Who We Are

Meet the People Who Create Home Seasons in the Davis

The Theater Program hosts a dynamic, growing cadre of faculty artists, theater professionals, and scholars who are inspiring an exciting period of cultural transformation for Georgetown students and audiences. Each values teaching, collaboration, and artistic excellence. The resident faculty and staff of the Royden B. Davis S.J. Performing Arts Center include:

Artistic Director, Davis Performing Arts Center

DEREK GOLDMAN, Ph.D. Artistic Director; Program Director; Associate Professor Ph.D., M.A., B.S., Northwestern University. Areas of teaching include courses in directing, adaptation, acting, political theatre, film studies and performance theory. Email: dag45@georgetown.edu
Full Time Theater and Performance Studies Faculty and Staff
TOBIN CLARK, B.F.A. Production Manager/Associate Producer B.F.A., Denison University Areas include set, light, sound, and projection design, stage and production management. Email: cdt9@georgetown.edu ROBBIE HAYES, B.A. Technical Director, Lecturer B.A., Trinity University Areas of teaching include lighting, set and production design, engineering and construction. Email: rlh24@georgetown.edu SUSAN LYNSKY, M.F.A. Visiting Assistant Professor; Artistic Advisor M.F.A., University of Iowa Professional Actor, Artist/Educator. Areas of teaching include acting. Email: professorlynskey@yahoo.com NATSU ONODA, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University; Certificate in Scenic Painting, Yale School of Drama. Areas of teaching include scenic and graphic design, solo performance, performance art, multi-media performance, adaptation. Email:no43@georgetown.edu TED PARKER, B.A. Co-curricular Technical Adviser; Lecturer B.A., Catholic University of America. Areas of teaching include theatrical design, technical theater and theater production. Email: tsp2@georgetown.edu TIM RAPHAEL, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University Areas of teaching include politics and performance, performance theory, performance ethnography and cultural performance, as well as practice oriented classes in acting, directing, solo performance, and the adaptation of fiction and non-fiction texts. Email: tfr7@georgetown.edu MAYA ROTH, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D. and M.A., UC Berkeley Areas of teachingn include Theories of Performance, directing and acting, British and American theater, multicultural American and feminist playwrights, modern drama, Shakespeare. Email: mer46@georgetown.edu DEB SIVIGNY, M.F.A. Costume and Props Artisan, Artist in Residence M.F.A. University of Maryland, B.A. Middlebury College Areas of teaching include costumes and properties construction and design. Email: debsivigny@gmail.com
Additional Theater and Performance Studies Faculty and Davis Center Personnel
ANNA H. CELENZA, Ph.D. Director of the Music Program; Chair, DPA Ph.D. and MA, Duke University; BA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Areas include: Music Aesthetics, Music Criticism, Music Culture of the 19th and 20th centuries, Jazz culture in the United States and creative writing. Email: ahc27@georgetown.edu TRICIA FEGLEY, B.F.A. Business Manager, Director of Patron Services B.F.A., Syracuse University Areas Include: Administrative Support, Office Management, Bookkeeping, Musical Theater, Voice. Email: tlf22@georgetown.edu SUSAN HOUGEN, M.Ed. Academic Coordinator M.A., University of Cincinnati; M.Ed,Tufts University; Ed.S, George Washington University; B.S. Northwestern University Areas Include: Youth theatre, educational leadership in the field of learning differences, research in the field of moral development, ensemble acting. Email:shh29@georgetown.edu LIAM KASS-LENTZ, M.Ed. Artist in Residence; Visiting Lecturer M.Ed., Portland State University Areas of teaching include directing, acting, stage management. Email: stagemanager@gmail.com RON LIGNELLI, M.A. Administrative Director, DPA M.A., American University; B.S., University of Connecticut Areas include: arts administration, teaching music, conducting instrumental music,producing (theater and music), acting, singing, music directing for shows, marketing, public relations. Major Instrument: Bass Trombone, specialty: low brass. Email: lignellr@georgetown.edu
SARAH MARSHALL, B.F.A. Adjunct Professor B.F.A. Theater Areas of teaching include acting. Email: marshals@georgetown.edu
JENNIFER NELSON, M.F.A. Adjunct Professor Areas of teaching include directing. Email: MICHAEL ROHD, M.F.A. Artist in Residence; Visiting Professor, Founding Artistic Director of Sojourn Theatre, Portland, Oregon M.F.A. University of Virginia Areas of teaching include directing, adaptation, acting, political theatre, and performance theory. Email:mrohd@aol.com SHANNON SCROFANO, M.F.A. Artist in Residence; Visiting Professor M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts Areas of teaching include lighting, set and production design. Email: sscrofano@gmail.com JOSHUA SPEISER, M.S. Public Relations and Special Events Manager M.S., University of Michigan; B.S., University of Rochester Areas include: arts administration, film and arts festival coordination, website maintenance, special events management, volunteer coordination, public speaking and writing, filmmaking and photography. Email: js47@georgetown.edu IRINA TSIKURISHVILI Adjunct Professor Graduate, Tbilisi Chabukiani Ballet School Areas of teaching include choreopgraphy Resident Choreographer, The Synetic Theater Email: irinadance@aol.com PAATA TSIKURISHVILI, M.F.A. Adjunct Professor M.F.A., Tbilisi State University Areas of teaching include Founder and Artistic Director, The Synetic Theater Email:synetic@synetictheater.org KAREN ZACARIAS, M.F.A. Adjunct Professor M.F.A., Boston University Areas of teaching include Founding Artistic Director, Young Playwrights’ Theater Email:kz34@georgetown.edu