Five College Theater
Through Five College theater courses, students can explore the elements, history, and technical aspects of theater.
Five College Theater comprises the theater departments of the five campuses. Drawing on the expertise and courses offered by faculty members across the five campuses, students can study areas such as dramatic theory, performance, set design, sound and lighting, costume design, history, and playwriting.
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Faculty and Staff
Ron Bashford |Theater and Dance | E-mail: rdbashford88@amherst.edu (campus chair)
Jenna Riegel | Theater and Dance | E-mail: jriegel@amherst.edu
Junghyun G. Lee | Theater and Dance | E-mail: jglee@amherst.edu
Sevan Tavoukdjian | Theater and Dance | E-mail: ftavoukdjian@amherst.edu
Jonathan Doyle | Technical Director/Production Coordinator | E-mail: jmdoyle@amherst.edu
Jeffrey Bird | Technical Manager | E-mail: jbird@amherst.edu
Sean Buenaventura | Lighting and Audio Visual Manager | E-mail: sbuenaventura@amherst.edu
Ryan O'Donnell | Academic Department Coordinator and Business Manager | E-mail: rodonnell@amherst.edu
Emily Hoem | Expert Costumer | E-mail: ehoem@amherst.edu
Julian Brown | Graduate Design Assistant | E-mail: jlbrown22@amherst.edu
Peter Kallok | Theatre Design | E-mail: pkHA@hampshire.edu
Jonathan Dent | Theater | E-mail: jldIA@hampshire.edu
Callum Doerner | Theatre Program Manager | E-mail: sdIA@hampshire.edu
Julia Whalen | Costume Shop Supervisor | E-mail: jwhalen@hampshire.edu
Noah Ilya-Alexis Tuleja | Film Media and Theater | E-mail: ntuleja@mtholyoke.edu (campus chair)
Michael Ofori | Film Media and Theater
Heidi Holder | Film Media and Theater | E-mail: hholder@mtholyoke.edu
Jensen Glick | Film Media and Theater | E-mail: glick@mtholyoke.edu
Daniel Kramer | Theater | E-mail: dkramer@smith.edu (campus chair)
Monica Lopez Orozco | Theater | E-mail: mlopezorozco@smith.edu
Len Berkman | Theater | E-mail: lberkman@smith.edu
Kiki Smith | Theater | E-mail: ksmith@smith.edu
Edward Check | Theater | E-mail: echeck@smith.edu
Naveen Choudhury | Theater | E-mail: nchoudhury@smith.edu
Tara Franklin | Theater | E-mail: franklin@smith.edu
Amy Putnam | Technical Director | E-mail: aputnam04@smith.edu
Cel Humphries | Assistant Technical Director | E-mail:chumphries@smith.edu
Emily Dunn | Costume Shop Director | E-mail: edunn2@smith.edu
Tilly Adams | Assistant Costume Shop Director | madams@smith.edu
David Wiggall | Lighting and Sound Supervisor | E-mail: dwiggall@smith.edu
Nikki Beck | Production Manager | E-mail: ncbeck@smith.edu
Lisa Rizzo | Arts Administrator | E-mail: lrizzo@smith.edu
Alicia Guidotti | Administrative Assistant Supervisor | E-mail: aguidott@smith.edu
Christopher Baker | Dramaturgy | E-mail: cbake1@theater.umass.edu (campus chair)
Judyie Al-Bilali | Performance and Theater | E-mail: cjalbilali@theater.umass.edu
Priscilla Page | Theater and Dramaturgy | E-mail: pmpage@theater.umass.edu
Elisa Gonzales | Voice and Acting | E-mail: esgonzales@umass.edu
Gilbert McCauley | Theater and Directing | E-mail: gilmac@theater.umass.edu
Harley Erdman | Dramaturgy | E-mail: harley@theater.umass.edu
Penny Remsen | Lighting Design | E-mail: remsen@theater.umass.edu
Milan Dragicevich | Theater and Acting | E-mail: miland@theater.umass.edu
Amy Altadonna | Sound Design and Technology | E-mail: altadonna@theater.umass.edu
Yao Chen | Costume Design | E-mail: yao@umass.edu
Anya Klepikov | Scenic Design | E-mail: aklepikov@umass.edu
Gina Kaufmann | Performance and Directing| E-mail: gina@theater.umass.edu
Michael Cottom | Technical Theater | E-mail: mcottom@theater.umass.edu
Note that if you don't see classes from all campuses currently listed, they will appear as the campuses release their course schedules for the semester. The five campuses release their schedules on different dates. Visit this page for specific dates.
