About Our Faculty and Staff
The theatre faculty offers a rich diversity of theatrical knowledge, experiences and interests. Rigorously committed to art and exploration, the theatre faculty is active, caring, and dedicated to helping each and every student discover and develop their own artistic talents and interests. Our faculty possess a wide range of directing, acting, voice, movement and design techniques and have skills and experience in performance art and puppet theatre.
Full-time Faculty and Staff
- Eve Muson
- Department Chair; Associate Professor
- ebmuson@umbc.edu
- She/Her; PAHB 324
- Eve’s Biography
- Department Chair; Associate Professor
- Eric Abele
- Associate Chair; Undergraduate Program Director; Teaching Professor – Costume Design
- abele@umbc.edu
- He/They; PAHB 325
- Eric’s Biography
- Associate Chair; Undergraduate Program Director; Teaching Professor – Costume Design
- Margaret Caster
- Assistant Costume Shop Manager
- mcaster1@umbc.edu
- She/Her; PAHB 205
- Margaret’s Biography
- Assistant Costume Shop Manager
- Nikki Hartman
- Associate Professor – Acting and Directing
- NikkiHart@umbc.edu
- She/Her; PAHB 334
- Nikki’s Biography
- Associate Professor – Acting and Directing
- Becca Janney
- Visiting Lecturer – Costume Technology and Design
- bjanney@umbc.edu
- They/Thons; PAHB 205
- Visiting Lecturer – Costume Technology and Design
- Susan McCully
- Associate Professor
- mccully@umbc.edu
- They/She; PAHB 329
- Susan’s Biography
- Associate Professor
- Evan McDougall
- Assistant Technical Director; Head Electrician
- emcd@umbc.edu
- He/Him; PAHB 119
- Evan’s Biography
- Assistant Technical Director; Head Electrician
- Adam Mendelson
- Associate Teaching Professor – Lighting and Sound Design
- am@umbc.edu
- He/Him; PAHB 116
- Adam’s Biography
- Associate Teaching Professor – Lighting and Sound Design
- Greggory Schraven
- Technical Director; Production Manager; Associate Teaching Professor
- schraven@umbc.edu
- He/Him; PAHB 335
- Greggory’s Biography
- Technical Director; Production Manager; Associate Teaching Professor
- Colette Searls
- Professor
- csearls@umbc.edu
- She/Her; PAHB 327
- Colette’s Biography
- Professor
- Nigel Semaj
- Assistant Professor
- nigelsemaj@umbc.edu
- They/Them; PAHB 331
- Nigel’s Biography
- Assistant Professor
- Grace Shepperd
- Production Stage Manager
- gsheppe1@umbc.edu
- She/Her; PAHB 115
- Production Stage Manager
- Nate Sinnott
- Associate Professor – Set Design
- nsinnott@umbc.edu
- He/Him; PAHB 330
- Nate’s Biography
- Associate Professor – Set Design
- Gerrad Alex Taylor
- Assistant Professor; Head of BFA Acting
- gtaylor@umbc.edu
- He/Him; PAHB 328
- Gerrad’s Biography
- Assistant Professor; Head of BFA Acting
Office Staff
- Stephanie Schuster
- Business Services Specialist
- sschuste@umbc.edu
- She/Her; PAHB 322
- Business Services Specialist
- Katie Hileman
- General Associate
- hikat1@umbc.edu
- She/Her; PAHB 322
- General Associate
Adjunct Faculty and Part Time Staff
- Tyler Brust
- He/Him; alt.tyler.brust@gmail.com
- Andrew Hann
- He/Him; ahann2@umbc.edu
- Katie Hileman
- She/Her; hikat1@umbc.edu
- Joseph W. Ritsch
- They/Them; jritsch@umbc.edu
- Susan Stroupe
- She/Her; stroupes@umbc.edu
Emeritus Faculty and Professional Staff
- William T. Brown
- Terry Cobb
- Dr. Alan Kreizenbeck
- Xerxes Mehta
- Wendy Salkind
- Lynn Watson