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The official archive for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, Region III, is located at the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at The Ohio State University.

theatreinst@osu.edu or 614/292-6614


 
 
 
 
 
     

Contacts

 
 
 
Regional Officers
 

Sandi Zielinski
Region III Co-Chair


Illinois State University
School of Theatre
Theatre 5700
Normal, IL  61790-5700
309-438-7093 (office)
309-438-8783 (dept. office)
309-438-5806 (fax)
skzieli@ilstu.edu
   
Tom Mitchell
Region III Co-Chair
Tom Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Dept. of Theatre
4-122 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave.,
Urbana, IL  61801-3746
217-333-3538 (office)
217-244-1861 (fax)
tomitche@uiuc.edu
   
Michael Swanson
Immediate Past Regional Chair
Theatre and Dance Division Head
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Elizabethtown College
I Alpha Drive Elizabethtown, PA 17022
717-361-1160 (office)
swansonm@etown.edu 
 
Kerro Knox
Region III Co-Vice Chair
Oakland University
130A Varner Hall
Rochester, MI  48309
248-370-3025 (office)
248-370-2041 (fax)
knox@oakland.edu
 
Ansley Valentine
Region III Co-Vice Chair
Diversity Coordinator
The College of Wooster
Department of Theatre and Dance
1189 Beall Avenue
Wooster OH 44691
(O)330-263-2028
(H)330-347-1519
avalentine@wooster.edu
 
Chris Jones
National Critics Institute Competition Chair
The Theatre School
DePaul University
312-222-3527
christo436@aol.com
 
Russ Jones
Design & Technology Chair

Purdue University
Yue-Kong Pao Hall for Visual and Performing Arts
552 West Wood Street
West Lafayette IN 47907-2002
765-494-0973 (office)
765-496-1766 (fax)
765-404-1166 (cell)
russjones@purdue.edu 

 
MC Friedrich
Co-Vice Chairs Design & Technology
Michigan Technological University
Fine Arts Department
Walker 204A
Houghton, MI  49931
906-487-3284 (office)
mcfriedr@mtu.edu
 
Gion DeFrancesco
Co-Vice Chair Design & Technology
Miami University
Center for the Performing Arts
Theatre
247C
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-8318 (office)
defranga@muohio.edu
 
Steve Reynolds
National Playwrighting Program Chair
Wittenberg University
Wittenberg Theatre
225 N. Fountain Avenue
Springfield, OH     45504
937-327-7468 (office)
937-325-2574 (home)
937-327-6340 (fax)
sreynolds@wittenberg.edu
 
Erik Ramsey
National Playwriting Program (NPP) Vice-Chair 

Ohio University
School of Theater
Kantner Hall
Athens OH   45701
740-593-4851 (office)
ramseye@ohio.edu 

 
Amy Sarno
Directing Coordinator

Amy Sarno
Beloit  College
Theatre Arts
700 College Street
Beloit, WI   53511
608-363-2156 (office)
608-363-7009 (fax)
sarnofra@beloit.edu

 
Kevin Trudeau
Dramaturgy Co-Coordinator

Lewis University
Department of Theatre
One University Parkway
Romeoville IL  60446
815-836-5695 (office)
815-836-5375 (fax)
trudeake@lewisu.edu
 

Steve Irelan
Dramaturgy Co-Coordinator 

Augustana College
Department of Theatre
639 38th Street
Rock Island IL 61201
309-794-7171 (office)
scottirelan@augustana.edu 

 
Lauren Friesen
Region III Historian
Lauren Friesen
Theatre 238
Department of Theatre and Dance
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI   48502-1950
810-762-3349 (office)
810-766-6630 (fax)
lfriesen@umflint.edu
 
 
Festival Coordinators
 
Connie Petersen
KCACTF- Region III Festival Host
Marquette University
Helfaer Theatre
525 N. 13th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Office: (414) 288-1649
Cell: (507) 404-0187
Fax: (414) 288-7048
connie.petersen@marquette.edu
 
Jim Ream
Technical Advisor
University of Indianapolis
Department of Theatre
1400 E. Hanna Avenue
Indianapolis, IN  46227-3697
317-788-3265 (office)
317-788-3300 (fax)
ream@uindy.edu
 
 
State Chairs
 
Bill Kincaid
Illinois State Chair
Western Illinois University
College of fine Arts and communication
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL  61455
309-298-1173 (office)
309-298-1543 (fax)
B-Kincaid@wiu.edu
   
Elliot Wasserman
Indiana State Chair
University of Southern Indiana
Theatre Program
8600 University Blvd
Evansville, IN 47712
812-464-0029 (O)
261-98-2743 (H)
wasserma@usi.edu
 
Michelle Bombe
Michigan State Chair

Hope College
Theatre Department
PO Box 9000
616-395-7598
Holland, MI  49423
Bombe@hope.edu
 

Bob Ellis
Ohio State Chair 

Cuyahoga Community College
700 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-987-5531 (office)
Robert.Ellis@tri-c.edu

 

Laura Riddle
Wisconsin State Chair 

University of Wisconsin—Green Bay
Department of Theatre
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311
920-465-2441 (office)
920-465-2890 (fax., ATTN LR)
riddle@uwgb.edu

 
 
Members at Large
 
Joe Flauto
Indiana

University of Evansville
Department of Theatre
1800 Lincoln Avenue
Evansville, IN   47722
Jpf4@sigecom.net
Jf33@evansville.edu
812-401-0404 or 812-479-2750  (office)
812-471-6995 (fax)

 
 
Sherry McFadden
Indiana

Indiana State University
ISU Theatre Department
540 North 7th Street
Terre Haute, IN  47809
smcfadden@indstate.edu
812-322-5061 (office)

 
Wendy Mortimer
Indiana

Ball State University
Department of Theatre and Dance
AC 306
Muncie, IN 47306
765-285-0976 (office)
765-285-4030 (fax)
wmortimer@bsu.edu

 

Dean Yohnk
Member-at-Large 

University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Theatre Arts Department
Communication Arts 292
900 Wood Road
P.O Box 2000
Kenosha, WI  53141-2000
262.595.2352 (office)
262.595.2271 (fax)
yohnk@uwp.edu

 
Rick Walters
Wisconsin

Viterbo University
900 Viterbo Drive
LaCrosse, WI  54601
608-796-3793 (office)
608-796-3736 (fax)
rhwalters@viterbo.edu

 
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