Spring 2025 Theater Courses
| Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THDA | 110 | 01 | The Creative Process | Ron Bashford | Amherst College | TU/TH | 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM |
| THDA | 220H | 01 | Int./Adv. Ballet | Amherst College | TU/TH | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM | |
| THDA | 225H | 01 | The Craft of Speaking II | Ron Bashford | Amherst College | TU/TH | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM |
| THDA | 254 | 01 | Experiments Across Media | Wendy Woodson | Amherst College | TU/TH | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THDA | 272 | 01 | Full-Length Playwriting | SEVAN Tavoukdjian | Amherst College | M/W | 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM |
| THDA | 355 | 01 | Solo Performance | Wendy Woodson | Amherst College | M/W | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM |
| IA | 0110 | 1 | Performance,ritual & Astrology | Jonathan Dent | Hampshire College | 01:00PM-03:50PM M;01:00PM-03:50PM W |
| IA | 0185 | 1 | Designers Reading Plays: Music | Peter Kallok | Hampshire College | 02:30PM-03:50PM TU;02:30PM-03:50PM TH |
| IA | 0206 | 1 | Playwriting Level 2 | Jonathan Dent | Hampshire College | 01:00PM-02:20PM TU;01:00PM-02:20PM TH |
| FMT | 121 | 01 | Acting I | Jonathan Yukich | Mount Holyoke College | MW 11:30AM-12:45PM |
| FMT | 137 | 01 | Fund. of Technical Theater | Nathan Lee | Mount Holyoke College | MW 10:15AM-12:05PM |
| THE | 141 | 01 | Acting I | Tara M. Franklin | Smith College | M 1:40 PM - 4:20 PM; W 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THE | 142 | 01 | Voice for Actors | Ms. Normi Lisbeth Noel | Smith College | TU TH 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
| THE | 155 | 01 | Women in Pants | Kiki Smith | Smith College | TU TH 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THE | 199 | 01 | Theat Hist & Cul: 18th C.-Pres | Kiki Gounaridou | Smith College | M 1:40 PM - 2:55 PM; W 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM |
| THE | 200 | 01 | Theatre Production | Nikki Beck | Smith College | |
| THE | 200 | 02 | Theatre Production | Nikki Beck | Smith College | |
| THE | 213 | 01 | American Theatre & Drama | Kiki Gounaridou | Smith College | M 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM; W 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THE | 218 | 01 | Modern European Drama II | Leonard Berkman | Smith College | TU TH 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM |
| THE | 220 | 01 | Colq: Asian American Drama | Naveen Bahar Choudhury | Smith College | M W 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
| THE | 242ad | 01 | T-Acting II: Act&Direct/Camera | Monica Lopez Orozco | Smith College | TU TH 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THE | 252 | 01 | Intro to Set Design | Edward M. Check | Smith College | M 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM; W F 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THE | 253 | 01 | Intro to Lighting Design | Lara Dubin | Smith College | TU TH 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
| THE | 261 | 01 | Writing for Theatre I | Leonard Berkman | Smith College | TH 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THE | 261 | 02 | Writing for Theatre I | Naveen Bahar Choudhury | Smith College | W 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM; M 1:40 PM - 4:20 PM |
| THE | 262 | 01 | Writing for Theatre II | Leonard Berkman | Smith College | TH 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM |
| THE | 312ld | 01 | T-Contemp Latine Drama | Monica Lopez Orozco | Smith College | TU TH 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
| THE | 344 | 01 | Directing I | Daniel Elihu Kramer | Smith College | M W 9:25 AM - 12:05 PM |
| THE | 353 | 01 | Lighting Design II | Lara Dubin | Smith College | M W 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |