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The excellence of the CSUF program can be seen in the faculty, staff and alumni. The faculty is composed of full-time theatre and dance specialists, many of whom are practicing theatre and dance professionals. Our faculty continually works in many of the country’s leading theatre and dance companies, returning to share these experiences with their students. Department productions are presented in one of seven performance spaces: the 500-seat Little Theatre, the 250-seat Young Theatre, the flexible Hallberg and Arena Theatres, the Studio Theatre, the Director’s Laboratory and the Grand Central Theatre. JOSEPH ARNOLD's extensive work in the Southern California arts community includes reviewing for ART WEEK, editing two books by Broadway director Jose Quintero, and co-founding the Playwright-in-Residence program for the California State University Summer Arts' Theatre Project with Edward Albee and Arthur Kopit. His directing credits include the CSUF productions of THE MANAGER and GRASMERE. both performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. GRASMERE was also produced at the Egyptian Arena Theatre, Los Angeles, and the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York. Dr. Arnold earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, chaired the CSUF Department of Theatre & Dance from 1986-1991, and is an accomplished actor and playwright whose work has been performed throughout the United States. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Black Actors Theatre, the Jose Quintero Foundation for Theatre Arts and Poets Reading, Inc. and currently serves as Associate Dean of the College of the Arts. EVELYN CAROL CASE holds BFA and MFA degrees in acting and has performed extensively throughout the USA as a member of the Actors' Equity Association. She was a member of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's resident company for eleven seasons where her tenure included seasons of rotating repertory as well as major American tours OF ROMEO AND JULIET, ARMS AND THE MAN, and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Locally, Ms. Case has appeared in leading roles at the Laguna Playhouse, Shakespeare Orange County and Theatre on the Green and nationally she has appeared in such professional theatres as the American Stage Company, Pennsylvania Stage Company, and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Ms. Case joined the CSUF faculty in 1993 and has been entrusted to teach the core acting curriculum over the past fourteen years. Ms. Case was recently certified as a Fitzmaurice Associate in Fitzmaurice Voicework and is certified in the Alba Emoting technique. Areas of interest for Ms. Case include training in the Alexander Technique and her association with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. She is the co-editor of the Shakespeare collection, SNIPPETS FROM SHAKESPEARE published by WaterMark Press in 1990 and SHAKESPEARE: A LOVER'S TALE, also commissioned by WaterMark. Ms. Case serves as the Western Region Editor for the Voice And Speech Trainers Association and is a member of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America. MARIA COMINIS mentored as a key student with Uta Hagen at HB Studio in NYC for many years and still guest teaches. She holds an MFA from UC Irvine and BA from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). She has also taught acting for directors to student film directors at the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. Most recently, Maria played Mona Clark on ABC’s DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. She is an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and has participated in Knight/Thompson dialect workshops and currently is becoming certified in the Michael Chekhov Acting technique. She has appeared in plays and musicals regionally and in NYC. She is a member of AEA, SAG, AFTRA and VASTA. She has also taught at AMDA, Azusa Pacific University, Bowling Green University, Vanguard University of Southern California, and CSU, Long Beach. SVETLANA EFREMOVA is an MFA graduate of the Yale School of Drama and a BFA graduate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre, Russia. She has taught at Harvard University, Muskingum College, the University of Rio Grande, and the Academy of Humanities in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has conducted Stanislavsky workshops at Miami University, Bennington College, Bowling Green State University and Oswego University. She participated in acting workshops conducted by J. Grotowski, P. Stein, and Peter Brook. She has appeared on Broadway in a touring production of Uncle Vanya, in numerous shows at the Yale Repertory Theatre and at South Coast Repertory. For eleven years, Ms. Efremova was a member of the St. Petersburg State Theatre where she performed over 20 leading roles and traveled internationally. Her film and television credits include WHITE OLEANDER, PHONEBOOTH, THE ISLAND, K-19, EVIDENT KISS, SPIRAL, THE PRINCE OF CENTRAL PARK, FOUNTAIN, STICK