About the Department of Theatre
Get to know the faculty, staff, and history of Theatre at Kean.
Kean's Department of Theatre is staffed by a dedicated team of professionals, passionate about educating the next wave of theatre artists, educators, and scholars.
Collette Kennedy
Theatre Department Office Administrative Assistant
Mason Horne
Student Office Assistant
Past Full Time Faculty include:
Directing and Performance Faculty: Zella Fry, James Murphy, Jay Teran, Ernest Wiggins, Anna DeMers
Design and Technology Faculty: Nadine Charlsen, Margaret (Peggy) Dunn, Josh Langman
With Gratitude to past English Department Faculty: Lenore Vaughn-Eames, Sybil Browne
Adjunct Faculty
Our adjunct specialists teach courses across our curriculum in design, dance, singing, and performance. Current faculty pictured below.
Professor Charlie Del Risco
APA Performer's Presence; APA Senior Acting Showcase
Professor Heather Harrington
APA Technique and Theory of Modern; Dance History; Dance Composition
Professor Kathleen Kelly
Introduction to Theatre; Acting 1: The Actor Prepares
Professor Peggy Samuels
Stage Management Class; MainStage Stage Management mentor
Professor Stephanie Silver-Silberstein
Acting 1: The Actor Prepares
Professor Susie Speidel
Scene to Song; Intro to Theatre; Acting 1: The Actor Prepares; Theatre Administration
Professor Marissa Wolf
Introduction to Theatre; Improvisation; Senior Seminar; Senior Portfolio
Professor John Wooten
Playwrighting; Acting as a Profession BFA capstone; Premiere Stages Artistic Director; Kean University Vice President of Arts Programming
History of Theatre at Kean
Theatre at Kean has a long and rich history.
Please return at a later time for a complete history (with photos) of Theatre at Kean.