Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian (Chair)- Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian (Dr. B.) - has an MFA from one of the most renowned theatre schools in Europe, The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Bulgaria, where she received an extensive training in Stanislavski, Chekhov and Lecoq techniques. After graduation she pursued an acting career with Atelier 313 Company an experimental theatre company found after the fall of the “iron curtain.” In 1990, Dr. B. became a member of the Magic Voices Company and performed at numerous venues in Europe, North America, and Africa. Some of her other acting credits include Blood Wedding, The School for Wives, Period of Adjustment, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

As a director, Dr. B. has staged Kipling Tales, School for Wives, Uncle Vanya, You Can’t Take it with You, Tartuffe, Servant of Two Masters, Company, Rumors, I love You You Are perfect Now Change, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), and served as a musical director for the U.S. premiere of At Last. She is a co-founder of the Paradocs Ensemble Theatre where she played the roles of  Joan in The Guys and Lisa Morrison in Collected Stories. Directing portfolio

Dr B. earned her Ph.D. in Actor training at the University of Oregon. She has been a member of the Emory & Henry theatre department since 2002.

Dr. B is an associate professor of theatre and teaches acting, movement, and theatre and culture. She is also the acting coach for the Irene Ryan nominees for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (E&H acting majors were among the top 16 in the U.S. in 2008 and the top 16 in the Southeast in 2009). Her research and artistic interests include Comedy, Moliere, Acting Pedagogy, and Eastern European Absurdism. She has presented numerous workshops and papers at  national and international conferences. She has also conducted master classes at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Bulgaria.

Kelly Bremner - Kelly J. G. Bremner holds advanced degrees in both music and theatre, including a Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where her dissertation focused on multidisciplinary spaces between music, theatre, and dance, particularly the phenomenon of Total Theatre. In addition to being a professor, she is a freelance director and performer, particularly in opera and devised performance. Her performance training includes both traditional and experimental theatre techniques. Recent directorial credits include Labute’s The Shape of Things at Albion College, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel in Edgerton, WI, Sophocles’s Electra for Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening Space in New York and the world premiere of Scott Gendel’s Iphigenia at Aulis in Madison, WI. She has worked as an Assistant Director at Opera North in New Hampshire and she regularly assists for the Madison Opera as well. Recent devising credits include being a member of Richard Gough’s devising team for his performance of The Last Supper with the Arts Institute in Madison, The Fruit of All Evil for the University Theatre’s Open Stage program, and Greek to Me: A Choral Extravaganza of Mythic Proportions for the Madison Youth Choirs, where she staged close to 300 children in a devised performance. In 2010, after five years of work, her latest devised project came to fruition in the form of Nick Lantz’s Across A Distance, a world premiere play for Deaf actor and operatic soprano.

Christianne Knauer Roll - Prof. Roll holds an M.A. degree from Teachers College, Columbia University and a B.F.A. degree from the CAP21 musical theatre studio at New York University. She has taught on the faculty of Columbia University as an applied voice teacher and as the music director for the production shows of Norwegian Cruise Lines. She has soloed at Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, and has sung the national anthem for the Philadelphia Eagles. Recent performance credits include productions at the Goodspeed Opera House, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, and the York Theater. She was a finalist in the BBC’s international vocal competition, “Voice of Musical Theater,” in Cardiff, Wales.

Daniel L. Wheeler - Professor Dan Wheeler holds a M.A. degree in Theatre from the University of Wisconsin - Superior and an M.F.A. degree in Theatrical Design from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His thesis and area of concentration was on Design Semantics and Scenography. Professor Wheeler has taught at Lon Morris College, a private Methodist College in East Texas, Fresno City College and Long Beach City College for the past 24 years and has designed over 350 theatrical productions for both educational and professional theatre venues. As a freelance Designer and Scenic Artist, Professor Wheeler has designed numerous productions in the LA/ Hollywood area; for the Strasberg Institute - Leipzig with Mimi Kennedy and The Lesson with Hal Linden, the LA Theatre Center - Canned Goods, The Coast Theatre & The Chicago Theatre Center - Bark, The Musical, Dialects of the Heart with Sharon Lawrence for the Edgemar Theatre, Long Beach Playhouse, Long Beach Shakespeare Company and the International City Theatre in Long Beach, CA. As a professional Scenic Artist he has painted numerous theatrical productions and painted commercially for Disney, Benise' for HBO, Neil Diamond, Hoobastank, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Lexus, Infinity and Mattel. Professor Wheeler's most recent design credits were for Psycho Beach Party at Long Beach City College, No Sex Please, We're British at the Long Beach Playhouse and an original work for Long Beach Shakespeare Company entitled The Conjucated Beliefs of Usallica written and directed by Denis McCourt.