Guest Artists
SPU Theatre regularly brings theatre professionals to campus as directors and designers for our seasonal productions. They work alongside our students and provide a point of contact to the professional theatre community. We also bring in specialists as guest speakers for classes and our Professional Development Series.
| Darnell Abraham |
vocal coach |
| Sean Begley |
lighting designer |
| Bretteney Beverly |
director |
| Ian Bond |
fight choreographer/director |
| Christine Marie Brown |
dialect coach |
| Andrew Coopman |
choreographer |
| Marianna DeFazio |
dialect coach |
| CT Doescher |
director |
| Adam Ende |
puppet master |
| Brian Engel |
lighting designer |
| Gregg Essex |
lighting designer |
| Emi Faltinson |
stage manager |
| Laurel Pilar Garcia |
director |
| Jordan Gerow |
scenic/projection designer |
| Gin Hammond |
dialect coach |
| Michael Hase |
projection designer |
| LeeAnn Hittenberger |
costume designer |
| Aimee Hong |
music director |
| Sadiqua Iman |
costume designer |
| Aaron Lamb |
music director |
| Sonja Lowe |
dramaturgy mentor |
| Patty Mathieu |
lighting designer |
| Annett Matteo |
puppet designer |
| Kristiana Matthews |
lighting designer |
| Kelly McDonald |
costume designer |
| Sarah Mosher |
costume designer |
| Taylor Niemeyer |
choreographer |
| Dani Norberg |
lighting designer |
| Beth Orme |
choreographer |
| Matt Orme |
fight choreographer |
| Anne Hitt Pierson |
stage management mentor |
| Mark Press |
musical director |
| Carol Roscoe |
director |
| Faith Bennett Russell |
director |
| Marianne Savell |
director |
| Nicole Song |
stage manager |
| Jessica Spencer |
director |
| Joseph Swartz |
sound designer |
| Charlotte Tiencken |
director |
| Ruben Van Kempen |
director |
| Nikki Vissel |
dialect coach |
| Robertson Witmer |
sound designer |
| Parmida Ziaei |
scenic designer |
Guest speakers
| Khristián Méndez Aguirre |
performance as public practice |
| Aaron Alonso |
production manager |
| Ariel Bui |
company manager (Seattle Repertory Theatre) |
| Iman Corbani |
live design |
| Kathy Hsieh |
writer/actress/arts advocate |
| TJ Kearney |
AEA stage manager |
| Dr. Devair Jeffries |
Intersectional Feminism and Contemporary Black Feminist Theatre |
| Maggie Lee |
playwright |
| Weiyu Li |
Orientalism, Asian American theatre and Yellowface |
| Annette Mateo |
puppet designer/builder/performer |
| Kati Nickerson |
director of youth education and outreach (Village Theatre) |
| Amy Poisson |
artistic director (Macha Theatreworks) |
| Carlos Salazar |
Post-colonialism and Decoloniality |
| Jimmy Shields |
actor/choreographer |
Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis