Director of Theatre
Email: sbraddock(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: (716) 286-8329
Steve comes to Niagara University from Syracuse where he served for eleven years as the Artistic Director of the Gifford Family Theatre, a professional Theatre for Young Audiences in residence at Le Moyne College. Prior to establishing the GFT, he served as Director of Education for Syracuse Stage, Asst. Director of Education at the Huntington Theatre...
Lecturer, Voice
Website: www.JasonBravo.com
Email: jasonbravo(at)aol.com
Jason graduated from Brandeis University cum laude with High Honors in Music, where he was awarded the Richter Composition Prize for his musical Platterplatinum! Jason has worked as a vocal director for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines in Hollywood, Florida, and as an accompanist, coach and assistant music director at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in...
Senior Lecturer, Acting
Email: decamp(at)roadrunner.com
Phone Number: (716) 286-8480
Derek is an Associate Director at the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Recent directing credits include: Playboy of the Western World; The Dead; The Relapse; Hedda Gabler; The Cavalcaders; Faith Healer; The School for Scandal, and the world premiere production of Irish playwright Bryan Delaney’s The Cobbler. Other credits include: The Goat or Who is Sylvia at...
Assistant Professor, Costume Technology and Design
Email: msd(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: (716) 286-8492
Marilyn holds an MFA in costume technology from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Currently, she teaches stagecraft, costume construction, pattern drafting, corsetry, and dancewear. She supervises the student workforce in the Costume Shop and is the draper/tailor for all of the theatre department’s productions. Previously, she was a lecturer and draper/tailor at the University...
Lecturer, Acting/Theatre Appreciation, Scenic Painting
Email: jdivincenzo(at)niagara.edu
Josie returned to her hometown of Buffalo, N.Y., last June after living in Los Angeles where she received her MFA in Drama from USC and went on to enjoy an acting career in theatre, TV and film. Before California, she was in many productions for Shakespeare in Delaware Park, where she joyously returned last summer...
Assistant Professor, Design/Tech; Scenic Designer/Production Manager
Website: http://dwyerdesignstudio.com/index.htm
Email: ddwyer(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: (716) 286-8485
David holds a Master of Fine Arts in production design from Michigan State University, and a Bachelor's in theatre and an Oral Communication Certificate with distinction from Marietta College. As a freelance designer he works primarily in the Eastern United States, with a few ventures elsewhere. His designs have been seen at The Boarshead Theatre,...
Artist in Residence, Stage Combat and Recruitment
Email: agatto(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: 716-286-8481
Fax Number: 716-286-8495
After graduating from NU in 2006, Adriano toured nationally in Olney Theatre's production of Othello (Iago). Shortly after, he was awarded an Acting Fellowship with Michael Kahn at the prestigious Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. There, Adriano assisted and choreographed with Rick Sordelet (one of Broadway's premier fight directors), Casey Kaleba and Brad Waller. He also worked with directors Gale Edwards, Ethan...
Adjunct Professor, Physical Theatre
Terry graduated from Wilfred Laurier University, completed a two year apprenticeship at the Stratford Festival and has worked as an actor in theatres across Canada including: Shaw Festival, The National Arts Centre, Manitoba Theatre Centre and most recently, Carousel Players and Odyssey Theatre. Terry was a founding member of Theatre Beyond Words (TBW), is a member...
Lecturer, History and Literature of Theatre and Dramatic Criticism
Email: katiemallinson(at)gmail.com
Katie received her MFA in Dramaturgy from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University after graduating summa cum laude from NU with a BFA in Theatre and a BA in English. Her graduate work included a semester of study at the Moscow Art Theater School in Russia, and two semesters as a Teaching...
Lecturer, Ballet
Gary began his formal training in the music department of SUNY at Albany, then went on to study dance with Melissa Hayden, Elizabeth Carroll, Edward Vilella, Kay Mazzo and Peter Martins at Skidmore College. He also studied jazz with Rhett Dennis at the Luigi School in New York as well as modern with Ethel Winter...
Adjunct Professor, Physical Theatre
Robin graduated from Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Ecole Jacques Lecoq, France. In 1977 she co-founded Theatre Beyond Words (TBW), an international touring theatre ensemble specializing in mask, clown, modern commedia dell'arte and visual theatre. The company has performed throughout Canada and the USA, as well as in Europe, Asia and Australia. Presently artistic director/manager of...
Adjunct Professor, Voice
Elenora , a native of Buffalo, N.Y., holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal and Instrumental Accompanying from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music Degree cum laude from the SUNY College at Fredonia. Currently Music Associate at Westminster Presbyterian Church, she joined the music staff as Assistant Organist in 1978....
Adjunct Professor, Speech
Amanda received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting with honors from the University of Florida, and her Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She worked professionally with the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival and the North Carolina Theatre for Youth. Amanda also attended the British American Drama Academy at...
Associate Professor, Costume Designer
Email: mstevens(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: (716) 286-8490
Maureen received her B. S. from Buffalo State College in Apparel and Textiles and her M. F. A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Costume Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Previous to joining the faculty at Niagara University, her career spanned many facets of costuming and...
Adjunct Professor, Acting
Email: MGPT11(at)aol.com
After graduating from Niagara University's theatre program in 1987, Paul Todaro moved to New York and worked with the Independent Theatre Company at House of Candles Theatre on Manhattan's lower east side. Paul acted and directed the plays of Shakespeare, Beckett, Brecht, Pinter, Strindberg and, in 1992, became the Artistic Director of the company. In 1993,...
Director Emeritus & Co-Founder of Niagara University Theatre
Holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from New York University, a certificate in Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre from the University of Birmingham (Stratford-upon-Avon, England) and a Masters in Dramatic Literature from St. John's University (New York). Brother Augustine has directed over 135 plays in the past 45 years at Niagara University and many others in professional venues...
Associate Professor, Choreographer
Email: tfilips(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: (716) 286-8489
Terry graduated summa cum laude with an MFA in Dance from the Texas Woman’s University and cum laude with a BA from Hope College. Terri has worked as a freelance teacher, choreographer and theatre director for numerous schools, community groups, studios and professional companies. She is the co-founder of InSync Dance Theatre, a professional tap and...
Professor & Chair of Theatre
Email: sw(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: 716.286.8482
Dr. Watkinson earned her Ph.D. from New York University, and MA from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Here at NU, Dr. Watkinson has directed many productions including the Focus Award-winning J.B. and Good Woman of Setzuan. She has acted frequently in local and university theatre productions including Women Times Women, the title role...
Adjunct Professor, Dance
Stacy is the owner/director of Stacy Zawadzki’s Performing Arts Center (ZPAC). She is also a teacher at St. Margaret’s School, a teaching artist for the Arts in Education, an independent choreographer/adjudicator, and a Fitness Assessor/Instructor with BWI Health and Promotions. She received a Masters of Fine Arts Degree magna cum laude from the University of Buffalo....
Associate Professor, Acting/Directing, Associate Director of NU Theatre
Email: dougz(at)niagara.edu
Phone Number: (716) 286-8487
Doug recently directed Company, The Threepenny Opera and She Stoops to Conquer here and It’s A Wonderful Life and Secret Order at the Kavinoky Theatre, where he is Associate Director. Doug directed over thirty productions in eight years as Resident Director of Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, VA. Acting credits include Atticus Finch at Studio Arena,...
