{"id":217,"date":"2017-10-10T18:27:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T18:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:33:42","slug":"acting-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/faculty-and-staff\/acting-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Full-Time<\/h2>\n

Director of Acting<\/strong>

\n\n\n<\/p>

\"Heather<\/div>

Heather Benton<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-3085<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
bentonh@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n
\n

\n\n\n<\/p>

\"Benton<\/div>

Benton Greene<\/a><\/p>

Assistant Teaching Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
greenebe@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall, 1225<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles<\/div>

Charles Burks<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
burksc@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall, 2220B<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Debbie<\/div>

Debbie Saivetz<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-3353<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
saivetzd@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n

\n\n\n<\/p>

\"marcus<\/div>

marcus harvey<\/a><\/p>

Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-3505<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
harveym@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>For inquiries about auditions for the BFA Acting program, please email\u00a0actingauditions@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\n

Part-Time Faculty\/Adjuncts\/Visiting Specialists<\/h2>\n
\n

Sarah Koestner<\/a>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nActing, Voice & Speech, Vocal Coach
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nKoestners@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Becca <\/a>Landis<\/a> McLarty\u00a0<\/a>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nVoice & Speech, Vocal Coach
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nMclartyb@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a> Emma Shafer<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\nSuzuki
\nshafere@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Ania Upstill<\/a>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nClown
\nupstilla@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

\n

Cheryl Katz<\/a>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nDirecting
\nkatzch@montclair.edu<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Blake<\/a> Russell<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\nActing (Shakespeare)
\nrussellb@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Vanessa<\/a> Parvin<\/a>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nVoice & Speech
\nparvinv@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexa <\/a>Racioppi<\/a>
\nMusical Theatre and Acting Auditions Coordinator
\nAdjunct Instructor
\n973-655-7201<\/strong>
\nracioppia@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":209806,"parent":35,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-217","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209665,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions\/209665"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}