IT, HOTEL LOBBY, SPINNING BORIS, WEST WING, ER, THE PRACTICE, THE GUARDIAN, COLD CASE, WITHOUT A TRACE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, GIDEON’S CROSSING, STRONG MEDICINE, JOAN OF ARCADIA, and THE OPTIMIST. Her acting awards include Yale University’s Herschel Williams Award, and the Best Actress Award at the Prague International Festival. JOHN R. FISHER holds a BA from the University of Iowa and an MA and MFA from the University of California Los Angeles and has been with the Department of Theatre and Dance as Sound Designer since 1981. Before CSUF, he taught at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and at California State University, Fresno. He has designed sound and lighting for a variety of companies in northern and southern California, including Alternative Repertory Theatre, Rudy Perez Dance Ensemble, Grove Shakespeare Festival, and the Colony Studio Theatre. Mr. Fisher has received seven Drama-Logue awards and an Ovation Award nomination for his sound designs in the LA area. BRUCE GOODRICH designed the scenery and costumes for the New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Boston productions of the long-running BEAU JEST, scenery and lighting for RENDEZVOUS WITH MARLENE (directed by noted opera director Frank Corsaro) as well as the lighting design for ST. MARK’S GOSPEL (featuring Alec McCowan) and DO NOT DISTURB (directed by Olympia Dukakis). Other New York credits include scenery and/or costumes for A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN, GREETINGS!, the New York premiere of THE ADOPTION, and the acclaimed ALL IN THE TIMING as well as projects for Ensemble Studio Theatre, Primary Stages Co., Musical Theatre Works, American Stage Co., New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, Ford's Theatre Co., Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Montclair Theatrefest, Skylight Opera Theatre of Milwaukee, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Laguna Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Goodspeed Opera House. He has been the writer for The Michael Awards for the Fashion Industry in New York for the past four years, and recently Executive Produced the film FUN WITH BENNY for the Short Film Group in Los Angeles. Bruce is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has also served on the theatre faculties of Williams College and Montclair State University in costume design. SUSAN HALLMAN received her MFA in Lighting Design from the University of Texas. Susan was hired to replace David Nancarrow who took a two year leave of absence to work on his PhD in England. As a result, Susan started her teaching career working on the proposed Performing Arts addition, which included work on the Payne, all the renovation, and additions to the existing building and the Opera Hall at UT. It was during this experience that she learned to work with architects and theatre consultants, which helped when she worked on the $44 million Performing Arts Center at Cal State Fullerton. After three exhilarating years of teaching and designing at UT, Susan moved to New England and Smith College. For two years Susan taught and designed lighting in the thriving theatre program at Smith. In 1977, she moved to the other coast and took a position as an assistant professor and lighting designer at Cal State Fullerton. This marks her 29th year at Fullerton. She has been Chair of Cal State Fullerton’s Department of Theatre & Dance for the last 9 years. The Department is ranked as one of the top 16 undergraduate theatre programs in the country. Susan was the resident lighting designer at the Utah Shakespearean Festival from 1977-1984 and designed 24 Shakespearean productions. She has also designed for the Gloria Newman Dance Theatre, Cabaret Repertory Theatre, at Ensemble Theatre West, and for ART. Recent credits include serving as the Show Advisor for FRONT & CENTER, a major funding raising event at the Arrowhead Pond, where Susan worked with such artists as Whoopi Goldberg, Kenny Rankin, Chicago, The Doobie Brothers and Bill Cosby. She produced the premiere of Kristina Leach’s GRASMERE at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre in NYC in 2004. In January, 2006, Cal State Fullerton opened the new Performing Arts Center and Susan was involved in every phase of the planning, the process, and the building of the new Performing Arts Complex. It contains four performance spaces; four dance studios, new costume, scenic, makeup, audio and lighting labs. The Meng Concert Hall has been noted as one of the finest Concert Halls in Southern California. MITCHELL HANLON, instructor of musical theatre and voice, is the Assistant Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, having worked there for sixteen seasons. He has worked with and vocal coached many stars including Julie Andrews, Patrick Stewart, John Lithgow, Patti LuPone, Jeremy Irons, Carol Channing and Carol Burnett. A performing pianist, he has accompanied such stars as Kristin Chenoweth (this year at Disney Concert Hall, and the Greek Theater), Audra MacDonald, and