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One very significant component that leads to the high quality of the artistic endeavors of the Theatre Department at Willamette is the contribution made by guest artists. Faculty, staff, and students are unanimous in their agreement that the presence of the guest artists, as both teachers and fellow artists makes a vital and very special difference in program. This difference is reflected in what our students learn, create, and achieve in the classroom, in the rehearsal room, and on the stage. It is also what makes the theatre experience unique at an intimate, demanding liberal arts school like Willamette, since students gain performance and training excellence in a simultaneously broad and committed liberal arts context.

2007-2008 Season

Raissa Fleming ’79 Actor The Importance of Being Earnest	Nick Zagone '90 Playwright Driving Under the Influence	Marc Friedman Director Driving Under the Influence
	Karen Vacarro Director The Women

2006-2007 Season

John Parnham, Makeup and Special Effects Designer, The Ash Girl
Stephanie Timm, Playwright, W(h)acked, An Immorality Play
Tom Butler, Director, O Pioneers!
Jen Raynak Sound Designer, O Pioneers!
Susan Vaslev, Musical Director, O Pioneers!

2005-2006 Season

Gabrielle Brewer-Wallin Director, Dear Charlotte
Hal Logan Sound Designer, Dear Charlotte
Philip Cuomo Actor, Game of Love and Chance
Jen Raynak Sound Designer, Tongue of a Bird
Luba Zarembińska Director, Confession in Wood
Patryk Czaplicki Assistant Director, Confession in Wood
Michael Griggs Actor, Confession in Wood
Stefan Puchalski Hurdy-Gurdy, Confession in Wood

 

2004-2005 Season

Robert Quinlan Director, Sueño
Nathan Kahler Sound Designer, Sueño
Tim True Actor, Lie of the Mind
Shana Cooper Director, Marisol
Alan Stone Sound Designer, Marisol

2003-2004 Season

Michael O'Connell Actor, Three Farces and a Funeral
Tim Stapleton Sound Designer, Three Farces and a Funeral, The Promise, Our Country's Good
Bruce Hostetler Director, The Promise
Tori Haring-Smith Director, Our Country's Good
Joe Fisher Playwright, Cupid and Psyche
Bill Holznagel Puppet Maker, Cupid and Psyche
Jeff Forbes Lighting Designer, Spring Dance Concert

2002-2003 Season

Tim Wratten Lighting Designer, The Taming of the Shrew, Dance Concert
Ted deChatelet Director, Savage in Limbo, Actor, The Diviners
Michael Peterson LIghting Designer, Savage In Limbo, Big Love
Lisa Rothe Director, Big Love
Michael Griggs Director, The Diviners
Drew Flint Lighting and Sound Director, The Diviners

2001-2002 Season

Rod Ceballos Director, All My Sons
Mikel McDonald Actor, All My Sons
Rita Honka Choreographer, ... and we dance (Dance Concert)
Daryll Thomas Choreographer, ... and we dance (Dance Concert)
Teri Vore Choreographer, Quilters
Susan Vaslev Musical Director, Quilters
Suzy King Actor, Quilters
Poly Robbins Scenen Designer, The Good Person of Sichuan

2000-2001 Season

Leslie Brott Director, Tartuffe
Mikel McDonald Actor, How I Learned to Drive

1999-2000 Season

Robert G Anderson Director, You Never Can Tell, Actor, A Bright Room Called Day
Mikel McDonald Actor, You Never Can Tell
Robert Quinlan Vocal/Dialect Coach, You Never Can Tell
Carolyn Holzman Movement Director, Lysistrata
Jacky McCormick Choreographer, Bodies in States of Motion
Megan Orion Dancer, Bodies in States of Motion
John Tillotson Actor, Romeo and Juliet

1998-1999 Season

Cindy Gold Director, Arcadia
Mike Mahaffey Fight Choreographer, Romeo and Juliet

1997-1998 Season

Margo Van Ummersen Choreographer, as freedom is a breakfast food (Dance Concert)
David Gardiner Director, The Hostage
Richard Leinaweaver Actor, The Hostage
Sue Carney Musician, The Hostage
Pat O'Scannell Musician, The Hostage
Judy Schaub Musician, The Hostage
Dawn Lanphier Simon Scene Designer, Uncle Vanya

1996-1997 Season

David M. Berkely Guest Choreographer, Rose Petal Soup (Dance Concert)
Leslie Brott Actress, The Sea
Robert G Anderson Actor, The Sea
Judy Cullen Scene Designer, The Sea
Dawn Lanphier Scene Designer, Fefu and Her Friends

1995-1996 Season

Robert G. Anderson Actor, Once In a Lifetime, The Broken Jug, Othello
Billbob Brown Guest Choreopgrapher, Immigrants and Innocents (Dance Concert)
Aldo Bilingslea Actor, Othello
Robin McFarhquar Fight Choreographer, Othello
Cynthia White Director, Dancing at Lughnasa
Stacey Bean Actress, Dancing at Lughnasa

1994-1995 Season

Marc Hughes Dancer/Choreographer, Court Dances (Dance Concert)
Susan Coromel Director, Waiting for the Parade, Actress, The Cherry Orchard
Robin McFarhquar Fight Choreographer, Of Mice and Men

1993-1994 Season

Susan Coromel Voice Coach, Women of Troy
Erika Rolfsrud Actress, Women of Troy
Robin McFarqhuar Choreographer, Women of Troy
Larry Roach Actor, Terra Nova
Robert Herzog Actor, Terra Nova

1992-1993 Season

Robin McFarqhuar Fight Choreographer, The Rover
Manuel Zarate Playwright/Director, Kuka

1991-1992 Season

Steven Pachosa Guest Artist, Mixed Blood
Virginia Choate Actress, Eastern Standard
Maureen Culligan Guest Designer - Masks, Celebration
Cheney Ryan Playwright, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Ernesto Ravetto Director, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Monica Sanchez Actress, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Eli Torres Actor, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Mile 6 Rock Group, The Tooth of Crime

1990-1991 Season

Rick Jones Guest Artist, Woza Albert!
Anthony Armstrong Guest Artist, Woza Albert!
Larry Roach Actor, God's Country
Woodrow Blettel Graphic Desin, 1990/91 Season Posters

1989-1990 Season

Keith Scales Guest Artist, This Ever Living Man
Robert Meagher Playwright (Adaptation), Iphigenia
Michael Griggs Director, Iphigenia
Jacky McCormick Choreographer, Iphigenia
Barbara Bernstein Composer/Music Director, Iphigenia

1987-1989 Season

Wayne Balantine Director, The Rules of the Game
Don Caldwell Guest Artist, Damien
Jacky McCormick Dancer, Ascent (Dance Concert)

1986-1987 Season

Gray Eubank Director, The Skin of Our Teeth

1991-1992 Season

Jeff Miller Actor, Black Comedy