Meet our team of professional artist/educators!
Our faculty and academic staff consists of seven distinguished theatre artists and educators whose combined experience represents: seven terminal degrees; over 600 production credits ranging from director to actor to designer and over 150 professional production credits in venues from Off-Off Broadway to, Maui, Hawaii. This notable combination of talent creates the atmosphere whereby theatre of distinction is produced at UW-Parkside.
Costume and Make Up Designer
Contact: misti.bradford@uwp.edu / 262.595.2702
Office: Communication Arts L246
Position: Lecturer and Professional Artist
Education: MFA in Design – University of Nebraska; BA in Theatre – Cameron University (Oklahoma); AA – Eastern Oklahoma State College.
Courses Taught: Costume design, costumecraft, make up and wig design, theatre crafts and properties, theater appreciation.
Professional Bio: Misti is thrilled to join the UW-Parkside Theatre Arts Department as its newest faculty member and professional artist/educator. Misti has extensive professional design and academic theatre experience, and has recently taught courses in costume design and construction, make up and wig/hair design, theatre crafts and properties, and theatre appreciation at Santa Rosa Junior College and the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA). Her professional design credits include costume, make up, and crafts designs at the PCPA Theaterfest, The Pacific Repertory Opera, the Sierra Repertory Theatre, and the Nebraska Repertory Theatre. Misti has received a number of national and regional design awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, including a special internship in costume design at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Artistic Director and Head of Acting Program
Contact: 262-595-2522 / jamie.cheatham@uwp.edu
Office: Communication Arts 216
Position : Associate Professor
Education : SUNY Binghamton , BA (Theatre); Virginia Commonwealth University , MFA (Theatre Pedagogy)
Courses Taught : acting sequence, acting styles, movement, stage combat, and production director
Professional Bio : Prior to joining the UW-Parkside faculty as the head of the acting program, Jamie taught in New York City at many prestigious institutions: American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Brooklyn College, Wagner College, Marymount Manhattan College and Juilliard, to name a few. He has 16 years of professional teaching and performance experience as a New York City-based actor, movement specialist, and stage combat choreographer. He holds the dual title of Fight Director and Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. Jamie has worked extensively as a freelance artist at many New York theatres and at numerous regional theatres across the nation. As a member of AEA and SAG actors unions, Jamie continues to work actively in the professional theatre.
GALE CHILDS DALY
Visiting Professional Guest Artist and Lecturer
Contact Information: childsda@uwp.edu / 262.595.2103
Office: CART 236
Position: Lecturer
Education: BFA and MFA in Theatre, Goodman School of Drama/Arts Institute of Chicago
Professional Bio: Gale has been an actor, director, teacher, playwright, and text and dialect coach in the theatre for over twenty-five years. After retiring from a twenty year acting career, Gale begin to freelance as a director, teacher and text coach. Gale graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a double degree in English and Theatre. At the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago Gale received a B.F.A. and an
M.F.A. in Theatre. As an actor Gale worked in many regional theatres, including the Goodman Theatre, the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas and P,C,P,A, Theaterfest in Santa Maria, California among others. Some of Gale's favorite roles have been Beatrice in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Elizabeth Proctor in THE CRUCIBLE, Goneril in KING LEAR, Linda Loman in DEATH OF A SALESMAN and Miss Petowker/Miss Knag in the only American production of THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKELBY. As a director Gale has specialized in Shakespearean drama, most notably JULIUS CAESAR, THE TEMPEST, HENRY V, TWELFTH NIGHT and most recently MACBETH and SHAKESPEARE ON LOVE at U.W. Parkside. In her career as a text/dialect coach Gale has worked at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Renaissance Theater Company, P.C.P.A. Theaterfest, and the Great River Shakespeare Festival as well as serving as the text coach on U.W. Parkside's production of ROMEO AND JULIET. Gale's teaching credentials include twelve years as the Voice and Speech instructor, and Shakespeare instructor at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California. Gale has also taught classes in Shakespeare and Chekhov at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside. As a playwright several of Gale's plays have been performed professionally and at university departments all over America. Two of her plays, GREAT EXPECTATIONS and THE STORY OF OPAL, have been very popular. THE STORY OF OPAL was produced at Parkside last year and this year it will be produced at the Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee. Currently Gale is working at the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, Minnesota as a text coach and assistant director on THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and TITUS ANDRONICUS.
