Performing and Fine Arts, University of Portland 2013
Donkin, Ellen Professor Emerita of Theatre, Hampshire College, Chairs the Barnard Hewitt Award 1982
Douthit, Lue Director of Literary Dev. & Dramaturgy, Oregon Shakespeare Festival 1995
Finque, Susan Teaching Artist 2017
Goodson, Christopher Instructor, Seattle Academy 2017
Granshaw, Michelle Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh 2012
Higgins, Jeanmarie Head, Theatre Studies, Associate Professor, Penn State School of Theatre 2011
Holland, Dorothy Associate Professor of Theatre and WGSS, University of Richmond 1999
Jackson-Schebetta, Lisa Associate Professor, Skidmore College, Chair, Theatre Department 2010
Johnson, Katie Professor, Miami University 1996
Jones Cavanaugh, Jennifer Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Rollins College, Received Arthur Vining Davis Award 1995
Kammer, Mimi Associate Professor of Theatre, Simpson College 2011
Karlidag, Bahar Assistant Professor, Yeditepe University 2017
Lunderman, Shelby Assistant Professor of Theatre, Seattle Pacific University 2020
Lutterbie, John Professor of Theatre Arts, Chair, Theatre Arts, Stony Brook University, Co-Director of the Center for Embodied Cognition 1983
Marsh Krauter, Sarah Company Dramaturg, Founding Core Member, Bike City Theatre Company 2017
May, Theresa Associate Professor, University of Oregon, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Ecodrama Playwrights Festival 2000
Monson, Duygu Professor, Shoreline Community College 2021
Polster, Joshua Associate Professor of Theatre, Emerson College 2006
Read, Alan Professor of Theatre, King's College London 1989
Reilly, Kara Senior Lecturer of Drama, University of Exeter, UK 2006
Russell, Susan Associate Professor of Theatre, Gettysburg College 1993
Sieg, Katrin Professor and Director, Georgetown University 1991
Smith, Terry Donovan Department Chair, Professor of Theatre, California State University, San Bernardino 1996
Sullivan, Esther Beth Professor Emerita, Alaska Pacific University 1989
Underiner, Tamara Associate Dean, Arizona State University 1997
Warner, Vessela Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2002
Wilcox, Dean Professor, University of North Carolina School of the Arts 1994
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