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- Administrative Assistant
- Part-time Lecturer, Directing
MFA Directing - MFA in Costume Design
- Part-time Lecturer, Combat Training
- Lighting Designer
MFA, Lighting Design - Playwright
BA, 2001 - Lighting and Projection Designer
MFA, Lighting Design - PhD in Theatre History and Performance Studies
- Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
PhD - Associate Professor Emerita
- Property Master
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Assistant Professor and Head of the M.A. in Theatre Studies, University of Houston
PhD - Associate Teaching Professor, Voice, Speech, and Dialects
- Director, Choreographer, Teaching Artist
MFA in Directing - Part-time Lecturer, Screen Acting
Hollywood Dialect Coach, Director, Actor
MFA, Acting - Professor, Directing and Acting
MFA - Artistic Director of the Abbey Arts Players, Belmont Abbey College
- Teaching Artist
PhD - Lighting Designer
MFA, Lighting Design - Professional Actor
MFA, Acting - Co-Head of Acting
Associate Professor, Acting, Movement, and Devising Performance - Professional Actor
- MFA in Directing
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Instructor, Seattle Academy
PhD - Associate Teaching Professor, Speech and Singing
- Professional Actor Training Program
- MFA Costume Design
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Professional Actor Training Program
- PhD Program
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Head of Theatre History and Performance Studies
Professor, Theatre History - Assistant Professor, Yeditepe University
PhD - Producing Associate Director
Professor, Lighting Design - Playwright and Performer
MFA, Acting - Production Manager
Part-time Lecturer, Design - Stage Technician
- Assistant Professor of Theatre, Seattle Pacific University
PhD - Professor Emeritus, Scenic Design
- Co-Head of Acting
Teaching Professor, Alexander Technique - Executive Director
Floyd U. Jones Family Endowed Chair
Professor, Theatre History - Assistant Professor, Theatre History and Performance Studies
Donald E. Petersen Endowed Professor - Company Dramaturg, Founding Core Member, Bike City Theatre Company
PhD - Master Electrician
- Actor
MFA. Acting - Professional Actor Training Program
- In Memoriam: Teaching Professor, Scenic and Costume Design
- Associate Professor, Theatre Theory and Criticism
- Professor, Shoreline Community College
PhD - Part-time Lecturer, Directing and Dramaturgy
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Actor, Writer, Performer
MFA, Acting - Costume and Scenic Designer
MFA, Costume Design - MFA Costume Design
- Professional Actor Training Program
- Associate Professor of Theatre, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Assistant Professor of Costume Design and Technologies, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
MFA, Costume Design - Part-time Lecturer, Theatre for Youth
- Director
MFA Director - PhD in Theatre History and Performance Studies
- Scenic Designer and Technical Director
MFA Scenic Design - PhD in Theatre History and Criticism
- MFA in Directing
- Professional Actor Training Program
- PhD Program
- Senior Lecturer Emerita
- Actor and Education Director for Dusty Strings Music Store & School
MFA, Acting - Scenic Designer and Software Engineer
MFA Scenic Design - Costumer Lead
Part-time Lecturer, Costume Design - Lecturer, Lighting Design
- Actor, Entrepreneur, Educator
MFA, Acting - Program Coordinator of Production and Facilities
- Part-time Lecturer, Acting
- PhD in Theatre History and Performance Studies
- Master Carpenter
- PhD in Theatre History and Performance Studies
- Professor Emeritus, Costume Design
- Chair of Performing Arts, Dallas College
PhD, Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism - Actor and Educator
MFA, Acting - Actor and Production Assistant, Blindlight
MFA. Acting - Head of Design and Production
Assistant Professor, Scenic Design - Professional Actor Training Program
- Lighting Designer and Visual Artist
MFA Lighting Design - Professor Emeritus, Theater History
- Professional Actor Training Program
- PhD in Theatre History and Criticism
News
- Welcome new faculty members An-Lin Dauber and Sara Walsh! (May 19, 2022)
- Tony Award-winning producer and actor Ron Simons to deliver 2022 Commencement address (April 14, 2022)
- Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 82 (January 6, 2021)
- 2016–17 Scholarship & Award Recipients (June 21, 2016)
- 2016–17 Season Announcement (June 21, 2016)
- Alumni News, June 2016 (June 20, 2016)
- Goodbye for Now to the School of Drama, from Judy Shahn (June 16, 2016)