Fireside Theatre Technical Director & Scenic Lab Supervisor
(Fireside Theatre Grant)
Contact: 262-595-2299 (office) or 595-2568 (scene shop) / michael.clickner@uwp.edu
Office: Communication Arts D157E
Position : Associate Artist
Education : University of Wisconsin-Parkside , BS (Communication/Theatre); Utah State University , MFA (Technical Direction)
Professional Bio: Michael has virtually hundreds of productions in professional and university venues to his credit. He has worked in professional theatre for over 20 years, serving at least four as a professional Stage Manager. With his specialization in Technical Direction and Scenic Construction, Michael has amassed nearly the same number of years in University theatre. Michael is the facilitator of our very successful partnership with the Fireside Playhouse in Fort Atkinson. Michael is a PROUD Alum of UW-Parkside.
Postition: Director of Theatre Arts Admissions, Artist, Costume Lab Supervisor
Education: MA (Northeastern Illinois University), MFA (Wayne State University)
Professional Bio: Darice has over 30 years of professional and educational theatre experience as a costume design and costume lab supervisor. Darice earned her BA and MA degrees in Theatre and Speech at Northeastern Illinois University and an MFA in Theatre Design at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, where she was awarded the highly regarded Hillsberry Fellowship. Prior to her service at Parkside, Darice served as the Costume Lab Supervisor at Northwestern University for 9 years. While at Northwestern Darice worked closely with undergraduate and graduate theatre students and professionals from the Chicago theatre community to create costumes and crafts for shows directed by such renowned directors as Frank Galati and Mary Zimmermann. Darice also has extensive costume design experience at such professional Chicago theatres as Pegasus Players, City Lit Theatre Company, The Famous Door Theatre, The Next Theatre Company, and The Bailiwick Repertory Theatre. Darice is dedicated artist/educator who is passionate about working with undergraduate students of all ability levels who want to learn and discover their own skills and talents.
Theatre Facilities Manager & Scenic Designer
Contact: 262-595-2564 (office) or 595-2568 (scene shop) / keith.harris@uwp.edu
Office: Communication Arts 283
Position : Academic Staff ( School of Arts and Sciences) / Artist
Education : Northeast Missouri State University , BSE (Theatre); University of Kansas , MFA (Sceneography)
Professional Bio: Keith has worked in education for over 22 years as well as garnering professional credits in Milwaukee , Kansas City and Hannibal , Missouri . A talented designer, with a National Design Award from the American College Theatre Festival at the Kennedy Center, his artistry and expertise have been seen on the Parkside stage in over 20 set designs. His organizational skills have made the UW-Parkside theatre, the jewel of the University, a model of efficiency.
Department Chair and Theatre Education Director
Contact Information: lisa.kornetsky@uwp.edu / 262.595.2352
Office: CART 286
Position: Associate Professor
Education: Hampshire College, BA; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MFA (Directing)
Courses Taught: Voice for the Stage, Acting Sequence, Sophomore and Senior Seminar, Theatre History and Dramatic Literature, Theatre Pedagogy, Gender and Sexuality on Stage and Screen, Theatre Appreciation, and Production Direction.
Professional Bio: Lisa, a nationally-recognized artist/educator, has worked in higher education for over 21 years. She has served on the UW-Parkside Theatre Faculty for over 16 years. From 1998 to 2008 Lisa served as the Director of the Office of Professional and Instructional Development for the University of Wisconsin System in Madison. Her work has led to national recognition for Wisconsin in the areas of faculty development and teaching and learning. She serves on the Executive Board for the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and works closely with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She has received a Regents' Teaching Award, Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award, Hesburgh Award for Faculty Development programming, and most recently the Eugene Craven Award given each year by UW System to a staff member for service. A founding member of Upstart Theatre, Lisa has also directed at the Piccolo-Spoleto Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Director of Public Speaking
Office: CART 236Phone: 595-2683
Website: http://homepages.uwp.edu/petersob/
Courses Taught: Freshman Seminar, Communication and Community Engagement, Public Speaking, and University Seminar.
Bio: Bonnie Peterson holds degrees from Alverno College and Marquette University. Peterson is an established Motivational Speaker and former administrator of a statewide not-for-profit corporation. She has been a requested speaker before the United States House of Representatives and Wisconsin State Legislature. Peterson is the Director of Public Speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her strong commitment to education, research and community service. Bonnie has received the Stella Gray Teaching in Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Provost's Community Based Learning Fellowship, Alverno College Alumnae of the Year in Community Service, In Her Footsteps Award, The National Federation of the Blind's Blind Educator of the Year Award, Marquette University's Merit Award for scholarship, and the Paulo Freire Award (Teacher of Teachers) from Milwaukee Access Telecommunication Authority.
