Theatre and Dance Faculty & Staff
Our faculty bring an array of expertise to the program ranging from design skills in costume, set construction, lighting, and sound to acting acumen in performance, auditioning, and career management; and in directing, devised theatre, and theatrical history.
Department Chair: Scott Olinger | contact info
Faculty
Scott Olinger
Professor of Theatre
Teaches courses in scenic, lighting, and projection design. His work has been seen at Burning Coal Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Pennsylvania Center Stage, Penn State Altoona, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Juniata College, and on DirecTV’s Nick and Artie Show/The Dan Patrick Show. M.F.A., design, Penn State University.
Caroline Price
Associate Professor of Theatre
Teaches courses in basic and advanced acting such as Shakespeare in Performance, Auditioning, and Career Management. She has extensive professional experience as an actor and joined the faculty in 2016 after serving as assistant professor of performance at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. M.F.A., acting, Wayne State University.
Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Resident Costume Designer; Costume Studio Director; Lecturer
Teaches costume design, stage makeup, and costume construction. She has performed costume work for The University of Iowa, Old Creamery Theatre, Coe College, Grinnell College, and Riverside Theatre. M.F.A., costume design, University of Iowa.
Patrick DuLaney
Visiting Artist in Theatre and Lecturer
Holds a MFA in Acting, The University of Missouri, Kansas City. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Acting history of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway, The Adding Machine, Cabaret, Gypsy, A Christmas Carol, Into the Woods, Our Town, title roles in Macbeth and Floyd Collins, A View From the Bridge, Title of Show, Ears on a Beatle, seven seasons with Riverside Shakespeare. Founding member of The Alaska Shakespeare festival. Directing experience The Cake, Seed world premiere, The University of Iowa) Assassins, Lonely Planet, Eleemosynary, Orson’s Shadow, William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Sunshine Boys, Endgame, Vinegar Tom.
Shawn Ketchum Johnson
Technical Director and Lecturer
Amy Simonson
Dance Instructor