Guest Artists

Seminars and workshops with distinguished visiting artists play an important role in the foundation of the curriculum. Guest artists expose the student to a wide range of theatrical styles and methods. Guests may facilitate a master class, a lecture or demonstrate as part of a required class or work in extended residency with the students of the program.

Recent Guest Artists

Richard Armstrong
Director/performer/voice teacher
www.richardarmstrong.info

Donna Dinovelli
Writer/liberettist/lyricist
www.donnadinovelli.com/

Joan Lipkin
Playwright/director/activist/educator/social critic
http://www.uppityco.com/joan.html

Venelin Shurelov
Designer/director/performer

Rinde Eckert
Performer/director/playwright/musician
www.Rindeeckert.com

Alex MacSween 
Musician/composer/sound artist
www.alexandermacsween.com/

Great Small Works
Toy theatre/mask/object theatre
https://greatsmallworks.org

Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Performance artist/activist/writer/educator
http://www.pochanostra.com/

Malcom Purkey
Director/playwright
http://thetowerlight.com/lecturers-art-is-a-call-for-change/

Lee Breuer
Director/playwright/poet
www.maboumines.org

Sabrina Hamilton
Artistic director of the Ko Festival of Performance/director/lighting designer
www.kofest.com/who-we-are/

Carmen Wong
Artistic Director/Director/Producer

Richard Emmert
Composer/musician/performer/director
www.theatrenohgaku.org/r_emmert

Irena Tomazin
Vocalist/Dancer
http://www.emanat.si/en/collaborators/irena-tomazin/

Andrew Simonet
Dancer/choreographer/Artist U coordinator
www.bmoreart.com/2013/10/work-less-and-work-smarter-andrew-simonet-explains-the-whys-and-hows-behind-artists-u.html

Sara Felder
Performer/solo theater artist/playwright
www.sarafelder.com

Liz Lerman
Choreographer/performer/writer
www.lizlerman.com

Other Guest Artists


Laure Drogoul
Interdisciplinary artist/cultural worker

Erik Ehn
Playwright
www.brown.edu/academics/theatre-arts-performance-studies/erik-ehn

Theodora Skipitares
Director/puppeteer

Tim Miller
Performance artist/activist
www.timmillerperformer.com

Holly Hughes
Performance artist
www.stamps.umich.edu/people/detail/holly_hughes

Roberta Levitow
Directora and dramaturg
Co-founder of Theatre without Borders
www.lptw30blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/roberta-levitow/

Maude Mitchell
Performer/creator
www.maboumines.org/productions/mabou-mines-dollhouse

Jim O'Quinn
Theatre critic/former American Theatre founding editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk5ktUyKPio

Michael Rohd
Director/deviser/writer/educator
www.sojourntheatre.org

Shozo Sato
Master of Zen arts
https://theatre.illinois.edu/portfolio/shozo-sato/