Guest Artists Archives

Judge Us By The Company We Keep ...

One very significant component that leads to the high quality of the artistic endeavors of the Theatre Department at Willamette is the contribution made by guest artists. Faculty, staff, and students are unanimous in their agreement that the presence of the guest artists, as both teachers and fellow artists makes a vital and very special difference in program. This difference is reflected in what our students learn, create, and achieve in the classroom, in the rehearsal room, and on the stage. It is also what makes the theatre experience unique at an intimate, demanding liberal arts school like Willamette, since students gain performance and training excellence with practicing professionals in a simultaneously broad and committed liberal arts context.

2013-2014 Season

Shana Cooper, Director, The Conference of the Birds
Alan Schwanke,, Set Designer, The Conference of the Birds
Sharath Patel, Sound Designer, The Conference of the Birds
Lauren Dubowski,, Dramaturg, The Conference of the Birds
Lisa Rothe, Director, Hold These Truths
Joel de la Fuente,, Actor, Hold These Truths
Jessi Fouts, Artistic Director, Beginnings: A Dance Concert

2012-2013 Season

Nathanael Johnson, Actor, Measure For Measure
Cecil Averett, Sound Designer, Measure For Measure
Brennan Harvey, Choreographer, PeopleDance
Jessi Fouts, Aerialist/Dancer, PeopleDance
Holly Hughes, Performance Artist, The Dog and Pony Show (bring your own pony)
Jason Miranda, Puppet Maker
Bill Holznagel, Puppet Maker
Gabrielle Brewer-Wallin, Director, Orlando

2011-2012 Season

Jessica Wallenfels, Director, The Adding Machine
Eric Nordin, Music Director, The Adding Machine
Cecil Averett, Sound Designer, The Adding Machine
Kitty Sailor, Choreographer, PeopleDance
Jessi Fouts, Aerialist/Dancer, PeopleDance
Elaine Bromka, Actor, Tea for Three

2010-2011 Season

Rod Ceballos, Director, Death of a Salesman
Mikel McDonald, Actor, Death of a Salesman
Tom Nabhan, Actor, Death of a Salesman
Cecil Averett, Sound Designer, Death of a Salesman
E.B. Brooks, Costume Designer, PeopleDance, Death of a Salesman
Okaidja Afroso, Musician & Choreographer, PeopleDance
Kurt Crowley, Music Director, Aquitania
Calvin Steck, Vocal Coach, Aquitania

2009-2010 Season

Larry Kominz, Director, The Sardine Seller's Net of Love
Toshimi Tanaka, Assistant Director & Co-Costume Designer, The Sardine Seller's Net of Love
Colleen Lanki, Choreographer, The Sardine Seller's Net of Love
Mitch Imori, Shamisen Player, The Sardine Seller's Net of Love

2008-2009 Season

Michael Brusasco, Director, Twelfth Night
Brent Barnes, Actor, Vocal Coach, Twelfth Night

2007-2008 Season

Raissa Fleming '79, Actor, The Importance of Being Earnest
Nick Zagone, Playwright, Driving Under the Influence
Marc Friedman, Director, Driving Under the Influence
Karen Vacarro, Director, The Women

2006-2007 Season

John Parnham, Makeup and Special Effects Designer, The Ash Girl
Stephanie Timm, Playwright, W(h)acked, An Immorality Play
Tom Butler, Director, O Pioneers!
Jen Raynak, Sound Designer, O Pioneers!
Susan Vaslev, Musical Director, O Pioneers!

2005-2006 Season

Luba Zarembinska, Director, Confession In Wood, The Lives of the Saints or The World According to Wowro
Patryk Czaplicki, Asst. Director, Confession In Wood, The Lives of the Saints or The World According to Wowro
Stefan Puchalski, Musician - Hurdy-Gurdy, Confession In Wood, The Lives of the Saints or The World According to Wowro
Michael Griggs, Actor, Confession In Wood, The Lives of the Saints or The World According to Wowro
Karol Kersh, Actor, Confession In Wood, The Lives of the Saints or The World According to Wowro
Mateusz Perkowski, Translator, Confession In Wood, The Lives of the Saints or The World According to Wowro
Jen Raynak, Sound Designer, Tongue of a Bird
Philip Cuomo, Actor, The Game of Love and Chance
Gabrielle Brewer-Wallin, Director, Dear Charlotte
Hal Logan, Sound Design, Dear Charlotte

2004-2005 Season

Robert Quinlan, Director, Sueño
Nathan Kahler, Sound Designer, Sueño
Tim True, Actor, Lie of the Mind
Shana Cooper, Director, Marisol
Alan Stone, Sound Designer, Marisol

2003-2004 Season

Michael O'Connell, Actor, Three Farces and a Funeral
Tim Stapleton, Sound Designer, Three Farces and a Funeral, The Promise, Our Country's Good
Bruce Hostetler, Director, The Promise
Tori Haring-Smith, Director, Our Country's Good
Joseph Fisher, Playwright, Cupid and Psyche
Bill Holznagel, Puppet Maker, Cupid and Psyche
Jeff Forbes, Lighting Designer, From Within (Dance Concert)

