Ryan Platt is Assistant Professor of Performance Studies in the Department of Drama and Dance. He holds a BA in Theatre & Dance and French Studies from Amherst College and a doctoral degree from Cornell University, where he studied 20th-century and contemporary performance in the context of French and German literature and theory. He has [...]
Riley Scholar Ms. Amin has earned degrees in Dance from the State University of New York at Buffalo and in Arts Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Upon completion of her studies Ms. Amin was invited to serve the university as Interim Coordinator of Multicultural Programs. She has continued her professional development as [...]
Adjunct Associate Professor (Costume Design) Professor Ames has taught costume design and rendering for the theatre at the college since 1984, and has designed the costumes for the Drama and Dance productions during that time. A professional designer for theatre, opera and dance, she has designed over 240 productions during her career. Her credits include [...]
Costume Shop Supervisor Ms. Avramov is a nationally known cutter, draper, and designer who has worked with Indiana Repertory Theatre, the University of Colorado, Ohio University, Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration, Broadmoor Figure Skating Club, Opera Colorado, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and Smokebrush Theatre. She also designed costumes for productions at Yambol National [...]
Professor (Dance) Professor Berg came to Colorado College in 1980 after teaching at Washington University for 5 years. She danced for numerous New York and Washington D.C. companies during a 10 year career, and has studied with Merce Cunningham, Viola Farber, Dan Wagoner, David Wood, and Marney Thomas, among others. Professor Berg has an extensive [...]
Director of Forensics & Debate
Sim Butler received his Master’s Degree in Communication Studies from the University of Alabama, where he distinguished himself on the speech and debate team and in the the College of Communication. Along with teaching in the Drama and Dance department, Sim also coaches the Colorado College Debate Team.
Adjunct Associate Professor (Directing and Literature) Professor Davis is a leading director, dramaturg, and arts consultant on the American theatre scene, and his work has been seen at leading theatres throughout the country, including New Federal Theatre (where he is Associate Producer), New Dramatists (where he was Director-in-Residence 1996-98), Negro Ensemble Company, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, [...]
Assistant Professor of Performance Design/Technical Theatre Marie has received her Masters degree from Yale University in the areas of set and costume design. She has worked under the tutelage of acclaimed designers Ming Cho Lee, Jane Greenwood, Michael Yeargan, Jess Goldstein and Peter Wexler in New York City. She has designed productions for the Yale [...]
Part-time Dance Faculty Director, Colorado College Dance Festival Patrizia, native to Switzerland, graduated from The Colorado College with a BA in philosophy in 1996. She spent the next five years dancing for the Martha Graham Ensemble in New York City. She also danced with the Pearl Lang Dance Theater, Shen Wei at the American Dance [...]
Professor and Chair (Literature, Criticism and History) Thomas Lindblade is presently the National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor at Colorado College, and was the college’s inaugural T. William and Nancy Bryson Schlosser Professor of the Arts. He teaches in Colorado College’s Department of Drama and Dance, where he is Full Professor and served [...]
Emeritis Professor
Now happily retired in Elliston, Virginia and Palm Springs, California.
Associate Professor (Acting and Performance Studies) Born and brought up in Great Britain. Trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech & Drama, London. Was then an actor for 9 years doing seasons of regional theatre plus TV and radio work. In 1972 he co-founded the EMMA Theatre Company, a pioneering regional small-scale [...]
Technical Director Christian Medovich has been with Colorado College for 5 years. His history includes a Bachelors degree from Georgia Southern University in Theater, and 15 plus years as a theatrical carpenter, welder, electrician, and all around artisan. Before he made Colorado his home, Christian worked up and down the east coast building Broadway, Off [...]
Part-time dance technique faculty Debra has been teaching and performing in Colorado for over thirty years. She has a B.A. with honors in Dance from York University in Toronto, Ontario and an A.A. from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. She has been a principal dancer with the Jackson Ballet, Colorado Ballet, David Taylor Dance Theatre, [...]
Theater Lighting Supervisor/ Associate Technical Director Tree has been with CC Drama/ Dance Dept since 2003. Just before that she worked for several years at the Pikes Peak Center and Toured with Sesame Street Live from 1995-2000 and also has been an officer in the Stagehand Union for over a decade now. She has been [...]
Department Coordinator
Shaylan is the Department Coordinator as of May ’04. She has a rich background in both film and theatre. She loves working in the educational environment especially at CC. Shaylan is currently working on her MBA at CTU.
Professor (Dance) Professor Wang is a Certified Movement Analyst (1996), Labonation Reconstructor and Teacher (1984, 1985) who publishes extensively in U.S. and international dance journals, including; Dance Research Journal (USA), Crown, Artist Review, and Health Medical Magazine (Taiwan and China). She also has contributed articles to the anthologies Choreography and Dance: East Meets West, Dancing [...]