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Guest Artists for 2023-24
More info to come.
Previous Guest Artists
Rebecca Barnstaple – guest lecturer
Melissa Blackall – master class, photography
Zach Brewster-Geisz ’94 – sound designer
Brandon Brown – guest lecturer
Kirsten Cairns – director/choreographer
Jamison Curcio – guest lecturer
Roma Flowers – guest lecturer
Serenity Smith Forchion – stunt/movement coordinator
Wallace Gonçalves Lino – guest lecturer
Jamie Grant – light designer
Heidi Henderson – performer & guest lecturer
Leo Hylton – guest lecturer
Terrance Karn – percussion accompanist
Sulu LeoNimm – guest lecturer, Theater of the Opressed
Megan Mazarick – performer
Tayte Messman ’19 – light designer
Betsy Miller – guest lecturer
Justin Moriarty – light designer
Kaylee Pomelow Book ’19 – assistant director
Glen Porter ’92 – performer
Jory Raphael ’02 – performer
Dustin Tucker – scenic design
Tess Van Horn – director
Tara Weaver – guest lecturer
Portland Ballet
Theatre in the Open
Leymis Bolanos Wilmott – Choreographer, and Dancer
Moira Driscoll – Actor/Director
Jamie Grant – Light Design
Teniece Divya Johnson – Intimacy Coach
Elizabeth Johnson Levine – Choreographer, Dancer, and Educator
Callie Kimball – Playwright
Mali Mrozinski – Costume Design, Fall Show
Nia Nottage – Curator for Artistic Events
Anat Shinar – Performance Artist, Writer, and Educator
Raphael Soifer – Artist/Activist
Mariana Valencia – Contemporary Multidisciplinary Artist
Christopher Akerlind – Set Designer
Takiyah Nur Amin – Department Curriculum Consultant
Alexis Atkinson – Choreographer
Rebecca Barnstaple – Dance Lecturer
Kate Beaver – Maine Music & Health
Kathleen Brown – Costume Design, Fall Show
Dan Burson – Playwriting & Dramaturg Lecturer
Kathryn Butler – Photographer & Choreographer
Cassils – Visual Artist, Activism Lecturer
Erin Charpentier, member of Weird Allan Kaprow – Activism Lecturer
Coleman Collins – Designer
Ping Chong Company – Performance Art Workshop
Rafa Esparza – Activism Lecturer
Meghan Frederick – Choreographer
Kevin R. Free – Director, Guest Lecturer
Kirsten Greenidge – Playwriting
Matthew Harris – Actor
Heidi Henderson – Choreographer
Tyrone Henderson – Actor
Theresa Incampo – Activism Lecturer
Shakia Johnson – Choreographer
May Joseph – Cultural and Environmental Lecturer
Madeline Kurtz – Choreographer
Albert Mathias – Composer
Ellen Maynard – Choreographer
Delaney McDonough – Choreographer
Sarah Oppenheim – Dance Lecturer
Chris Ogden – Videographer
Bari Robinson – Actor and Teaching Artist
The Black School – Art and Activism Lecturers
Christina Soriano – Dance Lecturer
Lise Soskolne (W.A.G.E.) – Advocate for the Arts
Soza Artists – Performance Artists
Alex Strada – Performance Artist
Tetonic Theater – Devised Theater Workshop
Curtis Thomas – Dancer
Tanin Torabi – Performance, Choreography, and Film Artist
Urban Bush Women (Samantha Speis) – Choreographer
Andrei Malaev-Babelis – Master Class, The Demidov Acting Technique
Toby Vera Bercovici – Intimacy Choreography
Matthew Cumbie – JanPlan, Moving Towards Change: Dance and Civic Engagement
Lynne Conner – Guest Lecturer
COMPAGNIE DYPTIK Dance Company – Master Class, French Hip Hop
Scott Elliot – Guest Lecturer
Kevin R. Free – Guest Director, Fall Play
Janice Gardner – Guest Lecturer
Jamie Grant – Lighting Design
Marcela Guerrero – Guest Lecturer
Allie James – Master Class, Hip Hop
Dana Legawiec – Master Class, Performing with Masks
Chris Ogden – Videography
Seth Asa Sengel – Sound Design
Sally Wood – Master Class, Stage Combat
Kelly Bartnik – Guest Lecturer
Toby Vera Bercovici – Guest Director
Magnus Pind Bjerre – Guest Lecturer
