School of Humanities:
Drama Studies Faculty (Board of Study)

Kay Ellen Capo
Associate Professor of Literature and Drama Studies
B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University. 20th-century poetry; performance theory; feminist theory; adapting literature for the stage.
kay.capo@purchase.edu

Lenora Champagne
Professor of Drama Studies
B.A., Louisiana State University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Contemporary theatre, drama, and performance; performance art; playwriting; interdisciplinary performance.
lenora.champagne@purchase.edu

Lenka Pichlikova
Lecturer in Drama Studies (part-time)
M.A., University of Texas, Dallas; M.F.A., Academy of Dramatic Arts, Charles University (Prague); Advanced Master Artist, Czech Republic. Acting the classics; commedia dell'arte.

Karima Robinson
Assistant Professor of Drama Studies
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University. African and African-American theatre; American dance theatre; Western theatre traditions; critical performance ethnography; performance studies theory; postcolonial Caribbean theatre; African diasporic feminist theory.
karima.robinson@purchase.edu

Gary Waller
Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies
B.A., M.A., University of Auckland; Ph.D., University of Cambridge. Shakespeare, medieval, and Renaissance literature and drama. gary.waller@purchase.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Julius Novick
Professor Emeritus of Literature and Drama Studies
B.A., Harvard University; D.F.A., Yale University. Modern drama; American theatre; practical theatre criticism.

Gregorio Rosenblum
Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Drama Studies
B.A., University of Chile; M.F.A., Karlova University of Prague. Spanish language and literature; theatrical production and direction.

Philippa Wehle
Professor Emerita of French, Drama Studies, and Literature
B.A., Bucknell University; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Columbia University. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. French language and literature; contemporary theatre and performance.
philippa.wehle@purchase.edu

Updated Sept. 8, 2008