Associate Professor: Sharon Green B. A. University of Rochester M.A. University of Toronto, 1993 Ph.D. CUNY Graduate Center, 1999 Sharon Green is the chair of the Department of Theatre and an Associate Professor whose teaching and research interests include: theatre history, acting, community-based theatre for social change, contemporary performance theory and practice, feminism and performance, 20th century political theatre, and Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed techniques
At Davidson, she has directed: Waiting for Lefty, Goodnight Desdemona (Good morning Juliet), Diary of Anne Frank, Love of the Nightingale, The Jewish Wife, and most recently, 9 Parts of Desire. Her work has been published in Theatre, Theatre Topics, Theatre Journal, Journal of Women's History, Arts in the Public Interest, and Small Axe: A Journal of Criticism. She has participated, as an actor, director and facilitator, in numerous community-based and forum theatre performances. She was also a founding member of the feminist theatre collective, Something Permanent, which produced original works performed in Toronto, London and Edinburgh. She was the Conference Planner for the Theatre and Social Change (TASC) focus group within the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) from 2000-2003, and continues to be a member of ATHE and TASC.
	Professor: Dr. Joseph T. Gardner B.A. Davidson, 1969 M.A. Florida State University, 1974 Ph.D. Florida State University, 1978 Professor Gardner is widely recognized as one of the area's best scenic and lighting designers, with over a hundred credits in regional professional theatres.
His work has been recognized with numerous area awards, most recently Metrolina Theatre Association's "Outstanding Set Design, College and University" for Davidson's She Loves Me and the 2005 regional design award for Beauty and the Beast, produced by Charlotte Summer Theatre. Other professional set designs include those for Charlotte Rep (Angels in America Parts I and II, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Glass Menagerie); CPCC Summer Theatre (Camelot, Chess, Annie Get Your Gun); Tarradiddle Players (Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Cry Wolf, Pinocchio); North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (Tartuffe); and most recently Burning Coal Theatre (Hair). Professor Gardner has taught at Davidson since 1974, serving as Department chair from 1990 until 2003. His courses include design, playwriting and studio production.
	Professor: Ann Marie Costa B.F.A. Boston Conservatory of Music M.F.A., Directing, University of Pittsburgh Ann Marie Costa teaches acting and directing for the Department of Theatre at Davidson College. Prior to arriving in Davidson in 1994, she was head of the Acting-Directing Program at Washington University. She is a recent recipient of the Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching award.
She has directed professionally at The Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Blowing Rock Theatre Company, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Mill Mountain Theatre (Roanoke), Victory Gardens (Chicago), Theatre Factory (St. Louis) and Theatre Project (St. Louis). Some of her favorite professional directing credits include: The Goat, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Rumors, Keep on the Sunny Side, Intimate Apparel, and Mrs. Klein. Her production of Theresa Rebeck's The Scene at Actor's Theatre of Charlotte won 10 Metrolina Theatre Awards including outstanding direction and outstanding comedy. Ms. Costa is an active member of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). She served on ATHE's Governing Council from 1994-2001 with the following roles: ATHE Strategic Planning Committee Chair, the Vice-President of Advocacy, the Rationales Task Force Chair, and Directing Focus Group Representative. At Davidson her directing highlights include: Pride and Prejudice, Tartuffe, Company, Summer and Smoke, Cabaret, Angels in America: Part I, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Hay Fever, and Six Degrees of Separation. Her production of She Loves Me won the 2005 "Best College Production" Metrolina Theatre Association Award.
	Assistant Professor: Mark Sutch  B.A. Iowa State University, 1997. M.F.A. Trinity Rep Conservatory/Rhode Island College, 2000 Mark Sutch joined the faculty in 2006 after serving for five years as Artistic Associate and Casting Director for Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Company.
At Trinity Rep he directed productions of A Christmas Carol and Suddenly Last Summer, and appeared in productions of Peter Pan, The Henriad, and A Christmas Carol. At the same time, he was Artistic Producer for the Trinity Summer Shakespeare Project, which toured throughout the Northeast and for which he directed Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. At Davidson, he has directed Dark Ride, Women Beware Women, Hamlet, and Leading Ladies. Mark is a 2010-2011 Company Member with Burning Coal Theatre Company in Raleigh, for which he directed Hair and will direct the world premiere production of Kelly Doyle's Blue in January. He previously taught theatre at Rhode Island College and University of Rhode Island and is a member of Actors' Equity Association and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
	Technical Director: Josh Peklo B.A. Davidson College, 1997 M.F.A. Technical Design & Production, Yale School of Drama 2002 Prior to returning to Davidson in 2007, Josh was on the faculty of the Yale School of Drama's Technical Design and Production department where he served as Technical Director for the Yale Repertory Theatre.