Brian Stokes Mitchell. He is the founder of the Mitch Hanlon Singers, a professional singing group that has toured internationally, is on several Grammy nominated albums on the Philips Classics label and have sung every summer since 1992 at the Hollywood Bowl. A music director in demand, he has music directed hundreds of performances in over fifty different shows. He has worked professionally on four continents, doing five tours as pianist/organist with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra to Japan and Brazil, and as a conductor working in opera and musical theatre in Europe. Mr. Hanlon holds a Masters of Music from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors of Music from Chapman University. EVE HIMMELHEBER, Coordinator, BFA in Musical Theatre Program, earned a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona, and an MFA in Acting from CSU Fullerton. Eve has performed professionally in regional theatre, civic light opera, at the Kennedy Center and the Hollywood Bowl. She has been honored with both Los Angeles Times and OC Weekly "critic's picks," and was twice a national finalist in Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition (only the second time in history this double-distinction had been achieved). Eve has also professionally directed, choreographed and voice/text/dialect coached in the Midwest and Southwest U.S. She has served on the faculty at the University of Arizona, Iowa State University, Cypress College and Rio Hondo College, and is currently the Irene Ryan Coordinator for Region VIII (Southwest) of KCACTF. ANNE JAMES brings over 15 years as a professional “working” actor in theatre, television, film and commercials in New York, Los Angeles and throughout the regions. She combines this professional experience with secondary specializations in voice/speech/movement, comedy, character transformation, and Shakespeare. A native of California, Ms. James received her M.F.A. from UC Irvine and a B.A. from California State University Fullerton. Recent teaching credits include: Rutgers University School of Mason Gross, NYU/Playwrights Horizons Theater School, Loyola University New Orleans, Marymount Manhattan College, The Neighborhood Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, and the Irvine Fine Arts Center. Acting credits include: Television and Film: LAW & ORDER SVU (Recurring), ED, SPIN CITY, GUIDING LIGHT, DOUBLE PLATINUM, GOOD BYE MISS FORTUNE, TENNESSEE IN THE SUMMER (BBC), GENERATIONS, FLATLINERS. Theater: W.P.A (Off-Broadway), Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, New York Theatre Workshop, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Laguna Playhouse. Commercials: Wendy’s (National), MCI (National), Paxil, Hewlett Packard, SESAME STREET. Comedy/Improv/Sketch: Caroline’s Comedy Club, Upright Citizens Brigade, Chicago City Limits. She is a member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, and the Voice and Speech Teachers Association (VASTA). Ms. James is also an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voice Work and the founder of INTEGRATED ARTISTRY, which offers performance coaching to both actors and business professionals. LAWRENCE JASPER, recipient of the Outstanding University Honors Professor Award for 2005-2006, instructs in the areas of theatre history, dramatic literature/criticism/theory, graduate research methods, oral interpretation, and acting. Dr. Jasper has made numerous contributions to panels and projects for regional and national associations and served for six years as the regional chair of the National Critics' Institute for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. His recent scholarship has been published in such volumes as American Theatre Companies, American Dramatists, and British Dramatists. Dr. Jasper is also the editor of THE ANNOTATED DIRECTORY OF THEATRE HISTORIANS, CRITICS, AND THEORETICIANS and has been active in the leadership of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education, the Southern California Educational Theatre Association, and the American College Theatre Festival, Region VIII. ROBIN E. JOHNSONreceived his MFA in Dance from the University of Utah and toured for six years with the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company of Salt Lake City. He has been a Professor of Dance at CSUF since 1980. Robin has taught and performed across the USA and many foreign countries including South Africa, Canada, France, China, Yugoslavia, Russia, Philippines and Puerto Rico. In the year 2000 he was a Fulbright Scholar sent to teach and conduct research at the Escola Superior de Danca in Lisbon, Portugal. Robin is also a Past President of the California Dance Educators Association. His dance “Mozart 250” was selected for the 2006 LA Dance Invitational. MURIEL JOYCE born in Belgium, studied at the “Mudra International School of the Performing Arts” under the direction of Maurice Bejart. Mrs. Joyce began her professional ballet career with the National Bavarian Ballet in Munich, Germany. Throughout her professional career