Texas State University
 
Department of Theatre and Dance
430 Moon St.
San Marcos, TX 78666
Main Office: (512) 245-2147
Box Office: (512) 245-2204

Dance Division
Jowers B178A
Dance Office: (512) 245-2949
fax: (512) 245-1868

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Faculty

The Theatre faculty continues to earn both national and international acclaim. In recent years, faculty have had their designs displayed at the Prague Quadrennial, won an international playwriting competition in Belgium, and had their plays produced in New York. Faculty members have performed on Broadway and worked at the Kennedy Center, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Zachary Scott Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Asolo Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Austin Lyric Opera, Clarence Brown Theatre, Los Angeles’s Colony Theatre, and New York’s Ping Chong and Company.

Faculty have also been active in scholarly endeavors, as they have been featured speakers at national conference, and their articles have graced the cover of American Theatre on multiple occasions and appeared in journals such as TDR, The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, and Essays on Voice and Speech. Faculty authored books include Stoppard’s Theatre: Finding Order amid Chaos, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, and Romulus Linney: Maverick of the American Theatre. Multiple books on Shakespeare are also being written.

Theatre Faculty

Janice Paige Bishop, M.F.A.   Acting for Stage and Film
Debra Charlton, Ph.D.   Director of Graduate Studies, Dramaturgy
Tom Copeland, B.A.   Business of Film, Film Development
Michael Costello, M.F.A.   Head of Acting, Directing for Stage
John Fleming, Ph.D.   Chair, Theatre History
Melissa Grogan, M.F.A.   Vocal Coach
Sheila Hargett, M.F.A.   Costume Design
Kaitlin Hopkins   Head of Musical Theatre
J.Jay Jennings, M.A.   Movement, Acting for Stage
Laura Lane, M.F.A.   Acting for Stage 
Eugene Lee, B.S.   Artist in Residence
Sandra Mayo, Ph.D.   Ethnic Theatre, Director of Multicultural & Gender Studies
Monica Michell, M.F.A.   Head of Teacher Education, Child Drama
Nadine Mozon, M.F.A.   Movement, Acting for Stage
David Nancarrow, Ph.D.   Lighting Design
Charles Ney, Ph.D.   Acting and Directing for Stage
Michelle Ney, M.F.A.   Head of Design & Technology
Charles Pascoe, Ph.D.   Head of Child Drama
William R. Peeler, M.F.A.   Introduction to Fine Arts
Jim Price, M.F.A.   Acting for Musical Theatre, Playwriting
Shane K. Smith, M.F.A.   Technical Director
Richard Sodders, Ph.D.   Directing for Stage & Film

Part-time Theatre Faculty

Peggy Brunner, M.M.   Singing for the Actor
John Hood, M.F.A.   Playwriting
Jenny Kokai, Ph.D.   Introduction to Fine Arts, Creative Drama
Robin Lewis, B.S.   Head of Dance for Musical Theatre
Linda Nenno, B.A.   Voice and Diction
David Stahl, M.F.A.   Acting for Stage
Paul Schilmelman, B.E.   Stage Combat

Dance Faculty

Kaysie Seitz Brown, M.F.A.   Dance Technique, Creative Movement for Children
Ana Baer-Carrillo, M.F.A.   Ballet, Video Dance, Production and Choreography
Tammy Fife, M.F.A.   Beginning Ballet, Jazz Dance Pedagogy
Michelle Nance, M.F.A.   Intermediate/Advanced Technique, Performance, Production, Choreography
LeAnne Smith, M.F.A.   Director of Dance, Dance History, Kinesiology, Choreography, Advanced Modern Dance
Pat Stone, M.A.   Dance Composition, Dance Improvisation, Laban Movement Analysis

Part-time Dance Faculty

Gordon Jones, M.F.A.   Music for Dancers
Shay Ishii-Hartung, M.F.A   Modern Dance, Pilates, Introduction to Fine Arts