Experts Directory: Theater
Larry Biederman
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677- 5779
email: larry.biederman@csun.edu
- Directing
- Acting
- Coaching actors for stage
Learn more about Larry Biederman work:
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Marie Cartier
Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-3110
email: marie.cartier@csun.edu
- Art
- Gender and women’s studies
- Queer theory
- Religion
- Performance
- Author: “Baby You Are My Religion–1950’s Butch Femme Bar Culture in the U.S. as Possibly Sacred Community” and “I’m Your Daughter, Not Your Lover”
Learn more about Marie Cartier work:
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Matthew Jackson
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-4789
email: matthew.jackson@csun.edu
- Stage management
- Production management
- Event planning
- Theatrical production
- Technical theater
- Arts management
- Musical theater
- Live events
Ah-Jeong Kim
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-3086
email: ah.jeong.kim@csun.edu
Also speaks: French, basic Japanese, Korean
- Asian theater and drama
- Translation
- Shakespeare adaptations
- Intercultural theater
- Theater for community engagement
- Author: “The Metacultural Theatre of Oh Tae-sok”
Learn more about Ah-Jeong Kim work:
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Garry Lennon
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-3086
email: garry.d.lennon@csun.edu
- Costume history
- Costume design
- Costume/scenic designers (past and present)
- Broadway musicals
- Puppetry
- Mask making
Learn more about Garry Lennon work:
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Stephanie Lim
Department of English
work: (818) 677-6915
email: stephanie.lim@csun.edu
- Broadway
- Musical theater
- Los Angeles theater
- Asian-American theater
- Deaf theater
- Performance and cultural/national identity
Christine Menzies
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-6612
email: christine.menzies@csun.edu
- Voice/dialects
- Vocal coaching
- Coaching for presentations and speeches
- Theatre direction
Hillary Miller
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-7712
email: hillary.miller@csun.edu
- Theater and performance power World War II
- Urban development and the arts
- Fiscal crises and theater
- Community-based performance
- Sociology of culture
- Theater and culture of the 1970s
- Dramatic structure and playwriting
- Author: “Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York City”
Jaime Morrison
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-6614
email: jaime.morrison@csun.edu
- Movement
- Performance studies
- Choreography
- Irish theatre
Elizabeth Sellers
Department of Music
work: (818) 677-3191
email: elizabeth.a.sellers@csun.edu
Also speaks: German
- Film scoring
- Conducting ensembles
- Original music for theater and dance
- Session conduction
Maria Mami Turnmeyer
Department of Asian American Studies
work: (818) 677-4966
email: mariaturnmeyer@yahoo.com
- Asian American literature and poetry
- Postmodern and post-colonial literature
- Popular culture and the Asian American experience
- Creating writing workshops
- Diversity projects
- Asian American performance art and drama
Dan Weingarten
Department of Theatre
work: (818) 677-4834
email: dan.weingarten@csun.edu
- Lighting design
- Theater design