Theatre and Dance Faculty & Administration
Chair and Program Directors
![Hideaki Tsutsui Hideaki Tsutsui](../_Files/images/faculty/Tsutsui-H.jpg)
Hideaki Tsutsui
Professor
Department Chair/Head of Lighting and Sound Design
htsutsui2@utep.edu
(915) 747-5146
Bio
![Melissa Melpignano Melissa Melpignano](../_Files/images/faculty/Melpignano 2022.jpeg)
Melissa Melpignano
Assistant Professor of Instruction / Director of Dance
Academic Mentor: Dance Performance and Dance Education
mmelpignano@utep.edu
(915) 747-5146
Bio
Professors
![Tawanda Chabikwa Tawanda Chabikwa](../_Files/images/Tawanda-Headshot.jpg)
Tawanda Chabikwa
Assistant Professor of Dance and African American Studies
rtchabikwa@utep.edu
Bio
![Carolyn Cubit-Tsutsui Carolyn Cubit-Tsutsui](../_Files/images/faculty/Carolyn-1.jpg)
Carolyn Cubit-Tsutsui
Assistant Professor of Instruction / Director of BFA Stage Management/ Production Manager
Academic Mentor: Theatre Tech/Design
cacubittsutsui@utep.edu
Bio
![Leticia Delgado Leticia Delgado](../_Files/images/faculty/delgado.jpg)
Leticia Delgado
Assistant Professor
Head of Costume Design
lmdelgado4@utep.edu
Leticia Delgado Design
![Marissa Díaz Marissa Díaz](../_Files/images/faculty/Marissa_headshot.jpg)
Marissa Díaz
Visiting Assistant Professor
Assistant Head of Lighting and Sound Design
mddiaz2@utep.edu
Bio
![Adriana Domínguez Adriana Domínguez](../_Files/images/faculty/297548614_2667802163390522_2721074221004293963_n.jpg)
Adriana Domínguez
Assistant Professor
Academic Mentor: Theatre Education and Theatre BA
adrianad@utep.edu
Bio
![Cynthia Esparza Cynthia Esparza](Cynthia-Esparza.jpg)
Cynthia Esparza
Visiting Assistant Professor
Scenic Design
cesparza12@utep.edu
(915) 747-7852
![Sandra Paola Lopez Ramírez Sandra Paola Lopez Ramírez](../_Files/images/faculty/Sandra.jpg)
Sandra Paola Lopez Ramírez
Visiting Assistant Professor in COLA
Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
splopezramirez@utep.edu
Bio
![Rebecca Frost Mayer Rebecca Frost Mayer](../_Files/images/faculty/mayer-rebecca.jpg)
Rebecca Frost Mayer
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Head of Musical Theatre/Academic Mentor: Musical Theatre
rfmayer@utep.edu
Bio
![Samantha Michelle Nava Samantha Michelle Nava](../_Files/images/faculty/thumbnail_image0.jpg)
Samantha Michelle Nava
Assistant Professor of Practice
Director of Audience Development
smnava5@utep.edu
(915) 747-6213
Bio
![Jay Stratton Jay Stratton](../_Files/images/faculty/Jay Stratton.jpg)
Jay Stratton
Associate Professor
Academic Mentor: Theatre Performance
jastratton@utep.edu
Bio
![Neri Torres Neri Torres](../_Files/images/Neri_Torres.jpg)
Neri Torres
Assistant Professor of Practice
fntorres@utep.edu
Bio
Lecturers
![Cynthia Alvarez Cynthia Alvarez](Cynthia-Alvarez.jpg)
Cynthia Alvarez
Theatre Adjunct Faculty
csalvarez2@utep.edu
![Jaime Barba Jaime Barba](../_Files/images/faculty/A2.jpg)
Jaime Barba
Theatre Lecturer
Costume Designer/Director, UTEP Dinner Theatre
jbarba@utep.edu
Bio
Kasey Brown
Dance Adjunct Faculty
kcbrown2@utep.edu
![Ashley Kroft Ashley Kroft](../_Files/images/faculty/CAMA2431.jpg)
Ashley Kroft
Dance Adjunct Faculty
aekroft@utep.edu
Bio
![André Saucedo André Saucedo](../_Files/images/faculty/Andre Saucedo.jpg)
André Saucedo
Dance Adjunct Faculty
asaucedoestala@utep.edu
Bio
![Adam Zarowski Adam Zarowski](../_Files/images/faculty/Adam.jpg)
Adam Zarowski
Theatre Adjunct Faculty
awzarowski@utep.edu
Bio
Administration and Staff
![Clarissa Sanchez Clarissa Sanchez](../_Files/images/faculty/Clarissa-Sanchez.jpg)
Clarissa Sanchez
Technical Theatre Coordinator
Costume Shop Supervisor
csanchez54@utep.edu
915-747-6341
Retired Professors
![Myron Nadel Myron Nadel](../_Files/images/faculty/Myron-1.jpg)
Myron Nadel
Professor Emeritus
In Memoriam
![Patricia Ann Provencio Patricia Ann Provencio](../_Files/images/faculty/Pat-1.jpg)
Patricia Ann Provencio
Former Music Director, UTEP Dinner Theatre
Bio