Administration and Staff

Sands Leadership and Administration

Jennifer Holmes, PhD
Dean, Sands College of Performing Arts; Professor, BFA Acting 
Bette Kirschstein, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, Sands College of Performing Arts; Associate Professor, English
David Biondi

Director of Budgets and Finance, Sands College of Performing Arts 

Tyler Rowe
Director of Assessment and Academic Programs, Sands College of Performing Arts 

TBA
Program Manager, Sands College of Performing Arts 

Jamie Honigman
Assistant Director of Advisement, Sands College of Performing Arts 

Kyle Saavedra
Academic Advisor, Sands College of Performing Arts 
Laurie Brown Kindred
Director of Production, Sands College of Performing Arts 
Cihangir Duman
General Manager, Sands College of Performing Arts 
Desiree Narciso
Director of Marketing and Communications 
Wayne Petro
Director of Enrollment and Incoming Advisor, Sands College of Performing Arts 
Mary Callaghan 
Director of Development, Sands College of Performing Arts

Department Chairs

Lauren Gaul
Clinical Associate Professor; Chair, BFA Commercial Dance & BFA Musical Theater
Graham Kindred
Assistant Professor; Chair, BFA Performance Making, BFA Production Design, & BA Stage Management
Grant Kretchik
Professor; Chair, BFA Acting & BFA Acting for Film & Media

Program Heads and Full Time Faculty

BFA in Acting

Julie Lawrence-Edsell
Program Head; Associate Professor 

Jamibeth Margolis
Associate Program Head, Lecturer
Jennifer Holmes, PhD
Dean, Sands College of Performing Arts; Professor 
Lester Shane
Clinical Associate Professor 

BFA in Acting for Film AND MEDIA

Di Quon Wilms
Program Head, Assistant Professor
Brendan Hughes
Associate Program Head, Clinical Assistant Professor
Ka’ramuu (kA’) Kush 
Clinical Associate Professor

BFA in Commercial Dance

Holly Evans
Program Head; Lecturer
Scott Jovovich
Associate Program Head; Clinical Assistant Professor 
Shonica Gooden
Clinical Assistant Professor

BFA in Musical Theater

Amanda Flynn, PhD
Program Head; Clinical Assistant Professor
JV Mercanti
Associate Program Head, Associate Professor
L Morgan Lee
Clinical Assistant Professor

BFA in Performance Making (International Performance Ensemble)

Adrienne Kapstein
Program Head; Associate Professor
Ianthe Demos
Associate Program Head; Clinical Assistant Professor 
Ion (Cosmin) Chivu
Associate Professor
Nora Woolley
Clinical Assistant Professor

BFA in Production and Design

April Bartlett
Program Head, Production Supervisor, Clinical Assistant Professor

Matsy Stinson
Associate Program Head, Costume Program Supervisor, Clinical Assistant Professor
Jay Duckworth
Clinical Associate Professor

BA in Stage Management

Matthew Stern
Program Head; Clinical Assistant Professor

Shop and Production Staff and Faculty

Patrick Brennan, Technical Director
Kristiana Cowcer, Assistant Production Manager
Caton Hamrick, Assistant Costume Shop Manager
Chriz Schultz, Sound Engineer
Timothy Smith, Production Electrician
Chriz Zaborowski, Production Carpenter