she had the opportunity to work with some of the seminal choreographers of both classical and contemporary ballet. Her classical repertoire includes ballets choreographed by Marius Petipa, August Bournonville, Fokine, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. The contemporary choreographers include John Cranko, George Balanchine, Peter Wright, John Neumeier and Uwe Scholz just to name a few. She has performed in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and America. After moving to California she danced with the Los Angeles Classical Ballet and started to steer her professional career towards teaching, choreographing and coaching. From 1997 to 2001, Mrs. Joyce was the Artistic Director and co-founder of Ballet Etudes, a non-profit youth ballet company in Huntington Beach. Mrs. Joyce taught at the Orange County High School of the Arts in the Classical/Contemporary Dance Department from 1996 to 2006 and she served as the Director of the Classical/Contemporary Dance Department from 2003 to 2006. Mrs. Joyce joined CSUF, Department of Theatre and Dance, in the spring 2006. Mrs. Joyce received her BA in dance from the University of California, Irvine. GLADYS KARES, dancer, choreographer and professor of dance was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she trained in ballet until coming to the United States in 1963. She received her MA in dance from the University of California, Los Angeles and in 1973 joined the Gloria Newman Dance Theatre as a major performing artist, later becoming the group’s Assistant Director. FRED KINNEY recent design work includes SUNLIGHT (South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa); A PICASSO (Pittsburgh City Theatre); PETER PAN AND WENDY (Prince Music Theater); SERIOUS MONEY (Yale Repertory Theatre); INTIMATE APPAREL (San Diego Repertory Theatre); THE GROUCH (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); END GAME & THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Cutting Ball Theatre, San Francisco); CATS TALK BACK, SUBURBAN STORIES (NYC Fringe Festival); THE GOOD DAUGHTER, THE ADJUSTMENT, COLOR OF FLESH, WINTERIZING A SUMMER HOUSE (New Jersey Repertory Company); ANGEL STREET, PROOF, NOISES OFF, ON GOLDEN POND & BUS STOP (Triad Stage). He has been a visiting artist at Stanford University and at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He is recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers and holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, Donald Oenslager Scholarship in Design & a B.A. in Art from the University of Texas. Fred Kinney’s portfolio can be viewed at www.fredkinney.com. WILLIAM F. LETT holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in dance from California State University, Long Beach and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona in addition to his training at the EPCOT Institute of Entertainment Arts, the Academy of Dance on Film, and the Goodsell Grande Institute for the Arts and Humanities. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Guild of Variety Artists, Actors' Equity Association, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He has directed and choreographed over a dozen productions and has choreographed over fifty musicals for universities, professional theatres and other venues. As a performer, he has worked in theatre, television, and film, including work for Disney, CBS, NBC and Touchstone Pictures. DEBRA GARCIA LOCKWOOD (MFA, USC; BA, UCSD), CSUF’s Production Manager, is an experienced educator and award winning lighting designer. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal State Fullerton, Ms. Lockwood taught lighting design at the University of Southern California (USC) and Pomona College Theatre Department for the Claremont Colleges. At CSUF she also serves as faculty mentor to all the stage management students. Ms. Lockwood maintains an active free-lance career as a lighting designer in the greater Los Angeles area. Her professional work includes over 100 productions and has been seen at many venues including: The Kirk Douglas Theatre, International City Theatre, Fullerton Civic Light Opera, The Barclay Theatre, The Colony Studio Theatre, West Coast Ensemble, Theatre 40, East/West Players, Highways, The Edison Theatre, 24th Street Theatre, the Los Angeles Theatre Center and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Ms. Lockwood has been a guest artist at Occidental College and Cal Poly Pomona. Ms. Lockwood is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. Examples of her work can be viewed at her website, www.mamalights.com BILL MEYER is the Technical Director, supervisor of the department's computer design lab, and professor of theatre. