Michele Shay
is a Tony Award-nominated actress, director, educator, and noted interpreter of the works of playwright August Wilson.
Author: Delphine Vasko
Bayo Akinfemi and Rodney To join full-time faculty at SDA
The two bring decades of multi-platform professional experience into their classrooms.
focus on faculty
Bayo Akinfemi
Bayo Akinfemi is an assistant professor of theatre practice at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. A two-time Best Actor GEMINI awards nominee for Human…
Innovative criminal justice reforms come to life in collaborative performance
SDA and Price School of Public Policy students join forces to illustrate restorative justice.
waging witness
Susan Dalian
Susan Dalian is currently Associate Artistic Director at PlayPenn New Play Development in Philadelphia where she co-produces and directs for the annual New Play Development…
Julián Juaquín Conde
Julián Juaquín Conde is a faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. From New York with Colombian roots, Conde has cultivated his art…
Oliver Mayer
Author of nearly 30 plays, Mayer is also Resident Faculty Master at USC’s Parkside International Residential College.
Paul Urcioli
Paul Urcioli is an actor, director and producer. On TV, he just completed a pilot for ABC and most recently appeared in The Lincoln Lawyer,…
Stevie Johnson
Stevie Johnson is a faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts and is an award-winning writer, actor and professor. He has been teaching…
Rena M. Heinrich
Rena Heinrich is an associate professor of theatre practice in critical studies at the USC School of Dramatic Arts (SDA) and an affiliated professor of…