Faculty and Staff
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Dance Guest Artists
- Elizabeth Stich
- Compagnie Hervé Koubi Master Class
- Contemporary Modern Dance with Speak, Memory Repertory Master Class
- Jazz Dance Forms Master Class
- Make a Dance Master Class (Mini Composition Class)
- Compositional Improvisation: Spontaneous Dance Making for Stage Master Class
- Dance Masterclass: Okaidja Afroso
- Afrique en Cirque Dance Master Class
- Red Sky Performance Master Class
- Facilities
- Alumni
- The Lenfest Center for the Arts
Faculty
Jenefer M. Davies
Department Head, Theater, Dance and Film Studies; Professor of Dance and Theater
- 109 S. Jefferson Street Dance Studio
- Email: daviesj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8281
Davies teaches courses on contemporary European dance, dance composition, movement for actors and aerial dance techniques. Her research focuses on modern dance composition and the feminine aesthetic.
Owen Collins
Professor of Theater
- Lenfest Center 311
- Email: collinso@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8003
Collins teaches courses on stage craft, special effects, performance design, 3D printing for theater, and scene painting/art. His research focuses on new media and technology in contemporary theater practice.
Liza Deck
Adjunct Professor of Dance
Deck earned her MFA in dance from Arizona State University after attending Hope College, where she received the Florence Cavanaugh Dance Award. She has performed and choreographed professionally with numerous organizations and is currently the head of City Modern Ensemble. She teaches Modern Dance and Musical Theatre at W&L.
Shawn Paul Evans
Professor of Theater
- Lenfest Center 307
- Email: evanss@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8014
Evans teaches courses on the fundamentals of theater, stage management, digital production, lighting and dance production. He has researched theater technology, including automation and motion control.
Jemma Alix Levy
Associate Professor of Theater
- Lenfest Center 308
- Email: levyj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8005
Levy teaches courses on acting, directing, Shakespeare and theater history. She is a professional director with critically-acclaimed national and international credits, and for 10 years ran Muse of Fire Theatre Company.
Sandra Meythaler
Adjunct Professor of Dance
Stephanie Sandberg
Associate Professor of Theater/Film
- Lenfest Center B09
- Email: sandbergs@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8004
Sandberg teaches courses on screenwriting, documentary filmmaking and an ethnographic study of modern-day slavery in Ghana. Her current research focuses on theater for social justice.
Staff
Colleen Carrington
Administrative Assistant
- Lenfest Center Second Floor
- Email: scarrington@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8002
Thomas Hackman
Theater Technical Director
- Lenfest Center 106
- Email: hackmant@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-4170
Elizabeth Wislar
Costume Designer and Costume Shop Manager
- Lenfest Basement Costume Shop, Room B05
- Email: ewislar@wlu.edu
Department Info
- P: 540-458-8002
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Theater Department/Lenfest Center
100 Glasgow Street
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450