Drama: Related Content
![Image of Sharon Ott](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Ott_Sharon_640x460.jpg?itok=y3wY-r52)
Leading figure in American theatre, former artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and winner of a Tony award for outstanding regional theatre
![Image of Tilly Grimes](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/tilly-grimes_320x230px.jpg?itok=zPWG3onx)
Tilly Grimes is an Irish/Greek theater, opera, and film designer based in New York.
![Image of Dina Janis](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/JanisDina_320x230px.jpg?itok=9SRweHHV)
Dina Janis is the Artistic Director of the Vermont Public Theater and a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
![Image of Avery Glymph](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/glymph-avery_320x230px.jpg?itok=WvCs26tK)
Avery Glymph is a New York-based Actor, Teacher, and Director with extensive experience on Broadway, with Regional Tony Award-winning theatre companies, and in numerous Film and Television roles.
![Image of Holland Taylor](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Taylor_Holland_640x460.jpg?itok=U6Qgs8qp)
Emmy Award-winning actress known for playing strong characters in shows such as Two and a Half Men and in her one-woman play, Ann, based on Texas governor Ann Richards
![Image of Alan Arkin](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Arkin_Alan_640x460_0.jpg?itok=LbT_abdF)
Award-winning actor who has appeared in some of Hollywood’s most iconic films, including Catch-22, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grosse Pointe Blank, Argo, and Little Miss Sunshine (for which he won a Golden Globe and an Oscar)
![Mercedes Herrero](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/Herrero_Mercedes_320x230.jpg?itok=sJUIFRIP)
Mercedes Herrero is an award-winning actress with over 30 years of professional experience in Theatre, Film and Television. She is an ensemble member of Moisés Kaufman’s Tectonic Theatre Project, and is currently in her third season as Vanessa Morrison on House of Cards.
![Image of Vik Villa](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/vik-villa-feb-2024-justice-headshot-640.jpg?itok=cy9-uLQq)
Actor, writer, drag king, & nonprofit professional passionate about rock’n’roll, cultural grievances, & comedy. By day, they manage institutional funding to provide arts & athletics mentorship to kids impacted by chronic illness; by evening & weekend brunch, they are drag king Vik Floyd, East Los’ prince of sorrow & madness.
![Image of Richard MacPike](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/MacPikeRichard_320x230px.jpg?itok=W0oE4ts1)
Richard MacPike brings his experience working on Broadway shows such as The Lion King and companies like the Santa Fe Opera and Glimmerglass to his work as costume shop manager at Bennington.
![Image of Shira Piven](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Piven_Shira_640x460.jpg?itok=Z3Jz6Ss-)
Film director, producer, actor, acting teacher, and founder of New York’s Water Theatre Company who has overseen more than 20 stage and film productions
![Image of Sherry Kramer](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/KramerSherry_320x230px.jpg?itok=71h_ve8k)
Celebrated playwright Sherry Kramer believes every play is created in the audience, and her classes are a treasure hunt to discover how a play shapes our experience and how it makes things matter.
![Image of Tim Daly](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Daly_Tim_640x460.jpg?itok=y0tMs9aV)
Ubiquitous stage and screen star who has appeared in everything from the cult classic Diner to the critically acclaimed Sopranos and now stars in the popular CBS drama Madam Secretary
Brian Lambert is the Technical Instructor in Lighting & Dance Production whose work in sound, lighting, and audio has taken him from the Big Apple Circus to the Dorset Theatre Festival, among many other places.
![Image of James Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/Smith_James_320x230px_0.jpg?itok=YusGIXPZ)
Who can turn the world on with their smile? Who can a take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? It's not James Smith III and you should know it.
![Image of Bruce Berman](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Berman_Bruce_640x460.jpg?itok=ZMA2WG7A)
Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures who produced The Matrix trilogy and other blockbusters
Photograph © Michael Lewis
![Lily Houghton](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/32169520_10156347680778794_5284849518473379840_n.jpg?itok=qkb5q4WQ)
Playwright and member of award-winning Youngblood writers group. Resident writer at the Flea Theater. Recipient of Seattle Repertory Theatre’s emerging playwright commission.
![Image of Mary-Louise Parker](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/parker-mary-louise_320x230px.jpg?itok=tEyaxjsp)
A graduate of The North Carolina School of the Arts, Mary-Louise Parker has performed in over thirty professional theater productions regionally and both off and on Broadway. She originated roles in plays by Paula Vogel, Adam Rapp, Craig Lucas, Sarah Ruhl, Simon Stephens, John Patrick Stanley, Sharr White, Terrence McNally, and others.
![Image of Michael Giannitti](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/GiannittiMichael_320x230px.jpg?itok=s0KqP3X4)
Michael Giannitti has extensive professional experience as a lighting designer and educator. He has designed lighting at many of the most prestigious venues around the country and has taught abroad as a two-time Fulbright Specialist Grant recipient.
![Image of Janis Young](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/young_janis_320x230px_1.jpg?itok=2bOtVe5A)
Janis Young is an award winning actress and Fulbright Scholar who has performed in television, film and theatre. She has worked with several noted theatre companies, such as Circle in the Square, Lincoln Center and Williamstown Theatre Festival. She likes to mix and match sensible choices with serious play.
![Image of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/Cowhig%2C%20Frances_320x230px.jpg?itok=XLZLO6IM)
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig is a dramatist who writes for audio, stage and screen. Her play Snow in Midsummer was recently produced by Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Royal Shakespeare Company and will be staged in New York by Classic Stage Company in the summer of 2022.
![Image of Teya Sepinuck](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Sepinuck_Teya_640x460.jpg?itok=jtV1NW-C)
Founder and director of the Theatre of Witness, whose performance projects have given voice to prisoners and their families, survivors and perpetrators of abuse and violence, refugees, immigrants, elders, and those who have lived through war
![Image of Shawtane Bowen](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/Bowen_Shawtane_320x230px.jpg?itok=Y6ZldKe2)
Shawtane Bowen is a writer, actor, and producer. He is a founding member of Astronomy Club, the first all-Black house team at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in New York. Their series, Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show, debuted in Fall 2019 on Netflix to much critical acclaim.
![Image of Jean Randich](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/RandichJean_320x230px.jpg?itok=cFvOwyt1)
Jean Randich is an award-winning director, writer, and librettist specializing in new works, musical theatre, opera, and re-envisioned classics. She is cofounder and co-artistic director of Collider Theater in New York City.
![Image of Mariana Aun](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/faculty/Aun%2C%20Mariana_320x230px.jpg?itok=XBDf5TVC)
Mariana Aun is a multi-faceted arts professional, specializing in recording and facilities management within higher education, with accompanying interests in percussion performance, creative entrepreneurship, and community arts initiatives.
![Image of Carol Channing](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Channing_Carol_640x460_0.jpg?itok=VrPj-JB3)
The original Broadway Dolly in Hello, Dolly! and matchless actress, singer, dancer, and comedian with a thousand-watt smile
![Image of Betty Aberlin](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Aberlin_Betty_640x460_0.jpg?itok=qWFXKjVN)
Actress, poet, and writer best known for her role as “Lady Aberlin” on the children’s television classic Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and more recently in movies including Dogma, Jersey Girl, and Red State
![Image of Joel Marsh Garland](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/alumni/Garland_Joel_640x460.jpg?itok=kBUpUw7q)
Stage, film, and television actor and director who is best known for his role in the Emmy award-winning Netflix series Orange Is the New Black