Department of Theater Staff
Department Chair
Michelle Liu Carriger
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Vice Chairs and Faculty Area Heads
Myung Hee Cho
Head of Scenic and Production Design
Lap Chi Chu
Head of Lighting Design
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko
Head of Costume Design
Sean Metzger
Head of Theater and Performance Studies
Sylvan Oswald
Head of Playwriting
Marike Splint
Vice Chair, Undergraduate Studies; Head of Directing
Edit Villarreal
Vice Chair, Graduate Studies
Administrative Staff
Thai Sukrachan
Management Services Officer
thai@tft.ucla.edu
Dolann Adams
Director of Special Programs
dadams@tft.ucla.edu
Brandon Karsh
Assistant to the Chair
bkarsh@tft.ucla.edu
Emily Mellman
Receptionist
emellman@tft.ucla.edu
Production/Tech
Christina Vacchiano
Director of Production
cvacchiano@tft.ucla.edu
Nikki Alday
Associate Lighting and Projections Supervisor
nalday@tft.ucla.edu
Jonathan Burke
Sound Supervisor
jburke@tft.ucla.edu
Josh Clabaugh
Technical Director
jclabaugh@tft.ucla.edu
Margaret Dick
Principal Wardrobe Technician
maggied@tft.ucla.edu
Paul Girard
Costume Shop Academic Coordinator
pgirard@tft.ucla.edu
Bert Henert
Costume Studio Admin/Stock Coordinator
bhenert@tft.ucla.edu
Kenneth Houston
Senior Scene Tech
khouston@tft.ucla.edu
Juan Loredo
Senior Scene Tech
jjloredo@tft.ucla.edu
Phoebe Ping
First Hand
pping@tft.ucla.edu
Michael Sellers
Scene Shop Supervisor
msellers@tft.ucla.edu
Ernest Stifel III
Senior Scene Tech
Austin Taylor
Sound Assistant
ataylor@tft.ucla.edu
Danielle Whaley
Production Services Manager
dwhaley@tft.ucla.edu
Kevin Williams
Prop Shop Supervisor
kwilliams@tft.ucla.edu
Aaron Wong
Technical Supervisor
awong@tft.ucla.edu
David C. Copley Center for Costume Design
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Director
dlandis@tft.ucla.edu
Natasha Rubin
Director of Research
nrubin@tft.ucla.edu