Applied Theatre Faculty

Professor; Theatre & Dance Department Chair
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Ellen Margolis serves as chair of Theatre & Dance and director of Theatre. Her classes include all levels of acting, playwriting, directing, audition techniques, phonetics & dialects, among others. She holds an MFA in acting from the University of California at Davis and a PhD in theatre history from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Associate Professor
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Tal Sanders is an award-winning designer with numerous national credits. He has designed for nearly every venue in the Portland Metro area, and has been awarded the Drammy Award for his designs on several occasions. Tal is also a seven-time winner of the Santa Barbara critics’ Independent Theatre Award. He is a member of the United Scenic Artists, and has designed lighting and scenery for many aspects of entertainment including: theatre, film, television, theme parks, concert stages, cruise ships, mall décor, and zoos. He holds an MFA in design from California Institute of the Arts.

Instructor

Jacob Coleman is a director, performer, and teacher based in Portland. He is a founding member of PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble), where he regularly performs and directs, as well as a founding faculty member at the Institute for Contemporary Performance. More at http://www.petensemble.org