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and a former vice-commissioner. His past experience includes work as Technical Director for Center Stage in Baltimore and the Baltimore Opera Company, Director of Technical Production for the Grove Shakespeare Festival and Shakespeare Orange County, and Shop Foreman of National Scenery Studios. Mr. Meyer has an MFA from the University of Georgia and a BS from the University of Wisconsin. DAVID NEVELL (MFA, U.C. Irvine; BA, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) is an actor, teacher, voice and dialect coach, arts mediator and producer. Recent acting credits include: AUTHENTICITÉ (Cornerstone Theatre Company), NINE GATES (The Gravity Project), MY FAIR LADY (McCoy/Rigby Entertainment at La Mirada Theatre), and LIGHT UP THE SKY (PCPA/Theaterfest). Other credits include: South Coast Repertory, Shakespeare Festival/L.A., Geva Theatre Center, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, San Jose Repertory, Utah Shakespearean Festival, PCPA/Theaterfest, Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, and EAT in New York. Mr. Nevell has taught at The Actors Center of New York, Tisch/CAP21, Marymount Manhattan College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, PCPA, and U.C. Irvine. He is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, a certified actor/combatant (SAFD), a founding member of The Gravity Project, and a member of Actors' Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild. Currently, he is the lead producer for ONE, THE MUSICAL. DEBRA NOBLE has been a dance professional for the last twenty years, dancing with a wide range of American choreographers, teaching a broad range of dance techniques and related studies, choreographing and, for eight years directing her own company In Forward Motion. Ms. Noble has taught in New York at BARD College, SUNY, The Broadway Dance Center and in Chicago at the MoMing Dance Center. Ms. Noble is now teaching full-time at CSUF and as guest faculty at The Limon Institute in New York City. She has performed the works of and collaborated with such modern dance luminaries as Anna Sokolow, Doris Humphrey, Jose Limon, touring throughout the world. Ms. Noble has been recognized with her work in video dance, including the Grammy nominated Crash with the Dave Matthews Band. She currently dances with the American Repertory Dance Company of LA, as a guest for several choreographers and in her concert Solo Voices, which was granted support by NYSCA. Her work has been presented by such venues in NYC as DIA, the Joyce SOHO, Lincoln Center, in France at The Avignon International Arts Festival, and at the Gran Teatro Centro Cultural in Guatemala City. In 2004 she founded (along with Colin Connor), the Connor/Noble Dance Company, which has performed in the U.S., Guatemala, and Mexico. Recently she has been guest performer with The Limon Dance Company. LAWRENCE PETERS joined the faculty at CSUF after almost 20 years of writing, producing and directing TV and Radio commercials for companies including Nabisco, Nestle, Black and Decker and General Electric. His list of on camera talent roles includes spots for KFC, Southwestern Bell and Mattel. He also performs as a voiceover talent in commercials and industrials. A professional actor, and member of both SAG and AEA, Peters’ recent roles include Alonzo in Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST, at the S. Mark Taper Amphitheater and Florio in TIS PITY SHE’S A WHOR at the Classical Theatre Lab in Hollywood. Other roles include Lord Capulet, Captain Hook and Stanley Kowalski. At CSUF, Peters has directed HOTEL PARADISO, THE HIDE AND SEEK ODYSSEY OF MADELINE GIMPLE, a play for children, and OBJECTS, an original play by Jule Selbo. Acting roles at CSUF include CEMENTVILLE, OFFSHORE SIGNALS and TIMON OF ATHENS. Recent professional directing credits include HENRY IV, PART ONE and DIARY OF A SCOUNDREL. Peters received his MFA in Play Directing from the University of Texas, where he studied with Francis Hodge. ANN SHEFFIELD has recently designed sets for THE DRAWER BOY at Indiana Repertory Theatre where she has designed sets and costumes for many previous productions. Her work has also been seen at other major American regional theatres including Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis, and Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. She designed costumes and sets for the West Coast premiere of ENTER THE GUARDSMAN at Laguna Playhouse, and scenery for the American Premiere of Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE at Buffalo’s Studio Arena Theatre. Ann received her MFA at Yale University, where she studied under scenic designer, Ming Cho Lee, and was privileged to design for distinguished playwright, Athol Fugard. In New York, Ann assisted Tony award winning designer Tony Walton on such Broadway productions as ANYTHING GOES, WAITING FOR GODOT, THE GRAND HOTEL, and THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES. JOHN SHORT has been a professional actor both in New York and Los Angeles and played Tom Sawyer in the Broadway musical BIG RIVER and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. On the big screen, John can be seen in 17 feature films including APOLLO 13 and the recent CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS. On TV he recently guested on THE WEST WING, BOSTON LEGAL, and ER. As an educator, John was a lecturer at Loyola