Emerson College

Performing Arts Faculty

Kenneth Cheeseman
Artist-in-Residence (2004)
Prof. Training, University of Rhode Island; Prof. Training, Trinity Repertory Conservatory

Mr. Cheeseman studied at the International Film Workshops, with feature film directors Mark Rydell, Alex Singer, Peter Werner and Kevin Reynolds and studied improvisation with Keith Johnstone. He received the grant, "Partners in Production" to produce television programs with Boston's Deaf Community. He is Director of Educational Services for the Boston Shakespeare Company and has hosted two children's television shows, Story Shop and The Lil' Iguana Show, winners of New England Emmy and Massachusetts Broadcast Awards. He has appeared in: Domino One, Mystic River, Sundown, Big Night, Blue Diner, Next Stop Wonderland, State and Main, The Crucible, Malice, Housesitter, In Dreams, and The Proposition and television shows Monk and Law and Order: CI. He is a member of the American Repertory Theatre and Trinity Rep and has worked at regional theatres around the country as well as off-Broadway in New York.


Full Time Faculty

Melia Bensussen, Chair and Associate Professor

Robert Colby, Graduate Program Director, Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor

Mary Ellen Adams, Assistant Professor

Benny Sato Ambush, Distinguished Producing Director-In-Residence

Amelia Broome-Silberman, Artist-in-Residence

Kenneth Cheeseman, Artist-in-Residence

Kathleen Donohue, Associate Professor

Mary Harkins, Associate Professor

J. Ted Hewlett, Artist-in-Residence

Sarah Hickler, Assistant Professor

Timothy Jozwick, Associate Professor

Fredericka King, Music Historian-In-Residence

David Krasner, Associate Professor


Scott LaFeber, Associate Professor

Craig Mathers, Assistant Professor

Robbie McCauley, Professor

Leonidas Nickole, Professor Emeritus of Performing Arts

Robert Orchard, Stephen G. Langley Chair in Theatre Management and Production

Scott Pinkney, Assistant Professor
On Leave

Joshua Polster, Assistant Professor

Magda Romanska, Assistant Professor

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Assistant Professor

Maureen Shea, Professor

Stephen Terrell, Head of Musical Theatre and Artist-in-Residence

Scott Wheeler, Associate Professor

Marlena Yannetti, Artist-In-Residence

Part Time Faculty
Debra Acquavella
Joseph Antoun
Bonnie Baggesen
Gina Beck
Brynna Bloomfield
Gail Burton
Nicole Cerra
Andrew Clarke
Keith Cornelius
Brian Cronin
Ronald De Marco
Jose Delgado
Richelle Devereaux Murray
Gary Durham
Sean Edgecomb
Benjamin Evett
Jennifer Farrell
Nancy Finn
Bridget Frey
Richard Gilman
Jonathan Goldberg
Todd Gordon
Margaret Gorrill
Kathryn Hassinger
Julie Hennrikus
Stephanie Heroux
Eric Hofbauer
Rafael Jaen
Raht Ketusingha
Michael Kreutz
Anna Lantz
Sabrina Learman
William LeBow
Wendy Lement
Shawn Mahoney
Zachary Nazar
Alison Neill
Bethany Nelson
Scott Nicholas
Courtney O'Connor
Brendan Pajak
Anthony Phelps
Nicole Pierce
David Piper
Mara Radulovic
Adriana Repetto Mead
Daniel Rodriquez
Eric Rollins
Jacqueline Romeo
Nancy Rosenberg
Karen Ruymann
Mehmet Sanlikol
Robert Serrell
Sunil Swaroop
Lawrence Switzky
Cheryl Turski
Spiro Veloudos
Eric Weiss
Steven Yakutis
Holly Zagaria
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