School of Theater

Name Email Phone Room
-- School of Theater
Central Office
 661-253-7853 E123O
Christopher Akerlind
Faculty, School of Theater
Lighting Design 		cakerlind@calarts.edu E307
Cristian Amigo
Faculty, School of Theater
Sound Design 		camigo@calarts.edu 661-291-3053 E307
Jenica Anderson
Production Associate: Head of Sound/Video
 janderson@calarts.edu
Mecca Andrews
Faculty, Movement
mandrews@calarts.edu
Bill Ballou
Production Manager
Faculty, School of Theater 		bballou@calarts.edu E311
Shaurjya Banerjee
Faculty, School of Theater
 sbanerjee@calarts.edu E312A
Emily Barasch
Faculty, School of Theater
 ebarasch@calarts.edu
Christopher Barreca
Faculty, School of Theater
Scene Design 		cbarreca@calarts.edu 661-222-2704 E123P
Camille Benda
Faculty, School of Theater
Costume Design 		cbenda@calarts.edu 661-291-2061 E103B1
Jose Luis Blondet
Faculty, School of Theater
Theater History 		jblondet@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123O
Frank Caeti
Faculty, School of Theater
Performance 		fcaeti@calarts.edu
Justin Caruso
Faculty, School of Theater
 jcaruso@calarts.edu
Marissa Chibás
Faculty, Acting
Director of Duende CalArts 		mchibas@calarts.edu 661-291-3008 E108
Claire Chrzan
Faculty, School of Theater
 cchrzan@calarts.edu
Ashley Cole Bruce
Faculty
 abruce@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123O
Taylor Comen
Faculty, School of Theater
Stage Management 		tcomen@calarts.edu E315
Michael Darling
Faculty, School of Theater
Technical Direction 		mdarling@calarts.edu 661-291-3080 E308
Tyrone Davis
Faculty, School of Theater
Producing 		tdavis@calarts.edu
Alex Dawson
Faculty, School of Theater
Movement 		adawson@calarts.edu
Bart DeLorenzo
Faculty, Theater History
 bdelorenzo@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E111
Kate DeWall
Master Electrician
School of Theater 		kdewall@calarts.edu 661-291-3029 E651
Peter Flaherty
Faculty, School of Theater
Interactive Media for Performance 		pflaherty@calarts.edu 661-253-2514 E107
Estela Garcia
Faculty, School of Theater
Movement 		egarcia@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E112
Mary Claire Garcia
Faculty, School of Theater
Speech 		marycgarcia@calarts.edu E109
Westley Garcia-Encines
Director of Operations
 wgarcia@calarts.edu 661-253-7834 E123O
Janie Geiser
Faculty, School of Theater
Puppetry 		geiser@calarts.edu E107
Mary Louise Gemmill
Faculty, School of Theater
Voice-Over 		mgemmill@calarts.edu
Jon Gottlieb
Faculty, Sound Design
 jongtlb@calarts.edu 661-222-2734 E308
Karen Gutierrez
Producing Faculty
School of Theater 		kgutierrez@calarts.edu
Carl Hancock Rux
Faculty, School of Theater
Writing for Performance 		chancockrux@calarts.edu
Asher Hartman
Faculty, School of Theater
Theater History 		ahartman@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123O
Mona Heinze
Faculty, School of Theater
Dramaturgy 		mheinze@calarts.edu 661-255-1050 x2505 E111
Julanne Chidi Hill
Faculty, Speech
 julannehill@calarts.edu E111
X Hill
Faculty, School of Theater
 xmhill@calarts.edu
Roger Holzberg
Faculty, School of Theater
Experience Design & Production 		rholzberg@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123O
Mara Isaacs
Faculty, Producing
 misaacs@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Lars Jan
Faculty, School of Theater
Acting 		ljan@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E108
Mirjana Jokovic
Director of Performance; Head of MFA Acting
 mjokovic@calarts.edu 661-253-7793 E123U
Daniel Alexander Jones
Faculty, School of Theater
Producing Artist, CalArts Center for New Performance 		dajones@calarts.edu
Michael Jung
Faculty, Experience Design
 jung@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Donovan Keith
Faculty, School of Theater
 dkeith@calarts.edu
Lewis Klahr
Faculty, Directing/Screenwriting/Film
 lklahr@calarts.edu 661-253-7862 E107
Miller Klitsner
Faculty, School of Theater
Experience Design and Production 		mklitsner@calarts.edu
Tina Kronis
Faculty, School of Theater
Movement 		tkronis@calarts.edu
Amber Larosa
Faculty
 alarosa@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123O
Andrea LeBlanc
Associate Dean
Co-Head of BFA Acting 		aleblanc@calarts.edu 661-291-3022 E123-2
Damian D. Lewis
Co-Head of BFA Acting
Voice and Speech Faculty 		dlewis@calarts.edu 661-255-1050 x7908 E123Q
Yuanyuan Liang
Faculty, School of Theater
