Department Chair

Sabrina Notarfrancisco, Associate Professor of Theater, Chair of the Department of Theater

Sabrina Notarfrancisco

Associate Professor of Theater, Chair of the Department of Theater

Costume design • Costume construction • History of Western Fashion • Wearable Politics • International Design


Faculty

Virginia Anderson, Professor of Theater, Public Health Pathway Coordinator

Virginia Anderson

Professor of Theater, Public Health Pathway Coordinator, Interim Director of the Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy

The AIDS Epidemic in Theater and Film • Theater History • Musical Theater • Theater and Social Change • Theater for Young Audiences • Dramaturgy • Performance Studies


Samuel Biondolillo, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater

Samuel Biondolillo

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater

Lighting Design • Projection Design • Production Management • Business of Theatre • Producing • Theatre Design History


David Jaffe, Professor of Theater

David Jaffe

Professor of Theater

Actor training • Collectively created performance • Theatrical adaptation • The works of Anton Chekhov


Kenneth Prestininzi, Professor of Theater

Kenneth Prestininzi

Professor of Theater

(Sabbatical Fall 2025)

Playwriting • Creative ensemble • Performance studies • Theater history and literature


Malik Work ’98, Adjunct Professor of Theater

Malik Work ’98

Adjunct Professor of Theater

Acting • Directing • Playwriting • Hip-Hop



Staff

Dotty Jo Scott

Academic Department Assistant

Associated Faculty

In Memoriam

Linda Herr

Professor Emeritus of Theater