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Braden Blauser, Production Manager/Technical Director, Assistant Professor
braden.blauser@louisville.edu | 502-852-8688
Research Areas: Technical Direction
Playhouse 112 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Catron Booker, Co-Director of AATP, Assistant Professor
catron.booker@louisville.edu | 502-852-8448
Research Areas: Acting, Directing, African American Theatre, Film
Thrust 127A | View Research/Faculty Profile
J. Ariadne Calvano, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor
ariadne.calvano@louisville.edu | 502-852-8447
Research Areas: Movement, Intimacy, Acting, Directing
Thrust 112 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Rachel Carter, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor
rachel.hillmer@louisville.edu | 502-852-8446
Research Areas: Voice & Dialect, Acting
Thrust 120 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Kevin D. Gawley, Department Chair, Associate Professor
kevin.gawley@louisville.edu | 502-852-8444
Research Areas: Lighting Design, Scenic Design, Projection Design
Thrust 116/Playhouse 110 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Zhanna Goldentul, Associate Professor - Term
z.goldentul@louisville.edu
Research Areas: Costume Design, Makeup Design
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LaShondra Hood, Co-Director of AATP, Rep Company Director, Assistant Professor - Term
lashondra.hood@louisville.edu | 502-852-8526
Research Areas: Acting, African American Theatre
Thrust 121 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Molly Morgan, Assistant Professor - Term
molly.morgan.1@louisville.edu | 502-852-8579
Research Areas: Costume Design, Makeup Design
Thrust 127 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Jennifer Pennington, Assistant Professor
jennifer.pennington@louisville.edu | 502-852-8443
Research Areas: Acting, Directing
Thrust 111 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Janna Segal, Ph.D., Associate Professor
janna.segal@louisville.edu | 502-852-8445
Research Areas: Dramaturgy, Theatre History, Playwriting
Thrust 113 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Jerome Wills, Assistant Professor - Term
jerome.wills@louisville.edu | 502-852-8683
Research Areas: Scenic Design, Sound Design, Underscoring & Composition, Projection Design
Playhouse 202 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Stephan Carpenter, Events & Marketing Coordinator
stephan.carpenter@louisville.edu | 502-852-7682
Miranda Cisneros, Scene Shop Supervisor
miranda.cisneros@louisville.edu
LaJa Hurt, Department Coordinator
laja.hurt@louisville.edu | 502-852-5922
Melissa Kenny Shepherd, Costume Shop Supervisor
Lois Abdelmalek, Part-Time Lecturer
lois.abdelmalek@louisville.edu
Melony Caulder, Part-Time Lecturer
Brandi LaShay, Part-Time Lecturer
Frankie Lewis, Part-Time Lecturer
Tyler Tate, Part-Time Lecturer
Dara Jade Tiller, Part-Time Lecturer
MichaelJoseph Barber, 3rd-Year Graduate Assistant
michaeljoseph.barber@louisville.edu
Daniel Jordan Barrett, 2nd-Year Graduate Assistant
Dylan Fisher, 2nd-Year Graduate Assistant
Andrea Haskett, 2nd-Year Graduate Assistant
Tyja Lynnx, 2nd-Year Graduate Assistant
Audrey MacNeil, 2nd-Year Graduate Assistant
Razaria Copeland, 1st-Year Graduate Assistant
razaria.copeland@louisville.edu
Janiyah Harris, 1st-Year Graduate Assistant
Marquise Hillman, 1st-Year Graduate Assistant
marquise.hillman@louisville.edu
Kelso, 1st-Year Graduate Assistant
Wayne Taylor, 1st-Year Graduate Assistant
Garry Brown | Former Technical Director & Production Manager, Former Director of Graduate Studies
Nefertiti Burton | Former Department Chair, Former Director of the AATP
Rinda Frye | Former Department Chair, Former Director of the AATP, Former Director of Graduate Studies
Bert Harris | Founding Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts and Speech, Founder of the UofL Repertory Company
Michael F. Hottois | Former Department Chair, Former Production Designer
Lundeanna Thomas | Former Director of the AATP
James Tompkins | Former Movement Professor
Russ Vandebrouke | Former Department Chair
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