Marymount University for five years. His recently procured MFA is from Cal State Long Beach. John lives in a menagerie in South Pasadena with his wife, Mary Beth, son, Jake, and daughter, Kira. JAMES TAULLI holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in directing from CSUF, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona. He has taught at California State University, San Bernardino, Cypress College and University of the Pacific. He directed the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival national award-winning musical ALL THAT HE WAS which performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC and at THE FESTIVAL OF HUMAN VOICES in Barcelona, Spain. His professional directorial credits include CITY OF ANGELS, GUYS AND DOLLS, and PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES for Utah Musical Theatre; MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS for Capital Playhouse. Other projects include, VOICES OF HOPE for the Crystal Cathedral and Capistrano for the Mission Pageant Foundation. Mr. Taulli has directed the premiere productions of the musical, WIGGED OUT! for Stray Productions, the WWII drama, MAIDEN VOYAGES for Asian American Repertory Theatre and 24 HOURS, a new musical that was produced both at here CSUF and in Los Angeles at the Stella Adler Theatre. Most recently, he directed GOD’S FAVORITE for the Neil Simon Festival in Cedar City, Utah. Currently, Mr. Taulli is on the Region 8 Vice Chair for KC/ACTF and is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Medallion of Excellence. JIM VOLZ is a national theatre consultant, author, manager, theatre reviewer, past President of New York's prestigious National Theatre Conference, current President of Consultants for the Arts and voter for the Tony Awards’ prestigious annual regional theatre award. He is a longtime writer for New York's Back Stage, editor of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America's Quarto, reviewer of 70+ shows for Hollywood's Drama-Logue and the author of seven books, including HOW TO RUN A THEATER (2005) and THE BACKSTAGE GUIDE TO WORKING IN REGIONAL THEATER (2007). He is on the national artistic board of the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, the international Shakespeare Board for Canada’s University of Victoria and the National Advisory Council of the Institute of Outdoor Drama based at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Devoted to theatre education, Dr. Volz has administered MFA programs in acting, stage management, and arts administration and served as Acting Chairman of Theatre Arts at Wright State University. He is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and orchestrated the tremendous growth of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival as managing director from 1982-1991, where he produced over 100 professional productions. He has served as a guest speaker for the National Association of Schools of Theatre, the National Association of Schools of Music, and the National Association of Schools of Dance. ABEL ZEBALLOS has designed make-up and hair for most of the major professional and repertory theatres in the Los Angeles area, including the LA Civic Light Opera, Mark Taper Forum, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Pasadena Playhouse, Variety Arts Center, Long Beach Civic Light Opera, Opera Pacifica, Laguna Playhouse, and the Hollywood Bowl. Mr. Zeballos was the resident make-up designer and wig master for five consecutive seasons at South Coast Repertory. He worked on CHAPLIN, an original musical with Anthony Newley and Andrea Marcovicci and designed the production of GROUCHO with Gabe Kaplan for HBO. The BBC in London interviewed him in the fall of 1997 as an authority in the area of theatrical make-up. He has worked as the Makeup and Hair Designer for the Hollywood Bowl summer productions of CAROUSEL, MUSIC MAN, MY FAIR LADY, MAME and CAMELOT with Faith Prince, Alice Ripley, Kristin Chenoweth, Eric McCormick, Allyce Beasley, Michael Lee, Christine Ebersole, Jeremy Iron and many others. He received the best costumes award in 1995 from the Los Angeles Times for his designs of TARTUFFE at the Alternative Repertory Theatre. He was the Make-up Director for Special Events at Knott's Berry Farm for over 20 years, and has designed costumes and prosthetic make-up for productions at Knott's Good Time Theatre as well as their famous annual event Halloween Haunt. He has also taught at UCLA, CSULA, Learning Tree University, and many other educational institutions. He recently gave a special effects makeup session in Mexico City and is currently a Professor for the Department of Theatre and Dance at CSUF, where he has designed costumes, make-up and hair, for more than two hundred productions CSUF THEATRE & DANCE ADJUNCT FACULTY, STAFF CSUF THEATRE & DANCE ADJUNCT FACULTY KATE BOOTH – Theatre Education, General Theatre CSUF STAFF MEMBERS GAYE BERGER, Scenic Artist
MEREDITH HINCKLEY KIRSTEN KUIKEN JEREMY LELLIOTT ADAM NAVARRO KEVIN SLAY
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