Our faculty are actively engaged in their fields as performers, scholars, directors, dramaturgs, designers, arts managers, writers and producers. The student-faculty ratio in performance and production classes is 12:1 and each theatre student is assigned a full-time faculty advisor.
Barbara Adrian, Professor of Theatre Arts, in rehearsal with the cast of Stage Door (Fall 2013)
Because of Marymount Manhattan’s prime location in New York City, our students benefit from their faculty’s connections to a wide range of theatre companies and arts organizations including: the Stratford Festival (Canada), the National Theatre (London), Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Scotland), La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Ensemble Studio Theatre, Irondale Project, Theatreworks USA, The Signature Theatre Company, The Drama League, The Women’s Project, Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Actor’s Studio, The New York Shakespeare Festival, The Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Saturday Night Live, HB Studios, Red Bull Theatre, Hip to Hip Theatre Company, National Asian American Theatre Company, The American Globe Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, New Ohio Theatre, and Manhattan Theatre Club.
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/1713-karen-kinsley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.rev.1473350236.jpg" alt="Karen Kinsley" title="Karen Kinsley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.rev.1473350236.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.rev.1473350236.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1365" data-max-h="2048"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/1713-karen-kinsley">Karen Kinsley</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/51-christine-riley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,200,300/218_mysqldb.rev.1453900900.jpeg" alt="Christine Riley" title="Christine Riley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="200" data-max-h="300"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/51-christine-riley">Christine Riley</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Christine is currently a member of the faculty at Marymount Manhattan College, a musical director for Camp Broadway and maintains a private vocal coaching studio.</div>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/47-ray-recht"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/13450_download.rev.1464811906.jpg" alt="Ray Recht" title="Ray Recht" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="189" data-max-h="267"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/47-ray-recht">Ray Recht</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">“Good design does not happen by accident.”</div>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/49-patricia-hoag-simon"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2976,2370/18823_Pat_B_and_Hal.rev.1536679400.jpg" alt="Patricia Hoag Simon" title="Patricia Hoag Simon" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2976,2370/18823_Pat_B_and_Hal.rev.1536679400.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2976,2370/18823_Pat_B_and_Hal.rev.1536679400.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2976" data-max-h="2370"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/49-patricia-hoag-simon">Patricia Hoag Simon</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Program</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/42-mary-fleischer"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,50,1556,1606/2054_mf_portrait_8-13.rev.1453901448.jpg" alt="Mary Fleischer" title="Mary Fleischer" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,50,1556,1606/2054_mf_portrait_8-13.rev.1453901448.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,50,1556,1606/2054_mf_portrait_8-13.rev.1453901448.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1556" data-max-h="1650"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/42-mary-fleischer">Mary Fleischer</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Chair, Department of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Mary Fleischer is a Professor of Theatre Arts, serves as Chair of the Theatre Arts Department, and teaches courses in directing, dramatic literature, performance theory and history, and producing. She holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and her interdisciplinary interests have inspired performance and research activities, including her book, Embodied Texts: Symbolist Playwright-Dancer Collaborations. She received the MMC Teaching Excellence Award in 2005.</div>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/26-barbara-adrian"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,433,433/66_barbara_adrian_headshot11.rev.1453900864.jpg" alt="Barbara Adrian" title="Barbara Adrian" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,433,433/66_barbara_adrian_headshot11.rev.1453900864.jpg 2x" data-max-w="433" data-max-h="648"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/26-barbara-adrian">Barbara Adrian</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/2650-lori-zepp"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/230,166,1928,1862/18819_IMG_3694.rev.1536614750.JPG" alt="Lori Zepp" title="Lori Zepp" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/230,166,1928,1862/18819_IMG_3694.rev.1536614750.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/230,166,1928,1862/18819_IMG_3694.rev.1536614750.JPG 3x" data-max-w="2133" data-max-h="3200"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/2650-lori-zepp">Lori Zepp</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/48-mark-ringer"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/82_markringer.rev.1453900866.jpg" alt="Mark Ringer" title="Mark Ringer" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="200" data-max-h="272"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/48-mark-ringer">Mark Ringer</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type"><p> Professor of Theatre Arts</p></div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Mark Ringer is a Professor of Theatre Arts at MMC. He has worked as an actor, director, and dramaturge throughout the United States and Europe. His translations of Euripides’ “Bacchae” and Lessing’s “Nathan the Wise” have received successful performances as have several of his adaptations. He was seen Off Broadway as Polonius in two different stagings of “The Heart of My Mystery: The Hamlet Project”, an adaptation which he co-authored. His one- play fusion of Shakespeare’ s “Henry IV Parts I and II” was produced at the Shakespearean Theatre of Maine, a production in which he also played Falstaff. He has worked professionally on productions of half of Shakespeare’s plays.