Professor of Design ( scenic, lighting, properties, and sound)
& Technical Production
Contact: 262-595-2423 / skelly.warren@uwp.edu
Office: Communication Arts 270
Position : Professor
Education : University of Houston BA (Theatre); Northwestern University MFA (Scenic and Lighting Design)
Courses Taught : basic acting, theatre appreciation, stagecraft, lighting design, scene design, CAD, technical production, scene painting, and stage management
Professional Bio: Skelly has over 50 professional scenic and lighting design credits which include Tampa Opera, Busch Gardens in Los Angeles, Ft. Worth Opera, Arkansas Opera and The Florentine Opera in Milwaukee among others. He has accumulated over 200 university design credits over 30 years of university teaching, and has mentored/supervised over 400 student designs for lighting, scenery, properties, and sound throughout his career. He has also acted and directed professionally and served as the Managing Director for Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre in Colorado from 1995-2003.
Scene Shop Foreman (Fireside Theatre Grant)
Contact: 595-2568 (scene lab) / vernon.wienke@uwp.edu
Professional Bio : Chip is the foreman for UW-Parkside's scenic lab as for the many Fireside Theatre sets that are built here. A 1999 graduate of our program, Chip's professional credits also include union stagehand crew work at the Milwaukee Ballet, Pottawatomie Casino, and various professional tours. Chip has also performed on stage in UW-Parkside productions of Romeo and Juliet and The Scarlet Letter.
Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact: 262-595-2188 / yohnk@uwp.edu
Office: Communication Arts 262
Position : Professor (tenured)
Education : BA - Viterbo University (Theatre and English Education); MA / Ph.D. - Bowling Green State University (Directing / Theatre Education).
Courses taught : Multicultural Theatre in America, Gender and Sexuality on Stage and Screen, Directing I and II, Theatre History and Literature, Playwriting, Theatre Seminars.
Professional Bio: Dean has been a professional theatre artist and educator for over 20 years, and has taught a wide variety of theatre courses at UW-Parkside, Viterbo University, and Bowling Green State University. The Theatre Arts Department, under Dean's leadership, received the University of Wisconsin Board of Regent's Teaching Excellence Award for Outstanding Academic Department in 2009. In addition to directing and designing over 100 college and university theatre productions, he has also worked extensively as a professional actor, director, designer, educator, and theatre administrator at such regional professional theatres as The Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis), The Huron Playhouse (Ohio), The Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Peninsula Players Theatre (Wisconsin), and The Racine Theatre Guild. He has served since 1992 on the regional executive committee of the Kennedy Center 's American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) and has been the Regional Playwriting Program Chair. Dean is also the Past President of the Alliance for Wisconsin Theatre Education and the Wisconsin Council of Theatre Chairs. Dean is currently serving a two year term as the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UW-Parkside.
Visiting Professional Guest Artists
Carole Cianelli, Voice for the Actor and Singer
Professional Bio: Carole spent the majority of 16 years in New York City as a Musical Theatre performer. She toured in the US , Europe and enjoyed performing in regional theatre as well. Her work includes: the national tour of Ziegfeld: a Night at the Follies, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (featured singer/Mrs. Claus), and the NY revival of 42 nd Street (starring Jerry Orbach, Tammy Grimes and Karen Ziemba). Recently Carole began coaching private voice lessons to both adults and children. At UW-Parkside, Carole is teaching Musical Theatre Performance and Voice for the Actor.
Jennifer Kostreva, Guest Director, 'Censored on Final Approach'
Professional Bio: Jenny Kostreva is in her fifth season as Education Director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. She facilitates the outreach and training programs for the Rep, teaching many of the classes. She is also a member of the adjunct faculty at University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She has worked as an educator for Virginia Commonwealth University, First Stage Children's Theater and School of Performing Arts in the Richmond Community. Her directing credits include Stones in His Pockets, Laughing Stock, Blind Tasting, Down the Road, The Assassin's New Friend, Fly Away (an original production created collaboratively through improvisation), Scrooge: The Musical, and several children's productions. As an actor, she has most recently appeared in It's Your Mother, Rabbit Hole and Dog Sees God. She earned her MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Theatre Arts from University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Kristopher Jones, Visiting Professional Guest Artist
Professional Bio: Kristopher has spent the last 7 years as the Entertainment Manager and Resident Lighting Designer at Six Flags Great America. While at Six Flags he has Produced and Designed the Lighting for some of the theme park's more recognized shows including Show Stoppin', Love at First Fright, and Dead Mans Party. All of which have won awards in their categories for excellence. Kristopher has also designed shows at other Six Flags parks over the years as his Manager duties allow. Outside of the Theme Park world, Kristopher has designed shows in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Orlando, Florida. Kristopher earned his Masters of Fine Arts degree from The Ohio State University where he has been a guest artist as well as guest lecturer teaching 'The Differences Between Theatre and Theme Park Lighting Design.'
