Each year the Theater department invites Theater professionals to speak to classes and lead workshops.
2015-16 Artists to Classes
Marie Asp – Director of Neighborhood Bridges Program at Children’s Theatre Co.
Jon Ferguson – Actor, Director
Matt Guidry – Artistic Director Upstream Arts
Andy Lindvall ’14 – Actor
Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri ’04- Co-founder, Director Greenhouse Theater Project
Sarah Rasmussen ’01- Artistic Director Jungle Theater
Jack Reuler – Artistic Director Mixed Blood Theater
Randy Reyes – Artistic Director Theater Mu
C. Ryan Shipley ’05 – Actor, Facilitator Project Success
Max Wojtanowicz ’06 – Actor
Guest Production Staff
Sarah Bardenwerper – Costumer
Benjamin Harvey ’14 – Sound Designer
Jake Roberts ’14 – Lighting Designer
Doug Scholz-Carlson ’90 – Artistic Director Great River Shakespeare Festival
Timmy Wagner ’11 – Choreographer
Keely Wolter – Dialect Coach
2014-15 Guest Artists
Guests to classes
Sari Abelson ’13 – Actor
Hattie Andres ’13 – Choreographer / Actor
Marie Asp – Director of Neighborhood Bridges Program at Children’s Theatre Co.
Odin Biron – Russian Playwright
Jon Ferguson – Director / Actor
Andrew Lindvall ’14 – Actor
Randy Reyes – Artistic Director Theater Mu / Actor
C. Ryan Shipley ’05 – Actor
Anna Sundberg ’05 – Actor
Guest Production Staff
Lauren Bartelt ’14 – Co-Director – Anna K. Bonde Fund Recipient
Jon Ferguson – Co-Director
Benjamin Olsen ’13 – Designer – Anna K. Bonde Fund Recipient
Heidi Spesard-Noble – Choreographer
Max Wojtanowicz ’06 – instructor
2013-14 Guest Artists
Hattie Andres ’12 – Choreographer
Patrick Bailey – Actor
Raye Birke – Actor
Beth Chaplin – Actor, Voice over artist
Jon Ferguson – Director
Peter Hansen ’97– Actor, Artistic Director Gremlin Theatre
Kira Lace Hawkins ’04 – Actor
Kira Obilensky – Playwright
Dominique Serrand – Director, co-founded/company member Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Ryan Shipley ’05 – Actor
Anna Sundberg ’05 – Actor
2012-13 Guest Artists
Artist in Residence Mariana Araoz – Director, Actress & Professor from France
Artist in Residence Dominic Orlando, playwright, former McKnight fellow and Jerome Fellowship recipient
Raye Birke – Actor
John Codron
Peter Hansen ’97 –Actor, Artistic Director Gremlin Theatre
Wendy Knox – Artistic Director Frank Theatre
Sarah Rasmussen ’01 – Head of MFA Directing at UT Austin
Carl Schoenborn ’97 – Actor, Technical Director Gremlin Theatre
Ryan Shipley ’05 – Actor
Anna Sundberg ’05 – Actor
Joshua Tobiessen – Playwright
2011-12 Guest Artists
Doug Scholz-Carlson ’90 – Director/Company Actor Great River Shakespeare Festival
Tim Otte ’10 – Poet Playwright
John Carl Heimbuch
Anna Sundberg ’05 – Actor
Randy Reyes – Actor
Dominique Serrand – Director, co-founded/company member Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Peter Hansen ’97– Actor
Raye Birk – Actor
Kate Lawrence – Voice Over Artist
Linda Talcott Lee – Tony award winning Choreographer
Craig Wright – Playwright, Emmy nominated television writer
Christian Lander- writer, blogger, writer for MTV
2010-11 Guest Artists
Linda Talcott Lee – Award winning Choreographer
Kathy Kohl – Costumer
Kevin Kling – Playwright, Storyteller
Matt Rein ’05 – Actor
Judy Swanson – Designer
Anna Sundberg ’05 – Actor
Wendy Knox – Artistic Director Frank Theatre
Max Wojtanowitz ’06 – Actor, Singer
Raye Birk – Actor
Abbee Warmboe ’10 – Designer
Camryn Reynolds ’09 – Actor
Thomas Borger ’06 – Marketing Communications Manager for The Playwrights’ Center
Kelsey Cramer ’08 – Playwright
Doug Scholz-Carlson ’90 – Director/Company Actor Great River Shakespeare Festival
Robert Rosen – Director, Performer, Teacher, co-founded/company member Theatre de la Jeune Lune
2009-10 Guest Artists
Linda Talcott Lee-Award Wining Choreographer
Lee Breuer– Co-founder Mabou Mines, International Director, Playwright & film creator
Leigh Fondakowski – Director & Playwright Tectonic Theatre Project & head writer of The Laramie Project
Rick Shiomi – Artistic Director of Theatre Mu
Lee Henderson ’01- Communications Manager Guthrie Theater
Paul LaBissoniere ’85 – Lip Service a Twin Cities voice over talent group
Radiohole – Theatre collective from Brooklyn NY
Doug Scholz-Carlson ’90 – Director/Company Actor Great River Shakespeare Festival
Raye Birke – Actor Guthrie Theater
Joe Dowling – Artistic Director Guthrie Theater
Myron Johnson – Choreography
Camryn Reynolds ’09 – Actor
Kelsey Cramer ’08 – Playwright
Preston Lane – Playwright
Lauralyn Dosset – Songwriter
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