Theatre Arts

2019-2020 Catalog

The Theatre Arts Programs at MMC offer professional theatre training combined with a liberal arts education. Individualized attention and a strong faculty advisement program enable qualified students to take on substantial projects and roles. Independent study projects provide opportunities for specialized training and performance experience. Junior and senior level students may also study abroad for credit at schools such as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Drama Studio, London. Internships in a variety of settings (Broadway, Off- and Off-Off-Broadway, television, film and dance) develop experience and a potential network in the NYC performing arts community. Co-curricular minors in Drama Therapy, Arts for Communities, Music, and Arts Management can complement the major in Acting or in Theatre Arts.

Performance opportunities include mainstage productions such as The Three Sisters, Ruined, The Light in the Piazza, As You Like It, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Triumph of Love, Major Barbara, and The Arsonists. The MMC Directing Projects are performed in the Bordeau Box Theatre each semester. These short, contemporary plays are directed by student directors and are cast with student actors. Past playwrights include Sam Shepard, Maria Irene Fornes, Will Eno, Caryl Churchill, August Wilson and Tony Kushner. The MMC Play Readings provide student playwrights with an opportunity to hear and see their works-in-progress. The Senior Showcase provides a venue for actors to show their work to professional agents and casting directors.

MMC Theatre Arts programs are unique in offering specialized opportunities to the qualified student. Theatre faculty teach students through flexible programs in which intensive production experience can be gained. MMC Theatre Arts graduates leave with viable, competitive portfolios. They have made successful careers in theatre, film, and television, and have been accepted into highly competitive graduate programs.

Admission to the Programs: The BFA Acting program requires an audition/interview as part of the application process. The Theatre Arts Program (BA) requires an audition or interview as part of the application process for the following concentrations: Theatre Performance, Design & Technical Production, Directing, Writing for the Stage, and Producing & Management. The Theatre Arts Program (BA) concentrations in Theatre & New Media, and Theatre History and Performance Texts, require a special application as part of the application process. Consult the Theatre Arts department website for more information.

Special Notes: Students may not audit performance and production courses, or start full-year courses in the Spring Semester, without departmental approval. A studio fee of $15.00 per credit is charged for performance and production classes to offset costs of maintaining facilities and equipment. For additional information about policies and programs, students should consult the current MMC Theatre Arts Student Handbook, available in the Theatre Office and online on the MMC web site.

 

Division: Fine and Performing Arts
Division Office: Nugent Hall, Theatre Office
Office Phone: 212-774-0760
Division Chair: David Mold, M.F.A. 
dmold@mmm.edu
Administrative Coordinator: Barbara Tiernan 
btiernan@mmm.edu

Department Faculty:

Mary R. Fleischer

Professor of Theatre Arts

Chair, Department of Theatre Arts

B.A., SUNY, Purchase

M.A., Hunter College of CUNY

Ph.D., The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY

Nugent Hall, Theatre Office

Phone: 212-774-0761

mfleischer@mmm.edu

Barbara Adrian

Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., James Madison University

M.F.A., Brooklyn College of CUNY

C.M.A., Laban Institute of Movement Studies

Nugent Hall 152 E

Phone: 212-774-0711

badrian@mmm.edu

John Basil

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

B.S. & M.F.A., Temple University

Carson Hall 506

Phone: 212-774-4874

jbasil@mmm.edu

Emily Clark

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Marymount Manhattan College

M.Ed., University of La Verne

M.Phil, The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY

Faculty Center 100

Phone: 646-393-4131

eclark@mmm.edu

Kevin Connell

Professor of Theatre Arts

B.F.A., The Ohio State University

M.F.A., University of California, San Diego

Nugent Hall 152 A

Phone: 212-774-0713

kconnell@mmm.edu

Robert Dutiel

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

B.S. & M.F.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Nugent Hall, Theatre Office

Phone: 212-774-0763

rdutiel@mmm.edu

Bethany Christine Elkin

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Marymount Manhattan College

M.F.A., San Diego State University

Faculty Center 100

Phone: 646-393-4136

belkin@mmm.edu

Kenneth Finkle

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.F.A., NYU Tisch School of the Arts

M.F.A., Columbia University

Faculty Center 100

Phone: 646-393-4134 

kfinkle@mmm.edu

Patricia Hoag Simon

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

B.F.A., Boston Conservatory of Music

M.F.A., Florida Atlantic University

Nugent Hall 152 F

Phone: 212-774-0714

psimon@mmm.edu

Timothy Johnson

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.M.E., Baldwin-Wallace College

M.F.A., University of Washington

Carson Hall 106

Phone: 212-517-0812

tjohnson3@mmm.edu

Karen Hummel Kinsley

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.F.A., University of Montana

M.A.,The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY

Nugent Hall 152 B

Phone: 212-774-0747

kkinsley@mmm.edu

Melissa Tonning-Kollwitz

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Marymount Manhattan College

M.F.A., Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK

Carson Hall 106

Phone: 646-393-4134

mkollwitz@mmm.edu

David Mold

Professor of Theatre Arts

Chair, Division of Fine and Performing Arts

B.F.A., Boston University

M.F.A., The Theatre School, DePaul University

Nugent Hall 152 D

Phone: 212-774-0764

dmold@mmm.edu

Jeffrey A. Morrison

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

M.F.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Carson Hall 506

Phone: 212-517-0405

jmorrison@mmm.edu

Richard Niles

Professor of Theatre Arts

B.F.A., NYU, Tisch School of the Arts

M.F.A., Brooklyn College of CUNY

Ph.D., The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY

Nugent Hall 152 C

Phone: 212-774-4872

rniles@mmm.edu

Ellen Orenstein

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Wesleyan University

M.F.A., University of Washington

Nugent Hall 152 B

Phone: 212-774-4873

eorenstein@mmm.edu

Ray Recht

Professor of Theatre Arts

B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University

M.F.A., Yale University

Nugent Hall, Theatre Office

Phone: 212-774-0762

rrecht@mmm.edu

Christine Riley

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.M., Ithaca College

M.M., Arizona State University

Carson Hall 506

Phone: 212-517-0508

criley@mmm.edu

Mark Ringer

Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A. & M.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Nugent Hall 152 C

Phone: 212-774-0712

mringer@mmm.edu

Haila Strauss

Associate Professor of Dance

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College

M.A., Columbia University

Nugent Hall 152 B

Phone: 212-774-4871

hstrauss@mmm.edu

Jill C. Stevenson

Professor of Theatre Arts

B.S., Valparaiso University

Ph.D., The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY

Carson Hall 506

Phone: 212-517-0617

jstevenson@mmm.edu

Elizabeth Swain

Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts

B.S., CUNY

M.A., City College, CUNY

Ph.D., The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY

eswain@mmm.edu

Lori Ann Zepp

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Bennington College

Nugent Hall, Theatre Office

Phone: 212-774-0771

lzepp@mmm.edu

Theatre Arts Courses (THTR)