ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
Megan Monaghan Rivas
![Megan Monaghan Rivas](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2021/09/Megan_Headshot-150x150.jpg)
Department Head, Dramatic Arts
Artistic Director, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
megan.rivas@uconn.edu
860-486-1621
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Christianne AE Smith
![Christianne AE Smith](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2023/08/Smith-C-Profile-1-150x150.jpg)
Program Assistant, Dramatic Arts
christianne.smith@uconn.edu
860-486-1635
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Carter Smith
![Carter Smith](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2024/03/Smith-Carter-150x150.jpeg)
Company & House Manager, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
cfs16113@uconn.edu
(860) 486-1629
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Michelle Polgar
![Michelle Polgar](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2022/09/DSC0775-150x150.jpg)
Managing Director, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
michelle.polgar@uconn.edu
(860) 486-4799
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Robert E. Copley, Jr.
![Robert E. Copley, Jr.](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/Drama_Copley-edit-150x150.jpg)
Production Manager, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
bob.copley@uconn.edu
860-486-1620
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Annie Suite
![Annie Suite](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2023/08/IMG_2175-1-150x150.jpeg)
Box Office Manager, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
annie.suite@uconn.edu
(860) 486-2113
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ACTING
Kristin Wold
![Kristin Wold](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2013/09/wold-150x150.jpg)
Interim Head of MFA Acting
Head of BFA Acting
Assistant Professor in Residence, Performance
kristin.wold@uconn.edu
860-486-1622
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Jennifer Scapetis
![Jennifer Scapetis](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2018/01/Jen_Drama_HS-003-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Voice, Speech, and Dialects
jennifer.scapetis@uconn.edu
860-486-1632
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Michael Samuel Kaplan
![Michael Samuel Kaplan](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2023/06/Kaplan-Headshot-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Voice, Speech, and Dialects
michael.kaplan@uconn.edu
860-486-1630
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ARTS LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL MANAGMENT
DESIGN & TECH
Alexander Woodward
![Alexander Woodward](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2018/09/HEADSHOT-Alexander-12-6-2017_2-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Scenic Design
Area Head of Design & Tech
alexander.2.woodward@uconn.edu
860-486-4185
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Michael Chybowski
![Michael Chybowski](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2013/09/Michael_Chybowski1-120x150.jpg)
Associate Professor, Lighting Design
michael.chybowski@uconn.edu
860-486-1623
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Edward Weingart
![Edward Weingart](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/Drama_Weingart-edit-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor, Technical Direction
Co-Director of the Krenicki Arts and Engineering Institute
edward.weingart@uconn.edu
860-486-1877
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Michael Beschta
![Michael Beschta](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2022/09/Michael-Beschta-Headshot-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor in Residence, Technical Direction
Technical Director, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
michael.beschta@uconn.edu
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Daniela Weiser
![Daniela Weiser](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/Drama_Wiser-edit-150x150.jpg)
Assistant Professor in Residence, Design
Scenic Charge Artist, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Associate Department Head for Courses & Curriculum
daniela.weiser@uconn.edu
860-486-1631
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Alison Savino
![Alison Savino](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2023/08/Alison-Savino_Headshot-150x150.jpg)
Visiting Assistant Professor in Residence, Stage Management
a.savino@uconn.edu
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PUPPET ARTS
Bart Roccoberton, Jr.
![Bart Roccoberton, Jr.](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/Drama_Roccoberton-edit-150x150.jpg)
Professor, Puppet Arts
Area Head Puppet Arts Program
bp.roccoberton@uconn.edu
860-486-2842
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Emily Wicks
![Emily Wicks](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2018/03/EW-Photo-150x150.jpg)
Program Assistant, Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry
emily.wicks@uconn.edu
860-486-8585
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John Bell
![John Bell](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/Drama_Bell-edit-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor, Puppet Arts / Director, Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry
john.bell@uconn.edu
860-486-8580
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Matthew Sorensen
![Matthew Sorensen](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2023/08/SorensenHeadshot-150x150.png)
Visiting Assistant Professor in Residence, Puppet Arts
matthew.sorensen@uconn.edu
860-486-5110
THEATRE STUDIES
Lindsay Cummings
![Lindsay Cummings](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/Drama_Cummings-edit-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor, Theatre Studies
Area Head of Theatre Studies
lindsay.cummings@uconn.edu
860-486-6045
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Gary M. English
![Gary M. English](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/GaryHeadshot-resized-150x150.jpg)
Professor, Theatre Studies
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
gary.english@uconn.edu
860-486-2281
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Adrienne Macki
![Adrienne Macki](https://drama.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2450/2015/06/Drama_Braconi-edit-150x150.jpg)
Associate Professor, Theatre History, Literature, and Criticism
adrienne.macki@uconn.edu
860-486-0285
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