He worked as Technical Director for Adirondack Studios where he managed the drafting and technical design of scenery for clients including Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Disney Theatrical Productions, and Universal Studios Florida. Josh has engineered scenery for the New York productions of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins, as well as the second national tour of The Lion King, and continues to work on regional and commercial projects. He is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, and the inaugural group of Entertainment Services and Technology Association Certified Riggers in both theatre and arena. Recent Davidson designs include lighting designs for 9 Parts of Desire, Communicating Doors, and Hamlet, and set designs for Tartuffe, Alice in Wonderland, and 9 Parts of Desire.
	Production Manager/Lecturer: Annie McDowell Wadman B.A. Davidson College, 2006 M.B.A. University of Cincinnati, 2008 M.A. Arts Administration, University of Cincinnati Annie joined the Theatre Department in 2012. Originally from Colorado Springs, she graduated cum laude from Davidson with honors in Theatre before heading to the University of Cincinnati to earn an MBA and MA in arts administration.
Prior to her return to Davidson, she worked with People's Light & Theatre Co in Philadelphia, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Ballet, gaining meaningful experience in arts management and a great passion for organizations with unique, powerful missions that push artistic boundaries and continually renew their relevancy to the communities they serve. As a Davidson student, Annie was a member of the "Oops...!" improv comedy troupe and performed with Davidson Community Players as well as in Kentucky's official outdoor drama, The Stephen Foster Story. Visiting Assistant Professor:  Alison Bory B.A. Dance & Psychology, Mount Holyoke College M.A. Dance Studies, University of Surrey M.F.A. Dance/Experimental Choreography, University of California - Riverside Ph.D. Dance History & Theory, University of California - Riverside  Alison Bory is a Visiting Assistant Professor, with a joint-appointment at Davidson College and Queens University of Charlotte. She teaches Introduction to Dance and Modern Dance Technique. A dancemaker and scholar, her choreographic and academic research explores autobiographical performance forms, investigating the capacity of dance languages to trouble notions of identity and self-representation. Her performance work has been shown at numerous locations on the east coast, including DanceSpace Project, Judson Memorial Church, Spoke-the-Hub, The Field (New York), Mt. Holyoke College, Bates College and the school at the American Dance Festival, as well as at various venues around Southern California, including Highways Performance Space, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, UCLA and UC Riverside. Her academic research has been presented at the conferences of the Society of Dance History Scholars and the Congress on Research in Dance. Prior to joining the Davidson faculty, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Texas A&M International University.
	Administrative Assistant: Lee Veltri B.A. History, Carnegie-Mellon University Lee Veltri joined the Department of Theatre in March of 2011. In her role as department assistant, Lee provides administrative support to the faculty and staff in all aspects of the operation of the Department of Theatre. At the same time, she is able to indulge her interest in theatre. Lee enjoys the creative, artistic, energetic, and professional dynamics of the department as well as the bright, talented students she encounters each day.
The career path that brought Lee to Davidson College is somewhat diverse. Her previous professional experience includes positions as a public relations coordinator, a teacher, a non-profit program manager and, most recently, Assistant to the Chairman and Board of Trustees of one of the largest mutual funds in the United States. Originally from Pittsburgh, Lee earned her B.A. in History and a minor in Economics at Carnegie-Mellon University.
	Fellow: Ana Rodriguez B.A. Theatre, Davidson College, 2012 Ana is originally from Baltimore, Maryland where she attended McDonogh School. She fell in love with the warm atmosphere of Davidson College and the honor code upheld here. Graduating as a pre-med theatre major, Ana was very involved in many facets of student life. Serving two years as Vice President of the Davidson College Union Board, she was also a member of all-female a cappella group the Davidson Delilahs and a volunteer at Health Reach Clinic. In the spring of 2012, Ana directed Freakshow, and you may have seen her perform in many Theatre Department productions, including Metamorphoses, The Women and Wallace, and Kokoro.
Adjunct Professor: Jack Beasley B.A. Vanderbilt University, 1963 M.F.A. University of Georgia, 1965 Mr. Beasley has over forty-five years of teaching experience, including two decades at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he was Chair of the Department of Dance and Theatre. He formally retired from UNCC in 1992 and spent eight years as a free-lance director, actor, and newspaper columnist before coming to Davidson College in 2000. Now semi-retired, he teaches and directs on occasion as an Adjunct Associate Professor.  Mr. Beasley has directed a wide variety of productions, ranging from opera (The Medium), to musicals (Gypsy), and on to Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet) and modern drama (Albee's Three Tall Women). He has acted in over 100 productions, playing roles such as the Marquis de Sade in Marat/Sade, King Lear in two different productions, and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.