Theatre Arts Faculty and Staff

 

The Theatre Arts program and its students are served by five full-time theatre arts faculty and several part-time faculty members who teach courses within the theatre arts major, within the general education offerings of the college, and serve as guest faculty directors and designers for our theatre arts production season. Full faculty bios, areas of specialty, and classes taught are specified in each instructor’s faculty profile. The program also benefits from the work and contributions of our college laboratory technicians who support the work in our department, classrooms, and studio spaces.

Full-Time Faculty

    • Professor Scott Cally, MFA: Lead Professor in Design & Technology; Resident Lighting Designer; current Chairperson of the Department of Communications and Performing Arts.
    • Professor Jessica Corbin, MM: Lead Professor in Musical Theatre Voice & Music Theory; Resident Musical Director & Accompanist; Co-Coordinator for College Now Humanities 100
    • Professor Ryan McKinney, MFA, MA, MPhil: Director of Theatre Arts Program, Lead Professor in Musical Theatre History & Performance; Resident Director-Choreographer for Kingsborough Theatre Arts Production Season; Member of Departmental Personnel & Budget Committee; Director of Kingsborough Center for Teaching & Learning.
    • Professor Paul Ricciardi, MFA: Lead Professor in Voice, Speech and Acting; Designated Linklater Voice Teacher; Resident Director for Kingsborough Theatre Arts Production Season; Member of Departmental Personnel & Budget Committee; Assistant Faculty Coordinator for Liberal Arts Program.
    • Professor Thomas L. Rothacker, MFA, MA: Production Coordinator for Kingsborough Theatre Arts; Lead Professor in Dramaturgy & Theatre History; Resident Director for Kingsborough Theatre Arts Production Season; Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum (WRAC) Co-Coordinator.

Part-Time Faculty

    • Evan Caccioppoli, MFA, MA: Foundations in Theatre Arts, Acting 1, Play Analysis, History of Musical Theatre
    • Andy Evan Cohen, BA: Basic Sound Technology, Stage Management, and serves as guest faculty sound designer.
    • Miriam Grill, MFA: Acting 1, Foundations in Theatre Arts, History of Theatre, and serves as guest faculty director.
    • Colleen Kesterson, BFA: Introduction to Costume and Make-Up and serves as guest faculty costume designer.
    • Victoria Neal, MFA: Introduction to Theatre Design & Technology and Fundamentals of Theatrical Lighting.
    • Jay Michaels, MA: Foundations in Theatre Arts, Kingsborough Early College Secondary School
    • Anne Stella Weaverling, MFA: Full-Time Lecturer in Speech Communication; Teaches both Acting 1 and Foundations in Theatre Arts for the theatre arts program.

Program Staff

    • Bobbi Rene Fullerton, BA: Part-Time College Laboratory Technician in Electrics/Lighting
    • Alex Jones, BA: Part-Time College Laboratory Technician in Performance
    • Parker Krey, BA: Part-Time College Laboratory Technician in Carpentry
    • Robert Monaco, MFA: Full-Time College Laboratory Technician