</div>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/40-kevin-connell"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,427/9370_facebook_day_of_shoot_copy.rev.1453903646.jpg" alt="Kevin Connell" title="Kevin Connell" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,427,427/9370_facebook_day_of_shoot_copy.rev.1453903646.jpg 2x" data-max-w="427" data-max-h="640"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/40-kevin-connell">Kevin Connell</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Chair of Theatre Arts<br/>Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Recruiter for Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">KEVIN CONNELL is currently a Professor of Theatre Arts, at Marymount Manhattan College, where he serves as the Assistant Chair and Recruiter for the Department of Theatre Arts. He attended The Ohio State University (BFA) and the University of California, San Diego (MFA).</div>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/43-david-mold"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,32,1000,1032/3896_mmc_13-09-09_003.rev.1453902034.jpg" alt="David Mold" title="David Mold" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,32,1000,1032/3896_mmc_13-09-09_003.rev.1453902034.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,32,1000,1032/3896_mmc_13-09-09_003.rev.1453902034.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1000" data-max-h="1503"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/43-david-mold">David Mold</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Professor of Theatre Arts<br/>Chair, Division of Fine and Performing Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Professor Mold is the Chair of the Division of Fine & Performing Arts. Courses he teaches include Acting I (THTR 211/212), Acting II (THTR 341/342), The Business of Acting (THTR 318), Theatre Production Workshop (THTR 343), and Directing III (THTR 406). MMC stage directing credits include Bogosian’s suburbia, Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, The Seagull by Chekhov, Miller’s The Crucible, Paul Green and Richard Wright’s Native Son: The Biography of a Young American (an adaptation of Wright’s novel), John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath adapted by Frank Galati, George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara, Sam Shepard’s Geography of a Horse Dreamer, Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman’s Stage Door, and Shakespeare’s Pericles. Professor Mold served as the first elected vice president of the College’s Faculty Council from 2007-2010. He is also active in higher education as a consultant in program review for fine and performing arts departments, completing such reviews for Iona College and York College, CUNY.</div>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/46-ellen-orenstein"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/83_ellen-orenstein.rev.1453900866.jpg" alt="Ellen Orenstein" title="Ellen Orenstein" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="499" data-max-h="374"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/46-ellen-orenstein">Ellen Orenstein</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Ellen Orenstein is an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and the Coordinator for Freshman/Sophomore Acting at Marymount Manhattan College. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the University of Washington.</div>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/949-antonio-edwards-suarez"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/322,4,1491,1174/8820_scan_1-4.rev.1472490809.jpeg" alt="Antonio Edwards Suarez" title="Antonio Edwards Suarez" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/322,4,1491,1174/8820_scan_1-4.rev.1472490809.jpeg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/322,4,1491,1174/8820_scan_1-4.rev.1472490809.jpeg 3x" data-max-w="1650" data-max-h="1275"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/949-antonio-edwards-suarez">Antonio Edwards Suarez</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Coordinator of Junior and Senior Acting</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/38-john-basil"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/180,61,1589,1470/15453_john_basil_headshot.rev.1496667820.jpg" alt="John Basil" title="John Basil" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/180,61,1589,1470/15453_john_basil_headshot.rev.1496667820.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/180,61,1589,1470/15453_john_basil_headshot.rev.1496667820.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1639" data-max-h="2048"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/38-john-basil">John Basil</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Associate Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/1403-emily-clark"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1017,0,3148,2133/18801_IMG_3727.rev.1536246078.JPG" alt="Emily Clark" title="Emily Clark" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1017,0,3148,2133/18801_IMG_3727.rev.1536246078.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1017,0,3148,2133/18801_IMG_3727.rev.1536246078.JPG 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2133"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/1403-emily-clark">Emily Clark</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <span class="lw_profiles_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/950-timothy-johnson"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1365,2048/11028_timmy2_copy.rev.1472490809.jpg" alt="Timothy Johnson" title="Timothy Johnson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1365,2048/11028_timmy2_copy.rev.1472490809.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1365,2048/11028_timmy2_copy.rev.1472490809.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1365" data-max-h="2048"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/950-timothy-johnson">Timothy Johnson</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type">Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description">Professor Johnson received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music with Flute as his major instrument. During his senior year at B-W he was the First Prize Winner in the Conservatory’s Annual Concerto Competition. He received an MFA in Acting from the University of Washington. He was an Assistant Professor of Acting/Movement at Ohio University. He is a former Artistic Associate at Rosie’s Theater Kids.</div>