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Visiting Artists

The Department of Design brings in many outside experts to mingle with the students in classes, productions, portfolio reviews and lectures. Artists and speakers join the resident faculty on a regular basis to present students with the broadest possible range of art and ideas in relation to theatre and film.

Guest Lecturers:

Lighting Designers

Chris Akerlind
Frances Aronson
Bill Berner
Howell Binkley
Michael Chybowski
Jane Cox
Chris Dallos
Peggy Eisenhower
Jules Fisher
Paul Gallo
Jeff Harris
John Hastings
Donald Holder
Jim Ingalls
Natasha Katz
Rita Kogler
David Lander
Ted Mather
Brian MacDevitt
John McKernon
Anne Militello
Brian Nason
Dennis Parichy
Steve Quandt
Steve Shelley
Duane Schuler
Clifton Taylor

Set Designers

John Arnone
Carol Bailey
Peter Dean Beck
Marie Anne Chiment
Ann Cudworth
Janice Davis
Marina Draghici
James Fenhagen
David Gordon
Desmond Heeley
Michael Hotopp
John Iacovelli
Marjorie Kellogg
Derek McLane
Neil Patel
Robert Pyzocha
Andy Warfel
David Weller

Directors and Writers

JoAnne Akalaitis
Karin Coonrod
Zelda Fichandler
Athol Fugard
Loretta Greco
Bob Kalfin
Rhoda Levine
Emily Mann
Reggie Montgomery
Jeffrey Moss
Mary Robinson
Bartlett Sher
Robert Woodruff

Costume Designers

Nanzi Adzima
Dean Brown
Steve Feldman
Ivan Ingermann
Kitty Leech
David Murin
David Robinson
Juliet Polcsa
Rita Ryack
Jana Rosenblatt
Kaye Voyce

Theatre Artisans

Rodney Gordon
Holly Hynes
Anna Krommydas
Sally Lesser
Mary Macy
Raylene Marasco
Susan Louise Moyer
Sally Ann Parsons
Margaret Peot
Don Padgett

Film Designers

Susan Bolles
Therese DePrez
David Gropman
Steve Hendrickson
Richard Hoover
Wynn Thomas
Mark Ricker
Stuart Wurtzel

Related Theatre Artists

Steve Apicella - producer
James Bassi - composer
Daryl Bornstein - CAD consultant
David Burke - Santa Fe Opera
Ben Cameron - theatre executive
Anne Cattaneo - dramaturg
Susie Cordon - stage manager
John Davis - storyboard artist
Charlie Erickson - photographer
Eliot Feld - choreographer
Robyn Goodman - Manhattan Theatre Club
Wendall Harrington - projection designer
Patrick Herold - agent
Samuel Hutchins - locations manager
Chris Jaehnig - production manager
Richard Lollo - lyricist
Neil Mazzella - owner, Hudson Scenic Studio
Nick Miller - film construction coordinator
George Mott - photographer
Gene O'Donovan - production supervisor
Bruce Odland - sound designer
Richard Peasley - composer
Marc Platt - producer
Scott Rodabaugh - financial planner
Steve White - fight director