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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...
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Michael J Barnes
Assistant Professor
3225 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0926
Michael J. Barnes, Assistant Professor of Theatre–Voice & Speech Specialist for Hilberry Rep and the undergraduate acting program, is a graduate of the University of Okla...
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Assistant Professor
3225 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0926
Michael J. Barnes, Assistant Professor of Theatre–Voice & Speech Specialist for Hilberry Rep and the undergraduate acting program, is a graduate of the University of Okla...
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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 Richa...
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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 Richa...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Aku Kadogo
Senior Lecturer
Phone: 313-993-8227
Aku Kadogo is a producer, director, choreographer, teacher, traveler and thinker. She has joined WSU as Director of the Black Theatre Program. She has had the opportunity in her ca...
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Senior Lecturer
Phone: 313-993-8227
Aku Kadogo is a producer, director, choreographer, teacher, traveler and thinker. She has joined WSU as Director of the Black Theatre Program. She has had the opportunity in her ca...
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Larry Kaushansky
Professor
Phone: 313-577-7914
Larry Kaushansky, Professor of Theatre and Head of the Scenic Design MFA program, holds a BFA in graphic design from the College of Art in Kishinev and an MFA in Sceni...
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Professor
Phone: 313-577-7914
Larry Kaushansky, Professor of Theatre and Head of the Scenic Design MFA program, holds a BFA in graphic design from the College of Art in Kishinev and an MFA in Sceni...
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James Luse
Assistant Professor
Phone: 313-577-0936
James Luse, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Head of the Acting BFA program, is a graduate of William and Mary (BA) and Brandeis University (MFA). Mr. Luse has worked as a profes...
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Assistant Professor
Phone: 313-577-0936
James Luse, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Head of the Acting BFA program, is a graduate of William and Mary (BA) and Brandeis University (MFA). Mr. Luse has worked as a profes...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Mo...
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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 Mo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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