2002-2003 Season

Tim Wratten, Lighting Designer, The Taming of the Shrew, Moveable Feast (Dance Concert)
Ted deChatelet, Director, Savage in Limbo, Actor, The Diviners
Michael Peterson, Lighting Designer, Savage In Limbo, Big Love
Lisa Rothe, Director, Big Love
Michael Griggs, Director, The Diviners
Drew Flint, Lighting and Sound Director, The Diviners

2001-2002 Season

Rod Ceballos, Director, All My Sons
Mikel McDonald, Actor, All My Sons
Rita Honka, Choreographer, ... and we dance (Dance Concert)
Daryll Thomas, Choreographer, ... and we dance (Dance Concert)
Teri Vore, Choreographer, Quilters
Susan Vaslev, Musical Director, Quilters
Suzy King, Actor, Quilters
Polly Robbins, Scene Designer, The Good Person of Sichuan

2000-2001 Season

Leslie Brott, Director, Tartuffe
Mikel McDonald, Actor, How I Learned to Drive

1999-2000 Season

Robert G Anderson, Director, You Never Can Tell, Actor, A Bright Room Called Day
Mikel McDonald, Actor, You Never Can Tell
Robert Quinlan, Vocal/Dialect Coach, You Never Can Tell
Carolyn Holzman, Movement Director, Lysistrata
Jacky McCormick, Choreographer, Bodies in States of Motion (Dance Concert)
Megan Orion, Dancer, Bodies in States of Motion (Dance Concert)

1998-1999 Season

Cindy Gold, Director, Arcadia
John Tillotson, Actor, Romeo and Juliet
Mike Mahaffey, Fight Choreographer, Romeo and Juliet

1997-1998 Season

Margo van Ummersen, Choreographer, as freedom is a breakfast food (Dance Concert)
David Gardiner, Director, The Hostage
Richard Leinaweaver, Actor, The Hostage
Sue Carney, Musician, The Hostage
Pat O'Scannell, Musician, The Hostage
Judy Schaub, Musician, The Hostage
Dawn Lanphier Simon, Scene Designer, Uncle Vanya

1996-1997 Season

David M. Berkely, Guest Choreographer, Rose Petal Soup (Dance Concert)
Margo van Ummersen, Guest Choreographer, Rose Petal Soup (Dance Concert)
Catherine Roach, Guest Dancer, Rose Petal Soup (Dance Concert)
Leslie Brott, Actress, The Sea
Robert G Anderson, Actor, The Sea
Judy Cullen, Scene Designer, The Sea
Dawn Lanphier Simon, Scene Designer, Fefu and Her Friends

1995-1996 Season

Robert G. Anderson, Actor, Once In a Lifetime, The Broken Jug, Othello
Billbob Brown, Guest Choreographer, Immigrants and Innocents (Dance Concert)
Aldo Bilingslea, Actor, Othello
Robin McFarquhar, Fight Choreographer, Othello
Cynthia White, Director, Dancing at Lughnasa
Stacey Bean, Actress, Dancing at Lughnasa

1994-1995 Season

Marc Hughes, Dancer/Choreographer, Court Dances (Dance Concert)
Susan Coromel, Director, Waiting for the Parade, Actress, The Cherry Orchard
Robin McFarquhar, Fight Choreographer, Of Mice and Men

1993-1994 Season

Susan Coromel, Voice Coach, Women of Troy
Erika Rolfsrud, Actress, Women of Troy
Robin McFarquhar, Choreographer, Women of Troy
Larry Roach, Actor, Terra Nova
Robert Herzog, Actor, Terra Nova

1992-1993 Season

Robin McFarquhar, Fight Choreographer, The Rover
Manuel Zarate, Playwright/Director, Kuka

1991-1992 Season

Steven Pachosa, Guest Artist, Mixed Blood
Virginia Choate, Actress, Eastern Standard
Maureen Culligan, Guest Designer - Masks, Celebration
Cheney Ryan, Playwright, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Ernesto Ravetto, Director, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Monica Sanchez, Actress, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Eli Torres, Actor, El Milagro De Tepeyac
Mile 6, Rock Group, The Tooth of Crime
Sean Carlson, Composer/Musical Arranger, The Tooth  of Crime

1990-1991 Season

Rick Jones, Guest Artist, Woza Albert!
Anthony Armstrong, Guest Artist, Woza Albert!
Larry Roach, Actor, God's Country
Woodrow Blettel, Graphic Design,1990/91 Season Posters

1989-1990 Season

Keith Scales, Guest Artist, This Ever Living Man
Robert Meagher, Playwright (Adaptation), Iphigenia
Michael Griggs, Director, Iphigenia
Jacky McCormick, Choreographer, Iphigenia
Barbara Bernstein, Composer/Music Director, Iphigenia

1987-1989 Season

Wayne Ballantyne, Director, The Rules of the Game
Don Caldwell, Guest Artist, Damien
Jacky McCormick, Dancer, Ascent (Dance Concert)
Gray Eubank, Director, The Skin of Our Teeth