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 |
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 |
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 |
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