Theatre & Dance Office Information
Location: 30 S. Grove St.
Hours: Monday – Friday (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Phone: 614-823-1109
Email: jmarkovich@otterbein.edu
Faculty
Thom Warren
Associate Professor
Thom Christopher Warren serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance and made his Otterbein directorial debut last spring with “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” followed...
Rebecca White
Associate Professor
Rebecca White is originally from Minnesota and joined the faculty at Otterbein in the fall of 2007. Rebecca works primarily with students in the BFA Design Technology program and teaches courses...
Patrick Stone
Associate Professor
Patrick Stone began his tenure as the Technical Director at Otterbein in the Fall of 2014. He spent the previous seven years at the University of Arkansas as the Faculty Technical Director. He...
Mark “Coach” Mineart
Associate Professor
Mark has been a successful member of the professional theatre community for over 30 years, working as an actor, director, and fight director. Mark has appeared on and off Broadway with such stars...
Melissa Lusher
Professor
Melissa Lusher is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance where she teaches acting, speech, and dialects. In 2018, she was honored with Otterbein’s Teacher of...
Lenny Leibowitz
Associate Professor
Since Lenny’s arrival in Westerville, Lenny has directed Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Into the Woods, Clybourne Park, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Top Girls, Fiddler on the...
Stella Kane
Associate Professor, Director of Musical Theatre, Director of Dance
Stella Hiatt Kane has been a member of the Otterbein faculty since 1989 and Director of Dance since 1996, a member of the BalletMet Academy faculty, and the founding Artistic Director of JazzMet....
Christina Kirk
Professor
Christina Kirk is Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance where she has taught since 1992. Her directing credits include The Living Theatre, New Dramatists, assisting Liviu Ciulei at Arena...
Robert Johnson
Professor
Rob Johnson is a full professor with the Department of Theatre & Dance at Otterbein University and serves as the Head of Design/Technology. With Otterbein since 1987, Rob teaches scenic...
Lori Kay Harvey
Associate Professor
Lori Kay Harvey, Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, serves as the music director and conductor for the production program and the BFA musical theatre program at Otterbein University....
Timothy Gerckens
Associate Professor
T.J. Gerckens (Lighting Design) is the lighting design faculty member at Otterbein University, a USA829 Union Lighting Designer, and proud Otterbein Alum. At Otterbein he has designed the...
Staff
Part Time Faculty in Theatre & Dance