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Alumnus James Cusati-Moyer will make his Broadway debut in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION!
February 23, 2017
Alumna Annaleigh Ashford in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, with Jake Gyllenhaal, on Broadway!
February 23, 2017
Theatre Arts Alumna and Tony Nominee Adrienne Warren Tapped for Workshop of Tina Turner Bio-Musical, TINA!
December 17, 2016
First Look at Former Theatre Arts Major Adam Chanler-Berat in Amélie!
December 17, 2016
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Theatre Arts Alumna, Coming to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre!
December 14, 2016
VIDEO: Commercial for NBC’s “Hairspray Live!” starring MMC’s Maddie Baillio!
November 24, 2016
PODCAST: Former Theatre Arts Major, Adam Chanler-Berat talks RENT and the Power of Standing Up for What You Believe In!
November 13, 2016
It’s time to measure our lives in love, meditate on the power of standing up for what we believe in, and do it all with a healthy dose of rock ‘n roll. Because, as the song goes, everything is RENT, and RENT is everything to us. Hear from (former MMC Theatre Arts major) Adam Chanler-Berat and Michael McElroy as they talk about the show that swept the ’90s and inspired an entire generation of musical theatre artists. Enjoy!
Meet Theatre Arts Alumnus Nick LaMedica and America’s Favorite Sock Puppet (NY Times Article)!
November 13, 2016
Meet Theatre Arts Alumnus Nick LaMedica and America’s Favorite Sock Puppet (NY Times Article)!
What Was Marissa Jaret Winokur’s Advice to Hairspray Live!’s (and MMC Theatre’s) Tracy Turnblad?
November 13, 2016
What Was Marissa Jaret Winokur’s Advice to Hairspray Live!’s (and MMC Theatre’s) Tracy Turnblad?
Jake Gyllenhaal & Alumna Annaleigh Ashford - “Move On” - New York City Center’s SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE!
October 28, 2016
Jake Gyllenhaal & Alumna Annaleigh Ashford - “Move On” - New York City Center’s SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE!

<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.jpg" alt="Ellen Orenstein" title="Ellen Orenstein" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/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.jpg" alt="David Mold" title="David Mold" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/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.jpg" alt="Mary Fleischer" title="Mary Fleischer" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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.jpg" alt="Barbara Adrian" title="Barbara Adrian" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/950-timothy-johnson"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/11028_timmy2_copy.jpg" alt="Timothy Johnson" title="Timothy Johnson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/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.jpg" alt="Kevin Connell" title="Kevin Connell" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/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.jpeg" alt="Antonio Edwards Suarez" title="Antonio Edwards Suarez" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/47-ray-recht"><img src="/live/image/gid/121/width/200/height/200/crop/1/13450_download.jpg" alt="Ray Recht" title="Ray Recht" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/38-john-basil"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/1069,1863,1069,1863/15453_john_basil_headshot.jpg" alt="John Basil" title="John Basil" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/49-patricia-hoag-simon"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1236,1236/1945_img_0090.jpg" alt="Patricia Hoag Simon" title="Patricia Hoag Simon" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/51-christine-riley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/218_mysqldb.jpeg" alt="Christine Riley" title="Christine Riley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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">Visiting Instructor in 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/50-jill-stevenson"><img src="/live/image/gid/163/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/0,92,654,746/7439_photoptown.jpg" alt="Jill Stevenson" title="Jill Stevenson" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/1713-karen-kinsley"><img src="/live/image/gid/95/width/200/height/200/crop/1/src_region/204,208,1033,1037/13827_karen2.jpg" alt="Karen Kinsley" title="Karen Kinsley" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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">Visiting Instructor of Theatre Arts</div><div class="lw_profiles_description"/>
<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.jpeg" alt="Robert Dutiel" title="Robert Dutiel" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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/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.jpg" alt="Richard Niles" title="Richard Niles" class="lw_image" width="200" height="200"/></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"/>

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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.