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., Performance Studies, Northwestern University. Areas of teaching include courses in directing, adaptation, acting, politicaltheatre, film studies and performance theory. Email: dag45@georgetown.edu
Full Time Faculty and Staff
KAREN BERMAN, M.F.A. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Artistic Advisor to Student Theater Groups. M.F.A. in Directing, Catholic University of America. Areas of teaching include acting, directin, improvisation for social change. Email: kbermanth@aol.com
NADINE GEORGE-GRAVES, Ph.D. Visiting Associate Professor Ph.D.,Northwestern University. Areas of teaching include the intersections of African American studies, women’s studies, performance studies, theatre history, and dance history. Email: nag32@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
NATSU ONODA, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D. Performance Studies, 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. Technical Adviser to PPA; Lecturer B.A. in Theater (Scene Design) The 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. in Directing and Drama, 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
Other Theater and Performance Studies Faculty
KARIN ABROMAITIS, B.A. Adjunct Professor Areas of teaching include acting Email:
SUSAN LYNSKEY, M.F.A. Adjunct Professor, Acting. M.F.A., University of Iowa Professional Actor, Artist/Educator. Areas of teaching include acting. Email: professorlynskey@yahoo.com
SARAH MARSHALL, B.F.A. Adjunct Professor B.F.A. Theater Areas of teaching include acting. Email: marshals@georgetown.edu


CLINT RAMOS, M.F.A. Artist in Residence Areas of teaching include set and costume design. Email: cramos70@nyc.rr.com
STEPHEN J. RICHARD Adjunct Professor. Executive Director for Arena Stage. Areas of teaching include performing arts management. Email: srichard@arenastage.org
ISAIAH WOODEN, B.A. Adjunct Professor; Artistic Adviser Areas of teaching include acting. Email: imw3@georgetown.edu
Administrative Staff
ANNA H. CELENZA, Ph.D. Thomas E. Caestecker (C'53) Chair in Music, Program in Performing Arts. Ph.D. and M.A. in Musicology, Duke University Areas of teaching 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
RON LIGNELLI, M.A. Managing Director M.A. Arts Management, The American University. Performing arts areas include: arts administration, teaching music, conducting instrumental music, producing, acting, singing, music directing for shows, marketing, public relations. Email: lignellr@georgetown.edu
TRICIA FEGLEY, B.F.A. Financial Analyst/Administrative Assistant. B.F.A. Musical Theater, Syracuse University Areas Include: Administrative Support, Office Management, Bookkeeping, Musical Theater, Voice. Email: tlf22@georgetown.edu

JOSHUA SPEISER, M.S. Publicity and Special Events Coordinator M.S., University of Michigan. Areas include: arts administration, arts festival coordination, website maintenance, special events management, volunteer coordination, public speaking and writing, film and photography. Email: js47@georgetown.edu