Theatre Faculty
Robert Baker
Robert Baker is a singer who has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the Washington National Opera, the National Symphony, and with choral organizations across the country. In addition to teaching voice lessons and in the classroom, he is the current Program Head for Music.
Randy Baker
Randy Baker is a playwright, director and the co-Artistic Director of Rorschach Theatre.
Tonya Beckman
Tonya Beckman is an AEA/SAG-AFTRA actor and dialect coach.
Abby Bender
Abby Bender grew up in Shippensburg, PA and started working at her local performing arts center in high school.
Danielle Drakes
Danielle A. Drakes is equal parts artist and educator. She has been a professional theater practitioner in the DC area for more than 15 years.
Carl Gudenius
In addition to teaching scenic and lighting design at GW and directing its Graduate Production Design Program, Professor Gudenius is an active professional designer.
Jennifer Hopkins
Jennifer J. Hopkins is a performing artist who spends her free time teaching fitness.
Leslie Jacobson
Leslie Jacobson has spent over 40 years producing, writing, directing, and teaching theatre committed to addressing societal challenges and to giving voice to people often marginalized by the dominant culture.
Sigridur Johannesdottir
Sigridur is a costume designer who specializes and focuses her teaching on reproducing historical costumes based on research as well as dance costumes.
Jodi Kanter
As a scholar, she has been trained to apply the theoretical lens of performance to everyday practices and so, while her methodology is consistent, the subjects of her work vary wildly—from, for example, end of life health care to contemporary dramatic literature to the American Presidency.
Bill Largess
Bill Largess has been a theatre artist in the Washington area for over 40 years.
Brandon McCoy
Brandon McCoy is a professional actor, director, playwright, and educator currently residing in Laurel, Maryland.
Toby Mulford
Toby Mulford is an expert in physical theatre, mask work, and Commedia dell'Arte.
Allyson Currin Stokes
Professor Stokes is the writer of numerous original plays, which have premiered on stages around the country.
Adalia Vera Tonneyck
Adalia Vera Tonneyck is the Instructional Technologist for the Costume Studio.
John Traub
John Traub currently serves as the Assistant Professor of Production Management and Technology at The George Washington University, Program of Theatre & Dance.
Tanya Wetenhall
A specialist in dress history, Professor Wetenhall’s teaching encompasses fashion and costume history, world dress practices, ballet design history, material culture and the decorative arts.
Matt Wilson
Matthew R. Wilson is a union actor, director, and movement/combat choreographer, as well as a published playwright and theatre scholar.
