Classes Offered

• Majors

• Repertory Theater Company
• Technical Theater
• Drama
• Musical Theater
• Theater Adventure

• Minors

• Actor's Skills

Faculty

Richard Bassin | Theater

Empire State College. B.F.A., Adelphi University. Broadway performance: Miss Saigon. European performance: West Side Story. Director and choreographer.

James Beneduce | Theater

M.F.A., University of Delaware. Professional actor. Member of Actor's Equity. Television, Regional Theater, and Shakespeare Festivals. Faculty, New York Film Academy, York College, Suffolk Community College, Dowling College, The Shakespeare Center, Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

Warren Bloom | Theater

B.A., Brandeis, M.M., University of Miami, M.A., CUNY Hunter. Musical Director and Arranger, Minimum Wage at Fringe Festival, NY and Off-Broadway, and The Hyannis Sound, in Cape Cod. Faculty, NYC Schools.

Jim Brannigan | Theater

B.A., Hofstra University, M.A., Brooklyn College. Member, Actor's Equity. Faculty, Smithtown Schools.

Thomas Donnarumma | Drama

B.F.A., City College, M.F.A., Brooklyn College. Director of Usdan productions including: Ladies of the Jury, Henry IV, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antigone.

Les Dweir | Theater

Artistic Director, Theatre Arts In Education. Musical Director, Next Stage Theater in Denver, Colorado. Faculty, Silver Creek High School.

Jeffrey Hoffman| Theater

BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. B. Mus., Manhattan School of Music. Founding Director, Sinfonia Celestis. Director, Liederkranz, Downtown's Access Theatre, the Mint Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, the Riverdale Y.

Erica Holz | Theater

B.F.A., SUNY Purchase. Equity Stage Manager, Event Planner.

James Incorvaia | Chair, Theater Arts

B.A., M.S., Hofstra University, M.F.A., Columbia University. Director: Lovers and Other Strangers, King Lear. Performances:My Fair Lady, Oliver, Once in Wonder, Antigone, Fiorello, Guys and Dolls, Zorba. Faculty, Harborfields Schools.

Sherry Kfare | Theater Costumer

B.A., Pace University, M.A., Brooklyn College. Staff costumer for theaters and schools. Faculty, Five Towns College.

Charles Kirby | Theater

B.F.A., Syracuse University, M.F.A., New York University. Set and lighting designer, technical director, inventor of LIGHTBOX teaching tool. Faculty, Collegiate School.

Michelle Mallardi | Theater

Studies at Marymount Manhattan College. Performed in leading roles on Broadway, National, and European tours, Regional theaters. Carbonell award nominee, Radio City Music Hall. Faculty, CW Post College.

Annie Pasqua | Theater

B.S., NYU, M.M., Queens College. Composer of Tess, A New Rock Opera, a NYMF Next Link Selection. Off-Broadway Musical Director/Pianist/Arranger. Former staff producer, WLIW/21. Faculty, Great Neck Arts Center.

Christina Pawl | Theater Choreographer

B.F.A., Texas Christian University. Broadway performances in Cabaret, Meet Me in St. Louis, South Pacific. Regional: Cabaret at Engemann Theater. Appearances in regional theater, film and television.

Gary Piacentini | Theater

B.A., Hofstra University. Actor, television, cinema. Music director and entertainer.

Scott Saperstein | Theater

M.F.A., UNC Chapel Hill. Performer in theater, film, and television.

Michael Schwendemann | Theater

B.A., Queens College, M.F.A., University of Alabama. Faculty, Theater Arts Director, Huntington High School.

Tom Wallace | Theater

Tulane University. Member of Actor's Equity. International Tours: Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, On the Town. Regional Tours: Company, I Love My Wife, Private Lives. Director, regional theater, university theater.

Debra Warlan | Theater

A.A., Fashion Institute of Technology, B.A., Long Island University. Freelance painter and jewelry design.

Marie Zemalkowski | Theater

NYU. Actress, singer in Tommy, Schoolhouse Rock Live!. Teacher, artist, NYC schools.