Performing Arts Faculty

Ms. Baggesen is the Director of Production for the Performing Arts department and Emerson Stage. She is also the co-head of the BFA Stage/Production Management program and teaches classes in stage and production management. Prior to Emerson, she was the production manager for The Acting Company, a national touring company, and has stage managed in regional and commercial theatre. Her regional credits include Trinity Repertory Company, Playmakers Repertory Company at UNC at Chapel Hill, and Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University. Her touring credits include national tours of Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis and Sunset Boulevard with Petula Clark. In addition, she has taught stage management at Rhode Island College. While earning an M.F.A. in Theatre Management and Producing at Columbia University, Ms. Baggesen continued to stage manage by substituting on The Lion King, Search for Signs of Intelligent Life, and other Broadway shows.