Faculty

Matthew Montgomery

Matthew Montgomery

Matthew Montgomery is a faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. He is an actor, director, writer, producer and LGBTQ+ activist whose industry…

Sharon Marie Carnicke

Sharon Marie Carnicke

Carnicke is globally respected for her groundbreaking work on Russian acting techniques and innovative examination of film acting.

MaryAnn Hu

MaryAnn Hu

MaryAnn Hu is a faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Her Broadway credits include Queen Iduna in Disney’s Frozen, The Queen of…

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Oliver Mayer

Author of nearly 30 plays, Mayer is also Resident Faculty Master at USC’s Parkside International Residential College.

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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,…

Melinda Finberg

Melinda C. Finberg

Melinda C. Finberg is an associate professor of theatre practice in critical studies at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. She is a scholar and…

Stevie Johnson

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…

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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 East Asian studies in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and…

Boni B. Alvarez

Boni B. Alvarez

Boni B. Alvarez is a Los Angeles-based playwright-actor and faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. His plays include America Adjacent, Bloodletting, Fixed,…

Gabriella Santinelli

Gabriella Santinelli

Gabriella Santinelli is an award-winning actress, vocalist, coach, and faculty member of the USC School of Dramatic Arts. While still a theatre senior at Northwestern…