Faculty Profiles
Blair Anderson
Chair of the Department and Director of the University Theatres
3225 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-3511
Blair Anderson, Ph.D., is in his seventh year as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Director of Theatres at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. For over a decade, he direc...
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Chair of the Department and Director of the University Theatres
3225 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-3511
Blair Anderson, Ph.D., is in his seventh year as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Director of Theatres at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. For over a decade, he direc...
ad5298@wayne.edu
Michael J Barnes
Assistant Professor
3225 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0926
Michael J. Barnes, Assistant Professor of Theatre–Head of the BFA in Acting program and Voice & Speech Specialist for Hilberry Rep and the Undergraduate acting program, is a gr...
mjbarnes@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor
3225 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0926
Michael J. Barnes, Assistant Professor of Theatre–Head of the BFA in Acting program and Voice & Speech Specialist for Hilberry Rep and the Undergraduate acting program, is a gr...
mjbarnes@wayne.edu
Joseph Calarco
Professor
Phone: 313-577-7906
Joseph Calarco, Professor of Theatre, is a graduate of Columbia University (BA and MA) and University of Minnesota (PhD). He has studied acting with Lloyd Richards and Herbert Berg...
aa1728@wayne.edu
Professor
Phone: 313-577-7906
Joseph Calarco, Professor of Theatre, is a graduate of Columbia University (BA and MA) and University of Minnesota (PhD). He has studied acting with Lloyd Richards and Herbert Berg...
aa1728@wayne.edu
Mary Elizabeth Cooney
Lecturer
Phone: 313-577-3508
Mary Pratt Cooney, Education Coordinator, is a graduate of Wayne State University (MFA and PhD). She has conducted workshops, and taught and worked as a drama consultant in the Det...
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Lecturer
Phone: 313-577-3508
Mary Pratt Cooney, Education Coordinator, is a graduate of Wayne State University (MFA and PhD). She has conducted workshops, and taught and worked as a drama consultant in the Det...
ak1354@wayne.edu
Mary Katherine Copenhagen
Lecturer
Phone: 313-577-7910
Mary Copenhagen, Bonstelle Theatre Costume Designer, received her BS and MFA degrees from Michigan State University and studied in London , in the costume college at the Victoria a...
aa3876@wayne.edu
Lecturer
Phone: 313-577-7910
Mary Copenhagen, Bonstelle Theatre Costume Designer, received her BS and MFA degrees from Michigan State University and studied in London , in the costume college at the Victoria a...
aa3876@wayne.edu
Frederick Florkowski
Associate Professor
Phone: 313-577-7901
Fred Florkowski, Assistant Professor, Scenic Designer, and Bonstelle Technical Director is a graduate of WSU with a BS in Education and an MFA in Scenic Design.He has provided tech...
ac8489@wayne.edu
Associate Professor
Phone: 313-577-7901
Fred Florkowski, Assistant Professor, Scenic Designer, and Bonstelle Technical Director is a graduate of WSU with a BS in Education and an MFA in Scenic Design.He has provided tech...
ac8489@wayne.edu
Lavinia Hart
Assistant Professor
Phone: 313-577-0961
Lavinia Hart, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Head of the Acting MFA joined the department after teaching, acting and directing for three years in Minnesota.Ms. Hart was the Art...
af5532@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor
Phone: 313-577-0961
Lavinia Hart, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Head of the Acting MFA joined the department after teaching, acting and directing for three years in Minnesota.Ms. Hart was the Art...
af5532@wayne.edu
David Magidson
Professor
Phone: 313-577-5200
David Magidson, Professor of Theatre, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (BA and MA) and the University of Utah (PhD). Magidson teaches directing and playwriting. He has ...
ad4271@wayne.edu
Professor
Phone: 313-577-5200
David Magidson, Professor of Theatre, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (BA and MA) and the University of Utah (PhD). Magidson teaches directing and playwriting. He has ...
ad4271@wayne.edu
Pegi Marshall-Amundsen
Assistant Professor
3216 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-7914
Pegi Marshall-Amundsen, Assistant Professor, Scenic Design, recently returned from teaching in Norway. She has taught professionally at Baltimore School for the Arts and Morgan Sta...
cu8461@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor
3216 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-7914
Pegi Marshall-Amundsen, Assistant Professor, Scenic Design, recently returned from teaching in Norway. She has taught professionally at Baltimore School for the Arts and Morgan Sta...
cu8461@wayne.edu
Jesse Merz
Assistant Professor
4841 Cass Ave, Old Main, Suite 3225.3
Phone: 313-577-0936
Head of the BFA in Acting...
jessemerz@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor
4841 Cass Ave, Old Main, Suite 3225.3
Phone: 313-577-0936
Head of the BFA in Acting...
jessemerz@wayne.edu
Nira Pullin
Professor
Phone: 313-577-7909
Nira Pullin, Professor, is the choreographer and Period Movement Specialist for the Wayne State University theatres as well as the director/choreographer of the WSU Movin’ Theatre....
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Professor
Phone: 313-577-7909
Nira Pullin, Professor, is the choreographer and Period Movement Specialist for the Wayne State University theatres as well as the director/choreographer of the WSU Movin’ Theatre....
aa4266@wayne.edu
Anthony Rhine
Assistant Professor
Phone: 313-577-7895
Anthony Rhine, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and Head of the MFA Theatre Management program, holds both a BA and MA from California St...
au8164@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor
Phone: 313-577-7895
Anthony Rhine, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and Head of the MFA Theatre Management program, holds both a BA and MA from California St...
au8164@wayne.edu
Thomas Schraeder
Professor
Phone: 313-577-7908
Thomas H. Schraeder, Professor of Theatre and Head of the Lighting Design MFA program, holds a BA from Loyola University in Chicago and an MFA from Yale University...
aa4426@wayne.edu
Professor
Phone: 313-577-7908
Thomas H. Schraeder, Professor of Theatre and Head of the Lighting Design MFA program, holds a BA from Loyola University in Chicago and an MFA from Yale University...
aa4426@wayne.edu
James M. Thomas
Professor
3225.5 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-7907
Head, PhD Program in Directing-Scholarship-Teaching,Graduate Advisor,and Director, Study Abroad: WSU-Moscow Art Theatre School ...
jthomas@wayne.edu
Professor
3225.5 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-7907
Head, PhD Program in Directing-Scholarship-Teaching,Graduate Advisor,and Director, Study Abroad: WSU-Moscow Art Theatre School ...
jthomas@wayne.edu
John Woodland
Associate Professor
Phone: 313-577-7912
John D. Woodland, Associate Professor of Theatre and Costume Designer for the Hilberry Theatre, holds a BA degree from Otterbein College and an MFA from the Universit...
aa3331@wayne.edu
Associate Professor
Phone: 313-577-7912
John D. Woodland, Associate Professor of Theatre and Costume Designer for the Hilberry Theatre, holds a BA degree from Otterbein College and an MFA from the Universit...
aa3331@wayne.edu