Drama Department People

Meet the People in Drama at UCI Arts

Browse by role to connect with our faculty, staff, and esteemed emeriti.

Faculty

Title	Specialization	Email	Phone
Lonnie Alcaraz Professor of Lighting Design	Lighting Design	lalcaraz@uci.edu
Cynthia Bassham Professor of Teaching, Acting	Head of Undergraduate Acting, Associate Head of Acting	cbassham@uci.edu
Andrew Borba Professor of Acting	Head of Acting, Advanced Acting, Shakespeare	alborba@uci.edu
Richard Brestoff Professor of Acting		brestoff@uci.edu	(949) 824-9663
Juliette Carrillo Professor of Directing	Head of Directing	julietc2@uci.edu	(949) 824-6132
Myrona DeLaney Professor of Teaching, Music Theatre	Head of Music Theatre	mldelane@uci.edu	(949) 824-7055
Efren Delgadillo Jr. Associate Professor of Scene Design	Head of Scene Design, Associate Head of Design	efrend1@uci.edu
Zachary Dietz Associate Professor of Teaching, Music Theatre	Music Theatre, Music Direction	zdietz@uci.edu
Holly Poe Durbin Professor of Costume Design	Head of Costume Design	hdurbin@uci.edu
Marcia (Marcy) Froehlich Associate Professor of Costume Design	Costume Design	mgfroehl@uci.edu
Michael Hooker Professor of Sound Design	Head of Sound Design	mhooker@uci.edu
Daniel Keeling Assistant Professor of Teaching	Music Theatre – Voice Instruction and Pedagogy, Sung-Theatre, Classical Voice, and CCM	dkeeling@uci.edu
Daphne Lei Professor of Doctoral Studies	Director of UCI Illuminations	dlei@uci.edu	(949) 824-9439
Tiffany Ana López Claire Trevor Dean of the Arts and Professor	Dramaturge	tiffany@uci.edu	(949) 824-8792
Annie Loui Professor of Acting	Physical theatre	amloui@uci.edu
Ian Munro Professor of Doctoral Studies	Head of Doctoral Studies	imunro@uci.edu
Yee Eun Nam Assistant Professor of Scene Design, Projection Design	Scene Design, Projection Design	yee.n@uci.edu
Vincent Olivieri Professor of Sound Design	Graduate Advisor for M.F.A. Sound Design Program, Head of Design, Equity Advisor	olivieri@uci.edu	(949) 824-2529
Andrew Palermo Professor of Music Theatre Choreography/Dance	Music Theatre, Choreography, Dance	palermoa@uci.edu
Zachary Price Associate Professor of Doctoral Studies		zachary.price@uci.edu
Bryan Reynolds Distinguished Professor / Claire Trevor Professor	Performance Activism Worldwide, Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, Critical Theory, Transversal Poetics, Feminist Theory, Performance Theory, Cultural Studies, Postmodernism, Extreme Sports	breynold@uci.edu	(949) 824-4806
Tara Rodman Associate Professor of Doctoral Studies		rodmant@uci.edu
Eli Simon Chancellor's Professor of Drama	Acting; Founding and Producing Artistic Director of the New Swan Shakespeare Festival; Co-Director, New Swan Shakespeare Center	esimon@uci.edu
Jaymi Lee Smith Professor of Lighting Design	Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education & Interim Dean of the Graduate Division, Head of Lighting Design	jaymis@uci.edu
Philip Thompson Professor of Acting	Associate Chair, in Charge of Digital Media and Promotions	pthompso@uci.edu	(949) 824-9440
Joel Veenstra Professor of Teaching, Stage Management	Chair, Department of Drama, Head of Stage Management	j.veenstra@uci.edu	(949) 824-6790

Staff

Title	Specialization	Email	Phone
Marcus Beeman Department Manager		mbeeman@uci.edu	(949) 824-6332
Charmayne Ghafoori Department Analyst		charmayd@uci.edu	(949) 824-6614

Emeriti Faculty

Title	Specialization	Email
Stephen Barker Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Emeritus	Professor of Doctoral Studies, Emeritus	barker@uci.edu
Robin Buck Professor of Vocal Arts / Music Theatre, Emeritus		rbuck@uci.edu
Don Hill Chair, Department of Drama; Professor of Teaching, Stage Management, Emeritus	Season Producer, Co-Head of Stage Management	donhill@uci.edu
Ketu Katrak Professor of Doctoral Studies, Emeritus		khkatrak@uci.edu
Anthony Kubiak Professor Emeritus		akubiak@uci.edu
Jane Page Professor of Directing, Emeritus	Co-Head of Directing, Emeritus	janepage@uci.edu