Kathryn Butler – Guest Lecturer/Performer
The American Shakespeare Company – Master Class, Acting
Katie Cristine Conrad – Guest Performer
Dance Exchange – Guest Lecturer
Nancy Farrar – Guest Lecturer, Welding
Molly Gawler – Guest Lecturer, Modern Dance
Sara Gibbons – Guest Lecturer
Jamie Grant – Lighting Design
Tessa Hauptman – Guest Composer
Rene Johnson – Guest Stage Manager/Board Operator
Stacey Koloski – Guest Lecturer (Fringe Theater)
10 Hairy Legs – Guest Lecturer
Delaney McDonough – Guest Lecturer
Angela Jepson Marks – Master Class, Stage Combat
Justin Moriarty – Lighting Design
End of Men – Guest Lecturer/Performer
Noe Montez – Guest Lecturer
Chris Ogden – Videography
Joanna Patterson – Guest Lecturer
Caitlin Scholl – Guest Composer
Sarah Stefana Smith – Guest Lecturer
Steven Stratford – Guest Lecturer
Michaela Wirth – Lighting Designer
Emma Ayres and Old Flame – Guest Lecturer / Music for The Annotated Taming: Or, Out of the Saddle, into the Dirt
Kelly Bartnik – Guest Lecturer
Caroline Bicks – Guest Lecturer
Daniel Bilodeau – Scenic Designer for The Annotated Taming: Or, Out of the Saddle, into the Dirt
Melissa Blackall – Professional Photography
Zach Brewster-Geisz – Sound Designer for Scenes from an Execution
Kathryn Butler – Assistant Choreographer/Stage Manager for The Dog
Matt Cost – Light Design for Scenes from an Execution
Michaela Denoncourt (Wirth) – Light Design for The Passion Project
Jeff Earickson – Professional Photography
Katherine Ferrier – Guest Lecturer
Colleen Fitzgerald – Guest Lecturer, performer of Ndemeh
Jim Forbes – Master Carpenter
Marjorie Gallant – Stage Management Mentoring and Graphic Design
Sara Gibbons – Choreographer for The Dog
Jeannine Haas – Guest Lecturer, Death Wings residency
Derek Jackson – Stage manager, g e e l
René Johnson – Guest Lecturer/performer of g e e l / Stage manager for The Passion Project
Shakia Johnson – Guest Lecturer, Hip Hop Workshop
Dana Legawiec – Guest Lecturer, Death Wings residency
Thomas Lue ’16 – Graphic Design for How to Start Over
Catherine McCurry – Sound Design for The Annotated Taming: Or, Out of the Saddle, into the Dirt
Delaney McDonough ’13 – Choreographer
Donna McNeil – Guest Lecturer
Justin Moriarty – Light Design for Break, Burn, Build and Quicksand
Chris Ogden – Videography for the Portland Ballet Project and Quicksand
Aimee Petrin – Guest Lecturer
Myka Plunkett – Guest Lecturer, Death Wings residency
Sarah Pope – Dancer for The Dog
Jenna Reigel – Choreographer for Quicksand
Edward Rice – Guest Lecturer
Carolyn Sadeh – Guest Lecturer, Death Wings residency
Nell Shipman – Guest Lecturer / Choreographer for the Portland Ballet Project
Ezekial Steward – Dancer for The Dog
Kari Wagner-Peck – Guest Lecturer/performer of Not Always Happy
Student Clubs
Colby College has many student-led clubs that offer additional opportunities for performance of all types. Please visit this page for more information!
Work-Study
The Department of Performance, Theater, & Dance offers paid work-study positions in the following areas during the academic year:
- Box Office and Front of House
- Costume Shop
- Department Office
- Photographers
- Research Assistants
- Scene Shop
- Social Media Assistants
- Videographers
Position Vacancies are announced on Colby’s Student Employment Web Site.
For more information contact the Performance, Theater, & Dance Department Academic Administrative Assistant, Kate Pestana, at [email protected] or by phone at 207-859-4520.
Alumni
Hey Theater & Dance and Performing Arts graduates… We miss you!
Send us an email and let us know what you’re up to!
Looking for someone specific? Try searching for your classmates at Colby’s official alumni site.