Meet our faculty

They don’t just teach drama, they live it.

  • Elsbeth M. Collins

    Elsbeth M. Collins

    A veteran stage manager, Collins also leads the BFA Stage Management program and also serves as the School’s Director of Production,

  • Sharon Marie Carnicke

    Sharon Marie Carnicke

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

  • Luis Alfaro

    A renowned playwright, performance artist, producer and director, Alfaro is the Associate Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group and a MacArthur “genius” fellow.

  • Meiling Cheng

    Meiling Cheng

    Noted performance art critic and poet, Cheng has been published widely in both English and Chinese.

  • Portrait of Velina Hasu Houston

    Velina Hasu Houston

    Award-winning playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor and screenwriter, Houston is Director of the MFA in Dramatic Writing Program.

  • Portrait of Brent Blair

    Brent Blair