Theater Arts Faculty

Faculty

• Allen Cohen, Professor of Music
• Nolan Hennelly, Assistant Professor of Theater
• David Landau, Professor of Cinematography
• Stacie Lents, Theater Program Director, Professor of Acting
• Cynthia Loewus, Clinical Assistant Professor

Adjunct Faculty

• Kevin Brown, Bass Instructor
• Maiko Chii, Set Design Instructor
• Kristin Condon, Acting for Film and TV Instructor
• Christina Cruz, Dance Instructor
• Abe Ovadia, Guitar Instructor
• Meagan Hodson, Vocal Technique Instructor
• Susanne Houstle, Costume Design Instructor
• Mariana Karpatova, Vocal Technique Instructor
• Amy Morrison, Voice, and Speech Instructor
• John Pietrowski, Theater History Instructor
• Jamal Rana, Acting Instructor (Metro)
• Alexis Roblan, Playwriting Instructor
• Jane Seaman, Vocal Technique Instructor
• Stephanie Silberstein, Acting Instructor
• Nicholas Tapley, Vocal Technique Instructor
• Peter Toth, Piano Instructor

• Athos Vardouniotis, Theater Instructor (Metro)

Administrative and Production Staff

• John Ehrenberg, Technical Director
• Joan Agresto, Assistant to the Director of Theater
• Kate Nejman, Production Manager

Master Class Series

FDU Theater within FDU School of the Arts is proud to offer master classes for its majors, providing opportunities to learn from and network with well-known professionals in the industry. We also bring guests into our studio classes so that students have a chance to work with professional actors and creative artists of note.

Past guests include:

• Andre Braugher  (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, House, Homicide: Life on the Street, Glory)
• Norbert Leo Butz (Two-time Tony-Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical)
• Jasmine Carmichael (Sneaky Pete; Blue Bloods; Chicago PD, Law and Order: SVU; Romeo and Juliet in Harlem)
• Laverne Cox (Four-time Emmy-nominated actress and Emmy-award winning producer)
• Peter Filichia (Celebrated theater critic, author, and Theater World Awards presenter)
• Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard, Monsters and Men, Joe Bell)
• Maurice Jones (30 Rock, Blue Bloods, Winter’s Tale, And So It Goes)
• Izzie Steele (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency; HBO’s Divorced)
• David Turner (Broadway: The Boys in the Band; Sunday in the Park with George, Arcadia; On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever; Chance & Chemistry; The Ritz; In My Life; The Invention of Love)

• Stuart Zagnit (Seussical, Pokémon)