THEATRE ARTS FACULTY and Staff

Michael Kirkland »
Associate Professor and Chair: Acting, Directing, Voice & Movement, Stage Combat
(757) 226-4730
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B.A., Theatre Arts (Acting Emphasis)
California State University, Fullerton

M.F.A., Acting and Directing
University of Southern Mississippi

Ph.D., Theatre History, Theory, Criticism, & Literature
University of Utah

Union Affiliations: AEA, SAG

Memberships: SAFD, CITA, SETC

Certifications: SAFD Certified Teacher (1992)

Professional Actor, Award winning Director and Fight Director; Published author

Gillette A. Elvgren »
Professor: Acting, Directing, Children’s Theatre, Playwriting
(757) 226-4271
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B.A., Theatre Arts
Tulane University

M.A., Theatre Arts
Tulane University

Ph.D., Theatre History, Theory & Criticism
Florida State University

Memberships: CITA/ SETC

Professional Director: Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival; New City Theatre,
Pittsburgh; Published author

Plays Produced Professionally: USA/Canada

Judy Holland-Geary »
Artist-in-Residence
757-226-4775
fax: 757-226-4279
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B.A., Theatre Arts
UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

M.F.A., Costume Design & Construction
Brooklyn College, New York

Memberships: USITT & VPA

Eric W. Harrell »
Head, MFA Acting Program
Assistant Professor: Acting, Voice and Movement
757-226-4211
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B.A., Theatre Arts
Abilene Christian University

M.F.A., Acting
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Post-graduate study: TVI Actors Studio - Los Angeles, Ohio State University

Union Affiliations: AEA, SAG

Memberships: VASTA, CITA, TETA, SETC

Professional actor, director and produced playwright.

Steven Hood
Resident Staff: Technical Director
757-226-4779
fax: 757-226-4279
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BA, Theatre Arts
California State Univ., Chico

Memberships: USITT
Union Affilitaion: IATSE

Wendy King »
Adjunct Professor: Stage Management
757-226-4298
fax: 757-226-4279
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B.A., Theatre Arts
University of Mississippi

M.F.A., Stage Management
University of Alabama (Alabama Shakespeare Festival)

Mark Paladini »
Artist-in-Residence
(757) 226-4691
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B.A., Drama
University of Washington in Seattle

Union Affiliations: AEA, SAG, AFTRA

Memberships: CSA, ATAS

David Shuhy »
Artist-in-Residence
(757) 226-4201
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Ph.D., Theatrical Design Aesthetics and Theory, Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio

M.A., Theatre
University of Maine, Orono

Beth Litwak
Box Office Manager
(757) 226-4246
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M.A. Communication (Educational Theatre/Theatre in Ministry)
Regent University

Kathi Lee Wilson »
Adjunct Professor: Voice and Musical Theatre

B.M., Vocal Performance
University of Montevallo, Alabama

B.M.E., Music Education
Old Dominion University, Virginia

Post-Graduate Study: Manhattan School of Music (NYC)

Instructor: Regent University and Christopher Newport University (Voice and Musical Theater)

L. Derek Leonidoff
Adjunct Professor
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B.A.. Theatre
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Graduate - Second City Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA

Graduate - Improv Olympic Training Center, Los Angeles, CA

Currently studying - The Groundlings Improv Comedy School, Los Angeles, CA

Professional Actor - Currently Working - VA, NC, PA, MD
Drama Director - Spring Branch Community Church, Virginia Beach, VA

Chris Nelson
Adjunct Professor
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B.A., Communications
Liberty University, VA

M.F.A., Acting
Regent University, VA

Rhonda Kohl
Adjunct Professor
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A.A.,
Bismarck State College, ND

B.A.
Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN

M.F.A.
Regent University, VA