Poo-Wá-Bah, 2010-2012 Sports, and many others; has also been on the faculty of American Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Miami, Roosevelt University, and National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped, to name a few. Darrah Carr (Adjunct Professor of Dance); M.F.A., New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts; Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University; currently pursuing doctoral work leading to a Ph.D. in Dance through Texas Woman’s University; has been active for nearly fifteen years in both the modern and Irish dance communities as a choreographer, dancer, educator, and writer; is the Artistic Director of Darrah Carr Dance and describes her choreographic style as ModERIN: a unique blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance; recent New York City performance highlights include: NBC’s “The Today Show,” a guest performance with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, The Duke Theater on 42nd Street, and Celebrate Brooklyn; Darrah Carr Dance has performed at venues throughout the United States including Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Yard at Martha's Vineyard, and The Goose Route Dance Festival; the company has toured internationally throughout Ireland and Canada; has been a Guest Choreographer at Adelphi University, Manhattanville College, and Queensborough Community College; is a respected scholar and has presented her research findings at the Congress on Research in Dance, the World Dance Alliance, and Dance Research Forum Ireland; has contributed numerous articles to Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, Dance Spirit, Dance Studio
Life, Dancer and The Dance Insider; recently contributed a chapter to “Close to the Floor: Irish Dance from the Boreen to Broadway” published by Macater Press; is honored to be named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” by The Irish Echo and one of the “Most Influential Women of 2010” by The Irish Voice. Caroline Copeland (Ballet) received her M.F.A. in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College and her B.A. in Dance from Goucher College. She has toured extensively throughout the US and Europe with the New York Baroque Dance Company and has also performed with The Metropolitan Opera, Bronx Opera, and the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF). Her own choreography has been featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Public Theater, The Phillipszaal in Den Hague and she has directed and/or choreographed opera for BEMF, Bourbon Baroque, as well as Cornell and Hofstra Universities. Royston Coppenger (Play Analysis, Styles, Directing) was one of ten writers invited to develop original text for 1968, a new theater piece workshopped at Labyrinth Theater's Summer 2009 Barn Series; other recent credits include directing The White Devil for Hofstra, and The Two Widows and Don Pasquale for The Bronx Opera Company; has been hard at work on a new adaptation of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler which will be directed by John Gould Rubin in a site-specific production in New York City in Summer 2010; was recently promoted to full Professor at Hofstra. Rychard Curtiss (Lighting and Sound Design) is the Director of
Lighting at Hofstra University; teaches light design, sound design, drafting and stage management; recent Hofstra credits include lighting designs for The Skin Of Our Teeth, Footloose, and Ghost Sonata, Sound for The Tempest, and sound and multimedia design for The Great White Hope; has an MFA in Theatre Design & Technology from Northern Illinois University and a BA in Art History from Eastern Connecticut State University; professionally, his designs have been seen in NYC off-Broadway and at a variety of regional theatre companies around the country; recent professional credits include Stage Manager for Brave New World’s Celebrate Brooklyn production of Fahrenheit 451 and lighting design for the Bronx Opera’s production of The Two Widows; is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and the Stage Managers Association. Christopher Dippel - (Acting, Play Analysis) - adjunct assistant professor teaching Play Analysis, Acting, & Modern Drama; this year directed a senior practicum; attended the Providence Improv Festival with his theatre company, The New York NeoFuturists, where they performed their award-winning signature show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, now in its fourth year in New York; also taught performance art workshops at Carnegie-Mellon University and the Broadway Training Center. Edward Elefterion (Acting for Non-Majors, Biomechanics) - is the Artistic Director and a founding member of Rabbit Hole Ensemble, a Brooklyn-based, notfor-profit theatre company; he was recently nominated by the 51