- Skies Over Seattle featured in A&S Perspectives (May 4, 2016)
- Desdemona Chiang (MFA '09) in City Arts Magazine—"She's the Boss" (April 28, 2016)
- Malika Oyetimein—City Arts 2016 Future List (April 25, 2016)
- Professor Andrew Tsao leads workshop on teaching Shakespeare to young audiences (April 25, 2016)
- Letter from the Editor, Spring 2016 (April 11, 2016)
- Alumni & Faculty News, Spring 2016 (April 11, 2016)
- Mary Gates Scholars x 3 (April 11, 2016)
- Faculty Interview: Judith Shahn (April 11, 2016)
- Alumni Spotlight: Desdemona Chiang, MFA '09 (April 11, 2016)
- Student Perspective: Moises Castro, PATP (April 11, 2016)
- Drama PhD Students Delve into Medieval Manuscript Pages in UW Special Collections (April 5, 2016)
- Simon Tran (BA '16) reflects on the Civil Rights Pilgrimage (March 28, 2016)
- Melody Donais, Drama senior, on producing and directing 4.48 Psychosis (March 10, 2016)
- Mellon Foundation grants $750,000 to fund performing arts research (March 3, 2016)
- School of Drama Alumni take flight at the Seattle Fringe Festival! (February 18, 2016)
- Get to Know: Skip Mercier, senior lecturer in design (February 17, 2016)
- David Borning (Senior, Drama Design) Awarded First Place in Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition (January 29, 2016)
- Performance Studies Research Group Lecture (January 19, 2016)
- Senior David Borning's Design Team Named a Finalist for the 2016 Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition (January 13, 2016)
- Members of PhD program participate in panel addressing the realities of being Muslim today (January 12, 2016)
- Student Spotlight: Thorn Michaels, Lighting Design (January 11, 2016)
- Letter from the Executive Director, Winter 2016 (January 7, 2016)
- Alumni & Faculty News, Winter 2016 (January 7, 2016)
- Alumni Spotlight: Ben Gonio, PATP '05 (January 7, 2016)
- Holly Arsenault (BA 2001) participates in project pairing theatre and science (September 24, 2015)
- PhD Candidate Christopher Goodson Interviews Playwright Diane Rodriguez (September 14, 2015)
- Lost & Founded: Reading Series Opener (August 25, 2015)
- Alumni Project: Pre-Screening of "Becoming Mermaid" (August 25, 2015)
- Alumni Spotlight: Naomi Mercer (BA '00) (August 24, 2015)
- Annie Morro (Musical Theater '15) takes center stage (August 11, 2015)
- Performance Studies Research Group Fosters Cross-disciplinary Conversations (May 7, 2015)
- Racy Sketchy Sexy Takes a Social Justice Lens (May 5, 2015)
- Alumni News, April 2015 (April 16, 2015)
- MFA Directors' Debut: William Inge's Bus Stop (April 16, 2015)
- Two Directors, Two Visions, One Play (April 14, 2015)
- Recent Faculty and Alumni Achievements, Spring 2015 (April 13, 2015)
- More Than a Play—Mark Jenkins’ Red Earth, Gold Gate, Shadow Sky (April 13, 2015)
- Scholarship, Community, and Truth—Samer Al-Saber (PhD ’13), Alumni Spotlight (April 13, 2015)
- Lex Marcos (MFA '17) featured in Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (March 30, 2015)
- On Pursuing an MFA and Being a Mother - Sunam Ellis (March 26, 2015)
- Future Collaborator Lisa D'Amour, of PearlD'Amour, profiled in The New York Times (March 24, 2015)
- Alums Win L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards (March 17, 2015)
- Building Connections Between Theatre and Museums - Scott Magelssen (March 12, 2015)
- Developing Character—Tara Velan (PATP) on Her Process (March 3, 2015)
- Full Circle—Spotlight on Taigé Kussman (BA ’14) (February 24, 2015)
- Mitchell Krawczyk, UTS Social Media Coordinator, Selected for President's Medal (February 24, 2015)
- Alumni News, February 2015 (February 17, 2015)
- Elizabeth Wu, Guest Blogger, Part 2 (February 17, 2015)
- MFA Directing Thesis: The Hostage (February 17, 2015)
- UTS Presents: Cabaret (February 17, 2015)
- Alum and Former Faculty Member Collaborate on X's and O's (A Football Love Story) (February 3, 2015)
- The Daily Raves About Twelfth Night (January 30, 2015)
- Inspiration through Improvisation: Andrew McMasters (PATP '95) in Perspectives (January 29, 2015)
- Elizabeth Wu on Why Yellow Face? Why Now? (January 20, 2015)
- The Daily Goes Behind-the-Scenes of Once Upon a Weekend (January 14, 2015)
- Elizabeth Wu Faces the Fear in the Rehearsal Room (December 17, 2014)
- An actor, a dancer and a singer walk into a bar... (December 4, 2014)
- Coming Up in Winter Quarter (December 1, 2014)
- The Daily Reviews Sweet Charity (November 20, 2014)
- Sweet Charity Director Wilson Mendieta on Q13 News (November 19, 2014)
- Celebrity and Its Discontents - Odai Johnson (September 30, 2014)
- Theatre and Art Around Town (September 10, 2014)