Costume Design 		yliang@calarts.edu E103B1
Rafael Lopez-Barrantes
Faculty, Voice
 rlopezbarrantes@calarts.edu 661-291-3009 E111
George Lugg
Consulting Producer, CalArts Center for New Performance
 George.Lugg@calarts.edu
Babette Markus
Faculty, Alexander Technique
 bmarkus@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Roger Q. Mason
Faculty, School of Theater
 rqmason@calarts.edu
Ellen McCartney
Director of Experience Design and Production
 emcartny@calarts.edu 661-291-3401 E123-3
Jason McManus
Faculty, Experience Design
 jmcmanus@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Charles McNulty
Faculty
 cmcnulty@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Anne Militello
Faculty, School of Theater
Lighting Design 		amilitello@calarts.edu 661-253-7749 E308
Nichole Miller
Faculty, School of Theater
 nsmiller@calarts.edu
Edward Monaghan
Faculty, School of Theater
Stage Combat 		emonaghan@calarts.edu
Troy Morgan
Faculty, School of Theater
 tmorgan@calarts.edu
Genna Moroni
Faculty, School of Theater
Performance Program 		gmoroni@calarts.edu
Noah Nelson
Faculty, School of Theater
 noahjnelson@calarts.edu
Anthony Nikolchev
Faculty, Movement
 anikolchev@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E112
Yuri Okahana-Benson
Faculty, School of Theater
Experience Design and Production 		yokahanabenson@calarts.edu
Daniel Passer
Faculty, Acting
Associate Director of Performance 		dpasser@calarts.edu 661-253-2739 E123Q
Lee Perez
Faculty, School of Theater
Experience Design and Production 		lfperez@calarts.edu
Jane Pickett
Faculty, Writing for Performance
 jpickett@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Melissa Piekaar
Faculty, School of Theater
Costume Design 		mpiekaar@calarts.edu
Travis Preston
Dean, Head of Directing
Executive Artistic Director, CalArts Center for New Performance 		tpreston@calarts.edu 661-222-2773 E123X
Joe Rohde
Faculty, Narrative and Immersive Environments
 jrohde@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Melissa Ruge
Faculty, School of Theater
Stage Management 		mruge@calarts.edu E315
Victor Sandoval Torres
Costume Shop Director
 vsandovaltorres@calarts.edu 661-253-7742 E103E
Heidi Scheller
Faculty, School of Theater
Voice 		hscheller@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E108
Shannon Scrofano
Associate Director of Experience Design and Production
 sscrofano@calarts.edu 661-291-3401 E123Q
Evelyn Serrano
Faculty, School of Theater
Theater History 		eserrano@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Amanda Shank
Faculty, School of Theater
Associate Dean 		ashank@calarts.edu 661-291-3055 E123-V
Julie Shelton
Faculty, School of Theater
Performance 		jshelton@calarts.edu
Kristin Showalter
Faculty, School of Theater
 kshowalter@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Keith Skretch
Faculty, School of Theater
Experience Design and Production 		kskretch@calarts.edu
Adam J. Smith
Faculty, School of Theater
 asmith@calarts.edu 661-253-7840 E109
Patrick Smith
Production Associate
School of Theater 		psmith@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E301A
Jeffrey Teeter
Faculty, School of Theater
 jeffreyteeter@calarts.edu
Judith Teitelman
Faculty, School of Theater
 jteitelman@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Rob Tokarz
Faculty, Applied Arts
 rtokarz@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Paul Turbiak
Communications Manager/Executive Assistant to the Dean
Director of Communications, CalArts Center for New Performance 		pturbiak@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123-O
Kalean Ung
Faculty, Voice
kung@calarts.edu 661-253-2739 E109
Bernard Van De Yacht
Faculty, School of Theater
Voice-Over 		bvandeyacht@calarts.edu
Shay Wafer
Faculty, School of Theater
Producing 		swafer@calarts.edu
Hunter Wells
Costume Shop Manager
Faculty, School of Theater 		hwells@calarts.edu
Kathleen Wilhoite
Faculty, School of Theater
Acting for the Camera 		kwilhoite@calarts.edu
Terry Wolverton
Faculty, School of Theater
 twolverton@calarts.edu 661-253-7853 E123O
Rui Xu
Faculty, School of Theater
Producing 		rxu@calarts.edu E123R
Chi-wang Yang
Faculty, Acting
Associate Artistic Director, CalArts Center for New Performance 		cyang@calarts.edu 661-253-7864 E109
Joe Zhang
Faculty, School of Theater
Voice 		zzhang@calarts.edu
* Faculty Emeritus
† Part-time Faculty