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/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" 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/48-mark-ringer"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/82_markringer.rev.1453900866.jpg" alt="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/47-ray-recht"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/13450_download.rev.1464811906.jpg" alt="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/41-robert-dutiel"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/80_robert_dutiel.rev.1453900865.jpeg" alt="Robert Dutiel" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" data-max-w="199" data-max-h="208"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/41-robert-dutiel">Robert Dutiel</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" 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/50-jill-stevenson"><img src="/live/image/gid/48/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,807,776/16646_Jill_Image.BW.rev.1519151538.jpg" alt="Jill Stevenson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/48/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,807,776/16646_Jill_Image.BW.rev.1519151538.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/48/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,807,776/16646_Jill_Image.BW.rev.1519151538.jpg 3x" data-max-w="807" data-max-h="776"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/50-jill-stevenson">Jill Stevenson</a></div><div class="lw_profiles_type"><p> Professor of Theatre Arts</p></div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
- <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="Professor 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/1399-melissa-tonning-kollwitz"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,479,480/18770_Melissa_Tonning-Kollwitz.rev.1535502036.jpg" alt="Melissa Tonning-Kollwitz" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,479,480/18770_Melissa_Tonning-Kollwitz.rev.1535502036.jpg 2x" data-max-w="479" data-max-h="480"/></a></span></span><div class="lw_profiles_header">Get to know:</div><div class="lw_profiles_name"><a href="/live/profiles/1399-melissa-tonning-kollwitz">Melissa Tonning-Kollwitz</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/45-richard-niles"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,26,1602,1628/5853_richard-niles-color.rev.1453902566.jpg" alt="Richard Niles" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,26,1602,1628/5853_richard-niles-color.rev.1453902566.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,26,1602,1628/5853_richard-niles-color.rev.1453902566.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1602" 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/45-richard-niles">Richard Niles</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/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" 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>
- <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, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts" 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/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" 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/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" 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/43-david-mold"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,10,683,692/19281_clZ-edcw.rev.1542566331.jpg" alt="David Mold" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,10,683,692/19281_clZ-edcw.rev.1542566331.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,10,683,692/19281_clZ-edcw.rev.1542566331.jpg 3x" data-max-w="683" data-max-h="1024"/></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 418), 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" 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>